Reborn Omega

Fang Shao, commander of the Seven Luminaries Legion, is an exceptionally powerful mecha pilot and an Alpha through and through.

But during what seemed to be a straightforward interstellar mecha battle, he was caught in a trap and reduced to ashes among the stars.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself in the body of the Empire's most loathed Omega! To top it off, he had an Alpha husband stationed at the front who ignored him, and an Alpha baby!

No one's paying attention to me? Even better! I can hide my identity and get back to my old career! I'll rejoin the legion and pilot a mecha again!

Currently writing... Official update schedule undecided... Hope you'll support me

Preview:

Chapter One

Fang Shao sat inside his mecha, waiting for its external hardware to be upgraded while eating potato chips and browsing gossip on the Lightnet.

During intense fighting at the front, the Lightnet was completely sealed off from the outside. The fighting in the Mosher star system had finally eased a little after a year and a half, so Fang Shao could use his mecha, Seven Luminaries, to hack into the Lightnet and browse gossip.

When he saw that his mighty and brilliant older brother, Fang Zhao, had gotten caught up a year ago in a scandal that the whole Empire was still talking about, he stared in astonishment, then clapped his hands and burst out laughing.

"Hahahaha! This is killing me! My brother, of all people, got trapped into marriage by an Omega? Oh my god, I'm dying! No wonder he barely sent me any messages this past year, and hardly ever called. So this is the amazing thing that happened!" Fang Shao laughed so hard he doubled over. His brother had to be the most talked-about Alpha general in the Empire last year. His popularity must have shot through the roof.

"Master, please keep the mecha cockpit clean! Don't you know that even a single potato chip crumb can cause irreparable damage to mecha components?" Seven Luminaries' AI had a gentle male voice, but even he sounded exasperated now.

Fang Shao casually pressed a button on the control panel. A tiny robot popped out and gobbled up all the potato chip crumbs scattered around the cockpit. "Seven Luminaries! Didn't you see the news on the Lightnet? My brother nearly got trapped by an Omega in heat! Luckily, someone even more unlucky fell for it and had a child with that shameless Omega. Look, they say it's a healthy Alpha, so I guess that's some compensation! But I bet my brother wouldn't stoop to that, even if he knew. Let me see, who was the unlucky guy?"

Fang Shao shoved a handful of chips into his mouth and swiped twice at the air in front of the screen with greasy fingers. The moment he saw the face that appeared, he spat out every last chip in his mouth.

"Warning! Warning! The cockpit is 3.2% contaminated! Beginning emergency cleanup!" A piercing alarm immediately sounded inside the cockpit.

Furious, Seven Luminaries unceremoniously swept Fang Shao out of the cockpit. When Sean entered the mecha hangar, he saw his unreliable commanding officer being tossed out of his mecha.

The brown-haired, brown-eyed adjutant was already used to this. He watched his young commander, expressionless, skillfully step down along the mecha's joints before finishing with a graceful flip and landing in front of him.

"Sean! Did you know? Our general got married! And he has a kid! And an Omega tricked him into marrying them!" As soon as Fang Shao landed, he eagerly shared the earth-shattering gossip he'd just learned with his adjutant.

"General Austin?" Sean was genuinely surprised. He raised his wrist computer and contacted Seven Luminaries, sharing the Lightnet page Fang Shao had just been browsing. As well as being Lieutenant Colonel Fang Shao's adjutant, he was also Fang Shao's mecha mechanic, so Seven Luminaries had no secrets from him.

Sean skimmed the gossip and raised an interested eyebrow. "Going by the timing, it must have happened when the general returned to the Imperial Star for the royal celebration last year. No wonder he transferred you to the Mosher star system after he came back. This is the very front line. Our legion finished its rotation there the year before last, so I couldn't figure out why we were assigned there again so soon."

"That's absolutely a case of abusing his power for revenge! Austin couldn't get back at my brother, so he took it out on me!" Fang Shao paced around angrily. It wasn't that he was afraid of fighting at the front. On the contrary, he loved it. But that didn't mean he wanted to be somebody's punching bag! The front-line rations were so awful they made you want to throw up!

It wasn't that good food was impossible to get at the front. Supplies were hard to transport, but as commander of the Seven Luminaries Legion, Fang Shao had the privilege of eating meals that were different from those served to ordinary soldiers. Unfortunately, he was also a mecha pilot, and his calorie intake at every meal was strictly regulated to keep his weight from going over. The rules themselves weren't all that strict, but his mecha was both a neat freak and obsessive-compulsive. He had to keep Fang Shao at the perfect weight. Even an extra 0.1 kilograms meant a rigorous workout until Fang Shao was back within range. Three years ago, Fang Shao went on leave to the Imperial Star and accidentally ate ten pounds over his limit. That was followed by three straight months of hellish training, an experience Fang Shao had no desire to repeat.

