Star Map Draftsman I · Chapter 19 of 25
Tekken shipStar Map Draftsman I: Federation War
Madam Winifred sent her cronies to oversee Duncan’s army, Dawn Lucius was right, Madam Winifred was worried that Duncan would threaten her negotiations, the tall and thin man who came to count Cavnos Planet out. In his eyes, Cavnos Planet’s existence is not good for Ashton Federation, can not fight, and consume Ashton Federation’s resources, and more importantly, he did not explicitly say that this army is also a threat to the rule of Madam Winifred.
“Who’s this?” The tall, thin man asked after counting, holding his chin up slightly, looking at the place where the ceiling and the wall met, and pointing at Dawn Lucius.
“Sir.” Sandra said respectfully as she stepped up to the tall, thin man first. “Here’s the thing, this is my husband, we .......”
“That doesn’t concern me.” The tall, thin man arrogantly interrupted Sandra and walked to the other side and continued. “No one unrelated to you should come to the command room, don’t you even understand this rule anymore?”
“Sir, we got it.” Duncan interrupted as Sandra was about to say something else, waving to two soldiers at the door who then came over and helped Dawn Lucius out of the command room. They switched to the elevator and exited the building. Sandra signaled the two soldiers to leave and then helped Dawn Lucius walk in the other direction of the command building.
“Where are we going?” Dawn Lucius felt physically exhausted, he had thought his body was in a so-called over state and would not be limited by human biology, but it seemed like this over state was no different from the original biology.
In the distance stood a cluster of tall buildings that could not be seen from behind, each building looked like it was bundled together with countless cylinders. The light from the star around which Cavnos Planet revolved was filtered into a purple color, illuminating the pattern outside the buildings clearly. On the ground in front of the pile of buildings, two rugby-ball-shaped buildings were inserted, each with a shadow of large petals on the outside, shadows that looked like blue paint applied, some of the blue washed out by the shadows after the huge plants had blocked out some of the light, becoming even darker. Outside lighting has been turned on, clear blue light, but not to the point of blinding, the blue light is almost invisible on Earth, to the alien civilization, this blue light is as common as the incandescent light of Earth.
“Go home.” Sandra replied after taking a deep breath, she slowed down for a moment, put Dawn Lucius’ hand back on her shoulder and helped him walk forward.
“I’m going to talk to that tall, skinny guy in, and I have to stop the Strath people ...... I have to protect the solar system.”
“I know.” Sandra continued to pull him along.
“You don’t understand.”
“You tell me, and I’ll understand.”
“You let go of me.” Dawn Lucius withdrew his hand from Sandra’s shoulder, and he stumbled toward the command building, only to lose his strength and fall to the ground, where Dawn Lucius fell asleep.
Dawn Lucius saw Stacean Lucius in a daze, still the same tiny form, sleeping on his side with his head tilted, Dawn Lucius sleeping behind him, pressing his head against his back, his strong heartbeat sounding like a robust young man. Dawn Lucius opened his eyes, the light gray ceiling was embedded with circular lights, the upper half of his body was bare, the Star Map Draftsman’s proprietary device on his right arm was glowing, but the screen on his left hand was missing, he turned around anxiously and found Sandra Dawn Lucius looked at the wound on his stomach, the skin had healed and he could barely feel the pain internally. Dawn Lucius put the device back on his left hand, he habitually clicked the screen, actually lit up, the smiling face, and seventy years ago as clean, long eyelashes, big watery eyes staring at Dawn Lucius, he kissed the screen, with his right hand to wipe off the moisture, Stacean Lucius still smiling like that, Dawn Lucius followed him to laugh, tears flowing out of his eyes he did not notice.
“Thank you, thank you.” Sandra looked up and Dawn Lucius spoke gratefully.
“Is he your child?” Sandra asked as she glanced at the screen on Dawn Lucius’ left hand and looked at Dawn Lucius.
“Right.”
“So where is he now?”
“In a freezer bin on Earth, but he’s sick, and if awakened, he’ll need to be rescued immediately to do so.”
“How old is he?”
“Six years old.” Dawn Lucius replied proudly.
“I like that he looks like a shrunken version of you.” Sandra stretched out and walked over to the bed and sat down.
“I like him, too.”
“I’m going to take a nap, do you want to take a nap too?” Sandra asked.
“Me?” Dawn Lucius felt like Sandra’s words were hinting at something, but he wasn’t sure if they were true, full of doubts.
“Hmm.”
“Do I sleep with you,” Dawn Lucius confirmed again.
“Hmm.” Sandra smiled at Dawn Lucius.
“You know in our civilization, I mean on Earth, if I sleep with you it means we are husband and wife.” Dawn Lucius finished with a big smile.
“What’s so funny.”
“I think the most important thing for us now is how to stop Strath people, your brother cannot send troops, and if Strath people further blackmail Madam Winifred, Cavnos Planet will not only fail to protect Ashton Federation, but your brother may even lose his life.” Dawn Lucius put away the smile on his face, looked at Sandra and said, he thought about it, or tell Sandra his thoughts as well, Dawn Lucius continued. “This matter, I also have personal feelings, I want to make it clear to you, the probability of Strath people will go to occupy the solar system. If it does happen, then the solar system can not be saved. I hope that advanced civilizations like Ashton Federation and Moreth Federation can stop Strath people and save my son.”
