Global Crossing: Empire of Stars

The assigned NPC Crew had arrived. A Natural Person captain stepped forward respectfully and saluted. "Great Emperor, Your Majesty, esteemed—"

Lin Zhichen waved a hand. "No need for formalities. Take command of the battleship and return to the Empire's home territory. Let me see how it performs!"

"Understood, Your Majesty!" the captain replied at once. He quickly directed the NPC Crew into action.

Over a hundred Plasma Engines started up along the massive ship's hull. The battleship began to move, slowly accelerating. With the Planetary Engine's help, it continued accelerating for over an hour before entering Near Light Speed Flight.

After spending a day or two traveling away from the bustling region of the star system, it returned to the Empire's home territory through the Giant Star Gate system. Once it had left the star system's gravity well, the colossal vessel quickly entered FTL jump, crossing a distance of twenty thousand light-years and heading toward the Milky Way Galaxy's Galactic Core Area.

"One jump every month, covering twenty thousand light-years each time." Conilia calculated silently, then suggested to Lin Zhichen, "Perhaps before colonizing other galactic arms, we should consider bringing the entire Milky Way Galaxy under our control."

"What do you mean?" His interest was immediately piqued. Just as Interstellar Civilizations first needed to command all the resources in their own star systems before they could afford to explore other systems,

it would be unrealistic for the Empire to truly colonize other galactic arms before resolving the Galactic Hegemony Competition, dominating the Milky Way, and fully entering the ranks of Super Civilizations. At most, it could send a small number of people to other galactic arms, where they would be unable to communicate or make contact for a short time.

So the most practical course was still to occupy the