Chapter 3067: A tough problem
After seeing that the Lord of Watchfort agreed, the other members of the killing team immediately had a brief clinking of glasses, and then drank freely the Bergmann beer of the Wotan Federation and Soshyan's beer. The taste is indeed correct, the taste of this wine is more in line with Astarte's taste-mellow, with a bit of metallic texture.
"Captain Soshyan, are there any more?"
Seeing Ulesen looking like he hadn't had enough to drink, Soshyan smiled slightly, turned around and pointed outside the cabin.
“Of course.”
There, there was a tall metal wine can, with two ironborn standing next to it. Upon seeing this, Uleson immediately walked out with bright eyes, and took a large glass of it himself without caring about the ironborn.
Soshyan also took a cup from the Ironborn at this time, and then walked to Vidrian.
“Master, I would like to talk to you privately about something, is that convenient?”
The other party nodded.
“Of course.”
Then the two walked out of the gunboat holding wine glasses. Vidrian went to another gunboat first and told the Death Watch soldiers inside that they could drink some short man beer, and then they went to a secluded corner of the flight deck with Soshyan.
“.I was on the bridge before and observed the Hearthborn’s navigation mode and technology. To be honest, I personally feel that compared to the Empire’s unstable navigation methods, the short people are indeed ahead in this regard. Lord Vidrian, do you think these technologies should be introduced into the empire?”
After listening to Soshiyang’s words, Vidrian was silent for a moment and said slowly:
“Death Watch” It is not a collective organization in the true sense, Chapter Leader Soshiyan, I really have nothing to say about the technological development of the empire."
"But I also know that the Death Watch is relatively less conservative. , often using some non-imperial technology, just chatting, you don’t need to care.”
Vidrian raised his head and looked at the Ironborn guarding the metal wine can not far away.
"Captain Soshyan, do you have a good relationship with the Short Men?"
"During the Maelstrom Expedition, we had cooperation with them, of course only on a commercial basis. They are A pure businessman who only speaks for profit."
"I have been checking intelligence information about short people before, but there is not much information about short people in the Silent Fortress."
Heard. When the other party said this, Soshi raised his eyebrows.
"Oh? Are you also interested in them?"
"Yes."
"I have always regretted that the empire does not understand this neighbor. It would be helpful to increase exchanges and cooperation with them. The empire is beneficial, and I have been trying to understand their society, culture, science and technology.”
Vidrian retracted his gaze, looked at Soshyan, and raised his glass, and Soshyan also raised it. The two touched the cups lightly, and then Vidrian took a sip and asked:
“Why do you want to understand them?”
Soshyan blinked.
"This can increase the chances and depth of cooperation with them, and even get assistance from the other party and obtain technology useful to the empire." "With all due respect, you really don't look like an Aspen Tate."
"Why did Lord Fortress say this?"
"When we learn about a group of aliens, the only goal is to destroy them. It’s also my only motivation for understanding them.”
After hearing this, Soshiyang was silent for a long time, and then took a sip of Bergmann beer.
“Brother Vidrian, don’t you think there are too many enemies of the empire now?”
A subtle expression appeared on Vidrian’s unsmiling face, and he replied :
“We are soldiers and weapons. The only two things we have to consider are where the enemies are and how to destroy them. As for defining who the enemy is, it does not fall within the scope of our responsibilities.”
Soshyan squeezed out a somewhat forced smile.
"By the way, the Adeptus Mechanicus seems to have said that it is possible for short people to have the same origin as humans? Maybe they are really a type of demi-human."
Vidrian shook his head.
"Brother Soshiyang, I wonder if you have heard of the Tau."
"Of course I have."
"The Tau are a group of people who are good at deceiving people. Many mortals were bewitched by them and defected to the Tau territory, or those occupied worlds were bewitched by them and chose to join the aliens. Do you think they, and their descendants, are still human beings?"
"Uh"
"That's the truth. The criteria for defining aliens are not just physiological. Even if short people really had an ancestor with humans, they now deny the empire and the emperor. Denying all the beliefs and dogmas on which the empire was founded, and even denying that the empire is the only natural and legitimate political power of mankind, and running a completely different social system and culture from the empire, does it still matter whether it is physically alien or not? The expedition destroyed not only the aliens, but also those regimes that were unwilling to join the empire and integrate into the empire. For us, those who oppose humanity are enemies, and those who oppose the empire are also enemies. Those who do not surrender to the empire are still enemies. There is no relationship between enemies and enemies. So many differences."
"But their technology has a lot in common with the empire, and the benefits of cooperation are far greater than that of hostility."
"If their technology can be used by the empire, then. All the more reason we should destroy them and plunder everything the empire needs from their corpses and ruins. This is the rule for the operation of the empire for 10,000 years. We are not only guardians, but also conquerors. I do not deny that non-violent means are used in some countries. The occasion is appropriate, but the eternal duty entrusted to us by the Emperor, and the oath we have sworn, must never be forgotten, that we shall slay all enemies of Mankind to the death for the good of the Imperium."
Then. Vidrian sighed softly and drank the contents of the cup.
"That's why I said that, Brother Soshyan, you really don't look like an Astarte. This wine tastes very good. My first thought was to kill them all and take away these wine-making techniques." , let them belong only to the empire, and all you did was ask them to give some more.”
Soshiyang’s heart was heavy at this time. He actually wanted to watch Vidrian here. Open up a hole and use the relationship between Death Watch and the Alien Tribunal to see if we can determine a "demi-human" tone for the Short Man within the Alien Tribunal, so that he can easily introduce some Short Man technology into the future. In the empire - even if it can only slightly promote the technological progress of the empire, which is already a dead sea, it would be good.
But Vidrian told Soshyan a very cruel truth. Most of his ideas are actually aliens among aliens in the Empire, not to mention the Astartes. Perhaps on many occasions it is just because No one will reveal his prestige and identity.
However, when it comes to promoting something at the imperial level, these resistances are very obvious.
“I do not deny that the Empire will briefly cooperate with some aliens when necessary, but Brother Soshyan, you have to understand one thing. I will only say these words to you, the Empire is a huge Iron box, we are people standing outside the box, so we can see more, but we cannot let the people in the iron box know that they can survive without this box. In that case, the box will immediately start from the inside. Being demolished, I do not deny that short people are quite powerful in some ways, and they may even be demi-humans. However, the more so, the more cautious we must be, and even try to avoid them getting involved in the empire, or exerting influence on the empire. ”