Sandra propped both hands on the bedpan and listened to Dawn Lucius finish speaking, she took a deep breath, stood up and walked over to Dawn Lucius and spoke. “Come on, I’ll take you to someone.”
Sandra led Dawn Lucius out of the room and took a small airship back away from the white world, as the flight speed increased, they went deeper into the world of the green hemisphere, the huge plants began to diminish and were replaced by a green expanse of grassland that stretched far into the sky. The airship began to slow down and Dawn Lucius was captivated by the sight before him, his eyes never able to leave the giant airship floating in the sky, the main body resembling a black and red tropical fish with three bikini shaped pods ambling on its back, the underside of the pods, the belly of the airship, covered with round tubes that looked like fire equipment launch ports. And on the land below this big airship, there was a small house towering over the open grassland.
“This is where my father lives.” The two walked up to the door of the small house and Sandra explained to Dawn Lucius as she knocked on the door and turned her face to Dawn Lucius and continued. “Just listen to him for a while, don’t contradict him.”
An old man dressed in plain white opened the door, he swept a glance at the two men and walked inside the house by himself.
Sandra quickly followed, happily addressing the old man. “Father, this is my husband.” This caught the old man’s attention and he stopped at the table, turned and looked him over from head to toe, his eyes seemed to be moving to send X-rays, and scanned Dawn Lucius from foot to head again. dawn Lucius owed a greeting and the old man said nothing, walked around the table and sat down comfortably in his own chair.
He turned sideways and finally spoke. “The earthling?” The old man asked, looking at Sandra.
“Yes, father, he is much smarter than we thought. Straight people’s movements ......”
“I’ve heard.” The old man interrupted Sandra as he gave Dawn Lucius a long, drawn-out look and continued. “Duncan told me a lot of good things about you, my two children were born in an intermediate civilization, they don’t understand the rules of war in lower civilizations, but, that doesn’t mean they are inferior to your people in lower civilizations.”
“Father ......” Sandra sat down next to the old man and shook his arm to interrupt him, Sandra looked at Dawn Lucius and continued. “We were assassinated by pirates on the way here, the pirates stabbed me with a knife, he blocked it with his body for me, the knife ended up in his stomach, he protected me despite his own pain, I guess, in our civilization, this kind of spirit does not exist.”
Dawn Lucius took two steps forward, Sandra and the old man noticed his movement.Sandra frowned and kept shaking her head, gesturing for Dawn Lucius not to speak.Dawn Lucius smiled slightly, he bowed to the old man and spoke. “Old man, there are many intelligent people on Earth, I am just a very ordinary and common one among many people, I don’t represent the civilization I am in. I have nothing to ask of Sandra, and to protect her I bring no purpose, just an instinctive reaction to stand in her way ......”
“And what is your purpose?” The old man interrupted.
“Just buying time for my kid.” Dawn Lucius replied.
“Just for your child?”
“Right.” Dawn Lucius sounded firm.
“As a man, your pattern and your mind are too small. A man should be responsible for his own civilization and his own race, and not just look at children.” The old man said.
Dawn Lucius did not intend to retort, the old man said even if it is right, that is not Dawn Lucius concerned about things, for him, Stacean Lucius is his civilization, Dawn Lucius is forced to stand still, his eyes on the table in front of the old man.
Sandra and her father saw that Dawn Lucius wasn’t going to say anything and both gave each other a puzzled look as the older man returned his gaze to Dawn Lucius and spoke up to ask. “Earthling, is there something wrong with my words?”
Dawn Lucius shook his head as he looked up and smiled, “No.”
The older man stood up from his chair, walked around the table to Dawn Lucius, and continued. “But you’re showing otherwise than ‘no,’ and I feel like you’re mocking my point of view.”
“You misunderstand, I respect your opinion instead, except that the only people in the whole world in my life are my family, and it is my goal to protect my family.” Dawn Lucius stepped backwards.
The old man lowered his head and went back around to the side of the table, pausing when he came to his own chair, he continued to go around and walked around Sandra to Dawn Lucius, the old man looked up at Dawn Lucius and wanted to say something, he lowered his head and went around the table again.
“Father, don’t go around.” Sandra opened her mouth as the old man rounded the chair.
The old man sat down, looked up at Dawn Lucius and asked. “What do you think, Strath people will do next?”
Once Dawn Lucius heard that the old man was interested in the war, which meant he still had a chance to get Duncan to take the initiative, Dawn Lucius walked to the table, bowed and spoke. “Negotiate and cut Ashton Federation’s resolve for military resistance.”
“Our queen has given up resistance, there’s nothing to say about that.” The old man showed some disappointment.
“It’s not enough for Madam Winifred to give up the resistance, Strath people need a more sincere action, they may force Madam Winifred to kill the military leader of Ashton Federation, or disband the army.” Dawn Lucius looked at the old man and said.
