Extraordinary Pedigree.

Chapter 848: Complete Occupation
Since the end of the Battle of Kresh, the Midgard Courtyard has quickly entered a state of full preparation.

Post-war repairs, fleet transformation, and integration of strategic resources were all carried out efficiently under Xia Xiu's arrangement.

On the one hand, the Seventh Psionic Expedition of the Githzer people crossed the void within half a month of astral time and finally arrived at the Kresh Hub to meet with the [Sword of Glory-class heavy cruiser] in the courtyard.

Navigator Silas Cephalon officially took over the command of the Seventh Psionic Expeditionary Force.

From then on, the Courtyard Fleet merged with the Ghiszhe Fleet to form a joint fleet to attack Vlaakith.

The Combined Fleet is mainly composed of two combat organizations.

The first one is naturally the courtyard combat power:

Sword of Glory-class heavy cruiser (flagship)
Engineering ship × 2 (responsible for post-war repair and resource mining)
Research ship × 2 (responsible for hub research and technology integration)

Second, the combat power of the Giszhe people:
30th Psychic Expedition Fleet × ships (including Githzer psychic frigates and psychic light ships)

Engineering ship × 2 (auxiliary repair, post-war construction)
Research ship × 2 (coordinated research, providing psychic analysis support)

The fleets of the two major forces were lined up in neat rows, and in the starry void, a true "expeditionary army" had taken shape.

The mission of the joint fleet is very clear: to recapture the hub left behind by the Gis foreigners after their withdrawal and gradually expand the courtyard's sphere of influence.

Under the golden rule of Ivy League Wars, every time you arrive at a hub, you must go through a series of standardized tactical steps.

[Claim], use [Radiation Value] to make a strategic claim, officially incorporating the target hub into the courtyard's roster and implanting it as the foundation of the courtyard's [Golden Tree Branches].

Destroy the remnants of the enemy, destroy the key outposts, strategic pillars, and communication facilities left by the Gis foreigners, and cut off the possibility of enemy forces tracing back.

Incorporate the [boundary wedge] and implant the hub's [boundary wedge] into the roots of the courtyard's golden tree, making it completely belong to the courtyard and gaining the authority for subsequent development.

Finally, build fortifications and use the engineering ships in the courtyard to quickly construct tactical fortresses to ensure that the hub will not be recaptured by enemy counterattacks in the short term.

At this moment, the navigator is leading the combined fleet, following the orders of the Lord of the Courtyard;
——Go deep and far to investigate, plow the yard and dig holes, to show the investigation in the courtyard.

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the other side.

In the core shipbuilding workshop of the Kresh Hub, sparks flew and machines roared.

The sons of the courtyard shuttled back and forth, busy carrying out the transformation instructions.

Since Xia Xiu opened the courtyard STC template, the thirteen Gis foreign ships have become the courtyard's first batch of experimental ships. They will be completely reshaped under the courtyard's technical framework.

Under the command and supervision of the ordnance officer and two political commissars, the renovation project entered a white-hot stage.

The renovation style of the Son of the Courtyard naturally continues the Gothic style of the Kingdom of Heaven.

They followed the requirements of "Party A", that is, the principal.

The hull was lengthened, widened and strengthened, and the structure was reinforced to adapt to the combat needs of the courtyard and make it more in line with the organization system of the courtyard fleet.

Then came the “ancestral law” of the Kingdom of Heaven—the addition of Gothic architecture.

Spires, sanctuaries and niches were built on the hull, making the warship not only a tool of war but also a fortress of faith.

Of course, all of this is to pave the way for the subsequent beast machine souls and access to Eden's computing resources.

The Kingdom of Heaven usually loads [Void Shield] on Gothic buildings to strengthen their defense, giving them the standard protection capabilities of the Courtyard Navy and improving their combat endurance.

Then, connect to the Heavenly Kingdom Machine Soul System.

Generally, the Kingdom of Heaven will set up a ritual hall inside the ship to enshrine the machine souls of the Kingdom's beasts, so that the machine souls can better integrate with the ship and improve combat efficiency.

In order to allow the Sons of the Courtyard to complete their transformation faster, Xia Xiu specially dispatched the [Sixth Legion] that was lodging in his shadow.

——【Little Man in the Bottle·Yellow Change Army】

They are short and round in appearance, metallic yellow in color, with a waxy smooth shell and are no more than 0.8 meters tall.

Each Minion has large goggle eyes with a strange spiritual light flashing in them.

They cannot speak, but communicate using peculiar grunts, gestures, and exaggerated movements.

