DiplomatStar Map Draftsman I: Federation War

“Only I can get your family out.” These were Jonathan’s exact words to Sandra.

Ashton Federation monitored the appearance of Star Map Draftsman and also knew that Strath Federation was on its way to attack Ashton Federation, as Madam Winifred said, these two events were in plain sight, she was worried about Moreth No one knows what role Moreth Federation plays in these two seemingly unrelated events, whether it is neutral, or whether Moreth Federation is the one leading all this. Two spearheads pointed at the same time Ashton Federation, Madam Winifred nerves have been highly nervous, but Cavnos Planet still inappropriately jumped out and said to organize the army on the front line of the war, before the Great War, Madam Winifred worry not about the enemy, but their own army to seize power, it is not unreasonable. Duncan was the first to state that he could lead a friendly army to intercept Strath Federation’s troops at the periphery of Ashton Federation’s star field, admittedly, since his family was trapped in Cavnos Planet, he always wanted to make a success. After he sent his application for war, Madam Winifred said at first that he would think about it, but then he stopped until Jasper brought the order to capture Duncan and he lost hope in Ashton Federation politics.

There is no need to find out what Madam Winifred’s crime was in capturing Duncan, the ultimate goal was to keep Duncan and his family under control and make sure they couldn’t put the Federation at any more risk when war came, even if Cavnos Planet’s army wasn’t at any risk. Sandra was on a diplomatic mission to the Moreth Federation when she landed on Kunek Planet and learned that her brother had been captured and her family was trapped on Cavnos Planet, when she was contacted by Madam Winifred who offered to tell her. It was not to give her comfort, but to give her another new mission that only the two of them knew about.

“You know the rules of the Federation, the military is not allowed to leave Cavnos Planet privately and cannot roam around the Ashton Federation starfield with weapons unless they have orders from me, Madam Winifred.” Madam Winifred’s hologram was crystal clear, only she never looked at Sandra, finally, she turned her face to Sandra and said. “Your family has too much influence on the military, but I know your loyalty, and this detention of Duncan is just to calm the fears of several other groups. But ah, this also means that now, in your family, only you can continue to contribute value to Ashton Federation, and the end result will also affect your family’s development in Ashton Federation, which you know, right?”

“Yes, ma’am.” Sandra gripped her pants on the outside of her thighs with both hands, nearly ripping the uniform that marked the Ashton Federation diplomat to shreds.

“The thing to do is simple, I will give you a coordinate, go there and find a person, bring him to the Strath people’s camp and just attack Ashton Federation.”

“Ma’am I don’t understand, why ......?” Sandra asked when she heard that she was going to take someone to fight Ashton Federation.

“No reason, just do as I say, remember, make sure he gets involved inside the war, otherwise, you don’t come back either.” Madam Winifred finished speaking and withdrew from the communication connection.

The information provided by Madam Winifred to Sandra showed that the person she was looking for was on an abandoned mining planet near Gyaly Planet, where there were abandoned refugees. She had a vague feeling that this person must be related to Ashton Federation, until Jonathan approached Sandra to clarify his thoughts, Sandra became convinced that the person she was looking for was indeed related to Moreth Federation, or to be precise, Jonathan.

“We’ve been working together for years, haven’t we?” Sandra asked Jonathan when the two met in Jonathan’s office after registering a diplomatic memo at Kunek Planet.

“Yes, Moreth steader, it’s been at least twenty years or so.” Sandra replied respectfully.

“Yeah, twenty years.” Jonathan walked to the window and looked out, turning his back on Sandra and continued. “To say long is not long, for those who take White Crystal to get a long life, it is just a long trip, but for those who can not afford to buy White Crystal, twenty years, almost half a life time na, twenty years, can do a lot of things.”

“Does Moreth steader bother you about longevity?” Sandra asked as she walked near Jonathan.

“Haha.” Jonathan laughed to keep the mood from being so mournful, and he turned to look at Sandra and continued. “It’s my own situation that bothers me, and it bothers me about your situation.”

“What’s so disturbing about my situation?” Sandra looked as if nothing was wrong, but inside she was as panicked as if someone was going to steal her secret.

