"How great were the losses?" White Star Old Chief asked.
"Terrible." The intelligence officer looked extremely grim as he gave a detailed report. "Thirty-three Dark Matter Warehouse star systems were destroyed. They were all central star systems and had built large numbers of Dark Matter Factories. Those systems supplied entire Superclusters. Our Dark Matter reserves have fallen by five percent. Due to the destruction of the Dark Matter Warehouses, the Superclusters within their supply range are facing Dark Matter shortages. This can only be eased by rebuilding a Dark Matter Warehouse star system, which will take two years."
"The production of interstellar transport ships and warships has also been affected. Without materials synthesized from Dark Matter, interstellar vessels cannot withstand the pressure of spatial folding. Now that Dark Matter is lacking, ship production in the starfields supplied by the destroyed Dark Matter Warehouses will come to a standstill." The reporting intelligence officer spoke cautiously. "Two of the Dark Matter Warehouses were close to the front-line battlefield."
White Star Old Chief remained silent for a long time before asking, "Can the Superclusters closer to the front lines manufacture warships to provide support?"
"They can, but the consumption will be much greater." The intelligence officer shook his head. "To reduce the transport costs and facilitate the use of Dark Matter materials, interstellar ship factories are generally built in star systems near Dark Matter Warehouses. This has been our long-term arrangement. Almost all interstellar ship factories are located in starfields around Dark Matter Warehouses. Only a small number of small short-range ship factories are located in more distant starfields."
One of the core executives suddenly spoke up. "In that case, can we distribute the Dark Matter Factories among the individual star systems and let each system build its own Dark Matter Factory for