People's Federation will live forever

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PS: If civilization does not advance, it will perish. If we do not actively gather the productivity of all human beings and push civilization to the interstellar, is it pastoral, and then be captured by aliens as slaves and lunch?

The plot implies it, and let's start farming for development. Welcome to the Renlian National Geographic series.

Chapter [9] The end of the old era

Time: Renlian 18th, May [-]th

Location: Moscow (New)

A floating vehicle slowly flew over the sky of the new capital, and flew over the barren but revived land.

On the banks of the Moskva River, the replanted forests are expressing greenness. After eight years, the land that has been devastated by beta for nearly 20 years has finally been reactivated.But when you look closely, you may have never seen this kind of plant that looks like a huge fungus, with strands hanging from the wide canopy, like a willow tree, and the leaves that grow in multiple colors, like neon lights Strange shrubs—these are special plants from Thira, which naturally fix nitrogen and condense sandy soil. With the irrigation of organic matter, ordinary earth vegetation centered on them can survive, and then creatures such as birds and earthworms can have a place to inhabit. Place.

The syrah plants and the earth plants are integrated into a whole, how like the world today.Right now is the old capital that countless Soviet people dream of, a city that has been lost for many years and finally brought back under the leadership of the People's Federation.You should look at this place eight years ago. The place occupied by beta was barren and everything died. The damn bugs ate up all organic matter and metals on the earth, leaving only worthless earth and rocks. At that time, Moscow was like a city in the desert. In the lost city, the Kremlin was knocked down to the ground, leaving only the pedestal, all history and glory disappeared, and even the Moscow River was almost cut off.

But people have rebuilt it - the People's Federation army returned here eight years ago with millions, fulfilling the promise to bring them home.As the People's Federation's first basic disk on MUV Earth, they received preferential treatment. Moscow was also the first fallen city to be announced to be rebuilt, and with extremely high specifications.

The Ministry of Industry and Research has rebuilt the Kremlin, Red Square, St. Basil's Cathedral, the Bolshoi Theater, etc. - all in the original address according to the original parameters.But now the functions of these buildings are very different from those in the past. They are in the style of the People’s Federation. The Kremlin has become the location of the first military academy established by the People’s Federation on Earth. The new Moscow is not a replica of the old Russian capital, it is a brand new one. People's Union City, just as there are Syrah plants among plants, so there are many Syrah-style buildings in the new city.

There are unmanned high-speed electric vehicles running on the ground. Although it is not a three-dimensional city like Star City due to the large area and sparse population, and most of the buildings are not high, the drone logistics channel and floating vehicle overpass are still planned.There are not many people in New Moscow, because the center of the world is the three star cities on the equator, but the North Asia Council is working with the Ministry of Industry and Research and the military to build New Moscow into a center of military technology and build supporting high-level facilities. Academies and permanent military bases, the People's Federation Army's military academy and command headquarters are all located here, so you can often see camouflaged aircraft and helicopters flying over the city. As for the armored clusters and fleets in training on the outskirts of the city It is commonplace.

What about ordinary people who live here?Basically, they are members of the military, so there is still a lot of life in New Moscow outside of military institutions.The Grand Theater and the Holographic Stadium are people's favorite places to go, and the central market is also a lively place. The local pillar industries are the military industry and the VI program industry, which represent two kinds of manufacturing industries.Especially for the VI program, the demand has shown explosive growth in recent years, and New Moscow's excellent education has cultivated a large number of relevant talents, which makes the city have considerable economic strength even though it is isolated inland.

The flying car continued to move forward, and some drones with flashing warning lights approached, but these drones immediately followed the flying car, like an escort.Then two flying cars flew in the sky, and they sandwiched this car one after the other to form a convoy, and then a new flying car joined the team-this special convoy naturally attracted the attention of the locals , Many people recorded this scene with smart glasses.Soon there was movement on the ground, one after another military vehicles drove past the Kremlin avenue, neatly lined up on Red Square, and then many officers who came down from above were wearing off-white uniform overcoats. Look at their shoulders, gold Great generals can blind people's eyes, but these generals are standing on both sides of the road now, they are not the protagonists of today.

