Chapter 429: Visits and Assistance
Although it was very strange about Admiral Kane's position on this issue, Shen Chao was reluctant to express himself too actively here, so as not to make the other party wonder about his motives for diverting these people. Therefore, under the strong opposition of Admiral Kane, the plan to send some of the refugees was finally rejected. Fortunately, they did not encounter any obstacles to negotiation in terms of material supply.
Shen Chao's proposal of food, drinking water, medicine + the doctor sent together was supported by everyone. Even Admiral Kane agreed to Shen Chao's additional condition, that after providing material assistance, Shen Chao could send an entire group of soldiers to her ship to inspect their ships and personnel.
Of course, this can be talked so smoothly has a lot to do with the force that Shen Chao has shown the fleet before and the hints he hinted in the conversation, although Shen Chao still did not explicitly mention the number and location of other warships he deployed in this system, but he hinted in the conversation that his ship is not the only warship in this galaxy that can remain hidden.
The two captains on the other side were not fools, and naturally heard the hidden threat from his hints. However, they were not offended, firstly because Shen Chao was the host and the guest, and secondly, because Shen Chao only asked them to maintain their own formation and general position in this galaxy, and neither captain felt that his fleet could escape from the palm of the other's hands.
The previous display of force on the Budapest and the heavily armed team members brought by Shen Chao effectively imprinted their concepts of high technology level and strong combat effectiveness into the minds of the two captains. As guests and the weaker party, they knew that they could not fight with Shen Chao, the landlord, on this issue.
After talking about this issue that was slightly embarrassing for both parties. They are back to the topic of the Therons. In order to get the new information he wanted on this topic, Shen Chao used his universal tool to show them the photos of the Theron people that had been dissected earlier, and asked them if this was what they called the Theron people.
Although he knew the answer, Shen Chao still played his role well in the process of asking questions, and did not let the other party realize that he was asking knowingly. Several people on the other side answered his question in the affirmative, and were surprised that he already had the corpse of the Theron in his hands.
"Truth be told, my fleet didn't appear in the surrounding galaxies by accident. A few days ago, we found the wreckage of a spaceship in another barren galaxy and found the body of this woman and many other planes in the cabin. ”
"After dissecting the corpse, we discovered that she was not fully human. Her body is more artificial than it is naturally grown. This has attracted attention on the planet. That's why I was transferred here to search the nearby star sector, and we were hoping to find more specimens, but we ran into you guys......"
Shen Chao's words are half-truths and half-truths. The audience on the other side sounded very realistic. It also gave them a lot of peace of mind. After all, this shows that at least Shen Chao, an officer from Earth, has accepted their statement. Believed them.
After confirming this, the two captains recounted to Shen Chao one by one the information they had collected about the Theron people, and Shen Chao also verified his guesses one by one from these conversations.
Really. Most of the details are the same as in the BSG series, but there are some minor differences. For example, according to the original plot, Dr. Portal should have let go of the No. 6 Theron in the Pegasus prison by this time due to the empathic effect of his ex-Theron girlfriend.
But judging from the timing of Admiral Kane's involvement in the situation with Admiral Kane still alive and himself, this should not happen. After talking about the Theron people, they briefly talked about the details of the defense and boarding inspection.
In this way, the two sides ended this round of closed-door talks after discussing several key issues. Both sides expressed satisfaction with the consensus reached during the conversation, and Adama immediately sent someone to lead Shen Chao to visit the important departments of the ship.
This was also Shen Chao's request, and he proposed to inspect the various key departments of the Galactica on the spot, so that he could accurately estimate its technical level. After seeing him off, the two captains and the president's wife had a small meeting to discuss their meeting and conversation.
"What's wrong with you, Admiral. We have so many wounded and sick people who need better medical care that I will almost convince him to take them in before you break in......" Madam President was the first to attack, believing that Admiral Kane was deliberately disrupting her prestige during the conversation, so she put down her mask and scolded the street mercilessly.
"Something wrong with me? Why don't you look in the mirror and see what you look like. How much do we really know about him so far? How many ships does he have and where? Or more fundamentally, we can't be sure if he's really from Earth. Admiral Kane raised his concerns.
As a survivor of the First Theron War, Admiral Kane witnessed the devastation and destruction caused by two wars, and her early childhood experience made it difficult for her to trust anyone, not even her colleagues who had worked for a long time, let alone Shen Chao, whom she had just met.
