Connor Shepard is waiting for the summons of the "Citadel Council" at a hotel near "Capitol Hill".
This "Citadel Council" is naturally not the other Citadel Council. According to Locke Shepard, it is composed of thirteen members and a speaker. It manages the "Citadel" and "Zion" as well as a large number of people trying to
The ships and captains' departments that our compatriots rescued from the clutches of the "Matrix" have certain powers, but they are far from authoritative. The Citadel basically dares to disobey even a captain. However, in Zion itself, its
The influence is similar to that of real governments in history.
However, regarding this "history", the two sides have completely different views.
Locke believes that in 1999 AD, humans created the super AI [GROX] that destroyed the earth, the solar system, and even the entire galaxy. Kangna and the others were lucky enough to escape the capture of the mechanical monsters and successfully escaped to "
The human branch of the extragalactic system.
Kangna and the crew she brought naturally did not agree with this conclusion. From their perspective, Locke's "Galaxy" was just the center of the Milky Way, and the "extragalactic galaxy" he considered was the normal cantilever of the Milky Way.
Humanity has never had a similar disaster, and the Millennium Bug incident from 1999 to 2000 was resolved in a relatively easy way. Locke and the others were clearly trapped in the virtual world by "GROX" or "Reapers". With their own
The human beings whose will escaped from it were harvested in the previous reincarnation.
Oh, the last reincarnation was Prothean? That was the last reincarnation. They thought they had successfully escaped after being controlled by machines for hundreds of years, but in fact it was at least 100,000 years before they were freed from machine control.
A simple and crude logic is, will a precision machine fail when it first leaves the factory, or will it fail after running for 100,000 years?
Since the two sides were in first contact, neither one had the confidence to convince the other. However, since Zion wanted to know more about the outside world, and "Overwatch" also wanted to know more about the Reapers, the dispute was temporarily shelved, and the Normandy II took the initiative to make a peace gesture.
, follow the Normandy into the territory of these "galactic humans".
However, due to some "concerns", the "Citadel" did not allow them to dock. Instead, they took the Normandy II directly to land on an Earth-like planet called "Zion" and temporarily blocked the news of their arrival, waiting for God to wait.
The Fort Council will discuss the charter before having a formal meeting.
Regarding the treatment called "receiving the wind and washing the dust", which is actually house arrest, Kangna's crew members didn't care at all, because... these "galactic humans" are really too weak. Except for Illya's father,
Outside of Kelly Kamsky who appeared here for some unknown reason, all the people he saw were ordinary people who could only rely on external things.
However, Zion's contempt is also shown on his face. After all, the crew members that Kangna regards as the main force are all women and children who seem to be powerless. Except for Sam, the only ones who are taken seriously by the guards are
There are only a few capable mechanics on the machinery deck.
By the way, she didn’t know where Emil’s rather small mecha had gone. According to her, it was put into her belt... Okay, let’s just treat it like that.
The only thing that concerned Connor a little was Mr. Kelly's pseudonym "Thomas A. Anderson". Anderson and Shepard...these partners' names with a strong sense of déjà vu, if not a coincidence, proved that about the "Reaper"
, there are deeper, surreal factors, just like... John Shepard.
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"I am Batman!"
"I'm Robin!"
"Then I'm Catwoman!"
"Hahaha... Anyone who dresses up as an animal is insane!"
"Ola Ola Ola!"
"Wood big wood big wood big!"
"...Is today Halloween?" Kangna stood at the window, watching the children in fancy clothes fighting each other outside, and was speechless for a moment.
"No, that's just a common game of pretending to be a 'superhero'," Locke Shepard knocked on the open guest room door: "The Council wants to see you, Commander Shepard."
"Well...don't you feel awkward calling me that?" Kangna turned around and asked.
"Those who are familiar with him will call me Locke, and those who are not familiar with him will call me Commander." Locke replied, and then took a step back to get out of the way.
"You only see me?" Kang Na straightened her appearance a little and walked out of the hotel room.
"You are the captain. In our case, the captain of a ship can be fully responsible for everything on that ship." Locke turned and led the way: "If you think you need someone else to explain the Reaper's intelligence together, I can also
Send someone to invite him."
【Invite Gwen Stacy】
[Invite Emile Mengsk]
[Invite Kaos Lechtem]
[Invite Ilya Kamski]
this……
Kangna looked at the pop-up action suggestions and couldn't hide her surprise.
If this candidate is not picked at random, it means that they all have a certain level of knowledge about the "Reaper" that they do not understand and can "supplement".
This information itself is not important, after all, almost all large forces are doing research on the kind of mechanical monster that can destroy a reincarnation.
What is really shocking is that all of these people were recommended to her by the "Earth Guardian".
Further inference shows that the information possessed by "Heaven's Lock" is far beyond his previous estimation. He is probably really doing something that cannot be understood by ordinary people, but is indeed beneficial to the "blue and pure world".
If this is true, why doesn't he make it public... Oh, no.
Kang Na slightly recovered her divergent thinking.
For the Star Alliance and the Citadel Council, the "Reaper" is just an uncertain event that will appear in the future and may lead to the demise of all civilizations.
Using resources may lead to defeat in competition with other civilizations or races, and loss of status in the Citadel Council. This tangible consequence is far more urgent than some distant "threat of annihilation"
.
At least, this is what the permanent director civilizations think. Even after experiencing the incident in which the Reapers collaborated with the geth to attack the Citadel, their preparations were only to defend against the next "Reaper attack on the Citadel".
Not "Reaper attacks across the galaxy".
On the contrary, the "Earth Guardians" seem to have determined from the beginning that "the Reapers will inevitably launch an attack within a few years." All actions, whether legal, marginal or illegal, are all aimed at making human beings
survive this disaster.
Perhaps this reverse trip to the center of the galaxy was to allow the various forces behind the recruiters to confirm this.
Although he must not have expected that in addition to the Human League, there is also a small group of "galactic humans" existing.
"Commander Shepard?" Locke turned around.
Not having super-speed thinking is really troublesome...
"I'm thinking about it," Connor responded while making a decision: "Please invite Ms. Gwen Stacy."
