Chapter 534: Elite Soldiers and Generals or Short Organization?
"What we paid for? Well...it's not so much a payment as it is their joining. From now on, the Citadel has officially become one of the sponsors of the Andromeda expedition plan."
After Xie Yuan received the title of Ghost, Xie Yuan and Shepard exited the meeting between councilors early, and the two said goodbye to their teammates cordially in front of the starport.
Shepard then continued to drive the ship and fly out into the universe, heading towards the new destination given by the council.
So Xie Yuan first went to see Director Ban Qian to talk to him about his future work situation and career arrangements.
Hence the answer given by the class officer just now. The two of them are now circling around the building. The chaos has just passed, and it is not lunch time yet, and no one will come to eat delicious food.
So it's very quiet around here.
"Oh?" Xie Yuan was both happy and worried when he heard this. The addition of Citadel will indeed make this expedition plan a success.
But if the Citadel Council joins, then the participating racial expedition ships will not be just humans - maybe the Asari, Salarian, Turian and Krogan and other vassal races will also join.
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But if you say that, wouldn't it mean that the Citadel Councilor doesn't even have any plans to resist, and just wants to save some seeds for the future like himself?
Are the MPs also so pessimistic?
"Well, you also know that in this encounter, even without Saren's surprise attack from behind, the Citadel's multi-racial combined fleet was completely lost, and the Star Alliance naval fleet suffered heavy damage, with more than half of its combat power being lost."
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
Officer Ban Qian sighed after hearing this: "Just such a super-dreadnought ship has killed dozens of main battleships in the entire galaxy.
The Reapers have undergone hundreds of reincarnations and millions of years of accumulation, and just thinking about their accumulated strength makes one’s heart sink—this is not an enemy that can be defeated in a short time.”
"That's why they gave Shepard a bad check." Thinking back to what Colonel Anderson...now Senator Anderson said when he and Shepard left, "Let's work together to fight the Reapers."
Xie Yuan felt a little extra sarcastic when he heard these words.
"Actually, it's not all a blank check..." Ban Qian did not agree with Xie Yuan's extreme cognition, "We all know that the reapers are coming, and the original three major congressmen also know it, but when and where will it come from?
Coming here is an unknown mystery.
It is a very risky thing to completely mobilize the power of the entire galaxy into the military. I can tell you clearly now, once the Citadel Council issues a militarized mobilization order, how long will it be for the longest time..."
Ban Qian looked very serious about this: "It's 18 months. The time it takes for the Citadel space to make the entire galaxy enter a militarized state regardless of anything is 18 months.
After this time, the Citadel Council will collapse immediately. This is the drawback caused by the Citadel since it chose this system."
"Eighteen months?!" Xie Yuan was stunned when he heard this. This mobilization ability was actually weaker than some political systems ruled by dictators.
"After all, the Citadel is just a relatively loose confederal system. It does not have the advantages of specialization and concentration of power to do big things like the Prothean Empire did."
Ever since he learned about the true system of the Prothean Empire in the last reincarnation, Ban Qian has been lamenting the decline of this civilization: "It is a pity that the Prothean Empire was beheaded at the beginning, so even if this civilization dies, it will not
No matter how powerful Zong is, he can only be destroyed after struggling for hundreds of years."
"Director, if the Protheans really get through this disaster smoothly," Xie Yuanlan winked and teased Ban Qian, "Maybe we won't have to deal with the Reapers, but the Protheans Empire."
"Hahaha!" Ban Qian laughed after hearing this and agreed with Xie Yuan's words, "That's true. If the society in this galaxy becomes a society dominated by iron and blood like the Prothean Empire or the Turian Empire, then we will probably
There are only two future options: vassal and enemy.
Well, this may be due to some unknown fate!"
After chatting for a while about the better and worse of the two systems, parliament and Prothean, Xie Yuan also got to the point: "Secretary, regarding my future work... what are your instructions and requirements?"
"Oh?" The officer turned his head and looked at Xie Yuan with a smile, "our Xie Yuan, who is the most independent and independent in doing things, has begun to humbly ask me for instructions? Has the sun risen from the west?"
"Oh, sir, just let me go this time." Xie Yuan felt a headache as soon as he heard this. If he didn't respond well, he would completely offend his mother-in-law. "Although I am a bit free in doing things during this period, I really
I treat D sincerely and have never done anything to disgrace Pan Asia.
