From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

In the cabin of a civilian ship;

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Lyon, who was sitting next to the right porthole, was still using the holographic screen to browse relevant information about the "One Four" universe.

Outside the fully sealed porthole, all the stars radiating light into the deep space of the universe "flash" past the window one after another, just like meteors breaking through the atmosphere.

But in fact, the stars have not changed at all, they still move according to their original orbits.

The source of this visual effect is that the civilian ship that Leon and a group of investigators are on uses a warp engine to generate a "bubble" that wraps around the hull and achieves superluminal navigation in the physical universe without violating any logic or restrictions.

The "Starship Fleet" universe, numbered "14", has not yet developed technological products similar to jump engines, let alone the "instant teleportation" technology like the "Halo" Forerunner.

However, humans in the "Starship Fleet" universe, as well as the Arachnid Zerg, have the technology to detect "wormholes" and the "coordinates of wormhole entrances and exits."

For example, in "Star Trek 1", the meteorites that the Zerg dropped on Buenos Aires did not travel across the entire galaxy to reach the solar system and then fall into the Earth's atmosphere.

They use Zerg units called "plasma worms" and plasma bombs that are as powerful as ship-borne plasma cannons to "push" meteorites from their home planet's orbit into nearby wormholes.

Then, the meteorite instantly crossed a distance of tens of thousands of light years with the help of the wormhole, and drifted in the universe for several months before successfully hitting the earth.

However, their ability to carry out cross-galaxy attacks mostly relies on luck.

As for the means by which the Arach Zerg spread their eggs, reproduce, or invade the galaxy, they use plasma worms to send a large number of tightly wrapped eggs directly into wormholes to carry out a seemingly "aimless" spread.

As long as the insect eggs successfully land on a habitable planet, then that planet will be equivalent to theirs.

Because of the telepathic abilities of the Arach Zerg, they can "overtake on a curve" and possess more advanced and efficient means of instant communication than humans.

Therefore, they carried out interstellar "colonization" earlier than humans, and their territory is about three times that of humans in "Starship Fleet".

As for how to prevent the meteorite attack that will occur next year.

Lyon frowned slightly and fell into deep thought.

The Intelligence Department did not give the exact month, day, and time, but provided an approximate time range, which was roughly between July and October of 2297.

Then, he and the investigators on the same ship have one year to climb to the "management" level and have a say strong enough to influence the federal army to prepare in advance for meteorites approaching the earth.

During this period, the human empire cannot really be "idle".

Aida revealed to him that once the various companies of the Blood Angels completed their transfer and were deployed to the New Hope planet at the "One Four" front-line base, they would be directly integrated with a "tough" attitude.

According to the plan, the Blood Angels will officially march towards the human colony near New Hope in two months.

After all, most of the colonists who chose to colonize the border between humans and Zerg were people who refused to accept the rule of the United Citizens Federation.

At the same time, there are also many people who hold the naive idea that "different races can coexist peacefully" and "as long as we don't provoke them, they will not actively attack us", and they take the initiative to come to the border to colonize and live.

These naive people believed that the Federation was too dictatorial and militaristic.

The Milky Way is obviously very peaceful at this stage. Even if there are Arach Zerg and other intelligent races, we are all living beings and should coexist peacefully. There is no need to spend a lot of money, resources and humans to maintain the fleet.

Alternatively, the Federation should take the initiative to cut military spending and show other races in the galaxy that "we humans are peace lovers."

"Tsk."

Seeing the Intelligence Department mention these so-called "pacifists", Lyon expressed his disgust without disguising his feelings.

Because those guys are just courting death.

Moreover, they are extremely vulnerable to being exploited by people or organizations with ulterior motives to instigate rebellion within the federation and obstruct the federal army's fighting.

However, the border areas are mostly populated by naive "pacifists" and opponents who are dissatisfied with the federal rule, which is beneficial to the Blood Angels' early integration operations.

