Star Map Draftsman I · Chapter 21 of 25
Full NegotiationStar Map Draftsman I: Federation War
About Jonathan is how to get Moreth Federation more than half of the people support, Dawn Lucius in and Jonathan before the break he did not know, Dawn Lucius on the one hand to thank Jonathan to allow him to return to Earth to see Stacean Lucius, in the use of Star Bridge aspect, Jonathan did use his supreme power to allow Dawn Lucius to shuttle to Mars, but this also caused Jonathan a lot of trouble. His treasurer pulled a bunch of politicians on Kunek Planet to bash Jonathan, who blamed him for abusing his power, not to mention not helping a low-level civilization, and the Military Department on Maniya Planet, which directly restricted Jonathan’s right to use the Star Bridge in what they called a warning A short-term freeze of a sexual nature. However, a nuclear war on Earth was not the intention of the Earthlings, because someone wanted to destroy Jonathan’s hope of cooperation with the Earthlings, which led to a nuclear war on Earth, which destroyed Stacean Lucius, directly caused by Jonathan, Dawn Lucius did not manage to convince himself to forgive Jonathan, these, but also from Dawn Lucius and Sandra back to Smyrni Planet began.
The lords of Smyrni Planet admired the ability of Dawn Lucius, and their movements on Smyrni Planet did attract the attention of the Strath people. However, when the two princes discovered a military buildup in the star field behind them, they became concerned, fearing that they would be caught in the crossfire when they suddenly emerged from behind in the heat of battle with Visadio Planet’s forces. Almost as soon as Dawn Lucius and Sandra’s ship landed, Burt came running towards the Smyrni Planet with his troops. In addition, Duncan was worried that Burt would encourage those criminals roaming in the Ashton Federation to attack Smyrni Planet.
“Please be sure to pull yourself together, we need to fight back the Strath people together, or else the Ashton Federation will disappear from Orion Arm and the innocent will become the dead souls under the atrocities of the Strath people.” Dawn Lucius sat frozen in front of the cold iron table in the common room, Duncan came to him and told him, along with the old lord of Smyrni Planet.
“Please.” The old lord paused in front of Dawn Lucius, and when the two men saw that he was silent, they walked out.
“Dawn, what do you need me to do for you now?” Sandra walked over to him and cradled his head in her arms, and Dawn Lucius could hear her gagging and the sound of a gentle heartbeat.
Dawn Lucius didn’t have the strength to speak, he didn’t know how to speak, he tried to take a big breath which caused the muscles in his neck to throb, he took Sandra’s hand and then put his face in hers, smelling her skin, he didn’t need her to do anything for him, as long as she was there, that was all. Dawn Lucius remembered that when Stacean Lucius was four years and eight months old, the autumn sun was particularly sunny, and Stacean Lucius loved Dawn Lucius. Lucius liked Dawn Lucius to hold him horizontally as he lay on both of his father’s arms, looking at the leaves of the maple trees that wrapped around the walk, and he asked Dawn Lucius to walk slower as he smiled and said, “Daddy, I feel like if I look at the leaves like this, they look like a cloud, oh, it’s beautiful.” Later, the two of them got a walker, and the AI could set the speed and the area where the car would travel, so the two of them lay down in the car and looked upward, at the junction of the trees, as if it were a sun-filled river, with the occasional light breeze blowing, agitating the leaves like floating whales, and Dawn Lucius shook Stacean Lucius’ hand, then put his mouth to his forehead and talked about how much he how much he loved him.
“If ......” Dawn Lucius said after taking a deep breath, “I hadn’t gone to the Kuiper Belt, hadn’t touched the Sane ship, then there would have been no war on Earth, then my son he ......” Dawn Lucius could not finish his speech, his left hand was covering his mouth and nose hard, he was afraid that his grief had drowned the planet.
