the days before i bought the galaxy

"Is the selection of the landing point complete?"

"Not yet. How should I put it, this matter is a bit difficult..." Lan's question made Catherine, an environmental analysis expert, look embarrassed.

The robot couldn't help frowning.Selecting a landing site for the Star Expedition is one of the main tasks of the expedition team, and finding a suitable landing site on Planet No. [-] should not be a difficult task.

"Why do you say that? Aren't there many flat landing points near fresh water?" He asked.

"But I don't want to destroy the plant resources here. If possible, I suggest that the expedition team use a fluid platform to land. Although the resources in the ocean are also rich, these plants...they are too beautiful to be destroyed."

"The expedition team has a large number of spaceships, it is impossible to park all of them on the fluid platform, and it is not economical to do so. We need at least two airports, and the area of ​​each airport must be large enough to park two hundred large spaceships. The cut plants can be used to For building materials and food. For future development, clearing the original vegetation is one of the essential steps. The vacated land can be used to grow cash crops. Lauren is studying the economically valuable crops."

"But this is too cruel!" Catherine bit her lips, "The plant system on Planet No. [-] was gradually formed over thousands or even tens of thousands of years, and we destroyed them all when we got here. How cruel! I cannot accept this. Why can't we live with these plants?"

Lan glanced at Catherine suspiciously: "In order to maintain the oxygen content, we will not clear all the vegetation, but a reasonable planning of the land is essential. The fundamental purpose of interstellar colonization is to transform the planet and obtain useful resources for humans. You are an expert in this field, you should know this better than me."

"Ninety percent of what I have learned is about how to change the environment of a planet to make it suitable for human habitation, but a planet like this... there is no such planet in the textbook! Captain, Freya is Perfect and unique, it would be a sin for me to destroy even a little bit of her original beauty. Maybe we shouldn't be here." Catherine looked frustrated.

"Catherine, please be careful not to bring your personal emotions into work." Lan said seriously.

"Yes, Captain. I understand my duty." Catherine bowed her head.

"That's good. Give me the proposal for the landing site as soon as possible. We still have four days, and the expedition team will officially return in four days."

"Ah, Captain! Actually, Vincent, Lauren, and Miss Linda, I have a little suggestion about returning to the voyage."

Lan pursed his lips: "What suggestion?"

"We want to stay." Catherine paused and explained, "Anyway, there is no danger on Freya's side. If we can stay here, we will be able to investigate more new information. This is not a problem for the alliance. Is it a good thing? In fact, we can send the current investigation report back to the alliance, and we don’t need to go back. This place is a big treasure house, and I don’t plan to leave here for a day until I figure out everything.”

Lan frowned: "Our task is to complete the preliminary exploration, report to the Alliance Committee, and then the Committee will decide the development goals of the future expedition. Currently Freya is only one of the candidate sites. Sorry, I have to reject your proposal." suggestion."

"This...Miss Linda! Miss Linda! Can you tell the captain about that?" Catherine called out for Linda to come over.

The red-haired violinist glanced at the situation here, and then walked confidently as if he understood something.

Lan: "Linda, Catherine said you really want to stay here?"

"Yes." Linda nodded bluntly.

After arriving in Freya, she was the most idle one in the expedition team, and she was immersed in observing the planet almost all the time.

"But an order is an order. We have to go back and report to the Alliance Committee. I hope you can understand this." Lan said seriously, "If the committee decides to target Freya as a development target, I think we still have a chance to go back to here."

"No, you don't understand." Linda laughed, and played with the curly hair on her cheek with her fingers, "Staying here is a joint decision of the eleven members of the group except you. That is to say, you It is the only one of the few. We are not soldiers and do not have to obey orders. The inspection mission is just a job for us. If you want to force us to go back, we would rather give up the job and choose to stay. In fact, the alliance needs We have already obtained enough information, why do we have to go back? What is the difference between reading written materials and listening to our reports? To take a step back, if the final decision of the committee is not Frey Ya, of course, I don't think they will be so stupid that they can't see the value here, even so, we will not give up the research on this place. Blue, you have to know how to be flexible. At present, it seems that it is right for us to stay A more favorable option for the league."