By the time the United Citizens Federation became aware of the existence of the Blood Angels and the Human Empire, it was "too late".

As for Leon, Maggie and the others, they need to act according to circumstances and cooperate with the Blood Angels in charge of the front battlefield to gradually reduce the Federation's influence and control over the "One Four" humans, and achieve integration with the least casualties as possible, or even a "smooth transition".

As for the Arach Zerg that are hostile to humans, are there other intelligent races?

The Blood Angels and the Imperium of Man won't bother with them.

As long as it is confirmed that there are no human beings on the planet, or there are no resources worth developing and utilizing, the Blood Angels' company fleet will directly execute the "extermination order" and completely destroy the planet's surface in a short period of time.

And there are many different ways to issue an "extermination order".

The company fleet can use the high-energy beams on board to "burn" the entire planet into glass, just like the former Covenant Empire did.

However, this method is inefficient and time-consuming, and will only be considered practical by company fleets when it is used for deterrence.

Secondly, it is to drop several "large-yield" antimatter bombs on the surface of the planet to achieve the effect of "comprehensive cleansing".

If one wants to completely wipe out a planet, the Primarch's direct fleet, which is composed of several Forerunner-class dreadnoughts, will be required to carry out the task.

At this moment, Leon is no longer concerned about the situation at the border between humans and Zerg.

He raised his right hand slightly, touched the screen, and clicked on the file titled "United Citizens Federation Summary Information".

After opening it and taking a quick look, Leon had a clearer understanding of the Federation of Universe 14.

United Citizens Federation;

This regime is also known as the Human Federation, which is a joint government responsible for controlling all the planets in the solar system, including Earth, as well as all colonies, military outposts, and outposts.

Moreover, the Federation of the "One Four" Universe was initially a parliamentary government founded and led by veterans, with Geneva as its capital.

The federation is mainly divided into the executive and legislative federal authorities, that is, the "civil service", and the federal army, which is specifically responsible for "violence", "military" and "law enforcement".

Most members of the parliament are "governors" elected by the colonized star systems.

The most important point is that if you want to become an official of the federal government, you must be a "citizen". Civilians have no right to apply for any position.

To become a citizen, one must serve in the federal army.

In times of war, the supreme commander of the federal army, the "Sky Marshal", will have supreme command over the federal army and the federal government.

The reason why humans in the "20" universe established a government of this nature is that human society was close to collapse at the end of the th century in that universe.

Until a group of veterans spontaneously formed a "vigilante" organization in order to eliminate robbery, rape, riots and other phenomena, and in a short period of time, the scale spread to the entire "14" Earth.

The United Citizens Federation was "born" and officially established.

Since the original veterans did not trust politicians who would sell out their families and country for profit and thus cause the collapse of human society, the necessary condition for joining the federal system was to be a soldier who had served and fought in wars.

Over time, this necessary condition became a channel for commoners to obtain citizenship.

Moreover, the humans in the "14" universe did not end their internal strife by establishing a joint government early on.

The inhabitants of planets such as the Moon, Mars, and Europa within the Sun are frequently bewitched and instigated by the interest groups of the old society, and then engage in fierce battles for colonies with the federal army.

However, after top scientist Pavel Cherenkov invented the revolutionary warp engine, the escalating trend of civil war was curbed.

Human beings are relatively united and turn their eyes to the "sea of ​​stars and the galaxy".

In the early 22nd century, the first colonial ship equipped with a warp engine, the Magellan, successfully arrived at the Centauri A star system, and announced to the entire society that mankind had successfully stepped out of the solar system.

The next 22nd and 23rd centuries will be the "th" wave of human colonization.

The total population has increased from less than 40 billion when the federation was founded to over 1600 billion today.

During the "massive" colonization period of "14", humans also came into contact with intelligent civilizations living in the Milky Way.

Most of them are still in primitive or feudal times, and only a few intelligent civilizations have reached the level of human beings in the late 20th century and early 21st century.

Overall, they cannot pose any substantial threat to the Federation.

