From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 232 Vendée No. , nothing happened

"So, there's no news coming out of the entire planet?"

"Yes, this week we have continued to monitor all communication relay satellites and penetrating communication towers near Vendée 6, and we have not found any abnormal information."

On the bridge of the Hermes, Randall sat on the captain's seat and said to Amber on the main screen.

There was an extra pair of collar badges on the collar of his cabin suit.

According to the illustrations on the Atlas Group's internal military rank management regulations, these are a pair of collar insignias with the rank of colonel.

Since Atlas Private Military Company re-introduced the military rank system, it has also quickly produced a batch of shoulder and collar badges.

At Randall's strong request, he was promoted from the rank of 'Major' during his service in the Federal Navy to the rank of 'Colonel'.

But the price was that after receiving the epaulettes and badges, Amber issued an emergency mission before she was happy for a long time.

He commanded the Hermes, which had completed the "enhanced transformation for covert operations", and sneaked into the Vendée galaxy to serve as an "observation post".

Then the news on July 7 said that she gave a public speech in the planet's capital, but these news were all text news, and even if there were pictures, they were old pictures that had nothing to do with pictures and text.

As for why we have to wait until the end of this mission before transferring the ship name.

Amber made his own analysis step by step based on the timeline given in the report.

Of course, Lilith is outside the scope.

After that, no valuable news came out.

Originally, Amber was going to rename the destroyer "Shi Qian" or "Bai Yu Tang", but he was worried that these Eastern thieves would not protect these "Westerners", so he had to give up.
At this moment, Amber, who had sneaked into the empire on another destroyer and entered the quantum entanglement communication range, slowly relaxed her frown after listening to Randall's report.

After this mission is completed, the ship name 'Hermes' will be transferred to a light cruiser serving as the flagship of the fleet.

"Because everything seems too normal?"

The days that followed were all ordinary daily news, and even social media didn't have any content about 'Her Royal Highness the Princess's visit', which was very unusual.

What's more, after a fleet under Duke Artesia arrived yesterday, it directly launched a blockade on the planet."

Amber clicked on the report that Randall had sent simultaneously and shared it on the screen.

Mainly because Hermes is not only the god in charge of business in ancient Greek mythology, but also the god of thieves.

"Hmm, it's so normal that it even feels fake."

Sometimes, information doesn’t have to be taken from other people’s pockets.

"The Imperial Princess arrived on the Vendée VI on July 7 and delivered a global address.

A majestic imperial princess visited a colonial planet in a border area. There was only relevant news in the past two days.

'Open source intelligence' obtained from public places accounts for more than 70% of effective intelligence.

And the "petty theft" work of observation posts naturally requires the protection of the God of Thieves.

"There is no news, but it means something is wrong."

"What you mean is that the calm situation these days has turned out to be an act of deceiving others."

And this is also the last mission performed by this special mission ship transformed from a Dragoon-class destroyer under the name of 'Hermes'.

Randall gradually began to come to his senses as he listened to Amber's description.

Although he is not a professional intelligence officer, it does not mean that he cannot use his brain to think about problems.

"Yes, you also know why I asked you to serve as an 'observation post' in the Vendée Galaxy.

The reason is that the information I obtained from other sources said that there were split and independent voices in the Vendée galaxy.

And when the imperial princess comes to visit, other forces will attack her."

"But now, there is no news coming out at all, so it's very abnormal."

"Correct answer~"

Amber gave Randall a thumbs up and then switched to another page of the report.

"Look here, according to the information obtained by your close observation, the augmented fleet has dispatched a large number of transport ships to carry out delivery operations in the orbit of the planet.

As far as I know, Duke Artesia happens to have a 'scavenger' force that is responsible for suppressing planetary rebellions."

"Good guy, are you saying that there is a big mess on this planet?"

"Based on the available information, we're probably close to that."

Amber did not act very confident, although he actually knew the cause and effect of the entire incident, including what happened after the 'Laser Harvest'.

Before the high-energy laser bloodbathed the 'mob' in the Rose Square in Urban, the planet's capital.

In fact, the jamming vehicle in the accompanying guard regiment, under Natalia's order, carried out wide-area jamming, blocking out the electromagnetic signals in nearly half of the city.

It was not the first day Natalia Bonaparte joined the Forbidden Forces. She naturally knew what she needed to do before 'doing big things'.

Agnes also immediately sent a request for help signal to Duke Artesia and the accompanying fleet in the orbit of the planet.

Then, she walked to the front desk and directed the anti-aircraft laser to 'clean' the square. The fleet accompanying her on this trip consisted of a total of twenty-four warships of various types.

From the beginning, it has been cruising in the orbit of the planet as an 'intervention planet'.