“I’ve heard that Madam Winifred has your brother in custody and your family is confined to Cavnos Planet. I know all about your Federation. But there is a problem, if we don’t send troops in time, when the Strath people really hit the depths of the Ashton Federation, it will be too late to stop them, right?” Jonathan glanced at Sandra and continued with a frown. “When the time comes, Madam Winifred and her favorite cronies will put the blame on Duncan, the means is to say that Duncan led the troops poorly, did not stop the Strath people, perhaps, your brother and your family will be in danger of life, I think, this kind of example you should see a lot, right? ”

“Moreth steader,” Sandra’s fears, which she had carefully wrapped in impermeable tin foil, were now seen through and through, fear and shame mingled and scattered all down the back of her neck, and she felt a cold chill run through her body and her hands shook. “So what do you mean ......?” Sandra asked.

“I told you plainly, Star Map Draftsman appeared, but this time seems to be different from the previous generation Star Map Draftsman, I can not say what is wrong, he is an opportunity for me, I need you to bring him to Moreth Federation smoothly, do not go wrong in the middle. .”

“Why did Moreth steader seek me out?”

“I have no say in the Moreth Federation, my whereabouts are watched, the administration, the military, and my mother ...... got, anyway, I’m like a piece of cake smeared with honey in the eyes of these people, they hate to come up and bite me, always watching me If I leave Kunek Planet, then Star Map Draftsman may be robbed halfway. So it’s more appropriate for you to go, and then again, if Star Map Draftsman is really taken halfway, it won’t reveal that it was the Moreth Federation that found Star Map Draftsman.”

“Then if someone finds out that I found it, and recognizes me as a diplomat of Ashton Federation, then my family’s situation will be even more dangerous.” Thinking about this, Sandra felt her body lose half of its strength after she finished.

“Then you can rest assured that the only one who can rob the Star Map Draftsman is Ashton Federation, the new Star Map Draftsman that Strath people have not even noticed has appeared, if it is really robbed by Ashton Federation, then you As far as I know, Ashton Federation is also inquiring about the location of Star Map Draftsman.”

“If I go and bring Star Map Draftsman, can Moreth steader save my family?” Sandra asked, mustering up the courage.

“The Moreth Federation’s Star Bridge, if used properly, can be used to open a teleportation point near Cavnos Planet. You know the political atmosphere of the Moreth Federation, we won’t persecute our own people at will, and I can even convince the Finance Department to assign your family a planet to live on in the star field of the Moreth Federation. I can even convince the Finance Department to assign your family a planet to live on in the Moreth Federation.” Jonathan finished his speech and took a deep breath.

“If it did, it would mean Moreth Federation meddling in Ashton Federation’s politics, Moreth Federation wouldn’t take that risk, and Moreth steader couldn’t handle that, right?”

“You are right, because Moreth Federation officials also rely on White Crystal, they are not likely to start a conflict with Ashton Federation for your family. But if Star Map Draftsman and I can establish cooperation, we can take back all the rights of the Moreth Federation, every word I say and every breath I take is an order, saving your family is just a matter of words.” Jonathan’s tone when he said this consisted of resentment and cursing.

“But how can Moreth steader establish a partnership with Star Map Draftsman?”

“That’s not your concern, all you need to know is that I’m the only one that can get your family out.” Jonathan said while taking out a small black box from the bag at the waist of his shirt, handed it to Sandra and continued. “Take it and the device will alert you when you are near Star Map Draftsman. Let’s go, Maniya Planet has a mining ship that happens to be going to the planet where Star Map Draftsman is located, if you don’t go, your family’s chances of being rescued will be even smaller.”

Sandra took the small box from Jonathan’s hand, and she didn’t even look back until she logged on to the mining ship above Maniya Planet. The challenge for Sandra is to accomplish both tasks at the same time without letting Jonathan and Madam Winifred see that she is a double agent. The ship is unloading its cargo, and Sandra stands at the porthole overlooking the armed-to-air planet, where Moreth Federation’s highest-ranking ships and weapons are located, with trained soldiers, and where the control center of the Star Bridge is said to be located, perhaps, below the two blue circles on the clouds. Outside the portholes there were ships lining up to leave, the engine matrix on the triangular stern had been lit, and the ships that had gained acceleration were disappearing from view one by one, even the blue engine light was taken away, as if they had never come.

Sandra hadn’t figured out what to do when the announcement that the ship was about to depart came on, and she had to go back into the room where the crew was and secure herself to a chair. Even though the passenger was sitting on the side of a porthole, all he saw was a sky full of stars scattered randomly in the light like broken glass crumbs, and falling in a very slow motion. The mining ship’s chairs were hard, and the angle of the backrest could not be adjusted, so she had to sit sideways, pressing her aching back against the side armrests, which made her feel better. Sandra had been swaying between half-asleep and half-awake every day since she had contacted Madam Winifred, and now she was a little drained, even though the chair smelled so strongly of rancid odor that she couldn’t care less.