The gates of the Kremlin opened, and groups of cadets in formal uniforms ran out in unison.Carrying rifles on their shoulders, they lined the avenues of Red Square, numbering in the thousands.In the middle of the road left behind, several military cadets were waiting with flowers in their hands. They looked up at the sky, and the convoy of floating vehicles was approaching.

They stopped slowly, and the door opened, completely opposite to the off-white uniform present, and a woman in a black fleet uniform got out of the car.The cap badge of the People's Federation Army is the lightning eagle emblem, and she is a silver astrolabe. The only thing that is the same as the generals present is that there are four golden stars on the shoulders of this young and heroic woman!

"Former Commander of the People's Federation Fleet Cruise Strike Fleet, winner of the Star Ring Silver Wing Medal, hero of the People's Federation, Admiral Fikagia Latorova!"

Leading the charge was Lieutenant General Romanov, who took a step forward and saluted solemnly—even though the woman was not even his own, her story had been told throughout Russia.As a member of the former Soviet Army, she was selected into the People's Federation fleet. This is a supreme honor in itself. Many Russians and people on earth regard her as a hero, because she is now the highest advancing under the People's Federation system. People, she almost represents the military of the entire MUV Earth with one person.

With such an identity, it doesn't matter the difference between the army and the fleet. The chief of the army, the chairman of the North Asia Council and others paid tribute to the woman: "Welcome home!"

"Thank you. Strictly speaking, I'm just a reserve general."

Ratonova smiled back, her hands were slender, and when she lifted them up, the sleeves slipped to reveal the part covered by the gloves, showing a hint of metallic luster.

Not only the hands, but also the feet. Looking down from the general's collar, you can see the junction of the bionic skin and the real skin. At the end of the war, Ratonova led the cruise strike fleet to make a decisive charge against the blood moon. She survived, but she also changed because of it.

"You are a hero of the earth, there is no need to be humble, we already know your deeds, and will always be engraved in the hearts of every earth soldier."

"I'm not a hero. I'm just a survivor. The real heroes are those who gave their lives. They are the most worthy of remembering." Ratonova said after shaking hands with everyone one by one. Very melancholy, "Thanks to the care of the leader, Commander Olivia took care of me, and agreed that I would withdraw from the front line and enjoy peace."

"Sacrifice is the cornerstone of peace, and the blood of martyrs cannot be let down, so we need to move firmly into the future." Lieutenant General Romanov and General Ratonova held hands together, and their hands were machines They felt the same, "The Kremlin Military Academy is going to open a fleet preparatory school starting today. We all agree that you should come to be the principal. Please don't refuse!"

"The preparatory school, that is, select the personnel from these children to join the fleet?"

Ratonova looked back at the thousands of young college students with their heads held high and their guns held high as guards of honor on both sides of the road. There were men and women, high and low, and different nationalities. They were arranged on both sides according to age, and the youngest of them I'm afraid he's only in his early ten years.Most of these children are orphans from the beta war. The People's Federation tried its best to take them in and raise them, and the People's Federation became their home.

"Wouldn't that mean that many talents in your army will be taken away?"

Ratonova said jokingly, but Romanov was very serious: "This has nothing to do with the military. Every soldier on Earth hopes to see the fleet composed of our Earth people one day, and Sira's 'pendulum of war' , the same as the 'Ring of Hope' fleet on the SAR Earth, the main fleet of the People's Federation!"

The decisive battle with the blood moon involved the soldiers of the Earth Fleet, but they did not form an army alone, but the Fifth Fleet under the command of General Genos as a participating force. Now, it is time, and it is time for the Earth Fleet to formally form an army !The Ministry of Industry and Research has already prepared the dock, the General Administration of Fleet and the Space Administration and other related departments have already entered the solar system, and the training and selection mechanism of talents must keep up. The establishment of the Earth Fleet, which has attracted the most attention, is also under preparation.

"It seems that I won't be able to rest for a while."

Latonova sighed, then waved her hand to show that she was joking, the admiral became solemn: "This time, I am no longer fighting in some distant galaxy, I will dedicate the rest of my life to my Hometown...for the future, thank you for your help."