But he'd gotten sidetracked. Fang Shao pulled his thoughts back and patted his adjutant on the shoulder, speaking with heartfelt seriousness. "Sean, when you marry an Omega, keep your eyes open! Only our general could put up with one like that!"

Sean gazed at his young, black-haired, black-eyed commander, burying the feelings that were about to surge into his chest. He had no desire to marry an Omega, ever. He only wanted to stay by his commander's side.

But Sean knew he could only think that way in private. Even if he said it out loud, his bighearted commander would scold him for being childish and wouldn't take words that sounded so much like a confession seriously.

Why bother? This was good enough.

Ever since meeting Fang Shao at military school, Sean had gradually realized how he felt. He had stayed by his side ever since they graduated. This life was good, too. At least until Fang Shao married an Omega, Sean was the person closest to him.

After humanity entered the galactic age, people continually improved their genes to endure the long years of exploration. Their lifespans increased, and humanity also came to be divided into three categories. Most men and women were Betas, just like humans of the past, and when they had children, those children were always Betas. But then the Alpha appeared, several times more capable than the Beta.

Both male and female Alphas had extraordinary memories, mental strength, and physical abilities, as well as longer lifespans than Betas. It wasn't long before Alphas came to dominate the upper echelons of both the Empire and the Federation. The armies, senior officials, and wealthy merchants on both sides were all Alphas. Alpha couples and Alpha-Beta couples could not have Alpha children. Only Omegas could give birth to Alphas.

Omegas, whether male or female, were frail and delicate. Every Omega was registered with either the Empire or the Federation. It was said that in the early days, Omegas had no say in whom they married. But after a large-scale Omega protest, their rights were properly improved, and they truly became the darlings of the public. Even so, Omegas remained extremely rare, and many Alphas still couldn't find one to marry, leaving them to pair up with Betas.

Of course, not every Omega was doted on. Especially after biological mechas were developed, Alpha physical strength was no longer the only advantage, and bloodlines stopped being something everyone prized. That was why the Imperial Star Omega's behavior had become an object of ridicule.

So Sean felt Fang Shao had no chance until his older brother Fang Zhao got married. Secretly, he prayed that Major General Fang Zhao would hold out.

"By the way, Seven Luminaries' hardware upgrade will take another four and a half hours. Do you want to go rest in the lounge, Commander?" Sean tactfully changed the subject. He didn't want to discuss what kind of Omega was most appealing with the person he had a crush on.

"Hey, what do you think of the test reports for the chromium-platinum alloy shipped over by the Tang Corporation? Should we replace Seven Luminaries' outer shell with chromium-platinum alloy, too?" At the mention of his mecha, Fang Shao grew serious.

"I've collected test reports on the mecha upgrades carried out by the other legions. The results are all good, so I recommend upgrading Seven Luminaries. But if we replace the shell, the work won't be finished until eight tomorrow night." Sean sent all the files on his wrist computer to Fang Shao.

Fang Shao quickly and carefully read through the reports, then sent them to Seven Luminaries so it could decide for itself. Fang Shao thought the upgrade would be beneficial, but he was still a good master who respected his mecha's wishes.

After running various calculations and simulating the results of the upgrade, Seven Luminaries quickly decided to go ahead with it. Fang Shao was happy with the decision, too. He wouldn't be able to sit inside his mecha and watch gossip on the big screen, but the wrist computer on his arm was also Seven Luminaries' space button and contained its mental program. He could still hack into the Lightnet and keep browsing gossip.

Sean knew his commander's habits. He took charge of Seven Luminaries' upgrade and sent Fang Shao off to entertain himself. Seven Luminaries was a double-S-class mecha, and nothing could be allowed to go wrong. Sean didn't want anyone in the hangar to distract him. As he watched his commander leave, Sean suddenly called out, "Commander, what if we get a mission order to deploy while Seven Luminaries is being upgraded?"

"It's fine. I have a backup mecha. Don't worry." Fang Shao didn't even look back. He casually raised a hand and waved over his shoulder in farewell.

Sean stared at Fang Shao's retreating figure. After a moment, he gave a wry smile, shook his head, and lowered his gaze to prepare for Seven Luminaries' upgrade.

Why did it feel like he might never see his commander again?

He was definitely overthinking it.