Chapter 105 Meeting
Listening to the communication between the captains in the fleet channel, Rex was silent.
The loss was indeed huge.
If the drones damaged in the battle with unknown forces three days ago were counted.
The total number of destroyed "Earth Elf" drones has reached more than 100.
You should know that the number of drones in the entire fleet is only more than 300.
Before the war really started, one-third of the drones had been lost.
Rex knew very well that the "Free Democratic Federation" was taking the drone route.
Without drones, the Tristan-class frigate and the Argus-class destroyer would be useless.
The ship-borne weapons were just a few large-caliber rapid-fire cannons.
Although the power was stronger than that of drones, the range was shorter and there was no ability to fire at enemy warships at all.
The hull armor was not only pitifully thin, but the shield strength was also not high.
These two warships were only suitable as a drone landing platform and used as a mobile hangar.
"Fleet Commander, when will the logistics fleet arrive?"
"It's still early, at least half a month. The news that the advance fleet encountered unknown human forces on Earth in the S-01919 star system has been reported to the Thirteen Council. They will not turn a blind eye. Our current task is to find a safe route to a habitable planet before the logistics fleet arrives. Once found, once the logistics fleet arrives, we can launch an attack on the enemy in the shortest time."
"Fleet Commander, will there be a support fleet? Although the scale of the advance fleet is not small, the other side is not a pushover. I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to easily defeat the enemy with our current strength."
"I don't know. There is no reply from the Thirteen Council for the time being. Wait, we have enough time."
EVE has superluminal communication technology, which uses the principle of quantum entanglement.
Although it cannot transmit too much information, such as large amounts of data transmission.
But some simple information can be effectively transmitted with almost zero delay.
Once the information is sent here, the Thirteen Council will get the news.
Yes, they have enough time.
Their original bodies have long been destroyed, and the current clones are just carriers of consciousness.
In the "Wings of Freedom" space station, each of them has several clones.
Even if they die, their consciousness will be uploaded to the new clone.
They are immortal and immortal, so a little time doesn't matter at all.
At the same time, in the depths of the distant starry sky...
S-01931 star system, "Wings of Freedom" space station.
As the headquarters of the "Free Democratic Federation", the "Wings of Freedom" space station is located in the orbit of "Freedom Star".
Today, a message from the advance fleet brought thirteen members of parliament together.
The parliament received the message three days ago.
But the meeting was held three days later.
In a conference hall, there is a huge round table.
There are thirteen metal chairs next to the round table.
There are no people on the chairs, only thirteen three-dimensional projection images.
Although it is very real and the faces can be seen clearly, the blue light is still very obvious.
"The advance fleet encountered an unknown human force from Earth with the Warhammer 40K Human Empire template in the S-01919 star system. The parliament has already received this news. Don't you have anything to say?"
At the main seat, Elro's tone was mixed with a hint of anger.
When he received the news from the advance fleet, he had already called the parliamentarians to a meeting.
There were always people who found excuses to refuse, and the meeting had to be postponed.
It took Elro three full days to invite every member to the conference table.
"Chairman of the parliament, you are fully responsible for matters related to the S-01919 star system. I'm afraid it's not convenient for us to intervene."
"That's right, such a good place, the chairman of the parliament doesn't want us to intervene, right?"
"It's just a small human force. Why can't the chairman of the parliament solve this little trouble?"
As soon as Elro finished speaking, a series of weird voices followed.
This made Elro frown slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "You know the importance of the S-01919 star system. It not only has a habitable planet, but also a rich mining area with rare minerals. I am working for the benefit of the "Free Democratic Federation", not for my own benefit."
"Speaker, don't be polite. The thirteen of us have deep roots in each other. Besides, the game of power was not designed by us, but by you. If you want us to intervene, you should come up with something practical. Otherwise, everyone should do their own thing. We won't compete with you, and you don't think we will help you. I think no one will object."
"Of course, the "Wings of Freedom" space station belongs to everyone. The position of the Speaker of the Parliament depends on the development of personal power. The Speaker of the Parliament wants to develop his own power, so he can't let us work in vain. Otherwise, I don't know when it will be our turn to be the Speaker of the Parliament."
Listening to the words of the parliamentarians that were inseparable from the word "interest".
Elro sighed helplessly in his heart.
The reason why he designed such a rule to climb to the highest power.
First, it was to limit the power of the Speaker of the Parliament and not to hand over the future of the "Free Democratic Federation" to one person.
He could not be the Speaker of the Parliament for life.
Because they are immortal earthlings.
Second, it was to inspire the enterprising spirit of the parliamentarians and give them a direction to climb to the pinnacle of power.
But he never expected that because of the struggle for their own interests, the Thirteen-member Parliament lost the most important thing.
That is unity.
Even if there are external enemies, the parliamentarians still put their own interests first.
Is he wrong?
Maybe, but even if he is wrong, he can only continue to be wrong.
The Thirteen-member Parliament system has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and now the reform will only make the "Free Democratic Federation" fall apart.
Elro had no choice but to say: "As a star system with habitable planets, I have never thought of occupying the S-01919 star system alone. How about we develop the S-01919 star system together?"
"Chairman, you should have said this a long time ago, otherwise, the atmosphere of this meeting will be much more relaxed."
"That's right, good things should be shared by everyone, eating alone is not pleasing."
"Haha, I knew the chairman of the council is not that kind of person..."
"What should we do now? Gather the fleet to support the advance fleet?"
The voice stopped abruptly, and everyone looked at Elro.
Facing everyone's gaze, Elro said expressionlessly: "You each select a captain to go to the location of the advance fleet and join the advance fleet to accept the command of Captain Rex. The logistics fleet does not need to assemble, just go directly to the location of the advance fleet."
At this point, Elro paused and continued: "If we want to occupy the S-01919 star system without any mistakes, we must be fully prepared. The enemy we face this time should not be simple, so don't hide, and take out all your assets."