The Executor of the Heavens: Beginning with the Watch Dogs

Chapter 695
At this moment in the Divine Castle, the grand ceremony of "Recognizing Ancestors and Returning to Their Clans" officially came to an end.

Xie Yuan watched the people on the stage try their best to perform. He had Jacob Taylor, Miranda Rosen, Modine, Galas and others by his side just now—only Shepard was on stage to receive the honor this time. one person.

This was also decided from the beginning: Shepard gets the prestige, Xie Yuan gets benefits.

What is the benefit?It is the unsealing of the Fariksen Treaty.This means that Xie Yuan's new ship can openly sail to the Shenbao space station without being criticized.

In fact, this can be regarded as benefiting other races - the enemy is approaching, if you keep restricting your own armaments, you will only be self-defeating, it is time to start accumulating strength.

While time is tight, it's better than being unprepared.

However, when Xie Yuan returned to the Pan Asia Club and saw the expressionless director-general, he knew something had changed with a "click" in his heart.

"After the parliament formally abolished the Fariksen Treaty, it began to ask me about the new ship Liberation."

The director general's first sentence disappointed Xie Yuan for a while.

"Who leaked the secret?" Xie Yuan's face turned livid.

"A mid-level researcher affiliated to the shipyard of the Ryukyu Star Branch of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Factory, after discovering the machine servant, thought that there was an Anti//human/crime in the factory, so he secretly reported it to the media—fortunately, we blocked it in advance Living."

The director-general also had a helpless look on his face: "He thought he was doing what thousands of people would do, and he was plausible when we found him. But helplessly, the media was blocked, but the parliament was blocked. The secrecy struck—and the ship was discovered."

"That idiot needs to be punished... I really want his life!"

Xie Yuan was very annoyed by this - it really doesn't feel good to be ruined by someone.

"Hey! He is not clear about the situation, and we have our own rules, and he has already dealt with it according to the law-I tell you this matter, just to ask you not to make trouble!"

The director-general admonished solemnly: "You are a ghost agent of the parliament—not a killer who kills without blinking an eye, you must have a bottom line!"

"Yes!" Xie Yuan could only try his best to control his anger, "Then what's the result?"

"Our reasons for the creation of the servants are still reasonable... These people have compiled a complete set of criminal files-they are all heinous, so the council actually didn't respond to this."

"But!" the director general changed the topic, "Compared with the servitor, you also know that they are more interested in a super-standard battleship and mutant soldiers-now they are investigating."

"Hey!!!" Xie Yuan breathed out a long breath, "Then what is the verdict? Confiscate my boat? I don't know if I will resist blowing her up."

"Blow it up?! You, don't go to such extremes, politics is the art of compromise - and who said that being investigated is not a good thing?"

Seeing Xie Yuan who finally dealt with this matter formally, the director-general explained: "It should be said that you have held the pulse of the parliament invisibly. Everyone knows that the expansion of armaments is a necessary choice, but they dare not break the deadlock—on the contrary, the You, the newcomer, made the start and reset the rules. So even if this huge ship is discovered, the discussion in the council is no longer punishment and confiscation—but how to use it to the extreme.”

"Does the council want to mix sand?! Restrict my right to control the ship?!" Xie Yuan was still not happy when he heard this, "There must be a limit to discrimination, Shepard doesn't have a watcher, why should I have one?! "

"Just because your ship is a 3.6-kilometer battleship!"

Suddenly a voice came from far and near, and Xie Yuan looked at the person who came by angrily: "Mr. Anderson, things can't be treated differently. If I have a supervisor, do you dare to install one for Shepard? Being so humble to be bullied by you?"

"The difference between you and her is huge - the Liberation has at least a 2-kilometer cannon, and the Normandy doesn't have such terrifying firepower." Councilor Anderson refuted Xie Yuan.

"Normandy is more advanced—it's a stealth warship."

"But your Liberation is even more powerful—this is simply a mobile war fortress, even bigger than the Overlord!"

"Enough!" The director-general stopped the indifferent wrangling, "Yuan, it is a foregone conclusion that the four councilors will send their own special observers to station on this ship—but councilor Anderson also agrees to ask you to make some demands for compensation. You can choose Right—as the first giant ship of the parliament, it is impossible for everyone to let you use the destructive strategic power to mess around."

"Okay!" Xie Yuan thought for a while and raised a few conditions.

"In terms of personnel rights, I have the final decision-making power."

"You are the captain of the first ship, of course." Looking at Xie Yuan's questioning eyes, Anderson reminded, "But when you are considering which of your cronies and friends to take the position, consider giving Kaideng a suitable position. "

Looking at Xie Yuan's obviously astonished eyes, Anderson said to himself, "Because I will transfer Kaiden to join you—or do you think Kaiden will not be worthy of the position of high commissioner on your ship?"

