Global Crossing: Empire of Stars - Section 737

Over the years, the Empire had expanded at a breakneck pace, keeping its high-ranking nobles so busy that they rarely had time to pay attention to other fields. Still, they had some understanding of the rotations of the Empire's garrisons across its star systems.

The Empire's rapidly advancing technology had left its fleets more than two generations ahead of the NPC Faction that spawned in its territory. This made the old deployment policy a serious waste: huge numbers of elite forces were stationed across the Empire's vast territory, losing their mobility in the process.

In the past, when the Empire's growth had been constrained by its population, this might have been tolerable. But now that its territory was expanding at a breakneck pace, these elite forces seemed increasingly insignificant across the Empire's vast domain. With a great calamity looming, the Empire had no choice but to change course—to find a cheaper way to replace the fleets that would normally handle garrison duties.

The Thunder series of fighters had replaced the Storm Fighters, while hundreds of Assault Ships and tens of thousands of assault troops had taken the place of massive fleets.

The only mobile forces patrolling the stars were York-class reconnaissance carriers and old standard battleships. Relying on Sky Pillar Fortress and the Space Bases scattered throughout each star system, they fought the NPC Faction that refreshed every month.

There was no need to worry that these seemingly fragile forces couldn't withstand an NPC invasion. In fact, each month, these star systems not only handed over vast numbers of NPC humans to the military, but also yielded hundreds or even thousands of capital ships—standard battleships or carriers—all of them kills claimed by the assault troops.

All things considered, these assault troops might be cannon fodder in the Imperial Army, but