This subspace had clearly been generated as an NPC Faction, but according to the generation mechanism, it had most likely been modeled after some lost civilization. Within its limited confines, every resource had been exploited to the utmost.
Under normal circumstances, a civilization relying on a subspace like this would have to break out of its isolation due to resource scarcity. But this universe was different: mineral deposits were renewable, giving this closed-off model a foundation to exist.
As long as its basic output of minerals and other resources exceeded consumption, this model could theoretically continue indefinitely, right up to the end of the universe.
That was why, according to the Imperial sociologists' theories, any civilization capable of creating subspace would build similar seed spaces—probably more than one or two. When the parent civilization perished, these resource-intensive seed spaces would become the key to its continued survival.
This subspace was home to just such a civilization. They had even built massive shipyard factories on the framework of a Dyson Sphere to construct and maintain vessels, making the most of every resource.
"Boom~"
Dense beams of light tore through the darkness. The Imperial Fleet fired first, destroying the NPC Fleet blocking its path in swathes. Explosions erupted one after another.
Centered around the Imperial Truth, the vast Imperial Fleet formed a massive battle group. It maintained its dispersed formation as it advanced toward the core region of the subspace.
The defenses at the entrance to the subspace were the tightest, but the interior was very different. Aside from a handful of Planet Fortresses, there was only a huge fleet.
Inside this subspace, which measured just ten light-years across, the Imperial Fleet swept everything before it, quickly destroying hundreds of thousands of warships in its path. Then its first obstacle appeared: a