Chapter 206 What Is an Interstellar Giant Enterprise?

Prisoners from private enterprises and private military companies are much easier to deal with than soldiers captured on the battlefield.

Facing the fully armed marines, especially the Roma who looked oppressive, these unarmed captives who had their weapons confiscated behaved more obediently than the children who "sat in a row to eat fruit".

Under the supervision of the marines, the movements of verifying their identities and wearing disposable positioning straps were so skillful.

When Atlas confirmed that all the captives were under control according to the sailing records and crew lists on the two destroyers, it finally relaxed a little.

After the ordinary captives were disrupted and regrouped, they were concentrated in several "detention areas" temporarily separated from the hangar and guarded by the marines.

And "high-level" captives such as the two captains, Owens and the Yaoguang Defense Liaison were detained alone in the crew cabin.

As for the control of the two destroyers, Amber handed it over directly to Lilith, letting her control the shipboard control personality to perform the most basic operations.

He would definitely not return these two warships, or he would return them only if he was sick.

After the jump to the safe area, Amber planned to contact the ship merchant who purchased the ship to sell it immediately.

The disposal plan for the two Peregrine-class ships was basically decided in this way.

But Amber was a little troubled about the disposal of so many captives.

He would definitely feel heartbroken if he didn't absorb so many captives into Atlas to work for him.

But the problem is that most of the captives worked well in their previous companies, and even had families and families. Why should they go to a foreign country with you to fight?

Although Atlas does have an advantage in salary and benefits, and in this era, it is quite common for employees to be captured in corporate wars and finally "absorbed" by the other company.

It is possible that many of these captives were "absorbed" into the company by Mary Bay Industries or Yaoguang Defense through this method.

For the employees, whoever they work for is not the same as working for them?

But Atlas is still a company registered in the Thousand Star Empire after all, and it is not within the sphere of influence of humans. Many people may have to bid farewell to their hometown forever.

In this case, even if they are forcibly "absorbed", Amber honestly has no confidence to guarantee that these people will have enough loyalty.

So after discussing with Randall, Isabel and others, everyone unanimously decided to use these people to ask for some ransom from the two companies.

This is also a common practice in corporate wars.

The captives can return to their familiar places without being far away from their hometowns, and Amber and others can also get a sum of money.

Everyone has a bright future.

Before the three destroyers formed a formation and entered the coordinated jump, Amber used the relay signal station in deep space to send an email to Mary Bay Industries and Yaoguang Defense in the name of Atlas Mining Company.

First, the cause and effect of this incident was explained, and second, Atlas would properly treat their employees, hoping that both parties could complete the "handover" of personnel as soon as possible, and finally hoped that the two sides would have the opportunity to cooperate in the future.

In terms of attitude, it highlights an image of being neither humble nor arrogant, but still hoping to settle the matter peacefully.

The two companies responded quickly. When Amber left the jump and entered the Thousand Star Empire, the company mailbox also received the other party's reply.

After reading the reply, Amber almost laughed out of anger.

The caliber of Mary Bay Industry and Yaoguang Defense was surprisingly consistent. They demanded Amber to apologize and compensate for their losses in a tough attitude, otherwise they would take force to protect their interests.

At the same time, the entire reply did not mention how to deal with their employees.

The format and content are almost exactly the same, except that the company name was changed.

Amber even doubted whether the replies from the two companies were written by the same person.

"This is too perfunctory."

After reading the reply, Randall shook his head speechlessly.

At this time, he and Amber were staying with several "senior captives" from Mary Bay Industry and Yaoguang Defense.

"Yes. And the whole text does not mention how to treat you captives."

Amber looked at Ornes, who looked a little unnatural, and said with a smile:

"Brother, are you really the director of the third department of Mary Bay Industrial Product R&D? Your company's attitude makes me doubt your identity."

"You must have a way to verify my identity, so there is no such thing as me deceiving you."

Hearing Amber's words, Ornes answered unhappily.

"Alas, you big companies are good at everything. It's just that you pay too much attention to interests, resulting in no human touch at all. Even a "loyal employee" like you who has been here for 20 years can be abandoned just like that."

Amber looked at Ornes with some sympathy, and then scanned the bodies of several other people.

Their expressions were also a little lonely at this time. It was obvious that they had guessed the decision of their respective companies.

No redemption or rescue, let alone death in the mission.

But they will mark them as "missing" one by one.

In this way, they can avoid paying high compensation and only need to provide minimal "humanitarian assistance" to their families.

If others question the company's practices, the company's executives will righteously say that they have been spending a lot of money on personnel searches.

But the universe is too big to be found in a short time.

It is indeed a universal rhetoric.

So Amber sometimes feels that the employees of their company are quite pitiful to some extent.

The company works hard to create benefits, but will be kicked out immediately if there is a problem.

"Actually, I should have thought of it earlier."

Oans, with a gloomy face, suddenly said:

"From the perspective of age, I am indeed about to be "optimized", which is why I want to squeeze into P9 desperately.

Now that this has happened, the company can just "optimize" me perfectly, and save the huge resettlement money that Benyin will give me in the future, hahahahaha."

Oans laughed crazily, as if he wanted to vent all the resentment and indignation in his heart.

His words made the other "senior captives" think of their bleak future at the same time, and their faces suddenly became uglier.

In this situation, even if Amber does not want the ransom and lets them go directly (of course Amber is not such a person), their company will not let them return to their original positions.

Because the moment they were judged as ‘missing’, their positions were taken over by their successors.

And the company would at most arrange a ‘humanitarian care position’ for them that could only maintain the minimum living standard.

If Ornes and his team were not satisfied, they would have to sue the company.

Then they would be hit hard by the company’s expensively supported legal department.

Just as the atmosphere in this cabin was becoming increasingly depressing, Amber asked tentatively:

“How about you try to work for me?”