People's Federation will live forever

On the floor, those who lay on sleeping bags and mattresses to rest and preserve their strength, or those who sat around and talked together raised their heads. Following the shout, everyone in the cabin moved, and the news spread among each other. Soon, the people who wanted to go to the observation deck gathered together, and the number of people was increasing. They shouted and made the whole cabin noisy, and soon Ellie's ears were filled with voices——

"Don't let everyone go, watch some children, spread out!"

People's excited voices overwhelmed her words, and she hurriedly waved to the pickets.These people who were chosen to maintain order are actually just ordinary people, and now they are also in agitation and follow the crowd to the exit, making this narrow passage crowded, and at this time, a woman yelled in the crowd. fall down!

"I said, don't move!"

Anxious Ellie yelled, and now the people in the front row heard it, and those pickets who followed her arrangement woke up and immediately raised their voices to tell people to stop.And Miss Allie, with chestnut hair and double braids, has squeezed through the crowd, like a ferocious lioness, everyone gave way in awe, and she also managed to rush to the fallen woman and help the woman up — Thankfully, tragedy has yet to happen.

Ellie, who stood up again, did not have the kind face just now, and her voice was loud and she continued to reprimand like a cannonball: "What are you in a hurry, are you afraid that I will lie to you, or are you afraid that the galaxy will run away by itself? Sira hasn't arrived yet! We are not completely safe yet, everyone be patient!"

"There is at least one more jump to Scylla, and there are still five light-years left, that is to say, there are still 15 days left, don't you all know it! Want to see it, it's easy, you can watch it every day for these 15 days, what are you in a hurry for!"

The man in the crowd who had shouted all the way stood up—"I'm sorry, Miss Ellie! I..."

"Okay, I don't want this to happen again in the future! If you want to go up, you have to maintain order. We still have a few cabins and it's impossible for everyone to squeeze through... Huck, go and look at the other cabins , I want to communicate with some of their communities later.”

The man named Huck nodded and ran away.The turmoil was quelled under Ellie's strength, and the rules for those who fell were sent to the infirmary were re-established. A young man among the dispersed crowd was amazed.

"She acted like a general and we were her soldiers."

"Yeah, I thought it was the president."

Someone beside him laughed, and the topic could not help turning to the female leader—the leader?No, Ellie was not their elected leader, and even after so long, there are still people who don't understand her, because the group of them didn't board the ship together, and although they had the same purpose, these people came from different sources.

"Then why should we listen to her?" The young man was a little unconvinced, maybe it was because he felt ashamed by being reprimanded just now, or he had his own ideas.Most people act instinctively when confronted with leadership, not to mention their culture emphasizes this instinct.

There is an old Chinese saying that three people can be called the crowd, and the community culture is united with the earth and inherited from Western culture.No matter where you are, the first thing humans have to do is to distinguish between you and me - before they leave the territory of the United Earth, the opposite of the stowaways is the Allied Defense Forces, and the opposite of the passengers on the ship is the crew, even in the United Earth. This deck is also divided into cabins.The reason why the word opposite is used is that this kind of behavior is not a simple distinction between friend and foe, but a social expression characteristic.But this kind of division is not necessarily firm. Through communication, this kind of division will continue to change with interests, just like a group of people in a conversation.

"Because Ms. Ellie escaped from the Gliese 876 galaxy with thousands of people, she saved many lives from the clutches of the Union Defense Force and the company, so everyone respects her." An old man warned the young man , his words are simple but direct, "Although she is not elected by us one by one, she has this ability, so even if we choose her, we will choose her! Everyone will choose their own hero."

"But I'm not on board with you, I..."

The young man wanted to argue a few more words, but he couldn't make any sense out of his empty head, and finally complained: "I am my own hero!"

"Then I hope you can take care of your family first."

The old man ignored the young man and chose to sit down in front of the sleeping bag, while the person opposite him was chatting. They were already familiar with each other, and they just nodded at each other.

