On the flight platform, all kinds of flying cars and large transport planes took off and landed, making the place look rather bustling.
However, Terra had made no major breakthroughs in truly gigantic transport vehicles—or rather, there was no need for them. Even the largest transport planes had wingspans of only fifty or sixty meters.
The Imperial Capital had eight flight platforms in total, located at the entrances and exits of the central district. Their shape resembled the character "早": the "日" portion served as a vertical takeoff and landing pad, while the cross-shaped portion was an accelerated flight corridor. Of course, it did not exactly resemble that character; it was merely an analogy.
It was one link in the Imperial Capital's nationwide logistics system, a project the late emperor had wanted to build but had never fully completed. It had now been finished under Axel's rule.
The railway ring surrounding the Imperial Capital and its gigantic transport vehicles were likewise part of the system ensuring supplies for the entire core metropolitan area around the capital. Air transport was faster and could acquire resources from farther away. The Imperial Capital was now considering adding four more large flight platforms to increase throughput.
Even so, prices in the Imperial Capital were extremely high, aside from food.
And now, Ian had brought the Fairy ladies and Teres's squad to the second military flight platform.
Then, he saw a UFO.
What was a UFO?
Simply put, it was an unidentified flying object. In a certain era on Earth, it specifically referred to alien spacecraft, most of which were disc-shaped, thick in the middle and thin at the edges.
And the aircraft before Ian, stationed at the Imperial Capital's second flight platform, was precisely such a disc-shaped craft that perfectly matched every characteristic of