Chapter 357 Greybeard Tech Tree

It is divided from the perspective of the functional positioning played in society.

Marsala belongs to the bottom one, and the raw materials are produced.

To a certain extent, this kind of colonial planet is like an old-fashioned coal mining town in the Earth era. All kinds of illegal mining are rampant, and dust pollution makes the land that is not very fertile (generally, the land in areas with mines is relatively barren) Planting can no longer be carried out, and once the mine is hollowed out, the countdown to disintegration and disposal of the mining town will begin.

A level higher than the resource star of Marsala is the production star, a super large factory plus sweat workers. Basically, they are all OEMs, and capital will find a way to manufacture this kind of cheap labor.

On top of that is the service star, tourism, farms, and various services are the main pillar industries of this kind of planet. Rich people have farms, villas, horse farms, islands, and various entertainment venues here. It is a good place for vacation.

The top is the financial star, the business street of the new era, the financial street, where the headquarters of many large companies are located, and in the landmark office buildings, white-collar workers and gold-collar workers work from nine to five, remotely controlling their factories that produce stars, service star business. This is the political and financial center of the human country, and the air is full of power.

Hierarchy is clear and orderly.

From this perspective, Kane is a rule breaker.

He brought the production technology to the resource star, and also substituted the social system of the small cycle level into the resource star. Then create a deformed small society.

A population of 2 million is not too much even in the earth age. Many second- and third-tier urban areas in the East have this number, let alone those first-tier cities.

But after all, the times are different. This is an era when one person can build a building as long as he masters the operation technology that is not too difficult.

An SCV, using relevant packaged parts, can create a workshop, a factory, or even a city just like playing with a figure.

Therefore, the federal technology control is very strict. They would rather the people of the resource star use backward technology and have low production capacity than let them master advanced technology so as to gain greater autonomy.

Regulation, the Federation believes that the long-term stability of society lies in regulation and control. The closer to the core, the more advanced the technology, and vice versa. This is the regulation. In the words of the founding family: "Even if they are all rebellious officials and thieves, they can be crazy." What will come out?"

There is another saying: "Aren't you pursuing freedom? Are you not pursuing being close to nature? Go to the periphery of humanistic civilization,

It is the closest to nature, and it is most helpful for you to enjoy the harmony between man and nature and ecological harmony. And we call this kind of people the misfits eliminated by modern society. "

There are really many people who go to the outer planets to live, and the stream is endless, just like in the age of the earth, there are always people who want to go to Qinghai-Tibet to seek the sublimation of the soul.

Of course, what most people feel deeply is altitude sickness and sunlight intensity.

These people have basically come back. There are still a small number of people who can really live in peace and contentment. On the premise of no mental problems, those who have no experience can't afford to pretend to be poor, and spend most of the day on inefficient earning a living.

So Marsala can't keep people, but people want to go to the bustling place no matter what. Except, of course, those who have no expectations for the future.

Kane heard someone say more than once: "I heard that begging in Tarsonis earns more than working hard for a day in Marsala."

This reminded Kane of Qian Zhongshu's "Fortress Besieged". Begging in Tarsonis earns more than Marsala, but the price of the same piece of bread in Tarsonis is 10 times that of Marsala. Not to mention there are many additional things.

Kane naturally wouldn't talk about this saltiness with people, it's hard to say.

He just played his own game step by step.

He is like a clever pickpocket, he has to squeeze some oil out of a stone.

Of course, he doesn't look down on ordinary finances, what he extracts is people's creativity. This is how the huge foundation and wealth myths come about.

Now his military factory produces weapons day and night, not only for self-sufficiency, but also for sale.

CMC-550 power armor suit, this is the most advanced armor suit on the market.

Equipped with advanced nuclear, biological and chemical three-defense system, auditory reinforcement system, and life first aid system.

It can even be loaded with a gravity generator, allowing the wearer to walk in a gravity-free environment such as a space platform.

Its advantage over gravity boots is that the generator works on the whole body, which can avoid the impact of weightlessness on human body functions.

As for functions such as infrared detection, terrain navigation, target aiming (with the ability to calculate the amount of advance), status monitoring, etc., they are even more integrated into the sighting system.

There are also head-up displays, noise shielding devices, security locks, voice-activated lighting systems and other such functional components of the latest models, as well as some external pendants.

These can all be found in the CMC-550, which is being mass-produced by the Northern Democratic League now. It only takes 2 hours to arm a marine battalion. If the physical data of the battalion personnel is submitted in advance, it can be faster.

This business is very popular among the Pakatan Harapan, and even the federal garrison came to trade in old ones for new ones.

At that time, the garrison mainly used CMC-400, and even some CMC-300 were in operation. This is of course caused by drinking blood and misappropriating equipment purchase costs.

But now that real combat power is needed, these people are in a hurry, and they cry to the superiors, asking for military expenses in the name of normal needs under the pressure of the situation, and then give some tribute to leaders at all levels, and put their old equipment and warehouses After cleaning up, we can basically make up enough for all the staff to change their outfits, so that the deficit is made up, the hard power is improved, and the official title is kept, why not do it?

So when the inspection team of the Federal Military Department came to Marsala to check the morale of the army, thinking that they could catch some people's pigtails and take the opportunity to control them, they found that the garrison commanders here were all clean. Like the white lotus, the armament situation is surprisingly good.

Later, after a secret visit, I found out that the problem lies with the Northern Democratic League.

After investigating the Democratic League in detail, the root cause is the gray bearded mercenaries.

And Graybeard has made a lot of war money in recent months.

