Back Again

Ah, Big Hotel Galaxy.

Perturabo stood on the bridge, gazing at the shining sun in the distance, curiosity coursing through him.

What new things would the esteemed Lady Oedmeir have added to the system over these past few years?

Just letting his thoughts wander a little made Perturabo excited enough to bounce on his toes. Hope, beside him, was surprised by Perturabo's good mood.

The Executioner Dynasty left the Octagonal Fortress at the edge of the system and turned away. A while later, the colossal ship Rebecca sailed over and connected to the warship's communications network.

"Yo! This is Rebecca! A happy ship girl!"

"Hey, Rebecca. Been well?" Lin Fan greeted Rebecca with a smile.

Rebecca cried out excitedly. "You're finally back! Oedmeir's temper has been awful these past few days. She's been irritated by everyone she sees..."

"What happened to her this time?"

"A bunch of clueless idiots woke her up. You know Oedmeir gets extremely grumpy whenever she doesn't sleep well."

Listening to Rebecca, Perturabo nodded in strong agreement.

The group flew all the way toward the Big Canteen planet. Along the way, Perturabo saw many immense void structures built around the planet.

"Is that our orbital shipyard?" Perturabo pointed at a glowing Gas Giant in the distance, and Rebecca broadcast the situation on the planet for him to see.

It was a massive integrated factory, with all kinds of vessels docked in its shipyards.

The way they built warships was also completely different from anything Perturabo knew.

On some worlds with less advanced technology, building warships was like savages constructing temples. They sent ingots of cast metal into the sky one block at a time, and Adeptus Mechanicus priests dismantled those enormous, heavy ingots to build warships as though stacking bricks into walls.

In shipyards with complete