Stellaris from the Automata Era

This was a combat group formed during the battle against the slime, consisting of a mixture of small mechanical lifeforms and large humanoid ships.

Because of the accuracy of the intelligence at the beginning, Yan Luo expected it to serve as the last line of defense to resist the slime fleet's attack on the solar system, and to provide time for the equipment innovation of the mechanical life combat group in the Koprulu sector.

However, in reality, the situation was not that critical. The extremely slow-reacting slime didn't even have time to attack before it was defeated by the mechanical fleet that arrived earlier.

From then on, this mixed organization served as the imperial guard to protect the solar system.

Under the current maintenance and production limits of the humanoids, they have expanded to a formation of three fleets.

"Isn't this...making a fuss out of nothing?" The commander raised a question.

Judging from the current intelligence panel, the unknown civilization encountered in Cygnus may be a cosmic player worse than slime.

The hit rate of their ships is still 5%, but the one in front of them is still zero for the time being.

Of course, this statement may be a bit biased, but their overall performance really makes it difficult to convince people that they are a qualified opponent.

Yan Luo actually agreed with the commander's words.

"It's true that we're making a big deal out of nothing, but... our real target in Cygnus is not them."

But it is an ancient clan hidden in the shadows.

Yan Luo will not forget Mao Meng's warning to him. The ancient tribe lurking in the dark is the real concern.

He actually knew too well how terrible it was for two civilizations to be enemies of each other. Using correct logic, he would say that I would come over and stop whatever you want. You can refer to the century-old friendship between Britain and France in this regard.

Britain and the United States have been able to establish a conjugate father-son relationship by tripping each other up and even taking action without seeking any benefits. France has at least half the credit for this.

Therefore, it is better to deal with the enemy if you can resolve it, and crush it to death if you cannot.

At present, Yan Luo’s real core idea is to establish a new military base in the distant Cygnus to deal with subsequent corruption threats.

After all, transporting supplies from Earth is too far and troublesome, but if there is a local brother like the Republic Slime, that would be another matter.

A more pleasant way of saying it is:

"This deep universe is full of dangers, and we on Earth must provide protection for weak civilizations."

"I see." The humanoids, whose emotional intelligence was gradually improving, were naturally able to understand the hints in the words. They nodded one by one, and the relationship between daring to speak and daring to believe was established.

"Of course, I do have some ideas about testing the troops."

Earth's current fleet, with the exception of the purely mechanical fleet, has indeed not been tested in actual combat.

Its combat effectiveness has always been a big question mark.

Moreover, according to Yan Luo's previous experience, there are many unorthodox schools in the fleet, such as sea escorts, torpedo ships, and even T34s.

In the past, he might have been able to do things happily and try various methods, but now he has to consider the composition of the fleet more carefully.

"Then there is a crucial question, sir. Who will be the commander of the fleet?"

It's broken, and I've forgotten the most important thing. There has never been a humanoid in a ship-to-ship duel, so it can be said that there is a decline in talent.

Yan Luo noticed a long time ago that there were almost no available candidates on Earth for either the army commander or the navy commander.

Even a confused person like 11b has worked in both positions, so you can imagine how scarce they are.

Of course, this does not mean to belittle 11b. In fact, she achieved her ultimate goal very well. Although the process may be a little scary, the big guys only care about the results.

If 11b were still around, there probably wouldn't be any discussion on this topic anymore, and it would be assumed that she was the one leading the battle.

But after the brief psychic outage last time, 11b and his fleet got lost and no one knew where they were.

The 11b currently in the hands of the Earth, which uses the original magic element, is a relic from the last era. The model and appearance may be the same, but it is unknown whether its capabilities are different.

You should know that the commander of a fleet can often create miracles by defeating the strong with the weak because of his talent.

And a stupid conductor is a stepping stone to that.

"Very good. Now it seems there is one more reason to train a qualified commander." Yan Luo said.

Of course, a qualified commander may be a plus, but that is when the overall size of the two sides is not very different.

The ancient overlord Xiang Yu was always winning on the battlefield, but he was ultimately unable to retreat to Jiangdong. A big reason for this was that his opponent's size had already determined his victory.

As the saying goes, once you learn how to operate, the rest needs to be done.

