Cavnos PlanetStar Map Draftsman I: Federation War

In the end, Jonathan couldn’t argue with Sandra, so he gave Dawn Lucius a certificate to accompany the visit, and when they stepped aboard, the Ashton Federation’s large logo crawled almost all over the side of the ship, a diplomatic ship bound for Visadio Planet with a quiet crew, and a war that was growing faster than a hangover. Carlson took the shield of Lord Winifred and made his way through the Moreth Federation with little resistance, leaving the Ninth Legion and Centaly on Sundium Planet to confront Jonathan, and no one could understand what Carlson’s intentions were. No one could understand what Carlson’s intentions were, and as Sandra and Dawn Lucius set sail, Carlson’s fleet was heading for Malea Planet in the Ashton Federation.

The political structure of the Ashton Federation determines the layout of the administrative body, there are five political bodies in the Ashton Federation, the Interior Sector is the center of the political group on Visadio Planet, previously dominated by Madam Winifred and Lord Winifred. Visadio Planet is in the safe zone of the Ashton Federation, backed by the void between the Orion Arm and the Ensign Arm, so it is difficult for enemies to attack from this place, which is a natural moat. It is the largest prison in Ashton Federation, where almost all prisoners are locked up. The last political body of the Ashton Federation is the Defense Sector, on Cavnos Planet, where the military is stationed.

The front gate of Visadio Planet is the vast star field of Ashton Federation, where countless stars and habitable planets are hanging, and theoretically, Ashton Federation should have chosen some of these planets to build armies and fortifications, but that is only theoretically true. The Ashton Federation’s star field is a flat grassland with no danger to the enemy.

“Dawn, did I remember you saying you learned military theory on Earth?” Sandra asked Dawn Lucius, sitting in the corner of the room with her head down and both hands clasped.

“Yes.” Dawn Lucius leaned against the wall on the other side, at the current rate of Strath people’s advance, they could probably finish taking Ashton Federation in a month or so, he inwardly expected Ashton Federation to defeat Strath people, otherwise, Strath people attacking The solar system will be much easier for the Strath people to attack, right?

Sandra looked up at Dawn Lucius and continued to ask. “Strath people’s two forces now, the force led by Carlson is approaching Malea Planet, his intentions are in obvious, occupy Malea Planet, where all the ships and weapons of Ashton Federation are concentrated, Ashton army without ships and Ashton army without ships and weapons, they will not be able to resist Strath people.”

“Yes.” Dawn Lucius replied.

“What about Burt? Why is he flying his army towards Yasies Planet? Was it to block Ashton Federation’s food supply?” Sandra asked as she sat up straight and she looked at Dawn Lucius.

“I’m afraid, it’s not that simple.” Dawn Lucius sighed, he left the place where he just leaned, walked to the other side to lean on the wall, continued. “Yasies Planet is a food base, but the food there even if not shipped out in six months, the impact on other planets is not much, have you noticed?Ashton Federation from Yasies Planet to other planets, the food is mainly spare, only a very few mining planets rely on Yasies Planet food, Burt led the army to that direction, the biggest possibility is to go to Sivastia Planet.”

“Sivastia Planet?” continued Sandra, more puzzled, as she stood up and began pacing. “Why do you want to go somewhere? It can’t be to rob a prison and save someone, can it?”

“No.” Dawn Lucius shook her head.

“And why?” Sandra asked as she stopped in front of Dawn Lucius.

“Think about it, Ashton Federation has so many prisoners, is the cheapest labor, originally, Yasies Planet was a planet without people, when Ashton Federation Sivastia Planet prisoners were turned into labor, Yasies Planet became the biggest food production base of Ashton Federation. I guess your authorities have made a lot of legal efforts to expand the workforce by criminalizing a large number of acts that are not considered crimes, so that if they are slightly touched, they will be sentenced to work on Yasies Planet, and when there is no work, the prisoners will be imprisoned back on Sivastia Planet. as potential enemies of the Ashton Federation, Burt brought half of the Strath people to fight through there for the simple purpose of forming a new army.”

Sandra listened to Dawn Lucius and stood motionless like a frozen tree, staring at the wall behind Dawn Lucius. The Ashton Federation had divided the five political groups so widely that, thanks to their illustrious past, even if they were separated there was little danger that they would bring greater benefits to the Federation as a whole. The two princes of the Strath Federation are running rampant in the Moreth Federation and the Ashton Federation, all because of the alienation between the various functions in the Federation. Moreover, Madam Winifred sent a large number of troops and the Everlasting Army to save Lord Winifred, that powerful military force, is now just an elephant in Carlson’s pincer trunk. As of now, Visadio Planet is safe for the time being, Malea Planet, which dominates weapons and airships, is about to fall, Sivastia Planet, which holds prisoners, is a time bomb, and Ashton Federation has not yet reacted, where it has become the enemy’s new legion base. As for the Yasies Planet, in addition to food, the main thing left is the prisoners. Strath people can easily turn them, so it seems that three-fifths of the core political group of Ashton Federation has been lost, leaving only Visadio Planet and another planet can be relied on.