“That’s just your speculation.” The old man turned to his side.
Dawn Lucius pressed up against the table as he raised his voice a bit and said. “Think about it, Ashton Federation doesn’t have much star field left, their short term goal is to take Visadio Planet, if they spend enough time siege, sooner or later Visadio Planet will be taken down, this does also put pressure on Madam Winifred. But the Strath people have been fighting for so long, the soldiers are tired, if the Ashton Federation really launched a resistance, then the Strath people do not necessarily have a chance to win, right? That’s the reason why Carlson still won’t release Lord Winifred until now.”
The old man turned his head and Dawn Lucius came to confidence as he continued. “We all know that the Strath people had wanted to use the Sivastia Planet prisoners to turn their hatred for the Ashton Federation and convert them into their own new army, but that strategy failed and instead of amplifying the Strath people’s Instead, it became a new threat to them, and this alone made the Strath people’s patience for this war drop a lot. If Madam Winifred suddenly gets brave and lets Duncan lead all the troops to Visadio Planet to serve the king, the big deal is to come to a dead end with the Strath people. The two princes of Strath people, this is their biggest threat, in the face of such a big threat, how do they eliminate it?” Dawn Lucius threw the question to the old man.
After listening to Dawn Lucius, the old man did not say anything, he stood up and walked to the other side of the wall, with his back to both Dawn Lucius and Sandra. After a moment, the old man turned around and walked back behind Sandra, he put one hand on Sandra’s shoulder, looked at Dawn Lucius and asked. “When are you going to marry my daughter?”
Dawn Lucius hadn’t thought about this question, and felt a bit abrupt, he was interested in Sandra, but not to the point of marriage, they had only known each other for so long. If he chose to continue discussing Strath people, it might be offensive to Sandra.
“I have kids, I’m too ordinary an engineer on Earth to be worthy of Sandra, not to mention ......” Dawn Lucius intends to say she’s also carrying an inexplicable Star Map Draftsman’s mission, he does not even know what will happen.
Sandra jerked to her feet, Dawn Lucius swallowed back the words that came to her lips, and as Sandra was about to speak, the old man pulled Sandra back. He walked over to Dawn Lucius and said. “In our civilization, when a woman says to someone that a man is her husband, it means that both parties are already married. This, is already settled, and I, as her father, have no objection to your marriage.”
Dawn Lucius was about to say something else when the old man gave his right arm a firm squeeze. The old man seemed to have known about the shimmering Star Map Draftsman device for a long time. The old man released his hand, walked back to his chair, and spoke. “Earthman, what should we do next to stop the Strath people?” the old man added, just as he sat down. “And stop them from attacking the solar system by the way?”
“If we’re going to make a move and need to both not fall foul of orders at Madam Winifred and be able to buy time for Ashton Federation, then place an insurance policy behind the Strath people.”
“Behind you?” The old man was puzzled.
“Yes, sandwiching Strath people between Visadio Planet and the insurance we placed.”
“Does this insurance require a war?”
“No, just give Strath people a deterrent when necessary, even if Strath people flee back, insurance doesn’t need to stop it.”
“Why don’t you stop it?” The old man asked.
“We’ve achieved our goal, just force the Strath people to withdraw their troops.”
“Not going to leave the Strath people behind and wipe them out?”
“It’s better for us to focus on one goal.” Dawn Lucius insisted.
“Why must you insist on this goal?” The old man was not going to stop.
“To be honest, I’m not sure about this move, if we stop Strath people and he turns back to attack Visadio Planet, then not only did we not help Ashton Federation with this move, but we are hastening the demise of Ashton Federation.” Dawn Lucius replied.
The old man was silent again, he closed his eyes and leaned back in his chair, Dawn Lucius stood a little sore back, he sat next to Sandra. The old man seemed to be asleep, the two did not dare to ask, Dawn Lucius also leaned back in the chair, Sandra leaned over, she put her hand to Dawn Lucius’s stomach, Dawn Lucius tacitly lifted his hand away, let her check the condition of the wound. Sandra finished looking at the injured area, only a small scar of new skin bulge, to Dawn Lucius cover Dawn Lucius was drowsy, more worried than fatigued, and was looking forward to the end of the Strath people’s war so he could go back to Earth and find a way to wake Stacean Lucius. He felt light footsteps moving around the room, but his eyelids were too heavy to lift. Or maybe he liked the feeling of Sandra sleeping on his shoulder and wanted to keep the moment for a little longer, who knows?
“Wake up.” Sandra shook Dawn Lucius’s arm, and when he opened his eyes, Duncan appeared in the room, sitting respectfully in front of the older man, worry written all over his face.
“General Duncan.” Dawn Lucius nodded with an owed head, and Duncan glanced at him before returning his eyes to the papers in the older man’s hands.
Dawn Lucius looked at the old man suspiciously, there was no useful information, as his eyes fell on Sandra, Sandra spoke up. “Madam Winifred has ordered that Duncan be relieved of his military authority, now the entire Cavnos Planet is under the direct command of Madam Winifred, and all military operations must follow her orders.”
