PFC Chapter 3142 "Romantic" Wedding Season (62)
Chapter 3142 "Romantic" Wedding Season (62)
Chapter 3142 "Romantic" Wedding Season (Sixty-two)
The situation of the upper echelons of the Shi'ar Empire is the most complicated among the three empires. Judging from the military power alone, the queen does not hold all the military power. She can mobilize about one-third of the Shi'ar Empire's troops and guards, and the nobles can mobilize the other two-thirds.
From this perspective, the queen is in a weak position, but in fact, the queen's personal guards are all composed of the Fierce Feather Tribe. Their individual strength is very strong. There is no army on the entire surface of the Capital Star that can defeat them. They will only be loyal to the queen, so the queen's position is still relatively stable.
But this does not mean that the nobles have no power, because they can mobilize enough troops, and the security and defense tasks of most of the empire's territory fall on them, so they naturally have strong control over the region.
Moreover, these troops are not bound to them. There are many fence-sitters in the army, and the various factions in the military are not so harmonious. They all have their own interests and needs, and they cannot be transferred just because they want to.
Among them, the nobles valued the private soldiers of each of their families the most. This part of the army was actually very small, and a family might have only one or two main battleships. They were mainly used to resolve some local family business and civilization disputes, and also for ceremonial purposes.
These private fleets are maintained by the nobles at great expense. The warships manufactured by the Shi'ar Empire are not products of an assembly line. They need to go through many enchantment rituals before they can adapt to the needs of the race. This is similar to the warships of Asgard.
This means that the battleship manufacturing process is longer, requires more investment, and subsequent maintenance will be more troublesome, but it also means that a single battleship is more powerful, and having one or two is enough to stand on its own.
Therefore, the noble families of the Shi'ar Empire basically do not maintain too many warships. Having one is already considered a very prominent noble family.
Mystique has not been idle during this time when she became the Queen of the Shi'ar Empire. Apart from fighting in palace and political battles all day long, she has been placing mutants with shape-shifting abilities in various places, among which those personalities separated from the large group are the main force.
The main ethnic group of the Shi'ar Empire is too small, so it is normal to have foreigners. The army is basically made up of foreigners they have integrated. There are a few strange-looking ones but they are not eye-catching.
The five fleets that Rakshasa mentioned that could be mobilized were actually five warships of the nobles' private soldiers that were stolen by these planted personnel, and they were the private soldiers of the top ten noble families on the Capital Star.
The struggle for power never retreats.
Once these five starships are all destroyed at the same time, the defenses of these five families will be left empty, and the queen can immediately take advantage of the situation and destroy all the remaining defensive forces of these five families.
Once all the resources of these five families fall into the hands of the queen, as the queen's strength increases, the other nobles may not dare to take action, because the queen's strength has been strengthened, and it is not their own family that will be unlucky. It is better for me to let my friends die than for myself.
The queen has obtained so many resources. Even if she can't immediately turn things around and achieve complete centralization, she can at least consolidate some power and make her position more stable.
The nobles were unwilling to see such a thing happen.
Although this incident did not completely touch the bottom line of the nobility, the queen also stopped at the right time and did not pursue the victory, but if it continues like this, the demise of the nobility is imminent.
So they must find a way to weaken the queen's power.
They can fight head-on, but the problem is that if they do, it will be a fight to the death. Either the queen will kill them all, or they will overthrow the queen.
It is not impossible for all the nobles to overthrow the queen if they join forces, but after overthrowing the queen, who will be the next king?
This is not an issue that can be negotiated. In the end, the one with the bigger fist will sit on the throne. But if all the strength is spent on overthrowing the queen, how can one's family fight for the throne in the future?
Therefore, in the process of overthrowing the queen, most of the families will definitely not put in enough effort and will never succeed. In the end, they may even be killed to pieces by the queen.
The nobles knew this truth, so they would not adopt this approach. They would rather achieve the goal of weakening the queen without spending a single soldier of their own.
The truth is only within the range of cannons. Without military power and troops, power is just empty talk. To weaken the queen, it is necessary to weaken the troops controlled by the queen.
But we can't just tell the queen to hand over her military power. Even Lilandra wouldn't agree before, and it's even more difficult now.
The best way is actually to weaken the troops themselves and let the queen transfer her troops. To do this, a war must be launched.
In fact, even so, their target may not necessarily be the New Skrull Empire. It is very unwise to go to war head-on with one of the three major empires. There is no blood feud between the two countries, so there is no need to fight a brutal war.
However, any contradiction can be gradually intensified. The most important point at the beginning is the product of the life fusion plan that can directly destroy an entire galaxy.
When the New Skrull Empire got this product, who was the most anxious?
The Shi'ar Empire and the Skrull Empire do not have such a deep hatred, but the Kree Empire is the same. The thousand-year war between the two sides has left them with an irreconcilable grudge.
