"Due to limited Manpower, Sullivan will be 1-3 instead of 1-4. Congratulations on your promotion." Vice Admiral Sabella told us that there are too few Federal Expedition Units to replace, or anyone skilled as them.

We're packing up our supplies to enter Jarvilo-VI, mostly Winter Uniforms and Vehicles that are more suitable for tundra or frost regions. The USSF may be highly industrious and advanced for both our Civilians and Military Alike... But we're stretched thin, as we're further than other Task Forces. Hence the Logistical Problem...

As we prepared to follow the Express... Here's the Paper that we're granted the Role of Trailblazers Guards.

7th Fleet, you have our condolence for the delayed supply restock. And this might be the last.

After some talks within the High Command, the 7th Fleet has been granted the honor of being the Protectors of the Trailblazers. This is where you and the fleet are pushed to the limit, to maintain outside security of the Express. Your Logistical Supplies will be stretched to the thinnest and will have to adapt through the mazes of dangers with the Trailblazers.

However, with our Federation along with the strength of the Express. Along with many skilled officers within the 7th Fleet. The Path that you'll take will be harsher than other Fleets combined... We permit you to go nomadic, and your pay will be improved by 5 times, to accommodate for the upcoming operations with the Trailblazers and the likelihood of not being able to reestablish contact. You're free to utilize local cuisine, but please... Don't leave them starving because of us, unlike the 3rd Fleet, which left us a bad impression of the Xianzhou Alliance. Hence, two Agri Ships will be allocated.

A Couple of Automated Frigates, Destroyers, and Cruisers will also join in, They'll be fully manned by C-6s. The concern of casualties will be low, but they'll be useful in the long run.

As for the final acquisition. 7th Fleet will now have a Full Fledged Carrier, the FNS (Federal Navy Ship) Spirit of Phoenix instead of the FNS Will of the Wisp. Along with a Battleship, FNS Bismark Drei. And a few Heavy Munition Ships. With this Heavy Firepower, the 7th Fleet won't be Outmatched easily. Remember not to get overconfident.

Rear Admiral Sabella will be promoted to Admiral of the 7th Fleet, after the attack has claimed the Former Admiral Anderson Heydrich, during the battle.

As for Wilson, he'll be sent back to the Military Court for threatening Lieutenant Colonel Virgilio, with ill contempt, via Court Marshal multiple times.

All Members of the 7th Fleet, may the Path of Trailblaze guide you back home.

Pax Federation.

...

Great...

Anyways... After we've packed all of our stuff from the Will of the Wisp to the new Spirit of Phoenix... We're about to tell the conductor and...

Stelle pounced on me and hugged me tightly...

"Stelle!!! Please!!!"

"Go with me..." Stelle...

"Jeez... Talk about possessive..." Sullivan.

"Ahem!"

And there's Pom-Pom... The Conductor of the Astral Express, and he's not happy.

"Stop flirting in the Express!"

Stelle eventually let go and I could breathe easily...

"Thanks, Pom-Pom."

"No problem, Virgilio. Now don't get yourself too comfy yet. We still have to depart!"

"I know... Hence why Admiral Sabella wanted to place a beacon to follow the Express... And here."

I gave Pom-Pom the papers and he seems to appreciate the additional members, with us being the security.

"You can place it next to the Omni-Synthesizer. Pom-Pom is glad that the Federals are helping the Trailblazers, but Pom-Pom is concerned about the limited supplies that you guys will face..."

"We know, Pom-Pom. But we'll try to endure. The Astral Express has done much help for the Federation. Why not return the favor for bringing the Solaris Federation, on par with the IPC?" Xiuying replied.

Himeko laughed a bit and said...

"And we're glad that the Federation is repaying us for helping them."

"Indeed. It'll be a tough path for the 7th Fleet... But we'll do what we can to help each other." Welt added.

Both Xiuying and I smiled, saluted, and headed back to the Spirit of Phoenix... But...

"Stelle... We're following you along with the Express... Not leaving..." I told Stelle and she clinged onto me...

