Chapter 1369: Wings of Freedom (18)

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Planet Blacksis, Port of the Dead, Dockyard.
"We are the Sentinel. When other empires collapsed, we were still standing. When other empires gave up resistance, we taught them how to fight back."
Renault said to the visual communicator, trying to maintain a serious attitude.
"[Huh?]" The man on the opposite side of the communicator looked unintelligible and impatient: "[Speak human words, or get out.]"
It was a tall and thin man. He was wearing a dark blue Gallente officer uniform, but he did not wear a military rank. His left eye was blocked by an eye mask. He was sitting on a sofa with no use. Looking at the screen with an impatient expression.
"We are a'sentinel' mercenary group. We plan to recruit some people in the precious land. The target group is the exiles of the federal offensive forces. We will pay the transaction tax according to your regulations." Renault said again.
"[A bunch of nonsense, just listen to the last sentence,]" The man on the screen raised his voice: "[Ralph?]"
"Yes, boss," standing next to the communicator, a strong man in a camouflage uniform, orange waistcoat and floral headband approached the communicator: "They only have one battleship, and there is no sign of psychic awakening for themselves and the main crew."
"[Very good, give them the pass, and precautions.]" The communicator snapped off.
"Thank you for your generosity, Colonel Ollan." Renault said to the black-screened communicator.
Squeak-a plasticized card protruded from a gap under the communicator, and a man named Ralph walked over to take it down and hand it to Renault.
"It's the first time?" He grinned: "But the rules are quite familiar. Did someone introduce it?"
"It was introduced by ‘Nova’, but he said it’s useless to report his name." Renault nodded.
"Indeed, it was an intelligence mercenary. He never showed up. Anyone can say that he introduced it-buying intelligence," Ralph quizzed, "Although he should tell you everything you need to know. Yes, but as a duty, I still want to tell you the rules of the Port of the Dead."
"Please speak." Renault replied.
"First of all, Colonel Ollan is the biggest here, and the guy who claims to be a general will be thrown out as space junk."
"Secondly, any money transaction that takes place in the port of the dead must be taxed, and tax evaders will be fined ten times."
"Third, Colonel Ollan will ensure that no one is attacked here, but regardless of the'blocking the stargate' behavior."
Ralph concluded:
"The last point is my personal suggestion. Don’t provoke BloodPack, BlueSuns, and Eclipse people in the Port of the Dead. If the psionic monster wants to kill you, there will be no evidence that they did it."
"Of course, I have heard of the three major mercenaries in the constellation," Renault nodded, and then put a star card into Ralph's hand: "Thank you very much."
"It seems that you really know the rules," Ralph smiled brightly and stretched out his hand: "I hope you will live longer and come here more times."
"I borrow your good words." Renault shook his hand before leaving the communication room.

"How do you say?" Tykes and Jimmy were waiting outside the communication room, and they immediately asked when they saw Renault come out.
"Everything goes well, we can enter the port." Reynolds made a gesture to wait for something to happen, and left the dock with two of his men.
This is a neutral mercenary port built on the planet Blacksis. Of course, it can also be called a pirate port. There are various mercenary groups in and out of it anytime and anywhere, and it will not be questioned about its origin. Of course, if it is planted by the Federation The intelligence personnel here-there will certainly be-find it another matter.
This time Matt and Nova chose to meet Renault here. In addition to concealment, another task is to recruit mercenaries to expand the "Renault's Rangers". All the expenses are covered by Senator Terra-with federal funds.
Using federal money to train the enemies of the Confederation is really your father and daughter.
As for the purpose, it seems that when the
new coalition government
is established in the future, this
legendary mercenary group
will be used as a bargaining chip to raise its own identity. In the worst case, if Tarsonis is about to be captured, Renault’s A "sentinel" will join the battle and save Senator Terra.
Of course, since the people recruited from here are basically people who want money and have no position at all, so don't tell them too much, as long as you know where to go and whom to fight, it is enough to be a perimeter of the Rangers.
The administrator of this neutral port, Colonel Ollan, is said to have served in the Gallente Army, but was betrayed by his superiors and lost an eye. Luckily, he took the troops to escape and stood on his own, relying on his ability to fight and dare to fight. Created this foundation, and then built this "Port of the Dead" on the grounds that "the past self is dead".
Probably because of his past experience, he has no good feelings for any regular army, but somehow he retains his rank.
All Renault's responses just now were all in the standard format given by Nova. Obviously, this hero has been thoroughly researched, but who can confirm whether this "fully researched" is the smoke bomb he released?
The "Blood Sac", "Blue Sun" and "Eclipse" mentioned by his agent Ralph before are the three most famous mercenary groups in the entire planet.
"Blood sacs" are pirates in the true sense. The members are extremely vicious criminals. Everyone can be sentenced to death in most places with normal laws, but no one intends to arrest their members in exchange for rewards, because they Once retaliation begins, it will not stop without killing all relevant personnel.
The "Qingyang" mercenary regiment is not so much a mercenary as it is a regular army. They act in a very militarized style, have their own internal rank system, and have a variety of standard equipment. People suspected that they were defected troops from the reorganization system, but they have been unable to confirm.
As for the "eclipse", it is the most special one in the mercenary group. Its members are all psionicists or engineers, and they fight mainly with psionic energy and traps. Many times their enemies have died without seeing people. As its members are mostly female, it is speculated that it has absorbed many "ghosts" who defected.
They may not care about the strength of Colonel Ollan, but there is no need to tear their faces with him, so they are barely abiding by the rules in the Port of the Dead.
Renault is here to recruit mercenaries to expand his "rangers". One of the expected goals is to be able to wrestle with these three mercenaries, but for now, it is better to avoid them.