"I'm from the Southern Galaxy."

The person who spoke was a man in an old suit. He hadn't cleaned his beard for a long time. He looked much older than his actual age, and his spirit was not very good.In the community, his work seems to be technical. There are many people like him, and he looks like a former company employee.

"I lost my job three months ago and I still have a loan. The bank foreclosed on my house, my wife got cancer and she was due for cloning, but the company cut my insurance! I There's nothing to do but watch her go, but I still have a daughter."

The old man shook his head: "Let me guess, they want you to hand over custody, right?"

"That's right, the beasts gave me an ultimatum. If I don't take action, they will take my daughter to study in guardianship——damn it, why should they!"

What the man is talking about is United Earth's "Social Asylum Act for Minors". This law has been enacted for 200 years. Guardianship and taking minors to guardianship schools to protect them, and use the power of society to provide education, safeguard health and liberty—

It sounds very good, this can indeed ensure that children will not be destroyed by their parents, but... But anything can be rendered beautiful and bright, and any laws and systems are full of goodwill at the beginning, just like Those orphanages that have been reduced to "women's branch" and "human trafficking" - aren't they established out of goodwill?

Social support requires efficient administrative capabilities, transparency and openness, a sound system guarantee and a strong supervisory organization. Which one does the United Earth have?

The man's daughter is only twelve years old. She is a cute blonde girl who is studying the course with an electronic board behind her father's back, showing great concentration.

The old man understood the man's psychology very well: "The guardianship schools I have seen...Let's put it this way, they have lowered the minimum smoking age. They keep saying that they protect children, but their protection is constantly happening scandals."

A taciturn young man next to him suddenly sneered: "They are born to produce underage street girls and gangsters. Countless people disappear every year. Do you know the underground cloned organ market?"

In the United Earth's internal medicine, the most developed thing is organ cloning.Obtain organs by cultivating vegetative baby clones, (the original setting, the baby monster in the game 2nd generation is this change) This technology is mastered by major groups, and inherited from ancient North America, there is no such thing as United Earth Universal medical insurance, even if it exists, is useless anyway. Not everyone can enjoy the service of custom-made organs, but there are many demands.

Although the risk of rejection of other people's organs is far less good than cloning yourself, as long as human life is cheap enough and the demand is large enough, the market will flourish—the young man's sneer is mixed with endless regret, and no one knows what is going on in him what happened, and he just said:

"So, you have to escape."

"Yes." The middle-aged man took a deep breath, "Before they found me, I sold the company's program back door to a competitor for a sum of money. I also heard the rumor, the rumor of the Republican Army, And the people I got in touch with introduced me to the boat."

The Republican Army... Putting it aside, the gloomy man felt a little surprised: "Could it be that we all came to this ship because of the Republican Army? Who contacted you? Is it a person who is always smiling and wearing a gray trench coat?" man?"

"No, the Republican Army has its own network inside the United Earth. They fought very hard with the Military Intelligence Agency, and they never lost. They have their spies everywhere, and they specialize in looking for rebels." The old man said, "Everyone There was an opportunity to either join the IRA or use their channel to escape to Thira, and we both chose the latter."

The middle-aged man nodded: "I don't know how to fight, but since I've been given this chance, I don't mind running away."

"It seems that we are all the same, wanting to find a new life." The gloomy man laughed.

"Look who are these people here? Single fathers, refugees who were forced to go bankrupt by the company, wanted rebels! And you, an old man with one foot in the grave, old man, can you tell me why you want to come here?"

The old man smiled and said nothing.But at this time of their conversation, the movement from behind the hatch grew louder.

Without it, the automatic door leading from the cargo hold to the upper level, the deck with the observation deck, was locked.

Not only that, but the way to other cabins is the same, which means that a total of thousands of people in several cargo holds of the Candide were locked up by the crew of the ship.

"Captain Houston, what are you doing! Are you worried that we will be discovered by patrols when we reach the upper level? We are no longer within the range of the United Earth Star Domain!"