Sandra remembered that when she was a child, the sky was covered with stars on summer nights, and she and her brother were guessing, one by one, in the courtyard, what strange world her father was on a mission in at the moment, and even if the two of them had an argument, her brother would give in to her. The light in her mother’s room was still on, and she was probably doing her crafts again, giving herself to her memories by the way, to this cool night, to avoid the tidal wave of thoughts about her father that came like a tidal wave. The breeze blew by, and the long branches of the big trees swayed outside the window, like the beckoning of an old friend as she extended an invitation to her mother. The sound of trotting footsteps on the stairs, the mother crossing the grass, taking Duncan and Sandra in her arms, kissing their foreheads, looking up at the sky with tears in her eyes, then she suggested going to play on the swings, Sandra had always been the one sitting on the swings, Duncan would not take the initiative to grab her until she had enough, she remembered the feeling of her mother pushing her back, just like now The ship ignited with a slight squeezing sensation coming from her back.

The mine ship was already building up power at the entrance of the Star Bridge, and after the wonderful combination of fuel and energy in the engine, the hot gas was spewing outward along the pipes of the engine matrix, and the molecules were squeezing me and squeezing you, trying to flatten the adiabatic pipes. Sandra felt like she was inside the cavity of a giant whale, and the vibrations caused by its heartbeat made people feel its vitality. After a short bumpy ride, the ship entered a state of seemingly complete stillness, a peaceful flight thanks to Star Bridge technology, but one that left Sandra distracted, running back and forth between half asleep and half awake, feeling as if she had lost the strength to breathe, a bit like holding a book in your hand, but sleep popping up every now and then to pull your eyelids down.

After the ship arrived at the target planet, Sandra took the small box Jonathan gave her and began to follow the signal to find Star Map Draftsman. She walked in the direction of the marker, the unforgiving sand and wind had torn the surface apart, revealing the hard rocks hiding underneath, rounded by time and rain, the surface of the rocks where there was still water had been eroded in addition to multiple gullies, like the iron ropes that bound the giants. After Sandra walked for a while, she pulled out her device to see the distance marked, it seemed to be behind those torn into strips of mountains, she began to worry, that behind is the hope of saving her family, or the beginning of another disaster, which makes her every step become heavier, she sat down on the ground, take a deep breath, intend to rest before rushing.

“Ma’am.” Before Sandra was sufficiently rested, Madam Winifred established contact with her.

“Did you find it?” Madam Winifred looked like she’d been plagued by severe insomnia all night.

“Found it, just over the hill.” Sandra pointed toward the far side.

“Good job, so get your act together. By the way I tell you, you bring Star Map Draftsman to Gyaly Planet, it’s your chance, but not good for Ashton Federation.”

“Did something bad happen?” Sandra got anxious when she heard that nothing good was happening.

“We have monitored that three troop carriers of Strath Federation are heading towards Gyaly Planet, which means there will be a war there, you have to drop Star Map Draftsman to that planet before Strath people get to Gyaly Planet, which you know that.”

“Yes, ma’am. But what if the other side doesn’t want me to go?”

“That’s your business.” Madam Winifred gave Sandra a cold look.

Sandra didn’t know how to answer, she felt the muscles in her nose tighten a little, some soreness, Sandra stood up and continued to ask, “Ma’am, is Star Map Draftsman in danger?”

“What do you mean?” Madam Winifred didn’t understand Sandra’s question.

“I mean, will I get killed or hurt or something if I approach him?”

“No one knows that, but historically, I’ve never heard of an instance of Star Map Draftsman harming a human life; their mission is something else, not too relevant to Orion Arm’s civilization.” Madam Winifred glanced at Sandra and rubbed her forehead as she continued. “Sandra ah, this mission is very difficult, but also concerns the entire Ashton Federation’s security. Letting you face alone is indeed difficult, but you have to believe that this mission also only you have this ability to complete. Now inside the Federation, I do not care who I send will have a bunch of people opposed, or a bunch of people to make another bunch of problems, and finally can not find Star Map Draftsman, the Federation more dangerous. As for Jasper to detain your brother, I have solved the matter. This kind of political struggle is what we all hate, but it is also an effective way to check and balance the various interests, otherwise, all messed up.”

“Ma’am.” Sandra felt a little more relieved like someone had taken a burden off her when she heard that the matter of Duncan’s detention was resolved, and she went on to confirm it. “Is my brother okay? I mean ......”

