Chapter 1180: The Beginning of Disaster (Part 1)

In fact, she really didn't have a headache about this matter, not because Aros left without saying goodbye not long after returning to the Dilar star system. , Iga Industry and other military enterprises have expanded their investigation work, and the boiling public opinion has a tendency to be overwhelmed. Even the Morning Star Casting that has not yet officially put into production has also been affected.

Her headache was that it had been one month since the Melin star incident, and the Fallen Angel had never sent a contact request, and the communication link sent by the Dilar star system had also disappeared without any response.

"He...is he okay, nothing will happen."

She once secretly sent a search team to the Tartarus Abyss to search in the last stop area of ​​the Fallen Angel, but the result was disappointing, no relevant clues were found, and the Fallen Angel seemed to disappear out of thin air.

Not having any discovery is also a good thing to some extent, at least it can't prove that the Fallen Angel was destroyed and Tang Fang and others were killed - she can only use this method to comfort herself.

In order to stabilize the morale of the army so as not to cause confusion, she concealed the fact that she lost contact with the Fallen Angel, and only said that Tang Fang had other important things to do and would not be able to come back for a while.

Those who had followed Tang Fang since the Battle of Crotan knew very well the existence of the Lost Land, so they thought he had gone there, so naturally they didn't think too much about it. Only a few people, including Byron and Grant, knew about the loss of contact between the Fallen Angel and the Dilar star system, and even Tang Yun was kept in the dark.

A month passed, and Tang Fang did not come back.

Two months have passed, and Tang Fang has not returned yet.

Three months have passed, and there is still no sign of the Fallen Angel's return.

In the fourth month, the focus of public opinion shifted from the marksmanship competition on Star Mei Lin to the investigation of military giants such as Iga Hirohiko and Swain Byrne by the Star Alliance supervisory agency. Adam Oliver and others originally planned to beat the managers of these military enterprises to make Iga Hirohiko and others more obedient and understand the overall situation, but they never expected that the intervention of the court agency would make the matter worse.

Before the Star Alliance declared war with the Sulu Empire and the Monya Empire, when Congress decided on a series of important issues, the justices were quite critical of Adam Oliver’s proposal to switch to wartime politics, because once it enters wartime politics , the power of the court institution will be significantly weakened.

Although those old guys made concessions at the last moment, they were still somewhat unhappy. Adam Oliver believes that the most fundamental reason for the expansion of the investigation is that the old guys make use of it to enhance their sense of existence. It is true that the Star Alliance is now in wartime politics. Due to the previous breach of the alliance, Tang Fang did not overly pursue the responsibility of the Star Alliance government in the face of Terry Ferdinand, but the reputation of the Liberal Party politicians headed by him has been greatly damaged.

There is a crisis of trust in both civil society and grassroots government institutions.

In this environment, he did not dare to use his identity as the president of the Star Alliance to restrain the elders in the court system, lest it trigger another political storm. Therefore, when the Sulu Empire and the Monya Empire's navies are standing still, and there is no external crisis for the time being, the Star Alliance is experiencing an internal turmoil... In fact, it is not a turmoil, and perhaps it is more accurate to describe it as an undercurrent.

Adam Oliver thought so, but as the incident continued to ferment, he gradually discovered that things were not as simple as imagined. It is true that the justices wanted to give him a little color, but there were more complicated factors behind it. For example, pressure from public opinion, such as occupational diseases.

In fact, it is an invisible behind-the-scenes man who brings these factors together to create the current situation.

The military operations of the Sulu Empire and the Monya Empire in the two uninhabited areas ended in failure, and they lost a lot of dark chess in the government storm caused by the previous breach of the covenant. This does not mean that they will learn the lesson, honestly Dormant down.

As the saying goes, offense is always the best defense. He admired the enemy's think tank very much. After suffering such a defeat, he found a new entry point to attack.

