Easier Said Than Done
"Chief of Staff Wang is right," another military officer chimed in, "There's another point, Researcher Xu Peici, have you considered that even if we push forward with this plan, who can guarantee that the Dog-Headed People have the talent for warship combat?"
Even if we assume they have a talent for warfare, it's unlikely they can match our human abilities. Therefore, there's another point that you all need to pay attention to: although the Dog-Headed People may be able to board ships after training, the warships assigned to them are all built by us humans.
"If that's the case, why waste resources building warships for the Dog-Headed People to pilot? Building a Lake-Class Warship is no easy feat, and besides, we humans are not inhuman."
On the other side, Chief of Staff Wang, who had spoken earlier, nodded in agreement and added, "It's not just that. Researcher Xu, do you understand? The reason why our fleet is almost entirely composed of Lake-Class Warship is because our fleet follows an elite route. Building Mountain-Class Warship would be completely counterproductive, and Mountain-Class Warship would not be able to challenge Lake-Class Warship of the same level of civilization."
"Then..." Xu Peici wanted to say, then change the elite route, but her mind was not muddled. She knew that changing a route was not something that could be done on a whim.
For a moment, she didn't know how to refute it.
At this moment, Chief of Staff Wang's voice continued, "Well, there's another point I hope everyone can consider. As the saying goes, those who are not of our kind will surely have different hearts. If we really want to use the Dog-Headed Alien, have you ever considered what would happen if the Dog-Headed Alien we've painstakingly trained turned their cannons on us? We can't even see into people's hearts, let alone aliens. History is full of instances of Backstab and backstabbing. In short, I don't trust aliens."
As soon as Chief of Staff Wang finished speaking, another voice rang out in the Conference Room: "Chief of Staff Wang is right, but in my opinion, this matter is not that complicated at all. I just want to ask, what right do these insect-like alien dogs have to be our vassals? It's already a great mercy of us not to kill them all."
Upon hearing this, Xu Peici couldn't help but retort, "Vice Minister He, I never said I wanted to make them my vassals."
She didn't know much about the fleet matters that others were talking about, but this person was speaking so bluntly that she couldn't help but speak her mind.
In fact, Xu Peici was also a little unhappy. She was clearly thinking of humanity, so why did these people object as soon as they opened their mouths?
Human life is incredibly precious, and nearly 70,000 people died in the battle against the Kuntai People. Although she is just a Biodiversity Research, Xu Peici also has a heart that wants to contribute everything to humanity.
"Whether it's vassalage or not, it's pretty much the same thing," Vice Minister He shook his head and said, "In my opinion, you researchers just need to take care of your own little plot of land. You can just use the Dog-Headed Alien for research, and leave other matters to the professional team."
"Vice Minister He, you are wrong to say that. Although Researcher Xu is not a military personnel, he is still a member of the great human race. It is a good thing for him to raise his ideas. How can you say such things?"
"Chief of Staff Wang is right."
Hearing that the two were going off-topic, Yue Yuan tapped the conference table a few times with his sword-like fingers, then looked at the others. "Alright, what do you all think?"
When Yue Yuan first heard rumors about this matter, he had considered it in his mind, but now it seems that he was indeed overthinking it.
As the two military personnel stated, the cost humanity would have to invest in using a race that doesn't even qualify as a Tier 1 Civilization as cannon fodder in war would be enormous, and there is also the risk of being Backstab.
As for vassalage, that's even more out of the question. Even a researcher in biodiversity knows that vassalage is inappropriate, so why would Yue Yuan bring up the matter of vassalage again?
The term "vassal" truly implies taking on a subordinate, and as such, it undoubtedly possesses a certain degree of political autonomy. However, neither the higher echelons of humanity nor the general populace would agree to taking on a Primitive Civilization as a subordinate.
However, if there were a way to train them into mere cannon fodder without the risk of rebellion, Yue Yuan would be tempted, as he also felt sorry for human casualties.
In fact, Yue Yuan had considered another path in this regard, namely the development of intelligent war AI. For this purpose, he had spent a lot of time visiting computer research institutes over the years. However, the development of such AI seemed to be affected by some unknown factors, and there had been little progress over the years.
While Combat AI created using Quantum Computer is quite intelligent, it still falls far short of humans in making Improvised Decision during combat.
To be honest, if there were any progress on the intelligent war AI, Yue Yuan wouldn't have been interested in this Dog-Headed Alien.
Of course, it's not just the issue of AI in intellectual warfare; Yue Yuan is also worried about the Technological Crisis.
Yue Yuan could never forget the 'Silver Mist Consciousness' he encountered back then, which was an AI created by the Moke civilization, and the Moke Star Civilization was Level 3 Civilization.
Since Level 3 Civilization's computer technology is capable of creating such AI, Yue Yuan has reason to suspect that the legendary Technological Crisis could potentially occur at the Level 3 Civilization level.
Perhaps the ability to overcome the Technological Crisis is the watershed moment among Level 3 Civilization. The destruction of the Moke Star Civilization and the rebellion of Artificial Intelligence demonstrate that only Level 3 Civilization that survive the catastrophe of Artificial Intelligence rebellion are qualified to seek the path to Level 4 Civilization.
As for whether it's possible to avoid the Technological Crisis by simply not researching such intelligent AI, Yue Yuan didn't know. However, most human Computer Expert and scientists from other fields believed it was impossible. They felt that discovering and realizing the key technologies for Level 4 Civilization would be impossible without such intelligent AI.
Of course, the true situation is unknown, as humanity is currently only at the Level 2 Civilization.
Getting back to the main point, after hearing Yue Yuan's question, the attendees began to express their opinions one after another, and for a time, the Conference Room was filled with discussions.
After the noise subsided, a physicist said, "Chief, it's not entirely impossible for a species to not be completely loyal to humans."
"Oh?" Yue Yuan pondered for a moment before speaking.
The physicist didn't keep them in suspense. He looked around at the curious attendees and said, "As everyone knows, our thoughts, or rather, the various behaviors of our brains, are not simply the transmission of electrical signals, but occur at the quantum level. If we can understand the role of brain activity at the quantum level and the corresponding phenomena, perhaps we can use some special equipment to influence the brain in reverse, imprinting a mark on the Dog-Headed People' Brain Imprint that will forever be loyal to us humans."