“Shhh ......” Sandra said with a soft shush on her lips and her hand slowly stroking Dawn Lucius’ head and shoulder and said. “I also hope that you do not appear on top of Sane ship, you do not participate in the construction of the moon base, I prefer to see the space civilization of the solar system set back a hundred years, scientists on Earth do not know that there are other planets in the solar system, they only know that the moon is missing when sad, when the moon is full happy. I would prefer to see that you and Stacean Lucius have bedtime stories to share every night, you, ah, accompany him through adolescence, he will share with you what is cute about the girl he fell in love with, he was hurt in his feelings, crying in front of you like a three-year-old child. I ah ......” Sandra bowed her head and kissed Dawn Lucius, raised her head and then continued, “More than anything, I hope that you will see Stacean Lucius get married and have children and stay with him until it’s time for you to leave, he is half white hair, but cried and told you that he couldn’t let you go, even though, the Earth people still think the Earth is flat, we don’t care.”
Listening to Sandra, Dawn Lucius was as real as if she had been with Stacean Lucius all his life, he rolled over and buried his face in the clothes on Sandra’s stomach, she gave him a warmth he had never felt before, a care he had never felt before. Dawn Lucius felt the sleepiness creeping up his throat, swirling around in his nasal cavity before creeping up to the corner of his eye and kicking him in the eyelid, he gripped the flexible screen on his left hand and smiled, telling Stacean Lucius, “Daddy loves you. Then, through his shirt, he kissed Sandra on the belly, telling her how much he appreciated her and, by the way, sheepishly saying he loved her too. And with that, Dawn Lucius fell asleep on Sandra’s lap.
When Dawn Lucius woke up again, he was sleeping in his bed, and in the room stood a man in black armor with his hands behind his back facing Dawn Lucius, who was staring out the window. “Who are you?” Dawn Lucius asked as he tried to sit up.
“Dawn,” the man said as he heard Dawn Lucius’ voice and turned to assist Dawn Lucius in a hurry.
“Jonathan Moreth steader, what brings you here?”
“I came to see you, Dawn, I heard all about your son, I’m so sorry there’s nothing I can do to help you on this one.”
“Thank you Moreth steader for your concern, there is nothing anyone can do about it.” Dawn Lucius sat up and the two sat opposite each other.
“Just call me Jonathan, I don’t have any friends, but you, Dawn, I want you to consider me a friend.” A smile flashed across Jonathan’s face, and there was regret and helplessness in it.
“Jonathan, thank you, for allowing me to use the STAR bridge, I was able to see my son one last time, this time, a full seventy years apart.”
“We both don’t say thank you, I guess, quite envious of your son.” Jonathan said, patting Dawn Lucius on the shoulder, and continued. “Do you remember the first time we met at Sane ship?”
“Well, remember.”
“Your last words before you fell were for me to tell your son that you love him. I was thinking, what kind of father are you? At the end of your life, you didn’t complain that this life is too short, nor did you regret what you didn’t do, nor did you ask me to save you or anything, but you asked me to tell your son that you love him, and to be honest, I was in a curious and complicated mood. ”
“Curious about what?”
“Curious if all earthlings’ father-son emotions are as deep as yours and your son’s.”
“It’s not universal, Jonathan,” Dawn Lucius continued after clasping both hands together and resting them on her stomach. “My father and I are just so faint, I actually don’t even know what my father was thinking. I grew up craving his encouragement, or, craving his attention, but he almost always denied me, and even, I can’t remember if he ever hugged me or not. So, right, it’s not that, what you’re talking about.”
“Then we are, in that respect, somewhat alike, I suppose.” Jonathan glanced at the floor, his eyes returning to his hands on his knees in a panic as he continued. “My father always felt that I was the worst person he had ever met, he didn’t think I was qualified to rule Moreth Federation, I wouldn’t make a great Moreth steader, we would do nothing but argue if we met, we weren’t like father and son, I didn’t want to be some great Moreth steader, I just want to, just have my father with me.”
“Jonathan, have you ever thought that, instead, it is this regret of not being loved that fills our hearts with love?”
“Love? Dawn, that I dare not say. I have no children, and since I have no love, I will go after power, or so I think.”
“But the right is no temperature then, cold and icy, our hearts would have been the sky is cold, we go after those warm things, will be better.”
“Your suggestion, I’ll take it under consideration.” Jonathan smiled, stood up and walked over to the window.
“By the way, Jonathan, are you still doing well at Sundium Planet?” Dawn Lucius followed him to the window.
