The Most Powerful Brain in the Interstellar Space

Chapter 396 Registration
The Military Affairs Department is abbreviated as the Imperial United Military Affairs Department.

This interstellar world is an era where military power is paramount. The military is not subordinate to the ruling bureau; instead, it has its own management system and a dedicated group of leaders. Although nominally under the control of the executive government, in reality, there is a system of checks and balances, with each department responsible for different modules.

The Capital Military Headquarters is the de facto supreme organization of the Imperial military, and all enlisted soldiers must obey its orders. It has seven permanent marshals, each with a vast power base behind them, and each marshal is crucial to the military's strategy and decision-making.

These seven marshals almost divided the empire's nineteen elite legions and most of the regular legions, demonstrating the military's highly centralized control over its forces.

Besides the division of corps, the sheer number of soldiers in the Empire naturally generated a multitude of affairs. The corps themselves and the military headquarters in various regions had many things that were beyond their capabilities, which led to the creation of several military-affiliated administrative agencies, such as experimental zones, military command offices, and military affairs departments.

The Military Affairs Department was established much earlier, almost simultaneously with the Military Headquarters Building. The latter is the overarching body of all agencies, and all orders and operational guidelines originate from the Military Headquarters Building. The former is an auxiliary body assisting the Military Headquarters Building in its operations, generally serving ordinary officers and sergeants, and handling more basic matters.

Today, it has gradually developed into a complete system, and in any formal administrative area with a military headquarters building, such a military affairs branch office is built, which has almost become standard practice.

Jiang Hui and his team came to the Military Affairs Division today to carry out the handover ceremony of the relics and to register and authenticate the Class A mecha, Pine Cypress, as a personal possession.

Stark, acting as the relevant agent for the handover, had made an appointment in advance through the Military Affairs Department's main website, and the two were directly led to the reserved meeting room. In addition to Stark and Jiang Hui, the two parties involved, there were also two staff members. The entire handover process was recorded and ultimately archived.

Two staff members worked together: one was responsible for implementing the steps and recording them, while the other was responsible for checking the integrity of the sealed boxes and several locks to ensure that the items were not maliciously moved or damaged during transit. The entire process was very rigorous and unambiguous.

Jiang Hui had thought that Stark's talk about sending the deceased's belongings meant that she would simply accept them, but it turned out that she had to come to a place like this and complete the handover in the presence of a notary... It should be said that the military is putting a lot of effort into the affairs of its soldiers after their deaths, trying its best to prevent the property from being seized by illegitimate heirs.

The formal statistical document she had previously received from the military was likely part of the guarantee.

Jiang Hui was affected by the atmosphere and couldn't help but feel a little reserved. Stark, on the other hand, seemed to have known the steps beforehand or was already used to it. He placed the wooden box on the display area as instructed by the staff.

Just as Stark had predicted, upon seeing the damaged seal, the other party immediately inquired about the cause.

This happened right under their noses, so Stark had nothing to hide and confessed directly.

The two staff members, having likely seen this situation many times before, were unfazed. They carefully inspected the damaged seal, then used professional instruments to examine the damage, took photos as evidence, and only proceeded to the next step after confirming that it matched what Stark had said.

The wooden box was also for easy retrieval and differentiation. Besides the known A-grade mech and miniature military detector, the other five items were spatial locks, roughly categorized by type, mostly military equipment. Some were exchanged by Jiang Hui from the experimental zone, some were awarded as rewards by higher military authorities, and a small number were purchased externally. However, those that ultimately reached Jiang Hui were all his personal belongings. Moreover, these items were rarely circulated on the market; they were weapons and equipment developed by the military for soldiers of all ranks for combat, and most required registration and control by the military, preventing their free circulation.

After Jiang Hui's death, the military had no right to reclaim these items, so they naturally passed to his son, Jiang Hui. However, if Jiang Hui wanted to use these machines, he first had to register them with the military affairs department and become their new owner; this was the ultimate purpose of the handover ceremony. This was to minimize the possibility of the soldiers' descendants being left destitute and without support.

If Jiang Yilin hadn't perished in the fire, her body never recovered, Jiang Hui would have gotten even more. It's worth noting that the original owner's mother was known as the "Flower of Thorns" in the Eighth Legion; many of her contemporaries who are now rising stars in the military were her defeated foes back then.

But it's no use talking about it now. That beautiful and powerful woman is dead, and everything about her was swallowed up by the fire.

Getting back to the main point, Jiang Hui came with Stark today mainly for the handover and registration. As for what the items were, that wasn't really important, and no one except Jiang Hui himself cared about that.

According to the ranking of the relics from low to high, they started examining and marking the items directly from the five spatial buttons. Jiang Hui was a little dizzy after listening for a while, as she didn't understand much of what they heard. She only heard a long string of military-grade XX, military-supplied XX, special-purpose XX... and many, many prefixes such as molecules, particles, and atoms.

Stark listened silently to what was happening, watching it all quietly, lost in thought.

The two staff members, however, couldn't help but look surprised. Although they were supposed to be meticulous in their attitude and actions when handling such military affairs—that was a must—they weren't robots; they naturally had their own thoughts and ideas during the work process.

They had read some relevant information about the matter before being assigned to this handover.

Of course, each such handover ceremony signifies the sacrifice of a valiant general of the empire for the country. The military is ultimately responsible for handing over his belongings to his family. Each ceremony is different, with attendees ranging from the elderly to the young, and even infants less than a year old… They are all accustomed to such scenes.

The person being transferred this time was very young, sacrificing his life on the battlefield before the age of fifty, and his lowest rank was major. This is a remarkable achievement even in the vast military system, which makes his early death all the more regrettable.

However, they had encountered many others who were transferred, including generals, but rarely did they find so much military equipment among their belongings.

How many military merits and quotas would it take to redeem these things? Even a major general's worth wouldn't be more than this.

(End of this chapter)