Ellie sternly yelled through the communicator. Sweat was dripping from the forehead of this tough woman. She gave some people around her a few winks, and immediately someone brought a "plasma cutter for engineering" from the tool store— — Originally this wasn't supposed to be on the ship, but they brought it on board by breaking it down into parts.These backbones around Ellie hold tools like weapons and show some military qualities.

But this doesn't mean anything, because through the terminal screen, Ellie can clearly see Captain Houston who has put on the modified RIG armor, and a group of fully armed crew around him.

Damn smugglers, what I was most worried about happened. These people are not going to carry out the agreement!

The voice of the captain came through the communication, and the other party was unhurried and very relaxed: "It's nothing, Miss Ellie, it's just a routine ship inspection, don't be nervous. We are all on the same boat, especially I still have a hand in hand. With the life support system—you don’t want to run out of oxygen in the warehouse, do you? I don’t want to, because there are so many of you, it’s a lot of trouble to clean.”

"We paid for it! It's higher than your original price!"

"But we also took a risk, didn't we?" The captain made a surprised expression and spread his hands, "And we fulfilled the agreement and sent you to the coordinate location—look, the Syra galaxy is right next to it, and I I see, why don't you just walk the rest of the way by yourself? I still have business to do."

The road of five light years, walk over?

"Everyone is a busy businessman, and I have to thank you for giving me the coordinates. I guess this voyage record can be sold for a lot of money on the black market, so as a reward, I also prepared a small boat for you, enough to hold Get all of you—although it's a little crowded, I'm afraid you'll have to get out naked."

The captain said with a smile: "Or I can open the decompression chamber and go out by yourself - how about it? Of course, it is not impossible to discuss. We will choose some young girls to take back. After all, the return journey is also very long. Going back I can sell it for money again later, how about it, is my arrangement very thoughtful?"

PS: Ellie in Dead Space 2 is a tough and strong woman.

Become an incompetent and complaining woman in 3 years?Cerebral palsy screenwriter fly a mother first.

It doesn't matter if you don't know readers, after all, she is not very beautiful.

Chapter [106] People's Association Warning

"Captain, these two-legged sheep are actually holding something in their hands!"

The third officer on the ship leaned over to the captain, the strong man twisted his neck, and there was a crisp "click" sound from his strong muscles.There are a total of one hundred crew members on Candide, and most of them are concentrated here now. These crew members are all wearing RIG armor for miners.This kind of equipment with built-in micro-shaped exoskeleton power does not provide more comprehensive protection like military ones. The surface of the protective gear is woven with high-strength fiber materials and reinforced with strip metal. It is essentially a labor protection suit. .

But this does not prevent these smuggler crew members from strapping or welding other metal pieces on their uniforms for enhanced protection. This custom style is very much like robbers and bandits, although they are originally... and these crew members hold The weapons he wears are even more varied, ranging from a private military pulse rifle to an electromagnetic nail gun that has been magically modified to increase its power.They blocked all the entrances and exits of the warehouse deck and are now waiting for orders.

"Don't worry, play with them."

The captain was playing with the machete in his hand, and only he and the first mate knew the computer password for locking the warehouse, so he was not worried at all: "What do they want, what can they do? Let me remind you, little girl, If you want to use an ion welding torch to melt open the [-]cm thick reinforced door, without the help of a hydraulic punch, the only possibility is to melt the mechanical structure at high temperature, resulting in complete welding - then I will not lock you in!"

"Enough, Captain Houston! What on earth do you want?"

Miss Ellie's angry face appeared on the screen, and the 29-year-old girl questioned him sharply, her momentum never falling: "I have to remind you, Captain Houston, we didn't find you to sign the contract for no reason, you can think Who exactly wants to support this journey!"

Do you really think that the United Earth is a fool and the Allied Defense Forces are trash?A group of smugglers with tens of thousands of people can board the ship at the regular port, have a full set of legal documents and procedures, and go to the unreported route on these three ships-every impact point jump inside the United Earth is It needs to be declared, otherwise it will not be allowed, and these three ships can go back boldly without worrying about being investigated for "disappearance" after leaving.

is it possible?

