I Became a Commander in a Crappy SF Game.

Ch.616″The era is now calling for an empire.” (1)

by fnovelpia

Meanwhile, while our Icarus was experiencing various matters related to Marian.

After the mischievous semi-Empress faction friends had their heads cracked by the Leviathan Squadron, and were torn to pieces by the loyal pro-Empress faction.

At that very moment when Icarus was leisurely building a nest(?) for the little ones at the base.

At a certain outpost vaguely near Icarus’s territory…

…to be precise, at “Shanghai” (Level 5), one of the outposts belonging to the “Central Outpost Federation,” an unusual and strange story was slowly beginning to emerge.

And what was it about? It was a kind of growing skepticism about the Central Outpost Federation, the clan they belonged to.

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<Notice: Federation, Do Your Job>

-[What the hell is the Central Federation even doing?]

-[Come on, everyone calm down first;;]

-[Why!!! Aren’t they coming!!!]

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To be more precise, it would be fair to say it was skepticism combined with extreme anger and irritation.

And for good reason—the cause of the Shanghai-docked users’ outburst was none other than…

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<Notice: Federation, Do Your Job>

-[We’re all going to die at this rate!]

-[I’ve fought those bastards before!!!]

-[We’ve been suffering from those damn pirate groups for days now, so why hasn’t any help arrived yet?]

-[This is seriously pissing me off, they said reinforcements were coming, so why aren’t they here?]

-[Aren’t we all part of the same clan?]

-[Those bastards only help nearby places, but if it’s even slightly far, they don’t come. Is this what you call a clan or federation?]

-[To be honest, they seem more like a regular clan than pirates]

-[That’s not the point here;;]

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The situation was so complex and messy that most regular users found it difficult to understand.

To summarize briefly, “they were facing an enemy too overwhelming for a single outpost to handle, but the faction they belonged to wasn’t coming to help.”

Of course, it was quite questionable how Shanghai outpost, with barely 500 docked users, ended up being beaten by a pirate group…

…or rather, by the “Rose” clan, a medium-sized organization with about 1,500 members, three times their size…

Some docked users from Shanghai had apparently picked fights with Rose clan members without assessing their size, relying solely on their outpost’s backing, and got beaten up.

The angry Shanghai users, furious about their members being attacked, had then terrorized some of the Rose clan members’ bases.

This led to a seriously enraged Rose clan sending a large invasion fleet, causing most of the docked users to flee to their base after their fleet was crushed.

But those ugly, tear-jerking details weren’t what mattered.

The most important thing now was, “Anyway, Shanghai is about to fall to the Rose clan!!!”

Which meant that if things continued this way, the users currently docked at Shanghai would be forcibly evicted by the Rose clan and become homeless.

So the Shanghai outpost’s docked users had no choice but to urgently request support from their home base, the Central Outpost Federation.

But the problem was that despite having formed a “clan,” they still couldn’t let go of their past as a loose federation.

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<Notice: Federation, Do Your Job>

-[Ugh, this political bullshit]

-[What did they say?]

-[These bastards are just sending warnings to the Rose clan]

-[What the hell is that? Are they dogs just growling?]

-[LMAOOOOO this is ridiculous]

-[For real]

-[This is driving me crazy]

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Including the Shanghai clan that was currently getting beaten up and about to be evicted.

Despite their affiliated outposts requesting support, instead of quickly sending reinforcements to repel the hostile users…

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<Notice: Federation, Do Your Job>

-[Does it make any sense to play politics when we’re calling for reinforcements?]

-[What?]

-[In the middle of all this, some outposts are playing politics, demanding that troops meant for us should support them instead]

-[This is driving me insane]

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They were continuing with discussions that would make other clans say, “You call that a clan? Are you crazy?” and lose all respect.

For the Shanghai outpost users themselves, it was impossible not to be furious.

And as this pattern continued—clinging together and taking cute photos during good times, but tossing each other aside like old shoes when crisis struck—the Shanghai outpost users finally realized it was time for a decision.

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<Notice: Time to Defect>

-[We are no longer part of the Federation clan]

-[Then?]

-[There’s that Hourglass guy nearby]

-[Oh, you mean Icarus?]

-[Oh, are you thinking what I’m thinking?]

-[Let’s just join Icarus’s forces and secure ourselves a safe rear position]

-[Yeah!]

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And that decision was none other than the grand choice to directly join under Icarus’s command—someone they had only verbally “supported” in the Federation clan until now, without any actual interest.

Of course, there were some users who felt reluctant about this choice…

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<Notice: Time to Defect>

-[Even if the Rose clan is coming in force, couldn’t we hold out with our outpost defense fleet while we replenish our fleets for a counterattack?]

-[The problem is that if our forces are weakened fighting the Rose clan, other users will come to crack our heads next]

-[There’s also the Bermuda clan from the Pirate Union nearby]

-[Oh, they’ve been expanding after forming an alliance with the Freedom Corps, so we might get caught up in that too]

-[This isn’t easy]

-[Icarus is definitely the best choice]

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After analyzing all possible options from every angle among themselves.

Since there was nowhere with better conditions than Icarus (though they weren’t entirely sure)…

The users who had decided to defect from the Federation clan gathered their opinions and sent a message to Icarus asking him to accept them.

But there was one major issue that the Shanghai clan hadn’t considered…

Unlike their belief that accepting them would be beneficial and refusing would be foolish.

After receiving their chat message asking to be accepted, Icarus responded to the Shanghai outpost users with:

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<Icarus-Shanghai Outpost Representative Chat Room>

…(omitted)…

-[For these reasons, would you accept our outpost?](Representative)

-[Nope]

-[Too bothersome to accept you, just live independently](Icarus)

-[Excuse me?](Representative)

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A simple, clear, and definitive “rejection.”

Naturally, the Shanghai users who had been counting their chickens before they hatched—thinking “Of course he’ll accept us, and after joining, should we relocate to another outpost? How should we transfer the resource zones?”—were momentarily stunned.

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<Notice: Time to Defect>

-[What, why is he abandoning us?]

-[This conversation is getting weird]

-[This can’t be reality!]

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They couldn’t hide their confusion at Icarus’s cold(?) rejection.

Of course, watching them drink their own imaginary victory wine and then get disappointed all by themselves, our Icarus also expressed his bewilderment in various ways.

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