The giant corporations that started from Night City

Chapter 378: Earth Union and Terran Federation! Energy Crystal High Energy Gas!

"Fortunately, Paul and his team completed the mission without any danger."

Seeing that Paul successfully brought back key intelligence and survivors before the Protoss destroyed the entire planet, V felt sincerely happy for Paul.

A new star is rising!
Here, while the assault boat formation was safely withdrawing the survivors, they also collected some Zerg fragments as research samples for the Biotechnology Department.

For example, high-level Zerg units such as Mutalisks and Ultralisks.

"It just so happens that the Protoss' Golden Fleet helped burn all the bugs here, saving us from wasting the Manticore virus. There won't be any more trouble in this star system."

Morgan Blackhand smiled. This time, Universal Corporation gained a lot. Not only did they get a safe and pest-free frontline base environment for free.

There are also new ideas for layout. With these two foundations, the giant company has initially established a firm foothold in the "StarCraft" universe and will not wander around in confusion.

It is highly likely that other civilized species will no longer appear in a galaxy that has been purified by the Protoss, which gives giant companies the opportunity to build frontline bases and develop rapidly.

Next, Leon can think carefully about how to complete the task of competing for the key stone fragments.

According to the current time period, Jim Raynor's Rangers will embark on a journey to search for the key stone fragments with the funding of the Moebius Foundation.

And what Leon needs to do next is to contact Jim Renault, intercept this key figure in advance, and let the other party work for the giant company!
The so-called Mobis Foundation is actually a personal business organization run by Dr. Narud.

Narud was originally an ancient Xel'Naga and a servant of Amon. He could exist in a three-dimensional universe and transform freely.

Relying on his outstanding achievements in genetic engineering, he obtained countless resources and funds from humans, and established a foundation to nurture his own power.

This super insider lurking in the human camp is also the number one financial sponsor who drives the internal collapse of the Terran Federation and supports the rebels.

As the dark horse rebel force against the Federation, the Rangers would naturally be favored by Narud, so Narud paid Raynor to search for various alien artifacts.

For Jim Raynor at this stage, what he needs most is a more powerful "partner" to support his rebellion.

If we can get in touch with the Rangers through the contact channels of Engineer Pine, then the progress of the mission to find the key stone fragments will undoubtedly be accelerated a lot.

"Let David make contact with the Rangers as soon as possible."

"Yes!"

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At this moment, the survivors who returned to the expeditionary corps' flagship headquarters had changed their emotions from sadness to astonishment and disbelief.

This gigantic space carrier was much larger than the Mother Ship Purification that they had just seen, and the space inside was like a small world.

The self-consistent ecological system and orderly internal layout make the survivors who have just escaped from death feel full of security.

At least, they have the protection of a global giant company, so they don't have to die trapped in an underground bunker like before.

After settling the survivors, Paul immediately returned to the command center of the flagship headquarters.

With the departure of the Protoss fleet, the giant corporation has successfully taken over this star system and can build a frontline factory at any time. How to carry out the next task still requires further instructions from the headquarters.

After all, the "StarCraft" universe is a place where many forces are constantly competing, including the Zerg, Protoss, Humans, and Aegon, and each camp has its own interests.

If the world's giants want to be able to operate with ease and take over all groups, they have to do a lot of work!

In the bridge of the dreadnought, David Martinez has completed the video communication connection with the headquarters of the Ten Thousand Worlds Base. The figures of Leon and many executives of giant companies appear on the hard light screen.

Seeing that Paul returned to the headquarters safely, David spoke first and asked him to report the mission status in front of all the senior executives.

This was not to let the leaders know the actual results of the task. After all, they had already seen the whole process. Letting Paul report was just to "show off" a little in front of the leaders.

Taking credit at this time will also facilitate Paul's subsequent promotion.

"Reporting to the boss and all the officers, this operation has successfully rescued 33 human survivors, and we are currently collecting all the information they know."

"Engineer Pine was also escorted to a specific area by our people. He is currently eating and recovering his strength. It is estimated that the interrogation session will begin in half an hour."

"What we can confirm at the moment is that this star system is located in the Keprusu region, 60,000 light-years away from the solar system."

"..."

Paul summarized all the key information he could report and presented it clearly.

While the executives of the giant companies marveled at Paul's outstanding leadership ability, they were also surprised at the remoteness of the Koprulu sector.

"Sixty thousand light years? How the hell is this place so far away?"

