The headquarters of the Star Alliance, inside the Arcturus Space Station. [No pop-up novel website]
"General...", "General!"
When the commander of the Star Alliance Fifth Fleet, General Hackett, walked through the corridors of the space station with a straight face. Many officers who were walking immediately stepped aside respectfully, stood at attention and saluted the general. General Hackett simply nodded, and then walked quickly through the spacious hall towards the room at the end of the corridor.
"General", a second lieutenant wearing a military police uniform stood in front of General Hackett. But when General Hackett turned his accusing eyes to him, under tremendous pressure, the second lieutenant had to get out of the way, and he had to respectfully help General Hackett open the door to the room.
This is the Star Alliance Naval Court Martial. Today is a closed court day, and many people are queuing up to take their seats. Although these soldiers come to this court, they are destined to be punished. However, due to the quality of soldiers, they still lined up neatly in a row and moved forward in an orderly manner.
The judge sat behind a low table and asked the people who came to him to report their identities without raising their heads. Then after confirming that the files were correct, he issued corresponding punishments according to regulations - no appeal, no debate, military court. As simple and crude as ever - it's been that way for hundreds of years. Most of the punished people showed a very sad expression after hearing the result, but they almost all accepted it - because here, not accepting the punishment result and seeking a lawyer are unpopular behaviors. What's more, I don't know what happened today, but there was an admiral and his adjutant sitting in the empty auditorium to listen!
When General Hackett walked in, he first turned his attention to the team of awaiting trial over there, and then easily found the only woman inside - Li Huamei. She seemed emotionally unaffected, just moving forward with a blank expression—but General Hackett knew. The punishment awaiting her will be expulsion from the military! Be held criminally responsible! Very serious...
General Hackett originally did not want to interfere with the Second Fleet, but what Lu Yuan described happened during the "Initial Contact Battle". The story about "Louis's Children" completely moved him!
"General!" General Hackett came to Admiral Castelney Drescher who was sitting in the gallery. Be the first to salute. Not only because Admiral Drescher was of a higher rank than him, but also because he had served in the Second Fleet for a long time - Admiral Castelney Drescher was his old superior.
When he followed Admiral Drescher to participate in the "First Contact Battle", Hackett himself was still a second lieutenant. At that time, Castelney Drescher already wore the rank of general. Twenty years later, Hackett, who has entered middle-aged and old age, finally entered the ranks of generals. And Admiral Castelnir Drescher has turned gray-haired. Although he is still serving as fleet commander at the age of eighty-nine. But everyone knows...he's not far away from retirement. "Hackett..." The old man saw General Hackett and nodded as a greeting. He has too much seniority in the Star Alliance Navy, and there are not many people who can make him stand up from his seat - not to mention that it was Admiral Drescher who led the Second Fleet to attack the Turian patrol fleet and "first "Contact War" turned over in one fell swoop! The old man has great prestige in the military! "How did you come?"
General Hackett took a deep breath, and then said directly, "I am here to ask you to reconsider the punishment of Corporal Li Huamei, allow him to retain his military status, and be exempted from criminal responsibility..."
"Impossible!" The old man waved his hands in disgust without even thinking, interrupting General Hackett's words! "Don't tell me this. I believe the law is fair!" - Just p! If he really believed that the court could give a fair verdict, then Duncan should be standing in the queue awaiting trial! And why are you sitting here putting pressure on the judge! ?
General Hackett put down his hand in annoyance. But when he saw the old man's pale hair, he remembered Lu Yuan's last words that suddenly came out... which were horrifying. Still prepared to suppress the anger in his heart and fight for Lu Yuan again.
But he only saw the old man waving his hand, "Since you're here, sit down first! I have something for you to do..."
When Hackett sat down next to him, Admiral Castelney Drescher tilted his head and said without looking directly at General Hackett, "Hackett, this boy Duncan has done well recently...I heard Are you making ghost candidate recommendations with that David Anderson? You can be Duncan's recommender."
General Hackett suddenly felt furious! Are you giving me orders like a subordinate? ! He respects his senior superiors, that's the courtesy he knows! Gratitude! But if the other party regards these as capital. He is absolutely intolerable! ——As the commander of the Fifth Fleet on an equal footing with the Commander of the Second Fleet, General Hackett has a slightly lower military rank. But he represents the entire fleet, and his authority cannot be challenged!
If Admiral Drescher used this recommendation as a condition in exchange for Li Huamei. He might still seriously consider it - but now, absolutely impossible!
