At midnight that night, just as all the players logged in and Blue Star's time in the "game" reached "08:00:01," a notification was sent directly to several hundred qualified players, popping up across their interfaces:
[Emergency Combat Notice] To all players qualified to operate as warship crew: Just moments ago, our reconnaissance satellites detected two Imperium of Man "Lunar"-class cruisers altering their orbits and approaching the orbital region above our base. The enemy ships are expected to enter orbital strike range in fifty minutes. The base's newly constructed first battlecruiser, the "Orks," must launch immediately to engage and intercept the enemy vessels, protecting the base and surrounding facilities. Orders: All players who have completed battlecruiser crew operation training and received this notice must assemble at the main entrance of the base Starport within five minutes of receiving this notice. Once personnel are in position, assignments will be made immediately, followed by boarding and deployment! Those who receive this notice but fail to arrive within five minutes will be treated as having fled in the face of battle and permanently banned! This is not a drill. Again, this is not a drill! Base Commander: Gao Lanlan
The moment they received the notice, the thirty-odd players from the Fifteenth War Guild, Jiuli Horde, who had passed crew training and received the notification immediately exploded in the guild channel.
[Attacking Hour]: [Holy shit! Five minutes! Our guild base is a full eight hundred kilometers from the main base! Even if we arranged for the guild's transport planes to take us over right now, it'd still take dozens of minutes, wouldn't it?]
[Attacking Hour]: [How the hell are we supposed to do this?!]
[Kick You Once]: [It's over! It's over! It's over! It's over! I don't want to get banned!]
[Dark Moon