This is indeed possible, as the saying goes, snakes have snakes, rats have their way, Captain Houston, smugglers, snakeheads and even pirates have always had their own way, and this involves all kinds of problems in the United Earth... In short Well, ordinary people may have heard the rumors of pirates and black ports, but as everyone knows, the most ferocious pirates can't offend the regular army. Interstellar navigation must be supported by a civilization system and requires high-tech maintenance. Sell ​​stolen goods with supplies.In fact, everyone present knew that the so-called pirates were actually a group of underworld thugs raised by various colonial governments and major financial groups.

Dirty gloves for fighting against competitors, creating troubles, cleaning criminal black money, etc. Some people do things that big shots don't like to personally end, and in return they can open a few doors of convenience.After all, the United Earth Government is essentially a federal state. Large-scale colonies such as Tianyuan II, a powerful colony with a population of one billion that can bargain with the United Earth Government, have autonomy and interest needs. Even crimes are counted as assets after injections are legalized. A safe haven for criminal empires throughout civilization, these magistrates are often the umbrellas for pirates.

But Houston speaks with conscience, and he himself knows very well that the job he takes is completely stepping on the United Earth's thunder. Once exposed, no one can keep him, so he can open the door for himself along the way...

"You are from the Republican Army, aren't you?"

Houston's face darkened: "I felt something was wrong when I was in Procyon. Let me guess, who are the people who followed you on board, the family members of the Republican Army? The rebels hunted and killed by the United Earth Military Intelligence Agency, Concentrate on my ship now!"

Ellie on the other end of the communication retorted: "It took more than 40 years of sailing to realize that you are either an idiot or you are testing me--Captain Houston, I heard that you have been on the road for 20 years and are known for being cunning, so you Putting on the current posture, I can't figure out whether it's me who can't grasp it or you can't grasp it clearly."

"Yes, you have family members of the Republican Army. I heard that the Republican Army has always been well-organized, and its members are brainwashed lunatics like the Unitarians. They are stinky and tough."

The knife in Captain Houston's hand couldn't move anymore. Although the expression on his face was calm, his face was flushed with blood.Now he probably regrets that he didn't wear the RIG armor mask like his younger brother for the sake of demeanor, but he still threatened the other party as much as possible: "This is really great! I have always heard that the Military Intelligence Agency's attack on the Republican Army was very effective. Wei, but now with so many family members in my hands, it is equivalent to me capturing the X-egg of the Republican Army! Guess, if I hand you over to the Union Defense Forces, can I exchange myself for a navy general or something? , great credit!"

"Yeah, but before that, I will lead the comrades on the ship to put the ion cutter into your x eye, and throw you smugglers out of the decompression chamber!"

Ellie roared: "And my Republican comrades will soon uproot your lair, you and your lackeys will never escape, our power spreads throughout the colonial galaxy, we kill the Union Defense Army as if we killed A wild dog, and you, you pirates are pigs in our eyes, killing you is dirtying my comrade's hands!"

These words caused some waves among the crew, there is no doubt that this woman did not make up nonsense, they have all heard some rumors.Just in the past year, there have been hundreds of powerful attacks on the colony system, and the security forces of the United Earth have even been systematically wiped out.There is a legend in the city about a smiling man in a gray trench coat. This man may appear in all kinds of unimaginable places and wear a smiling mask. Two-digit colonial bureaucrats were violently killed. It is said that he is related to him.

People say it's not a person, but the uniform of a Republican killer.The attitude of the United Earth is "ruthless refutation", but any style of gray windbreaker is strictly prohibited-this attitude of no silver in this place has deepened the fear of the folks about the rumors, and the crew also felt the same fear.There were some whispered discussions among them, and people's hearts were dissipating at a speed visible to the naked eye——

Boom!