Sandra suddenly came to life, her eyes hollow, her lips trembling, repeating “I have to inform my brother that we can’t go to Visadio Planet first! Yes!” .

“Your brother?”

“Yes, my brother.”

“Where is your brother?”

“He’s at Cavnos Planet.”

“I see, Ashton Federation main army is stationed on that planet, they are training there, waiting for action orders there.”

“Yes, I have to tell my brother to guard Cavnos Planet.”

“Then why not just go to the guy who runs the place and tell him what’s going on now.”

“Yes, my brother is the one who runs the Cavnos Planet army, his name is Duncan, the chief of the Ashton FederationDefense Sector.” Sandra said as she walked up to Dawn Lucius.

“Can your brother deploy the army directly?”

“Yes!” Some concern grew on Sandra’s face and she turned her back on Dawn Lucius.

“What’s wrong?” Dawn Lucius asked.

Sandra hesitated a bit and did not answer Dawn Lucius.

Dawn Lucius came around to her, he didn’t open his mouth, he didn’t intend to put any pressure on her, after all, Sandra didn’t need to hide if she could really tell him.

“Here’s the deal.” Sandra looked up at Dawn Lucius and spoke. “Although my brother is the governor of Cavnos Planet, he must agree with Visadio Planet to mobilize the army. Without Visadio Planet’s transfer order, the army will not listen to my brother, not to mention ...... “Sandra did not continue, Dawn Lucius thought, there should be nothing complicated here, the internal struggle of the army often, he did not want to pass any judgment on Duncan, but, Duncan should not be so perfect that the people under him are dead to him.

“Have you ever heard of the two political factions of the Ashton Federation?” Sandra asked Dawn Lucius after the two were silent for a while.

“Heard.”

“Some years earlier, there was an army rebellion, right in Visadio Planet, Lord Winifred was almost assassinated, Lord Winifred from then on did not trust the army at all, he set up a very strict system of mobilizing the army, even Visadio Planet can only station very few troops, those troops also Those troops can only operate in a limited area. There are rumors that the rebel army was authorized by Madam Winifred, who is a conservative, and my brother is on the side of the conservatives, and I fear that he will not be able to mobilize the army.”

“If your brother mobilizes the army, it has to be cleared by Lord Winifred, right?” Dawn Lucius added to the question.

“Yes. But Lord Winifred is in Carlson’s hands now, and my brother can’t get Cavnos Planet’s army to move.”

“It’s wartime, I guess Cavnos Planet’s army is concerned about being able to stop the Strath people, so we can go try.”

“Then we have to tell the pilot to divert to Cavnos Planet,” Sandra said and headed out the door.

The two left the conference room they had just been in and headed in the direction of the bow, and the ship was able to fly to Visadio Planet orbit as originally planned. It was still possible to fly from one Federation to another so quickly, thanks to the Moreth Federation interstellar route project, which allowed for rerouting midway. These routes are somewhat similar to the viaducts of early Earth, with a main route to each destination, and a re-routing back to some winding node if you want to reroute. The two men walked side by side, the incandescent light in the corridor cold, and apart from the humming sound, the sound of their hurried footsteps remained.

“Can I ask you a question?” Dawn Lucius asked, speaking up.

“Hmm.”

“When you were at Jonathan’s, you didn’t seem to want me to come to Ashton Federation, why?”

“Protecting you.” Sandra said back, but the answer made Dawn Lucius’ heart hammer hard against his chest, and he even felt his face burn a little.

“Protect me?”

“Right.”

“Why protect me?”

“Earth is not developed enough to match Orion Arm’s Federation, and the later you are exposed to intermediate civilization, the safer it will be for you as well. You came to Ashton Federation, in your eyes, what do you think it is?” Sandra gave Dawn Lucius a look and went back to looking at the road ahead.

“Excursions?”

“That’s what it seems to you, but in the eyes of Ashton Federation, we would think you’re in it for the relationship, whatever it is, and you need to pick a Federation to belong to and give the Federation a service.”

“What about not choosing?”

“No choice?” Sandra raised her voice.

“Well, what happens to Earth if it doesn’t choose to belong to any Federation?”

When Dawn Lucius finished, Sandra stopped and turned to look at Dawn Lucius, some sympathy flashed in her eyes, and spoke. “A group of people sitting in a room, there is a boss sitting in the most dominant position, except for a maverick who is not going to follow the boss, everyone else obedient to listen to the boss’s arrangements. Over time, what do you think will happen to that maverick?”

“Ostracized and attacked.” Dawn Lucius replied tentatively.

