Combat System Online — Control System Seized. Fire Control Network Rebuilding Initiated

 

A dark interior. The reactor lay dormant in standby mode.

This was a derelict warship. Restoration had begun, but the limitations of current technology made progress painfully slow. After the attack by the Argos, reconstruction work had come to a halt.

Through the shadowed corridors of the warship, a young girl skipped along, humming cheerfully.

「Found myself a brand-new home!」

She had arrived at the control room of the ship—once known as Megareus, a space battleship.

「Are you… tired? Then merge with me. Let’s work together. I think we’re a perfect match—wait, the worst? No way!」

She spoke to the ship’s central AI. As the girl synced with the battleship’s core, her speech became clear and focused.

「Megareus—one of the Seven Against Thebes. The general who hurled himself into the dragon’s den at the prophet Tiresias’ behest. There are a lot of theories about why Tiresias went blind, but the most popular is that he saw