Chapter 694 Unsatisfactory things in life, nine out of ten
At this time, in the Citadel, the grand ceremony of "Recognizing Ancestors and Returning to the Clan" officially came to an end.
Xie Yuan was in the audience watching the people on the stage performing their best. He had just been surrounded by Jacob Taylor, Miranda Rosen, Modin, Gallas and others - only Shepard came on stage to accept the honor this time.
one person.
This was also decided from the beginning: Shepard would gain prestige and Xie Yuan would gain benefits.
What is the benefit? It is the lifting of the Treaty of Farrickson. This means that Xie Yuan's new ship can sail to the Citadel Space Station in an open manner without being criticized.
In fact, this can be regarded as benefiting other races - the enemy is approaching, and if you keep limiting your own armaments, you will only bring about your own destruction. It is time to start accumulating strength.
Although time is tight, it is better than not being prepared.
However, when Xie Yuan returned to the Pan-Asia Club and saw the expressionless Director-General, he knew with a thump in his heart that something had changed.
"After the Parliament officially abrogated the Treaty of Farrickson, they began to ask me about the new ship Guangming."
The director-general's first words disappointed Xie Yuan.
"Who leaked the secret?" Xie Yuan's face turned livid as he listened.
"A mid-level researcher affiliated with the Ryukyu Star Branch Shipyard of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Plant, after discovering the servitor, thought that anti//human/crimes had occurred in the factory, so he secretly reported it to the media - fortunately, we stopped it in advance
Living."
The director-general also had a look of helplessness on his face: "He thought he was doing something that tens of millions of people had done, and he was still plausibly justified when we found him. But unfortunately, the media was blocked, but the parliament was blocked.
The secret was alerted—and the battleship was discovered.”
"That idiot needs to be punished... I really want his life!"
Xie Yuan was very upset about this - it felt really bad to be ruined.
"Hey! He is in trouble, and we have our own laws. He has already dealt with it in accordance with the law - I am telling you this, just to stop looking for trouble!"
The Director-General sternly admonished: "You are a ghost agent of the Parliament - not an executioner who kills without blinking an eye. You must have a bottom line!"
"Yes!" Xie Yuan could only try to contain his anger, "Then what's the result?"
"Our reasons for creating servitors are reasonable... These people have been compiled with a complete set of criminal files - they are all heinous criminals, so the Parliament actually has no reaction to this."
"But!" the Director General changed the subject, "Compared to the servitors, you also know that they are more interested in a super-sized battleship and mutant soldiers - they are currently investigating."
"Chi!"
"Blow up?! You, don't go to such extremes. Politics is the art of compromise - and who says being investigated is not a good thing?"
Seeing Xie Yuan, who finally treated the matter formally, the Director-General explained: "It should be said that you have invisibly controlled the situation in the parliament. Everyone knows that expanding armaments is a necessary option, but they dare not break the deadlock - instead,
You, the newcomer, took the lead and reset the rules. So even if this giant ship is discovered, what the council will discuss is no longer punishment and confiscation—but how to make the most of it."
"Does the Council want to mix in the sand?! Restrict my control over the ship?!" Xie Yuan was still unhappy when he heard this, "There must be a limit to discrimination. Shepard doesn't have a monitor, why should I have one?!"
"
"Just because your ship is a 3.6 kilometers long warship!"
Suddenly a voice came from far and near, and Xie Yuan looked at the person coming angrily: "Congressman Anderson, things cannot be treated differently. If you want me to have a supervisor, do you dare to install one for Shepard? Do I have to install one for Shepard?"
Are you so humble that you want to bully me?"
"The difference between you and her is huge - the Guangfu has at least a 2-kilometer cannon, but the Normandy does not have such terrifying firepower." Councilor Anderson refuted Xie Yuan.
"The Normandy is more advanced - it's a stealth warship."
"But your Guangfu is more powerful - it is simply a mobile war fortress, even bigger than the Overlord!"
"That's enough!" the Director General stopped the inconsequential nonsense, "Yuan, it's a foregone conclusion that the four congressmen will send their own specific observers to station on this ship - but congressman Anderson also agreed to let you make some demands for compensation, you choose
Right - as the first giant ship of the parliament, we can't let you do whatever you want with your destructive strategic power."
"Okay!" Xie Yuan thought for a while and put forward a few conditions.
"In terms of personnel power, I want to have the final decision-making power."
"You are the captain of a ship, so naturally," Anderson reminded, looking at Xie Yuan's questioning eyes, "but when you are considering which of your cronies and friends to take the position, consider giving Kaiden a suitable position.