“It went pretty well, I convinced Centaly to join my camp, originally, their ancestors were defending Moreth steader rights, only they were exiled after my father lost the fight with the Federation, then we sort of scared off the Ninth Legion, and now Sundium Planet has returned to peace. ” Jonathan turned to look at Dawn Lucius and said, with pride in his eyes.
“Happy for you, really, with more people supporting you, you will be able to accomplish your wish to take back the ruling power as soon as possible.”
“That’s what I was hoping for.”
“So where is Centaly now?” Dawn Lucius was going to ask about Centaly and then ask Jonathan to help resist the Strath people.
“I send them to Moreth Federation’s fringe star field to destroy the forces that oppress the common people, so that I can win the support of more grassroots forces, not to mention, Moreth Federation’s grassroots is large in number.”
After all, if Centaly wanted to get to Smyrni Planet in a short time, he would have to break the Moreth Federation’s rules to use the Star Bridge, and no matter what, Dawn Lucius would not let He patted Jonathan’s shoulder and said. “Bless you, it’s an excellent start.”
“Thanks Dawn, by the way.” Jonathan took a small orb out of his pocket, Dawn Lucius knew what it was, Jonathan said as he shoved it into Dawn Lucius’ hand. “This is my passer, you can use the Star Bridge in the vast majority of the star field, if, I mean if, this place can’t be held, you take Sandra far away and save your life, okay?”
“But Jonathan, last time I used Star Bridge I already gave you trouble, this time ......” Dawn Lucius hadn’t finished speaking when Jonathan tightened his grip.
“Dawn,” Jonathan said as he pulled him closer to the window. “You’re my friend, I’ll tell you this, look out there, Smyrni Planet’s forces can’t hold Burt’s attack, Madam Winifred, in order to weaken the army’s threat to her regime, this planet is not even allowed to have decent heavy weapons, let alone ground defense, now, Burt’s army is outnumbered Now, Burt’s army is several times larger than here, plus their armaments are more advanced than here, so this place will just get killed for nothing. In addition, I also told you, I got the information that even if Burt to attack here, Madam Winifred will not rescue, she is still counting on negotiations, my sources are more accurate, it is said that, as long as not to hand over White Crystal technology as the price, other conditions, Madam Winifred can agree. ”
“Is your information accurate?” Dawn Lucius’ voice raised much higher when he heard this, which was completely incorrect with what he had just heard.
“Yes, those old dogs of Moreth Federation, their intention now is still to wait and see, Kunek Planet has the most guard troops, the head of Maniya PlanetMilitary Department has activated all the weapons, as long as Strath people don’t hit As for Cunzani Planet, the treasurer of Moreth Federation you have met, right?” Jonathan paused, and after seeing that Dawn Lucius did not interrupt him he continued. “He has given all the people in his interpersonal network a benefit fee, so that no matter how Orion Arm fights, no one will bother him, and his position as the head of the Finance Department is secure.”
“Jonathan, if your information is true, then this is something I need to hurry up and inform Duncan so they know about. We originally deduced that as long as Strath people have a part of their army leaving Visadio Planet, then Visadio Planet’s army will have a chance to breathe and resist, if they even resist, then there is no need for these people of Smyrni Planet to make a fearless sacrifice now.”
“I agree with you, keep the advantage and when Strath people are tired, you will send your troops to attack to have a chance to save Ashton Federation back.”
“Yes Jonathan, I have a question for you, there are a small number of Strath people attacking the solar system and they are using the Star Bridge to get over there, who told them to use the Star Bridge?”
“What?” Jonathan asked, turning around in shock after hearing Dawn Lucius’ words. “Are you sure?”
“OK, they showed up at the exit near Mars and then destroyed the solar system facilities.”
“That’s strange, by definition, if the troop carriers in the Star Bridge didn’t get permission from Moreth Federation, they would have been left in the farthest star field and would not have reached their destination, which means that someone at Moreth Federation is breaking the rules.” Jonathan said more and more angry, he hammered the wall round and continued. “Surface lip service to fairness, in the end come, Moreth Federation is also those few old dogs controlled really, Moreth Federation is just their profit tool.”
“Although there are only a small number of ships to hit the solar system, I am still worried that they will destroy the Earth. Can you help me find a way to stop them?”
