Global Crossing: Empire of Stars

However, the members of these knight orders were different. To them, warfare was a form of relaxation. Their usual free time was either spent focusing on the enhancement of their own combat skills or spent amidst various types of actual combat exercises.

That fanatical enthusiasm for war made the observers of the imperial military feel worried: "These are a group of war maniacs who are either fighting or preparing to fight!"

Thus, after perceiving the huge risks contained in deep space pioneering, as well as the massive investments in manpower and material resources, these vassal races—who possessed rationality, endless enthusiasm for war, and could even strengthen themselves through war—became the primary builders of fortress star systems or outpost star systems.

At this moment on the star map, at least two-thirds of the fortress star systems and sentinel star systems were built and garrisoned by these vassal civilizations.

In these star sectors, giant star gates were connected with imperial military outposts. Once they encountered the crisis of an invasion, they would draw reinforcements from the military fleet. Relying on this method, the knight orders had expanded tens of millions of fortresses and sentinel star systems in the Milky Way over these years.

Most of the light dots on the star map were stable, which meant that these star systems were gradually developing according to plan. At times, they would flare slightly, increasing in brightness by a tier; this was because the colonial star system had grown to a brand-new stage, which was reported to the government by the Star Sector Governor and reflected onto this galactic panoramic map.

This dynamic change allowed the imperial decision-makers to see at a glance the empire's control over the Milky Way and the development level of each colony.

Compared to these steadily developing star systems,