"Even with the Helicarrier's engines modified, this voyage will still take a week."
In the conference room, Praetorian Commander Constantine truthfully informed the Helicarrier's senior crew of the situation.
The Sisterhood would not be participating in this operation. They were still assisting the First Secret Regiment in cleansing the Attilan Star Fortress, and with help from the Mars Foundry, progress would be much faster. Even so, they would not be able to catch up with this operation to Neptune. Only a handful of key personnel, such as Tita, the head of the Sisterhood, boarded the Helicarrier after its recent overhaul. Since this mission carried an extremely high contamination risk, the crew had also been kept at the minimum operational level. Tita looked around and found no trace of the Emperor. Even with her eyes closed, she could not sense his presence. That was highly abnormal for an operation involving the Sacred Guard.
"I don't see the Sovereign here either, nor do I see Dinah. Could it be that the Sacred Guard left the Sovereign on Earth?"
"Our mission is to stop the contamination from returning to Earth. The objective is destruction and interception, not rescue," Praetorian Commander Constantine said. "The Sovereign will appear if necessary. The specific reasons are classified. Mission details and supply lists have already been distributed to the squad leaders of every department. The most important task is to destroy the New Domain and assess the extent of contamination among the crew of The Valiant." He looked toward a woman standing beside the command table, draped in red robes and bearing extensive traces of mechanical Cybernetic Prosthetics. "The Mars Foundry cannot provide any direct assistance in this mission, but it has still supplied a great deal of repair resources and technical guidance, and plotted the fastest route