Stellaris from the Automata Era

This also caused the military strength of the Terran Empire to begin to decline sharply, even though Mengsk personally appeared and used the propaganda machine to boast about the Empire's counterattack and encouraged people to join the army enthusiastically.

But this cannot replace the fact that he lost too many experienced soldiers, not to mention the deaths of entire ships, including the crew. It is unknown how much time it will take just to retrain them.

Do you really think that ordinary people who have never even touched a gun before can suddenly become unparalleled gods of war, with each person being a Storm One, right?

Therefore, while fighting the Zerg, the Terran Empire had to look back at the new neighbor around it.

Because there was a slight gap between everyone before, coupled with suspicions about alien races, they now urgently need to figure out what the Earth's attitude is, hostile or friendly, so that they can choose a strategic response later.

In this historical context, Major Morse was finally nominated by everyone to volunteer to make a diplomatic visit to the Earth's controlled territory.

Let's admit it, the Empire's propaganda was quite successful. Even before this, there were already bizarre claims like man-eating machines and sociology plus 8.

The most successful cases are that even their subordinates think it makes sense, including lower-level military personnel.

This also made everyone who came here ready to die, and even wrote their suicide notes.

At the same time, they also brought life detection devices. Once the signal was lost, it could be basically concluded that the neighbors were not very friendly, and everyone could start to check the status of their respective arsenals.

After Morse and the others had been anxious for several hours with this mentality, a middle-aged human figure and a mechanical life form dressed as an aristocrat walked in.

"Nice to meet you. I'm humanoid Black."

"Mechanical life form, Adam."

Terran should have heard a lot about the humanoid race. After all, Renault already has a squadron of YoRHa humanoids, and the spy planted on the prince's side alone can probably find out a lot of information.

Anyway, Yan Luo didn't believe that a man with such a strong desire for control like Mengsk would easily let others take away half of his people, so he simply didn't hide anything.

In fact, the Empire does have some understanding of humanoids, at least they claim to know about the humanoid race.

As for the mechanical life forms on the side... the Terrans have heard very little about them, and this should be the first time they have heard of it.

"Hello, I am Major Morse of the Empire."

Generally speaking, those who are able to hold diplomatic posts should be prominent figures in the entire Terran Empire, or professional politicians.

But the more embarrassing problem is that at this time, there is no soil for politicians to survive in Terran, or they do not have politicians with backbone.

As mentioned earlier, after the collapse of the former federation, the newly established empire was centralized in name but divided in reality.

Anyone who can hold a high position in the empire is either a local lord or at least has his own territory and army.

Being able to hold such a high position, they are more or less a group of people who cherish their lives. Even if they are forced to obey Mengsk's power, they will not rush to diplomatic talks like fools without knowing the situation clearly.

Such a simple person would have been eaten up long ago!

Therefore, these passionate young people below the rank of general have the opportunity to serve the country and display their talents.

But the same problem exposed is that this group of warriors who have not received professional political training are speechless at this time.

After all, it was determined from the beginning that the possibility of their survival was very small. Koprulu's diplomats are the most dangerous profession in the entire galaxy, and the employment rate is zero all year round.

So this time, there was no diplomatic script prepared for them.

Fortunately, the personal devices they wore had the ability to communicate remotely. At this time, the Terrans had already turned on their subtle listening devices, intending to see how they would respond.

Soon a series of voices and commands rang in Major Morse's ears.

"On behalf of the Empire, I send you Chengzhi's greetings."

Chapter 215: Imperial Federation?

"We also extend our greetings to the Terran Empire on behalf of Earth. Major Morse is truly young and promising."

Blake couldn't help but boast.

When two unfamiliar civilizations come into contact for the first time, naturally there won't be any diplomatic jargon right from the start.

But Morse subconsciously thought that the other party was implying that his position was low, and questioned whether he had the final say.

To be honest, he really didn't. Fortunately, he was just a tool to pass on messages. Those who were truly qualified to speak were basically giving orders in his ears.

"This is the hallmark of our empire, full of energy and vitality."

"That's great, take a seat first."

Blake smiled and then pointed to the seats in the temporary meeting room.

Because the Terran Empire's visit was so sudden, this hardly looked like a normal meeting area for a state visit.

After all, Yan Luo didn't want to expose the location of the earth, so when guiding them to the planet, he also chose to be within the Koprulu star zone.

In fact, the surrounding area is very close to the colony of Terran immigrants, so judging from the location, this is most likely the residential area of ​​a former medical soldier, but it was requisitioned by the humanoids.

However, the Imperials had no intention of finding out the location of the Earth's mother planet, and judging by the current atmosphere, more senior officials would surely arrive, so they didn't pay much attention to the somewhat simple layout.

Soon the two groups sat at opposite ends of a table, clearly expressing their positions.

The only thing that surprised the Empire was that after they all sat down, there seemed to be two people in charge on the Earth side.

After all, in order to express the dominance of both sides, the other affiliated personnel consciously moved their seats back. Now the only ones who are ahead of the curve are Imperial Morse, humanoid Black and mechanical lifeform Adam.

Almost from this point on, the Empire began to speculate about the political composition of the Earth.

Combined with the new term "mechanical life form" that Adam had introduced himself earlier, a large number of possible options were sent to the top of the empire for analysis.

However, several galaxies away, the top leaders of the Terran Empire, after a period of thoughtful and sophisticated analysis, finally decided that they still needed more information.

So after the whole venue was silent for a while, Morse began to speak first.

"Come to think of it, we still don't know the official name of Earth."

It is naturally impossible for everyone to ask what mechanical life is, what human form is, and what life forms you are made of.

This is too rude and can easily arouse the other party's vigilance and create negative feelings for no reason.

