Chapter 2175 Fox Hunter
For the parts under the clouds in most of the empire's hives, rain has always seemed to be a strange sight.
At first everything seemed normal, but not normal, then the wind suddenly rose, and raindrops fell to the ground in just a few seconds. Then the road began to reflect starlight, and the high walls and spiers became damp and dark, even in the sun. After rising again, the ground was still mottled.
Gabriel McGuire sat in a car in a wet parking lot after the rain, his gray eyes staring straight into the distance.
This is Sagan 5. It is one of the main ports for entry and exit in the Sagan system. It is also the only way to pass through the main channel of the Maelstrom area. Most ships need to stop here before going to the main star of Sagan. For a short berth, Sagan 5 also has the third largest airport in the Maelstrom after Sagan Prime and Sagan 2, and almost all the nests on the planet are for trade services.
In particular, the main planetary capital, Lassidaimon, has become a place where merchants gather and the good and the good are mixed. The Expeditionary Force's setting up of a recruit training camp on Sagan V has created a different kind of "vitality" here. ".
Along with the prosperous economy comes serious crime problems and smuggling problems.
As the youngest law enforcement officer in the Sagan Legal Department, at only 29 years old, Gabriel McGuire has arrested countless smugglers, drug kingpins, human traffickers, and illegal organ traders during his law enforcement career. , illegal technology traders, alien commodity dealers, etc., most of them are desperadoes, and he has had countless brushes with death, and sometimes even jokingly calls himself the gold coin that the emperor cannot squander.
But in the past few years, he has encountered one of the most difficult opponents, and also the prey he most desires to capture.
Suddenly, the clouds above the nest city began to glow, and the shower stopped for an instant. The entire atmosphere began to rise, bend, and stir, creating a huge vortex in the center of the clouds.
Then the black vortex grew bigger and bigger, until a huge shuttle appeared. It rushed out of the clouds like a beast, throwing off steam and dirt, its brake thrusters burned at full speed, and its long wings were also exposed from the clouds. , slide down in front of the vantage point.
Gabriel immediately took out his telescope. He saw the scratches on the metal of the huge shuttle's shell, which were the marks left by the friction with the atmosphere after nearly a thousand take-offs and landings. On both sides of it, The logo on the side is almost worn away. Such giant shuttles are often the product of cooperation between the Adeptus Mechanicus and large business groups.
Generally speaking, there are hundreds of crew members operating on it, as well as a considerable number of industrial servitors. Those servitors are usually huge and ugly, but they work as tenaciously as the Gross herd.
The scene of the giant shuttle landing is breathtaking. The landing gear of the shuttle is extended, its propellers are spitting flames, and it finally lands on the majestic platform, just like a fat bird landing on the majestic platform. General on his lair.
There is almost no pause. The steel cable is connected to the fixture of the platform. The coolant fills the shuttle's nozzle. Before the propeller spits out the last few wisps of pale yellow flames, the unloading work has already begun. here we go.
"How often does this kind of take-off and landing occur?"
When putting down the telescope, Gabriel asked the man in the driver's seat, who was his most trusted intelligence agent Babu.
The stubble-faced man thought for a moment, and then replied:
“About 23 standard Terra days, and before that they will prepare excess for the upcoming goods. Storage location."
"The recent explosion near the airport must be related to this?"
The intelligence officer shrugged slightly.
“A shrinking pond always attracts predators. Everyone knows that the expedition will be over soon. Everyone wants to get the final bonus. Regarding the rights to use the airport and warehouse The struggle has been going on, some coming from internal fighting between companies, and some coming from various criminal groups. Of course, there will always be figures above the clouds behind them."
"The airport has always been there. It’s not a safe place, there is indeed such a problem, but the goods are still flowing, you know what I’m asking.”
The intelligence officer pondered for a moment and shook his head. "Dude, you know, no one wants to talk about the Gray Fox Group. When gangs are fighting around for trucking routes, as long as they see the Gray Fox logo, they will disappear immediately."
Gabrielle smiled.
“So you should know why I’m here. The expeditionary force’s smuggling ban has actually made some industries more profitable, just like the demand for banned drugs and smuggled weapons will never disappear, right? "
"It is undeniable that medicines and weapons will be the most stable demand even at the end of the world."
"It is not easy to transport and store these things. We have reason to believe that. Only the largest criminal groups can carry out smuggling through official airports with such arrogance. This is also the root cause of the recent frequent violence. Everyone hopes to get a piece of the pie under Gray Fox. I have been tracking this criminal group for four years, but so far, We haven’t caught any of their key members yet. It’s useless to arrest them any more. They can only get access to the most basic business. Not long ago, I dealt with a large-scale gang conflict in Sagan 3. The violence even spread to China. Nest, thousands of casualties, and during the inspection of the scene, the Ministry of Justice discovered that they had obtained newly manufactured military weapons-specifically, military-grade individual weapons of unknown origin."
Law Enforcement Officer. Rest your thumb and index finger on your chin.
"Babu, what do you think about them getting such weapons?"
"I don't know, sir, but now is a time of war, and it doesn't seem difficult for military weapons to flow into the civilian population?"
" This is exactly the problem. During the war, such a large amount of weapons smuggling was uncontrolled? The gray industrial group even used force to eliminate the behemoth Babu of the Thirteen Silver Coins Association. Did you know that the gang war was even called the 'Apocalypse' by the scum, and more than twenty hives were involved in it, and ten Tens of thousands of people died as a result. "
"Isn't it okay for the scum to be dog-eat-dog? Not to mention that the Thirteen Silver Coin Society is a notorious gang that specializes in human trafficking and organ trading, the most despicable things. Black industry."
Gabriel stared at this old friend who had worked with him for more than ten years, and then whispered "
"Babu, don't you think the gray fox looks 'better'?"
The intelligence agent sighed.
“Sir, I walk in the bottom nest every day and deal with all kinds of people. To be honest, you should also understand that gangs and gangs cannot be eliminated. If one is eliminated, there will be another one. , then why don’t we choose one that doesn’t look so bad?”
“So if it doesn’t look bad today, who can guarantee that it won’t be the second Thirteen Silver Coin tomorrow? The most important thing is the power behind this group of people. There are already enough moths in the maelstrom. When the soldiers are fighting on the front line, why should these damn bastards be allowed to eat their heads full of fat? It's not enough to be aloof, but they also have to stretch their hands. Go to these illegal businesses!"
"Gabriel, you are too radical. In the Empire, sometimes the law does not fully apply."
"Okay, don't say so much, have you made arrangements?"
Babu nodded.
"Okay, notify other teams immediately and initiate action!"
(End of this chapter)