Chapter 12, Commodore Captain
Yelicia felt a little annoyed at the thought of dealing with Gu Hang.
As a serious Commodore of the Imperial Navy and the captain of a strike cruiser, she is an out-and-out big shot in the Pegasus Sector.
Who is more important, a commodore or a planetary governor?
The Imperial Navy stationed in the entire Pegasus sector only has seven cruisers in total; in comparison, there are nine planets in the Pegasus sector, which is about the same number.
The two are not the same system. The planetary governor has a special status, but generally belongs to the imperial administrative system; the starship captain belongs to the military system of the imperial navy.
Theoretically, sector leaders do not have the ability to directly command the Imperial Navy.
Of course, this is not the case.
The Pegasus Fleet was established by the Pegasus Sector. Most of the officers and soldiers were recruited and selected from various planets in the Sector; the starships were also purchased with money from the Sector's finances; and the logistics supplies were also provided by the Sector. In terms of missions, the Pegasus fleet is also responsible for the defense of the Pegasus sector. It has to cooperate with the sector government, and its independence is indeed not that strong.
In short, it is difficult to compare the status of the seven cruiser captains and the nine planetary governors in the Pegasus sector, but they are probably about the same.
But when it comes to Gu Hang and Ye Lixia, it's different.
There are nine planetary worlds in the Tianma Star District. Although the other eight are of varying levels, they are all princes of one party. Only this angry owl star is a big problem.
According to past practice, Gu Hang becoming the governor was not much different from being sentenced to two years of suspended death. How could he compare with Ye Lixia?
Yelicia also comes from a noble family. The Fofana family to which she belongs is an ally of the Gu family and is a supporter of the current leader of the sector.
And she herself is a rising star in the military world, the most dazzling rising star in the Pegasus Navy, the only woman and the youngest among the seven captains.
To be able to sit in this position, family background is of course important, but her own abilities cannot be ignored.
Gu Hang and Ye Lixia were worlds apart.
However, the female brigadier also has her own troubles.
It has been nearly two years since she was promoted to captain of the Quintet, and doubts still arise one after another. Age, seniority, gender...all have become targets of attack.
As for ability? It is too idealistic to talk about ability in vain, and it cannot be used as food unless it is transformed into achievements that cannot be questioned.
She really worked up her energy and wanted to fight a beautiful battle. Punch the green-skinned warlords, kick the Chaos traitors, and exterminate the Void Zerg...
It doesn't matter, anyway, I just want to fight a hearty and victorious battle and return home with a great reputation. Who dares to point fingers at me in the future?
As a result, nothing was gained from the battle, but Raging Star came to protect the family's political ally, the young man who was sent as the governor.
I squatted for two years.
She was very unhappy, but had no way to resist, so she could only go to her post angrily.
She was already very annoyed, but that guy always made trouble for her.
She couldn't figure out now whether the Gu family valued Gu Hang or not.
Speaking of taking it seriously, how come it was distributed to such a place? Taking on a big responsibility, it is not impossible to develop the Raging Owl Star, but I don’t know how much resources your Gu family has invested?
But if you don't take it seriously, why did the sector government send one of the only seven cruisers in the Pegasus fleet, the Quintet he led, to stay there for two years?
Can't figure it out.
No need to think too much.
She considers herself a soldier, so she should be pure and just follow orders.
The order she received was to ensure that Raging Owl remained loyal to the Empire, assist the planetary governor, and provide military support.
In this matter, she never thought of creating difficulties for Gu Hang. She will perform the duties of the Imperial Navy whenever requested by the Governor.
When she thought about it, what she was asked to do was nothing more than to deter the surface from orbit and carry out strikes when necessary. There was no pressure and she could just do things step by step.
But Gu Hang didn't ask her to help with bombing. Instead, he asked her to leave a group of slaves and soldiers. She didn't expect this.
She didn't want to give it at first, but after being nudged hard by that guy Gu Hang, she still tricked him away.
When she came back to her senses, she still felt regretful.
I can help you fight, but you can't kidnap my people!
This is not within the scope of her duties.
Moreover, she is the Imperial Navy here. It is true that there are 100,000 people on board. It seems like a lot, but when a giant ship with a total length of 11 kilometers is launched, it requires so many people.
If Gu Hang takes away too many people, it will directly affect the combat effectiveness of the starship.
What's more, all the navy's combat power lies in starships. A hundred thousand people separated from the starship and thrown onto the surface would not even be able to make a splash on a planetary scale.
Compared with the Imperial Guard, which often consists of millions of people in a legion and specializes in land warfare, their numbers are not of the same order of magnitude.
Gu Hang took away more than 3,000 people, which did not affect the operation of the starship, but this matter was inevitable.
This time, after receiving another communication request from Gu Hang, Yelicia made up her mind that unless there was some combat mission, she would not satisfy any request.
After adjusting her mood, she sat upright and asked the technician to receive Gu Hang's communication signal.
Gu Hang's head appeared on the screen in the center of the podium.
"Brigadier General Yelicia, dear, I haven't seen you for half a month, you have become more beautiful!"
The female brigadier general said with a straight face: "Your Excellency, Governor, please don't be glib. Just say what you have to say."
"Don't be so serious, I have good news to tell you."
"What news?"
"Our troops annihilated a rebel army on the Raging Star today, and nearly two hundred enemies of the empire were eliminated."
A group of looters and wasteland bandits, in Gu Hang's description, became 'rebels' and 'enemies of the empire'.
Strictly speaking, there is nothing wrong with what he said.
Yelicia didn't know much about the specific situation on Raging Owl, but despite this, she also knew that what Gu Hang said was watery.
But the most important thing is...
"Two hundred enemies?" She looked disdainful.
How dare you brag about this result in front of me?
"I know you don't care about these two hundred people, Ms. Brigadier General, but what if this number may be two thousand, twenty thousand, or two hundred thousand in the future?"
"Or, annihilate a green-skinned warlord? Eradicate a heretical cult that does not believe in the God Emperor? Or even eliminate the indigenous evil gods?"
Yelicia's expression became serious.
After hearing what Gu Hang said, she subconsciously began to think, if it was true that he had wiped out hundreds of thousands of imperial traitors, annihilated a green-skinned warlord, and killed the evil god, what would this achievement be like?
Isn’t it just merit that she seeks?
The thing she was most dissatisfied with when she came to Wrathful Star was that two years in the pit was a complete waste of time?
But she is not easily fooled.
"How do you say that the entire Raging Owl Star is about to be turned upside down? Are there such enemies on the Raging Owl Planet?" She expressed doubts.
"Yes." There was an inexplicable smell in Gu Hang's smile.
(End of chapter)