War Preparations (Part 1)
"Alright, start a war," Huang Yehao said. "But the problem is, where is this Ssi-ruuvi Imperium? How many planets do they occupy? What is their military strength like? We know none of that, so there's nothing we can do."
"It hasn't reached the point of starting a war," Shepard said. "We only need to use our actions to force the Ssi-ruuvi Imperium into submission, then have them provide the necessary assistance during our subsequent exploration. However, if they possess considerable military strength, we may need to reconsider our strategy going forward."
The Engineer, Haseck, made a whistle-like sound, then typed a line into his input device: Their military strength is not formidable. Military power is directly reflected in the application of energy and the energy level of its weapons. The energy level of this model of frigate is not high. The output efficiency of their biological energy reactor is even inferior to a fusion reactor, much less the antimatter reactors on our warships.
"If that's the case, I think we can fight them." Huang Yehao nodded.
"Our mobility remains a serious problem," Shepard said. "Even though the Eternity uses Forerunner technology and its hyperspace engines can operate in complex space like the Unknown Regions, the distance of each jump cannot be too great. So the best approach is to lure them out."
"Do you have a plan?" Lieutenant General He Ru asked.
"We'll use that Mnggal-Mnggal!" Shepard said gravely. "Since the Ssi-ruuvi Imperium is so nervous about this thing, we'll use their communications frequency to send them news that Mnggal-Mnggal has been discovered here. We'll broadcast it through wide-area communications. They should be able to receive it."
She turned to the Engineer, Haseck. "Can we simulate the Xilu people's communications frequency?"
Haseck typed in reply: We