Star Citizen Online: Isekai Edition

Chapter 116 Jeniael's Brightness

Arcturus knew that if Jenaiel had reported this information to the Imperial Military, then it would have been taken seriously and taken care of very fast. It would still be problematic as they lacked definitive proof because, without the proof, the Imperial military wouldn't act against the colony on the Ziras IV and the possible bug infestation.

"Even when I report it, without the proof, the best thing that they would do would be to send investigators to the Ziras IV, but that would take considerable time. It would be for the best if we could find proof of the bug infestation, take over crucial positions in the colony, and present it together. With my House name behind the report, it is possible that the matter would be taken care of very swiftly, and they would either send the Medjay or the Director to handle the threat."

Jenaiel knew much better than Arcturus how the Imperial Bureaucracy worked and everything around it.

She knew that even if the suspicions about the possible bug infestations were reported to the Empire, then the maximum that would happen would be that the Empire would send several investigators to the Ziras IV to confirm the reports.

But that was already late, because that would take a much longer time.

What they needed right now was to obtain some sort of proof that the Arachnids at the Ziras IV indeed managed to infect and infiltrate the colony and were confirmed threats. Once this was confirmed, they could submit the report directly together with the proof, which would prompt the Empire to act directly as soon as possible.

With the name of the House Luxford behind it, the Imperium would immediately act against the Arachnids on the Ziras IV and investigate the possible infestations on the different colonies and possibly even the other Fleets and other installations that were in contact with the Ziras IV.

Solitas Star Domain was the epicenter of the conflict against the Arachnids, and the Empire took every breach of the security in the Solitas Star Region extremely seriously, but they won't act just on the suspicions and hypotheses.

That won't do good to anyone.

"Hmm... then we shall confirm if there is indeed infestation on the Ziras IV. However, what would happen if we confirmed that the bugs secretly controlled some of the highest-ranking personnel on the Ziras IV?"

Arcturus asked because he himself wasn't really that familiar with the procedures that the Imperium implemented in regard to the possible bug infestations like this one that could be happening right now at the Ziras IV.

Even if the bugs had managed to infect a few high-ranking officials from the Planetary Defense Forces, it would still be a catastrophic scenario, and they needed to find the true extent of the bug infestation on the Ziras IV.

"The Directorate would handle it, or if the situation is deemed to be unsalvagable, they would send in the Medjay with the orders on the extermination of the entire colony. In the end, the Arachnids are currently the greatest threat to the Imperium, even greater than the Greenskins or the Veren Republic."

He only briefly heard about the Directorate and knew that it was some kind of secret service in the Imperium that acted as secret service, espionage agency, assassination agency, and also as some sort of Inquisition and had only the sole mission.

To preserve the very existence of the Eternal Empire of Asurya, whatever the cost is.

He knew of their existence only because his master was Arsit Byrmellir. The Directorate wasn't an official state agency; its very own existence was based on a special article of the Imperial Constitution. Even among the citizens of the Eternal Empire of the Asurya, the Directorate was often regarded as a myth and legend.

The Directorate operated in the deepest shadows on behalf of the Empire and carried out the most impossible tasks. It also often worked with the Imperial Office of Military Intelligence on some of the most sensitive topics and problems.

Overall, the Directorate eliminated the threats to the Empire before the threats themselves realized that they existed. It was rather a ruthless job, but very much needed in this unforgiving universe that was filled with cruelty and where only those powerful thrived.

On the other hand, he wasn't actually that surprised that Jenaiel knew about the existence of the Directorate.

She was a member of the most prestigious and powerful Bloodline Lineage Aristocratic Household in the entire Imperium, so it was bound that she would hear something about the existence of the Directorate.

Every one of them wore a certain device that was monitoring their life functions and everything, even the danger levels.

Technically speaking, if they were in a situation where they could die at any time, the device would activate and create a barrier around them that was impregnable by anyone below the Beyonder Realm, and it would also start healing them at a rapid pace while sending distress signals to all of the Imperial Beyonders.

