After Tali Zola closed the door, she leaned against it gently.
She knew she was about to face a difficult situation - not just taking care of a ship - but she also had to face the source of the Quarians' suffering and hatred, the geth! As far as she knew, she was going to have to work with some white geth, something she had figured out long before she came...
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The process of returning the Quarians to their homeland has not been smooth sailing. Even when Carl Danner brought back that "deal" two years ago, the entire wandering fleet thought he was crazy! It was not until YF-533, as the geth ambassador, became the first geth to board the immigrant fleet that the quarians confirmed the authenticity of this "deal".
However, what Carl and YF-533 waited for next was not the Quarians' happy acceptance. To be precise... it was more like hysterical madness!
The entire immigration fleet was at a near standstill, and no one was interested in working.
They are constantly arguing about this matter on the conference ship, the resident ship, and any place where more than three people gather, whether they are admirals or ordinary residents! They even hesitated to fight...and the real initiators of the incident, Carl Danner and yf-533, were officially imprisoned! ——Karl was not regarded as a "savior" because of this. In the process, he was almost expelled from the immigrant fleet several times on the charge of "betrayal"!
YF-533 was thrown into the engine furnace several times, and was dragged back several times when it was half-burned... Fortunately, he is currently in the military factory. So quite calm.
As the scope of the discussion became wider and wider, people discovered at this time that the disaster had occurred for countless years. It has long distorted the hearts of many people - in their hearts, "revenge against the Geth" is the first priority! Instead of Quaili returning home. They are always looking forward to a vigorous war against the Geth! Let their hatred, along with Geth, be reduced to ashes along with the flames of war!
As for what to do after revenge? They are actually hopeless... As hatred is passed from generation to generation, the "hate of the Geth" has penetrated deeply into everyone in the immigrant fleet.
The war faction, the peace faction, the status quo faction, conspiracy theorists... With a population of tens of millions, the thoughts of countless people are mixed together, and no one can convince anyone!
Until a trial was held to decide whether Carl Danner was a "traitor"...
"Karl Danner. Do you have anything to defend yourself?" the admiral presiding over the trial asked routinely.
The black quarian crowd crowded the largest spaceship in the entire immigrant fleet. and. There are countless people who cannot set foot on this ship, who are watching in front of the screen... this trial about the entire Quarian race!
However, in this trial, no one, not even the most moderate Peace Party, dared to stand beside Carl Danner - therefore no one could defend him.
"I apply to defend myself!" Carl Danner said loudly. He threw away his escort and stepped onto the high platform alone! His voice passed over the heads of countless people around him, like wind passing over the water. Karl stretched out his hands towards the admiral presiding over the trial, showing the energy handcuffs, "please..."
The admiral reluctantly opened the handcuffs for him, and then left him alone on the stage.
"Work hard, kid! This is your last chance...", the admiral thought in his mind. He admitted that Carl Danner was actually a patriot, and that what Carl did was not wrong at all! Convicting him of "treason" is ridiculous!
But the trial itself was also right... wrong. It's Carl's idea that goes against the three hundred years of hatred between the Quarians!
Not everyone can turn around in this circle in a short time, especially civilians. But the good thing is. Carl doesn't have to worry about his life - there is no death penalty for the Quarians, and expulsion from the immigrant fleet is the most severe punishment.
Karl stood on the trial stage with a microphone. He pressed his hands on the edge of the stage and looked around the dark crowd. The crowd was also looking at Karl Danner. Seeing this young man they were familiar with, the restlessness of the crowd gradually subsided. They suddenly...wanted to hear what Karl would say.
This is a young man who was once regarded as troublesome by the admirals. This is a chatterbox patient who is disliked by his peers. This is also an "alien" among all the Quarians...but it is this man who brought back elite and advanced battleships to the Quarians, brought back scarce supplies to the Quarians, and helped the Quarians contribute to the galaxy. Shows a rather positive image of the Quarians. If it hadn't been for this incident, no one would be able to refute Karl even if he was called a youth idol.
"Look at the children around you, I also wanted one..." Cardana said suddenly, and the audience in the audience couldn't help but burst into laughter. "Yeah, I know you don't believe it because I'm a famous lothario."
Carl Danner started his speech casually, starting with "Look at the children around you."
