Stellaris from the Automata Era

Note: The High Empire is a strange feature in Stellaris. Honestly, it's not an exaggeration. It just has a few more balls than others at the beginning. It's just a little stronger than the ordinary Empire in the later stages. But why does it become someone else's dog?

Looking at the hostile vassal states that add up to several million, and the suzerain state whose fleet strength is less than one tenth of its own, I couldn't figure out who is the master and the servant between the two during the confrontation with them?

Chapter 297: It's a Colossus! But not entirely...

"What do you mean by seven days to draw a plan? We need to produce a prototype within a month? Why don't you just do the two Gemini models yourself?"

The humanoid Rui held his head in his hands in pain.

No one knew what was wrong with the twins sitting in the palace, but they used their privileges to issue a task that almost made it impossible for all scientific research departments to complete.

Put the miniaturized Magic Element Colossus into production within a month.

Everyone must understand that although the Earth has begun to expand beyond the universe, its science and technology has actually been in the accumulation stage.

This is what is called being stuck at a scientific barrier.

Just like the small colossus mentioned now, she did have the idea of ​​applying it before, but it is impossible to realize it with the current level of craftsmanship and technology on Earth.

Even the entire scientific research department did not even draw a draft design drawing, but only marked the ideas of how to apply it in the future, so that they could be used to defraud funds in the future.

After all, everyone knows that this thing cannot be realized for the time being.

Instead of spending a lot of time and resources on manufacturing and trial and error, it is better to come back and see if there are any details that can be improved in the current warship technology.

Moreover...the Colossus itself is an anti-planetary weapon. If its size is reduced, it is difficult for Rui to imagine what it is used to deal with?

There is something wrong with the positioning from the fundamental point of view!

"It can't be that he's just attracted by the prey because he's also a Gemini, right?"

Generally speaking, from a rational analysis, the above should be the correct answer. After all, Rui really can't think of any other possibilities.

However, when she continued to flip through the report as requested by Party A, all her guesses were quickly overturned.

"The Lord has named it himself, and hopes to see it appear soon... Oh, that's all right."

Isn't it true that Gemini is abusing his power for personal gain?

Rui lowered his hands that were hugging his head and gently tucked the hair that had become messy due to his previous actions behind his ears.

The plan to produce the Little Colossus was that adult's plan!

To be honest, her CPU was almost burned out recently due to the Colossus production. The overheating in her brain even melted a lot of her hair implants, causing her hair volume to drop sharply.

If she hadn't been so fed up that she was ready to deduct words from the task requirements and risk the rest of her career to sue Gemini, she probably wouldn't have noticed that the adult held a supportive opinion.

Rui still quite approves of Yan Luo's scientific literacy, although he has not been investing in scientific development in recent years due to the heavy political affairs of the earth.

However, his early scientific achievements directly led humans into the era of space travel. Even the design paper of the engineering ship at that time was the prototype of almost all the ships on Earth today.

This is like the difference between 0 and 1. Before crossing that threshold, no one knows that there are other numbers behind 0, but once they know, subsequent calculations become very easy.

"So, Your Excellency believes that our technology can support a miniaturized Colossus?"

If humans think it is possible, then it is really possible!

This is not because the Chief Scientific Researcher, like other humanoids, has a mysterious admiration and flattery for humans.

But it was Yan Luo's real achievements and substance that made Rui make such a judgment.

But returning to the essence of the problem, with Rui's current "poor" scientific research capabilities, it was difficult for her to imagine how she should achieve such a target.

After all, what Yan Luo wanted was a miniaturized one.

Many people may have some strange perceptions, thinking that some huge objects would be more difficult to manufacture.

But this is actually a wrong idea. In fact, for a high-tech thing, the real difficulty is not to make it bigger, but to make it smaller.

Because the huge structure means it will have more space to accommodate and the cost of trial and error, and the rest is nothing more than a matter of piling up materials.

For example, if Yan Luo needs a real colossus, Rui may be able to produce the blueprint in a short time, because the colossus is actually very simple in principle, just a huge magic element launcher.