"Then we'll talk about this later!" The old friend joined the team, and Xie Yuan could only put aside this contradiction for the time being. "Where is my boat going? Shouldn't the right of free passage also be guided by the council?"

"As long as you don't shoot indiscriminately—in fact, Xie Yuan, your degree of freedom is no different from Shepard himself." Representative Anderson clearly comforted this, "After all, we still need battleships to run around and test While its lethality is exerting its deterrent power."

Anderson glanced around, and lowered his voice subconsciously: "For this reason, your giant ship is also the focus of all of us to imitate - if it proves that the combat effectiveness is indeed not bad, then our future shipbuilding plan will clearly be based on This ship is the technical blueprint."

"Deterrence... well." Xie Yuan is also very clear. In a sense, the huge length and terrifying muzzle size of the Guangfu prove that this will be the most powerful giant ship in the Milky Way at this time.

This kind of strategic power that can be determined is bound to be constrained, and Xie Yuan cannot be controlled by him alone - Sa Lun's lessons have proved that a ghost that is too free is sometimes an extremely unstable factor.

It is also because Xie Yuan's achievements are completely comparable to Shepard's existence, and at the same time, his combat power is already the pinnacle of personal force in the entire galaxy... Otherwise, Xie Yuan might not even be qualified to approach this ship.

Since they want to join some forces to monitor and restrain themselves from the past incidents of Saren during the Battle of the Citadel of God - then the Citadel of God has to pay something... at least count the missing number first - and pay wages.

"Then... what kind of assistance can the Citadel give me?" Xie Yuan, who had figured this out, changed his tone honestly.

"Finally!" Anderson glanced at him "on the road", and then took out a list that was made after discussions in multiple meetings. "The four congressmen, including me, have all made a decision."

"The Turians will send Nilus over."

"Nirus retired?" Xie Yuan raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, sat up hurriedly, and asked with a strange look, "Did he just retire? Isn't he? For the mission of the council, he wants to work so hard?"

"No, he retired two years ago," Anderson immediately explained to the Turian "ghost" who had met two years ago, "Because of Saren, he wants to avoid suspicion—and he still has pain. unhealed reasons."

"I just hope he doesn't hate me—because of Saren's downfall." Xie Yuan was also a little embarrassed about this.

"Saron's problem is Saron himself - he was seduced by the Reapers and fell."

After seeing Xie Yuan's sentimental side, Anderson softened his tone a bit: "And he is also very grateful to you—in a sense, he owes you twice."

"Twice?" Xie Yuan looked puzzled, "I only saved him once?"

"Bringing the collectors back proved in a disguised form that even a progenitor who is as strong as a commoner can become a collector under the temptation of the reapers-this also reversed the case for Saren in a disguised form... His rebellion record has been revoked, It has quietly become dereliction of duty and being dominated, but it is not open to the outside world."

Anderson told Xie Yuan: "Although it is impossible for those related to their line to restore their status back then, fortunately, they have also proved their loyalty-that is, they have to start from scratch."

"But in a sense... they also sent Nilus to die?" Xie Yuan also laughed when he heard this.

"It can be understood in this way...but they are also one of the best fighters among the Turians. I guess you should be a person who knows people and makes good use of them."

"Hmph... well, I'll accept it for now, what about the others?"

Senator Anderson turned a picture: "The power given by the Salarians is interesting, Paddock Vickers - a Salarian STG agent and scientist."

"The Salarians... Well, as long as there is one more of them, basically there will be no secrets on board."

Xie Yuan thought for a while, but suppressed his objection, and later discussed with Ada whether to let her be stationed on the Guangfu — the Salari people's pervasive investigation ability is not just talk.

"What about the next one?"

"The joining team member of the Asari is not weak either. Her name is Wasser, and she is a former ghost agent—just became."

"Huh? I remember that she was also a senior ghost agent, but she also quit?" Xie Yuan said sarcastically.

"Yes, she just resigned." Senator Anderson's face twitched, obviously stunned by the shamelessness of the Asari, "so she is not a ghost agent for the time being."

"But it can be at any time..." Xie Yuan also looked disgusted.

"I guess this kind of monitoring situation should not be long-term..." Anderson pondered, "After all, this is a ship built by humans, even if it is handed over to the Citadel - he will still enter the Star Alliance Navy someday in the future The order of the fleet."

Xie Yuan and the Director-General's heart sank when they heard this—Member Anderson even regarded this ship as the Starfleet's possession.

However, Xie Yuan didn't have much thought about it - Pan Asia hadn't completely decoupled from the Star Alliance Fleet and established itself, so Xie Yuan's ship could not be exempted no matter what.