Now that the New Skrull Empire has such a powerful weapon, where are they most likely to drop it?
The Kree Empire must think about this issue, and they will definitely feel nervous about this issue. Even as one of the three major empires, they cannot afford the loss of an entire prosperous galaxy.
What should they do at this time?
Some people may think that since the other side has nuclear bombs and we don’t, we have to strike first. But in fact, this is the stupidest approach. The best way is to create a new enemy for the other side.
Although we have old grudges, past grudges cannot compare to the pressure we face now. Whether to use a nuclear bomb to avenge a grudge from thousands of years ago or to resolve the current war disadvantage, I believe no one will make the wrong choice.
Therefore, the Kree Empire will definitely support the Shi'ar Empire and the New Skrull Empire in a fight. In this way, the New Skrull Empire will have a greater probability of dropping the nuclear bomb on the Shi'ar Empire instead of its own head.
There is infiltration between the three empires, and the Shi'ar Empire is the most infiltrated. This is because their system is too traditional, the ruling class has too little control over the lower-class people, and the races are very diverse, so it is not easy to infiltrate.
Once the Kree Empire starts to fan the flames, and the nobles are eager to weaken the Queen's power, they will definitely take action against the New Skrull Empire.
The excuse is also ready. The New Skrull Empire destroyed five battleships. Is there any reason not to start a war?
There is actually not much that the mutants need to do now. They just need to find a way to destroy these five ships at once without letting anyone know that they were the ones who did it. At the same time, they want the Shi'ar Empire and the Kree Empire to think that the New Skrull Empire has obtained the products of the Life Fusion Plan.
It sounds easy but it is a bit difficult to do. Those are five main starships with the ability to jump. If you can't defeat them, you can just run away. Emergency jump only takes a moment, and even Magneto may not be able to stop them.
If they run away, the plan will be completely ruined.
Professor X and Magneto are confident in their own abilities, but they do need insurance measures. After thinking for a while, Professor X said, "The Avengers will definitely not be able to help, and S.H.I.E.L.D. is probably the same, but I think we have other candidates."
Magneto looked at him and said, "You mean S.H.I.E.?"
He shook his head and continued, "The mutants over there have never liked us. They may not be willing to help."
"What if we gave them a starship?"
"what?"
"The starship doesn't have to be completely destroyed. It should be okay to keep some core components, right?" Professor X stroked the tabletop lightly. He said, "China recently sent another team of engineers to the starport on Neptune. What do you think they did there?"
"Their progress is much faster than we thought." Magneto sighed and said, "If only we could unite as one..."
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. I'm going to go talk to the Director of the S.H.I.E." Professor X stood up and left the office.
After a while, he came back and said, "They agreed. They require that the starship's jump device must be retained. It seems that they have encountered a technical threshold in this regard."
"I don't think so. Those Orientals are always very cunning and will not reveal their true intentions to you."
"It's good that they agree. The jump device is not important to us. It will probably take several hundred years for the Andromeda Galaxy to have an industrial chain capable of independently producing spacecraft."
"No rush, we still have plenty of time." Magneto meant that once the two empires were involved in war, no one would bother them.
"Indeed, we have more time for the two of us." Professor X smiled at Magneto, and Magneto turned his head away, damn blue eyes.
"Apocalypse is an unstable factor." Magneto said again: "Once he intends to mess with us, there may be variables."
"Nathaniel doesn't know where Apocalypse is now. He's hiding very well." Professor X thought and said, "I must control him before I do anything... Got it."
Magneto looked at him, and Professor X said, "In Nathaniel's memory, the poison he put in will cause mutants to lose control of their abilities 24 hours after infection."
"what do you mean……"
"In order to make sure that the poisoning was successful, 24 hours after the poisoning, Apocalypse will definitely find a way to get close to the Andromeda Galaxy to observe the situation here. That will be a good opportunity to catch him."
"You still can't detect his brain waves?"
"He took the initiative to access my brainwaves before, but at that time I was worried that he might have other plans, so I didn't attack him. If he takes the initiative to connect to my brainwaves again, I am sure I can inflict heavy damage on him."
"But he can't be that stupid?" said Magneto.
"You think too highly of him. I told you that he has ambition written all over his face. He is too superficial and can hardly achieve anything great. Otherwise, how come the two of us have become leaders of the mutants, but he is hiding in Egypt and sleeping all day? Do you think he doesn't want to rule the mutants?"
"Do you think he will..."
"When the time comes, find two people to pretend that their abilities are out of control and make a big noise. Once he finds out that his plan has succeeded, he will most likely access my brain waves again."
"for what?"
"Of course, to mock me." Professor X's tone was filled with contempt. He said, "He has never gotten any advantage from either of us. Now that he has finally gained the upper hand, he will definitely mock me as much as possible, and then threaten me severely, thinking that I will definitely do a good job for him out of fear."
"Hmph." Magneto snorted coldly and uttered a word, "Stupid."