Chapter 476 Bad News Good News
The human crew members in the Atlas Group's combat fleet basically come from two categories: crew members from various federal corporate fleets and crew members from the federal navy.
Of course, most people add a prefix in front of it-'captured'.
So in theory, most humans in the Atlas Combat Fleet can be regarded as federal citizens.
And compared to ordinary crew members who just want to live a good life, those middle and high-level officers in the fleet who already have a certain social status, although they have been "confronting" the Federation under the leadership of Amber, But in fact, they occasionally still subconsciously pay attention to the situation in the Federation.
So after learning about the brutal battle process for both warring parties, everyone in the 'Command Observation Group' was silenced one by one.
No matter how dissatisfied they are with the federal government, they still can't help but feel a little uncomfortable when they think of the people who died in the war, especially the nearly one million personnel in the mobile fortress.
Amber looked at everyone's performance, but did not choose this time to enlighten them. Some things cannot be solved by just a few words. If he wants these people to work in Atlas in the future, , then they have to rely on their own thinking to become 'thoughtful'.
“It seems that there is a trend of another round of public opinion breaking out within the federation.” Guterres, who had remained silent after finishing his previous words, suddenly said: “Some people have begun to question the federal government. Is it reasonable to posthumously award the commander of the Mobile Fortress as a 'Federal Hero'?"
"I also saw that not long after the news from the front line came back, the heat suddenly rose. Obviously there was someone behind it. Adding fuel to the flames"
Cliffs also nodded and continued:
“There are two main doubts. One is that the federal government’s move is to manipulate public opinion so that the war can continue; the other is that this Is the mobile fortress commander qualified to be awarded the title of 'Federal Hero'? After all, under his command, nearly a million people in the mobile fortress also died in the star sea, and not all of these people may be willing to sacrifice themselves."
Listening to what Cliffs said, everyone in charge of the observation group showed a look of disdain. Randall, who has always been outspoken, even said directly:
"Although I am very I don’t like the federal government, and I hope someone can replace it. But sometimes I have to admit that people who can say these things are even less of a thing. To come out and sing the opposite at this time is either stupid or bad!”
“This is! It’s just biological diversity in the virtual space, just get used to it.” Amber comforted:
"And if you think about it, who can be a good person who can confront the federal government in the virtual space at this juncture? They are nothing more than the extreme opposition who 'put politics above all else' and the 'woke people' who think they are awake. , of course, there are also the specially trained lurking personnel from the Star Dragon Empire. It is not easy to fish in troubled waters at this time."
Listening to Amber's words, Guterres also took over and said: "This is actually not bad. It illustrates another problem - the Federation's control of the domestic public opinion environment has begun to have problems. I estimate that with the outbreak of negative news about this battle, it is not just the public opinion environment that may have problems."
"That might be a good thing for Atlas?" asked a trainee fleet commander. Obviously, at this moment, he was looking at things more on behalf of Atlas.
Amber nodded: "Putting aside the sympathy for the victims, after the battle between the Federation and the Empire is over, it is indeed a good thing for us in Atlas.
< br>The naval power of both sides has been seriously damaged, and morale will also be affected to a certain extent, which will lead to insufficient control of the battle lines and territories by both sides.
This also means that within a short period of time, neither the Empire nor the Federation will be able to reach out to Para IV and the Rubian system, so it gives us enough time to operate in these two places, especially the Rubian system. I see this The 'armed rebellion' probably cannot be suppressed. "
"One more thing, the general mobilization order. "Guterres suddenly said:
"Neither the federation nor the empire can maintain a long-term general mobilization state, especially when the internal instability is already there.
So there are only two options left for both sides, either to take out all their trump cards and powerful medicines and kill their opponents in a short period of time to end this war completely.
Or, prepare to tidy up your clothes and appearance, go to the table and start ceasefire negotiations. ”
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Since no more valuable news came out for a while, everyone left after communicating for a while, leaving Amber alone in the conference room quietly thinking about the current situation.
To be honest, he really didn’t expect that this ‘strategic decisive battle’ would have such an ending.
The death of Duke William in battle should be regarded as the biggest 'world line change' he has experienced since he came to this world. After all, in the previous game plot, when the Star Dragon Empire was completely divided, the regent and the imperial princess died and disappeared. On the contrary, the five dukes who supported their own troops and declared independence were more like the final 'beneficiaries'.
As a result, I did not expect that Duke William, one of the five great dukes, would withdraw so suddenly and early, and also lose the Celestial Fortress under his command.
"This script is wrong. If this continues, Norton II will not be able to gain such a big advantage in the previous life."
Amber frowned and thought, although Duke William He doesn't play much role in the game's background story, but he's by no means a small role in the Star Dragon Empire.
His sudden death will definitely bring about a series of chain reactions, especially since he is an important member of the 'Regent Party'.
Even if Amber doesn't think about some hidden impacts, just looking at the developments on the 'table', she can guess that this will definitely be a heavy blow to Norton II.
Not to mention that the intelligence received previously mentioned that the old nobles within the Regent Party are already ready to make a move. Now that Norton II has lost the important help of Duke William, there is no guarantee that these old nobles will become more and more unruly< br>
“This development is getting more and more interesting. In addition, the old emperor seems to have been plotting something. Maybe the outcome of the ‘End Day’ in the Star Dragon Empire will be completely different.”
Amber was silently thinking about the impact of the outcome of this round of 'strategic decisive battle' between the Federation and the Empire. Just when he was about to think about the impact on the Federation, an encrypted communication request popped up.
The cartoon octopus on the communication avatar illustrates the identity of the caller - Saleh the Riddler.
"Saleh? Why did you suddenly think of coming to see me? Didn't you say some time ago that you would be in seclusion for a period of time to engage in research and development of Forerunner technology?"
Saleh: "It's like this outside, how can I keep a closed door? I have good news and bad news, Amber, which one do you want to hear first?"
"Well, let's talk about the bad news first. "
"The bad news is that after your last choice, plus a series of things that happened after that, including the result of the war that just ended between the two major human forces, the timeline of this universe is already heading towards the end. The worst direction has developed, and it is the kind that cannot be corrected."
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Amber was stunned for a moment. He did not expect that the 'bad news' brought by Saleh was At this level, he temporarily suppressed the doubts in his heart and continued to ask: "What about the good news?"
"The good news is that the 'bad news' just mentioned will not happen right away. Judging from the time, if we have to make some preparations, it will be in time."
"Thank you very much. So. What preparations are there?"
Salih shook his head and said with a matter-of-fact expression: "I don't know."
"How much time is left?"
“I don’t know, but it won’t be short anyway.”
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Amber had a headache and put his hand on his forehead. He found that even though he had adapted to it for so long, talking to Saleh, the 'riddler', still tended to raise his blood pressure.
(End of this chapter)