Some commercial companies have also smelled an opportunity to make money, by purchasing civilian ships equipped with warp engines and hiring security teams composed of veterans, and then using the slogan "Want to experience a journey back to ancient times?"

Brainwashing advertisements such as "Let's explore the aliens on an alien planet! Start hunting, warriors!" provide "customized" travel services to civilians and citizens with middle and high incomes.

If the money is high, these companies don't mind letting the security team cooperate with the customized service customers to experience a journey of "what is a god" on a planet with low-intelligent civilization.

After all, transport boats that can fly in the sky and guns that can fire bullets are the legendary "artifacts" for intelligent creatures of lower civilizations, aren't they?

The federal government will not do anything to curb such behavior.

Because the mainstream ideology of the federal government is “humanity first.”

When the federal fleet discovered a low-intelligent civilization, it was already very "merciful" not to drop a few nuclear bombs or hydrogen bombs on the surface of its home planet.

For such an approach.

It’s hard to comment on Lyon.

Although the Atlas and Human Empire he works for are both "people-oriented" and "humanity first" organizations, they will not make fun of or even abuse other races for no reason.

For amusement parks and zoos with the theme of "Fantasy Continent Terra", Atlas has signed "employee contracts" with different races in Terra.

Psychic animals such as griffins and swamp wolves were also "invited" to the zoo by Atlas, who hired trainers who could communicate with them.

Almost all of the Terrarium animals living in the zoo are "shiny and shiny" and "fat and strong".

As for "experiencing a journey back to ancient times".

The gaming department of Atlas Entertainment has long since developed immersive "virtual reality (VR)" equipment with the help of the various technologies of the biology department.

The price of the whole set of equipment is only 40cR (credit coins), which is equivalent to 200 US dollars in the main universe society before the establishment of the empire.

Combined with the various large-scale games adapted to VR devices developed by the game department, all residents of the empire can experience the feeling of "traveling back to ancient times", or even "traveling back to the future" or "the world of mythology".

Of course, some games are prohibited for minors to play because they are too violent, bloody, and contain indecent elements.

at this time.

After Leon familiarized himself with the United Citizens' Government again, he continued to use the hard light screen to assign tasks to Maggie and others who were on the civilian ship with him.

For example, investigators like himself and Maggie, who are good at physical skills and head-on confrontation, are preparing to report to the mobile infantry of the Federal Army.

Several investigators who have the potential to be transferred to the Inquisition will try to apply to go to the Federation's Military Intelligence Bureau.

Because telepathy really exists in the "One-Four" universe, and these investigators have a certain degree of psychic talent.

Therefore, letting them go to the Federal Military Intelligence Agency is the most appropriate option.

If all goes well, their path to advancement in the Military Intelligence Agency might be big enough to covertly influence the deployment of federal troops.

Complete the assigned tasks.

Leon stood up and left the cockpit, heading for the sleeping cabin for four people, ready to lie down and have some rest.

Currently, the pilot is driving a civilian ship to the nearest wormhole. It will take at least half a week for them to arrive at Earth 14.

Therefore, Lyon prepared to lie down and rest for a while, and then continue to review the smart and stupid AIs, and use the local network and data of New Hope to forge a "real" identity file for them.

Four days later.

9 month 8 day.

In the solar system of the "One Four" universe, and also on the Earth's side of the third orbit.

Countless spacecraft, transport ships and military warships are sailing in the space near the Earth and in low-Earth orbit.

As a satellite of the Earth, the Moon is surrounded at its equator by a giant building similar to the "Great Wall of Steel".

In addition, thousands of frigates, cruisers and supply ships are anchored in the port of the "Great Wall of Steel" for inspection and maintenance.

At this time, the civilian ship carrying Leon, Maggie and others had just ended its warp voyage.

Then, according to the requirements of the lunar tower, we prepared to go to the designated port of the "Great Wall of Steel" to anchor and accept boarding inspection.