Ch.354The Central King~ (4)

Of course, such “pure praise” wasn’t something I got for free.

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Title: Why is praise for Icarus suddenly increasing?

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Gallery page screenshot image]

For real

There used to be an atmosphere of either insulting him or criticizing him as just average

But suddenly it completely reversed, what’s going on?

Comments:

-[LOLOLOLOLOLOL]

-[<Link to post by user who threatened Icarus and got blocked.txt>]

-˪[They all got blocked as a group and that’s why they’re acting like this]

-˪[LOLOLOLOLOLOL](Original poster)

-˪[It was suicide]

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It was a sweet fruit that could only be obtained after conducting various “negotiations.”

Anyway, the important thing wasn’t that a few users almost got 15-day consecutive blocks for doing something stupid…

It was that I had finally succeeded in conquering that damn Tannhäuser Gateway Fortress.

Right after verifying the fall of Tannhäuser.

I decided to check the status window of Tannhäuser, which had now completely transferred ownership to me, to decide whether to dock there or not.

And when I looked at the contents of the status window I pulled up…

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<Tannhäuser Gateway Fortress-Ultra-Large Warp Gate>

<Lv. 7>

<Type: Gateway Base>

<Defense Force Status>

˪<Security Fleet x35> (Currently replenishing forces)

˪<Fortress Combat Fleet x50> (Currently replenishing forces)

<Fleet Composition Table>

<Security Fleet Composition>

˪<Cruiser Battleships 5, Light Cruisers 50, Destroyers 300, Escort Ships 1,500>

<Fortress Combat Fleet Composition>

˪<Heavy Battleships 3, Battleships 20, Heavy Cruisers 80, Light Cruisers 500, Destroyers 2,500, Escort Ships 500>

<Fortress Comprehensive Defense System Status: Normal>

<Tip: Cities and fortresses are basically in a non-aggression state. Fleets will deploy when damaged by direct attacks.>

<Internal Teleport Network System Connection Complete>

˪<Currently Connected Base: Avalon Fortress>

<Warning!>

˪<When approaching too close to the fortress, security fleets and fortress combat fleets will immediately deploy!>

<The following buffs and functions are granted when docking with the base:>

˪<Additional increase in resource buff acquisition>

˪<Access to the base’s main resource storage>

˪<Partial opening of the base shipyard>

˪<The one-time movement capacity of each base’s ‘Teleport Network System’ increases.>

˪<The ‘Warp’ cooldown of Astral Base decreases.>

˪<For things inside the Tannhäuser Gateway Fortress, carrier-based aircraft can also ‘Warp’ and ‘Teleport’.>

˪<All teleport-related functions improve by 50% in performance, and cooldown decreases by 10%.>

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“Hmmmm, hmmmmmm.”

“Tannhäuser has a lot of unique features.”

As Jessica said, unlike Avalon or Barracuda, perhaps because of Tannhäuser’s characteristic as a “gateway base.”

Looking at the list of “Effects When Docking” confirmed through the status window, unlike Barracuda that I saw before.

It was full of things that made me tilt my head slightly in confusion, rather than effects whose purpose I could understand at a glance.

Of course, neither Jessica nor I were idiots, and I had my own memories of games from my previous life(?)…

After somehow tracing my increasingly blurry memories, and also utilizing the gallery wiki tab to gather information:

“Hmm, wait, it seems that docking with Tannhäuser primarily buffs ‘teleport’-related functions.”

“It seems so.”

I realized that Tannhäuser’s buff literally “lived up to its name.”

And once I realized that, I figured I wouldn’t be getting any additional bases for a while anyway.

“At this point… I might as well officially move my base to Tannhäuser?”

“I think so too. The resource increase rate would be higher at Tannhäuser as well.”

I decided to leave this Avalon Fortress that I’d grown attached to and dock my base at the newly acquired Tannhäuser.

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And a little while later.

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<Event>

<Base Warp Out, Docking at New Location Complete!>

<Content>

<Commander’s Astral Base has warped out and docked at ‘Tannhäuser Gateway Fortress’!>

<Effect>

<The fortress’s defense forces are now included in your base defense forces!>

<Daily resource acquisition rate has increased!>

<You have acquired the fortress’s shipyard and resource storage!>

<You can modify parts of the fortress’s internal structure!>

<Docking effects apply to the Commander’s base and owned strongholds!>

˪<Note that this only applies to strongholds at least 2 levels lower than the currently docked stronghold.>

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‘Whooooosh.’

Unlike Avalon Fortress, which was a completely raw structure… or closer to a space-castle.

As I docked at the center of Tannhäuser Fortress, which had a huge ring at its center with metaphysical structures floating around it.

Along with that refreshingly clear event message, I could also understand exactly what some of the buffs gained from docking were.

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<‘Tannhäuser Gateway Fortress’ Related Information!>

<Base and Gateway Teleport Performance Enhancement!>

<While docked at ‘Tannhäuser Gateway Fortress’, the ‘Fleet Long-Range Teleport System’ performance of your Astral Base and ‘Level 5 or lower’ strongholds will be enhanced.>

˪<Base one-time teleportable fleet quantity: 1 ⇒ 5>

˪<Stronghold gateway usage quantity: 10 fleets ⇒ 20 fleets>

<Additional Teleport Information!>

˪<Carrier-based aircraft teleportation and warping are only possible within the ‘Tannhäuser Gateway Fortress’ domain.>

˪<The range of carrier-based aircraft teleportation cannot exceed the stronghold’s radar detection range.>

˪<Also, carrier-based aircraft teleportation is only possible ‘one-way’, and return is not provided.>

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“So to summarize, it’s like the Kraken’s teleport but on a larger scale.”

“That’s how I see it too.”

Since the base itself had essentially become a giant Kraken, I felt quite satisfied for now.

And besides that, there were many other good things too.

“Jessica, report on our current resource situation, and at the same time, tell me again what our maximum resource capacity is.”

“Yes, Commander. Currently we have 1.5 million minerals and 240,000 rare resources, and our maximum resource capacity is 30.5 million.”

“Is that the total?”

“Yes, that includes both minerals and rare resources.”

Considering how painfully difficult it was to acquire, the increase was small.

But I decided to be satisfied with the fact that it had increased at all.

However, the world doesn’t always bring only good things.

“But the resource income rate is almost the same, and we’ve lost one shipyard.”

“I see.”

I didn’t really have any expectations for the resource income rate itself, so that wasn’t a concern.

But losing one shipyard did give me a slight feeling of disappointment that crept up.

Of course, that feeling was only momentary.

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<Shipyard Status>

-<Dock 1>

<Empty>

-<Dock 2>

<Empty>

-<Dock 3>

<Empty>

-<Dock 4>

<Empty>

-<Dock 5> (Fortress-provided facility)

<Empty>

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<Large Ship Dedicated Shipyard Construction List>

-<Dock 1>

<Empty>

-<Dock 2>

<Empty>

-<Dock 3> (Fortress-provided facility)

<Empty>

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Missing one regular shipyard dock gave me a strangely empty feeling.

But as I mentioned before, honestly, I wasn’t planning to invade anyone aggressively anytime soon.

And since almost none of my fleets had taken damage in this battle, I didn’t have any immediate need to use the shipyard.

So I nodded, thinking I could easily overlook that issue.

And decided to fully enjoy my current satisfaction.