The generals greeted each other, and at this time the chairman of the council stood up: "Let's put work aside, even heroes have their own lives... Your Excellency Ratonova, your family has been waiting for you. "

Turning her gaze, the soldiers and civilian representatives who almost covered their faces with flowers in their hands came up, and when Latonova saw them, she could no longer control herself.

"Natasha? Irina? Kayla! My God, you've... grown up!"

Meanwhile, Sira.

There is finally a moment of peace in this devastated land.

During the Battle of Sira, the United Earth Fleet carried out large-scale orbital bombardment and bombing of the planet. The collapse of the orbital elevator and the tearing of the earth by gravity guns caused a tsunami that destroyed almost all the civilization habitats of the United Earth—— It was indeed a dark time, and we have moved through it.

Esfon, for Sira, this is a sacred place.It buried millions of Scylla, victims of wars over the years of this civilization, starting with the pendulum wars a hundred years ago, then the Orcs, and then...

The invasion of the United Earth has disturbed this place, but the miracle is that the huge bronze pendulum standing here is still swinging slowly even after earthquakes and nuclear explosions, confirming the ancient curse.

"Wars come and go like a pendulum that never stops."

Li Wei, who was dressed in black, and Olivia, who was in military uniform and sunglasses, stood side by side in the middle of the wide cemetery, surrounded by endless tombstones.There are stones and alloys, covering all eras. There are heroes and villains buried here, but most of them are ordinary people who have been involved in the gears of war. UEG soldiers.

"Everyone is mortal."

Olivia said, she stood up straight with a saber in both hands.This sentence sounds strange, because the two leaders have no fear of mortal death, but the general does not despise mortals.

"Everything is never immortal, and you and I cannot be eternal. It's all about length. If we bury them now, there will definitely be other existences who will bury us at that time."

"Yes." Li Ting bent down and placed a bunch of Yongzhi flowers in front of the grave.The victims, who were personally presented with flowers by the leader of the People's Federation, are not named because, like most of the war, their names and stories are not remembered and cannot be remembered. "As long as it's not today."

Li Wei stood up, then took Olivia's hand, and the two walked side by side, walking slowly among the tombstones in the seemingly endless cemetery.He looked forward, as if looking at the unknown horizon: "Peace comes from power—but even if there is power, there will be no eternal peace. We will eventually send more mortals into this place. Ollie Via, longevity is like that, you have to suffer as much as you get."

In the sky, the roar of the engine came.Raven shuttles slowly parked on the tarmac of the refurbished Esfon Heroes Hall, the hatch opened, and a solemn and solemn soldier of the People's Federation Fleet in black uniforms stepped out of the aircraft. out.They lined up neatly, and almost everyone held an alloy box in their hands, engraved with the star ring silver wing emblem and their names.

In the war against the blood moon, more than half of the Sira fleet was lost, and more than 3000 fleet soldiers were killed in battle—this means that [-] families lost their loved ones. The People's Federation must ensure that this tranquility will not be broken again, but, as the leader said, there is no peace, only a truce... The People's Federation, which has recognized the reality of the universe, has no luck.

Soldiers in black uniforms entered the cemetery solemnly. They walked through the long corridors and on the green lawn.The midsummer sun shines on the road under our feet, and a newly planned cemetery appears in front of us.And there are already many people standing beside the cemetery, including men and women, old and young—the residents of Sira have begun to gradually return to their homes

It was with heavy hearts that soldiers lined up to place their urns on top of graves that had already been dug and set up with thousands of small lifts.The ceremony was about to begin, and at this time there was a commotion in the crowd, because they saw Admiral Genos appear behind the team, and beside him was Admiral Longling, also holding the urn.

A heavy sacrifice... The battle was fierce, even the commanders of the second and third fleets of the Sira Fleet both fell.When the two generals passed by, the Delta team in the crowd looked disappointed.

"Olan, I still remember him, a well-behaved old officer, but also dutiful."

Marcus said, and sighed.

"He's a nice guy."

Some things, with Oran's burial, will also pass away.Marcus doesn't want to fight anymore, he has his botanical garden to tend to, and a troubled son.And the same is true of Dom, the People's Union Military Academy needs an instructor like him.