"What about the Star Alliance itself?" Since you can't refuse, let's enjoy it to the fullest——Xie Yuan wants to see how much the Star Alliance Council is willing to invest, "Is there nothing to say from the master?"

"Of course!" Senator Anderson said that he was still building momentum, "A company of marines and your old subordinate Ashley Williams will join the Liberation, and at the same time, an additional [-] technicians will be added. The crew—headed by the senior engineer, Chief Engineer Adams, who will also join your ship."

"Uh, you have to know... Most of these people are also old crew members of the Normandy, so what you do, Shepard..."

Xie Yuan frowned listening to these familiar names, looked at Anderson and reminded: "She won't have any opinion on me, will she?"

"You can rest assured about this." Congressman Anderson reassured Xie Yuan, "They are also Star Alliance soldiers, and since they have become Star Alliance soldiers, they must be based on the orders of their superiors and not just Commander Shepard— —she’s a hero, but she’s also a soldier, and she’s not going to have a problem with that, and maybe even appreciate that it’s an honor to serve on a super-dreadnought.”

Why do I feel that the old man Anderson is doing something bad?

Xie Yuan didn't know why Senator Anderson so generously expropriated the human resources of his apprentices for himself.

But one thing that cannot be ignored is that the new Liberation's lack of crew is the biggest weakness this ship will face.

With a total length of 3.6 kilometers, this means that the minimum manpower required is 1, and the maximum manpower required is 2.7 to run the warship at full capacity—but it is a pity that the manpower currently available is only a little over 1, and most of them are machine servants , with a population of 1.

Moreover, there are only about 4 mutants plus technical crews and marines, so being able to add more than 1 technicians sent by the Star Alliance can be regarded as an urgent need.

Until now, the entire ship has only reached about 1 people, and there is still a shortage of personnel.

"Okay! Thank you for the gift from the parliament." Xie Yuan stood up and shook hands with Congressman Anderson, expressing his agreement.

"That's good! Next, the support staff will be stationed in the recovery, and she will start to go to the Citadel space station—it will arrive in about a week."

After Anderson announced the departure date of the Guangfu, he announced his farewell: "Then, I won't disturb your rest, and I will take my farewell."

After watching Congressman Anderson leave, Xie Yuan looked at the director-general: "It's just that my boat was discovered?"

"Don't worry about it," the director-general waved his hand. "In short, we suffered a little loss this time, but fortunately, it's still a small loss. You just have to work harder."

Only then did Xie Yuan's shoulders officially relax a little: "That's good, that's good."

"And the headquarters has also made a decision to give you an additional 7 crew members. At that time, you can get at least about [-] people, which is enough for the ship to operate normally."

"Wait, what?!" Xie Yuan immediately looked at the director-general with wide eyes, "Not a single servant?"

"The role of a servitor in this world is really single, but its negative effects are more difficult to deal with than mutants - after all, the latter still has a certain sense of freedom, and the servitor...fortunately, Star Lian only thinks it is a preliminary re-socialization experiment, otherwise, if 1 mindless machine slaves are leaked——it will not be such a simple matter.”

The director-general looked at Xie Yuan solemnly: "In order to reduce some negative effects, the servant let us hide for a while as much as possible."

"Then... that's the only way to go. Officer, prepare as much as possible for me to light the Vulcan Mecha... probably let the total number of people expand to 1 people."

Xie Yuan also had no choice but to compromise: "Otherwise, once someone jumps into the gang while cruising, at least he can still have some power to fight back."

"Okay! I will make it up for you." The director general nodded seriously.

……

On the other side, Xie Yuan also told Ada with frustration about a series of unsatisfactory things that happened on the new ship.

Ada was also in a bit of a dilemma, she had to grit her teeth and think hard for a while, and finally smiled: "I think if you really want to be safe, the Shadow Broker's equipment must be installed in your ship Yes—at least judging from their reaction, the council knows that they have treated you badly, but they have not doubted your loyalty, so they will compensate you to a certain extent."

The more Ada thought about it, the more she felt that it was a joke: "That is to say, your route will definitely be kept secret—Nilus and Wasser, who have temporarily left the ghost system, are not qualified to investigate you again, let alone STG. And The price of checking you is a violation of the rules in a certain sense. They all know your information, and they also know that your force is terrifying. The parliament dare not offend you too much—so as long as you do not take any actions that are completely disobedient to the parliament, They didn't dare to act rashly, and this also gave me a loophole to secretly install equipment."

"The risk will be great." Xie Yuan solemnly reminded.

"But the reward is enough to make me willing to take the risk." Ada had already made up her mind.

(End of this chapter)