New Canaan is a prosperous and prosperous place. The very enterprising first-generation Terradorians established this young but vibrant city on the coast of the Emerald Sea. Its excellent geographical location and all-weather starport attracted people from all over the world.
Colonists from all over Terrador IV, rich people from the nine nearby main star worlds, and middle-class people with a tendency to immigrate.
There are no towering skyscrapers in other core worlds or linearly distributed modular towns in other worlds. The wooden and stone houses are all very textured and distinctive, and their architectural style is extremely rare to see in any period of humankind.
In the business district of downtown New Canaan, the wide streets are paved with irregularly patterned colored floor tiles and painted wooden boards. The streets are lined with trees and luxuriant branches. The thick tree trunks are followed by the use of handicrafts.
, shops decorated with crystal windows and handsome men and beautiful women, New Canaan’s shop owners enthusiastically sell souvenirs, local wine, pets and other goods they can get from various channels to tourists who come here.
Even in this era, interstellar travel and vacations across multiple astronomical units and multiple galaxies are only for the rich. Of course, if a person from a very poor class can get a one-person erection spacecraft with a jump engine in the garbage dump,
If he can find a few barrels of low-quality crude gas fuel, he can fly out of the galaxy. The rest depends on whether he is lucky enough.
The pedestrians on the streets of New Canaan in Terrador IX are all well-dressed and elegantly wealthy people. They may come from more than ten parsecs (astronomical unit: equivalent to 3.26 light-years) away. Many of them are
Young men and women who come for their honeymoon can more or less see the traces of minimally invasive laser plastic surgery on their faces.
When walking on the streets of New Canaan at night with the gentle sea breeze, young Matt Horner knew that every glamorous man and woman who passed by him might have more wealth than the stores in Holt's stores.
Total assets. But Matt doesn’t need to care about this, after all, the possibility of him inheriting the family’s property is slim.
The Horner family is a local small business family, which can be considered middle class. They own their own house and a land-based hover car in New Canaan. As the second son of the family, Matt Horner has lived in a small-scale family since he was a child.
In an environment that is generous but at least has enough food and clothing, he does not have to drop out of school early in junior high school or high school like many young people in the fringe world of the Tyranid Federation and work hard to make a living.
Just like many young people of this age in Terrador IX, the fifteen-year-old Matt Horner is in the most confused stage of his life. Matt never needs to worry about what to eat for the next meal.
He was worried about how to fill his stomach, but he didn't have many choices in life.
The younger generation of Terrador, like Matt, either find a job locally after graduating from high school, or choose to go to college to continue their education. In the past, the richest Terradorites would send their children to
Tarsonis or Korhal IV went to college, but Matt had to rely on his own hard work and scholarship.
Nowadays, there is often an all-too-common trouble that deeply troubles the young Matt, that is, he does not know what he should do in the future and what kind of career he should pursue. It is just a matter of staying in Terrador.
, or wait for the day when his son inherits his father's legacy, or choose to go to Tarsonis for further studies, Matt already has the answer in his heart. After all, he is convinced that he will never be able to stand the idle and unchanged life in his hometown.
When Matt was very young, he liked to stay at the beach and look at the sea. He could not take his eyes off the luxury yachts, moorings and cruise hotels passing by on the coast. Perhaps every boy has a fantasy of going on a voyage when looking at the sea.
And even the ocean has an end. Only the vast sea of stars is the destination for all those who yearn for adventure in this era.
In Koprulu's interstellar age, some people never left the land beneath their feet from birth to death, while some people knew from birth that their destiny was to swim among the stars.
This day makes no difference to Matt. Before the end of spring break, he has a lot of time to spend wandering around. Across New Canaan's central shopping street and heading north, you will find the world-famous Emerald.
The sea, where there are beautiful sailing boats and seaplanes.
The Horner family is not a big family with strict family rules, and Mrs. Horner never stipulates what time the children in the family must return. After all, compared with his father and brother, Matt has always been a peaceful and quiet person.
