From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 206: What is an interstellar giant?
Prisoners of private enterprises and private military companies are much easier to deal with than soldiers captured on the battlefield.

Facing the heavily armed Marines, especially the Roma who looked very oppressive, these unarmed prisoners who had their weapons confiscated behaved more obediently than the children who were "sitting in rows and eating fruits".

Under the supervision of the Marines, the actions of verifying identities and putting on disposable positioning belts are not very skillful.

After Atlas confirmed that all the prisoners were under control based on the voyage records and crew lists on the two destroyers, they finally relaxed a little.

After the ordinary prisoners were disrupted and regrouped, they were concentrated and placed in several temporarily divided 'holding areas' in Gnaku, guarded by marines.

And 'high-level' prisoners like the two captains, Oens, and Yaoguang's defense liaison were held alone in the crew cabin.

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

He will definitely not return these two battleships, or he will only return them if he is sick.

After jumping to a safe area, Amber planned to immediately contact the ship dealer who purchased the ship to sell it.

This is basically how the solution for the two Peregrine-class ships has been decided.

After reading the reply, Amber almost laughed angrily.

He would definitely be heartbroken if there were so many captives not absorbed into Atlas to work for him.

The captives can return to a place they are familiar with without having to travel far from home, and Amber and the others can also get a sum of money.

The voices of Mary Bay Industries and Yaoguang Defense are surprisingly consistent. They have a tough attitude and demand that Amber apologize and compensate for their losses, otherwise they will take force to safeguard their interests.

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

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

The two companies responded quickly. At the same time that Amber escaped from the jump and entered the Thousand Stars Empire, the company mailbox also received a reply from the other party.

For employees, who are they working for and not working for them?

In terms of attitude, highlight an image that is neither humble nor arrogant, but still hopes to calm down troubles.

But after all, Atlas is still a company registered in the Thousand Stars Empire and is not within the sphere of human influence. Many people may have to say goodbye to their hometown forever.

This is also a common practice in corporate wars.

Everyone has a bright future.

Under such circumstances, even if they were forcibly 'absorbed', Amber honestly had no confidence in ensuring that these people would be loyal enough.

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

But when it comes to handling so many prisoners, Amber has some difficulties.

The first is to explain the causes and consequences of this incident, the second is to express that Atlas will treat their employees properly, and hopes that both parties can complete the personnel 'handover' as soon as possible. Finally, we also hope that both parties will have opportunities to cooperate in the future.

There is no guarantee that many of these prisoners were 'absorbed' into the company by Mary Bay Industries or Yaoguang Defense through this method.

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

At the same time, there is no mention at all in the entire response of what to do with their employees.

The format and content are almost exactly the same, except for the name of the company.

Amber even doubted whether the replies from these two families 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 prisoners' from Mary Bay Industries and Yaoguang Defense.

"That's right. And the whole article doesn't mention how to treat you prisoners."

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

"Brother, are you really the director of Mary Bay Industrial Product R&D Department 3? Your company's attitude makes me a little suspicious of your identity."

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

After hearing Amber's words, Orns replied angrily.

"Hey, big companies like you are good at everything. It's just that you pay too much attention to profits, which makes you completely inhumane. Even a 'loyal employee' like you who has been there for 20 years can give up at the drop of a hat."

Amber looked at Orns with some sympathy, and then also glanced at several other people.

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

It won't redeem or save people, and it won't be considered as death in the mission.

Instead, they will be marked as 'missing' one by one.

In this way, they can avoid paying high pensions and only need to provide minimum 'humanitarian assistance' to their families.

If anyone else questions the company's practices, executives at these companies will point out that they have been spending high costs on personnel searches.

But the universe is too big to be found in a short while.
It is indeed a common saying.

So Amber sometimes feels that the employees of these companies are quite pitiful to a certain extent.

A company that works hard to create benefits will be kicked out immediately if something goes wrong.

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

Oens, with a gloomy face, suddenly said:

“Looking at my age, I have indeed reached the point where I am about to be ‘optimized’, which is why I want to squeeze into P9.
Now that something like this has happened, the company can perfectly 'optimize' me and save me the huge one-time resettlement payment Ben Yin will give me in the future, hahahahaha. "

Orns smiled maniacally, as if he wanted to vent his unwillingness and anger.

His words made several other 'senior prisoners' think of their gloomy future at the same time, and their expressions suddenly turned uglier.

In this situation, even if Amber lets them go without asking for ransom (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 up by replacements.

At most, the company will arrange for them a "humanitarian care position" that can only maintain the minimum living standard.

If Oens and the others are still not satisfied, they will have no choice but to file a lawsuit with the company.

Then they will be hit hard by the legal department that the company spends a lot of money to support.
Just as the atmosphere in this cabin became increasingly gloomy, Amber tentatively asked:
"How about you try to work for me?"

(End of this chapter)