“I can’t guarantee it, but it’s something that I’m in charge of, Dawn, I’m going to get someone to check it out right now.” Jonathan gave Dawn Lucius some more information about his plan and the information he had, then took shuttle boats back to the ship in Smyrni Planet orbit, Dawn Lucius did not know where he went, and right now, Dawn Lucius also had very important things to do.
After Jonathan left, Dawn Lucius found Sandra and dragged her to the command room in a hurry without having time to explain anything, Duncan just as the old lord’s men were meeting, they were rehearsing how to counter Strath Federation’s army, which was the original plan, Strath Federation’s army The Strath Federation army was indeed coming towards Smyrni Planet as they had predicted, so that the army of Visadio Planet would be able to fight the Strath army that was left on Visadio Planet. Well, at this point, the forces that were attacking Smyrni Planet had to turn around to support Visadio Planet, and when they did, Smyrni Planet’s army hit them directly, and it is often best when the enemy attacks when they are defenseless. After they saw Dawn Lucius, they stopped the drill, and the old lord opened his mouth and asked Dawn Lucius what Moreth Federation’s Moreth steader was here for, and from his tone, Dawn Lucius also experienced the same expectation as he did, but it was just an expectation, Jonathan would not come to the army to help, and when They both realized this fact and their heads dropped in the direction of the floor, at an angle so small that they didn’t even notice it themselves.
“Duncan, old lord.” Dawn Lucius walked over to the sand tabletop and continued after re-evoking Smyrni Planet’s star chart. “Jonathan brought me a message, and I’ll tell you to listen to it, because I can’t tell if it’s accurate, Madam Winifred has decided to give up resistance to the Strath army, and she’ll accept any terms, as long as she doesn’t give up the White Crystal technology. Moreover, Lord Winifred is still in the hands of Carlson, and if he continues to use Lord Winifred to blackmail Madam Winifred, we will need to make the worst of it.”
No one said anything after Dawn Lucius finished, Duncan took one look at the sandbox and then headed for the window, leaving his back to the people inside the house. The old lord fiddled with the star chart of Smyrni Planet, he smiled bitterly at first, then shook his head, dragged his heavy steps to the chair in the corner and dropped his body heavily on it, without saying a word, like a freshly moved stone statue.
“Dawn, what should we do next?” Sandra asked.
“To be honest,” Dawn Lucius turned to look at Sandra as he squeezed her hand and continued, “your civilization is especially like a certain dynasty in my civilization on Earth, where if a general went out to protect his country without permission, the end result would be The monarch killed, because the monarch felt that the general would threaten his rule. Now the situation is, Madam Winifred gives up the resistance, then Smyrni Planet’s action is to keep in line with Madam Winifred, if we launch resistance without permission, no matter in the end if it is lost or won, she will have scorn for us. What’s more, Lord Winifred is still in Carlson’s hands; if something goes wrong, Smyrni Planet’s army is more dangerous than facing the Strath Federation.”
“So are we still going to resist the Strath people?” Sandra continued to ask.
“I hear you, I just want to protect you right now, and my son’s Earth.” Dawn Lucius replied solemnly.
“Then let’s resist, I don’t care if some Madam Winifred, or if it’s the fall, she’s already using the entire Ashton Federation as leverage, whether the Strath people want us dead in the end or not, handing over our fate to the rulers of the Ashton Federation now would be I don’t want to be a dead man. I still have some worthy people living in Ashton Federation, and since we have an army now, let’s put up a fight, maybe we can protect them.”
“I think so too, I don’t care what Star Map Draftsman, I don’t care what power status, all I care about is those few people who deserve to care, put up a fight, put up a fight, I’m with you.” Dawn Lucius held Sandra’s hand tightly, gave her a smile before turning around and saying. “Everyone, is there anyone who is willing to put up a fight?”
After Dawn Lucius finished, Duncan and the old lord walked to the table, the others saw the situation and gathered around, “Tell us your plan.” The old lord looked at Dawn Lucius and said.
