Phantom Project

"These kinds of space fortresses had been very common during the Old Empire era. We were used to building bunkers wherever we went, whether it was the Prime Material Plane or a parallel Shadow Space, and regardless of whether the local conditions allowed construction. We carried out occupation policies anyway, which led to the creation of vast numbers of these behemoths. They were unaffected by geology in space, and because they used Imperial technology, their structures would not fall apart on their own. So long as they did not suffer a celestial collision, they might not deteriorate much even tens of millions of years after being abandoned. These ruins were several relatively well-preserved ones I had picked out. The Vengeance Legion had only destroyed key internal facilities before abandoning them; their shells and main structures were intact. With a little repair, they could once again house troops. Of course, restoring their arsenal capacity and space-fortress functions would take time.

"I planned to use these Old Empire remnants as a foundation to rapidly establish a large number of troop staging points, then deploy massive numbers of drones and floating cannons around them. That way, they would be no different from normal large bases."

Sandora knew that several of us were severely lacking in strategic vision, so she patiently explained her plan. I nodded repeatedly as I listened, then suddenly asked with a flash of inspiration, "Girl, you don't just want to use them as decoys, do you?"

Sandora glanced over, and a feeling of mutual understanding trembled between us. I knew she knew that I knew she knew.

"That's right. These ruins naturally had a greater purpose. In fact, I had been planning this several days ago...

"There are many remnants left behind by the Old Empire in this world, and