Morgan Blackhand was surprised. With the current speed of the Universal Corporation, even with space warping enabled, a round trip would take at least a month.

I really don’t know how these humans migrated here from the solar system.

A distance of 60,000 light years would take 60,000 years at the speed of light. That would allow humans to reproduce for so many generations!

"Did the humans here really immigrate from the solar system? Their hyperdrive technology is so advanced?"

Johnny Silverhand asked out loud.

Since Le Ang did not analyze and introduce the "StarCraft" universe in detail to the senior executives of the giant companies this time, many of them are still confused about the detailed information here.

For example, the origin of the Terran Federation!
"To be more precise, the humans here were actually 'exiled' here."

Paul told all the intelligence he had collected: "The human ancestors here are four hibernation ships carrying human criminals."

"They brought a large amount of supplies and were on a mission to develop colonies for humanity. They experienced a series of accidents along the way before arriving in the Koprulu sector."

"After years of development, local humans also established the Terran Federation in the Koprulu sector, with the capital on Planet Korhal IV."

After hearing what Paul said, V quickly realized a key problem, that is, the human camp in the "StarCraft" universe is divided into the United Earth Council of the solar system.

And this remote Terran Federation!
"So, we have to deal with the Earth United Council and the Terran Federation at the same time?" Morgan Blackhand frowned slightly.

He originally thought that the human camp consisted of only the Terran Federation and a few insignificant rebel forces, but he didn't expect the situation to be more complicated than he imagined.

Li Ang seemed to be thinking about something. In fact, whether it was the Earth Union or the Terran Federation, these two human forces were not easy to deal with.

First up is the United Earth Council. This human force evolved from the global government coalition. It has only one core idea: humanity first!

In order to ensure the purity of the human species, this group even launched a "Great Purification" massacre to prevent any alien civilization from contaminating humans.

Human supremacy, toughness and extremeness, this is the style of the Earth Federation.

For the world's giants, it would take a lot of effort to assimilate and absorb such extremely xenophobic local forces.

At least all the powerful people at the top have to be replaced!
As for the Terran Federation, this human force is not much better.

To be precise, the Terran Federation is a constitutional monarchy with a strong autocratic color. The personal will of the head of state determines the direction of Terran's policies.

If a global giant corporation wants to take over the Terran Federation, it would be no different from directly robbing someone else's ancestral heritage.

"Do we have a chance to cooperate with the Terran Federation?" Lucius asked at this time.

We are all human beings, so we can communicate better than with insects.

However, Paul shook his head solemnly. According to what he learned from the survivors, Arcturus Mengsk, the current head of the Terran Federation, was an absolute beast.

Mengsk was born into a powerful family. His father was one of the federal senators. Relying on this identity, he created a political organization called "Sons of Korhal".

He then launched a coup, seized the fruits of power, and turned the Terran Federation into his own empire.

In order to suppress the unruly forces within the Federation, Mengsk used psionic emitters to deliberately attract the Zerg to invade the territory, resulting in the fall of a large number of colonies and the death of his people.

Coups, brutality, fratricide, this type of monarch is bound to be a spendthrift who dies early.

But Mengsk's military capabilities are quite good, and he has used the resources at his disposal to build a powerful iron army.

This feeling of déjà vu is like the school bully who happens to be one of the top ten students in the grade. The ordinary students who are bullied feel powerless and aggrieved!

The Rangers are a revolutionary army born in such a complex background.

"So, the possibility of us cooperating with the Terran Federation is not great. After all, no one can predict that a tyrant who can attack his own people will not stab us in the back for a tiny profit."

V frowned, feeling sick as if he had eaten fly poop.

"Since the two allies, the Earth Union and the Terran Federation, are unable to cooperate, we can only support a new regime, which can be replaced by the Rangers!"

Lucius glanced at Leon, who remained expressionless, and spoke out these words for his boss.

According to Leon's previous operating habits, when encountering stubborn human forces like the Earth Union and the Terran Federation, he can only wipe them out from the root and re-establish a new political system.

Anyway, the human species has a natural resilience to political regimes. Sometimes we go left, sometimes we go right, and we can accept both democracy and autocracy. Our openness far exceeds that of insects who only know how to play with hive consciousness.