"
Looking at Xie Yuan's obviously stunned eyes, Anderson secretly said: "Because I will transfer Kaiden to join you - or do you think Kaiden will not be worthy of the position of senior commissioner on your ship?"
"Let's talk about this later!" His old friend joined the team, and Xie Yuan could only put aside this conflict for the time being. "Then where is my ship going? The right of free passage should not be subject to the guidance of the parliament, right?"
"As long as you don't fire randomly - in fact, Xie Yuan, your freedom is no different from Shepard himself." Councilor Anderson reassured him clearly, "After all, we still need battleships to run around and test
Its lethality also exerts its deterrent power."
Anderson glanced around and lowered his voice subconsciously: "For this reason, your giant ship is also the focus of all of us to imitate in the future - if it proves that the combat effectiveness is indeed not bad, then our future shipbuilding plans will clearly be based on
This ship is a technical blueprint."
"Deterrence... okay." Xie Yuan also knew very well that in a sense, the Guangfu's huge length and terrifying muzzle size proved that it would be the most powerful giant ship in the galaxy at this time.
This kind of strategic force that can determine the tripod must be constrained and cannot be controlled by Xie Yuan alone - Saren's lesson proves that the ghost of too much freedom can sometimes be an extremely unstable factor.
It is also because Xie Yuan's achievements are completely comparable to Shepard's, and at the same time, his combat power is already at the peak of the personal force value in the entire galaxy... Otherwise, Xie Yuan may not even be qualified to get close to this ship.
Since they want to add some power to monitor and constrain themselves so that the old incident with Saren during the Battle of the Citadel will not happen - then the Citadel must also pay something... at least to count the number of missing personnel - and pay wages.
"So... what kind of assistance can the Citadel give me?" After thinking about this, Xie Yuan changed his tone honestly.
"Finally!" Anderson gave him a "good" look, and then took out a list that was made after discussion at a multi-party meeting. "Four congressmen, including me, have made a decision."
"The Turians will send Nirus over."
"Nilus has retired?" Xie Yuan raised his eyebrows when he heard this, sat up hurriedly, and asked with a strange look, "Did he just retire? Isn't he? He has to work so hard for the task of the parliament?"
"No, he retired two years ago," Anderson immediately explained to the Turian "Ghost" who had a chance encounter two years ago. "Because of Saren, he had to avoid suspicion - and he was still hurt.
The reason for not healing."
"I just hope he doesn't hate me - because of Saren's downfall." Xie Yuan was also a little embarrassed about this.
"Saren's problem is with Saren himself - he was seduced by the Reapers and fell."
After seeing Xie Yuan's sentimental side, Anderson softened his tone a little: "And he is also very grateful to you - in a sense, he owes you two favors."
"Twice?" Xie Yuan looked puzzled, "I only saved him once?"
"By bringing the Collector back, you have also proved in disguise that even a powerful Prothean can become a Collector under the temptation of the Reaper - this has also reversed Saren's case in disguise... His rebellion record has been revoked.
It quietly became a dereliction of duty and was dominated, but it was not open to the outside world."
Anderson told Xie Yuan: "Although it is impossible for those related to them to regain their former status, fortunately they have also proved their loyalty-that is, they have to start from scratch."
"But in a sense... they also sent Nilus here to die?" Xie Yuan also laughed when he heard this.
"It's understandable... but they are also the best warriors among the Turians. I guess you should be a person who knows people well and makes good use of them."
"Humph...Okay, I'll accept it for now, what about the others?"
Congressman Anderson changed the scene: "The power given by the Salarians is interesting. Paddock Vickers is a Salarian STG agent and scientist."
"The Salarians...well, as long as there's one more of them, basically there won't be any secrets on the ship."
Xie Yuan thought for a while, but suppressed his objections, and later discussed with Ada whether to allow her to be stationed on the Guangfu - the all-pervasive investigation capabilities of the Salarians were not just talk.
"What's next?"
"The Asari team member is not a weakling either. Her name is Vasel, a former ghost agent—she just became one."
"Huh? I remember she was also a senior ghost agent, but she also resigned?" Xie Yuan's tone was sarcastic.
"Yes, she just resigned." Councilor Anderson's face twitched, apparently overwhelmed by the Asari's shamelessness, "So she is not a ghost agent for the time being."
"But it can be at any time..." Xie Yuan also looked disgusted.
"I guess this kind of monitoring situation is not long-term..." Anderson mused, "After all, this is a ship built by humans. Even if it is handed over to the Citadel, he will still enter the Star Alliance Navy one day in the future.
The order of the fleet."
Director General Xie Yuanhe's heart sank when he heard this—Congressman Anderson had even regarded this ship as the property of the Starfleet Fleet.
