"Good! Select your people and put together an investigation team as soon as possible. I trust that everyone here will cooperate with any reasonable investigation you conduct!" After speaking, Ishar swept a piercing gaze over the room.
Both supreme commanders had given their approval. At this point, reluctant though the others were, no one stepped forward to object. They tacitly accepted Nie Yun's authority to investigate. Whether they would actually cooperate when the time came would depend on his own ability...
With that matter settled, Ishar turned to Gustav.
"Next, let's discuss the second possibility! Gustav, I think... you must have your own suspicions by now."
"Yes! I do have a few ideas!
"Actually, aside from being smuggled through our own ranks, there's another possible source for their ships and supplies. They might simply be... 'made in the Solar System'!"
Gustav's deduction brought looks of surprise to everyone's faces. After all, in their minds, the Solar System was virgin territory that had never been developed.
Ordinary military supplies were one thing, but Mecha and warships were like cars and naval vessels on Earth. They contained thousands upon thousands of parts, and even one missing component could cause problems.
They were the final integrated products of an entire industrial chain, requiring close coordination across a whole industrial system!
Building production facilities for these weapons from scratch required not only an extensive foundation of military technology, but also a vast array of supporting factories. It certainly could not be done overnight!
In fact, although Nie Yun could build a few warships, his shipbuilding industry was far from complete.
Nie Yun had established production lines for the warships' basic frames and some less technologically demanding industrial equipment. However, over thirty percent of the critical core components used in warships and Mecha, such as