I Became a Commander in a Crappy SF Game.

Ch.614″Child, when you were born, the entire base……” (4)

by fnovelpia

What a horrifying story.

Of course, these thoughts are merely predictions based on uncertain information······.

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<Lv. 9>

<Type: Research Base>

˪<Security Fleet x100>

˪<Fortress Combat Fleet x250>

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

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

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“…So you’re saying that the defensive fleet size plus my fleets combined is what’s coming?”

“I believe that’s likely the case.”

250 Dreadnoughts, over 5,000 heavy battleships, and more than 10,000 battleships.

Combining the security fleet and fortress combat fleet, the total exceeds 2.7 million ships—an insane scale for a base defense fleet that’s certainly no smaller than the Punishment Fleet.

“With your mercenary fleets added in, Commander, the total should be around 2.8 million ships, right?”

‘To be precise, it’s 2,787,750 ships total, but Jessica isn’t a calculator—she’s doing mental math, which is impressive enough… Wait, that count already includes my fleet plus all hired and direct mercenary units, doesn’t it?’

I was secretly shocked by Jessica’s incredible calculation abilities, but tried not to show it as I continued our conversation.

“…Hmm…how large was the Punishment Fleet when it came last time?”

“I remember it was just over 2 million ships, though that included the Obsidian Squadron.”

“Hmm, that’s certainly true, but…”

Of course, we’re only talking about similar “scale” here.

Unlike the Punishment Fleet, which included part of the Xenovia Empire’s strongest unit, the “Obsidian Squadron” with its mighty ships like the Titan Arum-class Super Dreadnoughts and Anomalocaris-class Super Carrier Battleships…

The anti-Empress faction fleet currently approaching didn’t have elite units like the Armada among them.

Unlike the Punishment Fleet that tried to mess us up with mindless particle accelerator cannon barrages, this one would likely engage in a more conventional fleet battle.

But that wasn’t what mattered right now.

“Damn it, I need to immediately get unlimited mercenaries… Oh right, I can’t use those.”

“Should I send a cooperation document to the fleet Leonard brought?”

“Yes, do that, and tell Berial and Decarabia to prepare all ships for launch.”

“Yes, Commander.”

“Tell Austria that all hired mercenary units should prepare their entire fleets for launch.”

“I’ll relay that immediately.”

Because of the damn quest restrictions, this battle was structured so I couldn’t get “carried” with help from other users.

I realized I needed to put in maximum effort to prepare every possible response to smash the heads of these hairy pirate bastards who dared to try to harm my adorable WAIFU.

The one fortunate thing was that the ships destroyed in the 10th battle during the last event had been automatically restored thanks to our victory.

Thanks to that, unlike usual, all fleets and hired mercenary units could be deployed…

“Oh, Commander, Oxianor says all the monster ships from the faction delegation suddenly reverted back to their original state. Should we still send them out?”

“Of course, they haven’t weakened—they’ve just returned to their original state.”

“Princess Luca was quite disappointed about that.”

The faction delegation, which had grown robustly during the event period due to “point restrictions” and other systemic constraints, had been forcibly put on a diet and regressed by the system once the event ended.

“Commander Lepan has been happy about having more ships lately. How many can be deployed from there?”

“10 battleships and 7 cruiser battleships. The rest are currently under repair at the shipyard and cannot be deployed.”

And the Rodos Mercenary Unit under Commander Lepan, which was uniquely enjoying an unexpected boom as their forces had increased during the event.

And finally…

-“Commander Icarus, I’ve heard everything.”

“Oh, Leonard.”

-“How dare these insolent fools try to stab the Empress in the back? I will make them pay the price.”

“Wow.”

Although he didn’t bring his flagship Eclipse and the Armada this time, Leonard brought about 10,000 ships including his guard fleet.

With this addition, it was no exaggeration to say we had a perfect defense posture with no shortage of fleet power.

And there was something even more important beyond that.

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<<<‘Daedalus Research Fortress’ Fortress Main Cannon Construction Complete!>>>

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<<<‘Daedalus Research Fortress’ Fortress Main Cannon Repair Complete!>>>

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‘Heung, spamming with copy-pasted messages.’

The restoration work on the “fortress main cannons” that I had spent resources on lavishly before starting the event was now almost complete.

“Ohhh… My purity power.”

“With the ones repaired initially, 4 out of 5 of Daedalus’s fortress main cannons have been restored.”

When we faced the Punishment Fleet at Tannhäuser with just one fortress main cannon, we still managed to inflict significant damage.

Now with a much larger fleet than at Tannhäuser, much stronger defensive facilities, and five times more fortress main cannons…

This was no joke—I genuinely started to believe we could defeat the anti-Empress faction fleet that was similar to or “slightly stronger” than the Punishment Fleet.

And this wasn’t just my delusion—it was a sentiment shared by the commanders under me and Leonard as well.

“If we fight using Daedalus’s fortress main cannons and defensive facilities, we can win despite taking some damage.”

“Since they dare to attack the Empress and us, retreating to fight another day is absolutely not an option.”

“Then we need to draw them in and fire the fortress main cannons as widely as possible to reduce their numbers…”

“Wow, even with fortress main cannons that can destroy 10,000 to 20,000 small ships in one shot, we’ll need to fire at least 100 times in this situation, tsk tsk.”

As we diligently formulated battle plans and prepared for the worst-case scenario,

Everyone was so confident that no one even considered the possibility of losing.

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…However, those fortress main cannons were never used in actual combat.

Icarus and his subordinates, who had poured all their available resources into preparing for the battle against the anti-Empress faction fleet…

After the countdown ended and the quest content proceeded:

-“Ah, Commander Icarus? This is the Leviathan Squadron.”

“Huh?”

-“We just spotted a massive pirate alliance fleet approaching in large numbers, but we immediately engaged them.”

“Huuuh?”

-“Just a moment… What? Oh, yes, I apologize, but the pirate alliance fleets were fighting desperately, unlike their usual behavior…”

“Huuuuuh?”

-“But we completely annihilated them, so there shouldn’t be any problems! Commander Icarus!”

“…”

-“Oh, just to clarify, this wasn’t at your request—we responded independently, so please don’t worry too much.”

“Wow.”

For some unknown reason, the approaching anti-Empress faction fleet charged at the Leviathan Squadron.

And the Leviathan Squadron, which had been idle with nothing to do, responded with full force, excited about combat after a long time.

As a result:

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<Repel the Large-Scale Invasion Fleet of the Anti-Empress Faction> (Success)

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“Well… somehow it got resolved.”

“The quest… is cleared…”

We achieved an overwhelming victory in a completely natural way without any sacrifices or damage.

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