Congratulations to you all, you have made it this far into the first semester, the vice-principal of Echelon Prime Institute said to the students of the first year in the main hall. It is time for your field test, which will last for 3 months.
It will take place in the astral cradle.
The astral cradle, the place that even veteran voidwalkers can lose their lives, how will the academy send us there for three whole months? The students began to complain.
The vice-principal ignored their words and continued with her words. You all are to divide yourselves into groups of 4, she said to the 1024 students in the hall. Work on your groups, the ship taking you to the cradle is coming in 3 days. With those words, the vice-principal left the room.
Before Lex could even start looking for teammates, Vera came to his side. We are two now; all that is left is to find two other random people to complete our team.
I never said I was teaming up with you, Lex said teasingly to Vera. You don't need to ask me, I will naturally join you, or should I leave? she said.
Don't worry, you can stay, Lex said with an awkward smile on his face.
Soon, all students had teamed up, leaving just two people without teams. Vera walked up to both of them and asked them to join their team, which they agreed to eagerly.
We should all introduce ourselves, Lex said as they all sat on a round table in the ATA.
Vera Solari, mecha pilot and engineer.
Alice Nightshade, a spaceship pilot and engineer.
Vynn Noctar, a sniper.
Lex Vortan, a weapon master.
Wow, no wonder he was always using different weapons, so he was a weapon master, the other two thought.
Alice, as a spaceship engineer, you should have built a mini-ship during the mid-term. Is it large enough to contain all of us, Lex asked.
Although I built a mini-ship, it was built to contain only one person, and at most contain two people at once due to limited resources, Alice replied.
This is one huge problem. How do we move about in the astral cradle if we don't have a ship? Vera asked.
We just have to build one in 3 days, with our help, she should be able to manage it, Lex said.
With our help, will you be able to build a ship, Alice? Lex asked.
I should be able to if you all help me, she replied.
Then let's get to work, we have a ship to build. As for resources, just don't worry and ask for all you need. I should be able to provide most of them, if not all, Lex added.
The four of them headed for the Arcane foundry, with Lex paying for three days, which cost him 6,300 points with the 3 hours subsidy per day.
They all worked together, and if they were not needed, they went on to build equipment for themselves.
Lex was working on a new blueprint, a fusion of the vulcanet A. I and Valkyriel.
He had always found the use of vulcanets' A. I in drones were useless, thus he began using his system insight to see various ways he could improve it.
The result was there, and it was going to be released with the new spaceship.