However, Xie Yuan didn't have much idea about this - Pan Asia had not completely decoupled from the Starfleet fleet and established its own business, so Xie Yuan's ship would not be immune no matter what.
"What about the Star Alliance itself?" Since he can't refuse, just enjoy it - Xie Yuan wants to see how much the Star Alliance Council is willing to invest, "Doesn't the master have nothing to say?"
"Of course!" Senator Anderson said that he was still setting up the momentum. "A company of Marines and your old subordinate Ashley Williams will join the Restoration, and at the same time, a thousand additional technicians will be added.
The crew - headed by Senior Engineer, Chief Engineer Adams, who will also join your ship."
"Well, you have to know...most of these people are also old crew members of the Normandy. If you do this, Shepard..."
Xie Yuan frowned as he listened to these familiar names, looked at Anderson and reminded: "She won't have any objections to me, right?"
"You can rest assured about this." Councilor Anderson comforted Xie Yuan, "They are also Star Alliance soldiers. Since they have become Star Alliance soldiers, they must follow the orders of their superiors as the standard instead of just Commander Shepard -
- She is a hero, but she is also a soldier, and she will not have a problem with this, and may even be happy with it. After all, it is an honor to serve on a super-dreadnought."
Why do I think old man Anderson is causing trouble?
Xie Yuan didn't know why Councilor Anderson was so generous in using his apprentice's human resources for himself.
But one thing that cannot be ignored is that the lack of crew on the new Restoration is the biggest weakness this ship will face.
The total length is 3.6 kilometers, which means that a minimum of 10,000 manpower and a maximum of 27,000 are needed to operate this battleship at full capacity - but unfortunately, the manpower currently available is only just over 10,000, and most of them are servitors.
, with a population of 10,000.
Moreover, there are only about 4,000 mutants plus technical crew members and marines, so being able to add more than 1,000 technical personnel sent by the Star Alliance can be regarded as saving an urgent need.
Until now, the entire ship has only reached about 15,000 people, and there is still a shortage of personnel.
"Okay! Thank you for the gift from the parliament." Xie Yuan stood up, shook hands with Congressman Anderson, and expressed his agreement.
"Okay! Next, after the support staff has stationed the Guangfu, she will start heading to the Citadel Space Station - arriving in about a week."
After Anderson announced the departure date of the Liberation Ship, he announced his farewell: "Then, I won't disturb your rest, and I will take my leave now."
After watching Congressman Anderson leave, Xie Yuan looked at the Director General: "Is it just my ship that was discovered?"
"Don't worry about this," the director-general waved his hand, "Anyway, we suffered a bit of a loss this time, but fortunately it's still a small loss. It just means you have to work harder."
"And the headquarters has also made a decision to add two thousand additional crew members to you. By then, you will have at least about 7,000 people, which is enough for the ship to operate normally."
"Wait, what?!" Xie Yuan immediately looked at the Director General with wide eyes, "Not a single servitor will be added?"
"The role of servitors in this world is really simple, but its negative effects are more difficult to deal with than mutants - the latter still have a certain sense of freedom after all, and servitors... Fortunately, Star
The federation only thinks this is a preliminary resocialization experiment, otherwise if 10,000 brainless machine slaves were leaked - it would not be that simple."
The Director General looked at Xie Yuan solemnly: "In order to reduce the negative impact, the servitor will let us hide it for a while as much as possible."
"Then...that's all we have to do, sir, try your best to prepare some Vulcan mechas for me...probably until the total number of people is expanded to ten thousand."
Xie Yuan had no choice but to compromise: "Otherwise, if someone jumps on the gang while cruising, I can still have some ability to fight back."
"Okay! I will make up for it for you." The director-general nodded seriously.
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On the other hand, Xie Yuan also told Ada with frustration about a series of unsatisfactory things that happened on the new ship.
Ada was also in a dilemma. She had to grit her teeth and think hard for a while, and finally smiled: "I think if you really want to consider everything safe, the Shadow Broker's equipment must be installed in your ship.
- At least judging from their reaction, the parliament knows that they are treating you badly, but they have not doubted your loyalty, so they will compensate you to a certain extent."
The more Ada thought about it, the more she thought there was something wrong: "In other words, your route will definitely be kept secret - Nilus and Vasel, who have temporarily left the ghost establishment, are not qualified to investigate you anymore, let alone stg. And.
The price of checking you is breaking the rules in some sense. They all know your information, and they also know that your force is terrifying, and the parliament does not dare to offend you too much - so as long as you do not completely disobey the parliament,
They didn't dare to act rashly, and this also created a loophole for me to secretly place equipment."
"This risk will be very high." Xie Yuan reminded solemnly.
"But the reward is enough for me to take the risk." Ada has made up her mind.