Officer, please save me for the sake of me being your old subordinate!"
"Hmph! You're calling me for help now, where were you earlier?!"
The squad leader's face, which had been sunny just a moment ago, suddenly turned into dark clouds, "What a good Xie Yuan! You helped a Prothean hide for three whole years without reporting it to the police, and you even hooked up with a free mercenary group outside.
Said, you are really too free!
Now that you think about asking the organization to help you, why didn’t you report it before? Oh, you want to take advantage of the organization, but you don’t listen to the organization’s arrangements, how can there be such a good thing!”
Xie Yuan immediately humbly accepted Ban Qian's overwhelming criticism, because at this time he was willing to criticize, which showed that Pan Asia still regarded themselves as a family.
If you are smiling all the time, you are talking about two families. This is really a smile on the outside but a stab in the back.
Sure enough, after scolding for a while, the tired Ban Qian looked at the table. Xie Yuan immediately took the tea cup and handed it to Ban Qian respectfully with both hands.
Taking a sip of tea comfortably, the class officer smacked his lips, and then said to Xie Yuan Wenyan: "Instructions and requirements are waived. Because once you become a ghost, instructions and requirements are all issued by the Citadel Councilors, and we cannot overstep them.
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Xie Yuan nodded to express his understanding.
"Of course, principles are dead, but people are alive," Ban Qian changed the topic and persuaded in a serious tone, "I don't worry about how you do things with your force, but how you do it successfully.
But it’s something you have to work hard for.
So listen well and work hard, do you understand?"
"Yes!" Xie Yuan immediately and seriously responded to Ban Qian's guidance with a military salute.
"Well!" Ban Qian was quite satisfied with Xie Yuan's answer and advice. He took another sip of tea and then said to Xie Yuan: "The help we can give you is financial and equipment support.
Originally, we could use the flying structure of the land fortress we were testing and move it to a ghost ship for you.
But it is a pity that the Citadel Council commandeered all our land fortresses as soon as they came in, and wanted to transform them into long-distance expedition ships for use by various races in the galaxy as Noah's Ark."
Xie Yuan looked strange for a while after hearing this... There are land fortresses and flying buildings! Super-dreadnoughts, just super-dreadnoughts!
When Ban Qian saw Xie Yuan's strange look, he knew he couldn't hide it, so fortunately he stopped him: "Okay, if you know the truth, don't go into details. Remember, this can only be a land fortress or a flying building.
The Treaty of Farikson has not been abrogated yet!”
Xie Yuanqiang suppressed his grin and nodded hard.
"Ahem, no matter what, with the aid of external funds and the addition of technical support, our shipbuilding capabilities will be significantly improved."
Ban Qian cleared his throat and confirmed to Xie Yuan: "For this reason, it is impossible for us to hand over the original giant ship to you as a base ship.
So the General Staff took into account your freedom-loving nature and the support you need, and designed two support plans A and B."
Xie Yuan expressed that he was all ears.
"The first plan is to give you a Geneva-class cruiser. Although this is only a 200-meter-long decommissioned warship and its speed is quite slow, it is still one of the main battleships of mankind... Its combat effectiveness is compared to the Normandy.
It’s not too bad…ahem.”
Seemingly feeling that this condition was too restrictive, Ban Qian coughed twice before continuing to explain to Xie Yuan: "However, I can allocate you a ship full of Pan-Asian military personnel. These are real elites, not reserve crews.
An unregistered fund of three million star coins is regularly allocated every month. If we encounter matters that require financial support, we only need to submit the account and then approve it as appropriate.
3 million star coins are only the cost to maintain the operation of the warship, including fuel costs, parking fees and maintenance costs.
The personnel salary expenses are completely arranged separately by Pan Asia...it is also regularly allocated from bearer funds."
"Hmm..." Xie Yuan took a rare moment to rub his chin and think about it.
This support is indeed not too bad. The Geneva-class cruiser Su Lai is already well-known for its strength and is nicknamed "Little Turtle".
The 200-meter-long Geneva-class cruiser can arrange a crew and marines of more than a hundred people. It may seem relatively small, but they are all battle-hardened elites, and the scale is not much worse than Shepard's Normandy...
Then, the salaries of the staff are all borne by Pan Asia, so after paying the maintenance costs of 3 million per month, it is estimated that there are still millions of star coins left for personal use.