“See, you’re not stupid either.” Sandra laughed a little and returned to that worried face, adding softly. “Even if the boss doesn’t command, the other minions will keep attacking that maverick. Earth does not choose to belong to any Federation, then Earth to the other planets, it is the maverick.”

Sandra finished and turned to continue her journey, Dawn Lucius followed a short distance behind her and teased. “The aliens turned out to be similar to the Earthlings.”

“The universe uses the same set of efficient and concise rules, and you are virtually indistinguishable in appearance from Ashton people, except for being a bit dumb. That’s how this set of rules works.” Sandra didn’t turn around.

The two arrived at the cockpit door. When Dawn Lucius tried to open it, he found that it was locked tight. Sandra tried to open it with her administrator privileges, but found that her identity had been disabled. dawn Lucius remembered his previous experiences on the Dawn ship, and even though his life signature was the transitional state of Star Map Draftsman, those feelings of hunger and After Sandra reactivates the emergency power, the communication light by the door comes on and she presses the talk button before asking the reason for the door closing.

“Miss Sandra, sorry to have worried you, the ship was disturbed while passing a massive neutron star and some of its systems failed, but everything was fine for the flight.” After the pilot returned, his voice muddled over a muffled bit of noise, and explained again why it wouldn’t open, he promised to fix it as soon as possible and suggested that Dawn Lucius and Sandra go to rest until he was informed.

“I got it, pilot, please reroute to Cavnos Planet,” Sandra said as she pressed the call button.

After a burst of noise, the two did not hear any useful information, Sandra looked at Dawn Lucius, repeated the words twice, and only then replied more clearly “Copy!

“Let’s go then.” Sandra headed for the rest area, with Dawn Lucius following her side.

“How long does it take to fly to Cavnos Planet?” Dawn Lucius asked.

“It’ll be there in about half a day.”

“Better get there early, I don’t like being stuck in a spaceship.”

“Why?”

“I’ve had some bad experiences that are a little scary to think about now.” Dawn Lucius said as she raised her left hand and pointed to the screen-off flexible device.

“Okay.” Sandra smiled as she turned her face to look at Dawn Lucius and asked. “Can’t you open that device?”

“Hmm.”

“Do me a favor and I’ll get someone to fix it for you at Cavnos Planet.”

“Can you fix it?”

“Yes, I know a very good repairman who can fix anything.” Sandra finished with some pride on her face.

“Good, then I owe you one.” Dawn Lucius replied with a smile.

“It’s going to be returned oh.” Sandra slapped him on the arm.

“Don’t worry.”

“I’m going to take a shower, so make your own arrangements for what you want to do.” Walking to the fork in the road, Sandra said as she walked toward another passage.

“So where do I go?” Dawn Lucius shouted as she stood at attention.

Without answering him, Sandra pointed behind Dawn Lucius and handed her a chin.

“Where is that?” Dawn Lucius asked as he turned to look at the passage, and when he turned his face to look at Sandra, he realized she was nowhere to be found.

Dawn Lucius just had to walk forward, a person in this long passage, even if there are bright incandescent lights, but feel like walking at night, to run not, to stop also not, a sense of abruptness from the top of the head through to the bottom of the feet. dawn Lucius chose a compromise, he jogged all the way to the end of the passage, quickly into the left channel, because here than the right side of some bright. Dawn Lucius did not go far forward, into an oversized space, look closely at the items here, he seemed to jump into a sea of books, the walls, shelves, are full of beautiful books, in look at the entire space, from the walls and ceiling joints, this library is like housed in a cylinder. Lee Dawn Lucius excitedly walked to the nearest shelf, picked a few books at random and put them on the floor, he sat on the floor like a child and began to turn the books, the words inside he could not understand, and what was certain was that they were different from what he had seen on the Sane ship as well. Dawn Lucius put the books back on the shelf, he missed the days of reading books on earth, dawn Dawn Lucius walked casually among the bookshelves, a wave of peace in his heart and a wave of longing rising up, he missed Stacean Lucius. dawn Lucius circled around for a while, feeling a bit sleepy and planning to go back to his rest to get some sleep, he walked in the direction he came from and was approaching the exit when there was a sound of footsteps behind him, it felt like they were following him from behind the shelves, getting closer and closer. “Is someone there?” Dawn Lucius asked.

Dawn Lucius opened his mouth and shook his jaw from side to side, trying to get his ear drums to move, so he could hear more clearly, Dawn Lucius jaw shook cackling, he was listening sideways when A hand suddenly reached out from the back of his neck, strangling his neck and dragging it backwards. He smelled a foul odor, like dried dead fish, and then it was hard to breathe. When he was dragged to the exit, Dawn Lucius hooked his foot on the door frame and wrenched the hand around his neck, and when the person dragging him saw this, he began to hit his back with his knee, which made him feel like his bones were cracking. The man dragged again and again hit Dawn Lucius in the other foot the moment, let go of the door frame, with all his strength to push back, the man did not stand still, the whole person was blocked to the wall, Dawn Lucius broke free and stood up holding the wall. Dawn Lucius kicked the man in the waist and saw that the other side did not react before he relaxed his guard, he looked around to see if there were other dangers and no one was following behind him.