Their actions are chaotic and full of mischief, but they are geniuses in the field of mechanical manufacturing and modification.

Not only do these "mechanical servants" not complain about their work, but they excitedly devote themselves to the shipbuilding project.

"Mumble! Mumble, mumble!"

A group of minions dragged a huge gear part and trotted across the deck with a strange pace.

Another group of minions are converting a plasma cannon into some kind of cannon that can spit holy fire. Although it looks weird and even has a certain peculiar style, its firepower during testing is more powerful than the original Gisyan weapons.

With the assistance of the Minions and the STC template, the renovation efficiency of the Children of the Courtyard has been greatly improved.

On the core deck of the battleship, Ordnance Officer Thomas was holding the [Civilization Survival] card, using the [Survival Rights] to compare the ship's data and plan the next transformation plan.

Political Commissar Joseph was patrolling the workshop, occasionally checking the "creations" of the Minions to ensure that their funny modifications would not affect the seriousness of the battleship.

These Minions always like to come up with some weird designs, and as long as they think these designs are feasible, they can really make them.

For example, the banana cannon - this cannon can only fire bananas.

Joseph couldn't understand the principle, and this thing could only be explained by the omnipotent ether.

These noisy Minions have too strong divergent abilities and are rebellious. If we don't keep an eye on them, there's no telling when they might cause trouble to the ship.

Another political commissar, Tukhachevsky, was responsible for coordinating other Sons of the Courtyard who had the next-level STC templates and letting them divide the work in an orderly manner - decomposing raw materials, synthesizing original parts, assembling modules, splicing in an orderly manner, synchronizing the real physics engine, etc.

The ship that was once full of Githian psionic style has now been completely transformed by the courtyard into a flying Gothic ship.

The bow of the ship is engraved with the courtyard's holy emblem, emitting a solemn glow.

In the spires on both sides of the ship, the machine soul core is being activated.

Inside the bridge, the original honest style and respect for physics of the Githian people were completely washed away, replaced by a command hall full of solemn religious atmosphere. With the crazy assistance of the Minions and the courtyard's comprehensive resource integration of the Kresh Hub, thirteen Githian ships were completely dismantled and reconstructed, and finally transformed into the [Heavenly Sword-class frigate] of the Heavenly Kingdom standard module.

——A 1.6-kilometer frigate is outrageous, but reasonable (the theory of heaven).

Yes, these Gis warships, which were originally only a little over a hundred meters long, have now been modified so dramatically that even their own mothers can’t recognize them.

The original psychic hull was extended and expanded, and the hull armor was completely replaced, covering it with the ultra-heavy armor and rune-inscribed armor belts of the Kingdom of Heaven's ships. A huge Gothic spire building, iconic of the Kingdom of Heaven, was also added to the hull, like a mobile fortress floating in the star realm.

The design of Heaven's ships is as outrageous as ever.

The length of 1.6 kilometers far exceeds the standard of conventional frigates and is even larger than the destroyers of some civilizations.

The hull has extended wing armor on both sides to enhance stability, and at the same time, it has built-in additional energy compartments and power units to improve endurance.

The original psychic turrets of the Gis people were all dismantled and replaced with rail guns, plasma blaster cannons, short-range point defense artillery developed by the courtyard, and loaded with the Heavenly Kingdom Void Shield System, giving them stronger survivability.

The entire bridge was transformed into a towering Gothic-style spire, and a ceremony room dedicated to the beast machine spirits was built in the bridge hall.

The Gisyan psychic ships?
It no longer exists. Now this batch of warships can only be called "Courtyard Sword-class frigates."

The Sword-class frigate is one of the oldest and most classic types of frigates in the Heavenly Fleet, and is commonly seen in the Heavenly Deep Space Fleet and the Knights Fleet.

This type of ship itself was not designed by human science, but was directly displayed by the [Supreme Program Yahweh] through projection. It is a ship born for the [Ocean of Ether].

——Some of the ships of the Heavenly Kingdom Fleet, even the most basic frigates, have some traces of non-human intelligence in their designs.

At first, the Heavenly Kingdom passed a resolution to establish a deep space fleet to protect the Terran Aether Chain, so Heaven used the computing power of Eden to reverse engineer these ships from "projections" into reality.

Therefore, a large part of the ship blueprints of Heaven come from the "heaven-defying operations" of the [Supreme Program].

A truly incredible operation.

Therefore, their designs are always extremely exaggerated, huge in size, and have unparalleled durability and firepower output.
Now, the courtyard uses the complete version of the STC template and consumes all the resources accumulated by the Gisyan Kresh Hub, intending to successfully build thirteen Sword-class frigates within three months of Astral Time.

