Chapter 285 The Diplomatic Mission! The Fisherman Benefits From the Quarrel Between the Snipe and the Clam! The Real Winner

Chapter 285 Mission! The snipe and the clam compete with each other and the fisherman gets the benefit! A real winner!

Not long after, Leto and Hawat arrived at the command center on the ground in an ornithopter.

After entering the central control room, Hawat immediately asked his subordinates: "How is the situation? Have you found out the number of enemy fleets?"

The top priority now is to find out how many people are coming from the other side. If the Colino royal family and Harkonnen are dispatched in full force, more preparations will be needed.

"We haven't got a completely accurate figure yet, but according to the preliminary investigation, the size of the fleet coming from the other side is not very large, but it is a little strange."

The base commander reported to Hawat and said: "This fleet does not have the logo of the Astronautical Guild, nor does it have any high-class ships affiliated with the Astronautical Guild."

"The other party looks like a fleet that does not belong to any family force or guild organization."

After the words fell, clearer image data came from the front line. Through this clearer image, Hawat saw that the size of the incoming fleet was not as huge as he imagined.

This put him at ease a little.

If there were only this number of battleships, the Atreides family would be able to cope with it.

Immediately, Hawat walked to the central console, and through the communication device, he told the garrison on the front line: "I am Duffy Hawat, and now I will take over the defense of Caladan."

"No one can act rashly without my order!"

At this moment, more frontline image information was delivered to the headquarters command room.

Hawat was obviously stunned when he saw the fleet of the world's giants in the picture, as well as various different styles of painting and huge warships.

‘A giant company in the world... Which family’s private company is this? Why haven’t I heard of it! ’

Hawat ran his brain's CPU frantically, trying to think of family forces that were related to the world's giant companies, but after thinking about it, he couldn't remember which family owned this company.

What's more, although the fleet of this world giant is not large in number, each one is quite large.

This fleet consists of fifty-two battleships of various types, ranging from flagship aircraft carriers to cruisers, destroyers, and battleships.

From the Sojourner Dreadnought, the Long Night, the Infinity Class to the ordinary Phoenix, the arrayed fleet group was exceptionally majestic and spectacular.

"Are all their warships this big? Which family can have such a fortune!"

Hawat's mind suddenly stopped. You must know that even the long-distance high-class battleship of the Astronautical Guild has a maximum length of only 25,000 meters.

But the Long Night in the picture has an astonishing length of 30,000 kilometers.

However, the Astronautical Guild's long-distance high-class ships are merchant ships used to transport goods, and the Long Night of the World Giant Company is a genuine battleship.

To build an interstellar battleship into an astonishing size of 30,000 meters, it must also meet various war needs. The technical content required is several orders of magnitude higher than that of a merchant ship of the same size!

To be honest, Hawat has lived for so long and has never seen any family build such a large warship. This is simply incredible!

"The other party sent us a communication signal. Do you want to connect with them?"

At this time, the correspondent below turned to report.

"Get in!"

Hawat didn't hesitate for a moment. He wanted to see who the other party was and who dared to run wild on the territory of the Atreides family.

Immediately, with a hissing sound, the communication between the two parties was officially connected successfully.

[This is the advance legion of the world's giants. We are performing an escort mission. Our representative mission will arrive here soon. Please be prepared to receive it. 】

[Repeat it again...! 】

Different from the previous beheading operations, or directly sending troops to fight, this time the actions of the Universal Corporation were quite gentle, and they were prepared to talk with the Atreides family first and then to attack.

After hearing the request of the giant company in the world, Duke Leto and Hawat frowned subconsciously. The tone of the other party was slightly arrogant. In comparison, Atreides seemed like a small family.

The other party is the big family of the Galaxy Empire!

"I have never heard of such a giant company in the world."

Duke Leto couldn't help but curse, but the other party didn't seem to have any ill intentions towards Caladan, he just asked to visit to prepare himself.

This request is not too much.

"Go ahead and ask people to prepare to welcome the guests, but we must also arrange our fleet and ground forces to guard against sudden attacks by the other party."

