Chapter 20 Howard presents STC fragments
Before Howard entered the palace, he took a deep breath. The scene he had seen before and Rawlslev's words were still ringing in his ears. He also remembered the boy named Bukayo.
Nimrod's image in his mind became more mysterious and powerful. He had confirmed from the Rosicky technical priest of the Cech clan, the servant of the Ohm Messiah, that the cyborgs created by the Mechanicus could not have such a strong body and combat power.
[Is it really the Old Night God who came to the world? ]
He looked at Nimrod with his back to him and said respectfully.
"My lord, I have reached an agreement with the sage Kaminski. Please review it."
Nimrod came back to his senses from the sword duel in his mind, and he turned and walked towards Howard.
"My Lord, the Sage agrees to support you to become the King of Tezwok, and he is willing to bless you with the Om Messiah."
"He requires that their existing interests be maintained, and that you solve the alien problem of the Sea Music."
After listening to Howard's briefing, Nimrod took the data board, slid it quickly, and asked at the same time.
"Sea Music?"
"Yes, my Lord."
"Sea Music is just as its name suggests, it is an ocean kingdom, dotted with pearl-like islands, and it is a beautiful world."
When he sincerely praised the Sea Music, Nimrod had already read 1,503 pages of documents. After reading it quickly, the key points that Superman's brain unraveled were exactly the same as Howard's summary, and he looked at the blond noble with appreciation.
"The seafood and a small amount of agricultural products produced by the Sea Symphony are vital to Vostronia."
"Recently, due to the appearance of alien pirates, the food supply has been affected and the reserves have been consumed rapidly."
"If this continues, Vostronia will be in crisis in less than three months."
Howard's words were full of worry, he had already smelled the crisis.
"What kind of alien invasion is it?"
"My lord, there is no report on the physiological aspects of the aliens yet."
"It is worth noting that the alien ships are extremely advanced. They can emit a beam of pulse energy. The beam ignores the void shield of the Mechanicus and directly erodes its hull."
Howard's face was grim. He had always thought that the Mechanicus was synonymous with technology, but when he heard Father Rosicky's words not long ago, he realized that there are more advanced technologies.
"It also has a nasty side effect. When the Mechanicus' ships are hit, their shields are immediately overloaded, but the enemy warships can follow up with a series of light spear firepower after completing the attack."
Nimrod fell into deep thought after hearing this, and he immediately thought of the Night Fragments and the Flao people in the previous potion formula.
[It sounds like the alien's artillery and attack characteristics are similar to the Flao people's ether cannon. ]
"I accept the Mechanicus's conditions."
Even if it has nothing to do with the potion materials, Nimrod will not allow the aliens to plunder. The Vostroya galaxy is his territory.
"But I also have a request. The aliens have powerful artillery fire. I need to board them to defeat them."
"Therefore, I need weapons and armor that are suitable for my body size and can exert my combat power."
Sequence 9 "Generalist" is still short of two kinds of potion materials. The technical ability of low-sequence Beyonders is not as good as that of the technical priests on Mars. Since he was asked to expel the aliens, he naturally took the opportunity to ask for equipment.
"Such a request is reasonable and in line with the logic of the Om Messiah believers."
After thinking for a moment, Howard came to a conclusion based on his understanding of Sage Kaminsky.
Then, his blue eyes showed determination.
"My lord, my family has a standard construction template that conforms to the sacredness that was discovered and copied by our ancestors."
Nimrod knew that the standard construction template was abbreviated as STC, which was essentially a complex analysis and processing program.
Humanity's various technologies are stored in the STC system. Together with the subspace engine and the human mutant, the Navigator, the three are the main factors that enable humans to expand outside the solar system and conquer various planets.
STC allows human colonists to maintain a standard technological level. Without any relevant knowledge, colonists can efficiently build shelters, generators, transportation tools and other necessities using all available local materials.
Users only need to ask how to build houses and drilling machines, and STC will give all the necessary plans.
The technology of the future human empire also depends on STC, and the oilmen will even launch exploration expeditions to find the sacred template.
"Although the standard construction template obtained by the ancestors is not complete, the technologies contained in it, such as biological scanners, automatic robots, and refraction fields, are all manifestations of the Fender family being favored by the Om Messiah."
"Except for the Boleslaw family, the Fender family is the only family that was established in Tezvok and has always stood in the Nest Tower."
"Now, I will give you a copy of the sacred template, the foundation of the Fender family."
Nimrod knew that STC would exist in various forms, from paper documents, data files to large and complete facilities.
Those lucky ones who dig up STC usually find incomplete fragments of data damaged by various reasons such as time erosion.
They will copy it to preserve it for a longer time.
Howard is now taking out a copy for backup. Of course, even if the backup is measured in Martian coins, it is worth tens of billions.
After Howard finished speaking, his finger pressed hard on the golden lightning of the family emblem on his right chest.
The left chest of his fine power armor popped up, and he reached out to take out a fine gold box. Through the glass shell, he could see that inside was a delicate rectangular sheet, and its surface was covered with intricate metal circuits and tiny electronic components.
He presented it to Nimrod's big hands with both hands and stepped back respectfully.
"You are responsible for communicating with the Mechanicus and those nobles who can surrender, and determining the time of the ceremony."
"In addition, confirm with your men the families that just launched an attack on the Nest Tower, as well as those Boleslaw's diehards. I want to see the list within one standard hour."
"As you wish, sir."
Howard left the palace, feeling a little disappointed without receiving the gift, but he cheered up immediately.
[I have been under your command for less than a working cycle. Even if I offer my family secrets, there is always a probation period.
In the future, I will perfectly complete every task assigned to me by my lord and obtain the gift as soon as possible. ]
At the same time, Nimrod turned on the communicator and switched to the communication channel with Bukayo.
"Bukayo, what's the situation in the hive city?"
"My Lord, all the shops in the commercial district of the hive city are closed, the factories are shut down, and all places are fully armed. There is no large-scale melee among the various forces."
"According to my speculation, the major families should be more cautious and send intelligence personnel first to find out the situation of the forces that have captured the Boleslaw family. The most important thing is that they should observe the reaction of the Mechanicus."
"Only a few fools who think they have got an opportunity and the forces loyal to the Boleslaw family will attack us."
Nimrod heard this, similar to what he and Howard had guessed, and he immediately issued a new order to Bukayo.
"After the investigation, go to the Arbitration Court. I want you to bring back all the gavels, marking the names and positions of their original owners."
"Yes, my Lord."
Bukayo didn't know why Nimrod wanted the gavel, but he knew he shouldn't pry into the secrets of serving the gods, so he didn't ask the questions in his mind.
(End of this chapter)