Dawn Lucius quickly ran to the bath area, since someone attacked him here, then Sandra’s side is also in danger, ran to the bath area, the sound of running water hitting the metal plate is particularly harsh, other than that, Dawn Lucius did not hear other sounds, I think, Sandra has been attacked. He pulled out a stick from the locker where the clothes were hanging by the door, and while raising his right hand, he gently pushed open the bathroom door with his left hand, planning to strike first if it was not Sandra. Dawn Lucius gently approached the door, his two feet squeezed outward, feeling the soles of his shoes completely grip the ground. After, the right hand raised the stick and stored power, the left hand held the door handle, pushed the door and the stick smashed down almost at the same time.

Dawn Lucius stick only half smashed, but the foot inside the door landed first on his chest, before he could see his attacker, Dawn Lucius gripped the ground firmly and his foot left the ground, his whole body flew to the other side of the bathroom, after smashing the door there open, his whole body fell at the foot of the wall. He heard the crash of the stick as it rolled down, felt the pressure on his chest as if the kick had just flattened his chest, had trouble breathing, and his eyes were blurry. Dawn Lucius braced himself and slid back a distance, leaning his head against the wall, his hearing returning after a while, the sound of water hitting the floor The sound of water hitting the floor was still piercing, and his vision was restored, but the sight before him took him by surprise, Sandra was shirtless, crouching in front of him and shaking him.

“I heard you.” Dawn Lucius hurriedly averted his eyes, and he pretended his eyes were blind.

“What the hell are you doing?” Sandra questioned in a stern voice.

“Someone attacked me, and I’m worried about you.” Dawn Lucius pretended to touch something on the ground.

“It was me who attacked you.” Sandra’s voice sounded angry.

“No, I was in the library and was attacked by very smelly people.” Staring blindly ahead, Dawn Lucius, embarrassed to look in Sandra’s direction, tried to crawl forward, fumbling for the stick on the ground.

“Can’t you see?” Sandra asked.

“Hmm.”

“What are you looking for?”

“Stick.”

“I’ll pick it up for you.” Sandra stepped in front of Dawn Lucius, her white body like a white mist, clean and transparent.

“No, hurry up and get dressed, maybe the ship will be taken over.” Dawn Lucius said as she crawled toward the stick.

“Good.” Sandra headed in the direction of the closet, pausing as she slipped her clothes on and spoke up to ask. “Hurry up and get dressed? How do you know I’m not dressed.”

Dawn Lucius hadn’t thought of that question, and he scrambled around in his head, intending to find a better excuse, but the longer he delayed in this situation, the more suspicious it became, and he said offhandedly. “Guess.”

“Guess?”

“Hmm.” Dawn Lucius replied, originally close to the stick he did not dare to touch, then began to change the direction of the random touch.

Sandra saw his appearance and thought it didn’t look like he was faking. She dressed and walked over to Dawn Lucius, handed the stick to Dawn Lucius, and helped him up again. The two planned to wait for Dawn Lucius to recover some of his vision to go to the cockpit to see the situation, Dawn Lucius right hand on the wall, looking down at the ground, shaking his head, and after a few deep breaths, he announced that his vision had been restored, and the two wanted to quietly feel the cockpit. Sandra pointed to a cabinet in the room, gesturing for Dawn Lucius to see if there was a threat hidden there, and she went straight to the cockpit, where all the input devices that could operate the ship had been ripped off, some of them broken, and the screen was flashing with alarms. Dawn Lucius checked the locker through and found no pilot’s body or anyone hiding in it, except for the spacesuit.

“I didn’t find anyone in there.” Dawn Lucius said after the two men walked to the middle of the room and converged.

“The ship has been emptied of fuel, the controls are damaged, the communications equipment and locators are damaged, and we are now floating in space.” Sandra told Dawn Lucius of her conclusion.

“How far are we from Cavnos Planet?”

“There’s no point in going any farther, this ship has no escape pods, no way to contact the outside world, it’s like we’re on a floating island. There’s no way to contact my brother.”

“Someone wants to trap us here, or maybe, someone doesn’t want us anywhere near Cavnos Planet?” said Dawn Lucius, looking at Sandra suspiciously.

“It’s an attempt to trap one of us here, and the other one is just a collateral sacrifice.”

“Do you have an enemy? Or, do you have some important secret?” Dawn Lucius picked up the conversation.

“What about you? Have enemies or secrets?” Sandra asked rhetorically.