"In addition, find out as soon as possible which family force they come from."

For a moment, Leto wondered whether this so-called giant company in the world could be a fake force of the Colino royal family and the Harkonnen family.

But this kind of deceptive behavior is too ridiculous.

"Yes, Your Majesty the Duke, I will arrange it!"

Hawat nodded in agreement, and then passed Leto's order to all the ministries.

Leto, on the other hand, frowned and couldn't figure out why the battleships of the world's giants would be built so big. This was completely unnecessary and quite a waste of resources.

After all, the human civilization in the Dune universe would never build such a large battleship at all, because this is completely a wasteful way of losing money.

Thanks to the emergence of a technology called Holtzman shield, when kinetic weapons hit the Holtzman shield, the shield will instantly return the kinetic energy to zero, thus rendering the bullets and shells ineffective.

If an energy weapon is used to attack the Holtzman shield, a subatomic fusion reaction will be triggered immediately, causing a nuclear explosion at the shield end and the energy weapon launch end.

This is equivalent to the fact that once the laser cannon hits the shield, both sides will explode at the same time.

And using ordinary energy weapon turrets to exchange for an opponent's warship, no matter how you look at it, the warship side will lose a lot.

Therefore, the emergence of the Holtzman shield directly changed the underlying logic of war in the Dune universe.

Small, delicate, and fast spaceships are the mainstream weapons of interstellar wars, and some spaceships can even be as small as a car.

Spaceships such as flapping-wing aircraft are the most common micro-warships.

These spaceships will carry a certain amount of missiles, mainly used to compete for air supremacy on the ground.

It can be said that the interstellar war in Dune, to a certain extent, does not have any fancy naval tactics.

In this situation, everyone is competing to see who has a richer family background. You shoot down one of my spaceships, and I shoot down one of your spaceships. Whoever runs out of spaceships first loses.

This kind of war method, which is the favorite of krypton gold players, has led to the civilian uprising in the Dune universe, which has become a hell-level difficulty.

After all, how can their family background compare to the strong funds inherited by slave owners for thousands of years.

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Half an hour later, a Skyhawk shuttle, escorted by several Storm Eagle gunboats, slowly landed in a large manor of the Atreides family.

Looking at these exotic buildings in front of him, Andrew, as a representative of the Universal Corporation, couldn't help but exclaim.

"All of them are ancient castles and open-air manors in the medieval style of Western Europe. The powerful families here look really rich!"

As the former captain of the Carthage-class aircraft carrier in the 004 "Halo" universe, Andrew Del Rio has now been transferred to a temporary mission officer in the Universal Corporation.

Although there is a risk of being killed for venting anger during the first diplomatic mission, if he can complete the mission well, he will be treated as a step-by-step promotion.

At this moment, a large number of people have surrounded the manor, most of whom are guards of the Atreides family, and the other part are members of the Atreides family.

The guards remained vigilant throughout the process, carefully surrounding the shuttle, while the Atreides people curiously stretched their heads and looked over here.

Of course, Duke Leto would definitely not appear in this crowd, after all, he is the core figure of the Atreides family.

Before he fully understands the other party's details, he will never take the risk and personally deal with the delegation of the Universal Corporation.

Here, the door of the shuttle slowly opened, and a group of Spartan warriors stepped out first. They quickly took up their positions and provided all-round protection for Andrew who was about to come out.

Then, the members of the Giant Enterprise delegation, led by Andrew, walked out of the shuttle one after another.

Andrew walked at the front, revealing a sense of confidence and calmness. He came to Hawat and nodded to him.

As for why he only nodded but did not shake hands, it was mainly because he was worried that there were some different microscopic germs in different universes.

Looking at the other party's eyes, Hawat immediately realized the identity of the visitor. It was most likely an officer, and a commander of a high level!

"I am the representative of the Universal Giant Enterprise, Andrew."

After introducing each other with Hawat, Andrew went straight to the point and said:

"Mr. Hawat, the Atreides family is about to be destroyed. I think you should make plans early."

As soon as these words came out, the members of the Atreides family and the guards around them were immediately angry. Even Hawat, who was always calm, couldn't help but burst his veins and breathe faster.

