A Core Ship From The Start
/ A Core Ship From The Start Chapter 555
Chapter 555: Chapter 411: Prologue to the Cosmic War!_1 Chapter 555: Chapter 411: Prologue to the Cosmic War!_1 For Duanmu Huai, extinguishing an Iron Blood civilization was just a drop in the ocean. In fact, even if he had destroyed the Iron-blood Mother Star, his God of Destruction experience bar would have only increased by 0.01. After that, Duanmu Huai sent the news to Dardaniel and let him handle the rest.
However, for Duanmu Huai, this was just an accident.
With the overhaul of his mothership, he was about to lead the Tribunal into a new phase.
The real space war!
At the moment, he was standing in the command room, admiring the rows of warships in front of him.
Duanmu Huai's flagship was in the center. To his left and right were six Apocalypse-class Battleships equipped with Nova cannons, twelve Mars-class Battle Cruisers, twelve Moon Class Cruisers, Gothic-class Cruisers, and sixteen destroyers responsible for forward firepower interlacing.
“It's a bit short, but it's the best we can do for now.”
Staring at the fleet before him, Duanmu Huai furrowed his brow. Most large player fleets have over a hundred ships, while Duanmu Huai's fleet is just about two-thirds of that. He even had parts that were incomplete. For instance, the Imperial Navy didn't have aircraft carriers, but they did have fleets of fighters. However, the puppets responsible for weapon maintenance operations are not sufficiently advanced to pilot fighters.
It's easy in the game, just directly conscripting NPCs and you don't have to worry about anything. Real life doesn't offer such conveniences.
Duanmu Huai gestured, opening the star map and stared at it with a serious expression, falling into deep thought.
The reason why Duanmu Huai had formed such a fleet in such a short time was that… he intended to join a war!
It was a war that nearly swept half of the Milky Way. Although it ended in the player's victory, every player who participated found it to be extraordinarily vexing.
Because their enemies were not only alien creatures, but also humans.
The origin of the war was actually quite simple. A human civilization ventured out of their own galaxy, succeeding in inter-galactic travel and colonization. Then, they encountered an alliance of alien races. Naturally, this led to conflict and eventually, a war ensued.
By the way, this was a formidable alliance force of several alien species, spanning several galaxies – not some petty local guild like the Star Alliance.
Once the conflict started, it was naturally noticed by most of the Judges who had entered the universe at the time. Therefore, players also flocked to join, eventually transforming a small-scale conflict into a massive war that nearly swept half of the Milky Way.
However, during the war, there was a falling out between the players and this human civilization.
This human civilization did not want to escalate the conflict into a full-scale war against the alien races. They were afraid that this would lead humanity to extinction, so they thought they should sit down and negotiate with these alien races in hopes of joining them.
But for the players who were Judges, this was utterly unacceptable. The Tribunal would never surrender and would never bow to aliens.
At that time, there was a significant controversy among the players because the opponent was a vast alliance of alien creatures that spanned dozens of galaxies, possessing countless powerful warships and fleets. The human civilization trying to fight against them alone wasn't enough. Even with the Tribunal's power, they could only barely hold their ground. Under these circumstances, the human civilization in order to preserve itself, had no choice but to sign a treaty with the alien alliance and join them.
Of course, the human civilization held no meaningful position within the alliance.
It was like the United Nations, where in theory everyone has the right to speak, but no one listens when Honduras speaks.
Not only that, but the most infuriating thing for the players was that, in order to win favor with the alien alliance, the human civilization turned the tables on the Tribunal, labeling them a terrorist organization and expelling them from their galaxy!
Could they really tolerate this?
Eventually, the conflict escalated. A group of Pure Faction Judges assembled and, after some discussion, came to a conclusion.
The human civilization that was subservient to the aliens had been polluted, corrupted, and fallen. It was not worth saving any further. Only the flame of the Tribunal could purify everything!
That is — they would completely destroy those aliens along with the human civilization that worshipped them!
Thus, a genuine war between the player forces and NPC forces broke out.
Before this, players had waged wars, but most of the time they stood on the side of human civilization to fight against another force. But this time, it was an entirely player-formed force that launched an attack against the human civilization and the alien alliance.
As a result, all of the human civilization's colonial planets were thoroughly “purified” by the Tribunal, and the alien alliance was completely obliterated.
What was more noteworthy was that afterward, the game updated and launched a new expansion, “A Crisis of Mechanized Intelligence” which was seen by players as a momentous event marking a change in the game's history caused by their actions.