Dawn Lucius paused, even if he had enemies, the most that can only appear in the solar system, will not run so far to find him, the secret well, that more no, Dawn Lucius shook his head at Sandra.

“Who could have been inside when the hatch was locked and the person inside was supposed to be sabotaging the ship?” Sandra asked.

“The pilot.” Dawn Lucius thought for a moment as he continued. “There are no signs of a struggle in the chamber, no bodies in the lockers, so only the pilot would have sabotaged the ship.”

“It doesn’t make sense that he would sabotage the ship and trap himself in space as well?” Sandra didn’t believe it.

“Yeah, how did he get himself trapped in space?” Dawn Lucius added as she looked at Sandra.

“Ah.” Sandra exclaimed, realizing that this was not the right time to speak aloud and lowered her voice to say. “He has a way of leaving.”

Dawn Lucius gives a thumbs up and smiles at Sandra.

Sandra took Dawn Lucius’s hand and rushed out, they had to find the pilot before he escaped, as far as possible, he was in the middle of the ship’s docking port, where the whole ship had an exit. Sandra tugged Dawn Lucius’s hand tightly, he wanted to let go to run faster, tried to retract several times, but Sandra was tugging tighter and tighter. He just let Sandra pull him forward and run. Dawn Lucius and his wife were married by order, and both of them only saw each other as relatives, they had never held hands seriously, and at that time, Dawn Lucius envied those lovers who could hold hands and run on the beach. Lucius’s face, he grabbed Sandra’s hand, he felt that he was also running on the beach, Sandra suddenly stopped, knocking Dawn Lucius out of his fantasy.

“Behind.” Sandra shouted, and Dawn Lucius realized that they were surrounded by three men in the aisle, two in front of Sandra and one behind Dawn Lucius, who hurriedly turned around, both defending back to back.

“Who are you?” Sandra asked sternly, the three didn’t answer or attack, Sandra raised her voice and asked. “What do you want?”

Dawn Lucius tried to switch to Sandra’s side to get to the other two, but Sandra dragged him in the same direction. Dawn Lucius threw a punch, and before he could touch the other man, he was kicked to the other side. Dawn Lucius got up from the ground and pulled out something like a knife, and instead of attacking Dawn Lucius, he rushed at Sandra’s back. The man was not able to think about it, but the knife was rushed towards Sandra, and Dawn Lucius was in front of it.

Sandra knocked the three down and helped Dawn Lucius continue to the exit, the exit of the ship is docking this small ship, the hatch open, the two went inside and found no one, Sandra then began to Dawn Lucius to treat the wound, she finished dressing and asked. “Why are you blocking me?”

The pain had been accepted by his body and there was a burning sensation spreading through his abdomen, Dawn Lucius braced himself and stood up as he replied. “Take me to Cavnos Planet, we have to stop the Strath people,” Dawn Lucius walked to the bridge and sat down, Sandra sat next to him and started the ship, after recalibrating the coordinates to Cavnos Planet, they were like rescued fallen The crew was on an island far from the Voyager universe.

“The man who attacked me in the library had a six-manifold symbol on his clothes.” After driving some distance away, Dawn Lucius spoke up.

“That’s the mark of the Rangers, not belonging to any Federation, roaming the universe robbing and also acting as hired killers, the Ninth Legion is full of them.” Sandra turned her face to look at Dawn Lucius and said back.

“What did they ask to attack us?”

“Have you ever wondered?” Sandra did not answer Dawn Lucius directly, she said with her left elbow propped up on the table. “The person who stabbed you didn’t want to hurt your life, he fought you with a knife but didn’t cut you, and ended up trying to stab me with a knife, is it possible that their intention was you?”

“Me?”

“Yes, you can’t be killed, but destroying the ship we’re sitting in is not an attempt to leave you out in the universe?”

“What is the purpose?”

“I don’t know.” Sandra shook her head as if she had remembered something and raised her voice to add. “But one thing I can say for sure is that they should have all served time on Solstice, and I saw that they all had Ashton Federation prisoner numbers on the backs of their hands.”

“Come back to get revenge on you?” Dawn Lucius asked, frowning.

“I’m afraid it’s not that simple, the numbers on the arms of those who served time in Sivastia Planet will be erased when they are released, but the numbers of those who attacked us are still there, which means they are prisoners who ran away from Sivastia Planet. That’s what worries me, maybe Sivastia Planet is really being turned into a new hostile force by the Strath people, as you said.”

“Then we should indeed be worried.” Feeling a little tired, Dawn Lucius covered his wound and leaned back in his chair, sleep drifting up to him and resting on his eyelashes.

“You’re not dying, are you.” Sandra saw this and came over to shake Dawn Lucius’ arm.

Dawn Lucius pushed her away and said slowly. “You let me rest, and if I’m going to die, you’ll know for sure.”