But what they mean is to make money in a proper way, earn money and invest in Minke technology, and then make money for technology. What's even worse is that they replace official functions and earn money that only the government can earn, and they are also very black!

Very good, even so, those untouchables still obediently pay the bill!

The military is jealous. Especially after a small calculation, the profits that the productivity of the Northern Democratic League can create are enough to feed a medium-sized space fleet.

Then the sliver flew up.

"Where did your technologies come from? They are all banned for sale, or even for private use. Accept the investigation honestly. If you don't explain the problem clearly, don't get confused."

How could Kane take such bluffs seriously? He didn't talk to the negotiators, thinking that the other party was just a mouthpiece, unable to make decisions, and was tired of talking. He video-calls directly with the other party's power figure.

"Seeing fat is like biting. Do you have such good teeth? If you really want to be able to do that, you would have leveled the dead port. I was born in the dead port. You can't beat me with your mouth. You have to use a sword. But I have to remind you, don’t say it’s a loss, it’s a big loss. At this juncture, you have to take responsibility and leave get out of class! Bi Ruo, we are all picked up from the dead, can you make a fuss?”

Indeed, Gray Beard is not the kind of person who pretends to be strong, shouts louder, and will obediently catch him without a fight, or takes a chance and thinks that if he is obedient, he will have a way out. These people are not like the general public, who have an instinctive fear of the government. These people are all desperadoes who can be ruthless even if they have concerns. Fight them, and you'll find yourself forever china, and they're earthen jars.

However, if you don't measure it, you won't be able to get this one off.

What's more, the old men from the capital star are also some unbelievers. They think that the red-blue confrontation they usually watch is also very good, very professional and very sturdy.

"Then let's have a beheading tactic!? These stinky fish and rotten shrimps feel that they are professional after fighting a few times. We can tell them with practical actions that they are far behind in terms of tactical level."

So a tactical team came to a midnight raid. They used external spray devices to cross the outer protective net of Fort Sanctuary, and then encountered the special forces of the Northern Democratic League, Butcher Company. The power armor of the members of this force is real. Red, and wields his signature weapon, the chainsword.

This is the standard configuration of Astartes monks or space fighters in Warhammer 40K, which is full of toughness and cruelty.

Biological humans with green skin genes are very fond of this weapon, and this enthusiasm makes them almost self-taught in the use of chainsaw swords.

When the talented military subjects from Tarsonis met the wild blood butchers, their fate was already doomed.

The mutilated bodies of all members of the tactical team were sent back early in the morning with a sentence: "Don't send fags here next time, they scream like pussies!"

Rumors about greybeards being full of muscular guys are now rampant.

Mike Liberty had paid special attention to this. Indeed, the members of the Graybeards were all super muscular tough guys.

They themselves do not shy away from admitting that they have been using drugs in conjunction with the so-called grade development. The second time, the third time, the fourth time!

In the eyes of these guys, every time it means better.

From a certain point of view, this is true, because before using the drug, all the previous drug ingredients must be absorbed, otherwise the drug will overdose and die.

The only way to absorb the drug is crazy exercise. In their own vivid words: every new cell takes away a portion of the drug, so accelerating metabolism and muscle growth is the correct way.

As far as Mike Liberty understands, that wasn't the case with the old greybeards.

How should I put it, mercenaries actually have no upward motivation, and even if they do, it is distorted, such as the pursuit of more money and excitement.

The lives of mercenaries are often hovering between life and death and corruption, killing and fucking, and adding abuse to it is their portrayal.

But the current gray beards are not like this. It gives people the feeling that they seem to have such a sacred and lofty goal that they temper themselves like ascetics after fighting.

When asked, they would grit their teeth and say, "Don't you think that the greatest blessing in life is to die in a battle that allows you to play to your fullest?"

Anyone who knows the world of Warhammer will exclaim: "Isn't this fucking Waaagh!?"

Liberty obviously didn't know, and it's impossible for any native creature in the SC universe to understand, but that didn't stop him from feeling shuddering, not because of these guys' cruel ideals, but because of their sincerity.

Liberty knew that they were real, and felt from the bottom of his heart that dying in a battle in which the full force of the battle could be used was the highest honor and pursuit.

"This is more terrifying than the resocialization of the nerve center. This has completely violated the survival instinct of creatures, but they are living for death. What made them transform into such terrifying existences?"

Once doubt is born, it will be like a constantly itching feather, urging people to explore and seek knowledge.

Gradually, Liberty discovered that all people with gray beards were abnormal. This abnormality was somewhat similar to the brainless optimism caused by the social reconstruction of the nervous system, but the specific manifestations were different. .

What these people with gray beards show is not brain-dead optimism, but blind endeavor.

They seem to be unaware of the concept of discouragement in this world. They are always full of motivation and confidence. They often say: "Our boss said."

Their boss is their god, everything is right and never wrong, and they obey.

Liberty later wrote in his memoirs: "Since then, I have told myself that I have found a devil. Then I thought of what that Samuel said about leaving a monster in the Koprulu sector. Gift bag. Many people naturally think that this gift bag was left after Samael’s public speech, but if you think about it carefully, it is entirely possible that it was left beforehand. I think Kane Zhao is this gift bag.”

During the years when Liberty and Kane were together in Marsala, perhaps because of the relationship of "only being in this mountain", he didn't think too much about Kane's possible evil side.

Liberty's main thought at this moment was: Don't listen to what he says, watch what he does.

From this perspective, Kane and his gray beards are the well-deserved leaders of the people in Marsala.