Chapter Eighty-Eight: Rebellion
On the planet Celestial, although the Taurus people have occupied the best pastures in the Bird Feather River Valley, the arrival of the first batch of 100,000 immigrants has led to a serious food crisis in the Southern Alliance.
When the immigrants first arrived, they could eat fresh meat at almost every meal, then once a day, and then when the fresh meat became scarce, it was served irregularly.
Most of the immigrants no longer live in Taurus A Space City, and 100,000 people live in that small place, which is too crowded; To this end, in the south of the Xihe Space Base, a new city called Xihe New City was specially built for the Taurus people, which was used to receive immigrants who moved from the space city.
Now, less than 10,000 people remain in Taurus A Space City, where accommodation conditions have been improved and people have more living space.
The only thing that has not been solved is still the problem of food, which is now rationed, and most people can only eat in canteens, and for ordinary people, fresh meat has long been gone, even beef jerky is rarely seen, and every meal is a dry food made of meat mixed with legumes.
It's a normal day, it's time to eat, and the people in the space city line up to eat, and each person's meal quota is the same, a dry food, a plate of vegetables, and a small bowl of soup.
The caterers wore ankle rings and wristbands, which were recruited from the Southern Union.
There was a strong Taurus man in the queue who was five big and three thick, and when it was time for him to eat, after receiving his quota, he asked for an extra dry ration, but was rejected by the cater, because the caterer did not have such permission.
Unexpectedly, the strong man suddenly became angry, he grabbed the cater's collar, and the wheeler slapped the caterer twice, and then threw his plate to the ground.
He seemed to have a nervous breakdown, and while running around the restaurant, he waved his arms and scolded: "I'm so fucking fed up, eating the same food every day, not to mention that it's unpalatable, and I don't care if I'm full; I don't want this life, I don't want to live like this, I really regret coming here! β
As a result of his infection, many people in the cafeteria also threw food and utensils on the floor, some overturned tables, and some smashed chairs.
The cafeteria was a mess, tables and chairs were overturned, and the floor was littered with broken food and utensils; Everywhere there were angry shouts, shouts and curses!
Several caters were dragged out of the counter, and the Taurus people surrounded them and were beaten violently, and in the chaos, for some reason, the ankle rings and bracelets of the caters were detonated.
More than 20 Taurus people were seriously injured, one of them was blinded by the explosion and rolled all over the ground in pain, and the others were covered in blood.
The situation got out of control in an instant, someone took the opportunity to set fire to the inside and outside of the house, and when the soldiers who maintained law and order came, many Taurus people already had guns in their hands, and those guns were actually arranged by Dandin to be brought and thrown around the corner of the corridor outside the house.
Dantin and some laborers mingled with the Taurus people who were dining, and when the soldiers gathered around, he opened fire first, and shouted, "For food, for freedom, fight!" β
This slogan is extremely inflammatory, since the immigrants of Taurus A Space City have not had much freedom since they came here, they live in the Space City every day, although the space is not small, but after a long time, they still feel closed and depressed.
Leaving home, at the moment of boarding the starship, everyone has a beautiful dream, looking forward to a good life in the new world, fantasizing that there will be beautiful scenery and sweet and delicious food.
But seeing that the days in front of us are so unbearable, coupled with the deteriorating quality of food, and the dreams are gradually shattering, everyone is holding back a wave of anger in their hearts.
Seeing that the situation was out of control, the soldiers also opened fire, and many were killed on the spot.
The anger that had been building up for a long time finally erupted like a volcano, and the anger soon spread throughout Space City, and the enraged Taurus began to smash all over Space City.
Seeing that the hundreds of soldiers couldn't control the scene at all, the director of Space City hurriedly reported the situation to General Turandu, hoping to get support as soon as possible, otherwise when the riot spread to Xihe New City, it would be completely over.
After receiving the news, Turan Du rushed to the Taurus A Space City on the flagship "Kechishaya", and at the same time ordered Nite to lead 10,000 Black Flag troops to rush to support.
