Chapter 433, arrival, speech, preparation
Twenty years later, this not-so-short journey has finally come to an end.
The First Expedition Fleet has arrived at its destination.
This is an assist so that the numb guys on the fleet can get some exciting news. Of course, they will not launch an attack immediately. Even at this moment, many ratmen are so impatient.
During this long period of time, the new generation of Skaven have grown up on the battleships of the First Expeditionary Fleet. From birth to adulthood, to taking over the work of the first generation of expeditioners on the battleships, they There is only one goal that has been instilled, and there is only one thing to wait for, and that is this planet.
A fanatical militant, but this is not surprising.
In the film and in the narration, they do not understand and have never been exposed to the world other than battleships, so they naturally become fanatical.
But no matter how fanatical they were, the war did not start immediately. Yes, it was a war. Even if you think about it, you can clearly know that the rat colonization will not be a very gentle thing. They have never The habit of negotiating with other races, destroying everything, cleaning everything, leaving only the rat people, this is what they want.
Putting these into practice requires some preparation.
During the twenty-year voyage, since the First Expeditionary Fleet was the first expeditionary fleet sent by the Skaven Empire, many problems arose. Of course, these were all recorded by the Skaven engineers on the battleship. , if the First Expeditionary Fleet can successfully return to the Skaven Empire to end this expedition, then these problems will not arise in the First and Second Colonial Expeditions.
But that was later, now, these issues are pressing.
The industrial zone stopped operating, lacked raw materials, and the production strategy was too radical at the beginning. In the first year or two, the industrial zone in the flagship converted 90% of the raw materials into all kinds of weapons. The insufficient flagship lacked recovery measures for these resources. This was originally a minor problem until a month before it was about to arrive at its destination.
At that time, in order to prepare for the war that was about to break out, the ratmen affairs officers in the fleet issued instructions for the industrial area to enter a preheating state. However, as soon as this order was issued, the ratmen engineers tested the equipment in the industrial area. , the situation is already bad. Nearly half of the industrial equipment cannot be started normally because it has been parked for a long time. Even those that can be started normally have various minor problems.
And there is more than one such serious problem.
The flagship's outer armor was damaged, unreasonable personnel arrangements caused too many Skaven engineers to be awakened from hibernation early, and a large number of small ships lacked maintenance. These messy problems almost made every Skaven affairs officer feel the tremors in their brains. .
If these problems, large and small, are not resolved, then I am afraid that this colonization will not go particularly smoothly.
Of course, they don't need to worry too much as the rat-man affairs officers. They only need to sort out the messy situation and report it.
The real captain of the First Expeditionary Fleet is about to wake up, and these are the things he has to worry about.
Outside the double star system, in the center of the huge fleet, deep in the flagship.
Two old guys stood quietly outside the room, waiting quietly. These two old guys were Qi's deputies and the deputy captains of this fleet.
At this moment, neither of their expressions were so calm. They had rotated with each other twice, and each had served two terms. They had been in charge of the First Expeditionary Fleet for ten years respectively. They were out-and-out leaders of this fleet. Big shot, but now, they are all a little scared.
There is no other reason, because both of them are doing bad things.
In the first five years of the rebellion, a group of Skaven guys wanted to seize control of the flagship and return to the Skaven Empire.
In the second collision of five years, the Skaven flagship collided with a frigate due to negligence. In this way, there was an additional damage on the right port of the flagship that has not yet been completely repaired.
There were no such serious incidents in the third and fourth five years, but the difficulties faced by the expedition fleet at this time were not resolved in the third and fourth five years and have continued to accumulate until now. And caused.
It is really not easy to become a serious captain, especially to become the captain of such a huge fleet.
They are afraid of being punished by the flag, and even more afraid of being directly hung up.
Even now, the rat people still love hanging. Of course, hanging is not over yet. The habit of hanging the corpse high has been continued. Even though many rat people have begun to call for the abolition of this punishment, it is just It doesn't work, the feeling of hanging fools and enemies and showing them off is simply awesome.
So, did the two deputies make any crooked ideas in this situation?
There may be, but it is more likely. If the flag does not appear today, then immediately, they will be executed on the spot and hung high by the guys from the battleship security office.
The military has always been something that every captain and commander needs to hold firmly, not to mention that the security office on the First Expeditionary Fleet was established by the flag's personal guard.
It's not that Qi doesn't trust his deputy, he just can't trust these guys at all.
In front of the dormitory room, the two high-ranking vice-captains waited in panic. Time passed slowly. The door of the cabin finally opened and the sound of the flag sounded.
"Come in."
The two deputies walked into the dormitory room in panic. If they were just terrified just now, their bodies had begun to tremble unconsciously now.
There is only one dormant warehouse in this dormitory room. Although it is not big, there is still a desk and three stools.
The two guys didn't sit down for a long time. They were trembling and sweating, and soon the hair on their bodies was wet.
It has to be said that these two guys are very well maintained. The hair on their bodies does not appear to be clearly straight and hard, but is extremely soft and shiny.
Apparently, the hardships experienced by the First Fleet did not concern them.
The flag that just walked out of the dormant warehouse was not that healthy. He looked very thin, and even his ribs were clearly highlighted. At this time, he was sitting on the table, with a bowl of slightly thin turbid food on his hand. liquid.