Sandra has not finished, Madam Winifred raised his hand to interrupt her and replied: “Your brother would have been fine, your family is also fine, do not worry, I have ordered Jasper to withdraw all charges against your family, Jasper himself also left Cavnos Planet, will not affect your family it. ”

“Thank you, ma’am.” The worry Sandra had been holding for a long time subsided a lot, she put her hand to her lips to avoid crying out, caught between her fingers and teeth but her lips hurt, along with her heart. after Madam Winifred finished explaining things, Sandra walked quickly towards the side of the mountain, the political atmosphere of Ashton Federation was unpredictable, there was no The political atmosphere of the Ashton Federation is unpredictable, there is no law to follow, it depends on Madam Winifred’s personal feelings to decide good or bad, if she feels that anyone is a threat to her rule, it is her threat, she said now to let Duncan go, but maybe this night will be reversed. As for Jonathan, he has no real power, but the Moreth Federation’s political atmosphere is much better, their ruling power is decentralized, not concentrated in someone’s hands, now Sandra has to worry about whether Jonathan will really assign a planet to her family.

Sandra checked the amount of galaxy coin in her account, enough to pay her way out of here, but it wouldn’t be so easy to get Star Map Draftsman inexplicably involved in a war that also had to have no obvious signs of human planning. Since the disappearance of the previous generation of Star Map Draftsman, Orion Arm has not seen a new Star Map Draftsman for centuries. Some say that he was created by Datheon and should be an object without life and soul, only similar in appearance to a human being, and that he has a very special task to perform and cannot be involved in the civilization of Orion Arm Orion Arm’s big event, except White Crystal is the sporadic war, I think it has nothing to do with Star Map Draftsman, from the name, Star Map Draftsman is most likely to give After all, the universe is still very young stage, every moment there are new stars in the nebula croak, there are also the light of the star after a loud bang, with everything around to nothing, and even, there are galaxies collide, Sandra as a child in the observatory, in the Milky Way 14 million Osei units away, there are two galaxies What we can see is only the light left by the stars a long time ago, or they have already finished their lives. In the end, in this changing universe, someone has to take on the job of mapping, really normal, hell, too tired, Sandra drank some water, she is close to the gathering of wandering miners.

This is the old city of the mining planet, no name, everyone calls it Old City, this kind of planet is not common on Orion Arm, the ore is very versatile, can be processed and used as fuel, and can even refine common medicine too. The Federation does not actively take possession of these planets, they let the working population at the bottom of their lives to extract them, and then the Federation sends officially authorized merchant ships to purchase them back, the economic structure of these merchant ships is simple, usually the merchants buy the ships themselves, and then rent them out to pilots, who then recruit some mechanics and set out to buy the ore, this business was relatively pure at first, until greedy merchants found that buying and selling slaves was also When greedy merchants found that buying and selling slaves was also a good business, there were many slaves sold on the mining planets. The Federation authorities would not take any action to regulate this phenomenon, originally, the population of the large Orion Arm was small and the shortage of labor was an unspoken problem of the rulers. They were unable to resist.

Sandra looked at the detector, the signal showed that Star Map Draftsman was in the middle of the old city, which was a relatively long distance, the clothes she was wearing were the uniform of an Ashton Federation diplomat, which was not conducive to her getting through this desperate and resentful city, she looked at the clothes drying on the side of the road, found some suitable ones to wrap herself up, and She found some clothes drying on the side of the road, wrapped herself up in some suitable ones, and stepped onto the muddy path covered with sewage, giving herself to this strange city. At first, not far into the city, Sandra was worried that someone might notice her, or that someone was planning to rob her, but she walked for a long time, but nothing happened to scare away a snoozing sparrow, the city was as dead as it was, without a breath. If you don’t notice the slight heaving of their chests, they are no different from dead. Sandra continued walking, the city seemed to be soaked in silent formalin, rotten and unliving. The people may not even want to say anything.

The signal source in her hand showed that Sandra was getting closer and closer to Star Map Draftsman, she came to a stop in front of the broken house, through the door frame, the objects disassembled from the old ship were made into a bed or other household placed all over the house, the iron frame bed was covered with a single sheet, I don’t know how many people had wandered on it, the sheet could not be seen what material it was. Sandra also noticed the man on the bed, the detector showed that he was none other than Star Map Draftsman, but a motionless look, and other wandering miners no difference, she surveyed the room around, found no one else then tiptoed towards the bed.

