I Became a Commander in a Crappy SF Game.

Ch.214″From now on, protect each other.” (1)

by fnovelpia

It had already been two days since Marian arrived.

Just as the repairs on the three cruiser battleships that were completely wrecked last time finished, the construction of an additional medium cruiser, 2 light cruisers, 4 destroyers, 3 patrol ships, and 2 resource mining ships was also completed…

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<<<Additional Docking Facility Construction Complete!>>>

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Fleet Status

Total Points: 488/650 points

Aircraft Carrier: 1 ship, 70 points each = 70 points

Special Battleship: 1 ship, 65 points each = 65 points

Subspace Submarine: 1 ship, 50 points each = 50 points

Light Aircraft Carrier: 1 ship, 40 points each = 40 points

Cruiser Battleship: 3 ships, 30 points each = 90 points

Medium Cruiser: 5 ships, 10 points each = 50 points

Light Cruiser: 4 ships, 6 points each = 24 points

Destroyer: 24 ships, 3 points each = 72 points

Escort Ship: 5 ships, 1.5 points each = 7.5 points

Patrol Ship: 13 ships, 1 point each = 13 points

Resource Mining Ship: 27 ships, 1.5 points each = 40.5 points

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While I was handling various administrative tasks and checking the fleet status after seeing a message about the completion of a base building construction, just as I was thinking it was about time for the event to start, the event message I had been waiting for appeared before my eyes.

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<‘Ancient Empire Capital’ event map has been opened.>

˪<Time remaining until participation restriction: 47 hours 59 minutes 12 seconds>

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“The promised day has finally come, Jessica.”

“You mean the event participation day?”

“That’s right.”

It’s a bit disappointing that I couldn’t reach 500 points.

Still, thinking I’d done enough in my own way, I started organizing my fleet to participate in the event.

Of course, saying “organizing” is just a formality. Since the entire base and area would be switched to invincible mode during the event.

20 resource mining ships that would naturally mine minerals and rare resources while I was away.

And I was gathering ALL my ships except for 5 transport destroyers that had been modified for resource transportation.

One disappointing thing was that when I tried to use “mercenary corps” for this event, I was immediately blocked.

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<‘Mercenary Corps’ or ‘Faction Dispatch Fleets’ cannot participate, so please understand.>

<‘Superhumans’ from each mercenary corps or faction can participate.>

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‘Ah, I was wondering why there was no mention of it.’

Perhaps it was to strictly focus on PVP.

The participation of fleets other than user forces was completely blocked, making it impossible to even start the strategy of creating mercenary corps by pouring in all resources.

But that didn’t make me feel depressed.

“If mercenary corps can’t be used, isn’t this story targeting the Commander?”

“Hmm… not really? From the beginning, this event didn’t allow mercenary corps or faction fleets.”

“I see.”

“Yeah, besides, we don’t have that many resources right now.”

“…Even with over 300,000 minerals and over 40,000 rare resources?”

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“…Not anymore.”

“Ah.”

Can’t use mercenary corps?

It’s truly unfortunate that I can’t proclaim the “100,000 Mercenary Training Theory” with resources accumulated from the auction house, trading post, or gacha pulls…

But originally, users entering this event, unless they really did nothing at all.

On average, they would have reached base level 7.

Accordingly, they would have brought fleets using 400-500 points, up to a maximum of 600.

Then, even with just 5 people in a team, that’s fleet points worth 2000 to 2500.

10 people? Over 5000 points.

The number of ships would literally reach the thousands if they were determined to bring everything they had. In the midst of thousands of ships fighting, what good would a mercenary corps of just 10-20 ships do?

Especially when most mercenary corps consist of small ships like light cruisers or smaller, hiring a few additional ones wouldn’t make much difference.

“Commander, the mercenary business office is asking if you’re interested in hiring a mercenary corps with 3 cruiser battleships.”

“…”

…Anyway, it shouldn’t exist.

Really.

I mean, how could such an amazing mercenary corps appear right after I was trying to convince myself it wouldn’t matter?

For a moment, I felt extremely annoyed as if the heavens were trying to play a cruel joke on me, but.

That was that, and this was this.

“Jessica, how much does it cost to hire them?”

“1,000 minerals and 200 rare resources per day.”

“Hmm… alright, let’s contract them right away.”

“Yes, I’ll arrange the contract through the mercenary business office.”

I decided to hire that mercenary corps in advance to survive the potential battle royale(?) that might come after the event ended.

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Anyway, as I was doing such things, the main preparations were about… 98% complete.

All that remained was to neatly pack resources for repairs into the transport destroyers and wait for the resource mining ships to return from the resource zone.

“Commander, the rest of the Superhumans have also completed their preparations.”

“Oh, really?”

“Yes, of course, Rain, who’s half-integrated with the base, and that… D-class, Griyanar said she’s putting herself into her own modification system.”

“…Hmm.”

I felt momentary bewilderment at this unexpected information, but only briefly.

Anyway, now that almost all preparations were truly complete, I decided to check the gallery one last time to see what other users were up to.

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Title: The clan leader, executives, and all clan members have left for the event

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Empty clan chat window]

Being alone in the chat room gives me an apocalyptic game feeling, which is quite peculiar

Haha

Comments:

-[Meanwhile, at that clan, they notice some lung-rank bastard is missing]

-[This bastard is a lung-rank private second class who’s hanging around instead of following his unit]

-[LOLOLOLOL]

-[Idiot, shouldn’t you be participating in the event too?]

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Title: Nice and quiet in the gallery

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Image of a toad giving thumbs up]

Not participating in the event… might actually be good?

Comments:

-[What are you going to do alone in the gallery while everyone else is participating in the event?]

-˪[Someone will be here](Author)

-˪[Hehe, comrade]

-˪[Ah shit, suddenly I feel like I should participate in the event](Author)

-[Weird guy immediately turns on event participation after meeting someone strange]

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Title: Going to the event, see ya

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Participation verification shot]

My dream is to be ranked #1, let’s go

Comments:

-[Congrats]

-[Everyone’s starting to go now]

-[Let’s go too]

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Most users who had been hanging around the gallery were posting their event participation verification shots and disappearing.

While I was observing this situation in the gallery, the resource concentration in the transport destroyers was completed.

At the same time, upon hearing that the resource mining ships=repair ships from the resource zone had also arrived.

I decided to immediately combine my entire fleet and participate in the event.

But at that very moment, Marian, who had been stuck somewhere, came running over…

“Oppa! I want to go too!”

“Huh?”

I could see her insisting on following me to where the event would take place.

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