From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 454 Prisoner Disposal and Special Communications
When Atlas was first established and was still a grass-roots team, meetings to discuss issues would eventually turn into Amber's one-man show.

It's just a passive 'one-man show'.

Since the others didn't have any ideas at the time, they simply chose to give up and listened to Amber, and developed along the way with bumps and bruises.

But later, as Atlas continued to expand in size and gradually absorbed a lot of "talent", this kind of discussion meeting became truly meaningful.

After everyone found that Amber really took their opinions into consideration, they became more and more willing to put forward their own ideas in the meeting.

Just like now, after Amber finished talking about her plan and asked others to talk about their ideas, Ceris, the human resources director who was poached from Alanita and also a member of the Atlas Group's elf employees, spoke first. As soon as she opened her mouth, it was clear that she was a good candidate for a "lamplight job".

"Boss, regarding the issue of taking in prisoners, I don't think we need to accept everyone who wants to stay.
Most of these prisoners are crew members, HCP pilots, and marines. But I know that due to factors such as loyalty, you will not allow them to continue working on the ship for the time being, so many of the prisoners will have to be transferred.

But this brings up another problem - we don't have that many vacant positions to accommodate them for the time being, and departments other than the combat fleet will not need so many people in a short period of time.

Therefore, I suggest that after the two screening items of 'confirming willingness' and 'verifying identity', we add a 'competitive employment' link. For the same position, we only want the best people, and those who fail the competition will be sent back to the federation together with others.

Just like you said, Atlas doesn’t support idlers, and similarly we don’t support useless people, and we are not a charity organization~"

Cerise's skillful and understated suggestions were recognized by many people present. Compared with Amber's plan, the HR director's solution sounded cold and inhumane, but it was indeed more appropriate from the perspective of corporate operations.

"Hmm, it is indeed more suitable than my plan. And I must admit that I am sometimes kind-hearted, so in this case, I really need you professionals to be the bad guys."

After listening to Cerise's suggestion, Amber couldn't help but nodded in agreement, and continued to speak:
"Does anyone else have any other opinions? If not, let's follow the general direction proposed by Cerise."

After waiting for a moment and seeing that no one else was going to speak, Amber looked at Cerise.

"Then I'll leave this matter to you. However, the HCP pilots and marines among the prisoners do not need to be transferred for the time being. These two are currently needed by the combat units. If they are willing to stay, they can be disbanded and sent to the combat units for training for a period of time. As for the specific matters, you can communicate with Hogg and Cleves and others."

"Understood, Boss. I'll go meet them after the meeting." Cerise nodded and had no objection to Amber's arrangement.

After the fate of the prisoners of war of the Combined Fleet was quickly decided, Isabel, who had been silent, suddenly spoke up as if she remembered something:

"Amber, did we forget there's another group of people?"

"who?"

"The prisoners of war from the Deep One special forces, as well as Dr. Mephisto and several surviving technicians." Isabel said slowly.

"I have to forget about it."

Hearing Isabel's words, Amber also slapped her forehead. She had really forgotten about these federal special operations units, psychic agents, and Dr. Mephisto, a person with a special identity, who were held in solitary confinement.

Now that Isabel mentioned it, Amber realized that this group of people was indeed a "hot potato".

Whether it was the mission information they received or what they saw and heard after breaking into the data center, they would more or less know some secrets of Atlas.

Especially Dr. Mephisto, he basically knows the whole story, so Amber will not let him leave no matter what, even if he is imprisoned forever in this asteroid fortress. As for the "deep diver" and those psychic agents, these are elite special warfare units of the Federation, and their loyalty is much higher than that of ordinary soldiers of the Federation, so the hope of "turning" them over is basically zero.

Thinking of this, Amber turned to look at the two "former" federal lieutenant generals beside her. As senior officers of the federal army, they might be able to provide some advice.

"It's better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early. You two have come to an area that you are familiar with. Regarding the disposal of the 'Deep Diver' and the Psychic Agent, how about you tell us what you think?"

Guterres and Van Vliet did not expect that Amber would ask them about their ideas at their first meeting, but Guterres quickly reacted and said:
"Both are elite special forces of the Federation, so it is basically impossible to recruit them like ordinary troops."

"That's right." Van Vleet also continued with Guterres' words:

"There has never been a case in history where these special forces surrendered or were recruited by the enemies of the Federation. In the rare cases in history where the Deep Divers were captured by the rebels, the final outcome was either that these special forces committed suicide or were killed by the rebels.

There was no attempt by the Federation to rescue them, nor was there any attempt by them to 'surrender to the enemy.'"

"So that basically means 'death squad'?"

"That's understandable."

Amber couldn't help but purse his lips. Although the answers of Guterres and Van Vliet were basically within his expectations, he still felt a little regretful when this fact was placed in front of him.

This is just like when you are playing a strategy game and you have captured an elite enemy unit or general, but it says "Cannot surrender".

Normally, Amber would choose to directly kill those units that could not be surrendered, after all, not only did they take up space, but they also consumed supplies.

However, you can make this kind of decision in the game without any psychological burden, but when you have to make this kind of decision in real life, it is not as simple as just clicking the "Confirm" button.

"Tsk, this is really troublesome. Let's continue to detain them separately. At the same time, strengthen the supervision of the psychic agents and keep their psychic energy suppressed 24 hours a day."

Amber finally couldn't make up her mind to deal with these people directly. On the one hand, the decision to "kill the prisoners" was not so easy to make, and on the other hand, those who liked to kill prisoners in history seemed to have no good ending.

On the other hand, Amber had a feeling that she might need them in the future.
As several important matters were decided, the meeting ended quickly. The other people participating remotely did not exchange greetings or chat, but left the meeting after saying hello to Amber.

After Isabel also went offline, Amber stood up and stretched his body. Just as he was about to remind the two older 'new employees' around him that it was best to stand up and walk around after sitting for a long time, his personal terminal suddenly received a new message.

This was a communication relayed through a special line, and the originator of the communication was a person Amber was familiar with but had not contacted for a long time - Franklin Abraham.

When Amber saw this name, he was actually a little surprised. He really didn't expect that after Atlas completely withdrew from the Rubion system, this "ambitious young man" would actually take the initiative to contact him.

But the next moment, Amber suddenly thought of something, and then answered the call with a smile.

"Hey~ Mr. Franklin, I hope you are doing well. Why did you suddenly think of looking for me?"

"Mr. Rebir, I need... No, the people of the Rubion system need your and Atlas's assistance!"

(End of this chapter)