As for the other two, Cole is the leader of Renlian Sports as long as he wants to. Although this guy still only wants to play, maybe he can be a coach.Sadly, this guy has no plans to get married right now.

As for that kid Bud, since his company business plan fell through, thank God, he finally recognized the reality and decided to work in the Industrial Research Department!

Veterans will eventually come to an end, one generation has done the work of one generation, and the wind and rain in the future will need to be resisted by the younger generation.However, this is not a pessimistic statement, just like the General Genos in front of him, who occupies a high position at a young age, but has already undergone many tests, they are not ignorant juniors.

"We are here to entrust their bodies to the earth."

As General Genos said, he faced thousands of soldiers and tens of thousands of Sira's soldiers, and he didn't scream, but his voice had been conveyed to everyone through electronic messages.

"But the heroic spirits are always in our hearts, and their achievements will never fade away, because it is them who we have the qualifications to stand here. This is the best proof of their cause. And we still need to prove one thing to them, to Our future proves it."

Tiny raindrops fell from the sky, and the natural climate of Thira was greatly disrupted, and abnormal weather was a common occurrence.But it seems that the will of the planet is also resonating with people—the drizzle adds to the solemnity.

"The dead are gone, but the living need to take over their mission, and we will stand up when necessary, just like the heroes, because this duty must also be upheld, and we can stick to it! Because of everything we cherish, It is something higher than personal life, and this is the eternal meaning of the identity of a soldier.”

After Admiral Genos finished his speech, he pressed the button of the elevator, and more than 3000 soldiers present pressed the button in unison.

"Goodbye, my brothers and sisters. While you were alive, you faced a cruel enemy. After that, the People's Federation will live forever because of you."

The soldiers saluted the tombstone, and the guard of honor came out, pointing their guns obliquely at the sky, and fired three shots, resounding throughout the world.

Not far away, Li Wei and Olivia watched all this silently. There was a roar of engines in the sky, and a shuttle was slowly landing behind them. Olivia spoke.

"I don't care about eternal peace. I just want eternal power. The more power there is, the fewer scenes like this today... Li Wei, I want to expand the army. I want the power of my men to be ten times larger than it is now. A hundred times, I want to command a powerful force unprecedented in human beings!"

She looked at Li Wei, but Li Wei raised her hand - they were still holding each other.Facing Olivia's request, the leader of the People's Federation had only one sentence.

"I give you."

PS: The title of the next chapter that can now be published - "Tiberian Star"

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Chapter [10] Tiberium Star

This is the Hyperion galaxy, the land of the end of disaster and the rekindling of hope.

The chords of destruction are no more.

There are only endless wreckage left in this space domain, telling silently in the cold universe.

Accompanied by a faint blue flash, the familiar zero element engine stirred, and an orca industrial transport ship appeared from the void.It came to the sky above the old battlefield, its huge body passed through the outer asteroid belt full of debris, and after another four hours of flight, it finally came to the safe zone and entered Hyperion's far-earth orbit.

The monitors that have been left here since the war were activated, and thousands of floating devices sent the massive data collected in the past half a year to the orcas, covering the astronomy of the entire galaxy and the status of the planet Hyperion.Although the data is huge, the quantum supercomputer on the spacecraft came to a conclusion after a few seconds:

"The condition of the Hyperion galaxy is normal, and there are no abnormalities that need attention."

The Orca is a spaceship of the Ministry of Industry and Research. Its bridge is not as compact as a warship, but an extremely wide computer array and experiment center.There are some scientists in white nanosuits operating here, but more are floating drones.The small wicker-like arms hanging from these aircraft look like jellyfish. They can understand the words of scientists and are doing recording and auxiliary operations at any time.

Scientists don't need to walk around. Some people are lying in a kind of flat cabin, their eyes are blocked by the projection device, and they only occasionally move their hands attached to the electrodes, as if they are operating something in the air. of.Everything was going on in an orderly manner, without the need for Dr. Ensger in the bridge center to call the shots.