Dawn Lucius first gave the crowd the current situation were analyzed, and then the whole plan was told, he patiently answered their questions, and then pushed each step in the plan in detail, and stressed what these leaders in the room should do, respectively, and their meaning confirmed well, eventually, everyone felt that the plan was feasible, they agreed to implement. However, some people began to worry about how Madam Winifred would eventually treat them, and the probability that their families would be locked up in Sivastia Planet until they died, “These are all possibilities,” Dawn Lucius said. But he also stressed that if she doesn’t put up a fight, Madam Winifred may end up blaming Smyrni Planet’s army for inaction, or even acquiesce to the Strath people killing more of Ashton Federation’s troops as one of the sacrifices she can make to achieve a negotiated outcome. After all, this happened from time to time in all the early civilizations of Earth.
“Protect yourself, will you?” Dawn Lucius told Sandra as the last of the shuttle boats were about to take off.
“Definitely, and marry me when this thing is done, okay?” Sandra rubbed Dawn Lucius’s belly.
“Good, the universe is too wide, you don’t want to fly too far.” Dawn Lucius finished speaking, and the two of them just parted ways, in the plan to resist the Strath people, Sandra chose to join the attacking ship, the attacking fleet was seriously lacking of pilots, Sandra was an excellent pilot herself besides being a diplomat, plus, Sandra wanted to teach Dawn Lucius a lesson for the Although Dawn Lucius thinks this is a bit childish, he knows in his heart that Sandra is trying her best to stop the Strath people.
The last of the shuttle boats took off, and Dawn Lucius looked at the ordinary, if somewhat barren, planet, so alive and hardy, so he thought in his heart, so was Earth once, and in his memory, the side of the planet into the night was brighter than Smyrni Planet’s. The shuttle boats were entering the dark side of the planet. As Dawn Lucius looked down through the porthole, Smyrni Planet’s circling sun burned its edges into a pale red, and the city beneath the pale red had long since awakened, and as Dawn Lucius had planned, Duncan had arranged for the soldiers here to fly and walk around the city to make it look more concentrated in strength. From the brighter side into the darker side, the city’s main complex rises up like a spike growing toward the sky, getting thinner the higher up it goes. With the main complex as the center outward, a circle of bright lights draws three large nested circles, and these circles are, in fact, the city’s moat. When looking deeper into the darkness, the lights of the entire planet are turned on to maximum, whether it is inhabited or not. In Dawn Lucius’ plan, he needed to make the Strath people think that Smyrni Planet was fully prepared for battle, and that the Strath people’s small ships would simply enter the low orbit of Smyrni Planet, and that all available weapons on the ground would need to be fired toward the sky, without any consideration of saving ammunition for The key to winning this war is to attract all the Strath soldiers on board the ship to the ground of Smyrni Planet. This is the first step in Dawn Lucius’ plan.
Indeed, after Strath people’s flotilla saw the situation on the ground, a large number of troops will press up to Smyrni Planet ground like a heavy rain in June, Dawn Lucius’s plan is divided into three steps in total, Strath people want to solve the point Ashton Federation quickly, then they will definitely pull out Smyrni Planet’s military threat is also eager to achieve, Strath people’s army landed, Smyrni Planet’s ground troops did not resist, they need to need to preserve the army’s vitality, on the ground scurry, the purpose is still to delay the Strath people on the ground action time, dragging the longer the better. Next, is the second step in the plan, Dawn Lucius led by the shuttle boats lurking in the dark side of Smyrni Planet, Strath people army on the ground when tired of chasing, shuttle boats at full speed towards the Strath people’s ship rushed over, the purpose is to occupy their means of delivery The Strath people on the ground reacted and their warplanes began to take off in pursuit.
As the Strath people’s ships fired their cannons into the Smyrni Planet’s atmosphere, the attack ships led by the old lord and Sandra appeared just to the side of the Strath people. Smyrni Planet’s attack ships needed to fire at full power to knock out these ships of Strath people, cut off their way to grab the big ship, and at the same time, trap the army of Strath people on the ground of Smyrni Planet. “Dawn, your plan is working.” Sandra said excitedly to Dawn Lucius in her voice, as gunfire ricocheted through Smyrni Planet’s atmosphere, thundering like a long-awaited storm. The Strath people carry out looting, this second, is to ensure that the Smyrni Planet attacks a fleet of raw power, “Roger.” After replying to Dawn Lucius in his voice, the old lord flew with his fleet in the direction of Dawn Lucius, and eventually, formed a battle formation in front of the big ship they had grabbed back.