The construction of the Sword-class frigate went extremely smoothly, but for the Midnight Courtyard, the real test had just begun.

Warships are not disposable weapons; they require constant maintenance, energy replenishment, personnel management, and even the appeasement of machine spirits.

The increase in fleet size means an exponential growth in logistical demands - weapons and ammunition, fuel supply, crew replenishment... Without sufficient strategic support, these ships simply cannot maintain their combat capabilities for a long time.

The most critical problem: lack of crew!

At present, the theoretical crew capacity of the Courtyard flagship [Sword of Glory-class heavy cruiser] can reach 20 people. However, the number of crew members in the entire Courtyard naval fleet is far from sufficient.

The current fleet operation is completely dependent on the beast spirits and a small number of children of the courtyard.

Even if Xia Xiu dispatched a large number of officers to the Honkai Administration, it would still not be enough to fill such a huge fleet gap.
Therefore, Xia Xiu decided that he must recapture the hubs abandoned by the Gis foreigners and utilize the resources of those hubs to maintain the long-term operation of the warships.

Now, the courtyard's naval organization has finally taken its first step, and in the future, they will need a larger fleet and a more complete logistics system.
The Ivy League War itself is a war to support war. Once the war is opened, the only option is to continue to conquer.

Xia Xiu does not intend to take the operational route, he wants to take the "early battle route".

Through continuous conquest, we can quickly acquire resources, expand the courtyard, and improve the courtyard's STC template.

As for scientific research and design, with the support of heaven, all he has to consider is continuous expansion, expansion, and expansion again.

Comply with the Kingdom of Heaven's five-year plan and become a member of the Kingdom of Heaven's Resolution Assembly.

If a supernatural war that engulfs everything breaks out again on Terra, he will be the first to take the lead in this war!
He will purge Terra of the insects.

How can we, together with those insects, lead mankind to greatness and tear apart the hypocritical starry sky?

We must strike hard, wipe them out completely, and uphold the supreme authority of Terran humanity!
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In the office of the Governor's Mansion in the courtyard, Xia Xiu sat quietly at his desk, his golden pupils slightly contracted as he stared at the huge star realm hyperspace channel map in front of him.

This map is projected onto the light screen above the desk. Each crisscrossing light track represents a hyperspace route, and each flashing node is the coordinate of the hub.

——Hyperspace channel, the key to the Ivy League War.

In the deep world of the universe, any fleet that wants to make a long-distance jump must rely on the [Ether Traction Wave Engine].

These engines fix the sailing routes to ensure that the ships do not deviate. Only along these routes can the fleet jump to adjacent hubs, forming a huge deep network.

And the war was fought around these waterways.

The hyperspace route determines the direction of the war - whoever controls the route will have the strategic initiative!

On this map, one can clearly see that the shipping lanes are gradually being encroached upon by the Courtyard Combined Fleet.

The joint fleet's advancement route is centered on the Kresh Hub, expanding along the hyperspace channel to the surrounding non-habitable resource hubs and occupying all hub outposts along the way.

All the resource hubs along the way, whether they were mineral hubs, research hubs, or energy hubs, were occupied by the courtyard. The Gis people did not try to fight back at all, but chose to retreat across the board.

All fleets and ships of the Gis Empire have currently withdrawn to their base camp, Tunaras, allowing the Courtyard Combined Fleet to completely occupy the outer waterways.

On the entire star map, the area controlled by the Gis people is shrinking rapidly, while the Courtyard's sphere of influence is expanding wildly!

On the star map, the activity area of ​​the Gis people is becoming smaller and smaller, while the waterways controlled by the courtyard start from the Kresh hub, expanding, extending, and swallowing up the surrounding areas.

This was a battle of advancement without any resistance.

The Gis people did not resist, nor did they even attempt to harass the combined fleet. They chose the simplest and most sensible strategy - a comprehensive strategic retreat.

They hid in Tunaras and waited for their opportunity.

Xia Xiu tapped the tabletop lightly with his fingers, his eyes fixed on the star map.

The Gis people can't just do nothing. The strategic contraction is just on the surface. They must be planning some kind of action...

Are they trying to delay?
Are they waiting for help?
Or... have they already gained some power that is strong enough to compete with the Courtyard?
Xia Xiu closed his eyes, and various possibilities flashed through his mind. He didn't believe that Vlaakis would choose a purely defensive battle. She must have been planning a counterattack.

The question is - what is her leverage?