"Very good. Your administrative department has not been carried away by the last victory and has remained clear-headed." Art Student looked at Hogood and praised him.
"My lord, our logistics department was already carried away by victory. If you had not reminded us just now, we would not even have considered whether we had the ability to manage so many star systems."
Faced with praise from the Lord of the Stars, Hogood replied with a bitter smile.
He understood that effectively managing more than a dozen star systems required not only powerful military strength, but also an efficient logistical support system.
For the logistics and administrative departments, suddenly taking on more than a dozen star systems and forty or fifty inhabited planets was undoubtedly an immense burden. That was why Art Student had interrupted Milos before he could continue his explanation.
No matter how many star systems they conquered at once, if they could not effectively develop and transform them so that their populations could live and work in peace, then this method of governance would be no different in essence from the Emperor's crude model: ruling alone, without caring whether those below lived or died.
"Since managing these dozen or so star systems is already the limit for your logistics and administrative departments, then for the first expedition, we will only bring these systems under our administration." Art Student nodded.
"Yes, my lord. We will certainly manage these star systems well and bring them to the prosperity of the Star Sea Galaxy," Hogood replied respectfully.
Although they had not yet sent troops to attack these dozen or so star systems, Hogood had no doubts whatsoever about the Lord of the Stars' words. Everyone understood the strength of the Lord of the Stars' forces. Aside from the Navy fleet being