I Became a Commander in a Crappy SF Game.

Ch.50″This person is our squad leader.”

by fnovelpia

And so, as Icarus was about to turn his fleet into fireworks material…

In the gallery, which had temporarily closed its windows for concentration while making various intense preparations…

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Title: Real-time Pirate Empress Doomstack Report. ver 3

Author: Medusa

Content: [Image of PPT with blue sea otter]

*Note that this only covers the main fleet directly led by the Empress herself

1 Battlecruiser (Flagship, heavily modified version)

305 Heavy Cruisers

705 Cruisers

690 Destroyers

58 Escort Ships

12 Patrol Ships

As you can see, because so many users have been slaughtered, there are now more cruisers than small vessels

Just recently, one veteran clan nearly reset the main fleet’s power once

And when Arcadia led a clan alliance raid, the small vessel forces were drastically reduced

But still, this is enough to completely annihilate any average clan

Comments:

-[It’s grown so well]

-[We raised it…♡]

-[Why did we raise that thing dammit]

-[In a way, aren’t those fleets like children between me and the Empress?]

-˪[How the hell do you even come up with thoughts like that dammit]

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The discussion about the Doomstack accumulated by the Empress’s main fleet was in full swing.

Of course, users weren’t directly scouting to confirm this, since just approaching would draw aggro and get them destroyed.

Since this was all part of the “Pirate Empress’s Raid” event…

As a debuff against the overpowered Pirate Empress, the management team was broadcasting the Empress’s fleet location and status in real-time.

Thanks to this, on the gallery main page as well as the broadcast screen linked to the general chat…

There were analysts who analyzed the Pirate Empress’s main fleet daily to determine its strength.

There were those who took the analysts’ posted materials and approached the strategy seriously.

There were spectators munching popcorn while watching individual users or clans who occasionally had to flee and forcibly warp their bases.

And various others.

All sorts of people gathered, creating quite a bustling scene.

And today too, without fail, the “broadcast” was showing the Pirate Empress’s main fleet’s advance route…

When those watching spotted what looked like a “base” appearing as a tiny dot far away in the broadcast video.

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-[Hey, isn’t that a user base?]

-[It’s far but looks like a user base]

-[Lolololol another one bites the dust lolol]

-[Lord, another one goes up today]

-[Wow that guy has seriously bad luck]

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The users watching the broadcast in real-time were paying their respects to the nameless user who was about to face another ambush.

But that didn’t last long.

They saw fleets launching from the base of the user they were just mourning.

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-[Whoa, going for a head-on collision?]

-[What a man!!]

-[Just looking at it, the power difference seems like 20 to 1, but he’s boldly charging straight in]

-[Manly move, respect]

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Impressed by this untimely display of manliness, users immediately pulled out popcorn and started munching.

Of course, anyone could see this was a fight with a predetermined outcome, and someone unfamiliar might wonder why they’d eat popcorn over something like this.

But given the Pirate Empress’s “combat style,” spectacular fleet battles were quite rare.

And even veteran players who could face the Empress tended to fight in very boring ways to minimize damage.

So from the perspective of spectators who hadn’t had enough battles worth watching, let alone worth eating popcorn over…

They couldn’t help but admire this user who was boldly charging in from the front, ready to burn everything.

And one of those spectators suddenly had an idea.

It was to bet on how long this user’s fleet would last against the Empress.

Of course, in response to this suggestion, the broadcast chat…

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-[What’s there to check, old man]

-[But I am kinda curious]

-[OK let’s go]

-[Place your bets]

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…showed quite an interested reaction.

But naturally, most users bet that the user wouldn’t last even 5 minutes.

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-[The long odds…are alive…!]

-[This isn’t long odds, it’s just throwing money away]

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If it weren’t for a few unusual users or followers of the “bet on the underdog” theory betting on the impossible “user’s victory”…

The chat’s betting function itself would have been rendered useless due to the overwhelming difference.

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By the way, most users who bet on the long odds didn’t actually think there was a possibility of winning.

They just placed their bets as a joke.

“I believe in him. Whatever happens, he’ll make it happen.”

The fact that one of them bet on victory based on groundless faith…

Is something probably none of the users in the chat would ever know in their lifetime.

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Anyway, with the betting finished.

The users watching the live broadcast started munching popcorn eagerly, anticipating the short but spectacular fleet battle about to unfold.

But betraying their expectations, both sides’ fleets just kept approaching.

Approaching.

And approaching more, showing no signs of engagement.

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-[Eh, this is messed up]

-[This is a manly move in a different sense]

-[Is he saying he’s not even going to try whittling them down with artillery against pirates who specialize in close combat?]

-[Wait, isn’t that flagship an Overseer? What’s he doing with a firepower-type cruiser lololololol]

-[I don’t know either]

-[Respect]

-[Typical gamer: Only does long-range chip damage against pirates]

-[Real man: Brings a firepower-type cruiser to close combat against pirates]

-[This is insane]

-[whynotshooting whynotshooting whynotshooting whynotshooting whynotshooting whynotshooting…]

-[Damn, just the movement time alone wastes a whole minute]

-[Lolololololololol]

-[Come on, 5-minute victory squad lolol]

-[1-minute squad already in tears]

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The users watching the broadcast had mixed reactions, with the majority opinion being to just watch the upcoming “close combat.”

But…

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-[Hey, the Empress’s flagship is moving]

-[Oh, one-on-one duel]

-[He really is a man in a different sense]

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The Pirate Empress’s flagship “Empress” approached the user’s flagship “Overseer” and attached to it.

About 3 minutes later.

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-[What?]

-[What the hell?]

-[What’s going on]

-[Is this one of those hilarious pranks?]

-[Is this a bug?]

-[WTF]

-[Lolololololololololol]

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Everyone was dumbfounded as the Pirate Empress suddenly “surrendered” to the user, ending the event chain.

But unlike most users…

“YEAAAAAAH!!!”

The only user who genuinely believed that Icarus would win against the Empress…

Arcadia, former leader of the veteran alliance and current clan leader of “Justice”…

Was shouting with joy inside her commander’s room.

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