Chapter 476 Bad News Good News

The human crew members in Atlas Group's combat fleet basically come from two categories: crew members from various federal corporate fleets and crew members from the federal navy.

Of course, most people add a prefix in front of it-'captured'.

Therefore, in theory, most humans in the Atlas Combat Fleet can be considered federal citizens.

And compared to ordinary crew members who just want to live a good life, those middle and high-level officers in the fleet who already have a certain social status, although they have been "confronting" the Federation under Amber's leadership, in fact they occasionally still Will subconsciously pay attention to the situation in the Federation.

So after learning about the brutal battle process for both warring parties, everyone in the 'Command Observation Group' was silenced one by one.

No matter how dissatisfied they are with the federal government, they still can't help but feel a little uncomfortable when they think of the people who died in the war, especially the nearly one million personnel in the mobile fortress.

Amber looked at everyone's performance and did not choose to enlighten them at this time. Some things could not be solved by him with just a few words. If he wanted these people to continue working in Atlas wholeheartedly in the future, then they would have to rely on Think for yourself to become 'thinking'.

"It seems that there is a trend of another round of public opinion within the federation." Guterres, who had remained silent after finishing his previous words, suddenly said: "Some people have begun to question the federal government's posthumous award of mobile fortress commander. Is the move for 'Federal Heroes' justified?"

"I've also seen it. Not long after the news from the front line was sent back, the heat suddenly rose. Apparently there are people behind it who are adding fuel to the flames."

Cliffs also nodded and continued:

"There are two main questions. One is that the federal government's move is to control public opinion so that the war can continue; the other is that the mobile fortress commander is qualified to be awarded the title of 'Federal Hero'. After all, he Under his command, nearly a million people in the mobile fortress also returned to the sea of ​​​​stars, and not all of these people are willing to sacrifice themselves."

Listening to what Cliffs said, everyone in charge of the observation group showed a look of disdain. Randall, who has always been outspoken, even said directly:

"Although I dislike the federal government very much, and I wish someone could replace it. But sometimes I have to admit that people who can say these things are even less of a thing. To come out and sing the opposite at this time is either stupid or bad!"

"This is the 'biological' diversity in the virtual space. Just get used to it." Amber comforted:

"And if you think about it, who can be a good person who can confront the federal government in the virtual space at this juncture? They are nothing more than the extreme opposition who 'put politics above all else' and the 'woke people' who think they are awake. , of course, there are also specially trained lurking personnel from the Star Dragon Empire. It is not easy to fish in troubled waters at this time."

After listening to Amber's words, Guterres also took over and said: "This actually illustrates another problem - the federal government's control of the domestic public opinion environment has begun to have problems. I guess with the negative news about this battle, When it breaks out, it’s not just the public opinion environment that may cause problems.”

"That might be a good thing for Atlas?" asked a trainee fleet commander. Obviously, he was looking at things more on Atlas's side at this moment.

Amber nodded: "Putting aside the sympathy for the victims, the end of the battle between the Federation and the Empire is indeed a good thing for us in Atlas.

The naval power of both sides has been seriously damaged, and morale will also be affected to a certain extent, which will lead to insufficient control of the battle lines and territories by both sides.

This also means that within a short period of time, neither the Empire nor the Federation will be able to reach out to Para IV and the Rubian system, so it gives us enough time to operate in these two places, especially the Rubian system. I see this The 'armed rebellion' probably cannot be suppressed. "

"One more thing, the general mobilization order." Guterres suddenly said:

"Neither the Federation nor the Empire can maintain a long-term state of general mobilization, especially when the internal instability is already there.

Therefore, there are only two options left for both sides, either to take out all their trump cards and powerful medicines and kill their opponents in a short time to end this war completely.

Or, just prepare to put your clothes and appearance in order and go to the table to start ceasefire negotiations. "

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Since no more valuable news came out for a while, everyone left after communicating for a while, leaving Amber alone in the conference room quietly thinking about the current situation.

To be honest, he really didn't expect that this 'strategic decisive battle' would have such an ending.

Duke William's death in battle should be regarded as the biggest 'world line change' he has experienced since he came to this world.

After all, in the previous game plot, when the Star Dragon Empire was completely divided, the regent and the imperial princess died and disappeared. On the contrary, the five dukes who supported their own troops and declared independence were more like the final 'beneficiaries'.

As a result, I didn't expect that Duke William, one of the five great dukes, would withdraw so suddenly and early, and also lose the Celestial Fortress under his command.

"This script is wrong. If things continue like this, Norton II will not be able to gain as big an advantage as it did in the previous life."

Amber frowned and thought. Although Duke William did not play much role in the game's background plot, he was by no means a small role in the Star Dragon Empire.

His sudden death will definitely bring about a series of chain reactions, especially when he is an important member of the "Regent Party".

Even if Amber does not think about some hidden influences, just looking at the development on the "table", she can guess that this is definitely a heavy blow to Norton II.

Not to mention that the intelligence received before has mentioned that the old nobles in the Regent Party are already ready to move. Now that Norton II has lost the important helper of Duke William, it is possible that these old nobles will become more and more presumptuous

"This development is really getting more and more interesting. In addition, the old emperor seems to have been plotting something. It is not certain that the result of the "end of the game" on the Star Dragon Empire will be completely different."

Amber silently thought about the impact of the result of this round of "strategic decisive battle" between the Federation and the Empire. When he was about to think about what impact the Federation would have, an encrypted communication application popped up.

The cartoon octopus on the communication avatar revealed the identity of the caller-the riddler Salih.

"Salih? Why did you suddenly think of looking for me? Didn't you say a while ago that you would retreat for a while to develop pioneer technology?"

Salih: "How can I retreat when the outside world is like this? I have good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first, Amber?"

"Um, let me tell you the bad news first."

"The bad news is that after your last decision, plus a series of things that happened after that, including the war between the two major forces of mankind that just ended, the timeline of this universe has been developing in the worst direction, and it is the kind that cannot be corrected."

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Amber was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that the "bad news" brought by Salih was this... On a certain level, he temporarily suppressed his doubts and continued to ask: "What about the good news?"

"The good news is the 'bad news' I just mentioned. It will not happen immediately. From the perspective of time, it is still in time if we need to make some preparations."

"Thank you very much. So what preparations should we make?"

Salih shook his head and said with a matter-of-fact expression: "I don't know."

"How much time is left?"

"I don't know, but it won't be short anyway."

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Amber held his forehead with his hand with a headache. He found that even though he had adapted for so long, it was still easy to raise his blood pressure when talking to Saleh, the 'riddler'.