Similarly, facing the civilization that has shot down his research ship, Yan Luo finds it difficult to see from the intelligence that he has lost.

This should be a new civilization that has just stepped into space, otherwise it would not be so badly lagging behind in all aspects.

As for...is it possible that the ancient race directly encountered this kind of malfunction and corruption?

Although Yan Luo had a little doubt in his mind at the beginning, compared with Mao Meng's depravity, he was much better.

So it's impossible! Absolutely impossible!

Even if it is true! The 3000 light-year Lyra Cat Meng said that this distance is just a misunderstanding! Give it a little more strength, but the 7000 light-year Cygnus, Yan Luo does not believe that the other party can fight back!

Then let's turn the topic back to the topic. Now that we have roughly determined the other party's composition, it's time to discover hidden talents.

"Sir, I feel I can recommend myself."

This one...should be blue, right?

As a high-ranking humanoid, the Gemini sisters' evaluation of him for a while was that doing nothing was the best course of action.

But that wasn't just about one color; the entire upper echelon, including the 'white' commander and 'black' Black, concluded that everything was rubbish.

But considering past history, it was hard for Yan Luo not to suspect that there was some personal grudge in these words.

After all, Black, White, and Red all have their own strengths. Although it took Yan Luo some time to search for these excellences in his memory, at least they had gained enough impression points.

As for the others, Yan Luo didn't actually have much impression of them, but as a manager of humanoids, their template mechanism was there.

Maybe there won’t be a particularly eye-catching performance, but at least it should be a mediocre level.

So Yan Luo quickly ignored the twin sisters who were frantically trying to stop him with their eyes.

"Then you should get ready."

With Yan Luo's decision, the entire meeting officially came to an end.

After everyone had left in an orderly manner, the twin sisters stepped forward and tried to make a final struggle.

"Sir, cyan is not a good choice. Managers may have natural advantages, but their bias is too serious. Even the former leaders of the resistance army are stronger than them."

In fact, Gemini felt that the best choice should be the commander. As a member of the management, she was responsible for the war module, and the entire Yoerha commander was the best proof of identity.

As for this point, Yan Luo actually has some understanding of it.

However, even among YoRHa, who is only good at fighting, there can be a 11b weirdo, which proves that humanoids also have talents and personalities that can be cultivated.

The purpose of this war from the very beginning was not a resounding victory, but to systematically explore the possibilities of human form.

Of course, this is under the premise of achieving strategic goals.

"He shouldn't be as bad as you say. Besides, Commander, as the commander of Yoerha, she will also go with the army in this war."

"Sir...what is this?"

Wasn't this something mentioned in the meeting?

The twin sisters were a little confused for a moment.

"Do you think this is just a fleet review? The army and our new equipment that haven't been shown before must be evaluated through actual combat.

If something strange happens, tell her that she can take over the fleet directly. Of course, I hope this measure will not be used. In fact, I have always had a bad feeling about it. "

I hope...I won’t need it.

In fact, even if Yan Luo had misread the intelligence, he had to fight this time against the Fallen Ancient Clan.

According to the current information from Maomeng, the Fallen are still in their weakest period.

Likewise, they have no real expedition capabilities, and even if they are truly offended, they will only express dissatisfaction and lower their ratings.

This time is also the golden period for the development of young civilizations like the Earth.

Yan Luo couldn't just keep building cars behind closed doors. He needed to adjust the equipment technology and matching of the Earth in order to gain more advantages in the future.

Don’t look at the current super fleet of fallen technology. They really don’t dare to come to the solar system to attack Earth.

It was only after seeing this clearly that Yan Luo dared to embark on the expedition.

After all, who doesn’t know how to play sandbags?

As time goes by, he probably won't have the courage to do so.

So from a strategic point of view, if it is an ordinary civilization Yanluo wants to fight, it is even more necessary to fight the ancient tribe Yanluo, the reverse paradise! This is the earth!

Note: In a sense, the humanoid leaders are really not that good. For example, if Blake hadn't set up the M Unit, YoRHa probably wouldn't have appeared. Similarly, if the commander had seen the situation earlier and made his own decision instead of waiting until the end to entrust everything to 2B and 9S, perhaps the ending would have been better.

Of course, if the entire top management really did something, the actual battle plan would not have any more high-pressure operations.

