In normal times, to interstellar empires like the Qien Empire and the Human Federation, a transport ship, two colonial strongholds, including the hundreds or thousands of people inside, are nothing but insignificant dust. What happened to them Any matter will only be reported to the level of the District Governor at most and will not be passed up any further.
But Tianxixing is different. The human federation has begun to prepare for war with all its strength. When the royal family and the parliament in the inner circle of the Qin Empire are arguing constantly, what Major Joseph did and the causes and consequences of the whole incident were quickly presented to the two countries. The highest level - the Human Federation Grand Marshal Sidney Beauclare and the Qian Empire Emperor Sazhar XXII.
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"Joseph Magellan, male, 27 years old, an Army Major, graduated from Senegion Colonial Military Academy. After the Bessarian stone resources were discovered on the Sunset Star, he voluntarily went to the planet and was responsible for commanding the Eighth Sector defense of the new colony near the equator of the district.”
After briefly browsing the information provided by the Army, the nearly sixty-year-old Generalissimo sighed and said: "This person can be regarded as one of the best in the army in terms of resume and ability. But in this matter, he was a little too hasty. .”
"The fleet is ready. The three assault fleets of Phoenix, Kraken, and Hydra have arrived at the planned location. A total of six standing fleets of Cerberus, Manticore, Centaur, Medusa, Wyvern, and Cyclops have also arrived on the border star. The domain deployment is complete, and all our available forces have been mobilized, except for the Tauren fleet stationed in the Fenhabenis system."
In front of the Generalissimo was Konstantin Shestakov, known as the "Spear of the Human League", not a projection. This respected Federation admiral used the star gate left behind by the past empire in the Human League. , it only took a few days to return to the capital United Star, and safely sent the scientists and equipment back.
As the only choice for long-distance interstellar travel and fleet strategic maneuvers, star gates are giant space buildings that utilize hyperspace slipstream technology. Until now, no civilized empire in the galaxy can build them independently.
Most of the empires with star gates rely on their well-preserved structures from ancient times. With the tireless efforts of scientific researchers and the pouring of massive resources, they can barely repair a few star gates to build a fast access network covering the entire galaxy. .
If empires like those separated by thousands of star systems want to communicate, they have to shorten the time of ultra-long-distance interstellar travel through star gates. Of course, they have to pay a fee to the owner of the star gate or the country that owns it. A lot of tolls are paid for using the star gate.
Compared to letting the spacecraft sail for years or even decades and consuming countless fuel and resources to reach the destination, stargate is more often the better choice.
At present, the empire with the most usable star gates in the galaxy is the United Nations of Earth. The tolls from dozens of large and small star gates have already helped them earn back the cost of repairing the star gates. Except for the relatively small maintenance costs, it is hard to imagine how many resources the Earth Alliance, which almost "collects taxes" across the galaxy, has accumulated.
"Teacher, if we declare war on the Qien Empire today, what do you think the chances of winning are?"
Although he knew that such an elusive thing as the war victory rate was difficult to give a specific estimate before the end, the generalissimo still looked expectantly at Shestakov, who came with her on the "Qiuju" immigration ark. The old man who came to the United Star - Beauclare was just a junior army officer on the immigrant Ark at that time, while Shestakov was the captain of the Ark.
Without the support and guarantee of the other party, Beauclair would not have been able to complete the work of unifying his thoughts so smoothly, let alone become the unequivocal generalissimo in the federation today. So even though Shestakov has changed from her former superior to a subordinate, in Beauclair's heart, he will always be her teacher.
"If only the outer ring of the empire participates in the war, I am confident that we can win the final victory of this war at a relatively small cost. If the central ring participates in the war, then I am afraid we will have to pay a high price, and the outcome will be difficult to predict."
"What if the inner circle joins the war? Teacher."
"If the Inner Circle and the imperial royal family also join in, we should think about how to sign a surrender treaty that is less shameful."
Shestakov's answer without any hesitation made Beauclare's eyes darken, and he said to himself in a low tone: "Even if the Federation goes all out, will it be difficult to shake the rule of the Qien Empire?"
Seeing the appearance of his former student, Shestakov shook his head and said with relief: "Nowadays, there are probably no other countries except those fallen empires that can unite the Qin Empire as enemies. Marshal, you must understand that our Human Federation is using the foundation of its decades of founding to fight against the foundation accumulated by the Qien Empire for hundreds of years, and there is nothing to be ashamed of if we cannot defeat it."
"I have studied the nature of the Qien Empire and the Qien people. They will never unite until there is a moment of life and death. So please be alert and never show your cowardice when there are outsiders, otherwise the Federation From top to bottom, we will lose the courage and confidence to fight against the empire, and this is precisely the thing we cannot afford to lose."
Looking up and looking at Shestakov, Beauclair smiled slightly and nodded, saying that the teacher's teachings many years ago are still unforgettable, and her words now have doubled her confidence.
"The future of the Federation depends on you, teacher."
Looking at the middle-aged woman with white hair behind the desk, Shestakov couldn't help but think of the time when he first met Beauclair more than thirty years ago. Her smooth and lustrous blond hair reminded him of his own life in another country. Daughter on Ulysses' Ark.
Unfortunately, the ark his daughter was traveling on was called the Hyacinth.
After the Ark's backward nuclear fission reactor unit was completely destroyed due to wormhole extrusion and immature hyperspace jumping technology, the captain at the time was once a famous American-Japanese hybrid pilot on the earth and his old friend, Takahashi Rona. Germany had to wake up the 250,000 colonists in the freezing cabin in advance to save enough energy for the spacecraft's power system.
The food stored on the spaceship was only enough for the colonists to consume for one month. Even after the unbearable rationing system was implemented, they still could not last for three months - this number already included all the edible food in the spaceship ecological park. Plants and seeds in cold storage.
This was a huge gamble. Captain Ronald placed his only choice and only hope on arriving in the Deneb system where the People's Federation is now located within three months to search for traces of habitable planets.
Unfortunately, his gamble failed.
After the last trace of energy was used to start the reactor unit that everyone knew was impossible to restart, Deneb forever became an unreachable mirage to them, and Takahashi Ronald's thick black hair changed overnight Got to be gray.
And in the six-month-long captain's log he left behind, he recorded what happened on the kilometer-long ark during that period of depression, fear, despair, and finally madness.
Small-scale armed conflicts, mutinous scientists and soldiers, people who are willing to sell their dignity for food, and finally, large-scale cannibalism - including Shestakov's daughter.
It was the first time in his life that the admiral abused his power. In order to find his daughter's remains located in different locations on the spacecraft, thousands of AFC scientists and soldiers who boarded the ship searched for a whole week in the spacecraft that was full of human remains. Finally, they finally A thigh bone covered with teeth marks was placed in his hand.
Since that time, he has sworn not to let the same thing happen to his remaining fellow humans, regardless of whether they know him, respect him, obey the law, and are willing to accept the leadership of the Grand Marshal and the extremes of the Human Federation. idea.
He will not give up as long as there is a breath of human life left.
So he took off his military hat and bowed deeply to Beauclair, then turned and left the Grand Marshal's office, heading to the giant war command room built by the Federation on the United Stars at a huge expense, preparing to personally direct the upcoming battle.
