I Became a Commander in a Crappy SF Game.

Ch.550″This is truly perfect timing!”

by fnovelpia

And so she just popped up out of nowhere.

“Hm? Decarabia?”

“Helloooo, Ms. Berial.”

“Oh, it’s been a while!”

“And Griyanar is here too.”

I had already finished today’s daily quest.

Or rather, I called in some Superhumans who were doing strange things among themselves and let them have a pleasant girls’ talk with Decarabia.

While the Superhumans were having their girls’ talk, I decided to check Decarabia’s status window.

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<Type: Army Mid-Range>

<Trait: Survivalist>

<Stats>

Health: A

Attack Power: B-

Physical Defense: A+

Mana: SS-

Magic Defense: S-

Mobility: B

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‘Just right.’

And the stats I just checked for Decarabia didn’t deviate much from what I had expected.

Considering Decarabia’s capabilities that I knew of, I thought she had arrived at a truly perfect time.

After all, our fleet’s Superhuman combat strength situation was such that while it appeared overwhelming with SSS-ranks everywhere on the surface…

In reality, excluding the “mercenary corps” and “faction delegations,” it was quite lopsided in many ways.

“Do you have something on your mind, Commander?”

“No, the more I think about it, the more I feel Decarabia came at just the right time.”

“Timing… you say?”

“Yes, for fleet command and buffs—literally to serve as the ‘backbone’ of the fleet during battle.”

As Jessica quietly approached me and got me talking,

I decided to have a calm conversation with her rather than thinking alone.

“Look, Jessica, how many Superhumans are purely under my direct command… or rather, my ownership?”

“Hmm, excluding Oxianor whose affiliation is somewhat ambiguous, there are 8 in total.”

“And among them, how many are related to command besides Berial?”

“That’s true. Ignis, Partia, and Smeragi are close combat specialists…”

“And Pashtra and Dornia are pure firepower-type long-range attack Superhumans with little connection to command.”

“You’re right, Commander.”

Of course, it wasn’t that there weren’t other Superhumans who could “command.”

“But Commander, there are other Superhumans capable of command, aren’t there?”

“Tiamat, as she always admits herself, only knows about aircraft and aircraft carriers.”

“Ah, that’s true.”

In the case of Tiamat, who wraps herself everywhere yet boldly declares underwear as mere decoration as part of her character,

While she is certainly a commander-type Superhuman, as she herself certifies, she’s thoroughly a “carrier aircraft operation one-trick” and thus completely useless in “fleet battles.”

To be precise, it’s more like “she’s not completely incapable, but whether she does it or not makes no difference.”

And as for Griyanar, the last remaining Superhuman…

“…Honestly, it’s hard to entrust things to Griyanar.”

“I don’t know how she ended up with that reputation, but Griyanar isn’t a commander style to begin with.”

She’s far from directly commanding anything herself, and instead plays the role of a buff totem that spreads buffs just by existing.

And in battle, if we had to be specific, her style was to directly engage in combat like the others.

“Anyway, the bottom line is that currently in our forces, there’s no one besides Berial who can handle fleet battles.”

“That’s more serious than I thought.”

“It’s no wonder Berial is completely exhausted and groaning after every battle.”

“I see.”

Our poor Berial, when other Superhumans were going wild smashing everything in sight,

Had to stay with the fleet alone and conduct fleet command in my place.

And that means, although it hasn’t happened so far…

What if Berial gets seriously injured during battle and has to be confined to the medical room?

The moment that happens, the fleet’s command buff would be removed, and performance would instantly plummet.

So I was naturally delighted by the appearance of Decarabia, a “hexagonal fleet command” Superhuman, at such timing.

Moreover, there was one more reason why the timing was truly perfect.

“Besides, Jessica, remember the ‘Rapid Enhancement Ticket’ we just received as an event reward?”

“Ah, that’s right, we had that!”

“It’s perfect for Decarabia who’s currently at level 1.”

The “Rapid Enhancement Ticket” that came as a set with 50 Dimensional Causality Fixed Usage Rights—gacha tickets—as a ranking reward for the “Grand Cross” event was exactly what I needed.

“Although the gacha was a complete disaster and ended up in storage…”

“Even if you say ‘a while,’ it’s been less than half a day, hasn’t it?”

“What matters is that the unused Rapid Enhancement Ticket has finally found its purpose!”

“Ah, yes.”

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And after reaching that conclusion, I raised Decarabia to level 30.

Then I handed her over to Berial for one-on-one (girl-to-girl?) coaching to continue leveling. Meanwhile, I was proceeding with another very important matter.

And what was that? It was something everyone already knew about.

It was the migration to “Daidalos” that all other users were keeping an eye on.

Of course, the migration itself could proceed smoothly and peacefully without any problems.

This was because users near Daidalos had both their bases and fleets severely damaged due to “Grand Cross” firing its main cannon, making it difficult for them to move for the time being.

The rest of the users had also suffered considerable losses during the event, so they couldn’t just rush into Daidalos, which had its defenses torn apart.

Of course, since it had already been 3 days since the event ended…

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<Lv. 9>

<Type: Research Base>

˪<Security Fleet x100> (Current Replenishment Rate: 21%)

˪<Fortress Combat Fleet x250> (Current Replenishment Rate: 15%)

˪<Cruiser Battleships 15, Medium Cruisers 10, Light Cruisers 50, Destroyers 1,000, Escort Ships 3,500>

˪<Dreadnoughts 5, Medium Battleships 20, Battleships 50, Medium Cruisers 150, Light Cruisers 600, Destroyers 5,500, Escort Ships 1,000, Patrol Ships 2,000>

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

<Warning!>

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

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The partially recovered defense forces of Daidalos had added weight to users’ hesitation.

The annoying part was that I had scattered resource mining advance bases and mining fleets all around Tannhäuser.

If I moved my base to Daidalos, I would have to dismantle and rebuild not only the mining fleets but also all the advance bases.

While I might skip mining fleets,

If I didn’t build advance bases out of laziness, resource supply issues could arise.

So whether I liked it or not, I needed to properly construct and upgrade them, spending 30,000 to 50,000 minerals each.

Another issue was that since I was moving my base to Daidalos,

There was the question of who would get the “Central Docking” at Tannhäuser where my base had been located.

Moreover, this wasn’t something I could just say, “Whatever, let’s just give it to anyone and be done with it!”

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<Tannhäuser Mercenary Network Official Chat Room>

<Notice: Always Peaceful>

-[Icarus is moving his base from Tannhäuser to Daidalos]

-[Oh]

-[So who gets the Tannhäuser central docking area?]

-[Dunno]

-[Seems he hasn’t decided yet]

-[That’s why there are apparently several people trying to sneakily take the central area and become the Tannhäuser mayor]

-[lol]

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“Commander, not only communications, but cargo containers keep coming from Tannhäuser to Daidalos.”

“Hmm.”

Besides Tannhäuser, there were also newly acquired intermediate strongholds and Daidalos escort points where new users were docking, creating a rather confusing situation.

To quell this confusion, I felt the need to appoint a number of new village chiefs(?).

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