Chapter 145

Time to s.h.i.+ne

Lucas finished installing the controllers onto the s.h.i.+ps that the AI had asked for. Afterwards he went back to monitoring his devices. Chu Shen received the leftover 5 G’Tik cores.

Upon receiving them he discovered they were the cores of a Martial Warrior or Rank 5 Beast Core. To the Martial Army or Rank 6 Chu Shen, they were practically worthless. Nonetheless he absorbed their energy and moved on.

Lucas tallied up the total number of s.h.i.+ps he was making every eight hours and the totals were stunning to see. Every eight hours he would make 3 Battles.h.i.+ps, 2 Carriers, 9 Destroyers, 40 Sniper Drones, 20 s.h.i.+eld Drones, and 30 Fighters.

With this, one could easily see that Lucas was making more than enough machines to keep the enemy at bay. There was still another six days before the enemy came back. With that much time, Lucas would be able to expand his fleet by over a hundred fold. No longer contemplating his genius though, Lucas returned to his work.

Six days later, the enemy fleet appeared. This time it was three fleets. The s.h.i.+p totals was 3 carriers, 600 fighters, 30 battles.h.i.+ps, 120 destroyers, and 60 cruisers.

Lucas’ total of s.h.i.+ps he had constructed was now at  63 Battles.h.i.+ps, 42 Carriers, 189 Destroyers, 840 Sniper Drones, 420 s.h.i.+eld Drones, and 630 Fighters. From this, one could easily surmise that the enemy would easily be crushed by Lucas. Unfortunately, this would not happen. All because of one tiny little detail.

“WHAT!” Chu Shen winced and rubbed his ears. Lucas’ shout was really too loud, especially when he was right next to him. Lucas pointed at the scout drone. “Repeat that again you pile of junk!”

The scout drone, taking Lucas literally, dutifully reported its news. “Unfortunately you and your privateers cannot be allowed to partic.i.p.ate in the upcoming fight.”

“Why not! We are perfectly capable of helping and more than willing too!” Lucas was becoming more and more irate the longer time went on. First he was kicked out of the privateers, now he couldn’t even fight! Just what was the point in staying on this planet then!

“Logic dictates that you should not partic.i.p.ate in the upcoming battles until it is absolutely necessary.”

Lucas scoffed. “Exactly what logic is that!”

“Your s.h.i.+ps are equipped with advanced technology so far unseen by the invaders. By not allowing your partic.i.p.ation in the fight, your advanced technology will not be revealed. Only until is absolutely necessary must your s.h.i.+ps’ be used so as to prevent our technological edge from being revealed. Such logic is dictated by naval strategies currently available to me.”

Lucas opened his mouth to refute the robot’s advice but couldn’t find anything wrong with its information. Eventually he nodded reluctantly. “Alright, we will not partic.i.p.ate in any of the future fights to defend this planet until we are allowed to by you.”

“Such actions are acceptable.” The scout drone replied.

The enemy fleet moved in towards the systems sun. Whenever they approached the asteroid belt though, multiple lasers and plasma bolts flew towards various asteroids. Obviously the escaped s.h.i.+p had warned them of the ambushes that awaited them. Belatedly, multiple s.h.i.+ps launched from the asteroids, swarming the enemy fleet.

Before the enemy had been severely outnumbered. With the large increase of s.h.i.+ps, they had only outnumbered the enemy fleet 3 to 1 instead of 9 to 1. Obviously the enemy hadn’t been lazy in the four hundred years they had been gone. Instead they had made significant improvements in their s.h.i.+elds and weapons department.

Before their advantage hadn’t been obvious. Now that their numbers were closer it became clear that the enemy had superior technology than the Nugitraaiil’s old and outdated s.h.i.+ps. Soon the enemy had completely wiped out the asteroid belts fleet but they only had 7 battles.h.i.+ps, 19 destroyers, and 92 fighters left. None of the carriers and cruisers had survived the fight.

Continuing with their mission they moved inward towards the fifth planet. s.h.i.+ps launched from the 9th and 8th planet, over ten times the amount that had been in the asteroid belt. Quickly turning towards the incoming armada, the enemy fleet tried to inflict as much damage as possible before succ.u.mbing to their sheer numbers.

The next week the enemy fleet appeared with four fleets instead of the three they had sent last time. This time the attacking fleet didn’t even make it to the asteroid belt. They had barely pa.s.sed the eighth planet when their fleets attacked.

Once again the enemy was destroyed. This cycle continued, with an additional fleet being added to the enemy’s forces every time they attacked. However, they would soon run out of s.h.i.+ps to use in defense. The technological edge the attackers used to have quickly dwindled as the more advanced s.h.i.+ps was flown from the inner planets to the outer ones, taking the place of their fallen brethren.

By the the third month Lucas was bored out of his mind. Chu Shen, on the other hand, cultivated wholeheartedly. He soon broke through to become a Martial General Level 7 or Rank 7 Mage. Simultaneously he also became a Rank 4 warrior, through the enthusiastic efforts of Master Ti Wu.

Chu Shen was able to help Aslo and Chrissa reach Rank 9. They could not, however, progress any further than Rank 9 mages. This was something that could not be handled by just locating a meridian and breaking it down. Instead they focused on their warrior training. Aslo was able to become a Rank 6 warrior and Chrissa became a Rank 5 warrior.

The first day of the third week of the third month, 71 days after the initial alien invasion.

The final s.h.i.+p of the alien invaders was destroyed. By now they were sending in 9 fleets and then next attack would be ten fleets. The computer calculated the total s.h.i.+ps left in the planetary system. The military s.h.i.+ps left would barely be sufficient to destroy them. The orbital defense platforms would also be hardpressed to defend against such forces.

It was time to activate the privateer force.