"I don't care! I wanna fly with you to the moon!"

"March, you've already taken a hundred photos of both Virgilio and Stelle." Dan Heng told March.

"I know! But this is going to be an album of [The Trailblazer's Pilot!] Or a Ship between Virgilio and Stelle!" March 7th.

"MARCH!!!" I screamed.

"Ara ara.~ [Oh my.~] The Ship has sailed with one Fighter Pilot.~" Xiuying, with a perfect Japanese Accent.

"Not you too, Xiuying..."

Ahem...

We got back to the Spirit of Phoenix and Admiral Sabella's Officer alerted us radios.

'All personnel to prepare for FTL. I repeat, prepare for FTL. Make sure you're not eating anything or you'll lose your food or appetite.'

Jarvilo-VI, Honkai Centauri...

... Thank god no one was eating...

We packed up our supplies along with our Arctic Vehicles. Mostly Militarized Snowmobile and Mobile Construction Vehicle.

"Alright, people! Stand by for mission control!" I told everyone.

We got into the Dropships. I along with Sullivan and Xiuying will be staying with the Trailblazers along with them, while the rest will be creating a Base of Operation...

"All Operatives, prepare for cleansing operations. Lighting Squadron, 4 to 8, you'll be providing air support for the Outpost we're building. 1 to 3, you'll be guarding the Trailblazers." Admiral Sabella's Officer told us.

As so, the Traliblaze Mission of Jarilo-VI has begun...

Operation Frozen VI, start!

Jarilo-VI, Joint Solaris-Akivili Jarilio-VI Team, 2157 AE (Amber Era)/ 2056 AD (Anno Domini).

"Ah! Here they are!" March 7th, as Virgilio, Xiuying, & Sullivan disembark from their F/A-4 Jackals, (Xiuying in her R/A-17 Skelter).

"AGH!!! THIRD TIME IN THE ROW!!!" Virgilio got pounced and hugged tightly by Stelle.

"This time, you're coming with me!" Stelle.

"Pfft... Told you the ship has sailed.~" Sullivan joked.

"Not this joke again..."

"Well then... Let's Neutralize this Stellaron and finish this mission!" Xiuying.

"Agreed. Let's go." Dan Hang agreed with her.

They quickly went in formation.

Trailblazers (Vanguard): March 7th, Stelle, & Dan Hang.

Operatives (Rearguard): Virgilio Mitchell, Xiuying Liana (Sniper), Sullivan Conrad (Anti-Elite/Tank).

"Don't worry, Virgilio. If anyone tries to hurt you, I'll protect you, as your Gray Knight.~" Stelle told Virgilio and he said...

"Please stop..."

"Pfft..." Both Sullivan and Xiuying struggle not to laugh...

"Brrr... It's is one big snowball..." March 7th...

"It doesn't feel that cold," Stelle replied...

"Well, excuse us!!!" Xiuying felt insulted... "We're literally in our Tundra Combat Uniforms to blend in the environment from our enemies, while you guys didn't have to worry about the harsh environment affecting you, thanks to the Path of the Trailblaze! Achoo!!!"

"... Need some Cold Medicine?" Sullivan asked.

"Sure, man..." Xiuying took some of Sullivan's Cold Meds to alleviate her problems with the snow... "Ugh... It'll take time..."

"Based on the coordinates, our targets should be just ahead." Dan Hang.

"Alright. Let's go, folks." Virgilio.

Later...

As the Snow Fox Team advanced and took care of the Fragmentum Monsters, that was on their way...

"Eh!? What do you mean we'll have to go on foot?" March was shocked that they were not allowed to bring in a Snowmobile...

"March... You even remember what you did to MY Snowmobile?" Sullivan replied, unamused.

"Ehehehe... L-Let's keep going, okay?"

They noticed an intact Piano.

"Huh. Who left it here?" Virgilio wondered.

"Does it still work?" March 7th.

Virgilio just shrugs and decides to do it.

