Recaps

Lin Fan established diplomatic ties with the Io Federation while preparing his First Legion for war against the Kabart Empire. As Viers’s fleet broke through the Seris Corridor, Li Cangqiong helped destroy it, and Sophia and the Third Fleet transferred to Lin Fan’s command.

• Lin Fan confirmed the Oakes Empire’s destruction and accepted the mission to make the Human Federation hegemon of the Orion Arm, then rescued twelve Angels who had been captured by the Oakes Empire.
• Lin Fan and Ed led a delegation to the Io Federation, where Queen Bella agreed to diplomatic ties and a technology deal after learning humans and Angels were genetically 99.9 percent compatible.
• Ed and Lin Fan arranged for Bella to meet President Lin Zhen, and Bella later gave birth to the first naturally born male Angel in more than ten thousand years.
• Saunders appointed Lin Fan commander of the First Legion at Horton, where Lin Fan expanded shipbuilding, established a military academy, and worked to build up his fleets.
• After the Io Federation asked for help against Seris, Lin Fan sent Li Cangqiong to join Liang Xingchen’s forces, and Li predicted that Viers would try to break through the corridor.
• Viers led his forces through the Star Path, but Li Cangqiong and the Io commanders withdrew through successive defensive lines and divided their forces to meet the invaders at Lenser and Poole.
• At Lenser, Sophia and Li Cangqiong’s fleet destroyed Viers’s ships as they emerged from the Star Path, wiping out the Viers Legion.
• Saunders transferred Sophia and the Third Fleet to Lin Fan’s First Legion as its Fifth Fleet, while Lin Fan appointed Li Cangqiong acting commander of the Fourth Fleet and promoted him to colonel.

Lin Fan prepared the First Legion for expansion, then launched Operation Dawn to seize Kabart territory and destroy its fleets. As the human forces closed in on victory, a hidden Xitria Empire observer identified the Federation as a potential ally against the Babawi Empire.

• Lin Fan tested Sophia and Li Cangqiong in simulated battles, then recruited Sophia and introduced Floating Cannon Tactics.
• Lin Fan and the Federation leadership opened a competitive trial for fleet commanders, and Fujiwara Ayako, Elio Reed, Xia Yu, and four others won command positions.
• The Federation expanded Orca-class production and secretly prepared 240,000 battleships while arranging an Energy Shield sale to the Kabart Empire.
• Lin Fan launched Operation Dawn, and the First Legion rapidly seized twelve Kabart-occupied systems while Hamid remained unaware in Vite.
• Lin Fan trapped Hamid’s forces at Vite III by overloading the Energy Shields on 80,000 Kabart warships, while Sophia and Li Cangqiong intercepted the Kabart legions at Cecil.
• Sophia and Lin Fan coordinated attacks that split and surrounded the Kabart fleets, while human reinforcements blocked their escape routes to the Star Path.
• Teteria watched the fighting from a hidden Xitria Empire reconnaissance ship and identified the Human Federation as a possible partner against the Babawi Empire.

The Human Federation joined the Xio Alliance, reshaped its government and began expanding its population and influence. After helping the Io Federation defeat the Sera Empire, Lin Fan started evaluating civilizations for subordinate status and invited the Auger Empire to join.

• Lin Fan annihilated the Kabart Empire’s final fleet, and Lin Zhen accepted Emperor Xis’s offer to join the Xio Alliance in exchange for protection and ten billion alliance points.
• Ed secured an amendment giving the Federation president lifetime tenure, and Lin Zhen signed the alliance agreement under the designation “047.”
• Lin Zhen began plans to spend the alliance points, expand the Federation’s population through immigration and family land grants, and build a platform for recruiting subordinate civilizations.
• The Sera Empire attacked the Io Federation with Babawi export-model shielded ships, and Bonnie’s Ninth Legion sacrificed itself to help the civilians and other forces escape.
• Lin Fan and Liang Xingchen joined Ailena’s forces to defeat the Sera fleet, capture General Basel, and destroy more than 3.5 million main-force warships and nearly 120,000 Royal Guard ships.
• Lin Fan learned that the Sera Empire had traded a Level 5 warship wreck to the Babawi Empire for imported warships, then planned to strengthen the Federation and support the Io Federation with shield and warp technology.
• Lin Fan toured the Loulan Sector with experts and visited the steampunk Auger Empire, where Augustus welcomed the Federation delegation.
• The Federation team invited the Auger Empire to become a subordinate civilization, and Augustus froze after reading the agreement.

The Human Federation expanded its territory and prepared a hidden barrier while Lin Fan captured Shanhai Pass and led an operation that pushed the Vera and Freedom Alliances into war. The arc left the Human Federation free to turn its attention to the Orion Arm as tensions with the Babawi Empire grew.

• Augustus joined the Human Federation, and the Auger Empire began exchanging its resources and technologies for Federation points.
• Lin Fan brought the Lyca Empire into the Federation after discovering its advanced crystal-powered equipment, while the Federation began acquiring Lyca’s Energy Crystals.
• The Federation developed Warp Interruption Devices and planned a barrier across the Orion Arm, while Jiang Hai led the Third Legion through Loulan and destroyed civilizations that had not joined.
• Babavile investigated the Io Federation but found no Warp Drive Engines in its fleets, allowing the Io Federation and humanity to leave the Sera Empire vulnerable without revealing human warp technology.
• Lin Fan took the First Legion through a natural wormhole and conquered Shanhai Pass, defeating the Or Republic’s garrison before its forces could organize a response.
• The Federation opened captured Loulan Star Systems for affiliated civilizations to acquire, and the Auger Empire and other affiliates began expanding across the sector.
• Lin Fan led Operation Tinder with 100,000 disguised warships, attacked a Babawi trade hub, and made the fleet appear to belong to the Lehman Empire.
• Verto declared war on the Freedom Alliance after presenting staged evidence, and Xis told Lin Zhen that the conflict would let the Human Federation focus on the Orion Arm.