Benefits, everything in the world changes, but benefits are eternal. Now everyone knows that the Dawn Group holds the greatest interests of the new galaxy in its hands.
Many people believe that the Dawn Regiment does not have the ambition to build a huge empire and include the entire new galaxy in its territory. This is not a fantasy speculation, but an inference based on actual facts.
Because in the Mass Effect world, when the Dawn Legion defeated the Reapers, they had every opportunity to create a nation that spanned the entire galaxy—but they refused. Not only that, the Dawn Group even took countless steps back, transforming itself into a semi-public welfare organization and sharing a large number of benefits. After the war, those countries were able to quickly carry out economic transformation and get out of the trough, and the contribution of the Dawn Regiment was indispensable.
Therefore, after careful analysis of the conquered countries in the New Galaxy, it seems that the consequences of being conquered are not that serious - the political goal of the Dawn Regiment is more inclined to establish an organization that acts as a referee, sets standards, and has huge value. Instead of being a player in person.
This is actually very powerful, which shows that the leader of the Dawn Group is still clear-headed.
Many people who have reached this point (when they have the opportunity to build a huge empire) cannot resist the urge to build "a great thing that will last forever." However, "its rise and fall are sudden." A powerful country that was suddenly established will collapse.
This cannot be seen during the conquest, everything is covered under the slogan of romance and progress, and the soldiers win one victory after another on rose petals. But when the war reaches the end of the world and all enemies are defeated, the empire's mode will have to switch from "conquer" to "domination." Then all the contradictions accumulated before - class contradictions, national contradictions, military contradictions, institutional contradictions, etc., all burst out, causing the huge empire to fall apart in an instant...
Even if it can barely survive, is there an empire in this world that lasts for ten thousand years? Oh, you said Mona people, there is a god behind Mona people.
In this case, it is better to take a step back, bundle up some visible interests and conflicts and throw them out, and only maintain your core area. There is no empire that lasts for ten thousand years, but there is an organization that lasts for ten thousand years. An organization will never be destroyed as long as its core philosophy does not become outdated.
And proper division of interests can also unite those countries. What's more, this war has come to an end, and every member of the Dawn Regiment has a lot of credits waiting to be cashed out...
The reason why I say so much is because today all the Dawn Legion, its mercenaries and those who recruited the Legion are facing the same problem - embrace death or embrace profit.
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"Of course it's death," the old orc smoking a cigar said cheerfully, "Only greenskins who die in battle are good greenskins."
"Waaaah~!!!" There was a war cry of ghosts and wolves howling in the bar.
——Then the green-skinned orc was the first to sign up, and the whole process took less than ten seconds.
No hesitation, no arguments, no sadness. They just drank and discussed how to die in battle, completely disdainful of the signing. How can we do ground warfare without us greenskins? The green man's big ax is already thirsty!
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The next person to sign up was Misaka Ten Thousand, and it only took one minute.
They have their own Misaka Network, and information can be exchanged at the speed of light, so they can unify opinions extremely quickly.
"The cost of Misaka is only 180,000 yen, so you can throw one away." Misaka 9527 pretended to be cute and uploaded the Misaka's detailed body data and backup memory to the host. I especially hope that the record of the cup size will not be wrong. Commander Misaka explained to the registrar seriously and solemnly pointed out the key points.
The registrar resisted saying: Compared to breasts, shouldn't you be more concerned about the average height of the Misaka Legion?
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No one expected that the third person to sign up turned out to be a conscripted corps from a multinational coalition!
Perhaps it's because they don't have the benefit of resurrection after death, so they don't care much about dying in the final battle. Of course, in a political sense, only blood shed together can forge the closest relationship - it can be enemies or comrades-in-arms.
Then there are the mercenaries from the Mass Effect world—among them are veterans from the four major races, as well as mercenaries such as Krogan and Batarian—all of whom are now under the unified command of Shepard. These people are all professional warriors. Some of them live on battleships all their lives. They know nothing but fighting.
The long peace in the Mass Effect world caused them to lose their source of livelihood, and the cross-world expedition gave them new opportunities. Their goal is to make enough money from the war, so of course they will not refuse to fight. Death and other things, when the reapers invaded, it was a hundred million or a hundred million deaths, and they had long been numb.
When both the mercenary and conscript armies signed up, the number of soldiers was instantly full!
There are only 20 million opponents, and now there are not enough offensive quotas to allocate, but the geth group has joined in to cause trouble. The geth are now the main force onboard the Dawn Regiment because they can seamlessly connect with the battleship host. No one expected that these artificial intelligences would come together and want a piece of the pie. But the geth's reason is simple. They want to prove that they are also a member of the Dawn.