“I know?” Sandra wondered, looking at Dawn Lucius like she wasn’t joking, and pursued the question. “How do you know?”

“Shaken to death by you, can’t you tell?” Dawn Lucius said with a laugh.

Sandra listened and felt she had been tricked, so she turned away in exasperation. Dawn Lucius closed his eyes and rested, he gripped the screen on his left hand, there was a smiling face under the extinguished screen, that was his goal. Let’s just hope the rest goes smoothly, or maybe Datheon suddenly appears and wipes out the war so he can go back to Earth and wake up Stacean Lucius, thinking, Dawn Lucius fell asleep.

When Dawn Lucius woke up again, the pain in his abdomen had diminished, but he found himself stripped naked on the floor, and Dawn Lucius scanned the room in a panic, realizing that he was still on the ship where he had slept. He grunted and lay back down when Sandra rushed out of the room where the spacesuit was kept and crouched beside him.

“What for?” Sandra growled.

“Where are my clothes?” Dawn Lucius asked, covering her body.

“Your wound got infected and started twitching when you fell asleep, so I re-treated it for you.”

“Where are my clothes?”

“Throw it away.” Sandra pointed to the room where the spacesuits were.

“Why?”

“Your clothes are stained with blood, you’ll infect your wounds and skin if you don’t throw them away.” Sandra explained, and when she noticed Dawn Lucius looking down at her lower body, she continued. “The pants are stained with blood, too.”

Dawn Lucius was a bit teary-eyed, so why not put on clean clothes for him after the clothes were taken care of? Dawn Lucius had one hand over the wound, the other elbow propped up on the floor, and he was ready to find his own clothes to wear.

“What are you doing?” Sandra yelled again.

“Looking for clothes, you’ve been looking at me for half a day and you’re not going to let me get dressed.” Dawn Lucius said as he struggled to hold himself up, and when Sandra saw this, she helped him up from the floor.

“Look at you half the time, it’s kind of even.” Sandra said as she followed him.

“Get even?” Dawn Lucius asked suspiciously, as he found a clean work uniform to put on himself.

“You’ve been looking at me for half a day in the bathroom, and you won’t let me look back.” Sandra replied with a somewhat flirtatious tone.

Dawn Lucius was too embarrassed to answer when the console screen displayed an arrival warning, seemingly arriving at Cavnos Planet’s port. Sandra picked up the communication request and after confirming her identity the ship was allowed to enter Cavnos Planet’s outer defenses. dawn Lucius looked out the porthole and saw that the side facing them was pure white. Dawn Lucius guessed that Cavnos Planet might be a world covered in ice and snow. As they passed through the defense zone, they were confronted by an oversized group of extremely complex ships, all similar in shape, with long hulls covered in regular shapes, and rings on the outside of the hull that did not rotate, rings that looked like numerous cylinders assembled on the hull, uniform in color, like decorative objects on a high-end desk. Dawn Lucius realizes that there is a man-made field outside the atmosphere of Cavnos Planet, like a transparent glass cover protecting the planet, and that their ship has been taken over by something like artificial intelligence and is following the coordinates and speed given by the Cavnos Planet command center through the gate of the field. The ship crashed into a white cloud and Dawn Lucius found the planet divided into two halves, one half was icy and snowy while the other half had four seasons, they landed in the fortification where the two hemispheres met, it was a mega building, except for the gray and black building frame, most of the inside was transparent, including the floor, Dawn Lucius didn’t dare to look down much Dawn Lucius did not dare to look down, he followed closely behind Sandra and walked towards the building.

After passing through the curved corridor, the two came to a room with two soldiers standing on the left and right of the door. “Remember, you can’t say you’re a Star Map Draftsman, I’ll just explain.” Before entering the door Sandra pulled Dawn Lucius and whispered seriously in his ear.

“Brother, I’m home.” Upon entering the room, Sandra called out to the person across the large table.

Dawn Lucius surveyed the room, the left corner sat six people, each in front of a screen, they seem to be busy organizing information, the right corner there is a shelf, on which a lot of firearms-type weapons, the middle of the room is the large table, it seems, should be a high-tech hologram sandbox. Looking further in that direction of the table, a stout man approached them, dressed in black, with short hair looking very competent, with not very distinguishable features and somewhat dark skin, looking like a hard-working crop duster.

“The crazy girl is willing to come back, ah.”

“Brother, this is Dawn Lucius, the earthling who saved Moreth Federation’s Moreth steader Jonathan by mistake, I told you about him in the newsletter.” Sandra finished and then turned her face to look at Dawn Lucius and continued her introduction. “He’s my brother Duncan, in charge of the Ashton Federation’s military.”

Dawn Lucius smiled and bowed to him, Duncan had little response, he turned and walked to the other end of the large table and the two men followed, Duncan suddenly stopped, turned to look at Dawn Lucius and asked, “You know military?”

