"Heh heh... hahahahaha..."
At the Three-Nation Alliance summit, in the same familiar conference room with its minimalist, pure-white rendering, Chief Coordinator Senka Vanye grinned brightly, his bird face brimming with joy.
"Feeling better now?" Xi Yan teased, poking the thick feathers hanging straight down beneath his elbow. They were warm and felt quite nice.
"Great. This feels great! Sweet revenge!"
Mr. Vanye was laughing so hard he could barely get his words out.
The Interstellar Human Military Junta's surprise attack had stabbed the XT-489 Extermination Unit right in the ass, driving straight up its rectum into its heart. Now the blade was about to reach its brain.
Ignoring every colony and branching route along the way, they focused entirely on blitzing the Iron Purifier's capital.
That had forced the runaway toasters to abandon their offensive against the Zirick Cooperative and pull back all three main fleets to defend against Xi Yan's First Fleet.
In the real world, there was no need to research Society Research to increase naval capacity and fleet command limits. As long as resources were plentiful, you could build as many warships as you liked. As long as you could command them, you could cram as many ships as you wanted into a fleet.
Other empires generally organized their fleets into sixty ships each, but Xi Yan's First Fleet had a full hundred. Navy Minister Ning Zhiyuan's abilities were just about enough to command them all.
The XT-489 Extermination Unit was still in the dark, unaware of where this fleet had come from. It had always assumed the Zirick Cooperative was its only opponent.
In reality, it was the Three-Nation Alliance!
Taste the power of friendship and bonds between us humans, the Zirick birdfolk, and the Neil sea turtles!
In any case, the XT-489 Extermination Unit dared