"Yes, I will also establish and support the Rangers and let them coordinate the government of the Terran Federation. Mengsk is unpopular now, and the Rangers, who are supported by the people, are growing stronger." Paul gave his own proposal. In his opinion, the Rangers are definitely a potential stock, and the most important thing is that this potential stock seems to have no shortage of financial backers behind the scenes!

According to the survivors, the Rangers are looking for a mysterious fragment of artifact, and they are looking for it because someone is willing to pay a high price to buy it back.

Relying on the money from this financial backer behind the scenes, the Rangers' power has actually grown stronger. This shows how powerful the other party is!

If the giant corporation could poach the Rangers at this time, it would definitely save a lot of trouble.

Seeing that his subordinates had quickly deduced the optimal solution for the current situation based on the existing intelligence, Leon remained silent on the surface, but was very pleased in his heart.

It is impossible for him to do everything well, and there will definitely be some omissions and negligence. At this time, the staff under him will need to handle it on their own.

As an executive of a giant company, Leon only provides direction and designs general decisions, taking into account the worst-case scenarios and countermeasures.

As for the rest, it would be best to hand it over to subordinates to hone their abilities.

"Since the Rangers only need to be bribed with money, we can also offer them whatever they want."

Johnny Silverhand smiled and said that with the current financial resources of the world's giant company, recruiting a rebel army that is in the start-up stage is not an easy task.

"No, it's not that simple."

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Paul immediately responded to Johnny: "For humans here, only energy crystals and high-energy gas can be considered real hard currency. Real gold and silver are useless here."

"But we don't have these things. Even if we use spices, adamantium, and Mandalorian steel to trade with them, they will not recognize it."

The StarCraft universe is a plane where wars frequently burn, and any trade system here no longer accepts traditional banknotes, gold, silver and gems.

After all, these things only have financial attributes but do not have actual production value. They may be of some use in peacetime.

But it is of no value here!

Energy crystals are mainly used by the Protoss race. They can be used to build warp gates and photon turrets. The creation and maintenance of the Protoss fleet is inseparable from this precious resource.

Therefore, sometimes humans will sell the mined energy crystals to the Protoss in exchange for certain supplies.

High-energy gas is an energy resource buried under various planets in the Koprulu sector. Humans need it to build advanced military buildings.

In addition, the Zerg also need to absorb high-energy gas to evolve into more advanced biological soldiers.

For example, to evolve a Corruptor into a Brood Lord, a large amount of high-energy gas will be used.

With the joint efforts of the Zerg, Humans, and Protoss, energy crystals and high-energy gas have become the most solid and stable "currency" here.

Hearing this, V suddenly felt troubled. In fact, the giant companies in the world also had a lot of "Kyber Crystals" that could be used for transactions.

It’s a pity that all the equipment systems here are based on energy crystals and high-energy gas, and other energy crystals of giant enterprises will not work here.

"Where can we mine the things here?" Morgan Blackhand asked.

A living person cannot be suffocated to death by urine. Since gold, silver and treasures are useless, we can just rely on giant ships and cannons to rob a few mines.

"According to the survivors, there is an abandoned mining site in this star system, and perhaps some remaining high-energy gas or energy crystals."

"But it's uncertain how much can be mined. After all, they don't know whether the Terran Federation's troops have completely emptied the mine."

Paul responded.

Li Ang nodded. Over the years, the giant corporations in the universe have expanded their territory and occupied resource areas in various universes, but they have not collected many energy gems.

The vast majority of minerals are just ordinary stones and do not have much value. Substances such as suspended stones, Kyber crystals, and spices are destined to be extremely rare.

Now, giant companies can hope to obtain a large amount of energy crystals and high-energy gases as energy supplements in the "StarCraft" universe, which is also a rare gain.

After unifying this universe, the first thing Leon will do is to unify the control of all the energy crystals and high-energy gases here!

Immediately, with the assistance of the ship-borne AI, the location of the mine was marked out. It was an asteroid located in the fourth orbit of the star system.

If there were no intelligence provided by the survivors, it would take at least half a month for the global giant to discover it on its own.

"Not bad, it seems that these burdens have played a role. If we give up on them, we will have to spend at least ten more days searching for resource stars in this star system."

Johnny Silverhand's sharp tongue was as usual, which made Paul feel a little unhappy. The refugees he had saved with so much effort were not a burden.

It is not to get valuable information from them, but to follow the moral principles and benevolence in one's heart. These qualities may seem ridiculous in a giant company that pursues pragmatism and efficiency.

