Chapter 657 Plan

"Squire Quarrier, I am captain Shevy Leola, the interim leader of the Vilun settlement team, sir," A tall sharp-eyed woman greeted him straightforwardly.

"Pleasure to meet you, captain," Rui shook her hand. "The settlement operation is an attempt fulfilling a mission of significant importance to the Martial Union. I hope to work with your to ensure that it is a success."

"Martial commissioner has informed me of the purpose of this operation, and I have been briefed about your mission. I have also been highly familiarized with all of the protocols surrounding the execution of the settlement operation from the very first to the last step, all of the details of the operation as well as the authorized chain of command. I am second in command after you, I hope to work by your side to ensure this is a success as well sir," She replied curtly

Rui nodded, appreciating her professional conduct. It was good to have somebody who knew exactly what she was doing.

"Alright captain, commissioner Derun has already briefed me, but let's go through the settlement building operation thoroughly," Rui suggested.

She nodded curtly, before beginning. "The Vilun settlement operation begins with the preliminary security measures, such as security permeter, patrol and scouting deployments. Building a settlement without some guarantee of security is a foolish move. It is unknown whether we'll be targeted by other Martial tribes and predators of the forests of Vilun island."

Rui nodded. Security was certainly one of the most primary concerns of building any establishment in a potentially hostile environment. Rui recalled his discussions with Carl regarding security being one of the primary interests of any third-party groups above a certain scale. He was seeing that discussion manifest in real-time.

"Once the necessary preliminary security measures have been deployed and undertaken, we will establish a transportation channel between the ship and the island to be able to transport goods and people up and down the cliff. Relying on Martial Artists may have worked when the only thing being built were several tents, but it is far too impractical to expect Martial Artists to undertake all of the heavy lifting," She told Rui.

He nodded, this definitely made sense. "Manual labor is outside of the purview of the Martial Artists anyway, and I think it would have been much more difficult to get the Martial Artists of the Longranger Sect on board if they were going to simply be engaging in mundane manual labor."

"Once security and transportation of goods and resources are taken care of, we can move on to the construction phase. Our laborers and esoteric machines will engage in the necessary development of basic infrastructure. The settlement will be divided in the following manner; housing, storage, and security blocks. The latter will form the outermost layer, while the former two will be separated and will occupy the optimal proportions of the area within."

"The best part is that the housing and storage units can easily be converted into each other to suit whatever need arises," Rui nodded. "Allowing for a flexible infrastructure."

"Indeed. The housing and storage are further divided into subsections such as housing for the different teams that are partaking in this operation and in your mission. The storage will also be further divided into further sections for storage of different groups of goods, resources, and other material needs."

"That will more or less conclude the construction phase, I believe," Rui noted.

"Correct, sir," She nodded. "Once that's done we'll simply have all personnel occupy the settlement, and then bid the ships goodbye."

"Hm," Rui nodded. "What is the estimated time for completion of the construction phase?

"About three months," She curtly replied.

"Then we don't have any time to waste, I'm afraid," Rui sighed. "Let's begin immediately, I'll familiarize myself with your team on the run."

"Understood sir, the security teams are already finishing their preparations to begin," She gestured around at the bustling personnel running around the ship.

"Good, I believe the Martial Squires have moved to the Veomine Eagle to meet with Senior Ceeran, correct?"

"They took the liberty of doing so as soon as we reached," She sighed disapprovingly. Unfortunately for her, as an employee of the Martial Union, she did not have much authority over them.

"I see. Well then I ought to meet up with them as well, I'll see you later captain."

He bid her farewell as he took his time making his way to the Veomine Eagle. All of the new incoming Martial Artists were of the Longranger Sect, meaning they definitely possessed a high degree of deference towards Senior Ceeran, who was part of the upper echelons of the Martial Sect.

Rui was worried that despite having to report to him officially, they would dismiss his word over that of Senior Ceeran. Rui wasn't even naive enough to believe that this wouldn't happen, they were far too beholden to Senior Ceeran for him to expect anything else. It was definitely frustrating, but it wasn't too bad.

Thankfully, Rui could reasonably expect Senior Ceeran to cooperate with him on this matter and ensure that the Martial Artists did not disregard the chain of command. Much to his surprise, Senior Ceeran had surprisingly been on his best behavior during this entire mission. He did not disobey Rui's request to remain as scarce as possible, nor did he try to butt into the mission or try to reign the mission out of Rui's control. He only asked to be kept in the loop on all of the happenings, which Rui was more than happy to oblige in return.

Now he had to hope that Senior Ceeran would ensure that his lackeys would play ball with Rui. This entire plan would go to shit if they ran around doing whatever it is that they wanted rather than following the plan.

He intended to speak with Senior Ceeran and them separately and remind them that obtaining those techniques was most important. Thankfully, they were long-range Martial Artists, so that wouldn't be too difficult to do.