Division and Recruitment

Inside the command center of the forward base;

"ARS Third Company's infantry unit has taken over the defense of Hell's Gate, and the accompanying technicians are copying all the data. They have also remotely taken control of Venture Star's operating system, preventing Venture Star from departing ahead of schedule while also preventing all the events that erupted on Pandora Planet from spreading beyond it."

"Major Arthur Morgan is leading First Company and Second Company in sweeps and inspections to confirm whether the threat in the Room-Temperature Superconducting Mining Area has truly been eliminated."

"The remaining ARS combat units have escorted the Na'vi prisoners to the detention area of the forward base. At the same time, they have sent more than six hundred RDA mercenaries to the forward base's independent barracks area, where they are being monitored by First Combat Platoon of Fourth Company."

"The six Universal Soldiers who participated in the raid have been handed over to a dedicated team for post-battle maintenance. Once they have been adjusted back to peak condition, they will assist First Combat Platoon of Fourth Company in monitoring the RDA mercenaries."

"All casualty figures have been tallied preliminarily. Once verification is complete, they will be uploaded immediately."

As all the staff sent the detailed information under their responsibility to the central control console, they also reported brief summaries to Sui Yang one by one.

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Standing beside the central control console on the second floor, Sui Yang continued browsing and compiling the current situation through the numerous holographic screens.

Sui Yang had long grown accustomed to working under such pressure. He could also clearly feel that after the second Space Gate opened, his physical body and Psychic Power had been further strengthened and increased.

Roboute (Guilliman) and Sanguinius had likewise been "strengthened" by him. Otherwise, Sanguinius could never have defeated Jake Sully's mount, the Leonopteryx, through sheer strength alone.

Especially considering that these two children were not yet two years old, their mental development was already roughly equivalent to that of ordinary fourteen- or fifteen-year-old youths, while their insight and logical thinking far surpassed ordinary people.

Sanguinius was active and martial, so Sui Yang had the company specially create a retractable metal War Spear for him.

Roboute was also fond of martial pursuits, but he repeatedly suffered losses in front of Sanguinius. That was why he began leaning toward politics and military affairs. Sui Yang therefore had the entertainment department under the company develop a grand strategy game exclusively for Roboute...

That was right. Atlas's private-sector business covered a wide range of fields, from communications technology capable of leading the times, as people knew it, to factories producing all kinds of toys for children.

Although Atlas would avoid directly clashing with Vought in the military-industrial field, it had never said it would spare other industries.

Moreover, under Sui Yang's influence, the Main Universe's electronics industry had already reached a level not far behind that of the 2000s to 2010s before his transmigration, indirectly affecting every other line of work as well.

Atlas also had many electronic products distributed and used only internally, such as individual computers and ultra-thin tablets. These products would gradually enter the market for sale only when they were about to be phased out.

Atlas's Entertainment Department encompassed media, film and television, games, and other fields. Among them, Atlas Games was a subsidiary department with its own independent building, complete with equipment and personnel for hardware and software development.

In addition, its founder, Sui Yang, was himself a veteran player of games and films, and he would sometimes offer the game department suggestions and development guidelines.

As a result, Atlas Games was the first to define what consoles and handheld consoles were, and it also gave birth to numerous classic game series.

To prevent Roboute from feeling disappointed after Sanguinius received a thoroughly satisfying gift while he had nothing, Sui Yang paid out of his own pocket and had the game department spend three months developing a grand strategy game exclusively for him. It combined elements of Civilization and Total War, while its details and data were extraordinarily close to reality.

The game department that completed the task received an additional double year-end bonus, along with more research and development experience and operating funds. Roboute also genuinely loved the customized game.

That was not all. Over the past year or so, Sui Yang had vaguely sensed that as Atlas's power continued to expand, his physical body and Psychic Power were also slowly growing.

The increase was extremely slight, however. If Atlas had not established a branch on Earth-01, causing its corporate influence to extend into another universe and producing a relatively obvious fluctuation, it would have been difficult for Sui Yang to notice.

Still, establishing a branch was inevitable. He would have noticed sooner or later.

Now, Atlas had obtained the mining rights to the Room-Temperature Superconducting Ore, and it would not be disturbed for at least five years. Five years was also enough time for the company to develop rapidly.

But Sui Yang did not intend to abandon the idea of establishing a branch on Earth-02. Thus, when Third Combat Platoon of Hunter Company completed its assault mission against Hell's Gate, it first completely shut down the base's communications facilities.

This caused Venture Star, stationed in near-Earth orbit, to completely lose its understanding of the situation on the ground. It only knew that scientists had used Avatars and joined forces with the Na'vi to launch a rebellion.

Only after the company's technicians arrived at Hell's Gate and remotely took control of Venture Star could the situation be considered truly stabilized.

What remained was for the technicians to board Venture Star and gather further information and data, allowing Atlas to acquire the relevant aerospace technology as soon as possible.

But establishing a branch required sending an Investigator to Earth-02. Therefore, after the technicians finished collecting the information and data, Sui Yang began agonizing over whether to have an Investigator carry out this mission.

But...

The moment he thought about how a round trip would take ten years, Sui Yang temporarily pushed back the schedule for establishing the Earth-02 branch. It would be impossible to proceed as planned in the short term.

After all, the Space Gate opened on a cycle of 414 days. Ten years was enough for Sui Yang and Atlas to explore eight universes. They might even obtain Warp Drive or superluminal navigation technology such as Slipspace from those universes.

As for how to deal with Miles Quaritch and the six hundred RDA mercenaries, Sui Yang actually intended to recruit them.

In Avatar 1, Miles Quaritch was portrayed as a "villain." But through the plot and details, it was not difficult to see that this retired colonel cared deeply for his own people, valued his subordinates' lives, and possessed an extremely firm position and will. He was a competent officer.

To be honest, when Sui Yang watched the film back then, he felt that Colonel Quaritch had far more charisma than the protagonist, Jake Sully.

When Atlas had first extended its power to Pandora Planet, Sui Yang had already conceived a recruitment plan. As it happened, the RDA mercenaries were merely mediocre in combat ability, making them a ready-made and ideal source of troops.

Using Atlas's elite-soldier strategy to screen candidates one by one, recruiting six hundred soldiers would take at least one or two years. It would also be necessary to ensure that the recruits could withstand testing, remained loyal, and posed no risk of leaking secrets.

The RDA mercenaries had none of those concerns. They had no connection whatsoever to the Main Universe. Atlas only needed to provide money and benefits, along with places where they could spend them.

(End of chapter)