If the amount of magic produced is not enough, then increase the power of the reactor. If the muzzle of the gun cannot withstand the tearing of the magic when it is fired, then increase the thickness of the alloy armor. If there is not enough space for the various equipment of the Colossus, then continue to increase its volume.

In this operation, a wonderful balance point will always be found.

But when a technology needs to be made smaller, it means that details must be cut. Not enough space? More unnecessary functions must be cut! The armor is not good enough! We need to wait for better metallurgical technology!

In short, the overall difficulty will be greater than everyone imagines.

The only thing Rui was thankful for now was that the little colossus didn't ask her to destroy the stars while maintaining her miniaturization, otherwise she would really commit suicide in front of everyone.

"Colossus... Colossus... Colossus? Hmm, isn't there something with the same name in the Koprulu Sector?"

Now think about it, did Party A have any specific requirements for the product?

So...for planetary weapons (used on planets), miniaturization, and the two rays that can emit different magic elements, they are all called Colossi, and the conclusions are exactly the same!

"Very good, I copied this design!"

As for whether the Protoss of the Koprulu sector will come to Earth to ask for copyright fees in the future, this question is a matter of opinion.

Moreover, faced with the increasingly urgent deadline for completion from the client, Rui had no time to think about anything else. Her brain was overloaded and she only wanted to complete the task quickly.

After all, she still has many other projects to complete in scientific research.

It was a month later when Yan Luo saw the entity of the giant statue.

"I think this appearance... looks familiar?"

In fact, this is no longer a question of resemblance. If the colossus in front of him also has the latest humanoid ship girl system, Yan Luo can easily pull out a set of photos from the Protoss, slap it in the face and ask, "Is this you?"

"It's a little different from what I imagined, but not unacceptable."

Yan Luo originally thought that this should be a ship that could attack land at will in space.

Now we have the weapon to attack the land, but the ship is not a ship.

Fortunately, after more than a month of cooling-off period, Yan Luo has transformed from a tyrant who ruined the country to an enlightened, enterprising and capable ruler.

After calming down, he indeed realized how outrageous his request was at that time. As a weapon for mopping up the ground, the Colossus's real power was not to wipe out all life on a planet or turn a planet into rubble.

What is truly terrifying is the deterrence against all civilizations in the universe and the excuse for total war.

As for its pathetic defensive weapons and usage restrictions, they may not be of much use. Even if the population is really to be cleansed, isn't there a safer option of making people untouchable?

Moreover, a small colossus...with its ability, it can't destroy ships or really clean the ground, so what is its purpose?

So after calming down again, Yan Luo now has to face another problem: what is the use of this colossus?

To be honest, Yan Luo may have neglected the development of the army recently.

If we must say, the confrontation between cosmic civilizations is not just about the competition between fleets, but the battle for stations on land is also an aspect that cannot be ignored.

Of course, in the current era of the revival of giant ships and cannons, the army will continue to fall from the position of fourth-class people, but there is still demand for it.

As for the actual rule of the occupied planet, we have to wait and see how they perform.

Not to mention that once an emergency occurs, there are magical options such as boarding.

In the old era, many space film and television works also focused on land stations. In addition to some bug-killing, most of them were for the actual rule of an already built area.

After all, both sides are competing for resources rather than destroying a piece of land.

If it takes a year or two to rebuild just to increase production, what's the point of it? I might as well just bulldoze it!

Therefore, the current Colossus is really within the acceptable range for Yan Luo. Maybe it cannot fight in street battles, but it can definitely give the enemy absolute deterrence and death in flat areas.

"Then there is one last question: is it strong?"

"We'll find a place to experiment on it."

The experimental site for the Colossus probably cannot be located on Earth. After all, the principle of the Colossus's weapon also involves the original magic element.

This is an energy system that will physically eliminate humans if they are unable to adapt to it. Even though Yan Luo now possesses psychic powers, he cannot guarantee that he can withstand the other party's erosion.

The worst case scenario is that both sides will compete to determine the winner and decide their life and death, and the one who will really suffer is him, the host.

Therefore, such weapons must be placed farther away, preferably not within the solar system.