“Losing military power is no big deal, Ashton Federation does not value the military, even with the highest military command, it will not be valued.” The old man slammed the paper in his hand on the table without good grace, he walked behind Duncan and patted him on the shoulder and continued. “Son, what I’m worried about is the Earthling’s claim that Madam Winifred is flirting with the entire Federation to negotiate with the Strath people, and if the Strath people do go further and demand ......”
The old man walked back to his chair, he turned to Duncan and spoke. “Go, organize your most trusted Centurio and meet me here, we need to take some action before we can do anything.” Seeing Duncan’s indifference, the old man yelled sternly. “Hurry up.”
Duncan reacts and rushes out of the house.
“What’s your name?” The old man asked as he turned his face to look at Dawn Lucius.
“Dawn,” Sandra replied first before Dawn Lucius had a chance to speak.
Dawn Lucius didn’t add anything, and the older man looked at the two men and continued. “Dawn, would you like to move in together?”
“What kind of action?” Sandra asked, puzzled.
Dawn Lucius patted Sandra’s hand as he stood up and walked over to the older man and said. “I’m willing to move along as Duncan’s soldier.”
The old man opened his mouth and laughed, this is the result the old man wanted, Dawn Lucius no matter what action, as long as it is in Ashton Federation, he can not be the protagonist of any scene, the protagonist is only Duncan. But, as long as there is action, Dawn Lucius does not care who is the protagonist, his purpose is someone to stop Strath The people just. The three were seated, and after waiting for a while, more than twenty Centurio entered the room one by one, and after saluting the old man and Sandra, they sat around the old man’s table. The old man put Dawn Lucius’s deduction in his own style, and the crowd was shocked. Then, the old man asked Centurio to mobilize his trusted soldiers . He asked for at least 100,000 people to be organized, “These 100,000 people, the hope of the whole Ashton Federation, and only these 100,000 people, can save Ashton Federation, I assert, this is absolutely yes. ” The old man said with a high fighting spirit. At the end, the old man slapped the table hard, the crowd sitting around like hearing the charge of the military drums help excited, the old man stopped when the fist, waved a hand, the crowd rushed out of the house, to launch their own army.
After seeing that everyone was gone, Sandra walked over to her father and she asked tentatively. “Father, Madam Winifred has frozen all of Cavnos Planet’s ships, and we can’t get out at all.”
The old man didn’t say anything, he tapped on the edge of the table, the whole table turned into a big screen, when he tapped on the map, a hologram of a star map was presented to several people, the old man zoomed in on one of the planets, the old man looked at Sandra and said. “This planet has my old men on it, they are the last ones to have fought the war, Ashton Federation does not allow people to enter or leave this planet, but I know that they have a solid military and food there, you take your men there, remember?”
“I remember, Father, but how do we get there?” Sandra asked afterwards.
The old man raised his left hand, index finger pointing to the sky, and threw a smug smile at Sandra, who understood and grasped Dawn Lucius’ arm with a smile of joy.
Dawn Lucius followed the old man’s example and spoke. “What is this?”
“Dawn, Father is saying we can take that boat up there and go out.”
“Not ......?” Dawn Lucius was a little confused.
“Not that there is.” Sandra interrupted Dawn Lucius and continued. “This ship was given to Father as a warship by the old emperor of the Ashton Federation, and only Father can have the ship at his disposal, and we can take it under the name of interstellar travel.”
“And how do you explain the part of the army that is missing?”
“Haha, do you know how many people there are in Cavnos Planet?” Sandra laughed, and Dawn Lucius understood that no one would suspect these people even if they didn’t come back.
“I heard that someone is gathering an army.” Just as the three were happy, the tall, thin man sent by Madam Winifred said in a loud voice as he walked toward the house.
Dawn Lucius and Sandra both got worried, their hands clasped together. The old man first froze, then let out a loud laugh towards the tall and thin man. “Which is not the case, do not know what to say nonsense.”
“Of course I trust the old general, the old general is the patron saint of our Ashton Federation, how could he disobey the orders of the royal family? But at this juncture of negotiation, it is better for me to be careful.” The tall thin man still had a condescending look and said with a half-raised chin.
The old man was about to speak when several Centurio rushed in through the door, and seeing the tall, thin man, they too were stunned and stood dumbfounded at the spot after owing a salute.
“And what’s this?” The tall, thin man yelled sternly, pointing at the Centurio’s.
The old man walked up and laughed even louder, he paused and then explained with a big smile. “Sir, ah, my daughter is getting married, so I got some young people to help me make her wedding a little surprise.”
The tall, thin man glanced at Dawn Lucius, then at the old man, and patted his sleeves as he headed out the door, saying coldly. “Old General, remember that the interests of Madam Winifred come before everything else.”
After the tall, thin man left, the Centurio’s still standing in place, the old man returned to his chair and sat down, greeting the crowd as he took a long sigh and said to himself. “I really miss the old days of Ashton Federation, when soldiers were respected, and such scoundrels, nothing.”
“Old General, we have gathered all our men and are waiting for your order.” One of the Centurio said.
