247 Differential treatment
After half a year of rest and replenishment, the 6th Expeditionary Fleet left Falla again and embarked on the Terra Expedition from the Badab system.
Only this time there was no psionic supervisor Promelia to lead the team for them, and the command of the expeditionary fleet was handed over to a general of the Imperial Navy.
Officially, the Far Eastern Star Domain under the rule of the Order of Truth began to sign various military and resource orders with the Human Empire in the name of the "Human Federation", and spread the news about the Blood Royal Court through various channels.
In the private sector, Badab, Karenna, and the two star regions that were first linked to the stargate network began to use the Far Eastern star field as a medium for trade exchanges.
This exchange was tentative at first, but when the first merchants returned unharmed across the sea of stars through the stargate network, all suspicions about the nascent federation on the part of the empire were dissipated, driven by absolute interests.
After more than 20,000 years, the human worlds scattered throughout the galaxy have finally broken free from the shackles of time and space, and have been connected to each other through the L-Star Gate.
The government-run merchant fleet and the private merchant rogue shuttled through the stargates, and the interstellar caravans with heavy guns reproduced the bustling traffic of the cities on the ground, interpreting the philosophy of the Guterra critic with practical actions: with a 50% profit, it will take risks.
And the profit margin of stellar trade is much more than 50%.
"Although there are material decompressors and nanodeformers that provide us with theoretically endless resources, it involves some rare elements that are difficult to synthesize, and they are still imported from the star fields of the Human Empire at a higher price than producing them ourselves." Russell said from his office in the Quiet Black Domain space station.
He held a thumb-sized emerald crystal in his left hand and an eyebrow pencil in his right hand, and three paper papers were on the table in front of him, waiting to be signed.
Grey Wind sat on the desktop on Russell's right-hand side, and poked his head curiously, only to see that the three documents were:
A trade request from the Krenna Mechanics in the name of the Great Sage Kaul, a trade request from the Dark Angel in the name of the original Ryan El Johnson, and a letter from the Lion King to the Bulletiner.
"Who is Kaul?" Grey Wind noticed that Russell's gaze lingered on the name for a long time.
"An interesting oil guy." Russell will have the emerald crystals in his hand? Putting it in front of him, he took a closer look at it and said, "Belisarius Kaur is an ancient being who has survived for nearly 10,000 years, and is the most knowledgeable of the Mekhanite believers who are still alive...... Maybe not one of them? Kaul is tasked with a secret mission entrusted to him by the Human Emperor and the genetic protogenone Robert Kiliman, respectively, and he has been working on it for 10,000 years. ”
"That's right......" Grey Wind jumped off the table, leaned over Russell and rested his chin on his shoulder, and read Kaul's trade request in detail:
"Kaul seems to have secretly gathered information about us, knowing what we need, and he offered to use a few precious ancient technologies as a reward in exchange for permission to consult the Organic Encyclopedia......" Gray Wind was a little puzzled: "What does Kaul want to consult the Organic Encyclopedia?" ”
Is he going to make a new human race too?
"That's right." Russell put down the emerald green crystal in his left hand and pinched a strand of silver-white hair that fell from the sideburns of the gray wind: "One of Kaul's secret undertakings is to improve and enhance the space marines to create a batch of enhanced versions of the new space marines, for which he used the artifact 'Source Blood Cup', and also used some dark technology that cannot be put on the table. ”
And after finishing it, he was very narcissistic and named a new original cast organ after himself.
"If I can get permission to consult the organic canon, I believe it will help Kaul to upgrade the cause of the original cast space marine." Russell picked up the emerald green sulphur crystal again.
Grey Wind nodded thoughtfully, "Do you want to grant Kaul's request?" ”
"Why not?" Russell smiled slightly, and signed his name in the lower right corner of the document: "Chaos, Free Men Organization, Greenskin Great Khan, Boundary Breaker...... There are too many threats we have to face at this stage, and making the Human Empire stronger will also be of great benefit to the establishment of the Human Federation. ”
Russell is happy to give the empire two sips of milk if he has nothing to do, at least to help himself resist more injuries.
Not to mention anything else, if it weren't for the fact that the fortress galaxy of the Human Empire was defending against high-dimensional invasions at great cost all over the Extreme Star Domain, he would have to let the human federation that had not yet developed to resist the Boundary Breakers now.
Don't, that kind of thing.
"But you didn't sign a technical exchange agreement with the Klenna Mechanics." Grey Wind said faintly.
The document on the Order of the Mechanics is divided into two parts, one is the request of the Great Sage Kaul to consult the Organic Order, and the other is the technology exchange agreement proposed by the Order of the Mechanics, and the servants of the Mekkai such as Krenna and Badab want to obtain more advanced technology that is not known to others...... For example, the instruction manual of the nanodeformer.
Russell knew that there was no such thing as an impermeable wall, and he had prepared for it. High-tech equipment such as nano-deformers that circulate secretly from the underground have undergone deep encryption by the Tianji Project, and they can be used when they are obtained, but they can't be repaired if they are broken, let alone manufactured.
This annoyed the sages of the Order of Mechanics...... Although most of the ancient instruments in their hands are actually this virtue.
Russell didn't immediately answer Grey Wind's doubts, and casually put aside the technical exchange agreement sent by the Mechanical Cultivators, but instead picked up the Dark Angel's arms sales order and signed it smoothly.
"The Dark Angel knows moderation, and instead of directly seeking to buy finished warships, he retreats to the next best thing, asking for benefits such as the right of priority for the supply of sulfur glow ore in exchange for the manufacturing template of weapons and equipment such as psionic shields and cracker cannons."
Russell said to himself: "In addition, some industrial orders such as ship keels and large plate armor with low technical content but very difficult to produce have been entrusted. ”
The Dark Angel intends to hand over the lowest-tech cumbersome parts of the ship's production line to the Order of Truth, purchase the finished frame directly from the Human Federation, and then assemble the Contemplative Array and weapon shield by himself, so as to improve the efficiency of his ship.
Now the situation in the galaxy is not optimistic, and now that Ryan has returned, he naturally wants to use all means within his reach to improve the combat power of the dark angel as much as possible.
This OEM order is a very clever approach, while making full use of the powerful productivity of the Far Eastern Star Field, while avoiding the embarrassing situation of being technically controlled by others, like Governor Benhardt Medius, who directly purchased the finished fleet from Russell, although it can form the combat power as quickly as possible, but there is a risk that the Truth Order will secretly bury a backdoor program.
It is clear that the Dark Angels do not want to be controlled by people, and they are willing to pay more for this. Russell saw it very clearly.
"Aren't you on bad terms with the Dark Angels? Why did you agree to sign an arms sales order with them? Grey Wind was even more confused.
She really doesn't understand, it's also the Milk Human Empire, and the Mechanic Order, which is simply pursuing the gospel of the Machine God, should be a better object of cooperation, why did the Marshal refuse to exchange technology with the Mechanic Order, but agreed to make a foundry for Darksky?
The cause of this...... It's a bit cumbersome to explain. Russell thought for a moment and said, "I haven't told you a story in years, so how about telling you a paragraph now?" ”
"Good!" Grey Wind narrowed his eyes happily.
(End of chapter)