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"Damn... Lt got some skills..." Xiuying whispers to March.

"Of course he does! And he says that it's the only way to remember his father! But I wonder why?" March added.

'Of course... She doesn't remember...' Everyone's mind. March 7th has memory loss, but oddly, she does remember Virgilio... Even Virgilio himself knows that, and can only sigh.

Achievement Unlocked: Music of the past. 'You can't stop one heart from breaking... No matter how much you tried.'

After Virgilio finished he got up, they then heard...

"My fine fellow! You're truly impressive!"

Everyone, except Dan Hang, March, & Stelle, instinctively aimed their perspective weapons, at some douchebag, with BLU hair, as he raised his hand in panic...

"N-Now... now... I didn't expect the Silvermane Guards to have Specialists like you three... But... Could you three at least tell Captain Gepard that... there's no need for unnecessary violence...?"

...

"I already don't like this guy." Xiuying.

"Let's just knock his ass out, and continue our way." Sullivan added.

"Calm down, you two. Weapons down." Virgilio tells them to lower their weapons and then to the stranger... "And no. We're not from the Silvermane Guard, nor have we heard of them."

With that, the Douchebag looked at the six of them again and...

"Wait, you're not the Silvermane Guards? Well, why didn't you say so? Turns out we're on the same sides after all."

"Yeah right. I can smell your ass that you're a Masked Fool." Xiuying remains Hostile.

"S-Still... Pleasure to meet you, the name's Sampo Koski."

'Crap! How does she know!? Don't tell me that she's an expert on sniffing out a Masked Fool!?' Sampo's Mind.

"... You ain't getting my name, Masked Fool." Xiuying.

"Lieutenant Colonel Virgilio Mitchell. The other two are Lieutenant Sullivan Conrad and the one who's willing to skin you alive is Captain Xiuying Liana... Cause any problem, and we won't be lenient." Virgilio, trusting Xiuying's instinct. Which caused Sampo to sweat bullets.

"I'm Stelle."

"Stelle! A lovely name for a lovely lady! I will remember it!"

As Sampo was about to get close to Stelle... Xiuying suddenly got behind Sampo and placed her Adamantium Katana at his neck. With Virgilio...

'I'm going to thank Big Sister (Acheron) for this training...' Xiuying's mind.

"Not so fast, on my Signoria. If you were to try to get close and do something that we won't like to Stelle... That Leash that I have on Xiuying will be released. And the only thing you'll have... Is some small land for your grave, along with your lack of skin."

"N... Now, Colonel... You should really need to trust me... After all, 'Trustworthy' is Sampo Koski's- AH!!! OK!!! Please don't kill me!!!"

Xiuying pressed her Adamantium Katana harder on Sampo's Neck...

"... Xiuying, keep an eye on him. And you, guide us. No funny business, Masked Fool."

"Roger that, Virgilio-Senpai.~" Xiuying with a sadistic smirk.

"Ugh... Very well..."

While March shyly chuckled, Dan Hang remained expressionless. Knowing their actions.

Timeskip...

Sampo leg sweeps Xiuying and abandons them. And now they're fighting against the Captain of the Silvermane Guard: Gepard Landau.

"I, Gepard Landau, Captain of the Silvermane Guard, order you to relinquish your futile resistance!"

"ARGHHHH!!! SHOULD'VE KILLED THAT SON OF A BITCH WHEN I'VE GOT A CHANCE!!!" Xiuying screamed in rage.

"Right... Now we're in trouble with the local authorities..." Virgilio.

"Suspects, relinquish your resistance!" A Silvermaine Guard yelled.

As both the Task Force and the Silvermane Guards remained in a standoff... One of them arrived.

"... And the Prime Suspect? The one with Blue Hair?" Gepard asked one of the Guard that chased after Sampo.

"Apologies, Captain! W-We lost him during the pursuit. We can't find his footprints..."

Gepard sighed and then said...

"No matter, we have his accomplices. He'll be close by, plotting his next move."

With that... Virgilio then said...

