Him and their stars.

Chapter 1955 Strong soldiers and horses
After the meeting, Sobek sat in his chair with a bitter face. He watched the holographic image in front of him begin to blur, and felt the complicated gazes of the generals at all levels around him saluting him. He felt Lieutenant General Neyali nodding to him gratefully again, and watched Duke Barion make a blessing gesture to him with expectation.

He remained sitting there until all sight disappeared.

Then, what came into view was still the familiar conference room of the battlecruiser Yutu. He was familiar with the ceiling and walls of this room, which made him feel safe.

Of course, he was also very familiar with Miss Viscount Cellu who stood up across the table, which made him feel very familiar.

For a person like him, working in a familiar and safe workplace is very happy. Working with friendly "friends" makes one feel at ease and naturally happier. These two happy things overlap, and it should be a dreamlike life, but why does it always turn out like this?

Sobek looked at the Viscountess and was about to give her a smile, but she sighed in annoyance. "Well, in fact, Duke Barion's men should have made trouble for Lieutenant General Rowentour, but after all, he has fallen. It would be too undignified to not give in. However, they can at least use this as an excuse to suppress Neyali and make him follow their lead."

Sobek nodded belatedly. He really hadn't expected such a thing to happen.

"You are directly clashing with the faction represented by Duke Barion! Although you are now in the camp of Her Majesty King Suliuka, she has not even broken off relations with you, so why should you charge into battle?"

Miss Serlu shook her head, but there was an expression of admiration on her face, as if she didn't quite agree intellectually, but she agreed 100% emotionally.

"But you just want to stick to the facts and speak for justice. Everyone can see your nobility. Even Duke Barion can't find any reason to criticize you. I think that after this meeting, your nobility will spread to all the surrounding stars, even if they don't know you yet."

Sobaek didn't want to talk, so he just took a sip of his tea tactically.

The Viscountess continued to analyze seriously, "The Duke does want to transfer you away from the front line. They are afraid of what you will do in Helots! If this continues, their power in all the outer ring star regions will collapse, and Her Highness Brunhilde will definitely value you more. This is of course a good thing!"

Sobek said hurriedly: "This pursuit of the ghost..."

He still likes to understand things that he can understand.

What a selfless saint!
Miss Serlu looked at Sobek with admiration. "As for the ghost, it has indeed escaped far away, but it is operating within the empire after all, so it must have left some clues. Moreover, I actually know the Grand Star Officer, Ms. Hermissa. She may have a general mission, but her ability and character are trustworthy. We will definitely be able to catch the ghost Leviathan."

The Viscountess seemed to have never considered what to do if we were killed by the "Ghost", but this was exactly the problem her superior was most worried about and the most realistic problem.

Sobaek felt a little lonely for a moment.

As expected, all the worries and pressures arising from the filthy reality have to be borne by oneself. Is this the responsibility of a man?
He instantly felt that he had grown up, so he asked again: "Which Ms. Xingjianguan you just mentioned, do you know her?"

Miss Serlu nodded: "She was born in the Marquis of Seredel's family. Like our Seredin family, we are all branches of the Grand Duke Seren's family. After the Grand Duke's family died out, we actually have the possibility of inheriting the main family. You should know this, right?"

I don't know anything, Sobek thought. Although my ancestors are known as noble, I am just a peasant born in a colony. I really don't have time to read the Book of Arms and the Evolution of the Imperial Nobility.

To be honest, even if these two books are printed with the smallest font, they are enough to be used as battering rams, and they are still continuing to grow in thickness as history progresses.

"I know that most of these family histories of emperors and generals are just framed dirt and filth, and you are not interested in them. But I have to know more about the Celedine family. Then when you talk to my father, you will have topics to talk about."

So, why should I chat with your father? Sobek looked at the Viscountess in confusion.

The latter also knew that he had said something wrong. He coughed lightly, turned his head slightly, and said in a serious tone, or rather, too serious tone: "She is my distant cousin. Of course, there are certain conflicts in our political views. We often played together when we were young, and even went to the same school. She helped me with mysticism courses. I know her abilities and character too well. Don't worry, sir, she may represent the voice of the other side, but she must be a person who puts fairness first."

The small town youth Sobaike didn't quite understand what the voice on the other side meant, but he also felt that he really couldn't understand the operations between the nobles, so he could only respond with a smile that contained no information.

