The Metal Military Academy
Chapter 28: Space Military

After the line-line activity is over, finally get into the introductory activity stage. Ardan and Damar asked all the juniors to sit down on the ground. Luckily the weather this morning supported, the sky was not so bright, so they did not feel hot when gathered on the edge of the field like this.

“OK.... The lines were good, there were only a few who looked tired his legs like gelatin half mateng, some even still looked like a robot kayak, some even looked like robots,” comments Ardan who is currently sitting cross-legged in front of the juniors. “My router. How can people like that pass the academy entrance test here?”

“Dan.”

Damar who was still standing in front of them had time to bend, poking Ardan shoulder until the owner turned his head.

“Nih we entered the introduction of academy materials first before the introduction of Taruna-Taruni’nya?”

Ardan took a tab from Damar, read the material before he returned it.

“Ya ‘kan emang that first.”

Damar patted Ardan on the shoulder. “You start, gih. I ‘kan introvert.”

“Alah~. Stale reason.”

Damar just giggled back at Ardan's response.

The orange-haired young man stood before the juniors, began to make introductions and give the academy's basic materials to all of them.

“Good morning, the candidates for the government collision,” greet from Ardan.

“Woi!”

Sontak Damar clapped Ardan's shoulder while glaring at him. How can Ardan's opening be so dark?

“Nya real, dong,” reprimand Damar no hesitation.

“Lah? Can facts?” Ardan stroked his shoulder that was mumbled.

“Yes-yes facts, hell, facts. But don't make ‘pala you become a victim of sniper intelligence agent.”

“Ihihihik..” Ardan giggled at Damar's response.

Right people say. Ardan here is crazy.

In one of the sitting rows, Nadia and Chrysanthemum chuckled at their senior behavior. Nadia had told me that Ardan was a very strange and annoying person, but including cool if invited to hang out.

After seeing Ardan's interaction, Chrysanthemum agreed with Nadia's words that Ardan was a hilarious person.

“She likes it so much,” whispered Nadia beside Chrysanthemum. “So, if you want to meet him, must be mentally strong.”

Chrysanthemum simply nodded accompanied by a thin smile in return. Then the two look back to the front, listening to many things that will be explained by Ardan and Damar.

Ardan decided to repeat his greeting again, “Good morning, dear Milderan Academy juniors.”

“Good morning, Senior..!” greet them simultaneously.

“OK. Right now, we are in an introduction session. But before, we want to introduce ourselves first.”

Ardan pointed to himself with a thumbs up while smiling a wistful smile.

“Include, I'm Ardanu De’Cornell, a Cadet from the Department of Defense Science and Strategy Level 2. I was born in Ranjaya, in Merin City. I'm more often called Ardan or Dan. But, special for girls, you can call me ‘Sayang’.” And don't forget Ardan winked one eye at the girls.

“Kyaaah..!”

Automatic female juniors instantly melted made by the charm and charisma of Ardan, except Nadia who had been used to seeing the attractiveness of Ardan and Chrysanthemum who never sensitized with this kind of charm.

“They why?” plain Chrysanthemum asked as she looked at the girls of her generation at the brutal salting, and their eyes also revealed a heart shape when enchanted at Ardan.

Ardan continued, introducing Damar who was still busy checking the data tab next to him. “And my geeky four-eyed colleague whose name is Damar Prasetya from the Department of Military Electronics Engineering Level 2.”

Hearing himself being teased thus, Damar turned his gaze to Ardan with eyes half glared while holding hands, still watching the bacot let alone who wanted to be issued by this one man.

“Yeah.... Although geeky, Damar is pinter. But it is easy to be deceived and is often the target of bullying. He had no social experience. So, nothing should I take care of, whether it's community issues, taking care of events, and all the macemnya.”

“Ooo.... Your slander surfing booze yes, Dan. Ngalir teros..,” circus Damar.

“Hihik Ardan laughed a little. “Sorry, Sir. Know for yourself ‘lah, my mouth is often crispy how..