"I think you'd be waiting much longer than expected..."

"As in, Forever." March added.

"Plus, that bloody scoundrel ditched us, to the point the Xiuying wanted to skin him alive for that." Sullivan added.

"Not only that, he tried to hit on me... But thankfully, my Knight in Shining Armor, Virgilio protected me from him.~" Stelle as she hugged Virgilio from behind... But this time...

"I can't let some cowardly bastard charm you with lies, would I?" Virgilio, with a smile.

"That's why I love you, my Grey Knight in Shining Armor.~"

At the scene, Xiuying said 'Ara.~ The Ship has truly sailed.~', Sullivan just smirked, Dan Hang simply sighed, as March took more pictures of the both of them... One of the Female Silvermane Guard added...

"How Romantic...~"

"...?" Gepard was confused as to the odd situation of the two lovebirds... Until...

"Ahem, March. The Pictures." Dan Hang.

"Huh? Oh! You're right!"

After showing the pictures of their world along with the pictures of individuals of the Lighting Squadrons... Gepard then understood, what's the meaning of it and then said...

"You mean to say that this... white ball... That's here? That's our home? How can that...?" One of the Silvermane Guard asked...

"Those Three (Virgilio, Xiuying, & Sullivan) are elite units from the... 'United Solar Systems Federation'...? What's...?" Another with a confused tone, but knows that the three of them are Elite Operatives...

"It is that a long time ago, strange visitors from beyond the sky would visit us here... But after the Eternal Freeze, the blizzards made passage impossible... and Belobog would cease to witness such arrivals." Gepard.

"But, these people are-" One of them asked...

"This decision is beyond us. If what they say is true, then only the Supreme Guardian may decide their fate. Our job is to present them before her. Nothing more." Gepard told them of the protocols. "I'm not sure for Lieutenant Colonel Virgilio and his compatriots, but they'll have to wait for them outside of the Fort, instead of being with them. To prevent unnecessary hostility..."

After that, Gepard turned to them and said...

"Outsiders, follow me. Belobog lies beyond the Blizzard."

With that, Xiuying, Virgilio, & Sullivan sighed in relief... That an unintentional conflict was prevented...

Belobog, Administration District...

After arriving at the city, Virgilio along with the rest of the team has arrived... After listening to some historical contexts with Gepard, thanks to March 7th... Stelle just happened to be new to this world and eager to discover everything...

Though, sometimes... It can be a bit... Overboard.

"STELLE!!! WHY IN GOD'S NAME ARE YOU DIGGING THOUGH THE TRASH!?" Virgilio, as Stelle went raccoon mode...

"..." Gepard just stared... Unsure if he should help him or let it happen...

"FOR THE LOVE OF KING AND COUNTRY!!! THAT LIGHT POLE IS NOT ALIVE!!!" Sullivan, as Stelle tries to talk to a light pole.

"..." Dan Hang just watched...

"THANK GOD I DON'T WEAR A SKIRT!!! AND GET OUT OF THE FOUNTAIN, YOU TRASHPILER!!!" Xiuying, as Stelle got into the Fountain.

"So many pictures to take!" March said that, which caused Xiuying to yell, with an embarrassed blush...

"AT LEAST I'M WEARING JEANS INSTEAD OF A SKIRT!!! OTHERWISE, EVERYONE ELSE WOULD'VE SEEN MY PANTIES!!!"

"IT'S STANDARD ISSUE JEANS, XIUYING!!!" Both Virgilio and Sullivan added while helping her...

After that... Xiuying, Virgilio, and Sullivan collapsed on the nearby cafe's seats in exhaustion... As Stelle went to the Qlipoth Fort with March and Dan Hang...

"... If only Alaia was here..." Virgilio muttered...

"She's a Medic, Sir..." Xiuying added...

"... Let's just recuperate..." Sullivan...

After getting rooms for their next day, and continuing mission... Virgilio just witnessed Stelle scaring off the Hotel Service...

"... This can't be bad enough... Right...?" Virgilio talked to himself...