(Thank you .Thirsty but Won't Drink Water, Break Open Old Li's Legs. for the tip bonus chapter.)
Flameburst Commander traveled alone, driving a small vehicle along back roads until he reached the Planetary Computer storage site.
He got out of the vehicle, entered through the staff passage behind the Planetary Computer facility, and crawled in through the kitchen, startling the T'au cooks making ramen.
More than ten minutes later, the few remaining low-ranking scientists came before Flameburst Commander.
Flameburst Commander said briskly:
"Skip the pleasantries. Take me to the Planetary Computer and execute the Ultimate Protocol!"
The scientists immediately led the way, while Flameburst Commander wore a gloomy expression.
His predecessors had plotted for over a century, then spent sixty years carrying it out—a total of one hundred and sixty years of political calculation.
They had finally secured a human world, only for an enemy Inquisitor to arrive and force them to flee in disgrace.
Flameburst Commander's heart was filled with hatred and unwillingness. His generation had grown up entirely on Sweet Star, and he was already in his forties.
That meant that before Flameburst Commander could even remember, his predecessors had massacred all the human resistance forces on the planet twenty years after colonization began.
The remaining humans had all been very docile. Flameburst Commander had grown up in an excellent environment, and he had feelings for this planet.
Yet now he had no choice but to abandon Sweet Star, and his heart was filled with grief.
Grief turned into rage, and rage became madness!
"If I can't have her, then I'll destroy her. No one else will have her either!!"
Flameburst Commander muttered viciously. At that moment, the scientists led him to the Planetary Computer.
The Planetary Computer was an enormous spherical device, with countless cables plugged into