“Please conserve fuel gentlemen, just keep the ships as close to each other as you can without colliding, let’s leave this floating thing to the universe, gravity will keep us spinning around Smyrni Planet, save fuel and prepare for the battle ahead.” Dawn Lucius reminded in the voice broadcast.
“Okay, Dawn,” Duncan asked as he entered the broadcast and he continued. “What should we do next?”
“Wait.” Dawn Lucius replied, and he cut to the radio again to warn. “But please stay alert.”
“Copy that.” Numerous confirming voices came over the radio.
“Dawn,” the old lord asked, cutting into the broadcast. “Why don’t we blow up these troop carriers?”
“The old lord.” Dawn Lucius continued after taking a deep breath. “These are important bargaining chips for us to negotiate, and without them we could be wiped out.”
“Good.” The old lord exited the broadcast.
Dawn Lucius wandered around the Strath people’s ship, he found an unoccupied resting place, got in and locked the door, shaking with the handle, so close that the breath he was holding in his chest almost didn’t come out, he hammered his chest a few times, as rudely as if he had roused an old tractor. Dawn Lucius crouched on the floor, spit, snot, and tears mixed with falling towards the dirty floor, thanking everything, thanking everything unknown, or, thanking whatever gods were available, that his plan had really worked, and that they had advanced their knowledge of simple military command in the aviation academy on Earth, but not in actual combat. When he recalled that he encouraged Duncan and his group to fly to Smyrni Planet, the original deduction was only partially correct, and what he didn’t expect was that Madam Winifred had really given up on the offset, and this time the plan, if the Strath people still had troops hidden in their big ship, they had no chance of capturing the The troop carrier, perhaps, will also cause a whole lot of people to accompany him to die. Really, the people of Earth, it may really have a self-destructive tendency in it, without Stacean Lucius, he did want to end his life, thinking about it is very scary. Then, the Earth’s nuclear war is not also because of such a reason, a certain master nuclear power of the country’s leaders on the spur of the moment, they pulled the Earth nearly nine billion people with him to destroy it?
“Dawn, are you there?” Dawn Lucius was kneeling behind the iron gate, still in tears, when Sandra called him over the radio.
“I’m in.” Dawn Lucius replied after clearing her throat.
“Thank you for doing all of this.” Before Dawn Lucius could say anything, Sandra continued. “Are you ready for Prince Burt to launch an invitation to negotiate?”
“Okay, give me a minute.”
Dawn Lucius was wiping his face clean, he listened again sideways on the iron door to see if anyone was outside until his ears were painfully cold before he got up and opened the door, probing out to check the aisle, it was empty, he took the first step encouragingly, then it went much smoother, he was able to hold on along the way, after walking into the command room, he did not rush to contact Prince Burt, but asked the men inside to first check the explosives of the three big ships and haul them all into the command room and stack them neatly. After Dawn Lucius checked them all, he asked the soldiers to put the explosives in a conspicuous position and then asked them to secure the dangerous things, I don’t know if it was out of nervousness or if he was trying to show off his importance, anyway, after the soldiers tied them up, Dawn Lucius asked They re-bundled in a different way, and it wasn’t until the soldiers had re-bundled that he established video communication with Burt.
When the video came on, both were shocked before they could speak, Burt was shocked that his command room was covered in explosives, and Dawn Lucius was shocked by the familiar face next to Burt.
“What?” Burt said with a half-raised head. “Leemilitary tribune interested in our arms? Had to move it all over to study it ah.”
“I am quite curious.” Dawn Lucius paused, he was wondering why General Les had returned to Burt’s side, on Gioura Planet, Duncan also personally arranged for General Les and his men to hide them from the locals, if General Les appeared here, then did the people on Gioura Planet suffer from Burt. Dawn Lucius didn’t dare to think about it, he rushed to pick up the conversation, “I heard Prince Burt wants to negotiate?”
“I’m still curious,” Burt said as if he hadn’t heard Dawn Lucius, reopening the conversation. “Earthman, Star Map Draftsman, military tribune of the Ashton Federation, how do you play it so well?”
