"We need ecological planets, lots of ecological planets—enough to move the entire Fifth Fleet out of their ships."
Inside the Council Building on Kai Lu Da Ke, a senior Fourth Fleet officer spoke frankly. The expressions of the colleagues beside him were somewhat complicated, somewhere between embarrassment and concern. The Council merely watched us quietly, revealing nothing of what she was thinking. As the collective consciousness of the entire Yu Nade race, she basically never displayed any individual emotions while considering matters.
"Mm, that won't be a problem," I said readily. "But it will take some time to customize them. We need to first determine the ecological samples of the planet's inhabitants and ensure they can survive safely on the Colonial Stars. But... I estimate the Fifth Fleet is pressed for time."
"Exactly," the Council nodded. "I learned of their current situation from Coco Kina. They lack a stable ecological circulation system, and the resources produced aboard their ships are no longer enough to cover consumption. In a little over ten days, they will inevitably reach the depletion threshold. They need to evacuate those crumbling ships as soon as possible. We currently have only three Colonial Stars nearing delivery. Those three planets were originally intended for the immigrants of the Fourth Fleet's Sixth Corps, but the Sixth Corps' shipboard ecological systems are still functional. They can wait a little longer and let the Fifth Fleet's friends land first. But three Colonial Stars cannot solve the entire problem. And even those three planets, having only just completed their modifications, have habitable areas that cover less than a quarter of the planned regions..."
"Mm, I understand your predicament," I interrupted with a wave of my hand. There was no point in hearing too much about such details. "Indeed, the Fourth Fleet's own