Dawn Lucius was caught somewhat off guard, and, not knowing what the intent of the question was, he nodded tentatively and slightly.

Duncan flipped a switch on the side of the large table and a nebula map rose above the table as he continued. “I’ve heard Sandra talk about your extrapolations on Yasies Planet and the Solstice, and so far you’ve got it all right, Ashton Federation but no one else, we’ve lost three political subjects.” Duncan worried written all over his face, he paused for a moment and then continued to ask. “What do you think, what will happen next?”

“Me?” Dawn Lucius asked, pointing at himself. Duncan had little reaction, still looking at him with a worried expression.

“You do talk.” Sandra slapped Dawn Lucius’s waist hard, and Dawn Lucius moved forward half a step covering her stomach in pain.

Duncan glared at Sandra, who smiled and took a step back.

“If I were the prince of the Strath people, I would have concentrated my army to fight Visadio Planet,” Dawn Lucius said.

“Why?” Duncan pursued.

“I’m afraid the main purpose of Strath people fighting the war is not as simple as White Crystal, Orion Arm is passing the news that Strath Federation is going to start to choose a new chief, two princes to compete, at the very beginning Burt and Carlson are indeed acting separately. Burt went to fight Gyaly Planet, ostensibly to free the Strath slaves, but Sandra and I had seen that Burt didn’t care about the lives of those Strath slaves, but at that time I hadn’t guessed his real goal. Then Sandra and I were asked by Burt to unknowingly escort someone he had captured to Carlson, not realizing that it was Lord Winifred. became Carlson’s talisman, to this point I guess, Carlson and Burt on the surface is a competitive relationship, but in fact, every step of their two actions are planned in advance, and, secretly there are people helping them, only I do not know who is helping them.” Dawn Lucius said this then stopped, he did not know whether the people present could accept this conclusion, so glanced at the crowd, he found that the others were staring at him, then dare not continue to speak.

“No wonder, I was wondering why Carlson was able to hit Ashton Federation so well, now I know why.” Duncan spoke up.

“So what’s their purpose?” The man next to Duncan spoke up and asked.

“I don’t know, there are several waves of forces here. If the news that the two princes of Strath people are going to attack the solar system is true, then my guess is that they will use the solar system as the end point to wrap all the star fields between Strath Federation and the solar system and re-rule Orion Arm, nothing called fighting for The purpose of their attack on Visadio Planet is easy to guess, one is to destroy the top of Ashton Federation, and the other is to satisfy the soldiers’ desire to plunder, we all know that Strath people Ashton Federation political body is left to Visadio Planet and Cavnos Planet, Visadio Planet is the richest and the political center of Ashton Federation. The Strath people must attack there.” Dawn Lucius finished, pointed to the star map of Visadio Planet, at this time, the fate of that prosperous planet, still in the hands of a few people.

“So aren’t they afraid Cavnos Planet will hit them?” Duncan asked as he looked at Dawn Lucius.

“These they must have taken into account, Cavnos Planet’s troops need Lord Winifred’s orders to move out, and now that Lord Winifred is in Carlson’s hands, he definitely won’t let Lord Winifred give the orders. Plus, they’ll find a way to stifle Cavnos Planet’s troops at some point.”

“How do I stifle it?” Duncan asked with a frown.

“I don’t know, the best strategy would be to block you in Cavnos Planet from getting out, and if you do send troops out, then cut you off halfway.” Dawn Lucius felt pain in his abdomen as he gripped the edge of the table and braced himself.

“Now here’s the situation, after Burt took Sivastia Planet over, he incited the prisoners to go with him to destroy Visadio Planet so they could get revenge for the crimes they suffered, but the prisoners wanted more, they wanted their own independent portal, and even they started to confront Prince Burt’s army. But he made a deal with the prisoners that they could do whatever they wanted inside Orion, but they couldn’t resist the Strath people attacking Visadio Planet. so we now have to deal not only with Strath people, but also with a bunch of prisoners who aren’t bound by the rules.” Duncan turned slightly and looked at the red dots surging in the hologram.

“Burt’s army, has it rejoined Carlson’s army?” Dawn Lucius asked.

“No real rendezvous yet, Carlson is already setting up camp near Visadio Planet and Burt is on his way to Visadio Planet,” Duncan replied.

“Then I suggest you send troops to reinforce.” Dawn Lucius said.

“The difficulty now is that I can’t send troops. Carlson is besieging Visadio Planet while negotiating with Madam Winifred, and one of the demands is that no troops be sent to Visadio Planet, and if the Strath people find out that there are troops to relieve the siege, they take Visadio Planet.” Duncan sighed deeply and turned to look at Dawn Lucius and said. “Our Queen has been scared silly, every once in a while she gives an order over, not allowing Cavnos Planet’s troops to drive in the direction of Visadio Planet, she is not comfortable with it, and has to send overseeing officers over to take over my military authority.”