Damar just rolled his two purple eyes. Bahlah, tired of Damar that must debate at length with this kind of antique man Ardan.

Now Ardan began to speak with a more mature character than before, as they had already begun to enter the general introduction session on the academy and the topic of the space military.

“OK. To you, our juniors, welcome to the Milderan Military Academy. As you know, Milderan Academy is a special international military academy created to recruit prospective soldiers of the space force.”

“Different from National Military Academy, this academy is called international because it aims to educate all prospective soldiers from all over the world in order to become soldiers of the Space Military Forces, the, where the single agency is under the command of the entire absolute government of Planet Ribelo and is responsible for the protection of the entire planet.”

Damar added while improving the position of the glasses, “So, the Space Military is not like AD, AL, or AU TN whose security level is only on a national scale, only pay attention to each country. Here, our responsibility is more than that. Not a country we secure, but one planet, even one solar system.”

“Risk that we can certainly be more fatal,” added Ardan, “Mati eaten by monsters, used as an illegal enemy experiment, to die without a body in space.”

A few juniors took a sip of saliva, feeling tense when they heard the explanations of their two seniors.

Of course they all already know the risks and responsibilities of what they will carry later if they are officially a soldier and even a Space Military officer. However, still they were horrified when they heard his explanation directly from these two Midshipmen.

Ardan shared a friendly smile, “But, if you are able and diligent to follow all the lessons and exercises in this academy, then the bad things you can avoid. In fact, you can be named the best officer someday. So, don't be discouraged.”

Hearing those words made Nadia who was still a little in her row sigh resignedly. “Really, Bang Ardan's words can not make our hearts all calm.”

“But the point, the senior greeting earlier was right,” said Chrysan turned to Nadia.

Nadia raised her eyebrows. “Apaan?”

With a gloomy facial expression made up, Chrysanthemum replied, “We are just a government crash.”

“Not to ‘dah, Kris! Make me panic!” Nadia gets goosebumps made Chrysanthemum.

If suddenly there was a nancep sniper bullet in the head of Chrysanthemum, not funny.

“This time, I will discuss about Space Military first.” Ardan again explained, “Space Military, Space Military Forces, or Space Military Forces is a single military agency that is not part of the Army, Sea, or Air Military. This team stands under the auspices of the entire Government of Planet Ribelo which aims to protect one planet from the threat of other planets and extraterrestrial nations.”

“Space Military itself is divided into three forces that have their respective duties even though the main goal is still the same, namely protecting the entire planet.”

“First, Orbit Military Force, based in the orbit of Planet Ribelo and tasked with overseeing and protecting the planet up close. This Orbit Force is also often tasked with overcoming the problem of rampant attacks by monsters on the planet if the forces on the planet are not able to handle. His high ranking officer is general.”

“Secondly, Military Forces Colonies, the base is in the locations of outer space that has been claimed as the territory of Planet Ribelo, as in the moon Ribelo, satellite, in the orbital line of the planet on the parent star, arriving at planets that are or have been transformed in the name of Ribelo. The task of this force is to ensure that all of these areas are in Ribelo's power, supervising space mining, to secure the moon and the planet teraformation from the seizure of the territory. The highest officer of this force is admiral.”

“Dan third, Military Force Explorers. Its base is spread out in space, still within the realm of Planet Ribelo's dominion. Unlike the other two forces, the Explorer Force plays a more active role. The task of this force is to travel and patrol certain areas of our solar system. Troops from this force are also often sent for interplanetary and intergalactic meetings. If there is an attack in space, then the Explorer Force is moving first. His high officer is marshal.”

During that explanation, Chrysanthemum had marked it in military data on the tab that he had brought, even all the information that he should remember he marked there.

“His race, the highest rank of each generation is adapted from the forces within the planet,” comments Nadia still pay attention to Ardan's explanation.

Chrysanthemums had paused the activities of marking it. “From here alone, we become more aware that the Space Military is a much heavier task.”

Nadia agreed to it.

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