Four of the orbital attack ships, after receiving signals from the ground, immediately dropped all the orbital paratroopers they carried as quickly as possible.

The delivery area is several planetary communication base stations on Vendée 6 that can communicate with the outside world.

While the orbiting paratroopers quickly took control of the base station and shut down the transmitter, Vendée 6 temporarily lost contact with the outside world.

The remaining battleships also spread almost all communication jamming terminals in the orbit of the planet.

The highly centralized dictatorship has shown rare 'advantages' at this moment.

The garrison fleet of the Vendée galaxy absolutely did not dare to stop the princess and the imperial army from doing anything.

So after receiving the order from Agnes as the 'quasi-heir', they stayed at the mooring ground honestly from beginning to end.

After completing the temporary information blockade, Agnes also obtained their identity information based on the appearance of the 'agitators' and 'separatists' previously photographed by drones and snipers.

Although it was no surprise that they were all fake identities, at least a hiding place near Urban was discovered.

Under the surprise attack by the Imperial Guards, the 'remnants' who were trapped in their hiding place were sent into the sky by multiple individual missiles before they even had time to destroy some important information.

Some information left at the scene points directly to Simon and Alvin, who were already suspected by Agnes, as the people behind the conspiracy.

After arresting the two men, the Princess Guards and Orbital Paratroopers led the planetary defense forces to attack everywhere.

A series of "dictatorship iron fists" such as curfew, public opinion control, reporting, and serial sittings were hammered hard on Vendée Six.

Next, under the temptation of high bounties, the agitators and separatists who were hiding were uncovered one by one.

After all, for ordinary civilians, the so-called 'ideal', 'freedom', and 'anti-imperialist and anti-feudal' are just slogans after all.

Only the Imperial Golden Dragon that falls into their pockets is something that can truly improve their lives.

And Agnes obviously also knows the principle of "slap and give a sweet date".

The appearance of the 'Scavengers' force under Duke Artesia, as well as a group of temporarily organized 'Secret Police' forces, plunged the planet into a tense situation where 'everyone is in danger'.

A series of policies to improve people's livelihood, reduce taxes, and increase residents' income were quickly implemented after being announced.
Not every resident of Vendée VI wants to be independent from the bottom of his heart.

Most of them were actually persuaded by others and believed that they could live a better life after independence, so they followed others to denounce the empire.

But now, with the promulgation of new policies and actual tax reductions, their lives are much better than before.

Since you have already got the 'thing' you want to fight for, why do you still want to participate in activities that are life-threatening?
The two choices of 'Risk your life in order to pay 100 yuan less in tax every year' and 'You don't have to do anything now to pay 45 yuan less in tax every year' are not choices at all for most people.

Even if the second option appeared, it was because a group of people were scanned in half under high-energy lasers.
But unfortunately, for other civilians on this planet, they have become 'vested interests' at this moment.

People are selfish animals. In this case, no one would be stupid enough to stand up and fight for the injustice of the 'mob' in the square.

They will only try their best to hold on to the 'concessions' they now receive from the ruling class.

What's more, even in the Federation, which claims to be 'democracy and freedom', the Internet has no memory.

Not to mention the 'feudal and authoritarian' country called Star Dragon Empire.
When the Rose Square was "cleaned" again with the assistance of the "Scavenger" troops.

A huge execution platform with a gallows was erected.

Watching the former galaxy governor and planet administrator, as well as a group of captured 'agitators', 'separatists', and 'awakened progressives', being pushed to the gallows in the morning light.

Whether they were watching the execution live at the Place de la Rose or watching the execution on TV or online, they all booed at these criminals who had been convicted of 'treason'.

"Don't ruin our lives!"

“Long live the new policy!”

"Long live the Empire!"

Immediately afterwards, amidst the cheers of the people who were led by the 'professionals' hidden in the crowd, Agnes, who was not wearing a formal dress but was rarely seen wearing a military uniform, also walked to the front of the execution platform.

Looking at the excited crowd, she exuded her own 'Dragon Power', and at the same time, with the help of a loudspeaker, her voice resounded throughout the Rose Square.

"Today, we will execute a group of sinners who undermine the stability and prosperity of this planet!"

"Today, we will tell those villains who are hiding in the shadows and trying to split the empire. Under the glory of the empire, these villains have no place to hide!"

"What awaits them is death!"

"The imperial royal family will always stand with its people and spare no effort to fight against these enemies who attempt to destroy the people's good life!"

"Rejoice, children of the Empire, for you will see it all with your own eyes!"

The atmosphere in Rose Square has reached its climax at this moment.

When 'Hang! Hang! 'The chorus of shouts became the 'main theme' of this square.

Agnes, bathed in this strong 'public opinion', gently raised her right hand.

"Execution!"

(End of this chapter)