The Solar System Fleet was also commonly known as the "Home Fleet," the First Fleet in the Commonwealth Navy. Although the elite troops of the Outer Ring Fleet often mocked it as "roadside ornaments" and "rich boys' soldiers," there was no denying that, on paper, it was the Commonwealth's strongest fleet. It was stationed in the Solar System, with no frontline defensive duties, and naturally served as the nation's most important strategic mobile force.
Besides, several other friends from the Youth Club—Wien, Rozes, Deng Zhengqing, and the others—were now serving in the Home Fleet. According to them, most of the soldiers really were all show and no substance, but at least the ships and equipment were decent. Give them time to train, and they could still be whipped into shape.
The problem was that even Marshal Parris, the bona fide number one soldier in the military, couldn't replicate his Outer Ring Fleet methods in the Solar System, let alone a few rookie officers who had only just graduated.
Of course, in the eyes of outsiders, the Home Fleet was still Earth's most powerful strategic mobile force, and the brightest stripe on the tiger skin of the "third-largest military power in the galaxy." Given the way Earth's high and mighty officials operated, sending such a key mobile force to the Southern Heavenly Gate could only mean that negotiations with the Galactic Civilization Council had made decisive progress.
As for the Callila, when the ship, loaded to the brim with military aid, reached New Jade Gate, the Alliance had made its position clear as well.
"So, Colonel, you need to receive them properly and keep international opinion in mind. Our victory makes us defenders of galactic civilization, so we must show some grace..." Governor Jiang paused when he seemed to notice Yu