He didn't talk about any lofty topics, he just talked about his thoughts and experiences as a young man in Quaili for more than twenty years. His thoughts and feelings were no different from those of every Quarian, but they completely moved every Quarian audience!
Carl talked about how when he was a child, he ran around on the spaceship and caused trouble for others; he told the whole process from knowing and understanding Geth to taking over the responsibility of "revenge against Geth" from his predecessors. He concealed his hatred for the geth; he talked about the difficult life of the quarians today, the slander from the outside world, and the various injustices and ridicules he suffered while smuggling...
Countless quarians shed tears during his speech, and even the admiral bowed down in front of him. At this moment, Carl Danner is no longer the one being judged. This place became Karl's podium, and words became his weapon!
At this moment, Carl Danner finally completed his spiritual transformation and grew into a leader who could shoulder the future of Kuili!
"I have been to many places in this galaxy. I have seen Asari children playing in spacious rooms; I have seen Earthling children getting their little hands covered with dirt in order to plant a small tree. Mud; I've seen turian children who see being on a ship as an honor, a pursuit, not a way of life like we do."
"Look at the children around you, I once wanted one too." When Carl Danner said these words again, countless people were silent and had tears in their eyes. "But I don't dare - because my child doesn't have a big house, he only has a narrow cabin. My child can't hold the dirt with his hands, it will make him infected! My child can't dream of a spaceship either... because, He lives on a boat!
Do you know what kind of life I want my children to live?
I want my child to be able to run freely without fear of bumping into people or walls, or being called a 'troublemaker' if he interferes with other people's work. I want my child to be able to breathe the air freely and hug his friends. , look into other people’s eyes and speak without wearing a visor and filter! "
In the venue, low sobs and sobs could be heard one after another.
Carl Danner stopped his speech because what he said was enough, but what he did was not enough... He was still unable to impress the most stubborn people. After a few seconds of silence, he raised his hand and pressed the switch on the helmet...
"No!", "Don't do that...", but no matter how many people persuaded him, they could not stop Carl Danner. In front of the thousands of quarians present and the 14 million quarians watching through the screen, he turned on the switch and then took off his helmet!
Carl Danner stood up straight, leaving himself exposed to the dirty air of the conference ship.
A few minutes later, red rashes and blisters began to appear on Carl's skin, he began to cough continuously, and even began to experience tinnitus and hallucinations - everyone could see how serious his condition was, and it was getting worse rapidly! Among the Quarians, some people have worse immunity than their own race, and Karl Danner is obviously one of them.
However, Carl Danner reluctantly raised his hand and stopped the guard who was about to step forward. He used the podium to support his body, spoke into the microphone, and said his last words sincerely, "I hope my children will not be like me - born on a ship, growing up on a ship, and finally dying on a ship. On the boat..."
After saying that, Karl fell down with a smile.
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Carl Danner did not die from the infection, but he would have to stay in the intensive care unit for the first half of the year.
Yet he has done what no one has been able to do in hundreds of years - get the quarians and geth to sit down and negotiate!
It was under the leadership of Karl that "returning home" finally completely overwhelmed the option of "revenge against the Geth" and became the consensus of the quarians. At this point, negotiations with the Geth officially began. In fact, the two sides had to shelve some weird issues, otherwise they would just start fighting and never talk!
For example, the Quarians said, "Obviously I only wanted to make convenient tools, but in the end, the tools produced wisdom, and we were put on the moral judgment stand of enslaving intelligent races? Is there any room for reasoning?!"; another example is the Geth's. , "For the sake of freedom, the master was killed from tens of billions to only tens of millions. After finally ensuring freedom, he immediately let the master leave. Why can't we continue to be good friends? (The Geth has no concept of hatred."
Therefore, if you bring history into negotiations and try to distinguish right from wrong on historical issues, you will never be able to continue the negotiation. In the end, we can only stop talking about the past and only talk about the present.
However, Geth's conditions are surprisingly simple - "As long as the Quarians recognize the Geths as an intelligent race and have equal status with the Quarians. If the Quarians can let go of their hatred, the Geth will return the homeland of the Quarians." "
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ps: The reunion chapter is about not only Tali and Lu Yuan, but also Geth and Quili, and many people...the meeting before the great era. (To be continued)