Well, it's Dr. Ensger...'s No. [-] remote connection clone. The back of the bionic body is hard-connected to the main engine of the spacecraft using optical fibers, and its eyes are constantly shining like indicator lights.In the doctor's field of vision, everything in the surrounding world has been transformed into pieces of data that can be analyzed, but he is not interested in paying attention to the surroundings, and his center of gravity is completely on the planet in front of him.

Hyperion, once UEG's largest capital planet from outside Mars, the Republican Army even concentrated billions of people in the upper quadrant here at the end of the war, but now, this planet is dilapidated and dilapidated.

The continent of the planet was torn apart, and the icy sea surged onto the highest plateau of the planet. The sight of the civilized capital was long gone, and the once prosperous dream was gone.There used to be cities all over this planet, but at the beginning, under the greedy devour of the blood moon, the stability of the planet's gravity was torn apart by the blood moon's gravitational channel, and the land was scraped off a layer.Then when the United Fleet destroyed the blood moon and won the victory, the mass of almost a moon was pulled back by Hyperion's gravity.

The horrific scene of the celestial sphere colliding caused Hyperion to deviate from its orbit by more than a hundred kilometers, and then there was a large-scale geological movement that lasted for half a year-the Ministry of Industry and Research has been recording these data and using them to analyze celestial bodies as weapons... Ah bah, yes Advancing planetary physics research.

The good news is that Hyperion's magnetism is unaffected, its atmosphere is intact, and it can see hundreds of spectacular meteor showers every day.The wreckage of the Human Federation Fleet in the local galaxy was salvaged half a year ago, but after half a year of precipitation, this place finally has a safe channel.After sorting out the data of the ladder collision, a laser transmitter was used to "inject" it into a small crystal.

Like a piece of crystal, but the size of a fingernail.But this is an "optical storage device", the data is injected into the crystal in the form of photons to "freeze", it can maintain stability for 100 million years, and the storage capacity is extremely large, it can hold data at the level of ether - nothing Advanced gadgets have been completed in laboratories in the present world, and Renlian just goes one step further to make it extremely common.These data will be copied [-] million copies, and then transferred to various research institutes, after all, the bandwidth of FTL communication is very precious.

"The state of the planet Hyperion has stabilized in the area, and the address scan has identified several suitable targets for delivery."

The orca is very big. It is a multi-layered ship. Although the total length is only 400 meters, its width and height are close to [-].The size is deceiving. The reason why it is an industrial ship is because after the orbit of the planet is stabilized, the spaceship is deforming and unfolding——

Just like the old MCV, the engine of the spacecraft is from the end to the lower end, the multi-layer structure of the hull is like a lotus blooming, the huge mechanical arms are connected to each other, the solar sail stretches hundreds of meters, the folded platform is riveted by itself, and the asteroid baffle The industrial workshop was lifted up, and about three hours later, the original orca was gone, replaced by a magnificent space factory with a total length of more than [-] meters.

The alloy-assembled laboratory building is protected by a mass effect barrier, and the hangars are lined up. The elevators send the engineering drones to the surface, and they will continue the installation of components.But the pace of the Ministry of Industry and Research is very fast. Once the launch channel is ready, there will be a formation immediately, and a total of eight Raven shuttles will be launched.

The 40-meter-long raven can carry a load of 150 tons.There is a sealed container under the belly of the shuttle. It is hard to see what it is, but it looks like it is a valuable item from the carefully protected appearance.

And after the ravens entered the sub-orbit of the atmosphere, they actually opened the belly like a bomber, exposing a probe and nozzle, and sprayed green liquid towards the land of Hyperion?

It's Tiberium!

Countless active Tiberium spores were released to the earth in the form of a solution, covering the sky and the sun, like a layer of mist covering Hyperion.These spores have everything it needs - the heat from the sun, the "breathing" of various elements in the atmosphere and the energy accumulated inside the spores to drive the dynamic molecular lattice to tremble and split, to take root and germinate on the fertile land, Beautiful dark green crystals multiply little by little.

It eats sunlight, rain and dew, breathes air, absorbs... metal ions hundreds of meters underground, and releases highly toxic waste from a large amount of growth - Tiberium, which is actually a silicon-based "plant".

