novelraw Chapter 822 - 820: 815 Serious Consequences Part 2_1
Chapter 822 - 820: 815 Serious Consequences Part 2_1
Chapter 820: Chapter 815 Serious Consequences Part 2_1
As for how to choose a successor, they naturally have their own set of selection criteria. Within the family’s Elder Council, there is a supreme group known as the Highest Elder Circle, and the decisions made by this Highest Elder Circle are almost tantamount to decisions made by the entire clan. To put it bluntly, this Highest Elder Circle is very much like the cabinets of various countries on Earth.
This Highest Elder Circle is responsible for all aspects of the clan, and the Clan Leader is like the nation’s leader. The only difference is that this nation is composed of family members. It bears some similarities to the feudal societies of ancient times.@@@@
However, the reason why such a system has not collapsed is due to their prolonged lifespans. When a competent individual serves as the Clan Leader, the clan can sustain itself for tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years. During this time, the number of offspring naturally becomes a vast figure.
Among these people, there will always be some who are exceptional, and that is why these clans remain prosperous. As for the ordinary citizens thinking about resistance, it is likely very difficult. At least, the Galactic Federation would not allow such events to occur.
But at this moment within the Highest Elder Circle, the atmosphere is rather grave. The Rochefort Clan’s Highest Elder Circle consists of 25 family elders, including the Clan Leader, and right now, everyone has a dossier in front of them. A warship fleet has been lost, and completely destroyed, but that’s not important.
Even though the fleet was valuable, and even had the current military manager of the family’s administrative institute on board, none of that is important. The individuals are not the key issue; the key lies in the event itself.
The Highest Elder Circle leads the administrative institute, but the members of the administrative institute are not part of the Elder Council. In fact, the Elder Council is just a place to wait out one’s days, except for the Highest Elder Circle, which is elected from within the Elder Council and doesn’t really have much authority in practice.
“Mobilize all military forces of the clan, have several military factories start scaling up the production of first-class warships, produce more Gene Warriors, and also notify the Inspection Bureau, the Federation, and other clans about this matter, telling them that we need help,” Jerrold ordered after a long pause and without waiting for the Elder Circle to come to a decision.
No one objected to this decision, because everyone understood how terrifying it would be if these beings broke into Rochefort Clan territory.
“Deploy the Hound-class reconnaissance destroyers, send out a hundred search units with a target of 100 light-years within our inner region as the battlefield, and start ramping up the search intensity. We must find traces of these monsters,” another elder, who was in charge of military affairs, interjected.
Jerrold nodded and said, “Alright, the mobilization of military forces will be entrusted to you. This matter must be reported to the Federation, and in addition, communicate with the other clans to see if similar monsters have been found elsewhere. Such creatures have never appeared in the Heritage System before.”
“Yes!” everyone responded in unison.
“Now there’s another problem,” another elder spoke up bluntly, “The garbage we produced to help the Aitken Family has been destroyed, and with less than a month until the contract takes effect, even with our help, we can’t finish production in time. This means that this business deal is bound to fail.”
“240 billion star credits is not an amount the Aitken Family can afford. Selling them off would not cover it,” another elder added. Everyone’s gaze immediately focused on Jerrold.
Jerrold frowned, 240 billion was not a small sum even for the Rochefort Clan. Of course, if it were just Rochefort Clan currency, it wouldn’t matter—they could always find a way to produce Federal coins. However, with star credits it became more complicated, as it would not be easy to deceive Star Bank.