Among the charges against Iga Hirohiko, Swain Byrne and others, there is one charge of treason and patronage. This is not groundless. You must know that the military will more or less conduct technical cooperation with some military enterprises to develop new weapon systems. Iga Industry, Ward Heavy Industries, and Rover Technology Consortium, as commercial organizations pursuing economic interests, cannot guarantee that they will not directly sell related technologies for attractive benefits, or arms containing related technologies to people of unknown origin.

Many merchants who purchase these weapons negotiate in the name of mercenaries, but only the gods know whether they have other identities. Merchants obviously don't care about the identity of mercenaries. Anyway, it is the responsibility of the government department. Even if something goes wrong, they can't blame themselves... Even some military enterprises will help customers get through the government joints, so as to sell a large number of mercenaries. Arms make huge profits.

Although most of the weapons are outdated products compared to naval equipment, it is undeniable that they have a strong Star Alliance style, and falling into the hands of potential enemies such as the Sulu Empire and the Mongya Empire will undoubtedly bring unforeseen risks.

When there was no war before, many people chose to turn a blind eye and close one eye in view of the cooperative relationship between various military enterprises and the government. Now in a period of war, Hirohiko Iga and others kicked Adam Oliver and others in the incident of breaking the covenant, which in turn led to joint sanctions from the Liberal Party and the Republican Party.

Under such circumstances, the Sulu Empire and the Monya Empire neither tried their best to rescue their business partners, nor did they sit on the sidelines, but chose to add fuel to the flames and add insult to injury.

Just like Iga Hirohiko and others kicked the Adam government in the event of breaking the covenant, they also tasted the knife stabbed in the back by the Sulu Empire and the Mongya Empire.

Evidence of irregular transactions between some pseudo-mercenaries and military enterprises such as Wanderer Technology Consortium and Iga Industries appeared on the desks of some media professionals and independent prosecutors. Some military enterprises even helped customers avoid Information from government investigations.

More and more scandals between government agencies and military enterprises are known to the public. Under such circumstances, it is impossible for the case investigators of the independent investigation agency to follow Adam Oliver's intention to make big things into small things. But because of Tang Fang's framing, Iga Hirohiko, Swain Byrne, Komodo Sinan and others lost trust with each other. Facing the hard evidence that the investigators put on the table, in order to get rid of the crime as much as possible, they chose to betray People in the government who have received corporate bribes, ranging from small agency clerks to leaders of powerful state departments, have all been revealed one by one, so the case is like a snowball, involving more and more people, and the scope of influence is getting bigger and bigger. The justices also don't know how to end the political turmoil that began with the assassination of Captain Tang.

As Chen Jian summed it up, "He always makes big news."

The fourth month passed in this turmoil, and there was still no news of Tang Fang.

At the fifth month, Kyrenia lost weight and began to fidget. Tang Yun seemed to have noticed something, and pestered her to ask about her eldest brother, which made her even more headache, and she didn't know how to explain it.

Five months is just a long time for space travel, not a long time. But this is aimed at the level of warp speed navigation of the self-produced ships of sovereign countries. With the power Tang Fang possesses and the performance of the Fallen Angel, he has not shown up in public for five months, even if Kylenia, Grant and others Swearing that he was on a secret mission inevitably gave rise to suspicion.

Fortunately, the Star Alliance government's investigations against the military industry giants intensified, and it was almost impossible to end, which reduced the world's attention to the Morning Star casting. long enthusiasm.

The Emperor of the Phoenix Empire, Virginia Alexander, suddenly appeared in the Styria star system where a large number of Morris slaves lived. He expressed condolences to some very rare old people who lived past the age of 40, and promised to abolish the prohibition of Morris slaves from joining the army and give them more Broad development space and better working environment.

After leaving the Styria star system inhabited by Morris slaves, he went to the nearby Sandunis star system, visited the largest space plantation in the empire and a top-ranked university, and gave an impromptu speech , described his reform concept in detail, including broadening the promotion channels for the people at the bottom; implementing the bottom elimination system and public opinion evaluation system for officials; restricting and adjusting the privileges of the nobles and the army; Supervision and restraint; formulate more clear and standardized laws; give more protection and preferential treatment to Morris people...

