Star Alliance Star Coins
Star Alliance is an abbreviation; its full name is the Star Voyage Alliance. Its ultimate goal is the Great Voyage, but humanity hasn't yet publicly revealed its full name, mainly because its civilization level is too low to be open about it. It's estimated that humanity won't dare to openly use its full name to contact other extraterrestrials until it reaches Level Six Civilization. Therefore, currently, only the Star Alliance is informing its members about its civilization.
Yue Yuan's idea for this alliance is to send its Star Alliance Members out on missions to gather intelligence and perform similar tasks. This would not only expand humanity's cosmic perception but also serve as a deterrent to some less sophisticated civilizations, and would eliminate the need for humanity to handle many minor matters. It would be a win-win situation.
As for worrying about betrayal, Yue Yuan wasn't too concerned.
Because of the Mind Imprint, and because it's not about sending out the entire civilization of the Star Alliance Members, their individual lives will still be with the human Great Fleet.
The Star Alliance currency is naturally called Star Coins. It is a virtual currency used to measure the Contribution Degree of Star Alliance Members to the Alliance. For example, you get Star Coins for completing a mission, discovering a strange cosmic Star Coins, collecting data on a target, or discovering an unknown Alien Civilization, and so Star Coins.
There are also uses for Star Coins. When discussing the details of establishing the Star Alliance, it naturally cannot be overlooked. It has the function of general currency and is also the currency for transactions between the Star Alliance member civilizations. It can be used to purchase some Level 4 Civilization creations from Human Civilization, and can also be used to buy Planet-Class Residential Spaceship and even Planet-Class Warship for one's own civilization. Of course, it cannot be the consciousness-linked version of the Planet-Class Warship, as only humans can operate those.
Because of the availability of high-spec Planet-Class Warship, ordinary Planet-Class Warship have become available for purchase by Star Alliance Members.
The right to issue Star Coins rests with humanity. Human currency experts believe that the emergence of Star Coins will gradually replace humanity's own Contribution Coins, because Star Coins are the universal currency within the Star Alliance, and those who possess Star Coins can also purchase products from other civilizations.
Of course, this is a good thing.
As for the products of other civilizations... most of them are cultural products or products that provide emotional value to humans. We can learn from others' experiences. Although other civilizations are not as advanced as humans, they are not without their merits.
With the widespread adoption of Strong Artificial Intelligence among humans, currency has become less important, and calls to abolish it have never ceased. However, if currency is abolished, what will be used to measure the equivalent value of exchanges between individuals? This question remains unresolved. Unless humans themselves no longer need to exchange goods with others, currency will still have value.
The emergence of Star Coins naturally drew criticism from those who advocated against currency, but those were just a minority of people with nothing better to do, and the New Government didn't care about them at all.
While Strong Artificial Intelligence is powerful, it is not so powerful as to be omnipotent. Therefore, even at the current level of human Level 4 Civilization), it still cannot satisfy everyone's desires. However, basic living security and entertainment requirements have long been provided free of charge, and physical enhancement has also become free. Only enhancements and modifications in the direction of specialization still require money.
Therefore, if we measure current Human Civilization by the ideology of Earth Communism, then it has indeed achieved communism—the communism of basic necessities for life and survival. Things related to the higher levels of Human Civilization, such as Planet-Class Warship, scientist positions, and leadership positions, are naturally impossible to achieve communism.
Everyone knows this.
Over the years, humanity has made great progress in building spiritual civilization within itself. The most significant achievement is the increased awareness of human labor. Although not everyone has become a saint with lofty ideals, the understanding that people should consciously follow the regulations of administrative departments to go to and from work, and that they should make due contributions to Human Civilization and contribute their own strength to the prosperity and strength of humankind, has been deeply rooted in people's hearts.
Especially after reaching Level 4 Civilization and achieving Warp of 10.079 times the speed of light, Human Civilization became even more prosperous, and the ideas of pessimism about the future of civilization and hedonism disappeared overnight.
Degenerate ideas no longer have the fertile ground to develop.
Almost everyone wants to make Human Civilization stronger, so that it can avenge the destruction of Earth. If the New Government is promoting a grander goal within humanity, it is the Great Voyage. Following in the footsteps of the Precursor, and with the Awakeners who said he would wait for humanity to join him, we will embark on the Great Voyage Road to explore, seek, and witness more of the universe's mysteries, allowing Human Civilization to climb to a higher level.
If leaving a name in history was the glory that people in ancient times dreamed of, then the desire that humanity as a whole shows today is to leave a name in the universe.
Leaving a mark on the universe doesn't mean destroying the universe, but rather developing civilization to a very high level, high enough to leave a significant mark on the history of the universe.
For modern humans, such a goal might be considered unrealistic, but goals should always be set high so that humanity doesn't succumb to despair due to a lack of clear objectives.
That said, Star Coins not only allows Star Alliance Member Civilizations to purchase technological creations from humans, but also enables them to implement Star Coins settlements within their own civilizations. These monetary systems don't need to be developed from scratch by humans; they only need to be modified based on the monetary systems of the human Earth Era. The essence of currency in the interstellar era remains unchanged; at most, some minor changes to transaction practices are made to accommodate the cognitive differences arising from racial variations within the Covenant civilizations.
With experts in monetary systems available, these are not problems.
After the Star Alliance was established, for the sake of humanity, the Lyra served as both humanity's flagship and the Star Alliance's military and political center, with all Star Alliance policies originating from the Lyra. Consequently, a new department was created on the Lyra specifically to handle the Star Alliance's daily affairs, and Yue Yuan remained the highest-ranking official in this department, holding multiple positions.
It was tiring, but Yue Yuan knew the importance of holding onto power, and the others were happy to see it that way.
Once the establishment of the Star Alliance was finalized, it was announced and implemented quickly. The Affiliated Races would be allowed to go to Space Mine to mine and build their own starships. Of course, they could also directly buy humans.
While finalizing the establishment of the Star Alliance, humanity was also busily replenishing various energy resources. After replenishment, there would be another journey of four hundred light-years. After arriving at the Target Star System, the process would be repeated. After several repetitions, they would finally reach the Perseus Arm.