The captain knocked down the nearest crew member who was whispering with an old fist, and quickly calmed down the mob with his momentum:

"The Republican Army is so powerful, they are not shady terrorists! You are not even as good as us, otherwise, why would you run away..."

"Then why are you afraid?" Ellie followed closely, "Why are you afraid when you are close to Sira? Have you ever thought about the relationship between the Republican Army and Sira? I think you were frightened by the rumors. United Earth is promoting the People's Federation as the devil, and you're scared because of it."

"I think we'd better take a step back, Captain Houston, you should have been told what to do long before we got on board, but you're so ignorant in the way you're looking, if you're trying to make a quick buck , let me put it this way."

Ms. Ellie in the cabin put her face in front of the monitor, and said loudly: "All of our belongings can be handed over to you, anyway, we won't need them in the future. When we arrive at the People's Federation, let us talk about it. I will forget your hard work, Captain. You know, the People’s Federation is behind our Republican Army, and they won’t mind rewarding you for your hard work.”

Captain Houston was lost in thought—he had to think.Ellie is still entangled with this group of gangsters, and behind her, a group of strong people have already built a ladder that has been prepared, it is connected to the ventilation duct of the ship, yes, don’t laugh, although it is very old-fashioned But the ventilation system of such a huge ship is also very large, and it can accommodate maintenance personnel to freely enter and exit.Although theoretically the ventilation shaft has a gateway, there is no doubt that these stowaways are not idle these days.

The sulky young man from before had crawled into the pipes, and he was leading a whole team and was moving very nimbly, as if they were doing a lot of poking around in the pipes these days.There are always people with various skills in the crowd. The gate in the pipeline is disassembled together with the internal wiring. The door is falsely concealed and can be opened with a push. Only a mirror is needed to make the passageway open like magic. Surveillance systems can only ever see half of what no one sees.

What's more, old-fashioned ships like the Candide are big, but many systems have been aging for decades and cannot be reused.The situation in these pipelines is not as good as expected, and the team that has been sprinting all the way has already run a kilometer during the time Ellie fought for.

One kilometer, more than twice the length of the ship, they can go to the upper deck by avoiding the fans that supply the air - Candide has more than 100 crew members, "will be assigned to the engine room dispatch life support system They are a few technicians. These smugglers are very confident. I am afraid there will not be many people left in the engine room. Their weapons are better than ours. They are all rapid-fire pulse rifles, so they must be fast, and they must be deadly in the instant of attack, understand? ?”

Looking at these team members, they can all feel the temperament of a soldier, and the man in the lead is a bit more fierce than the others.The players nodded in unison, but they are a makeshift team, and not all of them have enough confidence.

"They have RIG armor on them, and the cutters we have on hand may not be able to penetrate the protection at once—"

"It doesn't have to be a gun."

The man drew a sharp dagger from his waist, and wrapped the knife and his palm together with a piece of cloth to prevent it from falling off.Not only that, but the bottoms of the men's boots are also wrapped with cloth strips, which is simple but effective. Most of the boats have metal floors so that they can effectively insulate the sound.

"I'll go first, you wait for my signal."

In the dark and silent void, a blue flash suddenly appeared like thunder!

The space-time continuum is reconnected, and if anyone is unlucky to stand within the range of this flash burst, the powerful Cherenkov radiation will burn him to ashes.And after the flash, a slender white ship came into view—like a smart cod, or the name of the Allied Defense Forces, a porcelain plate, flying past us lightly.It is 300 meters long from head to tail, and you can only feel its magnificence when you stand in front of the ten-story ship. Its hugeness and its nuclear flame-breathing engine disappear instantly from your face at Mach tens of times. shock!

Twilight class, long time no see.

But this is not the end, the moment the first Twilight-class ship rushed out, another eight glowing figures rushed out!The engine light of the battleship pulled tens of kilometers back, and then, the nine battleships boosted by the azure ion flames drifted—another torrent of plasma spewed out from their flanks, making this team The fleet made a big turn at an obtuse angle and nearly a right angle!All this was accomplished by a large battleship of more than [-] tons and its attendants. They did not disintegrate and did not lose speed, but pulled the formation into a long straight line.

