The mercenary market in the main city of Jacob is located on the lower level of the city's vertical building complex, far away from the bustling city center and commercial buildings, between dark buildings and industrial buildings composed of metal transportation pipes and chimneys.
The mercenary market is set up inside a huge commercial plaza. The small and remote headquarters of most mercenary companies are close to shops selling cheap industrial products. Even the large mercenary organizations will not spend extra money.
Rent an entire floor as a headquarters and instead choose to spend more money on a training base.
The mercenary market in Jacob City was much deserted than Augustus imagined. It was deserted. Even in the shops with neon signboards, you could see many lower-class residents shopping.
Augustus is on the first floor of the Commercial Plaza. This huge building covers an area equivalent to a hundred football fields. The bottom floor is the commercial area, and above it are offices and sports venues.
The first floor of the commercial plaza has a towering dome and a grid of shops. Augustus shuttled among the shops, looking for mercenary organizations among them. Augustus noticed that in Maury
As a commercial center in Asia, products such as industrial synthetic food, desalinated seawater, and plastic products are much cheaper than Tarsonis.
The synthetic food produced by Moria's food factories is enough to feed the four billion people on the entire planet. A Moria person only needs to work for one day on the factory production line or the loading dock of the star port to feed a family of five.
, but even so, thousands of people still starved to death.
The decline of the Kaimorian mercenary market is not unrelated to the end of the Kaimorian War. The Federation lost control of most of its colonies and mining worlds. Its sphere of influence has shrunk significantly.
The trade routes no longer exist, and the mercenaries' jobs are temporarily reduced.
Many mercenaries changed careers during this period and became interstellar pirates, preparing to return to Moria when the market was good.
But in a federation that controls the vast majority of the population in the form of guild enterprises and trade fleets, powerful people are more than happy to hire a well-trained mercenary army in addition to forming a private security force.
"The Alliance's Hammer Security Company is the largest mercenary organization here. At the same time, Umoyan's Hill and Harris Company also has a permanent office here." The mercenaries shuttled among the deserted mercenaries in Augustus.
While in the market, Kerrigan, who had already done the research, reported to him.
"After the Battle of Kailian, the original Camorian legions also disintegrated and formed various mercenary or pirate organizations. For example, several Cerberus fighter wings of the coalition formed the Cerberus Security Company, which provided
The interstellar trading fleet provided escort, while another branch of the Hell's Angels, suspected to be composed of the Cerberus Wing, became a pirate organization."
"They themselves dismembered their own legion, and the guild guards who once fought for glory were abandoned casually. Within twenty years, the Camorion Federation will never have a chance to turn around." Augustus said coldly.
Putting these words aside, I walked into the depths of the mercenary market with my hands behind my back.
After coming to Moria and coming into contact with various senior leaders and elites of the Federation, Augustus became increasingly disappointed. The Kymorian Federation had once provoked a war with the Tyranid Federation. In the early days of the war, they
Having gained the upper hand, the coalition fleet blocked the borders of the Tyranid Federation and advanced to one-third of the star system in the Koprulu sector.
The guild guards of the Federation are known as the most indestructible warriors. The numerous arrogant legions composed of various guilds and families have destroyed one Federation world after another.
Today, that powerful alliance has become a thing of the past, and their rulers can no longer muster the courage to fight head-on with the Federation.
Since the territory of the Federation was compressed into Moria and several recent systems, the Kaimorians have lost the qualification to compete with the Federation, and there is even a tendency to become its vassals.
Apart from weapons and their factories operating at full capacity, the Camerion Consortium will likely not be able to provide Augustus with any support.
"The Hammer Security Company is currently the best choice. Their employees have rich combat experience and are reliable. After the Kailian War, this company accepted many retired guild guards and veterans of the Kaimorian Auxiliary Army.
." Kerrigan said.
"They are the only ones." Augustus also saw many small and medium-sized mercenary organizations along the way, but small mercenaries generally only have one or two combat teams of less than ten people, and there are not many medium-sized organizations that can exceed the number of people.
One hundred people.
Mercenaries are often elites, and their number is not large. Only those who have experienced hundreds of battles and are lucky enough can survive until now. Compared with the power armor mass-produced by the regular army, they generally add more reliability to their power armor.
parts and specialized weapons to cope with the complex space environment and the various enemies they encounter during their adventures.
"Hill's mercenary company is headquartered in Umoyan, and water from afar cannot quench your thirst nearby." Augustus led Kerrigan and his mercenaries through the mercenary market, shaking his head frequently, and finally went straight to Hammer Security.
's headquarters.
"We will rush back to the fleet before 23:00 today, with the last batch of Camorion 1 armed heavy tanks and rail guns... and the latest purchase of cutting-edge detection helmets and goggles, so that we can
Deal with those invisible enemies."
Now Augustus is still worried about the colonial fleet that was attacked. If the attackers are the Tal'darin protoss, then they will never have any compassion for humans.
The Tal'darin protoss may be attacking humans because they happen to come to their homeland, or it may be just a hunting game aimed at gaining the pleasure of hunting.
Hammer Security Company is one of the top mercenary organizations in the consortium today, and its headquarters occupies half a floor of this huge commercial plaza.
The company's headquarters is basically composed of internal staff and mercenaries who have returned to the headquarters after completing their missions. As soon as Augustus appeared, he attracted the attention of a person in charge of the Hammer Security Company.
"Hello, my manager here is Otmar." A tall middle-aged man received Augustus. It only took him a few seconds to recognize the revolutionary marshal in front of him.
"If we admit our mistake correctly, you should be Marshal Augustus Mengsk of the Revolutionary Army." He shook hands with Augustus and said.
"During the Four Years' War, I also served in Turasis 2 as a member of the Guild Guards. When the Demon of Heaven fell from the sky from the 34th Internment Camp where federal prisoners of war were held, my smuggler team and I happened to be there.
We were performing tasks nearby, but because you evacuated very quickly, my people didn't have time to catch up." The former guild guard said with emotion.
"But I often think that if I arrive by chance, maybe I and my people will add another piece to your record and die in Turasis 2."
"Misfortune and fortune depend on each other, Mr. Ultramar." Augustus shook hands with him.
"I need an elite Hammer security force, about... about a few thousand people, tentatively."