The captain of the spaceship has the right to life and death over the entire crew during the voyage, but he has no such right after the spaceship lands.In other words, Lan's current status is only the leader of the investigation team, and he only has command over the team members when they are still working for the alliance.Once the players unilaterally terminate their labor contracts with the league, he can no longer make them do anything.

Why did things develop to this point?

Am I too ignorant of people's hearts?

"You don't want to go back either?" Lan asked.Linda is just their guide, and her mission has been completed after leading the Morning Mist through the active belt of the black hole.

"I admit that outside of Freya, I own a lot of property and have many loyal subordinates. Before I came to Freya, I never had the idea of ​​giving up all these things, but now, I finally understand. Why did the general manager say to me before leaving, 'If you want to, it doesn't matter if you stay there'. This is a place that makes people give up everything. I want to spend the rest of my life here, in these beautiful Among the plants, I found the melody of my soul. Yes, I don’t intend to leave. I have nothing to do with the alliance, and you have no right to ask me to return.” Linda paused, and then said, “The other members of the team stay Your determination is as strong as mine. If you insist on returning, you will have to go alone."

Lan thought for a moment.There really is no better way now.The team members united together, making him, the captain, lose his real power.He had no choice but to nod: "Okay, I agree with you to stay. Give me a plan for future work. You can continue to stay here as investigators to study Freya. But I have to go back. Four days Afterwards I will depart in the rescue ship aboard the Dawnmist. Please be sure to maintain regular communication with the Alliance while I am gone."

Lan knew he had a responsibility to these players.Although he could have taken Dawnmist, leaving only some supplies for the crew, he chose not to.In the core program of the robot, human life always takes precedence over machines, and he cannot let these people be in unknown danger.

A well-equipped spaceship should be able to protect their lives, right?

Linda laughed, the result was about the same as she expected.Although this was the joint decision of eleven team members, she still played a more or less leading role in the middle.Robots are too young to lead humans, and they are completely unable to understand the complex hearts of humans.These team members are all elites in the scientific community, how could they really obey the orders of a machine?

"Don't worry, we will wait here for the expedition team to arrive." Linda said with a smile.

After hearing Lan's decision, other players agreed to continue working for the league.They were a little embarrassed when facing the robot, but this embarrassment seemed insignificant in the face of the great surprise of being able to stay in Freya smoothly.

Four days later, Lan set sail in a lifesaving spacecraft.He carried a complete expedition report with him.Planet No. [-] gradually turned into a small dot behind him, and the robot sitting in the captain's seat couldn't help but let out a helpless sigh.

Such a failure.

Although compromising with the team members was the only choice that could be made at that time, in this way, the mission commanded by him this time was tantamount to a complete failure.A commander who is cornered by his team members is undoubtedly the most failed commander.After returning, he will definitely face reprimand from the alliance, and even the prestige of Warren who recommended himself as the commander will also decline.

The worst part was that I didn't even notice the abnormality of the team members beforehand.Before landing on Planet Three, they were indeed a little overexcited.But after the inspection work started, every team member carried out the research work with [-]% enthusiasm, so that they were completely careless, and did not expect that there would be a joint "forced palace".

Now that I think about it, those strange eyes and detailed conversations have already indicated this result.

Why wasn't it discovered earlier?

It feels like Linda has essentially become the core figure of these team members, but Linda has not been in contact with them longer than herself.

Is this the talent gap?

Had Warren been here, it would never have failed like this.

If Warren were here, what would he do?It is estimated that in front of Warren, no one would dare to do such a secret connection, right?

Lan couldn't help showing a wry smile.

Warren has been absent from communications twice in a row.

Where the hell is he?

What is he busy with?

I miss him so much...