"Mr. Andrew, I don't understand what you mean. Are you trying to say that you want to go to war with my Atreides family?"

Hawat's face darkened, and even his tone became cold. He thought that the other party came here specifically to issue a challenge and provoke their Atreides family.

Facing the anger of the members of the Atreides family around him, Andrew just smiled calmly and said:

"There is no conflict of interest between our Universal Corporation and the Atreides family. On the contrary, we will help the Atreides family escape from danger."

Before Hawat could ask a question in return, Andrew spoke first: "It won't be long before your Duke Leto will receive a transfer order from Emperor Saddam."

"The entire Atreides family will be transferred to the planet Arrakis. In that endless sand dune, the Harkonnen family will work with the powerful Sadoka Legion to kill all the Atreides people."

"And our Universal Corporation is the only force that can help the Atreides family escape from the brink of death!"

The Sadoka Legion that Andrew mentioned is actually the most powerful elite force of the Corino royal family, equivalent to Emperor Saddam's imperial guards.

These Sadoka warriors are trained on the harsh planet Salusa II all year round. As the most cruel prison planet in the Galactic Empire, the people on it are all extremely vicious criminals.

The Sadokas are the best among the criminals. To get a chance to survive, they will do everything they can to stand out and eventually become elite warriors who are able to defeat ten enemies at once.

As a sharp knife of the Corino royal family, the Sadoka Corps has done a lot of dirty and tiring work for the royal family, and their terrifying reputation has spread to every corner of the empire.

Although the guards and warriors of the Atreides family are also the best among the major families, they are still much weaker in the face of the Sadoka Corps.

Hearing this, Hawat hesitated. Obviously, he was thinking about whether the information Andrew said was true. If so, wouldn’t it be...!

Seeing this, Andrew struck while the iron was hot and continued to instill information to the other party: "Our Universal Corporation is a powerful civilization that integrates multiple universes."

"Please tell your Duke that if he doesn't want the Atreides family to be destroyed in his hands, give us an answer as soon as possible."

"If the Atreides family is unwilling to cooperate with the Universal Corporation, then we will look for other families."

After that, Andrew didn't care about Hawat's reaction, and turned around and left with his men, returning to the cabin of the Skyhawk shuttle.

Hawat just stared at Andrew as he left. His lips moved slightly, but he didn't say anything in the end.

Soon, the Skyhawk shuttle, escorted by the Stormhawk gunboat, quickly took off and returned to the low-Earth orbit of the planet Caladan.

During the entire negotiation process, Andrew only mentioned two key pieces of information, that is, the Atreides family was in danger, and the Universal Corporation was the only force that could help them.

As for whether Duke Leto believed it or not, it didn't matter. He would naturally know the truth at that time.

If you want a huge and powerful family like Atreides to willingly obey the orders of the Universal Corporation, it is not very effective to use temptation and threats to attack.

Because people will definitely not look down on a few melons and two dates. If you give too much, it will harm the interests of the Universal Corporation. After all, such a big family can only give the other party the position of emperor if they want to give them enough benefits.

But the position of emperor is given to the boss Leon. Who dares to promise it easily?

Therefore, by using the information of the Corino royal family and the Harkonnen family attacking Atreides and saving the lives of the entire Atreides family, there is a chance to bring the two sides closer, so as to facilitate the alliance later.

Soon, when Hawat brought this information back and told Duke Leto, Leto was also a little unpredictable.

"Do you think their words are reliable? How did they know about this?"

Leto looked at Hawat, hoping that he could give him a suitable answer.

Immediately, Hawat's eyeballs rolled up, revealing a large area of ​​white in his eyes. This was a conditioned reaction caused by Mentat's brain when it was calculating at high speed.

After a while, Hawat returned to his original state. He searched for information about the Harkonnen family from the information he had seen recently.

"Recently, the Harkonnen family replaced all the old employees who mined spices and a large number of machines, leaving behind some new people and old broken equipment."

As soon as these words came out, Duke Leto immediately understood that at this juncture, the Harkonnen family's strange behavior must be wrong.