This kind of thing has happened too many times in the ancient history of the Earth, and the end result is that the besieging party breaks the treaty, kills the emperor who is not allowed to send troops, and the whole dynasty disintegrates. If this happens, Earth is really in jeopardy. Dawn Lucius squeezed his left hand as he spoke. “This is a reprieve, after they take down Visadio Planet, Cavnos Planet is the most significant threat, in the face of the threat, I think everyone’s choice is to destroy the threat, by then Strath people can wipe out Ashton Federation clean, we can’t sit back and wait for it to happen.” Dawn Lucius took a step in Duncan’s direction and said anxiously.

“Do you mean I’m going to disobey Madam Winifred’s orders to go out to war?” Duncan asked suspiciously.

“That won’t work, I suggest you place a certain number of troops behind the Strath people and surround the Strath people between Visadio Planet and your army.”

“And when will the war start?”

“Do not go to war, only act as a deterrent, so that Strath people always have to watch their backs, so as to help Visadio Planet buy time. But also beware if Strath people ignore Visadio Planet and turn around and hit you first, or encourage other forces to hit you, so the defense must be good.” Dawn Lucius felt a little strained, he looked at the floor and then sat down smoothly.

“What’s wrong with you?” Sandra asked anxiously as she walked over to Dawn Lucius and knelt down, holding him by the shoulders.

Dawn Lucius pointed to the wound on his stomach, his mouth felt dry to the highlands of March day. Duncan called the soldiers, lifted Dawn Lucius to a chair and sat down, Dawn Lucius pointed to the mouth, Sandra gave him the arrival of water, Dawn Lucius drank it all, as sweet as the first rain in the spring ushered in. Then came the medical staff, Dawn Lucius’s wound was re-treated, and gave him some pills, something similar, not long after, the pills worked, the pain was reduced a lot, people also became some spirit.

“Are you feeling better? I’ll take you to rest.” Sandra said as she crouched down by Dawn Lucius, who smiled at her and shook her head.

“Who in the Ashton Federation is best at commanding armies?” Dawn Lucius asked, looking up at Duncan.

“Me.” Duncan replied, not very modestly.

“Then you have to be prepared for another possibility of removal from office if Madam Winifred and Strath people negotiate further.”

“Why?” Sandra and Duncan exclaimed almost simultaneously.

“Reduce the threat.”

“Threaten who?” Sandra asked aloud.

“Duncan was able to command the army to fight the war, which threatened the Strath people militarily and threatened Madam Winifred’s determination not to resist the deduction in negotiations, I guess ......” Dawn Lucius paused, he asked another question. “Why should you guys listen to me? Why do I feel as if I am the one who knows more about warfare than your mid-level civilization.”

Duncan and Sandra looked at each other, Duncan turned his face to the hologram star map, he waved his hand and switched the star map between different views, zoomed in on Cavnos Planet and spoke. “We haven’t fought a war in a dozen generations, or, we haven’t even seen one. We avoid war in our culture, even military training is forbidden, and what you’re saying, we don’t actually know if it’s right, but it seems to be a little more well thought out than we are.”

“Why?” Dawn Lucius wondered.

“Many years ago, Madam Winifred by staging a military coup to kill her husband to seize power, later, people in the Federation wanted to support Lord Winifred to the throne, followed by the army rebellion, which put Lord Winifred to the throne on hold, I believe you understand it, in our Federation, the army is able to pick Own emperor, from that time onwards, Madam Winifred is weakening the influence of the army, Ashton Federation’s great general, not yet the idle position of managing prisoners respected.”

“So what are you doing on Cavnos Planet?” Dawn Lucius thought that would be odd, not believing in armies but having a planet vacated to house them, Dawn Lucius added. “Don’t you guys train here?”

“We just idle around here, mostly working on the buildings, modifying them all the time in the style Lord Winifred likes.” Duncan pointed outside, and Dawn Lucius took a look. The planet was indeed beautiful, a cluster of buildings set in giant plants, each one looking like it had stepped out of a design museum.

“Strath people’s culture is not the same as ours, they have a lot of small wars, more like a lower civilization of the sun ......” Duncan may feel that it is not appropriate to say lower civilization, did not finish the latter words, he walked to Dawn Lucius, looked at him and said. “Your way of thinking is closer to theirs, when Sandra contacted me about your speculation about the Strath people, I was a little jealous to hear it.” Sandra stood behind Dawn Lucius and patted him on the shoulder, she simply put both hands on his shoulders, Dawn Lucius looked at her hands and then looked up at her, Sandra looked at him with a smile on her face and had no intention of taking her hands away. A tall, thin man bursts in aggressively.