Warfield's Promise
Augustus stayed in Tarsonis City for about a week, and this city left a deep impression on him.
The great and magnificent Tarsonis is the center of Terran Confederacy. Countless shining towers and continuous industrial areas have permanently changed the appearance of most of the planet's crust. In a few dozen centuries, perhaps the Tarsonis people will flatten the mountains and fill up the oceans, and nature will be completely conquered by humans. The stars will one day become the garden of this race, and the Milky Way is just a path in it.
Tarsonis is a prosperous economic and industrial center, where the most cutting-edge new technologies are used. People with talent or skills have the opportunity to soar in the fantastic world of technology, but they may also lose everything in an instant.
This is the cradle and original birthplace of Terrans-like civilization. The power of Tarsonis alone is enough to crush Korhal IV. Even if all the Confederacy colonies unite to oppose it, they must launch a Total War that spans Koprulu Sector, and countless sacrifices will be made.
However, in the prosperous scene, under the peak of economic and technological prosperity, there are countless poor people. The extreme imbalance between the rich and the poor has caused an irreparable rift between classes.
Corruption and favoritism have penetrated into every department of the Confederacy government and various subordinate agencies. The privileges enjoyed by the nobles have put them above the country and Secular. Being away from their people for too long has made them arrogant and indifferent.
Those in power are afraid of innovation because they are the ones who need to be transformed.
The world needs to change.
On January 22, Augustus and his men embarked on the interstellar spacecraft returning to Meinhoff, and safely returned to the battlecruiser Steel Justice staying in the orbit of the planet on the night of the 25th.
In the captain's room of Steel Justice, Augustus met his old boss, Lieutenant Colonel Horace Warfield, who had been away for many days. The other party asked him to see him immediately.
"You stayed at Tarsonis longer than those people expected. They asked me why you wanted to stay for an additional five days."
Warfield is a minimalist. He never decorates his military camp like a king's palace like some noble generals. The captain's cabin where he lives only has an ordinary camp bed and a few cabinets.
"Who are they?" Due to the exhaustion caused by time travel, Augustus was looking for soft sofas in Warfield's multi-captain room, which was wider than ordinary crew members, but only found a few angular stools, but he didn't care much.
"It's not us. The Marine Corps doesn't care what you did in Tarsonis. It's the people from the Terran Confederacy Investigation Bureau who are here. The agents have already targeted you." Warfield was originally planning to take a transport ship to fly to the Meinhoff Marine Corps and the Fleets Supreme Command, so he was wearing an officer's uniform.
"This doesn't surprise me, and there may be more than one agency paying attention to my every move. But maybe even if I go to buy a skirt, they will think deeply about my purpose of doing this, and they will be as anxious as a monkey on fire because they can't figure out the purpose of my doing this." Augustus moved a stool casually and sat down.
"The reason why they are so nervous is just because your last name is Mengsk." Warfield nodded in agreement. "It turns out that I didn't know much about what happened on Korhal IV, but now I begin to understand why you and Arcturus chose to leave in a hurry."
"But what exactly did you do in Tarsonis?"
"Nothing, just dancing with the ladies and their daughters, then visiting Tarsonis In the last few days, some leaders in Old Families went to several universities in Tarsonis City to give speeches, telling students there that they should cherish the hard-won peace, safeguard the Confederacy that gives them all power, and fulfill the obligations of every Confederacy citizen." Augustus replied.
"It's a cliché. You know, I had to hold the organizer's manuscript before I was allowed to go on stage. What surprised me was that there were indeed some 'progressives' among those students. They had great ambitions and were dissatisfied with the incompetence and corruption of the Confederacy government."
During his time at Tarsonis City, Augustus met three Old Families leaders including Terra Family, Holt Family, and Blueback, and visited the Sky Tower of the other four Old Families as well as the industrial factories under his family group as invited guests.
Without exception, these seven Old Families had no ill feelings towards the Mengsk Family or Augustus himself, or they wanted to seek more benefits from Korhal IV. During this period, Old Families did not expect that Korhal would break out into a more serious rebellion or even a war.
The other twelve Old Families, including Bennett Family, coldly shut out Augustus and refused anyone with the Mengsk Family Contact, even Augustus's remarks in public showed that he extremely hated his father Angus's ideas, which brought Korhal IV's desire to pursue peace.
These Old Families have either hot or cold attitudes towards Korhal Mengsk Family's views and judgment on the situation throughout the day are even more different, as are the influences of their positions. For example, since Holt Family is the least senior among Old Families, they seem to be more willing to see some changes occur in Tarsonis, where the distribution of power has been fixed and is becoming saturated and stagnant.
After these days of personal contact and the intelligence provided by Umojan agents, Augustus has roughly understood which families are likely to win support. As for the MPs and senior officials in Tarsonis Confederate Congress, Augustus wisely did not have contact with cunning and changeable politicians.
"Yes, this kind of thing should be said by a 'hero' like you." Warfield said, "You are the son of Angus, but your words are completely opposite to his. This is the result they want."
"This is also the result I want." Augustus stood up from the stool again and looked into the deep black sky through an open observation window in the captain's cabin. "They asked me what I thought of my father, and I said he was a madman. They asked me if I was a staunch patriot. I often had tears in my eyes, saying that I deeply loved the pure land under my feet."
"Maybe you have the potential to become a politician." Warfield laughed.
"Actually, I'm not suitable to be a politician." Augustus said, "I think Arcturus is a natural politician, although he may not notice this."
"I can't see that." At this time, Warfield suddenly remembered something. "I want to tell you one more thing. Your application for retirement has been approved. Where are you going to go next?"
"Go to Umojan first, and then return to Korhal." Augustus replied, "Some of my subordinates also want to retire in the near future. So many people retiring at the same time may cause some trouble. I beg you to help me again."
"Okay, no problem." Warfield came over and patted Augustus on the shoulder.
"If you need any help from me in the future, please feel free to contact me."
I don't have an air force, so I can't post pictures here, so I won't post any fish catches.