The old man turned to the crowd, clenched his fists, his knuckles white from too much force, and clenched his teeth. “Very well, gentlemen, we are going to soldier on, our operation is in Duncan’s hands, and we will do everything on his orders. This time, we are not only for Ashton Federation, but also for the glory of our soldiers.”
The crowd stood up straight with their whole bodies tensed, as if their bodies were infused with endless power. The old man waved his hand, and the crowd swarmed towards the boarding equipment waiting outside the house. The old man turned to look at Sandra, who pulled Dawn Lucius outside and together they boarded the large fish-like ship.
“Where’s your wife on Earth?” Sandra asked when she got on the ship.
“The atmosphere in the ship was strange, even if it was going to the back of Strath people, or might meet other accidents on the way, the crew did not show the uneasiness of leaving home, and they did not show any panic about the unknown danger they were about to face. What panic to, instead, leisurely cleaning the cabin, or sitting down to chat. The busiest person on the ship was probably Dawn Lucius, who had a screen showing the ship’s food and firearms equipment, he had experienced starvation, he didn’t want anything to happen on this trip, he had also experienced the threat of the ship, so he paid extra attention to the firearms. While Dawn Lucius was checking the condition of the three offline weapons, Sandra asked about Mrs. Dawn Lucius’ condition.
“She passed away.” Dawn Lucius stopped what he was doing as he looked at Sandra and replied.
“I thought ......” Sandra lamented a little.
“Earthlings have a very short life span, the longest is about a hundred years, and the person who received me on Earth said she passed away after falling ill.”
“I’m sorry to hear that, I hope my question didn’t upset you.” Sandra’s eyes averted, and she seemed to be feeling guilty about the question.
“It’s okay, there are still many lives on earth that are very short, we have a word called ‘fleeting’, probably the morning bloom in the afternoon withered, life is only a day. There are also quite a few animals on the living things that die at birth.” Dawn Lucius pulled the subject away, barely smiling, and he did feel sorry for his wife.
“I wish I had known her, she would have been a wonderful person.” Sandra smiled.
“What makes you think she’s nice?”
“You love your child so much, and I think that she must be a wonderful person for you to be so obsessed.” Sandra said as she looked at Dawn Lucius.
“She is indeed a good person, but unfortunately she married the wrong person.”
“Why?” Sandra asked in surprise as she didn’t understand Dawn Lucius’ words.
“My wife is one of those old-fashioned people who just wants to be on Earth, teaching at the school she loves, and she’s not interested in space at all. But I wanted to go farther, to look deeper into the universe, and for that, at first we would argue and have to fight over who was right and who was wrong. Then we got tired and we reconciled with ourselves, didn’t interfere with each other, and each went about our business.” Dawn Lucius looked at the screen on his left hand and remembered that when they said their final goodbyes, his wife said not to worry, that she and Stacean Lucius would be waiting for him on Earth, and that he knew that she would not be far away.
Sandra lowered her head close to Dawn Lucius, pressed her forehead to Dawn Lucius’ chin, and spoke. “I’ll go with you to any universe.”
Dawn Lucius pushed her back slightly as he thought about it and opened his mouth to ask, “Ashton Federation women, are they all very strong on their feet?”
Sandra didn’t understand at first, when Dawn Lucius touched his chest and made a breathless expression, Sandra remembered the day she kicked Dawn Lucius in the bathroom, her cheeks, a faint daffodil red haloed open, wanting to laugh but embarrassed to laugh, her mouth held into a straight line. , replied. “Yes, Ashton Federation in civilization, the woman who personally acknowledges the man is her husband after the man has no choice, after all ......” Sandra slapped her thigh and continued. “We have big feet.”
The two laughed and Dawn Lucius stroked Sandra’s head, their respective minds contemplating whether to go up and hug each other when the Tekken ship burst into a halt and a piercing alarm sounded from the cabin, a warning before preparing for battle.
The two ran all the way to the bridge at the front of the ship, the soldiers began to panic, some didn’t even find their weapons, some ran around empty handed, some pushed and shoved in the corridors arguing about whose weapon was actually in their hands. By the time they both reached the cockpit, several Centurio were already waiting. Duncan commanded the pilot to charge the outer force field, and the three offline firearms on the hull had separated and were lined up with the ship facing forward. Duncan was about to open the missile matrix on the bottom of the ship when Dawn Lucius took him by the hand.
“What’s going on?” Dawn Lucius was also nervous by the whole thing, and his voice was shaking as he asked Duncan.
Duncan choked out a reply as he pointed out the porthole, where a sea of ships were parked in unison, small attack ships too numerous to count. “Straight people.”
Hearing this answer, Dawn Lucius back suddenly chilled, he could not help but grasp Sandra’s hand, his heart kept asking “what to do?”
Sandra shook the hand of Dawn Lucius, who also seemed stunned.
Dawn Lucius calculates, if the war, the first time the two sides will use all the missiles, as far as possible to destroy each other’s ships, the next is a small attack ships close combat, which tests the number of attack ships’ advantage and driver’s skills ...... and so on. If the war really started, that Dawn Lucius could not hold up the first wave, the situation opposite the Strath people must also be clear, but why do they not open the war?