He harbors the dream of escaping gravity and entering the starry sky, but he will never be affected by distant dreams. Seriousness, pragmatism and down-to-earthness are the fundamental reasons why the Horner family was able to gain a foothold on Terrador IX during the colonial era.
The walk through the commercial street is long, but Matt doesn't mind improving his life experience by contacting all kinds of people. Only the lively voices can make him feel a change in his unchanging daily life.
Deep in the commercial street, the neon signs and colorful lights of the shops illuminated a world of brilliant lights in front of Matt's eyes. Further ahead, black iron railings separated the streets in the wealthy residential area and the commercial area.
, domesticated beasts and security personnel armed with C-20A shotguns and P-40 submachine guns guard the boundary between the two.
At this time, Matt suddenly heard the sound of neat footsteps. Among the pedestrians on the commercial street, a squad of federal marines wearing light brown power armor was walking quickly past.
These federal marines are all wearing freshly painted CMC-200 power armor, holding C-14 Gauss rifles, and are tall. With the help of the servo system, they can stride very far just by lifting their feet. Land Warfare
The team members' shining armor, which seemed to have been greased, had a unicorn symbol on it, indicating that they all came from the Knights of Terrador, a well-equipped defense force colonial force.
The Marines of the Federation have always been "reputed" on various planets for being invincible and invincible, while the Marines of Terrador have a more noble mission - to improve the protection of the wealthy areas of New Canaan.
The knights of Terrador who wear "knight armor" are different from those warriors who have been resocialized. They all come from local families and retain their complete personalities.
Strictly speaking, the Knights of Terrador are just the planetary defense force of the Terrador system. Their predecessors were just the militia of this system. They are not even under the jurisdiction of the Federation Army, but directly belong to the Governor of the Terrador system.
Since they have not experienced war for more than a hundred years, the Knights of Terrador often take jobs that can earn extra income. The Knights serve the rich, big merchants and nobles, and their business involves all aspects.
This includes providing personal protection for dignitaries who are out hunting, or serving as a beach lifeguard.
Like the ghetto's security guards, the Knights of Terrador serve only wealthy or powerful clients—or both. Among the Terradorites, the Knights do not have a good reputation.
Those Terradorites who like to criticize current affairs always refer to the Knights of Terrador as "green crabs on stilts" to mock their shiny armor and ridiculous fighting prowess.
The soldiers of the Knights passed by Matt and walked quickly into the distance without stopping to look at him. Looking at the hurried appearance of these Knights members, they were either rushing to put out a fire in the wealthy area of New Canaan.
Calling for a rescue of a certain wealthy man's pet cat that climbed up a tree.
Matt couldn't help but envy this shining armor. He turned to look at the Terrador Knights team who were walking away behind him, hoping that he would have the opportunity to wear them and experience it. This is not like Matt is like a certain
Jimmy, the boy from Shiloh's farm, decided to join the army just after seeing the majestic Goliath armed robot. He just yearned for these things and wanted to join the federal army at all.
Just when Matt retracted his gaze and turned to look forward again, a man with broad shoulders and short dark gray hair was walking towards him. Matt could tell at a glance that this man was extraordinary.
His eyebrows are slightly furrowed, which makes people feel that he is worried about something, and this matter cannot be a trivial matter that is trivial to his family.
At a certain second, the man suddenly turned his head to look at Matt and locked eyes with him. New Canaan is close to the ocean, and there is a cool breeze at night, so the long windbreaker on the man's body is not such an environment.
Looking at each other for a few seconds - maybe just for a moment, Matt blushed so much that he looked away and his ears became wet. Matt Horner, who is only fifteen years old, is a shy child.
soft.
Matt is wearing a black student uniform, and it can be seen at a glance that he is a student.
At this time, Matt was still a fair-faced boy with dark brown curly hair and a clean, boyish appearance. Matt's skin was fairer, his Adam's apple was not obvious, and his childishness remained. Even as a child,
Boy, he can relate to cuteness too.