“That, too, I’m curious about.”
“Okay, I’m not going to fool around with you, so, come to my place and we’ll talk alone?”
“This way, Prince Burt, I have more space here, and your place is a bit narrow, why don’t you come to my place and talk alone?”
“What? Are you afraid?”
“What am I afraid of?” Dawn Lucius grimaced as he glanced at his left wrist and continued. “You’re afraid to come to me, you’re afraid?”
“Then of course, Lord Winifred is still in the hands of the Strath people, and if I go over to your place and you capture me, won’t it be bad for the army of the Strath Federation?”
“This you have thought of, it seems that our plan to catch you has fallen through.”
“How can we talk?” Prince Burt asked with a sneer.
“I don’t know, it depends on what you want to talk about.”
“It seems that you are very complacent about your current advantage.”
“That’s the idea, I don’t know what I need to talk to you about, your army is pretty much stuck on the ground, we, on the other hand, are waiting for Cavnos Planet’s army to arrive, and overall, we’re not in a hurry.”
“Aren’t you afraid that I will kill all the people on this planet?” Burt said with an expressionless face, pointing to Smyrni Planet.
“Afraid, of course afraid, but, you capture me, or you retrieve the troop carrier, we are still not the same to be killed by you, we are a threat to your continued attack on Visadio Planet, with Prince Burt’s style of action, this planet, I’m afraid there is nothing left alive.” Dawn Lucius said this with some mockery on his gloomy face.
Dawn Lucius spoke and spoke and would stop at any time to be on guard, for him, this might be Jonathan’s plan, if he won a battle of words here, the result of Carlson or other Strath Federation commanders with troops to kill, that’s really called stupid to home. Dawn Lucius told Burt that he was a little thirsty, so he went out to get some water first. He pretended to walk out and quit the video link, then went back to the command room and told some of the leaders to monitor the movement on Smyrni Planet. If the Strath people use shuttle boats to come towards the troop carrier, then Sandra’s attack fleet will fire at full power to destroy them, but not to leave the team to avoid the other side’s transfer. In addition, to strengthen the surveillance of outer space, if you find an unknown fleet flying, then quickly notify Dawn Lucius, he has his plans.
“Dawn, we don’t have to negotiate with him.” Dawn Lucius met with the men in the command room as Sandra said over the voice.
“A few of you say the same thing.” Dawn Lucius said as he swept a circle of people in the command room. After several people looked at each other without making a sound, Dawn Lucius sat back in his chair, tilted his head to the ceiling, took a deep breath, yawned widely, stood up and walked over to the porthole, he looked at Sandra’s attack fleet and asked. “Sandra, why don’t we negotiate with him?”
“With Burt’s character, he won’t comply even if the negotiation gets any results.” Sandra said without good humor.
“That reminds me, remembering that when he was at Gyaly Planet, he even killed unarmed people, and those were still Strath people.”
“Yeah, you remember when we left, didn’t you, and he killed all of Gyaly Planet’s garrison, and the back of the city was littered with bodies.”
“Yeah, this guy is really scary.” Dawn Lucius felt a chill rise in her back even as she thought about it. “But, what do we do next?”
“We fight through to capture Jonathan first, then use the attack ship to destroy the Strath people on the ground, and then go to Visadio Planet to rescue.” Sandra said this with so much energy that Dawn Lucius was embarrassed to even open her mouth to say what she thought.
“Sandra, this I am not sure, but now what other equipment on board, what other troops we do not know, if rashly go to fight, I worry that the ground shuttle boats took advantage of the opportunity to seize the troop carrier.”
“Then we can’t keep waiting, can we? You know, we can’t wait for anyone, no one will come to save us.”
“There is another jade solution, we blow up the troop transports and go straight to war with Burt, no matter how many Strath Federation soldiers we can eliminate, which in turn slows down their troop transport back to attack Visadio Planet, and has the chance to weaken their army’s combat power. But that would mean that we would probably all die in combat.” Dawn Lucius turned to look at the men in the command room and continued. “Speak your minds as well, after all, life is your own and I cannot make decisions for you.”