Dawn Lucius cleared her throat, raised her voice and said, “Request communications for me.”
Upon hearing Dawn Lucius’ words, there was a sudden silence in the cockpit as the pilots sitting in front of the portholes turned their heads and their eyes fell on Duncan, not that they hadn’t heard Dawn Lucius clearly, but they weren’t sure if this was the right thing to do.
Duncan froze as he looked at Dawn Lucius and asked in a low voice, “Are you sure?”
“OK.”
There was no anxious waiting, the communication was quickly connected, the end of the video is sitting in a person, rugged face, solid body, Dawn Lucius always felt that this person is a bit familiar, but he could not remember where to meet. The man looked at Dawn Lucius, but did not speak, Dawn Lucius also did not rush to speak. The people in the cab turned their attention to Dawn Lucius like a laser beam, trying to poke a hole in his heart to see what was brewing inside.
“Who are you?” The rugged-faced man asked.
“Cavnos Planet, military tribuneDawn Lucius. “Dawn Lucius remembered that Cavnos Planet had such a position, not sure exactly what it did, but it sounded like someone who had a voice.
“Why did you stop in front of us?” The gruff man continued to ask.
Dawn Lucius gripped Sandra hard and plucked up courage to answer. “We’d like to ask the same question.”
“We?”
“Yes, Cavnos Planet’s follow-on unit, let me ask you about your intentions.”
“Follow up troops?” The rugged-faced man seemed to panic a bit as he took a quick glance around him and his eyes returned to the screen.
“Who are you?” Dawn Lucius felt that using the phrase follow-on troops seemed to intimidate his opponent, and he wanted to gain some more advantage.
After the other party left for a moment, someone off screen gave him a sign and he looked at Dawn Lucius and replied, “I don’t have to tell you.”
The company’s main goal is to make sure that the company’s customers are not too busy. Dawn Lucius looked at the other side and nodded heavily after making a few random gestures to the front of the video, and he noticed that the rough-faced man seemed to be confused by his actions.
After hesitating for a moment, the other party spoke. “My name is Les, and I am Prince Burt’s lieutenant.”
Dawn Lucius saw that the other side was willing to talk, so she went along with the conversation. “General Les, your flight towards Cavnos Planet has been taken as an act of war by us. What’s more, Strath Federation is besieging Visadio Planet, please give us a reason, a reason for Cavnos Planet not to go to war against you.”
The gruff-faced General Les looked to his left and right as he looked back at the screen and then said. “Request for negotiation.”
Upon hearing this request, Sandra and Dawn Lucius hugged each other in excitement after the video communication was cut off. In the end, both sides chose to negotiate on a nearby planet called Gioura Planet, both with only two people, General Les and Dawn Lucius negotiating face-to-face, with two attendants acting as security and advisors.
“General Les, I’m here on behalf of all the soldiers of Cavnos Planet, and my decision is Cavnos Planet’s decision.” After the two sides met, Dawn Lucius owed a greeting and then spoke.
“Leemilitary tribune, I can only represent all the soldiers on my ship, not the Strath people. my decisions only relate to my crew.” General Les gestured to the ship docked in space.
“Okay, General Les, why are you heading towards Cavnos Planet?”
General Les looked hard, he looked at the two people behind Dawn Lucius, and then turned to look at the people behind himself, and said with both hands spread on his knees. “To tell you the truth, we didn’t even think about flying in the direction of Cavnos Planet, we are now running away, without thinking, being treated as enemies by Cavnos Planet, and we don’t want to meet your ship.”
“Escape?” Dawn Lucius was surprised at General Les’s statement, he wasn’t sure if he had heard him wrong and turned again to look at Duncan and Sandra, the two siblings were now dressed as soldiers, the three looked at each other as Dawn Lucius turned back to his face.
“Yes, Prince Burt has asked us to take Visadio Planet in a short period of time, and any general who fails to do so will be beheaded. Ostensibly to test our ability to lead the army, in reality, he is using this to eliminate those who do not support him, in order to take over the position of leader.”
Dawn Lucius thought about it for a moment. It was not unusual for collateral damage to be inflicted on subordinates when two princes fought for the throne, but Dawn Lucius could not believe this easily.
“Your prince is a mouthful, isn’t he?” Dawn Lucius smiled.
“What did you say?” General Les growled, his body tensing up and moving some distance away from the table.
This reaction, which did not seem intentional, was at least a little more believable, and Dawn Lucius immediately apologized. “My apologies to the general, it’s hard to imagine that the ruler you serve would have beheaded yourself.”
“More than you can hardly imagine.” General Les’ voice was higher, but in a flash it turned into aggravation again, two tears lying on the thick bags of his eyes, ready to fall down, he adjusted his emotions and continued. “I have two good friends, they also support Prince Carlson in the position, the other day Prince Burt suddenly said that our progress is too slow, was beheaded, the head was Prince Burt nailed with nails in the doorway of the troop carrier. Besides, haven’t you seen the brutality of Prince Burt?”
“I’ve seen it?”
