Skaiqi did not think about war in conventional terms.
She wanted to make use of everything at hand on a massive scale.
She disliked such large-scale extravagance and waste. Gamma World had more than enough resources, but if all they cultivated were fleets this wasteful, then no amount of resources would ever be enough.
The new generation of Gamma people—
They had never experienced the hardships of the older generation.
As an old Gamma person who had lived through the old era, she hoped they could live good lives, but they also had to learn to stay vigilant in times of peace. They could not take everything for granted. They might be able to bear the burden now, but the future would belong to them in the end.
"Commissar, we've pushed through half the region. Ahead lies the void."
The so-called void was the area beyond the spiral arms, where there were no planets whatsoever.
Half the worlds were scattered across the spiral arms. As the galaxy rotated, they gathered along those arms into curved belts of planets. The void regions were the areas beyond the arms. Most were barren, with no planets, no resources, and naturally no supplies. Even pirates disliked roaming such places. They were like deserts on a planet.
"Turn the fleet. Adjust course by five degrees."
The warships of Gamma World would build a second ring world spanning thousands of light-years along the region they occupied.
Gamma was not the only one expanding like this.
Other races on the dark side of the galaxy were expanding as well.
The Necrons.
These powerful beings had already become the overlords of the entire universe billions of years ago. Their strength alone surpassed that of every other race. But as time passed, having lost their souls, they buried their