This can be said to be both powerful and rich. For me, if Xie Yuan does not plan to travel to other worlds again in the future, it is indeed not bad.
But...this is impossible.
Therefore, Xie Yuan could only look at Ban Qian apologetically: "Then what is the second option?"
"Haha!" Ban Qian nodded to Xie Yuan with an expression of "I knew it was like this", and then announced the second support plan.
"The second plan is a bit shabby, because you are indirectly controlling a private transport ship, but this transport ship has been modified very well, and is not far behind warships of the same level.
So what the General Staff means is that we will give you the funds directly, and then you will find a way to raise upgraded ships and personnel."
"Ah?!" Xie Yuan's eyes suddenly widened in horror as big as a bull's eye, "Director, are my own people cheating on me like this?
Raise the money yourself? It’s a good thing that I’m a ghost after all, but why don’t my parents even prepare some dowry for me?”
"Hey, let me explain," Officer Ban Qian asked Xie Yuan to calm down. "It is indeed a good thing for you to join the ghost, and everyone is happy to see it. After the head of the headquarters heard about it, even if he knew that what the council was doing was wrong, he didn't even do it.
I had three glasses of white wine.
But we were really unprepared at all. This matter was always supposed to be something that we would appeal to the Citadel Council and then cooperate with each other - but no one expected that it would be them who took the initiative first."
"Alas!" Ban Qian also sighed speechlessly, "No one expected that the parliament would be so vigilant. The Star Alliance had just joined the Citadel and was suddenly given such a blow.
And we also need such a reason and have to bite this bait."
"Okay," Xie Yuan also regained his composure, "After all, I am a person who is used to living a hard life, so it's okay to feel a little wronged..."
"Hey, it's just you?! You're still being wronged?!" Ban Qian sneered after hearing this, "Are you the one who's been wronged? Didn't you understand what I meant?
What I mean is to convert the first condition of the Geneva-class cruiser into cash according to the cost. Although it will not arrive immediately, it can be used to purchase all the merchandise items of my Pan-Asia Manufacturing Group - enjoy military procurement.
price.
Your original transport ship still enjoys a monthly maintenance fee of three million. And once you obtain an updated and better ship, we can also recycle the original ship at the price of a battleship of the same level.
Finally, in terms of staffing, how many people you recruit will be reported to us according to the staffing. The basic salary of each person is based on the salary of a Pan-Asian Marine Corps non-commissioned officer. If you are promoted, you can report it in the same way.
How about it? Although this plan is a bit shabby, it is better than freedom."
"...Yeah!" Xie Yuan had to admit that this plan was worth it.
Xie Yuan, who has the ability to travel through different worlds, has no interest in the existing warships in the galaxy - brittleness can be said to be a common problem among all warships nowadays.
Originally, if there were super-dreadnoughts in Pan Asia, Xie Yuan also wanted to get one - but unfortunately, the Citadel Council intercepted these ships in advance and wanted to use them as escape ships.
The other heavy giant ships are either too old or are still in service. As an active ship of the Starfleet Fleet, it takes a lot of effort to move them at will.
Even the Normandy was intercepted by Udina and Anderson because it was a new ship that had not yet been commissioned.
In this way, thanks to the very popular Senator Anderson, and because this was his ship, Shepard was originally the first mate and was able to get rid of the entanglement of the Star Alliance Navy's senior officials.
But thinking of this, Xie Yuan's heart suddenly trembled - How could Director Ban Qian know that I have the ability to change ships?!
He quickly looked at Ban Qian, but the latter just smiled mysteriously, and then requested: "If you discover some interesting science and technology and redundant ships in the future, you might as well go to Jupiter's "Jiangnan Shipyard"
, we are willing to recycle these things at a high price."
Then, the squad leader patted Xie Yuan on the shoulder: "Of course, if you can find some directions to solve the Reaper problem, I hope you can also discuss it with your hometown... Okay, without further ado, let's talk about it again
Do your job well in your position!"
“Don’t ruin our Pan-Asia reputation!”
After saying that, Ban Qian put down the hand that was patting Xie Yuan's shoulder, turned around and walked into the office on the upper floor of Dong Laishun's hotel.
Only Xie Yuan was left, looking at Ban Qian's back gradually disappearing into the darkness with a complicated expression, feeling extremely tangled in his heart.