Chapter 270 Edge of the Known Space - Search (1/2)

Chapter 270 Edge of the Known space - Search

The group of explorers and soldiers traveled through the area where the bearded explorer had encountered the alien race, but even after three days, they had found no trace of them

A few options had appeared in the heads of the people present Soroup of aliens had left the area, or worse, that they had gone back to report, and gather their troops

Generally speaking, the soldiers and the explorers would never work together While the soldiers took the credit for allowing the universal government to be stable, the untold tales of the brave explorers which spent thousands of years doing the erous job in the universe, would be swept under the rug In the years, that had created a large divide between the two groups

That separation was clearer than ever when the soldiers and the explorers were forced to work together The higher the rank would be, the more enmity they would feel towards each other In soroups had gotten so bad, that the role of the judge had to be created

In the ancient tie would be able to truer but true heroes grew through hardshi+ps, and not by staying in a coue

The years passed, and while the explorers and arovernes were only able to judge the operate of the factions, and couldn't keep up with the power of the army and the explorers anyroups within the universal government, it had become a rule for both retired ares, which were called 'Grand Judges' The Grand Judges, were the overnment, and would have the last say on the clashes between the two groups

Unfortunately, for as useful the role of the Grand Judge was, it did not deter the two groups fro with one another And that was the reason why the soldiers had long since started to doubt the bearded explorer's abilities

”It is a big offense to make a false report And it is even worse for the Xeno Protocol” Said the captain with a threatening tone She didn't fear the explorers, as she had a power similar to theirs Plus, she had been raised with the an intrinsic dislike, and sense of superiority towards theot praised by the population, but whenever they were in the field, unless it was a war, they would have to follow And that would make them turn in their own armor

The bearded explorer turned to look around for a few ain, he looked at the old e ”I've been away only for a couple of one Our territory covers forty percent of the directions they could have taken to retreat We can split and make a cone search in the direction from which they approached me And that would be There” Said the beardedat a specific point in space

The e had a few doubts, but none of these doubts were about the capabilities of the bearded explorer What he orried about, was the variants that would s After all, every single tiovernment had discovered one of the factions, they had found the pohich they possessed, extremely 'hard to deal with'

”You are the leader” responded the old”How do you want us to split?” He did not know of how many aliens the team which had attacked the bearded old man was made of, reason why he had asked

Annoyed by the way she was being ignored, the captain of the soldiers said ”I have enough ht people each We will take the area that you'll assign to us” Her tone was filled with unwilling coet her people as far away froain, the bearded explorer and the nored the captain

”Don't flatter yourself, captain You soldiers are not prepared for all of the unknown variables of a first encounter” Said the sniper whileit on the other

The captain was fu, and even e and shout their discontent to the top of their lungs But before they could vent off their frustration, the bearded explorer turned towards the captain, and as if nothing had happened, casually said ”The group that attacked ht people As per protocol, we have to demonstrate our military superiority Once made clear that we aren't harmless wanderers, we have to try to establish a coree with ht that the leader of this group of explorers had agreed to her plan, and that that would show the value of the strategizing of her part But unfortunately, she was sorely mistaken

”No I believe your plan to be silly We don't have to show that our military is as powerful as theirs What we have to show, is that ourthat we only have the strength in number to show Then, we the explorers, will show our individual prowess Making the feared” Responded the bearded man with a matter-of-fact tone

What he said was true The ar, and none of the individual power of the soldiers was in any way comparable to the weakest of the explorers Of course, that didn't ainst a group of five thousand soldiers, as the arht to their side of the scale when fighting in group

Unfortunately, a first encounter could hardly be considered a y and individual poerean encounter the only two people to clash were a roup and the explorer, the enemy would be inclined to believe that each of the individuals of which that party was overnainst the neer A layer caused by the fear of the unknown