"Big brother! Please come play with me!!!" a little girl aged 9 clung to a rather thin young man and looked at him with an air of pity.
"Rose, I have to go to work, please let me go." the young man huffed and smiled while looking exasperatedly at his little sister. She looked at her brother with disappointment and reluctantly let go of him.
He left his home, a dilapidated apartment located in a not very busy neighborhood. He worked in the mine in the town of Cara, although underpaid, he had to work to provide for his little sister. Crossing several neighborhoods and finally arriving at the mine, he presented himself to the foreman.
"I'm Alex Smith, here's my card." he handed a work card to the foreman. The foreman checked the map then let him pass.
Alex entered the mine and took a pickaxe and followed the lights. After about ten minutes of walking, he came across 4 workers already working. One of them called out to him.
"Alex! Come here with us, we'll talk!" An old man suggested to him, smiling while pointing to his comrades.
"I'm coming Grandpa!" Alex gave a smile and then got to work while listening to the words of the old people.
"Since the Empire learned that we are in the middle of a war with the rebels, it has been a millennium since interplanetary connections were cut. Yet we still fight for the glory of the Emperor, here on Orbitar. You think that the God Emperor has abandoned us?" one of the people asked. He was directly hit on the head by one of his comrades then whispered
"Are you crazy? Don't talk bad about the Emperor here, otherwise the soldiers will behead you, you know that right?" the man looked at him sternly while looking around to make sure no one had heard them.
Alex looked at them then continued his day quietly.
Orbitar was under the control of an entity known as the Empire, or at least it was. The Empire unites all of humanity and is made up of millions of worlds. Unfortunately, humans cannot all agree. Some do not want to be ruled by the Empire and prefer to rebel.
This is the case on Orbitar, the planet is divided into two factions. The pro Empire faction, and the pro Rebel faction. The war has now been going on for 1000 years and, the Empire not considering this planet important, abandoned it, wanting to leave it in the hands of the rebels. Unfortunately for the faction still loyal to the Empire, the rebels were too powerful and they cannot hold such a broad front with so few resources. There are now only around ten cities left under the control of the Empire, which already signals the end of the war.
It was now dark and Alex was on his way home, wanting to go back to see his younger sister when he heard movement in a bar. He listened and heard soldiers talking.
"Arbitus has fallen, we only have 9 cities left now. We are lost." a soldier sighed, holding his head with both hands.
"So this heralds the beginning of the end of the Empire on Orbitar, so the Emperor has truly abandoned us..."
Alex listened to them and clenched his fist. He continued on his way. He thought: If only I could have the power to protect my sister and show everyone that the Emperor has not abandoned us. If only…
[Strongest Army system activated, scanning host scanning in progress.... Scan completed, here is the status of the host:
Name: Smith
First name: Alex
Age: 19 years old
Grade: None
Faction: Human Empire
Armies: None
Congratulations, here is an arrival gift for you, please open it!]
Eh ? Am I dreaming? Do I have a system?
[Opening successful! Obtaining:
An Imperial Sergeant Rank! (you can order a section of 30 men!)
An Imperial Sergeant outfit!
A standard Imperial weapon (Gauss IV)!
An upgrade card!
100 Major Imperial credits!
Ding! Your rank has been updated! Please check your inventory for details!]
Alex was speechless at these announcements and hurried home. His sister was already asleep so he sat on the couch and looked through his inventory.
[Inventory :
Standard Imperial Sergeant Outfit (Red and Black) x1
Description: A very ordinary military outfit. It allows you to represent the Sergeant rank in the field!
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Standard Imperial Weapon (Gauss IV)
Description: A cheap weapon of the Empire, fires red lasers.
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Improvement Card
Description: Allows you to improve your army randomly.
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Major Imperial Credits x100
Description: Currency of the Empire.]
Alex thought strongly of the Imperial outfit and it appeared in front of him. He also thought of the coins and they all appeared on the table.
"Luck is finally on my side."