Chapter 302: The War Begins

Let's save ourselves the tedious time of assembling troops. The Earth, ruled by a centralized government, completes the fleet preparation at an extraordinary speed.

Then it slowly sailed into the warp and headed towards the distant Cygnus, and following along were not only ships in battle formation.

In fact, considering the possible landing and occupation operations, the Earth side even mobilized a large number of fourth-class people and the newly modified YoRHa Youth Training Army as well as an even larger number of ground crew members.

In terms of scale alone, this is no longer a regular fleet configuration. All the ships combined alone number at least 5.

Of course, only one-fifth of it can be used in actual combat, but considering the logistics of wars since ancient times, this proportion is normal.

It seems that Yan Luo really wants to turn this group of rabble into a skeleton army, and all kinds of guarantees have reached the highest level.

After four and a half months of sailing in the warp, they seemed to have arrived at the designated assembly point.

"The frigates and destroyers will leave first and organize the front-line positions." The blue humanoid leader gave orders in the subspace.

A large part of the Earth's mixed organization relies on round heads to hold the scene.

Especially after the humanoids gave up the small ships and prepared to overtake and form an elite group, the group composed of frigates and destroyers was completely handled by mechanical life.

Of course, these ships are not controlled by N2 or any of their leaders, but are controlled by programmed AI combat logic, which is a true form of artificial intelligence.

So in terms of authority, Commander Cyan still has the power to command them, as long as they can truly understand your orders.

As for why not everyone goes out at the same time, a big part of the reason is that Cygnus is an area that has not been mapped well.

It is difficult for the humanoids to guarantee that they will run into the enemy's base camp when they rush out. First, let the cheap round heads attract a wave of firepower, and then the humanoids' precious large ships go out to deal damage.

This is how excellent infantry-tank coordination works.

Then the round heads jumped out of the subspace directly.

This reckless action naturally quickly alarmed the ancient clan.

"A large number of hostile signals have been detected. It's... the Mechanical Legion."

In fact, it was said long ago that most civilizations would use space outposts to mark their sovereignty over a galaxy.

These outposts are not blind versions of the ones in the next galaxy that cannot see anything. They are real devices that can cover the entire galaxy and provide wide-ranging early warning.

Some civilizations will even carry out targeted upgrades to their space outposts after they have excess production capacity, expanding them into space docks or defense platforms with them as the core. No matter which one, it can greatly enhance its original detection range and truly achieve vision beyond the entire galaxy.

As for the Fallen, they themselves are severe patients of paranoia. In addition, the remaining technology can create things out of the void, so they will naturally carry out large-scale transformation of their remaining dwindling territory.

Therefore, although the round heads that just jumped out were not within the traditional galaxy territory of the ancient clan, their gathering was still detected instantly.

Looking at the round-headed, green-skinned style, it is easy to bring the tree man into long-lasting memories.

"This really brings back bad memories. Notify all star systems that the Earth Empire is coming. Have all their fleets converge on us." This was likely the highest commander of the current Treant region, and his orders were decisive and resolute. "Also, have all standing forces launch a swift attack on Earth. All mobile ships mobilized."

This is just the enemy's vanguard. They just jumped out of the subspace, and there must be more backup. We must immediately break up their formation and attack the point where they are coming out before they drown us with their men!"

This commander seemed very experienced. According to the intelligence they had obtained at the cost of their lives in the last era, the truly terrifying thing about the Earth Empire was not the strength of their fleet, but the number of their fleet.

Those stupid-looking Android heads can always use their infinite resources to destroy other people's limited ships.

If it weren't for this terrifying productivity, the Fallen Ancients could easily tell the Earth Empire what it means to be invincible in naval battles and what it means to be able to defeat ten at once.

Of course, since the current era has begun, the Earth should not have recovered its vitality yet. A conservative estimate is that the enemy should only have ten fleets, right?

But no matter what, compared to the fallen ships that may break down at any time, the Earth still has its own advantages.

Therefore, the commander of the ancient tribe must interrupt the deployment of the enemy's formation as soon as possible, preferably when they jump out and reach the predetermined position, and catch all the enemy ships off guard when they just come out.

"But this is not necessarily something that our frigates can do." A tree man who looked like a staff officer asked.