"Child...are you a local?" The man's eyes lit up and he called Matt. His voice was very gentle, but with a bit of deep hoarseness, as if the wind, sand and harsh environment were in the universe.
The middle journey destroyed his voice.
No one could refuse this gentleman's question. Matt was convinced of this.
"Yes...yes sir." Matt replied.
In front of this tall man, Matt, who is still in the growth stage, can only see the clear-cut muscular chest under the man's open windbreaker. This is undoubtedly a man with great masculinity and elegant demeanor, even when girls see him.
It made him blush, let alone Matt.
Behind this man are two beautiful girls, one with red hair and one with pink hair, both of whom look beautiful. And further behind are four tall male bodyguards, whose muscles are bulging bigger than Matt's thighs.
Even thicker. Especially the strong man with black hair. Matt had no doubt that he could kill a Terrador pilot whale with one punch.
Matt's eyes stayed on the pink-haired girl for a moment, and he looked away when he saw the girl blinking at him. The girl should be older and taller.
"Do you know the way to the headquarters of the Knights of Terrador?" the man asked.
"Yes, sir." Matt replied immediately.
"I can take you to the Knights' headquarters. It's not far from here. In fact, it's in the direction you came from. I happen to be passing by there," he said.
"I think you must have missed it. Terrador IX is different from other planets. The positioning system here may take your car or spaceship into the trench instead of into a knight's castle."
Following strangers or traveling together in New Canaan at night is not a wise choice. Although it is not like the lower city of the main city of Tarsonis, where shootings occur every moment, the Terran Federation territory
There is no absolutely safe place in China. Even when traveling at night, try to avoid chaotic slums.
Fortunately, this is the core urban area of New Canaan. Although the Knights of Terrador often fight back and forth with the pirates of this system, the security work is still quite good. Matt is not worried about the other party.
Tie yourself up and sell yourself to human traffickers - any child, whether he is a boy or a girl, should be wary of criminals who are everywhere.
"Really? It seems that I am lost." The man looked around and showed an annoyed expression: "I think I did miss it, because the navigation system of my personal terminal keeps reporting errors."
"Then thank you for leading the way with us." He turned around and said to the followers behind him: "It seems we have to go back again."
"It's just a piece of cake." Matt followed, avoiding the men's fierce guards and the girls who were obviously curious about him.
"What's your name?" the man asked him on the way.
"Matt Horner, my grandfather came from a distant, barren colonial world." Matt replied.
"I am Augustus Antoninus Nicholas of Korhal," Augustus said to him.
"I am a merchant, coming to Terrador to import some new goods."
"Are you from Korhal?" Matt was surprised.
"But I remember that Korhar has been... Sir, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to mention that sad thing. My parents, my classmates and many people in Terrador couldn't believe this.
It’s true, many people were colonized from Korhal IV a few generations ago.”
"What a catastrophe -" he said.
"Yes." Augustus said sadly: "Many people died. Kehal was once one of the most prosperous colonies in the Tyranid Federation. Its economy, technology, humanities and art have all developed to a golden age. It was originally useless.
How long will it take before the federal government of Tarsonis can no longer seize Korhal's assets at will as before?"
"After the destruction of Korhal, I have been traveling in the Koprulu Sector, looking for the lost tribesmen in various places, and dreaming of rebuilding Korhal one day."
"I can feel your sorrow and sympathy. You are very kind, Matt." Augustus said: "It is fate to meet a child like you on Terrador IX. It is a kind of fate."
fate."
"God has not yet abandoned those who honor him most."
"Yes, sir." Matt said with a blush.
What Matt didn't know was that as early as two years ago, several agents under Augustus were ordered to go to Terrador IX to find a man named Matt Horner. On this planet, his name is Matt.
There are not many people with this name, but the surname Horner mainly comes from New Trinidad, and is a relatively rare surname in Terrador.
By comparing identities, ages and disguised contacts, Augustus' agents finally identified the second son of the Horner family in New Canaan as the person the Revolutionary Army Marshal asked them to find.