1983. Starship civilization?
"This war cannot continue like this!" Admiral Qiyala looked at the huge holographic star map in front of the conference table with an extremely solemn tone.
I only saw on the star map that red alerts were flashing everywhere on the edge of the Chiss territory territory. This also shows that Chiss territory almost every border colony was under attack during this time.
In fact, it's not just border colonies, many planets located at the core of Chiss territory are also beginning to have problems!
Before the war started, Chiss never thought that Grysk Hegemony would penetrate his territory so completely! And they even know about the Star Gate!
Although Duchy of Dawn sent reinforcements, this makes Chiss territory's current main navy fleet lineup very strong.
Previously, in addition to Eternal Super Carrier and the 10 attached cruisers, Duchy of Dawn's garrison also had a squadron, including 10 kilometer-class battleships, 30 cruisers and destroyers of various types, and 100 small battleships and auxiliary spacecraft.
This time, Duchy of Dawn sent 10 additional battleships, 30 cruisers, and 150 small battleships.
Coupled with the strength of Chiss territory's own defense fleet, such fleet strength will definitely go sideways in Unknown Regions! You must know that the biggest problem of Unknown Regions is that navigation in hyperspace is very inconvenient. The most direct problem of this situation is that it makes the transportation of materials across galaxies very difficult.
To build a thousand-meter-plus warship, it is not enough to rely solely on one planet.
Therefore, there are numerous races and civilizations living in Unknown Regions, but more than 99% of them are unable to control more planets and stay on their home planet their entire lives. Such a civilization, even if it can master the technology of space navigation, can only build warships that are two to three hundred meters high.
Therefore, all civilizations that can dominate Unknown Regions have the means to sail across galaxies here. This is true whether it's Ssi-ruuvi Imperium's human battery technology or Chiss territory's Skywalker.
But the problem is that until now, Grysk Hegemony has never appeared, but has been harassing people at the border. Moreover, their scope of activities is very wide, and there are warships under their control almost everywhere. Therefore, even though the fleet on Chiss territory's side is extremely powerful, it can still only work hard within the area under its control.
Lieutenant General Brent frowned and said, "You are saying that Grysk Hegemony... is a starship civilization, right? What's the reason?"
Admiral Qiyala said, "So far, what we know about the civilizations conquered by Grysk Hegemony, without exception, they have abandoned the home planets of those civilizations, and they also left records saying that they had countless spaceships and took away all the populations. And they have done so. It is completely destructive and plundering, leaving no room at all. At the same time, their range of activities is very wide, and they seem to not consider logistical issues at all... The most important point is that we have never been able to find the planet where they actually live. Therefore, they can only be a nomadic starship civilization."
Lieutenant General Brent frowned in thought, and asked slowly, "But... there are more than ten civilizations conquered by Grysk Hegemony, right? Even if some civilizations are still very primitive, let's assume that one civilization has a population of one billion, then this is still a population of 10 billion. Do they have so many spaceships to accommodate them?"
"This may be a very bad situation, that is, Grysk Hegemony may have consumed these people." Admiral Qiyala said seriously.
"Did you eat it or something..." Lieutenant General Brent thought for a while, he raised his wrist, clicked on Omni-tool, checked the information, and then said, "Actually... there is a starship text recorded in our database. Ming——Quarian. They were forced to become a starship civilization after losing the war with the mechanical race they created. However... their behavior seems to be different from this Grysk Hegemony..."
"How to say?" Ziyala asked.
"Living in a spaceship for a long time will cause serious psychological distortions in the residents due to gravity problems, living space problems, and climate problems. And living in a closed space like a spaceship for a long time will gradually degrade their immune systems, making them even unable to adapt to the space on a normal habitable planet that contains microorganisms and basic viruses. At the same time, population growth is also a big problem. Quarian will always keep its population at zero growth. At the same time, it will often send its people out to travel so that they can experience the world on the planet and not spend their whole lives in a narrow spaceship..." Brent said.
Ziyala frowned and said, "Grysk Hegemony can't be so fragile, they are full of offense."
"So, our database also records another starship civilization - Vasari." Brent pulled out another record, "Vasari's situation is different. They have an extremely huge thing they brought out from Homeworld. Super battleships, and possessing crushing military strength. The space inside their battleships is even equivalent to a city... Not only that, they can also easily destroy a planet and use it as a mine for mining. Only with this kind of power can they take the initiative to launch an attack as a starship civilization and become an offensive civilization."
"Grysk Hegemony is not so powerful, otherwise, Chaos would have been their back garden." Ziyala said, "Can't it be in the middle? It is stronger than Quarian, but weaker than Vasari."
Lieutenant General Brent shook his head and said, "Unfortunately, there is no in-between. Starship civilization either lives like a dog, or it is extremely powerful and cannot be stopped by anyone. Everything depends on what they can bring out from their former Homeworld... No civilization has ever actively chosen to become a starship civilization."
"You mean...Grysk Hegemony, there may be a home planet?" Ziyala frowned.
"Duchy of Dawn's database records countless civilizations, and there are all kinds of them. There are countless starship civilizations. I can even tell you that some of the tribes of Protoss also lived as starship civilizations until they took back their own Homeworld." Lieutenant General Brent said, "So, I think our strategy may not be correct..."
"You mean to take the initiative?" Admiral Qiyala was shocked. Chiss's conservatism engraved in her bones made all her decisions based on the need to stabilize her own position first.
And if Grysk Hegemony is a starship civilization, then their productivity is definitely not enough. If one battleship is destroyed, there will be one less. This kind of defense strategy is very beneficial to Chiss territory.
Especially Grysk's weird mind control ability has made the entire Chiss territory full of chaos and chaos. The nine ruling families of Chiss territory are also deeply afraid of this. They are also constantly exerting strong pressure on Ziyala, requiring Ziyala to ensure their safety.
But Lieutenant General Brent didn't see it that way. Duchy of Dawn sent two squadrons over, and they weren't just sitting around drinking tea at Chiss capital Csilla!