"Field Sergeant Ashley Williams reporting to you!"
As soon as they arrived at the hangar, Ashley, wearing Phoenix light armor, saluted Xie Yuan heroically.
"Calm down, Ash, I'm sorry you saw this farce."
Xie Yuan saluted Ashley in return, and then looked around half jokingly and half self-deprecatingly: "Originally, I wanted to give the residents of the marginal colonies a boost of confidence - but unexpectedly, I wanted to show my face, but my buttocks were exposed... Alas, this
The stench of this incident is about to spread to the entire galaxy."
"This is not your problem, Captain," Ashley immediately retorted, "At least you got here in time and saved everyone in the colony——"
"You called me sir?!" Xie Yuan interrupted Ashley and looked at her with wide eyes.
"...Yuan." Ashley was interrupted for a moment and could only honestly call Xie Yuan by his name.
"Then what?" Xie Yuan spread his hands.
"...Long time no see." Ashley looked at Xie Yuan with dead eyes and could only speak slowly.
"Long time no see, Ashley," Xie Yuan greeted and quickly returned to a businesslike attitude, "Has Captain Cordes forwarded the convening order issued by the Star Alliance Council to you?"
After receiving the confirmation, Xie Yuan still gave this old subordinate a chance: "Actually, you can choose not to accept it - you have also seen that this is a huge target placed in public view. In a short period of time, the Guangfu will not have any wing ships."
It will be an unimaginable impact. Perhaps it would be wiser not to board the ship."
"It's too late, I've already accepted the call-up order."
Ashley replied to Xie Yuan, then looked at Xie Yuan who was about to say something else, and said directly, "I will never miss the opportunity to board the largest battleship in the galaxy - even you can't stop me."
"Well..." Xie Yuan could only open his hands in a welcoming gesture, "Then... welcome aboard."
"Cordes!" Xie Yuan looked at this courageous captain.
"Sir!" Captain Cordes immediately stepped forward and stood at attention.
"Your courage was demonstrated during the ground war."
Xie Yuan encouraged him gently, and then lowered his voice and told him: "Unfortunately, some people died in the collector's attack just now, and some of them were your subordinates."
"I have received the news. Life is so unpredictable." Captain Curtis felt sad when he heard about the heavy losses of the Marines. More than a dozen lives were taken away in an instant without any disturbance at all.
But soon Captain Curtis cheered up.
"I will comfort and inspire them, sir." Captain Curtis raised his head and looked at Xie Yuan seriously, "They will not lose their combat effectiveness because of this, I promise."
"Okay!" Xie Yuan nodded with satisfaction, then pointed at Ashley, "Then help take her to your Marine Corps' residential area. She will also be a member of the Marine Corps command. Help her get familiar with it.
.”
"Yes!"*2
Ashley and Captain Curtis soon saluted.
"Come with me." Captain Curtis pointed in a direction.
Ashley looked at Shepard with a nostalgic look on her face, who also looked back at her with a pleased look, and then left with Captain Curtis without looking back.
Xie Yuan then looked at Shepard: "I'm sorry, the credit for this Horizon Colony defense battle, and your part may have to go to Ashley, no problem."
"It doesn't matter to me. Sergeant Williams should be promoted based on his seniority," Shepard didn't care much. "More than thirty years have passed. It's time to face the facts."
"That's my view on this too."
In the first contact war thirty years ago, no matter how the Star Alliance had hooked up with the Turians at that time, Ashley's grandfather, General Williams, was dragged away because of the insult of being the first general to surrender to a foreign race.
Come out as a victim.
Even if the Asari pull humans into the Citadel space family, this matter cannot be eliminated...Now that chaos is about to arise, it is time to overturn the old case.
"So... what's your plan next?" Xie Yuan regained his calm expression.
"In terms of research and development, we will extract some collectors' corpses and weapons and equipment for further in-depth research."
Shepard didn't hide much: "Next, we have to go to Ilim, the economic center of the Asari people. It seems that the Illusive Man has arranged two reserve teammates there and I need to go see them to see if they are okay.
Good to join.”
"Are they all aliens?" Xie Yuan asked with raised eyebrows.
"Ilim is probably not a place where human combat elites can be found... Why do you suddenly have a problem with aliens entering the ship?" Shepard suddenly asked teasingly, remembering the question Yuan had just asked.
"My opinion is not important... Of course, I am just confirming... If it is a human being, then you have to be careful whether it is an agent of the Illusive Man."
Xie Yuan didn't have any objections to Shepard's idea of integrating everyone to face the crisis together: "Of course that doesn't mean there aren't aliens working for the Illusive Man, but they are a minority after all."
"I understand what you mean, but to be honest now, apart from the basic crew of the Normandy, the real human teammates are Zaid and Jiang Tengxia"
Shepard obviously had some knowledge of the backgrounds of these people: "Most of them are freelancers, but Illusive Man agents are unlikely to be - they are too single-minded and a bit unworthy."
"Jia Tengxia?!" Xie Yuan chewed on the name, "It seems that she has some impression, but she doesn't seem to be from Xia..."
"Zhe Pengyi, the possibility that you are familiar with her is very small." Shepard reminded Xie Yuan, "She is a big thief and mostly engages in stealing."
"They are all roosters, dogs, and thieves... Humph! This list is quite interesting."
When Xie Yuan heard the composition of these character lists, he despised the Illusive Man's randomness - the people of his own tribe relied on criminals, thieves and mercenaries?
"Until now, they still satisfy me." Shepard expressed her attitude in one sentence.
"I am not discriminating." Xie Yuan bluntly said that Lao Xue misunderstood, "but as an outsider, I feel something is wrong when I look at this composition."
"I'm used to it..." Shepard thought about it and understood what Xie Yuan was complaining about, "Besides, regular people have many rules and are not so easy to get in touch with - you don't know, Ashley just refused directly
My solicitation is obviously with grudges."
"Considering the grudges we had with Cerberus in the past, just be satisfied with her reluctant look just now!" Xie Yuan retorted.
The two looked at each other and suddenly burst into laughter. Of course, the laughter was fleeting.
"Oh, don't talk about me anymore. Before I say goodbye, do you have any travel plans recently?" Shepard also plans to return to Normandy to continue his mission.
"I will go to Arcturus Space Station for questioning first - after all, dozens of people died, including a dozen elite Marines. If I don't accept questioning by the military court, I guess the military will not let me go in the future."
Xie Yuan's words were scary, but his expression was quite relaxed: "Then, the number of marines crammed into my ship will surge to four companies... Humph, they will probably be very happy."
"Fortunately, this is just a formality. With your identity and the current situation, the parliament will not be stupid enough to kick you out - Pan Asia will not agree."
Shepard said this, was silent for a while, and then said: "I think Pan Asia actually doesn't want to completely decouple. After all, if they are really separated, the only people who will laugh at the joke will be foreigners... Since we are still part of the Star Alliance Navy,
Members, I think it is beneficial to increase the number of troops."
"Haha, that sounds nice... but don't forget, your situation may be even worse than mine - the council won't let you go easily!"
"I know." Shepard nodded silently, "But I did it for humanity and the galaxy. I have no regrets."
"It's okay! No matter how miserable it is, I won't be more miserable than you. But the problem is, no matter how miserable you are, there will always be someone to protect you."
Xie Yuan waved goodbye to Shepard: "See you next time. This is just a small matter in the end. I think we will have to fight side by side again soon. I have a strong feeling."
"Me too!" After saying that, Shepard turned around and walked into the shuttle, leaving Xie Yuan's Guangfu.