"She will be the best occult consultant and will be of great help in the pursuit. I promise."

But, again, what should we do if we catch up with that "ghost" but get killed in return?
Unfortunately, Sobaek still has to bear such worries alone.

The key to the problem lies in the combat power he has. However, this depends on the mood of the war zone commander, Duke Barryn, which is very worrying.

Sobek just hoped that the Duke would be as fair as he said. Although he was a relative of King Bei and an enemy of Her Highness Brunhilde, he should not be so openly selfish. Subsequent facts also proved that Duke Barion might have come with other tasks, or he really wanted to send Sobek away, or he really wanted to make him perform dangerous tasks to bring bad luck. However, as a dignified duke, a big man who could enter the Privy Council with the Marshal's Scepter by just going through the motions, he still had to be very polite in his actions.

Duke Barion squeezed out a total of eight battlecruisers and four aircraft carriers from the fleets under Neyali and Rowentur, and put them under the unified command of Vice Admiral Jaeger Sobek.

They are all new ships with a service time of less than ten years, with complete combat capabilities and in good condition.

Of course, this approach of directly dismantling the system is not actually prudent. On the one hand, it breaks the rules of officialdom, and on the other hand, it will affect the morale of ordinary soldiers. In serious cases, the possibility of mutiny cannot be ruled out.

Fortunately, the commander of the fleet after the reorganization was Vice Admiral Jaeger Sobek, the famous "Wolf of the Dawn" and "Flower of Famous Generals".

His righteous words in the military meeting and his method of intimidating the group of villains have been spread by insiders who cannot be named. Ordinary soldiers are grateful and respectful to him, so there is no problem.

Afterwards, Duke Barrian also allocated 4 light carriers, 12 heavy cruisers, 20 light cruisers, and 30 destroyers from the fleet he brought.

In addition, there are various auxiliary ships such as special reconnaissance ships, work ships, repair ships and medical ships, which need not be elaborated.

In short, if we add the sector guard fleet led by Brigadier Generals Hatcher and Athlone, it will form a huge fleet of nearly two hundred ships.

This was indeed the largest fleet that Jaeger Sobek had ever commanded in his life. For a moment, he felt proud but also a little nervous.

The former is naturally because the more people you have, the higher your safety factor will be. This is the same reason as you must bring a few more friends when you go to a haunted house.

The latter is naturally a profound self-criticism and self-doubt. He still doesn't think he is a serious commander. It's fine to lead the fleet to test warships, but chasing this "ghost"...

By the way, can he really guarantee that no warships will be left behind during the pursuit?
Of course, what comforted him a little was that his new deputy commander was transferred from the Rowentour fleet and was an expert in fleet operations and formation cruising.

The stormtrooper director sent by Duke Barion was a Wolverine from a famous military family and had great prestige in the Imperial Stormtrooper system.

Serlu said that the director of the SA was actually from "that faction" because he was a Wolverine and a noble, so he had no choice but to make this choice. However, precisely because he was a noble and a Wolverine, he was actually very easy to control.

Sobek thought this might be a very philosophical proposition.

In addition, Miss Cellu will continue to serve on the bridge as chief of staff and continue to assist Admiral Sobek, which makes the latter feel very safe.

Putting aside the mentality of the parties involved, putting aside the fact that it was a newly formed army and therefore had low morale and unstable morale, and other factors, just based on the combat power on paper, the Sobek fleet suddenly became strong.

In the Age of Discovery, this was the amount of military force the Imperial Army had available to destroy nations.

Even in the Third Galactic War that burned the entire universe, it could still serve as a strategic force.

And if it were used on the front battlefield to suppress the Earthlings' "rebellion", it would have to be enough to suppress an entire star region.

"If it were a special period, you would be considered a local figure now. Even the emperor would make great efforts to win you over. You can just wait for the price and don't give in unless you are given a dukedom." Captain Pegset said.

Duke Sobek? Uh, the Duke's official crown is platinum with a purple ribbon, right? I wear it too? Sobek stared and said that it was hard for him to imagine such a scene.

"So, can you explain what a special period is?" Miss Serlu said with a straight face.

"Dear Madam Chief of Staff, I am only stating the objective facts of the Empire's history!" Captain Pegsay smiled, not at all affected by the psychic's voice that carried the power of words.

From this perspective, although he is a weird anti-establishment element, he must be the most determined anti-establishment element.