“Yes, I’ve seen you two on top of the Red Pirate ship.” General Les raised his hand and pointed to Sandra, who was dressed as a soldier.
“Ah, I remembered.” Sandra continued as she walked quickly over to Dawn Lucius. “You’re the soldier that was Burt’s adjutant on the Red Pirate?”
“Yes.” Les blushed hard and seemed a little displeased with his current situation.
Without continuing the discussion on the Red Pirates, Dawn Lucius looked at Les and asked, “Does Prince Carlson not care?”
“He?” General Les sighed, with disappointment in his tone, and continued to speak. “He wanted to be a good man, to act in front of the people without fighting for power, and even when those who supported him were killed, he only comforted them by saying not to make political alliances.”
“And where does the general intend to go?”
“Just hide in a place that’s far away.”
“But it’s hard to hide silently with such a large team, right?”
“A large group?” General Les looked at Dawn Lucius suspiciously.
“Yeah, with so many attack ships alone, it’s unlikely you can manage to hide.” Dawn Lucius pointed in the direction of the confronting fleet.
General Les then understood the meaning of Dawn Lucius, he looked at Dawn Lucius, and looked at the back of his hand, and finally put both hands on his knees, looked up at Dawn Lucius and said. “Leemilitary tribune, I’ll be honest with you, we are less than twenty people in total, all brothers who were born to die with me, let’s just say, if Ashton Federation can accommodate us, we can just live in anonymity on this planet.” General Les pointed to the ground as he spoke.
Dawn Lucius thought about it, this kind of decision still can’t be made indiscriminately, if later Strath people use harboring their deserters as an excuse to start a war, that will still end up causing war, but also to Sandra will bring trouble. Even if you want to give General Les asylum, you have to find a way to lift his threat to do so.
“General.” Dawn Lucius stood up, and he continued after he owed a gesture of respect. “May we have your permission to discuss this, please?”
General Les nodded with an indulgence, and Dawn Lucius led Sandra and Duncan to the other side, and after getting a good distance from the table, Dawn Lucius asked, “Do you believe what he says?”
“I don’t know.” Duncan spoke first.
“I don’t know, although, on the surface it is said that the two princes of Strath Federation are fighting for the throne, but it is like they are secretly working together, and now they have to go to Visadio Planet to rendezvous, still have to stay alert to do so.” Sandra looked at Dawn Lucius said.
“Well, I think so, too.” Dawn Lucius agrees with Sandra.
“What about?” Duncan asked.
“I intend to keep them and learn more information from them, again to eliminate any threat they may have. I hope you will support me as I talk to him.” After Dawn Lucius received the support of the two, the three walked back to the table.
“General, we have a way that will bring no harm to either of us, would you like to hear about it?” Dawn Lucius spoke first.
“Go ahead.”
“General Les, let me start with you, your purpose is to find a place to be able to live and avoid being found by Prince Burt, right?” Seeing the other man nod, Dawn Lucius continued. “In the whole Orion Arm, you only have three ways, the first way is to escape back to the star field of the Strath Federation, but that means you are more likely to be found by Prince Burt. The second way is to escape to Moreth Federation, but Moreth Federation’s neutral attitude will not welcome you, even if you can hide in, one day Prince Burt wants Moreth Federation to hand you out, they will not hesitate to send you to the guillotine, not to mention, you now go to Moreth Federation, is very likely to be seen as an act of provoking war, they will not allow you to hide inside their own star field. As for the third way, well ......” Dawn Lucius deliberately sniffled and scratched his head as he turned to look at the two behind him and turned to look at General Les slowly spoke. “Is the safest, but I guess General Les is not willing ...... I’d rather not say.”
General Les slapped the table and stood up swiftly, spreading both hands. “Why don’t you say it? You just said the two roads we have discussed, it must not work ah, before running towards the star field of Ashton Federation, you are finished talking ah?” General Les finished, clapped his hands and bowed his body to look at Dawn Lucius.
“OK.” Dawn Lucius stood up and continued. “General, you and your soldiers are now considered to have betrayed your Federation, and if Prince Burt determines that you have betrayed, your families may also be in trouble, and I don’t know how your Strath people are handled, but ...... you can understand, right, that in some cases In some cases, the families of betrayers are executed.”
Dawn Lucius did not continue speaking, he looked carefully at the soldiers behind General Les, their frowns having been squeezed into a melting shadow.
“We are also afraid of ah, Lee military tribune, we are sneaking away, not daring to escape openly. Since you have said this, I will tell you the truth, my soldiers are now also worried about this, our families can still be in the Strath Federation, if we are proven to be a real betrayal, the family will be executed.” General Les said, then began to pace back and forth at the table.
“General.” Dawn Lucius walked up behind him and when he saw General Les stop, Dawn Lucius spoke up. “Let me tell you my plan. First, I can help you avoid the matter of you being traitors with just a small plan that will ensure that you are considered to have died heroically while unharmed and your families will not be implicated. Secondly, after the plan is executed, you will be able to live incognito on Gioura Planet, do you want to hear my plan?”
