The Necron engineering vessels—their Space Scarab nests—used gravity to extract vast quantities of Living Metal and pour it into orbit around the planet. Under the influence of the Unified Field Force, magnificent metal structures rose one after another in space.
The combination of the Unified Field Force and Living Metal had made the Spirit Machine Race's speed in developing star systems exceed all expectations. They had arrived in this star system only a year or two ago, yet whether one looked at the immense planetary factories in space or the seemingly endless metal structures on the planets, everything
spoke of the region's prosperity. No one would have believed that just a few years earlier, it had been barren.
Most astonishing of all, a framework had already been erected in orbit around the star at the center of the system, encasing the entire star. Countless Scarab engineering ships darted across the Living Metal framework, which was over a hundred kilometers in diameter. Using Space Technology, they stretched vast quantities of synthesized Living Metal directly into panels an inch thick,
gradually filling in the spaces between the framework's struts.
A Dyson Sphere world, or a Stellar Fortress—either name worked. They meant the same thing. Habitats could be built on the Dyson Sphere, with solar panels serving as the supporting plates beneath one's feet. Its energy supply was practically endless.
The Spirit Machine Race were all Mechanical Lifeforms. They had no need for dwellings—or, put another way, to them, there was no difference between a warship and a Life Planet.
Naturally, such a colossal project was not being built for their own use. In fact, the Spirit Machine Race had been commissioned by the Empire Government to construct this superproject. Humanity had provided all the specifications and parameters, and every standard was based