Well… of course, the results aside for now.
This battle had been repeatedly dissected by players in forums, and as a participant, Duanmu Huai naturally knew many secrets.
In the eyes of many players, this human civilization was too weak. Honestly, at that time in the Milky Way, this human civilization's level of technology was actually about the same as its opponents – the alliance of alien forces.
Which is to say that this isn't that kind of retro-versus-advanced situation like in Hollywood movies where World War II tanks are used to combat flying saucers. Instead, the technological gap between the two is virtually negligible, and the technological level of human civilization is top-notch even throughout the entire Milky Way.
However, the issue is, it's too weak.
Put simply, it's a case of being timid before the battle even begins.
At the time, a Judge Player revealed that even before the battle broke out, this human civilization started to worry if the opponent would be stronger and more powerful, potentially leading to their own annihilation……
Before the actual conflict set off, they were already thinking about this, thus putting themselves in a bind when they finally did engage in battle. Eventually, when the other side proposed a truce, they eagerly went off to sign the agreement.
When the news broke, many domestic players were cursing that this human civilization was just as stupid as the Southern Song Dynasty, which seemed prosperous but immediately sought a truce, ceding territory, and begging for mercy when the barbarians attacked!
You've been fighting for such a long time, losing so many people, and in the end, you signed such an agreement? And you'll still be subjected to their jurisdiction?
Is the leader of this civilization the reincarnation of Emperor Song Gaozong?!
Indeed, that was the case. When the human civilization later joined the Alien Alliance, they simply ended up being an ordinary representative of an alien force.
Well, you've been fighting for so long, lost so many people, and in the end you didn't even get a permanent member state?
And you're actually proud of this? Do you feel like you've been accepted into the universal family? Do you feel like you've become an equal member of the Milky Way?
Pathetic!
In Duanmu Huai's opinion, the issue with this civilization was not intrinsic, rather it was ruined by a bunch of idiotic rulers.
You think joining them can guarantee safety? In reality, even after humans signed the agreement and joined the Alien Alliance, their border colonies were still frequently attacked by alien races. And aside from filing a stern protest in the parliament, the human ambassador was otherwise useless.
So what exactly have you protected?
The reality is, you haven't protected anything at all!
Humans are being attacked by alien creatures, and yet you bow down in submission, saying nothing?
It's nothing short of disgraceful! A colossal disgrace!
Of course, you can argue that it's the common people who suffer in war, countless have lost their wives and children and homes have broken amidst the havoc. You can't bear to see a fight.
However, dignity is won in battle! Not gained on bended knees!
Being peace-loving doesn't mean giving up on war! Giving up on war doesn't mean you love peace, that's just being idiotic!
But, this outcome is not immutable.
Duanmu Huai is well aware that after the discovery of the alien race and engaging in battle with it, human civilization was divided into a War Advocate Group and a Pacifist Group. The War Advocate Group argued that no matter what, after the aliens had made the first move against the human fleet, they had to show them the power of humanity. At least, negotiations had to be conducted after they had gained an advantage.
On the other hand, the Pacifist Group, as mentioned above, was remorseful and sympathetic for the civilians involved in the war, believing it was a mistake to fight with an alien civilization of unknown strength which might potentially push humanity to the brink of extinction.
At the time, both sides had a representative figure, with the War Advocate Group initially having the upper hand.
But why did the Pacifist Group ultimately win?
Reason being, the representative of the War Advocate Group, a man rumored to be the next Great President of human civilization, was attacked by alien creatures during a visit to the border colonies and was eventually killed.
The backbone of the War Advocate Group was thus destroyed, and the Pacifist Group, seizing this opportunity, then launched a concerted attack to finally take the initiative.
In fact, as the Judge Players investigated afterward, it was actually a trade-off between the Pacifist Group and the Alien Alliance in which the Pacifist Group leaked the location of the representative of the War Advocates and deliberately put him in danger, getting him killed… This way the War Advocates were crushed, and the Pacifists could then logically push their own representative to become president and sign the peace treaty with the Alien Alliance.
Yeah, it's just like Qin Hui plotting against Yue Fei to appeal to the Golden Men for peace.
What Duanmu Huai has to do now is to prevent this from happening, this snippet of history.
And then……change the whole situation.
This will become the Tribunal's first formal highlight on the galactic stage of war.
Chapter end
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