"I will serve as a co-recommender for Anderson's selection," Hackett bluntly rejected Admiral Drescher's unreasonable request. "Duncan...even if he passes N7 training, I won't recommend him!"
"Humph!" Castelney Drescher looked displeased and stopped talking to Hackett.
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"Ungrateful guy..." Admiral Drescher muttered loudly, making no secret of his hostility towards Hackett at this moment. The general's adjutant stood behind him in embarrassment. Regarding the two generals, he neither dared to persuade nor listened... It was really painful.
General Hackett sat there as if he had not heard those words, looking at the profile of General Castelney Drescher with the corner of his eyes, thinking of many past events.
Speaking of which, due to his busy military affairs, he had not communicated with Admiral Drescher for about seven or eight years.
Twenty years have passed since the "First Contact War"... The clear and wise eyes at that time now look yellow and cloudy, and their eyes are constantly wandering like a patient... Hackett sighed softly, and the man who resolutely launched The resolute general who had made the surprise attack was now reduced to only arrogance and willfulness. And his son, who thinks he has done a perfect job, has long heard rumors that the father and son want to make the Second Fleet a son's business, which is why Admiral Drescher insists on not retiring - I'm afraid this is no longer the case. The Admiral Castelnir Drescher whom I knew.
"General, your communication..." At this time, the sudden access to the communication saved Admiral Drescher's adjutant. He bent down and reported softly in the admiral's ear, interrupting the general's curse.
"who?"
"It's Major General Jon Grissom who is recuperating on the planet Elysium."
"Come in, you're probably here to praise Duncan. Duncan saved his life..."
Unfortunately, not long after, Hackett heard Admiral Drescher's voice suddenly rise to a very high pitch, and he shouted angrily. "What, you're here to plead for that Bichi too?! Are you an old fool?! Pay attention to your duties, front! - Major General!"
Admiral Drescher didn't care that this was a quiet court, he was just making a noise! And after talking about the sarcastic "former major general", he angrily cut off the communication! As unreasonable as you want, be as unreasonable as you want!
Seeing the judge's white-clenched fists, Hackett sighed silently and silently moved himself to a position away from Admiral Drescher. Although Major General Grissom retired, his military rank had not yet reached the top. But as the first hero of the Star Alliance, his prestige is by no means comparable to that of Castelnie!
He was actually ridiculed as "former major general!" At this time, the old man didn't know how angry he was going to be! Sure enough, before a minute had passed, the communicators of Hackett and Admiral Drescher rang at the same time.
Hackett read the letter he received. After learning what happened, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up slightly. Grissom seemed really pissed off...
Over there, after reading the message, Admiral Drescher's adjutant came up behind Admiral Castelnet with a sad face, and said in his ear, "Sir, you have been expelled from the officers' club..."
Kastny suddenly jumped up in anger, "It's a crappy place to chat, does he think I care?!", and then the admiral actually shouted at the judge, "Why haven't we arrived yet!? Do you think I'm here?" Do you have time to waste a whole day here!?”
General Hackett, who was sitting far away, shook his head slightly. At this time, he completely entered the role of watching with a cold eye. Although he once served under Admiral Drescher, he only received his promotion after leaving the Second Fleet - there was no "good fortune" between the two.
As a place for private communication and friendship, the Officers Club is very important! This is true for both active and retired officers... The members include all generals, and the network of contacts is so huge that it's scary! Originally, as the highest-ranking general in active service, General Drescher was the least likely to be fired.
But his sentence - "Are you confused?! Pay attention to your duty, front! - Major General!" - is too lethal! After being sent to every member by Grissom, this sentence was enough to arouse the anger of every retiree. So with the collective consent of the sponsors, Admiral Drescher became the first general to be expelled from the "Officers Club"!
At this time, Hackett noticed that it seemed that Admiral Drescher had received another communication, but the result was also unhappy!
Admiral Drescher fiercely pushed his adjutant away, strode up to General Hackett, glared and shouted, "Those Chinese interceded for this Bichi a few days ago, and I felt there was something wrong with it. ! Today I saw you and that old bastard Grissom coming to obstruct the verdict again. Just now... people from the Military Academy dared to call!
What do you want to do? ! Who do you think you are? ! This Star Alliance is not your world yet! "Admiral Drescher slapped his holster vigorously, "I'm sitting here today! Let’s see who dares to turn the world upside down! "