This is the energy block that is melted with water. If there is anyone who has the lowest quality of life among all the rat people, it must be Banner.
While sipping the bowl of extremely turbid liquid, Qi flipped through the large stack of documents that had been placed on the table early. These documents generally summarized what happened in the past twenty years. one time. Of course, Qi had awakened ten years ago and stayed on the First Expeditionary Fleet for a period of time, but that time point was obviously not a good time for personal calculation.
These documents were what made the two vice-captains sweat. This showed that a third party was always watching them. This meant that the words and rhetoric they prepared, and even the behavior of blaming the other side, were all It is very difficult to have any effect.
Drenched in cold sweat.
Qi just flipped through the documents in front of him page by page. Beside him, the two guys kept shaking like this. Until finally, there was even a touch of numbness and calmness on their faces. Qi stopped. He made a move in his hand.
He simply turned his attention to the two guys in front of him and stared at them calmly.
With a pop, a guy knelt down on the ground first. Obviously, this guy was not as calm as he showed. Then, another guy knelt down with a pop.
Just like that, the two guys with the most power in the fleet besides Qi knelt down in front of Qi like slaves.
Qi was not prepared to deal with them. Over the long years, he gradually understood the truth, that is, many times, you have to tolerate the existence of fools, because if you do not tolerate them, the possibility of appearing in front of you next Just two stupider idiots.
At least these two guys drove the First Fleet to its destination, and they were still idiots with some ability.
Soon, very smoothly, Qi once again took control of the entire First Fleet, and all kinds of problems were decided in his hands.
The fleet continued to move forward, sending reconnaissance ships to begin collecting information and looking for suitable space mineral spots.
There is a specialized space mining force in the First Expedition Fleet cluster. As long as they start operating, the lack of various resources can be alleviated.
The industrial area in the flagship is now in a mess, but those rat engineers are not complete idiots. The most important industrial mother bed on the battleship is still carefully maintained in a sealed state, and the drawings are not there either. Damaged by loss.
There is still hope, but it will take some time.
Does Qi have this time? Yes, the past twenty years have passed. Do we have to be anxious at this important moment when we finally arrive? Moreover, the distribution of equipment, retraining, and the reconnaissance of the target planet are all kinds of things. Nothing is done yet.
After sorting out these messy things and things to be done, and pushing forward the most important and urgent things first to solve them, then this messy situation finally has some clues.
At this time, a rat-man affairs officer walked quickly towards Qi. Of course, sorting out some clues from this messy situation does not mean that Qi can have some leisure time. At this point when Qi just woke up, Qi It's going to be a busy time.
Not long after, the arrival of a group of rat girls made Qi's side a little more noisy. As they moved, Qi's hair was straightened out, maintained and trimmed, his claws were polished to a shiny finish, and he wore a pair of clothes that were due to weight loss. And the dress that highlights the ribs is covered up.
If Qi had to say it himself, he felt like a prairie dog in full bloom at this time. Normally, Qi would not be willing to accept such a attire, but it was different now.
The new generation of ratmen on the First Expeditionary Fleet must know who their commanders and commanders are.
This was Hata's first time greeting them, so he chose to look brighter and more gregarious, less like an old guy.
After a series of procedures were completed, Qi took off a wide black captain's hat from the tray, put it on his head, and stood up. He was about to wave his hat on the stage of the broadcast room on the flagship. soldiers, to make them follow him, for which he prepared a speech.
On this day, in the entire First Fleet, a somewhat thin guy appeared in front of all the ratmen.
He spoke very calmly, but it attracted cheers from almost all the ratmen. This was an extremely successful speech. It was hard to believe that Qi Mingming had been dormant and disconnected from these new generation ratmen for so long.
But he was able to make these guys cheer for him collectively during a speech.
This is an extremely incredible thing, but Qi doesn't think it's anything. Speeches have always been very simple for him. You just need to tell what these guys want, and then they will naturally cheer for you. .
What do these new generations want?
The wide space, the open and unlimited supply of resources, the ignorance and enthusiasm for colonizing the planet.
As a result, Qi emphasized these points loudly in his lectures.
"Get that planet! Then there will be a wide space! Get that planet! Our resources will no longer be scarce! Get that planet! It will belong to us!"
"For the great gods! For the great emperor!"
It's that simple, the speech is that simple. After Qi shouted all this, naturally, his name also appeared in the cheering slogans of these new generations of rat people.
"For the great captain's flag! For the great captain's flag!"
The speech came to an end, and Qi did not stay here longer. There were still many things that he needed to deal with during this period. He did not want to be stuck here forever, stuck on this planet that he was not familiar with. He also He will go back and get the Ratman Empire, Qi made a promise to him.
The mobilization of the Skaven First Fleet was quickly completed. As the reconnaissance ships scanned this galaxy, several suitable space minerals were quickly found. These minerals fell on an asteroid. belt and a satellite.
Soon, this colonial war will begin.
In fact, the indigenous people on that planet should be able to respond to what is about to happen. After all, such a huge fleet was already exposed when the First Expedition Fleet completely broke into this galaxy. .
Now, even with the optical telescope, it is possible to observe the arrival of the rat people. I hope they are ready.
(End of chapter)