After seeing that the Lord of Watchfort agreed, the other members of the killing team clinked glasses for a short time, and then drank freely the Bergman beer of the Wotan Federation. Soshyan's taste was indeed right, and the taste of this kind of wine was more in line with Ah.
The taste of Stat - mellow, with a bit of metallic texture.
"Captain Soshyan, are there any more?"
Seeing Ulesen looking like he hadn't had enough to drink, Soshyan smiled slightly, turned around and pointed outside the cabin.
"Of course."
There, there was a tall metal wine can, with two ironborn standing next to it. Upon seeing this, Uleson immediately walked out with bright eyes, and took a large glass of it himself without caring about the ironborn.
Soshyan also took a cup from the Ironborn at this time, and then walked up to Vidrian.
"Fortmaster, I have something I want to talk to you about privately. Is that convenient?"
The other person nodded.
"certainly."
Then the two of them walked out of the gunboat holding wine glasses. Vidrian went to another gunboat first and told the Death Watch soldiers inside that they could drink some short man beer, and then he and Soshyan went to a secluded corner of the flight deck.
"...I was on the bridge before and observed the Hearthborn's navigation mode and technology. To be honest, I personally feel that compared to the Empire's unstable navigation methods, the short people are indeed ahead in this aspect, Vidrian
Castle Lord, do you think these technological empires should be introduced?"
After listening to Soshyan's words, Vidrian was silent for a moment and then said slowly:
"The Death Watch is not a collective organization in the true sense. Chapter Commander Soshiyan, I really have nothing to say about the technological development of the empire."
"But I also know that the Death Watch is relatively less conservative and often uses... some non-imperial technologies. It's just chatting. You don't need to care."
Vidrian raised his head and looked at the Ironborn guarding the metal wine can not far away.
"Captain Soshyan, do you have a good relationship with the short man?"
"During the Maelstrom Expedition, I cooperated with them, but of course it was only on business. They are pure businessmen and only speak for their own interests."
"I have been checking intelligence information about Short Man before, but there is not much information about Short Man stored in Silent Fortress."
Hearing what the other party said, Sosh raised his eyebrows.
"Oh? Are you interested in them too?"
"interested in."
"I have always regretted that the Empire does not understand this neighbor. Increasing exchanges and cooperation with them is beneficial to the Empire. I have also been trying to understand their society, culture, science and technology."
Vidrian retracted his gaze, looked at Soshyan, and raised his glass. Soshyan immediately raised his glass as well. The two touched it lightly, and then Vidrian took a sip and asked:
"Why do you want to know about them?"
Soshyan blinked.
"This can increase the chances of cooperation with them, as well as the depth of cooperation, and even obtain assistance from the other party and obtain technology useful to the empire."
"With all due respect, you really don't look like an Astartes."
"Well... why did the castle master say this?"
"When we go to understand a group of aliens, the only goal is to destroy them. This is also my only motivation to understand them."
Hearing this, Soshyan was silent for a long time, and then took a sip of Bergmann beer.
"Brother Vidrian, don't you think there are too many enemies of the empire now?"
A subtle expression appeared on Vidrian's unsmiling face, and he replied:
"We are soldiers and weapons. The only two things we have to consider are where the enemies are and how to destroy them. As for defining who the enemy is, it does not fall within the scope of our responsibilities."
Soshyan forced out a somewhat forced smile.
"By the way, the Adeptus Mechanicus seems to have something to say about the possibility of dwarfs having the same origin as humans? Maybe they are really a type of demi-human..."
Vidrian shook his head.
"Brother Soshyan, I wonder if you have heard of the Tau."
"Of course I have."
"The Tau are a group of aliens who are good at deceiving people. Many mortals have been bewitched by them and defected to the territory of the Tau, or those occupied worlds have been bewitched by them and chosen to join the aliens. Then they, and their descendants, you
Do you think you’re still human?”
"Well..."
"That's the truth. The criteria for defining aliens are not just physiological. Even if short people really had an ancestor with humans, they now deny the empire, deny the emperor, and deny all the beliefs on which the empire was founded.
Dogma even denies that the Empire is the only natural and legitimate political power of mankind, and operates a completely different social system and culture from the Empire, so does it matter whether it is a physical alien? The great expeditions of the past destroyed not only aliens, but also aliens.
There are those regimes that are unwilling to join the empire and integrate into the empire. For us, those who oppose humanity are enemies, those who oppose the empire are also enemies, and those who do not submit to the empire are still enemies. There is not that much difference between enemies."
"But their technology has a lot in common with the empire, and the benefits of cooperation far outweigh hostility."
"If their technology can be used by the empire, then it is even more important to destroy them and plunder everything the empire needs from their corpses and ruins. This is the rule of the empire's operation for ten thousand years. We are not only guardians, but also conquerors
However, I do not deny that non-violent methods are appropriate in some situations, but the eternal duty granted to us by the Emperor and the oath we swore must not be forgotten. We must kill all enemies of mankind and die for the benefit of the Empire.
Just rest."
Then Vidrian sighed softly and drank the contents of the cup.
"...That's why I said that, Brother Soshyan, you really don't look like an Astarte... This wine tastes very good. My first thought was to kill them all and rob them."
Take these brewing techniques and make them belong only to the empire, and all you do is ask them to give you some more.”
Soshyan's heart was heavy at this time. His original intention to find Vidrian was to open an opening for the Death Watch. Through the relationship between the Death Watch and the Alien Tribunal, he could see if he could give shortcomings to the alien Tribunal.
Determine the tone of a "sub-human" so that he can easily introduce some short-human technologies into the empire in the future - even if it can only slightly promote the technological progress of the already dead sea of the empire, it would be good.
But Vidrian told Soshyan a very cruel truth. Most of his ideas were actually aliens among aliens in the Empire, not to mention the Astartes, perhaps just because of his prestige and identity on many occasions.
No one will say it.
However, when it comes to promoting something at the imperial level, these resistances become very obvious.
"I don't deny that the Empire will briefly cooperate with some aliens when necessary, but brother Soshyan, you have to understand one thing. I will only tell you these words. The Empire is a huge iron box, and we are the station.
People outside the box can see more, but we cannot let the people in the iron box know that they can survive without this box. In that case, the box will be immediately demolished from the inside. I don’t deny that.
Short people are very powerful in some ways, and they may even be demi-humans... However, the more so, the more cautious we must be, and even try to avoid them getting involved in the empire, or exerting influence on the empire."