Then Yan Luo lightly tapped the star map within his sight, and the nearby slime galaxy soon became the lucky winner of the weapons testing site.

In fact, the best experimental site should have been located in the neighboring Koprulu sector. However, Yan Shi really didn't want those idealistic psychic insect swarms to produce any strange chemical reactions due to magic elements.

After eliminating one potentially bad option, the only thing that can really allow the Colossus to experiment is the Golem Slime next to it.

Of course, the venue should be a planet that is not suitable for human habitation. As for whether the climate will recover and become a habitable area again, and then be eroded by magic elements, it is unclear.

To be honest, the life and death of the slime really has nothing to do with Yan Luo.

As a qualified war criminal, it was already a gesture of mercy for him not to cheerfully experiment with magic essence to see if it had the potential to become a plague.

If it were a high-dimensional observer watching, taking one of them down would be like shooting them ten times.

As expected, the human emperor is kind-hearted and cannot bear to see anyone die in front of him.

Of course, such a big movement of the earth has been seen by a group of people who are trying hard to find their information.

"Intelligence has sent in information that signs of suspected Earth activity have been discovered on the outer edge of the puppet ooze."

In fact, the curator's intelligence gathering on Earth in the past month has made no progress at all.

This is not to say that they are not working hard, but that the Earth is simply not active on the mud side!

You should know that puppet slime and slime are not the same word.

As a subsidiary of the Earth, the curator really doesn't dare to approach the puppet area.

This is largely due to the nature of unknown civilizations firing at each other.

Although the universe does not follow the laws of the dark forest, it has its own unique cruelty.

Many of the initial conflicts between civilizations originated from fire attacks on exploration ships. It can be said that the scientific research team is the most dangerous profession in the entire universe. From time to time, they bring justice to unknown civilizations.

Especially in areas where space outposts have been established to declare sovereignty, rash entry can be considered a provocative attitude.

Although the curators are already known to the slimes, judging from the fact that Earth has not yet taken the initiative to contact them, the communication method between the two parties should not have been transferred through the middleman.

It would even be the right choice for Slime not to bring it up actively. After all, many people don’t like middlemen to make a profit from the price difference.

As for the slime and mushrooms that stood up from the bottom of the puppets, one of them probably didn't know about the existence of the curators that was deliberately downplayed by their compatriots, and the other was probably that the Earth itself didn't ask.

In short, various factors have put the curator and the earth in a state of mutual unawareness.

Of course, the curators could also choose to be straightforward and deliver the message, but before they are really sure about the level of civilization on Earth, they do not want to take such disturbing actions.

Due to the lack of sufficient intelligence support, it is difficult for them to ensure that they are coming to provide timely assistance.

This is just like sales promotion. If you fail to accurately grasp the customer's psychology, they will eventually starve to death.

"A high-energy reaction has been detected! The detectors we dropped on their perimeter are finally working. Is there a camera that can see the footage?"

For organizations at the curator level, they still have sufficient capabilities to observe from a distance.

Soon, a detection device that they had spent a lot of time and effort on sent them a detailed picture.

"A very beautiful... battleship."

The image shows a large ship with a shining blue light.

Unfortunately, the new colossus on Earth is probably not a small guy. It is probably a huge creation that is equivalent to the mechanical life mining machine Engels.

If a cargo ship below the battlecruiser level or of equivalent size is used, it may not be large enough to transport it.

The current logistics system on Earth does not have the need to transport bulk goods.

Therefore, in response to the current demand for operating the Colossus, the Earth has very luxuriously used the Starlight-class battleship as its exclusive vehicle.

Ships of this level had never appeared in previous soft ground battles.

But since it dares to travel on the puppet country, anyone with a little intelligence should be able to guess its nationality correctly.

"Even if I guess wrong, it doesn't matter. At most, it's the difference between sliding on my knees once and sliding on my knees twice. If it's for the sake of the tribe, what does it matter if our knees are a little weak?"

There is nothing shameful about kneeling down to beg for food, as long as the benefits offered by the other party are big enough.

Chapter 298: For the Lost Glory

Whether curators have kneecaps or not is not known until their species is revealed.