You know, Arrakis is the only place of origin of spices.

Over the years, the Harkonnens have made a lot of money from this shining sand dune star, and once caught up with the industrial value of the Atreides family.

Under normal circumstances, the Harkonnens have no need to suddenly replace all the workers and means of production when they are making money.

Wouldn't this delay making money?

So the only explanation may be that it is really as Andrew said, the Atreides family is about to replace the Harkonnens family and go to Arrakis to take over the precious land.

"Could it be... Are the Corino and Harkonnens really ready to take action against us!"

Leto began to imagine the scene that was about to happen in his mind.

In the endless sand dunes, the Atreides family faced the siege of the Corino royal family and the Harkonnens family. In the desperate situation with nowhere to escape, the Atreides family is likely to be destroyed in one fell swoop.

When the rice is cooked, even if other families do not accept the royal family's approach, it will be useless.

After all, without the leader, the other small families are weak, and the Harkonnen family is helping the evil. How can they resist the rule of the royal family?

After imagining the most dangerous possibility, Duke Leto couldn't help but feel a chill.

In fact, it is absolutely impossible to say that Duke Leto didn't know why the Corino royal family targeted the Atreides family.

He understood better than anyone why the Atreides were jointly rectified by the Corino royal family and Harkonnen.

Over the years, Leto Atreides has led other clans to join the Lansgard Federation. As the head of the federation, Leto has also sought benefits for everyone.

But the power cake of the galaxy has been distributed by the major families according to their merits as early as the end of the holy war.

This system of rewarding according to merit has already clearly arranged the future potential of each family.

Everyone should live honestly and be a good landlord.

Dislike your family's small share? What have you been doing before!

Their current status and power were earned by their ancestors who sacrificed their lives and shed their blood. This is what they deserve.

As a result, your Atreides family set up a shitty union, stepped on the Corino royal family, and took the lead in redistributing the pie.

Although the share is not much, it is also the power resource of the Colino family. Why should it be given to you guys who do nothing and get free benefits? Shivering!

Shameless!

This is equivalent to the Atreides family using the resources of the Colino royal family with the help of the so-called Lansgard Federation to give away welfare.

It's over, everyone is still grateful to the Atreides family. If the royal family does not agree, other families will unite to protest.

Isn’t this just disgusting!

To be generous to others, the BYD Atreides family are simply beasts! The laws of the ancestors are immutable, and the royal foundation of the Galactic Empire has been infiltrated by this kind of noble family!

This is the fundamental reason why Emperor Shadam really wants to kill the Atreides family. He is provoking the authority of the royal family and dividing the royal family's power cake.

Isn't the purpose of playing so many tricks of the polite corporal to attract more powerful families to fight against the Colino royal family?

But from the perspective of the Atreides family, Duke Leto's actions can strengthen the family and revive the great Atreides family.

The butt decided the position, and he had no other choice.

"If the Harkonnen family really wants to leave the planet Arrakis, then we are the only family qualified to succeed them."

Hawat's expression was very heavy, and he felt helpless in the face of this difficult decision.

"If we really enter Arrakis, and the two families of Collino and Harkonnen send a large army to besiege us."

"Then we have no chance of winning!"

As a professional military consultant, Hawat knows very well the geographical environment of the planet Arrakis.

Once the war begins, even if the Atreides family is fully prepared in advance, it will be difficult to withstand the attack from the two families.

After all, there is nowhere to defend the sand dunes and there are weak points of defense everywhere. There are no fortresses, population resources, or food warehouses that the Atreides family has operated for many years.

If they go, the Atreides family will definitely die.

Failure to go would be tantamount to openly violating the emperor's will, which would be deliberate rebellion.

If a war begins with the Colino royal family, even if they unite with other families, they will go to great lengths to overthrow Emperor Shadam.

The final winner will not be the Atreides family, but the Harkonnen family, who did not need to contribute much in the whole process!

The snipe and the clam competed for the fishermen's profit, and no matter which path Duke Leto chose, the ultimate winner would be Harkonnen's people.