The Black Flag Army rushed to the Taurus A Space City and was quickly dispatched to various spaceships to suppress the rioters while extinguishing the fire and maintaining order.
After two days of hard work, the situation finally stabilized, and the spacecraft on the space city had been destroyed and messed up, many places were burned to the ground, and dead bodies were lying around.
Fortunately, the losses are all superficial, the main framework of the space city has not been damaged, and the energy and power have also been spared; It only takes a few days for the Space City to be restored and ready for use.
Turan breathed a sigh of relief, he had just taken up his new position, and he didn't want to make a bigger mess.
However, it backfired, and right under his nose, the space city that was originally in a circle vibrated several times, and then, a deafening alarm sounded in the space city.
Turan thought that an external force had taken advantage of the chaos to suddenly attack, so he hurriedly inquired about the security and early warning department, and quickly got a reply, and found no abnormal attacks on the periphery.
Dozens of minutes later, two spacecraft gradually completed their detachment from Space City, which was an unauthorized voluntary detachment, so the alarm system was triggered.
The ship that had completed the detachment suddenly accelerated, and the extra-long tail flame ignited the two nearby ships, and then accelerated to the top grid with all its might, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
Soon, Turan was reported that the two departing ships seemed to be ready to break away early, not only did they fill up their fuel and weapons in advance, but they also had a very extreme part of the Taurus crew.
The two spaceships that were ignited could no longer be rescued, so they had to urgently start the departure procedure, and were dragged away with the flames, and finally turned to ashes; Because of the timely treatment, it did not lead to more serious consequences.
Turan immediately made a decision that Penet would personally lead the four starships to recover the two ships that had defected, and he could not acquiesce to the defectors' actions, he understood that such a precedent could not be set.
Nit immediately set off and chased after him.
Although the defection ship is already at full speed, it is a transport ship after all, and its speed is still not as fast as that of a battle starship.
A month later, the nits were on the verge of catching up, and one of the two ships that had defected had slowed down, while the other was still speeding forward at full speed.
The one that slowed down took the initiative to contact the nits, and in the command room, two columns of Taurus people appeared on the screen, about 200 or so.
The leader was an older man, who gave a military salute to Nit, and then said, "General Nit, my name is Mara, and I am the leader of the defectors, and we are willing to follow you back to Space City to confess, but please spare the other ship." β
Nit said, "Mara, I don't have such authority, I can only arrest you defectors and hand them back. β
Mara said, "Then we have only one option, to fight, in order to cover my brother Guha's ship, which has 2,000 defectors on board. β
With that, Mara's ship opened fire first, and Nit immediately began to shoot back.
The firepower of the Mara ship was still somewhat unexpected by the nits, and the ship should have been greatly modified, so the artillery fire was still very fierce, even to the parity with the four starships of the nits.
A burst of fire fell, and the ships on both sides were wounded.
Mara contacted Nite again: "General Nite, I don't want to die with you, I have only one request, I beg you to spare the other ship, and give the defector a chance to choose again, and we are willing, willing to go back with you, to be tried." β
Nit was a little wavering in his heart, as if he was infected by the choked voice, he looked down and thought for a moment, and then said, "I don't know if it's the right thing to do, whether I'll get myself in trouble, but MaraβI agreed." β
Mara was so excited that she fell to her knees and shouted, "Brother, the sky has eyes, you are saved, you are free!" β
Nit didn't know that at this time, Turan was also on his flagship "Kechishaya", staring intently at the big screen, watching the scene on Nit's side, which was quietly sent back by a henchman he arranged.
Hearing Mara's cry on her knees, Turandu's tears could not help but flow, and he said silently, "The opportunity to choose againβyes!" Go, go, choose your own freedom and life; However, in the vast universe, where is the home of the Taurus people! β
The 200 defectors who had returned with Nit had been pronounced death sentences and immediately executed.
As for the ship that had already left, Nit lied, saying that it was all wiped out on the spot, and there was no one left.
As for the details of the matter, Nit did not report it, and Turan did not delve into it, and the matter passed like this.