Although the Ke'shan family world has gathered quite a lot of troops, all the ethers know that these are just self-stabilization and have lost the power of the void. Unless the other party intends to occupy this world intact, the numbers are of little significance.
There are also some ethers that place their hopes on the reinforcements sent by the central family.
"When will the reinforcements sent by the Supreme Council arrive? And what about the reinforcements from the O'Tar family world?"
"It is still uncertain whether the news has been sent back to the Supreme Council. The war is developing too fast. The expedition force we sent a month ago has been beaten to our doorstep by the enemy. The envoy for help was not sent until three days ago. Waiting for reinforcements is almost a luxury.”
Am'Technetium glanced at the star map and found that Mingkeshan was relatively close to the main star of Titanium among many families at present, but now this short distance has almost become an insurmountable gap. As for O' There is no need to expect the Tar family, which is a "retirement world". The family is famous for its beautiful environment and a large number of strange fruit products. It has been designated as an official training place by the Supreme Ether Council. Only the most respectable heroes of the Tau Empire can Only then can they retire here. The Tau people attach great importance to protecting their heroic elders, so there are many defense platforms in the orbital space of this world, but they do not have a very strong naval force.
After a discussion, all the ethers shook their heads slightly, putting on worried faces that only they could recognize.
"Then, I think there is no other way to deal with it except waiting for the other party to negotiate."
Am'Tech told the current situation very decisively and straightforwardly. Am'Ke pursed her lips tightly and looked at the red mass without saying a word. Am'Tech glanced at him several times but didn't respond. Obviously He would very much like to hear what this ether, who is known for his wisdom and thoughts, has to say instead of sitting here on wax.
"We still don't know what the condition of those expeditionary force soldiers is."
A female ether rubbed her hands and spoke with sadness. She was the ether in charge of civil affairs and one of the few who opposed the hasty launch of this war.
"With so many children, how many fathers and mothers can return home? Maybe we should take the initiative to contact them to at least ensure the safety of those expedition members."
"In negotiations, the active party will easily fall into a disadvantage. If we do this, we will probably fall into the trap of the other party. They will use the captured personnel as blackmail to force us to accept many unreasonable conditions. What we should do is delay, preferably until reinforcements arrive."
The speaking ether had long braids, modest lace on the collar of his robe, and a sigil ring on one of his thick fingers.
He is the ether responsible for supervising the work of the Water Clan's embassy, and is also the ether who manages the vassal races in the family world. He speaks with great weight in the ether parliament.
Amun'lu hummed, seeming to agree, and then asked:
"How long does it take?"
"I don't know. We have almost no understanding of this race. But what is certain is that they and the residents of that planet belong to different groups of the same race. It may be similar to the difference between urban residents and rural residents. I have long Having said that, the people who attacked the colony may not be the natives of the planet. The classification of this group is very complicated, and it is very risky for us to rush into action without understanding the situation."
His words only caused a slight groan from the surrounding people, because this person supported the launch of war. He also knew that his words were a bit hindsight, so he shrugged.
"But what I was thinking at the time was that maybe we could get them to join the Greater Good through reasonable communication, and then slowly get to know each other and resolve conflicts. I admit that I did make a mistake in judgment on this point."
"It's useless to say all this now. The focus is on how to hold off the opponent and wait for reinforcements to arrive."
Am'lu stood up, grabbed a pointing stick, stretched out to the star chart across the table, and slowly drew on the star chart along the directional symbols, imitating the movement trajectory of the fleet departing from Tau.
"Follow this route and use the maximum cruising speed of the Tau Guardian Fleet."
As he spoke, he paused.
".As long as we persist for 1-2 weeks, reinforcements will definitely arrive."
Then grunts and muffled discussions filled the conference room. .
"The enemy cannot give us such a long time. Their naval guns are now above our heads."
"Perhaps we can pretend to make peace with them? Accept all their conditions."
Amun'ke didn't speak for a long time since he last spoke. He looked at Amun'ke and knew that the other party was the most determined opponent at that time. After sighing softly, he said:
"Am'ke, what do you think?"
As soon as he opened his mouth, all the ethers turned their attention to this ether.
Am'Ke is a very special one among them. In the last war with the Zerg, he made a desperate move in the Delmara system and used his main fleet to lure the Tyranid fleet into the asteroid belt, sacrificing his flagship. At the cost of defeating the enemy that was the greatest threat to his family's world, he also strongly demanded the implementation of part of the scorched earth strategy, which slowed down the advance of the Zerg. However, he did not like to stay with the Fire Clan and lived alone most of the time. Although he has outstanding military exploits, he often discourages war.
But there is no doubt that many people in the Ke'shan family regard him as a true wise man and leader, and his prestige among the people is extremely high.
Under the gaze of all the ethers, Amun'ke remained silent for a moment and then said slowly:
"Soldiers, weapons, battles, dangers, big and small, strength and weakness, but in the blink of an eye."
After saying that, he sighed softly, and some of the surrounding ethers couldn't help but sigh, because this sentence was said once by Ammon'ke when voting on whether to launch military operations, but it failed to change the result.
Ammon'ke then said:
"They are not stopping there to wait for us to negotiate or to threaten us."
Amun'lu immediately asked:
"What's that for?"
"Let us resist."
"What?"
"He gave us time, allowed us to continue calling reinforcements, calling in troops around us, and he gave us time to organize resistance."
Ammon'ke spoke in a leisurely tone that made the surrounding etherics tremble with fear.
"Don't you understand? No matter if they are reinforcements from Tau, reinforcements from O'Tar's family world, or reinforcements from anywhere, he will not look down upon us. In their eyes, we are primitive people. This is A gesture, no matter how many come, they will accept everything. They want to completely defeat us, completely defeat us from the material to the psychological level, so that we can recognize the gap between each other. The other party did not take us seriously in the first place. As an opponent, they are a giant looking down at the ants."
(End of chapter)