Sandra approached and examined the man on the bed, his face was too dirty to see, probably because he heard someone approaching, he opened his eyes slightly, his eyes slowly turned and searched Sandra’s body, he also tried to speak, his lips worked for a while and then returned to their original state. After seeing the device embedded in his skin, Sandra confirmed that it was the Star Map Draftsman she was looking for. She dragged Dawn Lucius up and out.

“Who are you?” Sandra hadn’t even stepped over the threshold when two children came up to her, the dirt on their bodies accumulating too much on their outer clothing for her to tell their gender. When the children finished asking and saw that Sandra didn’t say anything, the two instinctively huddled together, looking at Sandra for a moment and then at Dawn Lucius, who was dragging behind her.

“Who are you?” Sandra asked as she tucked her feet together and looked at the two children.

“You can’t tell us until you tell us first.” The child standing behind said.

“Okay, let me ask you guys a question.” Sandra put the rack down and walked in the direction of the two kids. “How did he get here?”

“I don’t know.” The child saw Sandra walking toward them and stepped back warily.

“Did he come here on his own?” Sandra didn’t stop, reaching into her shirt pocket for something as she slowly approached the two children.

“I don’t know.” The two children continued to move backwards.

“If you guys tell me ......,” Sandra continued as she pulled out the compressed and encapsulated meat products along with a bottle of water and waved it in front of the two men’s eyes. “These are all yours.”

“I don’t know.” The two men said as they stopped backing up, their eyes fixed on the food in Sandra’s hand.

“Then I don’t care, I’m taking him home, these ah ......” Sandra continued as she shook the things in her hands and pulled her clothes away with the intention of putting them back. “You can’t give these to you if you don’t tell me.” With that, she walked back to the rack and put the two straps back on her shoulders.

“Wait a minute ......” the child standing in front interrupted Sandra, pointing to the food in Sandra’s hand and continuing. “If we tell you, can we have those?”

“Can.” Sandra dropped the band, walked over to the two men and handed them their food.

“An uncle sent it to us, he gave us some galaxy coins and told us to take care of him.” The child standing in front pointed to Dawn Lucius and continued. “That uncle also said that we were not allowed to tell anyone.”

I heard the child say that an uncle sent it to me, so who is this uncle? The only people who know about Star Map Draftsman are Madam Winifred and Jonathan, so is it possible that Jonathan sent it here? “Do you remember the uncle’s face?” Sandra asked.

The two dirty little faces shook their heads frequently. “He came with his face covered.”

“What else did he say?” Sandra pursued.

“Nope.” The two men shook their heads and replied.

Sandra had hardly ever seen a slave, having grown up in a political center, she had heard of poor people on the edge of Visadio Planet cities, but had never thought life could be squeezed like this, some born in paradise, others born but thrown out of it. She looked at the two men, their feet shoeless, their toes straining in the mud, their pants just above their knees squeezed with patches, their thin clothes hanging on them, shaking slightly like the last leaves on a maple tree in autumn. When Sandra and her mother discussed why the feds didn’t help more poor people before she passed away, she told her not to worry about why people didn’t help, but to help the poor as much as she could if she came across them. She tried to touch their faces, but her hand retracted in mid-air, she was afraid she would cry out, and turned around and intended to drag the shelves out of town.

Sandra had just put the straps back on her shoulders when she faintly heard cursing nearby, the sound of hard soles kicking open the locked wooden door, pushing the bowl on the table and the broken side of the scissors together onto the floor, the sound of slaves’ heartbeats pooling as they huddled together, all of which Sandra heard clearly, and she hurriedly dragged the shelf toward the house, then turned back and dragged the two children inside, hiding them at the foot of the wall behind the clutter, although this is not helpful. Vicious pirates are coming, they go around to catch slaves to sell, by the way, these poor people plundered some, the pirates are unpredictable, the Federation is not willing to spend too much time and money on hunting them down, or the bottom of the poor people suffer these misbehavior and burst of hostility.

The pirates searched all the rooms along the road, and those who were found were dragged out and thrown forward in a line, no one resisted, they were used to their fate pushing and pulling them, also like the chickens being driven to the slaughterhouse by the farmer at night, the pirates rarely used force against the slaves, they could not even fire a shot in the crowd to amuse themselves. She felt the skin on her neck stiffen, her brain like an old machine that had stalled and wouldn’t start. As the pirates approached the house they were in, Sandra pressed her index finger to her lips, signaling the children hiding behind the clutter to keep quiet, but eventually, they were found.