But they are also necessary spiritual elements. Without these positive things, the world's giant companies will always be cold integrated machines.

Li Ang glanced at Johnny out of the corner of his eye, as if to hint that he should just stand aside and not speak.

Johnny quickly understood what his boss meant, took two steps back, and kept silent. He had never been promoted to a core position over the years, and the reason for his bad temper was that he was an inherently foul-mouthed person.

As a leader, you must be careful in what you say and do at all times.

"Leave this matter to you. Get ready to set off as soon as possible." Le Ang formally gave David an order.

It's better to have something than nothing. There's still some iron in a rotten boat. Maybe we can collect some resources by looting it.

Of course, Leon didn't expect to collect much supplies from an abandoned mine. The global giant wanted more "hard currency" to smooth over relationships.

We also have to extend the giant company's influence to other galaxies!

"understand!"

After temporarily hanging up the video call with the headquarters, David immediately started a series of work arrangements. He looked at Paul and said earnestly:

"Paul, I will now give you the task of contacting the Rangers and recruiting Renault. During the mission, you have the authority to use the Hyperion at will."

"In addition, we will also equip you with a fleet of dreadnoughts to assist you at all times and help you escape danger in an emergency."

Paul has proven with his own strength that he is capable of deploying more operational resources to better accomplish the task.

David was also willing to allocate an elite force to assist. Rather than completing the mission brilliantly, he hoped that Paul could survive safely.

"Roger that!"

Paul nodded, knowing that he had a heavy responsibility.

After receiving the order from the flagship headquarters, Paul immediately went down to arrange personnel and prepare to set off again.

At this moment, the giant corporations in the universe have also dispatched more garrison troops through the star gate, set up a complete logistics system, and provided material supplies to the front-line bases.

In order to prevent the Zerg fleet from entering this star system, Leon decided to deploy an antimatter minefield at the edge of the galaxy to prevent the Zerg from invading again.

In this way, even if they encounter a large-scale enemy attack, they can inflict casualties on the enemy in advance and reduce combat costs.

When they saw more troops and airships of the Universal Corporation entering the star system through the star gate, all the survivors opened their eyes wide and felt like they were in a dream.

Even in the capital of the Terran Federation, Khara, they had never seen such a magnificent industrial wonder!
A sky full of steel behemoths are galloping across the space. Various giant mechas, warships, and soldiers from many different civilizations are marching to the front line following the orders of the giant companies.

This indescribable spiritual shock gave the survivors a preliminary and intuitive feeling of the power of the global giant company.

For some unknown reason, a sense of awe and respect suddenly arose in their hearts, a submission to absolute power, and admiration for the high-dimensional demon of the giant enterprise.

"Oh my god, this is your battleship? A battleship hundreds of kilometers long? Is this thing powered by swallowing planets?"

Pine, the representative of the survivors, looked at the Mantle in front of him with astonishment. He racked his brains but could not figure out how much energy was needed to drive this steel behemoth.

The most powerful Gorgon-class battleship of the Terran Federation is only a little over three thousand meters long, which is equivalent to the most common RCS armored cruiser of the giant enterprise!
Paul nodded very frankly. The Universe Corporation really did have warships that relied on devouring planets as energy, but that was the mothership of the Reaper civilization.

Under normal circumstances, giant companies have no use for that useless gadget; a regular dreadnought is sufficient for daily use.

"Paine, if you stay and work for our Universal Corporation, you will get more than anything you have ever gotten before. You are welcome to join us."

Paul patted Pine on the shoulder. He had seen a strong desire to change jobs in the other's burning eyes.

To the top leaders of the Earth Union and the Terran Federation, the Universal Corporation is an undoubted high-dimensional demon, an "extraterrestrial evil god" of the same level as Amon.

But for workers like Pine, big companies are the best place to go!

At this moment, Paul was taking Pine on the Hyperion to the abandoned mining planet, preparing to conduct an on-site survey to determine the amount of energy crystals and high-energy gas left in the area.

Pine blinked, and before Paul could bring it up, he asked, "Paul, if there's anything you can do for me, just tell me. I'll tell you everything I know!"

Since you have switched to a new unit, if you want to have a good future, you have to prepare a letter of commitment in advance.

"We need you to contact Jim Raynor's rangers and have them meet with us as soon as possible, no matter what the reason."

Seeing that Paine understood everything, Paul did not hesitate to explain his request to him directly.

(End of this chapter)