Stellaris from the Automata Era

Having said that, the general's tone changed, softened noticeably, and began to bewitch.

"And this mission isn't free. I believe the high reward afterward will satisfy you. Even if I have to sacrifice my pension, it's still a lot. I remember you have a family and children to support.

You probably don't want your actions today to result in you losing your job and your whole family returning to the slums, right?"

You tm..

The general's words hit the soft spot.

Although there might be something wrong with the gender and the scene, it did break through the major's psychological defenses, leaving him at the mercy of others.

Maybe the final result will not be as tragic as returning to the slums, but under various pressures, it and the whole family will inevitably become contractual assets of a company.

Carrying a debt that can never be paid off.

You know, if you want everyone to survive, they have to move to prosperous urban areas and enjoy basic citizen welfare.

But there is no free lunch in the world. The rigid requirement of having a place to live in the city is enough to make people collapse.

In particular, the minimum living area law for houses, which was introduced a long time ago, not only increased living space but also increased land prices.

They say it's to make people live more comfortably and happily. If the house wasn't sold and the wall thickness was not included in the living space, I would have almost believed it. (Note)

In short, it has no other choice.

"Understood General, I will follow your instructions."

After handing over such a difficult task, the general obviously felt much more relaxed.

To be honest, it is actually just a more advanced worker. It has some sympathy for the plight of its fellow slime people, but not much.

Bolang's deformed social state is destined to make life a struggle for everyone.

"Then I'm waiting for your good news."

PS: Note: This might be a reasonable assumption for the -10% buff for housing in Stellaris. Personally, if you think about it, houses in the Space Age should be built much sturdier, meaning the walls would be thicker. So, it's not just a 10% reduction, but perhaps 15% or even 50% based on 40 square meters.

PS2: Why doesn't the Bolang Ooze provoke the Blog United States to resolve the conflict? While those mushrooms are indeed pro-foreign, their political system is a military state! Are you sure those oozes can defeat them? —By Earth??? Historical Humanoid Analysis Records.

Chapter 262: Soft Mud: I think the person in front of me is a paper tiger that can be toppled with one kick.

To be honest, with the current level of technology on Earth, it is actually difficult to conduct effective reconnaissance of muddy ships.

If it is a large fleet, it is easy to say. Their combined energy reaction cannot be effectively shielded at all, and both detectors and radars can effectively observe them.

However, when it comes to ships that intend to engage in stealth, that is another matter.

Especially those warships that are running silently and coated with special dyes, once they are allowed to flow into the galaxy in dozens.

Finding them is as difficult as finding people in a city of one million people without surveillance and intelligence.

Of course, this does not mean that the Earth seems to be technologically behind the Ooze, but that there are differences in technological details and ideas between the two sides since they rose from their mother planets.

This tiny difference is enough to make the radar technology of both sides look at each other like blind people.

So not only are they difficult to spot on Earth, they're also hard to spot in the mud...wait?

They seem to have shot down a humanoid exploration ship? Then they might actually be able to see the situation of Earth's fleet.

While humanoid magic technology is as incomprehensible as a self-contained engineering secret, even a hospital prescription filled with scribbled characters at least knows it's made of white paper! (Photo)

Tianji Engineering

Therefore, the slime may not need to reverse the magic element technology, it only needs to know how to see the magic element reaction.

Back to topic.

In short, when dozens of slime reconnaissance warships came to the Earth's frontier galaxy, the mechanical life forms, including their daily patrol teams, did not react immediately.

Because they didn't even notice.

However... for many reasons, the slimes this time seemed to have come with a mission, so it was naturally impossible for them to just wander around the front line of the confrontation and go back.

"Sir, a Zentraedi patrol ship has been spotted ahead." Zentraedi is the name given by the mud to the humanoid or mechanical life forms on Earth.

People who understand the rules of the stars actually know that after the first contact with an unknown civilization, they will generally give a temporary nickname to the civilization that has not yet communicated. It has no other meaning.

"Can you figure out their exact number?" Major Ooze stared at the sensor on the screen and responded to his adjutant's words.

In fact, the top-secret mission it was sent down was to have a head-on confrontation with the Earth.

After all, this is an assessment of the Earth's combat power. If both sides fail to obtain sufficient intelligence in an actual battle, it will be difficult for the company behind it to estimate the situation on Earth.

This is why the Major needs the Silent Squad to enter the system.

Don't get me wrong, silence is not a requirement from above.

As a qualified slime, it actually does not have a strong sense of belonging to its own civilization.

If this was just a simple reconnaissance mission, it might have turned back the next second after stepping onto Earth's territory.

How much energy coins are paid per month? There's no need to bring a few people to fight on someone else's territory.

It is also possible that the higher-ups understand the psychological process of most slimes and have formulated a series of measures to eliminate the phenomenon of laziness.

Because of this, the major can only choose a suitable opponent to complete the mission indicators.

If it doesn't want to be torn to pieces by thousands of warships, it must act in secret.

Only in this way can you complete the mission and return alive.

"Yes, the radar shows about thirty ships."

"Just select them and notify everyone to prepare for battle. Also, I assume you don't need me to conduct pre-war mobilization, right?"

Most of the people who can be sent here own their own properties on the capital planet and owe a lot of debts to the company.

As for the rest, they are probably some contractual assets. In short, no matter what their identities are, the common feature of all people is that they should have their own family members.

After all, only these guys who have something to care about can make the company feel at ease using them, especially positions like military personnel.

...

When the mechanical lifeforms were attacked by local forces on the front line, Yan Luo was suddenly alarmed.

However, unfortunately, when he turned his attention to the front line, the other side seemed to have achieved its strategic goal and disappeared into the depths of the galaxy.

Fortunately, there was almost no major loss to the Earth, as the mechanical life force's frontline soldiers were essentially old models.

If time had moved forward another month or two, he would probably have been replaced by Yan Luo immediately.

But what was really intriguing was that he couldn't quite understand the purpose of the other party's actions.

"We had a brief firefight with them, and the outcome wasn't very ideal." Because the victims were mechanical life forms, based on their characteristics, Yan Luo easily obtained first-hand video footage of the situation, along with explanations from the parties involved.

"We lost 17 warships, including escorts and two destroyers, while the enemy only had three wrecks left."

Even though N2 was emotionally indifferent, Yan Luo could see the anger in her at this moment.

Although mechanical life has long been trading numbers for damage ratio, that is now a thing of the past.

Since the beginning of the space age, they have focused on improving the quality of their troops, but after entering actual combat, there are still some signs of weakness.

Just by looking at her expression, Yan Luo already knew that the girl in red in front of him was a little upset, but he had no intention of comforting her.

And take the video of the battle and observe it carefully.

"With a loss of more than one to five, your defeat is not unfair." The conflict between small ships is destined to be a short process, especially when the number is extremely small.