After Dawn Lucius finished speaking, a burst of silence came over the radio channel. Whether it was worth risking losing one’s life to save a dynasty that had given up resistance, everyone’s heart had its own concerns. “I do.” Sandra spoke first.
“Wait.” Dawn Lucius put an end to the idea of taking risks as he spoke after a pause. “Anyway, our goal is to stop the Strath people, or, to slow down their attack, so there is another way to do it without risking our lives, we keep giving them conditions, stall them for a while longer, we can slow down the speed of Visadio Planet being taken, maybe, then Madam Winifred change his mind?”
“OK, Dawn you arrange it.” The old lord said over the radio.
“First you withdraw the Strath people from the solar system without destroying it, and we’ll continue the conversation.” Once Dawn Lucius and Burt re-established communication, he made his first offer.
“Solar system?” Burt laughed and put both hands behind his back and said. “Star Map Draftsman is not that smart, tell me, what reason do the Strath people have to attack the solar system ah? Is there a White Crystal in the solar system? Or does the solar system have resources that are so scarce that Orion Arm doesn’t have them?”
“I saw with my own eyes that your ship was destroying the solar system.”
“And did you ask them who sent them, and were they really straight people?”
“Not only is Prince Burt fierce, he’s also very discerning.”
“Let me ask you, if the Strath people were interested in the solar system, would they just send a few small ships over to fight? We Strath people are not as small-minded as Ashton Federation, if we want to fight, we will send our whole army to fight down as fast as possible.”
“Couldn’t it be that the Strath people are trying to wrap Moreth Federation and Ashton Federation between the solar system and Strath Federation, with the solar system as the end point?”
“Earthlings I tell you, there is only one thing needed to rule Orion Arm, and that is White Crystal, and at the moment, White Crystal is within reach, so why should I waste so much effort to fight a level zero civilization? It seems that you are being played, you know, how the nuclear war on Earth happened? I’ve heard about you, your son is still trapped on Earth, right?”
“My son is gone.” Dawn Lucius said as she took a long breath and gripped the flexible device in her hand.
“Okay, I’m not going to beat around the bush with you, the people who went to harass the solar system were Ashton Federation people who posed as Strath people, and I’m willing to negotiate for you now because you have my troop carrier, it’s that simple.”
“This ship ......” Dawn Lucius pretended not to hear Burt say that Ashton people had pretended to be Strath people to harass the solar system, he lowered his head, blew the white dust off his chest with all his might , looked up and fired at Burt and said. “What will you take for it?”
“I’ll make sure all of you are okay.”
“That we don’t believe.”
“Listen, Earthman, even if you are Star Map Draftsman, you have no idea about the secrets of Star Map Draftsman, you are just a puppet, our target is not you, Strath people’s target, is White Crystal technology, is Madam Winifred. No matter how hard you try, in the end, we will still get the White Crystal, and Madam Winifred, will blame you for the failure. Also, earthlings, I can tell you why the earth was destroyed by nuclear war, and who is behind the flurry.”
When he heard the words again, Dawn Lucius’ chest felt like it had been stuffed with straw. He tried to take a hard breath, the person who had destroyed Stacean Lucius, he could never let go, but at this point, if he indicated that he was going to pursue the person behind Burt’s words, that person was really someone from Ashton Federation, then the trouble could be beyond his control. Dawn Lucius cleared his throat, looked up at Burt and said. “Let’s talk about how you can keep our gang and the vast majority of Ashton people alive.”
“Okay, you want to keep so many people, you can, you come to me.”
“Good.” Before the others could respond, Dawn Lucius agreed to Burt’s request and exited the broadcast. He could guess what Sandra, Duncan and the old lord would say, but he was too eager to know who had destroyed the planet. Dawn Lucius went to the front of the operations too and loudly told the operators to adjust the prows of the troop carriers to face Smyrni Planet, he also reminded Prince Burt that the three troop carriers would rush to the ground if Prince Burt turned against them and hurt the Ashton people. He also reminded Prince Burt that if Prince Burt regretted hurting the Ashton people, the three troop carriers would come crashing to the surface with a full load of explosives, destroying all of Prince Burt’s army. Thus, Dawn Lucius alone in shuttle boats, towards the command ship where Burt is flying.