But in the fleet, this is called "T head preemption". It sounds like a strategy in the era of gunboats, but in space battleships flying at extremely high speeds, if you don't want to hit the enemy head-on with bayonets while firing guns, such An emergency big turn can quickly evade - especially the battleship of the United Earth is a big hedgehog, and it is very uneconomical for the United Earth to stick to the face.

An emergency turn can turn the United battleship into a sideways attack on the enemy-but this is not rigorous, because the universe is three-dimensional, and the Twilight class can use the top deck to attack the enemy, because it can exert all its firepower here.In this way, the fleet will maintain a controllable distance with the enemy as the center and move relative to the center of the circle.

For the People's League who have Hammer of Dawn, this can keep the battle line at a medium distance for a long time, allowing the laser cannons to output as much as possible and making it extremely difficult for United Earth's not-so-fast dense shells to aim.Considering that the twilight-class cruise speed can be as high as a hundred times Mach per second, I am afraid that the spread of those low-speed shells over a distance of [-] kilometers will be like an oriental game, right?

And the fleet called this "star orbit" movement. Around the three slowly drifting United Earth ships in the void, the nine warships spun like satellites. The formation of Twilight-class ships moved towards the center, and their wakes drew six arcs like comets, and then the six Thunder-class ships moved in six directions from the front, rear, left, right, up, and down of the three ships like a scattered school of fish. In the past - the distance is shortening, from [-] to [-] kilometers, and finally, as a scouting vanguard, the Thunder-class even "ventures" into the "death zone" of [-] kilometers!

"Report to the formation commander!"

No engine started, no radio signal, no light signal from the trespassing vessel!The type of ship is different from any Alliance warship we have seen, no weapons were found on board, and it is suspected of being a civilian ship of the United Earth.

The surface temperature of the ship is above zero, and the internal energy heat source is obviously active. This is not a hulk, but a deliberate shutdown to take covert behavior!

"transmit signal!"

"The ship was not specified in the announcement. You have broken into the military identification zone of the People's Federation. Immediately inform us of your intention to come, and hand over the ship control code and communication control to us. Otherwise, we will regard you as an enemy ship and use all force—repeat, unconditional surrender!"

On the flagship of the strike formation, the captain, wearing a black stand-up collar coat and a large cap with an astrolabe badge, flashed a digital countdown in his sight.Then the captain waved his hand, and with his gestures and thoughts, the chip implanted in the captain's brain transmitted the intention to the shipboard AI, and then notified the entire fleet.

On the upper deck of the Dusk class, those mirror-white outer armors opened up the partitions several meters thick, and the Hammers of Dawn were lifted out by the elevator and aimed at the center of the target immediately.

Along the ridgeline of the hull, folded rail gun barrels were lifted out of the compartment one by one. They were docked layer by layer and extended outward. The final acceleration path reached 30 meters in length and a total of eight heavy guns were lifted out— —Two more than the old model, and the muzzles of these eight cannons, which are comparable to the "Dora" guns, have already started to be electrified.

"The countdown is 3 minutes! I will give them 3 minutes. After the expiration, the Hammer of Dawn will directly sink the target."

But, that's not enough, our commander doesn't have such a good temper.

"Electromagnetic ion cannon, aim at the target, make a test shot for correction, fire a warning shot, and start a salvo!"

The body of the battleship was shocked, 3824, a total of 24 shiny ion cannonballs from the three Twilight-class ships galloped out, like 24 scorching little suns!

PS: I want to emphasize it again, emphasize it again, so as not to be complained about because I wrote a T-head.

The universe is three-dimensional, but the straight line between two points is the shortest, and there is the shortest firefighting distance.

At this minimum engagement distance, you and the enemy are on the same plane.