Only a few people in the Imperium had such privilege that they were given this device, and obviously, all three of them had one due to their importance to the Empire. All of them had Super-High Risk Psyker Abilities of very high importance to the Empire, so it was only logical that the Empire would ensure their survival.

"Still... the bugs are encroaching on the territory of the Empire closer and closer. Perhaps they are preparing for another wave of attacks on the Solitas Star Domain; in the end, that Star Domain is the only one that is preventing them from conquering the entirety of the Nihilus Star Region."

From his talks with the Bator-Commandant Irene Verinus Tarun, he knew that the Solitas Star Domain was the epicenter of the Imperial Forces at the Nihilus Star Region. If the Solitas Star Domain falls to the bugs, then the rest of the Star Region will follow.

The Solitas Star Region houses most of the Imperial Defense Fleets and Space Fortresses spread around the Star Region that could be deployed anywhere around the Nihilus Star Region in the case of a bug attack.

For the Empire, the Solitas Star Domain was of paramount importance and couldn't fall under any circumstances.

"Maybe, the last on happened several decades ago so it would be only logical that they would try something. The Nihilus Star Region is the entrance gate to the wider Andromeda Galaxy for the bugs, so they are especially keen on conquering the entire Nihilus Star Region. Shame that they are attacking just the Empire and not those blue-skinned bastards to the south."

Arcturus raised his brow when he heard Jeniael cursing at Thevarians, who were in the control of the Veren Republic. Even though the Veren Republic consisted of many species and races, the Thevarians were in supreme control of the Republic as they were the founding species and also the strongest species.

Often called blue-skins as they... well, they had blue-colored skins.

"Hmm... unfortunately, the Nihilus Star Region is too far from the core territories of the Veren Republic, but I heard that some time ago, there was an uncharted wormhole that appeared in the Nihilus Star Region that is still in formation and soon will become stable for the safe usage."

He remembered one of the news lately that had been going around the Imperial NetSpehere and wondered where the wormhole would lead. Usually speaking, the wormhole could lead anywhere as it could connect to any point in the space without a problem.

"It would be good if it led to the core worlds of the Republic. At least those blue-skinned bastards would bleed, and we would have the perfect opportunity to invade their territory."

Jeniael laughed a bit at the idea, because if it indeed happened, then it would be the game changer for the political landscape of the entire Andromeda Galaxy.

Because the Andromeda Galaxy had only two High-Level Factions, namely the Eternal Empire of Asurya and the Veren Republic, if one of them fell or was severely weakened, then the other one would have a free hand to move as it wished.

"The Republic is around ten times larger than the Empire, and the amount of manpower it has right now outnumbers the Imperium by one hundred to one. Yet the idea has merit; they are not fighters, and most of them had little to no zero military culture and once their numbers are quelled down considerably, their threat level would also decrease greatly... and who would do that better than the Arachnids."

Arcturus said that he wouldn't be surprised if the Empire was already manipulating the wormhole and trying to connect it to the core worlds of the Veren Republic. In fact, because the wormhole wasn't that close to the Imperial Space in the Nihilus Star Region, he thought that it was very probable.

He knew that while the Veren Republic had the numbers, far more numbers than the Empire and far bigger territory, they were far inferior in the aspect of the mindset and quality of their armed forces.

The Veren Republic controlled most of the South-Western Galatic Quadrant, consisting of several Star Regions and was composed of many tens of member species of the Republic as most of them joined out of their free will.

This multi-species slash multi-culturalism approach was also their greatest weakness because there were many clashing cultures and species in the Republic that were outright incompatible with each other, or in other cases, they hated each other.

Arcturus knew that once it came to that, it would be rather easy to exploit that and the best way to exploit that than the crisis. He knew that the bugs would be the very perfect crisis and not the Empire because the Veren Republic deeply despised the Empire for their culture and everything related to it.