Hyperion, an terrestrial planet modified by UEG for 300 years, just has an environment suitable for its growth. Tiberium is not suitable for growing on a bare planet like the moon. The Scrin people ignored the other planets that were also rich in resources, and just threw them at the earth.

This is also the reason why the People's Federation has not used Tiberium on a large scale for a long time. Both Sira and the earth are our precious homeland. How can there be any reason to deliberately destroy our own homeland?And there is no better planting place other than the earth. Tiberium was once the cornerstone of the People's Federation, but after a longer time, Tiberium has no wider use.

But for now, Hyperion is a great option.

This terrestrial planet has an atmosphere slightly inferior to that of the Earth, and the size of the planet is almost the same as that of the Earth. Although it is colder, the sun-facing side can maintain a temperature above zero. UEG has spent 300 years building a complete infrastructure here to maintain a large population, but there is nothing left, and the resources consumed are not to mention the re-establishment - the current special zone earth needs to make good use of every resource , and find ways to fill the shortfall, so why invest?And even if it was done by Renlian, Hyperion is not a good place.

This tomb of billions of people has a history that cannot be avoided but cannot be recognized. At the same time, with the people's livelihood plan of the People's Federation today, Hyperion is not on the list of re-colonization-it has no location advantage and repairs the destroyed The livable environment is too time-consuming, so the High Council finalized it.

"In the name of the People's Federation, the resolution of the Supreme Council and most importantly, the approval of our Supreme Leader, starting today, the planetary system Hyperion will become the exclusive galaxy of the Ministry of Industry and Research in accordance with the "Olympus Treaty."

The so-called exclusive planetary system refers to all energy sources in this entire galaxy, the right to collect resources, and the right to use are all determined by the Ministry of Industry and Research.This is not splitting the soil and dividing the king, but what happens in this entire galaxy can be carried out as needed without the consultation of the High Council. The Ministry of Industry and Research can use the resources of this galaxy to support other constructions of the Federation of People, and Use all leftovers to strengthen their research work-this is undoubtedly announcing the financial freedom of the Ministry of Industry and Research, and raising the importance of one of the heads of the three-headed dragon of the People's Federation to an unprecedented height!

"And in the name of the highest person in charge of the Industry and Research Department, I hereby announce the establishment of 'Hyperion's First Craft World', and hereby supervise the first foundation-laying work—the investment of Tiberium into Hyperion. Ya, transform it into a complete spar planet."

Some vocabulary is very unfamiliar, but it does not prevent people from guessing its meaning - from today, this planet will provide a steady stream of resources for the Ministry of Industry and Research to support all the constructions that the Ministry of Industry and Research can carry out, and all reasonable It is unreasonable to use it for current or future technology research and development and testing!There are no more restrictions, no upper limit and no irreversible bottom line. The Industry and Research Department can do everything it can do here, without any restrictions!

As long as its goal is for Renren.

If people in the United Nations know now, say, the politicians, they might be terrified.For those who still have no insight into the root of the People's Federation, this means a break in the balance of power. The Ministry of Industry and Research now has its own chassis, which undoubtedly means that it has become an outlier among the three major departments. A country within a country cannot What you endure is digging your own grave!

The Ministry of Industry and Research has mastered the most advanced productivity and production methods of the People's Federation, and now it has independent production resources.This is no longer poaching the corner of the People's Federation but "dividing the family". Does our leader hope to have a monopoly Mechanicus?Although no one in the Human Federation knows what Mechanicus is, everyone understands what it means...

But this is meaningless. As long as Li Wei is still in the Ministry of Industry and Research, he will never betray the People's Federation. The reason does not need to be explained.For guys like Siegfried, they will understand that the Ministry of Industry and Research is the economic foundation of the People's Federation, and it comes first. This is not because Dr. Ensig is the most low-key person in the High Council. changed.

Dr. Ensger never cared about all of this, he only had cold calculations in his chest, endless thinking to guide everything closer to his calculation results, and there was nothing important in this world other than that.

Everything is planned, and everything is planned.

The Tiberium-dispersing Raven shuttle returned, and the Orca-turned-MITRI space station released a permanently geostationary satellite in Hyperion's orbit over the next few days to monitor the Tiberium growth status.