Politics is a high art, and so is cliché.

What the Empire wants to know most now is what kind of political system the Earth has.

This is easily seen from the way they call themselves.

Blake did not answer such a simple question immediately. He closed his eyes first and then replied after a few seconds.

"Earth Federation, you can call us that."

This passage was naturally repeated after Yan Luoluo was asked.

Although the name Earth Federation is indeed a bit unpleasant, it is indeed the best name to briefly describe the current political structure of the Earth.

More importantly, Yan Luo actually doesn't believe in metaphysics. It's impossible that the Federation will turn the world into an animal world full of happiness in the future just because of its name, right?

Besides, if we use the word "empire", it will easily remind people of the dismembered Austria-Hungary. It is better to turn it into an animal paradise than to be broken into pieces in the future.

Well...I always feel that Yan Luo finally believed in metaphysics.

"Earth Federation?" Morse nodded.

This is a loose system, he immediately came to this conclusion in his mind, and the evidence was that there were two people in charge on the opposite side.

This should represent two different interest groups in the federal system. The predecessor of the Terran Empire was also in such a stage, and it was also the root cause of its subsequent fragmentation and war.

"Your president should be very open-minded." Morse continued to test, but this sentence actually had no nutritional value, it was just a compliment.

Based on the other party's answer, many words that can be analyzed will also be generated.

First of all, he didn't think that one of the two people in front of him would be the nominal leader of the Earth Federation. After all, he had already introduced himself when he first arrived at the wormhole galaxy.

A major-level figure is not worth sending someone of higher rank to receive him.

Of course, it doesn't matter even if the guess is wrong. If one of these two people is really the president, the slightly complimentary words just now would be enough to benefit the other person, and at the same time, it would also let the empire know what the other person looks like.

"Um, our leader's title isn't president."

Apparently, Blake and Adam, who had been just sitting there, refuted the Terrans' words at the same time.

"It's the Emperor."

"It's the Ruler."

Morse: “???”

Yan Luo: “???”

What kind of bizarre structure is this? An imperial federation?

In fact, not only the Terrans were shocked, but Yan Luo himself was also shocked.

He had never stipulated an official title, and the humanoids had always addressed Yan Luo as "Sir" and "That Sir" from the beginning to now.

From the moment Black and Adam began their rebuttal, before he could pass on the message, the humanoid and the mechanical lifeform simultaneously shouted out their thoughts.

Of course Adam's ruler is still normal, but the Emperor is...

It’s just...it makes Yan Luo always feel that the earth is covered with many strange buffs.

In short, this short paragraph made many people fall into deep thought.

"Perhaps...right..." The Terran had clearly lost their voice. The higher-ups on the other side of Morse's invisible earpiece were likely briefly in disarray, and new instructions were only given a moment later. "I've been meaning to ask, do you speak Terran?"

"We have analyzed your language and are now using a translator."

There is nothing wrong with admitting this, so just say it out loud.

At the same time, it also implies to the other side that we know you very well.

"I'm sorry, I always feel that there may be many problems in our communication. Would you mind exchanging our language bases?"

Let’s not talk about the Ruler for now, it is obviously a title of totalitarianism. Add to that the human-shaped Emperor, and the Imperial Federation is such a bizarre and unimaginable composition.

The Terrans thought about it again and again, and finally concluded that there must be an obvious translation error in the language of both sides.

This diplomatic effort may not be able to continue for the time being. Before we fully understand the other party's language, various accidents are likely to occur.

P.S.: If you think about it carefully, a mushroom person could still call someone "senior", then the language error seems...seemingly reasonable. (I forgot which race it was.)

Chapter 216: "Borrowing a Head"

"Is this Terran Empire leaving in such a hurry?"

The Terran Empire's diplomatic mission left in a hurry. After obtaining the Earth's consent, the two sides immediately exchanged language scripts to lay the foundation for the next communication.

Of course, the anticlimactic meeting between the two sides still made the humanoid express confusion and puzzlement.

At least the twins beside Yan Luo were expressing their doubts.

"They may have achieved their initial goal." Yan Luo pointed to the seat next to him and motioned for them to sit down.

Although humanoids may not have physical limitations and there is no such thing as fatigue, Yan Luo will still try to keep the two of them close to him when there is no one else in the office.

Anyway, there is no barrier between us..

After the twins leaned against Yan Luo, one on each side, he continued to explain:

"They may just be here to test our specific attitude this time."

Yan Luo discovered the drawbacks only after reviewing the overall situation. The exhausted Terran Empire did not want to provoke new enemies at the moment.

There are so many planets in the Koprulu sector that are suitable for life. Essentially, it would not be a big problem for accommodating 4 or 5 different civilizations.

If possible, neither side actually wants to pile up their weapons at the border.

As for the Zerg, they have made it clear from the moment they appeared on the scene that they want to assimilate and acquire the "cunning" and biomass of the Tyranids. The two sides have long been fighting to the death.

The Protoss are divided into two extreme factions. One faction believes that the Tyranids should be helped, while the other faction believes that they should all be eliminated before the Zerg obtains the Tyranids.

A huge star region directly caused the attack between three races.

The war-torn Terrans do need to recuperate. In addition, the Yan Luo battleship showed off its muscles before, so they will not display their military force if they are not sure about the situation.

"Oh, I thought we would discuss specific cooperation this time." Divara looked quite regretful.

She knew that humans had always envied each other's technology, and could only regret that the results this time were not enough.

“No, we’re not talking about collaboration.”

Although Yan Luo really wanted the complete technology tree of Terran, he would not reveal his intentions in front of the Terran Empire.

Even if the other party mentioned the previous trade exchanges, Yan Luo would ask the humanoid to find a way to get around it.