The geth do not want to establish an independent country after the war. They believe that the leadership role of the Dawn Regiment is very important to the overall evolution of the geth. If possible, Geth hopes to live on the Dawn forever. The salary does not matter, as long as the electricity is provided.
This reason is simply irresistible.
Only then did people really feel that there were so many talented people in the Dawn Army! There are half a dozen heroes of the savior level alone, and there are even more military geniuses. All the people leading the squad are combat heroes, and only school-level officers can lead a large squadron... Such an army is really speechless.
But at this time, people suddenly discovered that among the groups that had not expressed their stance, there were only four million members of the "Immigration Group" left...
Excuse me? You are teasing me, shouldn't they be the first to express their opinions?
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At this moment, in another conference hall inside Dawn Fortress, the atmosphere was so gloomy that it could make water boil.
In the conference room, there were familiar faces from the Liming Group such as Rita Sanyaning, Ai Guodong, and Ai Guoliang, as well as some unfamiliar faces. Like the previous meetings, they were representatives chosen from among four million immigrants, each representing some group.
It is worth noting that Mu Xing, who was supposed to have an absolute position among immigrant groups, did not appear at this meeting.
"This is not our war at all! We all know that Captain Lu is just trying to save the man behind the wall. It has nothing to do with us at all. Why should we sacrifice our lives? Everyone thinks this is the truth."
"Can you show some shame when you say this?" Ai Guodong sarcastically said, "Before the Dawn, human beings were bugs that anyone could crush! Why can you make such nonsense here? Lu Yuan's purpose It's to save people, that's right. But you didn't get any benefits from it? Didn't humans gain living space from it? You said it has nothing to do with you, fine! If you go out now and say that you don't want all the benefits, no one will force you. Go to the battlefield! Don’t be a bitch and ask for a memorial arch!"
"Then we have to volunteer! We are not his slaves, Lu Yuan! Besides, why should we say that the harvest is all because of him? The Dawn is ours, and we are equivalent to shareholders who take shares in the Dawn. He is now Everything we acquire has our shares in it!”
"Haha~ Okay!" Ai Guodong simply gave a thumbs up, "You are awesome! Why don't you go to heaven if you are so confident? Do you believe that it only takes three minutes for the Dawn Group to turn around and build you a ship exactly like the Dawn I’ll give you back your account number. I’ll give you back your shares... I’ll just give you two words, haha!”
"You think I didn't think of this? It's not that we don't have any confidence. You won't forget, right? The fortress under my feet was modified by the original Dawn... Ms. Dawn, is the host of this fortress! Regardless of the world No matter how things change, Ms. Li Ming will definitely be on our side! Are there any questions?"
The conference room fell into silence immediately, and several people quietly exchanged glances, obviously quite moved.
"It's not good, if we do anything at this time, the Dawn Regiment will hate us forever..." someone said in a low voice.
"Vote!" Someone ordered decisively, but Ai Guodong did not stop him. A moment later, it was 1.1 million versus 2.7 million, and 200,000 people abstained. Ai Guodong and the others lost, and there was no suspense about their loss.
"What did you say?" The person who suggested it before leaned on his seat proudly and asked Ai Guodong forcefully.
"I never promised you anything about voting," Ai Guodong stood up with his hat. Ai Guoliang and Rita Sanyanin stood up at the same time. His voice rang not only in this conference room, but also in the ears of everyone who was observing the meeting. "I am a human being, I know what shame is and what gratitude is. So from the beginning we were not gay, we were not even the same kind of people, we were just in the same boat.
Since we all have different paths, let’s go our separate ways... In the second round of voting, those who agree with me will vote yes, and we will part ways with the immigration group in the future! "
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There was no heated conflict, no further quarreling.
After a silent vote, 710,000 people finally chose to leave with Ai Guodong and others, most of whom were researchers at Mu Xing Laboratory. The two parties signed a series of agreements involving confidentiality and other aspects, and finally split peacefully...
As for secession, most immigrants don't seem to care much.
When Ai Guodong and others left, the remaining people immediately began to intensely discuss the next plan - including how to use Ms. Dawn to kidnap the Dawn Fortress, and then start negotiations with the Dawn Group. By consuming credits, they gain the power to found a country, etc... They have even prepared the site for the new country and made a new star map! Obviously it took more than a day or two to prepare.
They knew Lady Dawn was watching—the whole fortress was under her watch—but they didn't care. Because they are convinced that the artificial intelligence host will dedicate everything to the immigrants, that is her mission...
