Chapter 14: Freedom
"They have all voted for evacuation, but whether they can go to Kannada or not is more controversial, and the patriarchs are still meeting to discuss" Rasotov and Nataya are standing in front of a holographic star map floating in the air, which shows the entire Laupa mining area---- from Laupa Administrative Star to Kannada, and the asteroid belt within it.
"If they really decide not to go to Kannada, then we will leave our homeland with tens of thousands of people this time" Rasotov pointed to the upper right corner of the star map, "There is a gray area here, where the Empire and the Monsaka Empire meet, which belong to neither the Empire, nor the Confederacy, nor the Confederates."
The glasses glanced at Nataya, "Although the gray zone will be more dangerous as long as it encounters war, but the gray zone also has an asteroid belt, and for more than a hundred years, the war between the Federation and the Empire has not affected the asteroid belt in the gray zone. Because no one dares to invest and mine here, the asteroid belt in the ash area is rich in minerals and there are almost no settled people"
Rasotov zoomed in on the map, showing three large forces and a weak territory. Nataya looked curiously at the star map marked with the word "Federation", which is the largest of the four power groups, and the second largest is a force about the size of the Federation, marked with the word "Monsaka", and adjacent to these two behemoths is a territory called "Confederate Army", which looks much smaller, and a small sphere of influence bordering Monsaka and the Confederate Army at the same time, marked with the word "Rangers".
"Rangers!" Nataya always thought that this was the name of a certain legion of the Federation, because this name was the most mentioned by Salami's brother, and every time these three words were mentioned, Nataya could feel the light in his eyes, and the whole person was full of power.
"Every will is free, and they always want to put us in chains" This Ranger declaration, Nataya is about to memorize... It's just that she didn't know until today that this turned out to be a force that could compete with the country.
Rasotov's voice pulled Nataya back to the star map again, "So... At present, the easiest place for the patriarchs to agree on is not Kannada, but the gray zone. They don't want to be exploited by the federal officials anymore, but they don't want to be treasonous. ”
Following the finger of the glasses, Nataya looked at the location of the gray area of the star map, and Nataya was surprised to find that this was the most central area of the entire human control area, and it looked like a circular vortex on the star map, which was next to Monsaka and the Federation at the same time, and a small part was bordering the Allied forces.
As you can see on the star map, the Laupa mining area is almost surrounded by turbulence and nebula belts, and the wreckage of these dead galaxies makes space crankshaft navigation impossible, and the only access to the outside world is the Laupa administrative star and the Kannada fortress star on the border, of course, this is talking about domestic routes.
In addition, it is next to the gray zone of the Laupa mining area, and from the star map, the asteroid belt in the Laupa mining area and the asteroid belt in the gray area are completely linked... And... Nataya suddenly stepped forward.
"Uncle glasses, have you noticed that these asteroids seem to be a very large planet after being shattered, and then put them like this... You see, the big one on the far left is the edge of part of the original super big planet, and the leftmost part of it is still so round, and the rest of it is broken... You're looking here, the asteroid belt in the gray zone on the far right, and the far right part of this part is also round, you see! ”
Rasotov looked at Nataya curiously... This girl's thinking is so strange... The entire asteroid belt spans the gray area and the Laupa mining area close to a light moon distance, how can there be such a large planet...
But Rasotov still looked at the positions pointed by Nataya, and when she said this, she really looked a little bit like that...
“。。。 I don't know... The Federation's information on the history of the Star Sector can only be traced back more than four hundred years, after all, we are the youngest guests here... The glasses shrugged helplessly.
Nataya then pointed to the area marked with Rangers and asked Rasotov, "What about here, their sphere of influence is so small, how can they possibly fight with the Allies or the Empire... "That small red area is really too weak in front of the three major forces, and it doesn't look much bigger than the gray area.
"Rangers..." Rasotov's face showed a serious look.
"Even the teacher of our military academy once said that it is the purest group of people in this world" The head of the glasses was raised slightly, and the reflection of the gold-rimmed glasses made Nataya unable to see his true eyes, "They are not born warriors, and their weapons and equipment are also the weakest of the four major forces, and they often lack even the most basic supplies, but... ”
Rasotov smiled, and a light reflected on the gold-rimmed glasses: "What you see is not their sphere of influence, because they don't need to captive others, pay taxes and work hard for them. The area you see marked with the Rangers has been and is part of the Confederate territory. ”
The glasses looked at Nataya, who finally saw Rasotov's eyes, which seemed to be welling with tears.
"It's just that in this land, where there is injustice or oppression, then you are likely to find the Rangers, but no one can find out where they are stationed. The Confederate Army is a country composed of a group of small lords, they have been at war with the Rangers for more than a hundred years, and finally found that it is almost impossible to eliminate the Rangers, and after a long time, no lord in this area is willing to take over, so the Rangers become the judges there, and the people here only support the Rangers, so they become one of the forces that everyone defaults to... ”
Nataya wondered why Rasotov had such a serious and sad expression when he said this.
"Every will is free, and they always want to put us in chains... When Nataya heard this, she looked at her glasses in surprise... Rasotov, on the other hand, picked up the half-pack of cigarettes next to the stereoscopic projector, who did not know who left it, took out one and bit it into his mouth, and lit it.
It was the first time Nataya had seen her glasses smoking.