A Beast Unleashed

A Beast Unleashed

The successful trial voyage of the Enforcer-class heavy destroyer gave Tang Xiao tremendous confidence. It was not because the warship itself was especially powerful, but because it opened a window for the Fourth Civilization to develop those formidable warships from EVE Online.

The overall technological level of the EVE Online universe far surpassed that of the Emergency Traders Alliance in the Fourth Civilization's current main technology tree, Sins of a Solar Empire. Its warships were diverse and fully featured, and they would play a decisive role in the second phase of the three-stage development strategy Tang Xiao had formulated for the Fourth Civilization.

For a long time to come, the Fourth Civilization would have to rely on warship technologies from the world of EVE Online if it wanted to contend with the Galactic Empire's powerful fleets.

Now that this path had been proven viable and the technical difficulties had been overcome, a broad road lay ahead.

Before leaving, Tang Xiao specifically instructed Arroyo-Balo that if breakthroughs in larger warships proved difficult in the coming period, they could concentrate their efforts on developing the naval Cutter-class frigate. He told Arroyo that the Cutter-class frigate's actual battlefield performance far exceeded what its statistics suggested.

Afterward, Tang Xiao bid farewell to Arroyo and went to the Selurite capital on Kef Bir, where, accompanied by Professor Modin, he visited the High Elder Council the Selurites had established.

The High Elder was a female Selurite named Jacinda. She told Tang Xiao that the Selurites were deeply grateful for everything he had done to rebuild their people, and that they were willing to join the Fourth Civilization and forge a permanent alliance with him. In the current war, the Selurites would not stand apart; they had voluntarily requested to join the fighting.

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