Unsurprisingly, his actions and speeches set off a political storm within the Phoenix Empire, and also attracted many foreign eyes. No one would have thought that "His Majesty the Sage Emperor from Heaven" who is known for his domineering and tyrannical will have such an idea, as if he suddenly became another person, completely subverting the people's impression of him.

Although he did not rule out the possibility of acting in this way, but unlike in the past, these words are not full of fake and empty features like the National Day speech, and they are very clear. No matter from any point of view, they are a kind of progress. It's all a kind of change, although the scale is not big, at least he has a plan to move forward.

Could it be that His Majesty the "Great" Holy Emperor suddenly came to a realization in his rare years, and wanted to have a vigorous political campaign to revolutionize the face of this country?

Many people drew a big question mark in their hearts, expecting him to release more obvious signals to help people determine his true thoughts, and then have a preview of the future.

What caught people off guard was that this fiery mind hadn't cooled down yet, and the sad news that Virginia Alexander suddenly fell ill on the way home came one after another... At least until His Majesty the Holy Emperor recovered, no matter whether it was domestic people or foreign people, Will get any news about political reform.

In this way, the time has come to the sixth month after the Fallen Angel lost contact. Even though Kyrenia, Grant and others have made a lot of efforts, the rumors of "Tang Fang has not shown up for six months and is suspected of disappearing" are still circulating in the Star Alliance society. It spread and developed into a trend with a wide range of influence sweeping across the entire Hillenbel region.

"Captain Tang is missing?" The whole world was in an uproar. This rumor spread at an astonishing speed, occupying the pages of small and medium-sized newspapers and online media, occupying the chatter in the streets and alleys, and occupying the work and life of many people.

"Did the ship be destroyed by a space storm? For example, a magnetar explosion, or subspace turbulence..."

"Could it be done by the Supreme Security Council and the Dragon Whisperer?"

"It may also be due to an assassination, um, it's easy to hide an open gun and hard to defend against a hidden arrow..."

"Hey, hey, you people, don't be so pessimistic. Didn't you see that the headlines of those news used question sentences? And they used 'disappeared', not 'death'. Morning Star Casting even clarified this rumor, Don't be fooled by the eye-catching reports of unscrupulous small media."

"Clarification... Do you believe the company's clarification? Sometimes the gossip is far more true than the official media. I am looking forward to what will happen without Tang Fang's Morning Star casting. And what about the Garcia rebels?" ,Pitiful."

"Hehe, you are resentful because Linda compared you with Captain Tang. If he really dies, it will not be good for everyone in the Star Alliance. Who do you think scares the Monya Empire? The Navy and the Sulu Empire Navy, who dare not set foot on the border, is the Star Alliance Navy? Don’t be kidding.”

"It's... just make peace, make peace... yes, if it wasn't for that kid who disrupted the situation, how could the Star Alliance go to war with the Mongya Empire and the Sulu Empire, causing so many lives to fall into space, and how many families and wives were torn apart."

"I remember that when Mr. President issued the mobilization order, you were more excited than anyone else. If you were not unable to join the army due to physical reasons, you might have already entered the battlefield. Now let's talk about this again, oh, jealousy is terrible!"

In short, this news brought a huge shock to the Star Alliance society. Some were depressed, some sighed, some were worried, some were excited, some gloated...

Perhaps because Tang Fang's life and death could not be determined, the government did not fluctuate in its attitude towards Morning Star Casting, and still maintained the original situation, granting appropriate convenience and privileges in certain areas.

Only those at the top of the government know how terrible the undercurrent hidden under the calm surface is. Unlike the last riot that started in civil society, this time it stems from internal rifts.

The original expansion of the investigation of Hirohiko Iga, Swain Byrne and other military giants caused a series of chain reactions within the government. Many officials developed from panic at the beginning to huddling together to keep warm, resisting censorship, and also showed dissatisfaction in daily work. As a phenomenon of disorderly behavior.