And Shen Chao's acting skills are not impeccable, although his appearance works very well and successfully portrays the appearance of a young officer, but Admiral Kane, who has worn a mask all his life, still sees the problem in his eyes.
Almost the moment she saw Shen Chao, she realized that this was a person who was also acting with a mask. This discovery made Admiral Kane very vigilant, and it was precisely because she still had a lot of doubts about Shen Chao that she thought that she could not let the other party take away one person and one boat in the fugitive fleet.
"It's ridiculous, if he's not from Earth, why would he do this to us, why would he agree to help us as soon as we met?" Not everyone cares about their own safety like you......" Madam President saw that she dared to refute and turned over the old score.
Before encountering the fleeing fleet led by the Galactica, the Pegasus had encountered sporadic colonial ships, but none of them chose to come to the rescue, and continued to fight the hostile Therons. It was no secret that this disgraceful experience had expanded with the exchanges between the two sides, but it was the first time that anyone had brought it up in front of Admiral Kane.
Sure enough, as soon as Luo Silin said this, Admiral Kane was anxious, she stood up and looked coldly at the woman in front of her, as if she would pull out a gun and kill her at any time. Adama next to him hurriedly stopped it. In the end, Admiral Kane let go of the hand that had already grasped the handle of the gun and left the captain's room without looking back.
After she was gone, she was the only one of the few who was both skeptical and still sane. Adama shook her head helplessly after Admiral Kane left. And complained a few words about the president's wife. to the effect that she shouldn't have brought it up now.
On the other side, after leaving the captain's room, Shen Chao leisurely visited the legendary battleship, accompanied by several Galactica crew members. Interestingly, the Tyrolean sergeant major of the ground service of the Galactica, that is, the Theron man who had shaken hands with Shen Chao before, was also among the entourage.
Shen Chao knew that neither Tyrol himself nor the other crew members of the Ka ship knew that he was a Theron man. Therefore, it was only natural for him to observe the Theron who thought he was a human while visiting the ship.
As a "normal human", Shen Chao really can't understand the logic of some of the Theron people who appear in the follow-up plots of the BSG series. Shenma destroys miè and redemption, and goes undercover to human society to observe the depravity of human beings...... This kind of brain-dead behavior seems to Shen Chao like the logic of a child.
And the Theron man in front of him, who thinks he is a human, is not among them, probably because he thinks he is a human, so he is no different from the ordinary people around him. There is no gibberish and self-centeredness, just a focused, cautious and pragmatic attitude that is unique to a front-line professional technician.
In the dock of the Kaship, Sergeant Major Tyrolean and his colleagues proudly showed Shen Chao their hand-built and just-made "Blackbird Reconnaissance Aircraft". and asked Shen Chao if the stealth principle of his Budapest was similar to their experiment.
Of course, Shen Chao knew that this Blackbird reconnaissance plane, this petite fighter was the most sensual equipment created by the human array in the entire BSG series of plots. Completely spliced together with various captured materials and scrap parts, but it has an excellent battle table. It's an engineering marvel.
Shen Chao still felt that it was not enjoyable after careful observation at close range, so he simply sat in the cockpit and tried the flight control system of this reconnaissance plane. Although due to technical limitations, the stealth performance of this fighter is not as good as the upgraded shuttle and space fighters in the expedition.
But considering the huge technological generation gap between the two worlds in terms of materials science, it is absolutely a miracle that the Galactica can manually make a fighter with this stealth performance. It's no wonder that in the original plot, after the Blackbird fighter was scrapped, they didn't create a new one.
Miracles are not easy to replicate, and in the absence of the necessary equipment and technical reserves, it is difficult to replicate such a unique fighter, no matter how skilled the assembler is. After Shen Chao left here, he went to the marine engineering department and the bridge to visit.
By the time he met with Adama again, the other had resolved their internal differences and were waiting for him on the bridge. According to their agreement, Shen Chao was going to signal his people to bring a batch of aid and doctors here after visiting the ship.
This is a top priority for cooperation and trust, and the last time the Galactica and Pegasos received regular supplies was many months ago. The reserves of living and combat materiel are far from optimal. (To be continued......)
PS: First of all, thank you for the "True ☆ Fallen Knight" who gave the ticket today, today I am in good shape, although I dare not guarantee it, but if a qiē shun lì, there should be a more tonight, and those who are willing to stay up late can wait......