“Go ahead.” General Les yawned violently and looked at Dawn Lucius like a man lost in the desert seeing a river.
“Okay, General, let me be straight with you. My plan is to have my soldiers pretend to be pirates and rob your ship when you are trying to protect the military secrets of Strath Federation, you and your ship die together, this is not far from Visadio Planet, your ship appears in this location is not easy to be mistaken for escape, what do you think?”
General Les listened and turned to look at the two attendants, if they were to blow up the ship, it would mean that they could not leave Gioura Planet now, and the chances of leaving in the future were very few, the planet they were standing on had only a few wanderers and aborigines, they chose the way of life of a primitive civilization, and hardly had any linkage with any civilization outside. In this way, if one day Dawn Lucius betrayed General Les, then he could not escape, and it is better to have a spaceship than no spaceship.
General Les intended to refuse Dawn Lucius’ offer, and he turned to speak just as Dawn Lucius spoke first. “General, just to reassure you that you are perfectly safe on Gioura Planet, I think it’s time to formally introduce you to the generals of Cavnos Planet.” Dawn Lucius stepped back and invited Duncan to General Les.
“This is the military and political leader of our Ashton Federation - Duncan, as you know, all the armies of the Ashton Federation are under his command.” Dawn Lucius said, gesturing for Duncan to display the insignia symbolizing his status, which is considered a standard ID card on Orion Arm, with insignia for each official position, varying between civilizations, but all well identified.
“General Les, I will be responsible for the outcome of our negotiations today, and I will keep you and your soldiers safe.” Duncan said fittingly, patting General Les on the shoulder.
“So why are you ...... playing as a soldier?” General Les asked suspiciously.
“It’s not convenient to disclose.” Dawn Lucius interrupted before Duncan could speak.
General Les waved his hand, he turned to look at his entourage behind him, the cloud between their brows dissipated and General Les turned to reaffirm. “General Duncan, you will be true to your word.” The final struggle after letting go was a matter of life and death for the fleeing general, who had nothing left to do but confirm impotently.
After the negotiations were completed, General Les returned to his ship with Dawn Lucius, and after speaking to all the soldiers about the plan, most of them decided to accept the plan, and so the operation began. After a fierce battle, General Les and his soldiers landed on Gioura Planet in a ship provided by Dawn Lucius, Duncan gave them supplies, and the plan was completed when a large disk burst into the sky.
“Leemilitary tribune, I want to ask again, do we still have a chance to see our families.” General Les, a soldier in the team, opened his mouth to ask, the shelter in the sky has been destroyed, only the unfamiliar land under the feet can rely on, the soldier finished asking, looking down at the ground.
Dawn Lucius patted him on the shoulder and looked at the group of helpless soldiers and said. “I believe we will always meet again.” He raised his left hand and lit up the screen, Stacean Lucius’s smiling face large, Dawn Lucius said as he held it up for everyone to see. “My son, I haven’t seen him in seventy years, but I saw him again recently, so I believe that one day you will see your family again.”
It is not too late to grieve, the soldiers will be led away by the local aborigines, Sandra gave the aborigines some galaxy coin, they will help these soldiers live, will give them suitable jobs, it will not take long, they will be integrated into the life of Gioura Planet inside.
“Dawn, we have a mission to continue, let’s go.” Duncan patted Dawn Lucius on the shoulder and said.
“Wait.” General Les stepped forward and approached Duncan’s side and said. “General Duncan, there are traitors on Visadio Planet, and tomorrow someone will open the force field shield on the back of the planet to let our people in, and I think that this information will be more useful to you.”
The three men were incredulous that Visadio Planet was such a threat, and Duncan, eager to know who it was, pulled General Les and asked. “Who is it?”
“I don’t know.” General Les waved his hand, and just as he was about to leave, he remembered something else. “By the way, one day, I heard Prince Burt and a stranger talking about Star Map Draftsman, saying that there was a Star Map Draftsman that hadn’t been activated yet, and they were going to cut off the man’s arm and snatch the Star Map Draftsman’s biological equipment. The man also said that the man he sent to attack the Star Map Draftsman was a rice pail and wanted Prince Burt to help him.”
Upon hearing this, Duncan looked at Dawn Lucius in horror and Sandra, now anxious, grabbed General Les’s arm and asked loudly; “Who is it?”
General Les also just shook his head, this time, they not only have to face the crisis of Strath people, but also have to watch out for an opponent hiding in the shadows at any time.
“Dawn, why did you blow up General Les’s ship? Otherwise, we can still have an extra warship.” After the Fist took off, Duncan asked in confusion.
“Eliminate the threat.”
“What threat?” Duncan pursued.
“Think about it, we blew up General Les’s ship, even if they were fraudulently surrendered, we can’t pose a threat to Ashton Federation. Besides, if one day Madam Winifred checks up and finds out that when we wipe out the Strath warship in front of us, there will be no way to be accountable so that the politicians can’t cause trouble for Sandra and you ah.” Dawn Lucius watched as Duncan finished his explanation, and then looked at Sandra, who still had a worried look on her face, and with that, they flew quickly towards Smyrni Planet.