As for the strategy of developing the islands, Anger had reached this conclusion through a careful analysis of the current intelligence on the New Realm. First, it was based on the Civilization Trait; second, it depended on the situation, population, and culture of the New Realm.
In terms of Civilization Traits, mechanical civilizations theoretically required the large-scale extraction of energy. However, the Martian Energy Ore could temporarily solve this problem, allowing them to enter a period of rapid development directly. Unlike some low-energy civilizations, they did not need high-quality continental resources.
For example, the Second City was an agricultural and energy civilization. Before reaching Level Five technology, it would remain in a low-energy-consumption state and could operate entirely on bioenergy and pure elemental energy. Although its progress would be slow, it could store large amounts of energy resources for export. Even Martian Energy Ore could be used in the early stages to exchange for other resources and policy benefits. The Second City would gain considerable advantages from this for a time, whereas the First City's traits were precisely the opposite!
So Anger's policy was straightforward: use its early energy reserves to exchange for technological progress. Although its enormous energy consumption, high expenses, and heavy reliance on imports might put it at a diplomatic disadvantage early on, the advantage was that its overall technological progress would far outstrip that of the other cities.
That was the difference between civilizations. Given this difference, competing with the expert players of Hua Xia City for the resources of the Steel Martial Continent was not worthwhile. On the contrary, high-quality overseas populations were what they needed at present.
The orcs of the Steel Martial Continent were clearly not well suited to becoming qualified craftsmen or engineers...
Thus, in the initial plans, aside from several specific