1430. New War Machine (Part 1)
On the periphery of Drai II, a large number of Geth spacecraft are working around the clock, mining from Drai, then rough processing it on huge industrial ships, and finally building a one-time air cargo warehouse and sending it directly to the industrial zone on the other side of Drai II.
With the extremely high efficiency of Geth, Drai II has built a large number of industrial areas in the other hemisphere away from the temple. These industrial areas are like bacterial infections, taking root on the surface of the satellite and then growing rapidly.
About half of these industrial zones helped Protoss build them and produced the industrial and building materials Protoss needs. The other half is Geth's own arsenal. A large number of individual Geth infantrymen and individual battleships continue to walk off the production line and join the ranks surrounding Drai II.
But so far, this place is extremely remote, so except for a few smugglers who were caught randomly running here to avoid debts a month ago, no one else will visit. Of course, those smugglers were directly sent to Kessel to mine.
A Protoss transport ship slowly lifted off from the landing platform behind Twilight Covenant Temple, gradually accelerated, breaking away from the constraints of the planet's atmosphere and entering space.
Geth ship, who was on guard around it, completely ignored the transport plane and just let it go.
At this moment, in the temple.
Priestess stood in front of the console, looked at the image of the Protoss transport ship on the screen, shook his head slightly, and said, "They are just a few children, let them go deep into the territory of Galactic Republic like this? This is crazy."
The figure of Tang Xiao was projected in the holographic projection next to him. He said calmly, "This is a good opportunity, isn't it? In fact, you have to understand that the struggle between us and Galactic Republic, and even Galactic Empire thereafter, will never be ended by the current generation."
He looked at Priestess, "Galactic Republic is such a behemoth and has a heritage of 25,000 years. We cannot shake it. Not only must we make ourselves stronger and fight them head-on, but we must also wait patiently for opportunities and their internal chaos... This wait may take ten or twenty years... By then, they will have grown up..."
Priestess turned his head sideways and said nothing.
"So, they are destined to be a generation living in the flames of war. You can't protect them. The only way is to let them grow up." Tang Xiao continued.
Priestess said in a deep voice, "At least now, I can protect them."
"I have proper arrangements for Zhang Jiarui." Tang Xiao said.
"The word 'appropriate' in your mouth means that if the situation goes wrong, you would rather kill Zhang Jiarui, right? Even if it might happen in front of his children?" Priestess said coldly, "Only this matter, I cannot agree with, Das-Malthael."
After saying that, she turned around and walked out, leaving the last words, "Zhang Xucheng, Xiao Yan, they are my students!"
Galactic Republic Capital, Coruscant, Galactic Senate Building.
"The battle that took place at Onderon is simply ridiculous! How dare you call such a massacre a victory?!" Naboo Senator Padmé-Amidala asked sternly, standing on his anti-gravity platform.
"I think you don't have a full understanding of the cruelty on the battlefield, Senator Amidala. But this is not your fault, because the military aspect is not your job." Wilhuff-Tarkin stood in front of Palpatine and answered with a normal expression, "What I want to say is that what we are facing is a robot army. What does a robot army mean?"
Tarkin looked around and said in a loud voice, "It means fearless! It means cold-blooded! It means never stopping! They don't need to rest, eat, or dodge stray bullets! They ignore the terrain, the weather, and supplies! They don't need psychological counseling or morale boosting! After they step off the production line, their only purpose is to kill and destroy until they are destroyed."
He clicked on a screen and said, "Even the B-1 combat robots that you think are cannon fodder, under certain circumstances, they are almost invincible."
I only saw a B-1 combat robot standing on the test platform on the screen, surrounded by five strong soldiers. Then the two sides began to fight hand-to-hand. However, in this hand-to-hand fight, those muscular soldiers were no match for the B-1 combat robot.
I only saw the B-1 combat robot punching it, and the person on the opposite side was immediately knocked several meters away. When the soldiers' fists landed on the B-1 combat robot, they actually hit an iron block. The result is self-evident.
In the end, the five soldiers were easily knocked down by the combat robot and lay on the ground unable to stand up at all.
Tarkin smiled slightly and threw away the remote control. "You see, this is our opponent. And what I need to remind you is, how many such robots has Separatists produced? Ten billion or one hundred billion?"
He stared at Padmé and said, "So, in Onderon, our soldiers face a defense line built by such terrifying combat robots. And now, you come here to accuse them of too many casualties? Do you respect these soldiers who fight bravely and shed blood on the battlefield?"
"Such a battle will place a huge burden on Galactic Republic's finances! We absolutely cannot direct a battle like you, treating the lives of soldiers as a string of numbers!" Padmé-Amidala said loudly, "Galactic Republic's finances have already exceeded the red line! War losses, pensions for soldiers killed in battle, and recuperation for injured soldiers, such expenditures continue to accumulate, and we can't even prepare a fiscal budget for next year!"
Tarkin's tone gradually became colder, "But you also know that this is a life-and-death war, right? Senator Amidala."
"As far as I know, this is not the case!" Padmé-Amidala stared fiercely at the three people Sheev-Palpatine, Mas-Amedda and Wilhuff-Tarkin standing on the central platform.
"Hehehehe, okay. Senator Amidala's concerns are very reasonable and we must take them into consideration." At this time, Speaker Sheev-Palpatine stood up and said with a smile, "The Onderon campaign and the counterattacks we are launching on multiple fronts have also shown that in the face of Separatists Among the cold-blooded robot troops of E, only Clone Trooper is the best choice. Here, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Jedi Order's late Seve-Master Dias. It was his efforts that created a Clone Army team that can compete with robots..."