From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 469 Changing Home!

In the 'Heart of Oak' starport of the Star Dragon Empire Royal Navy, a tactical information coordinator at the combat command center was staring at the constantly refreshing monitoring data.

Ever since the Federation launched a counterattack and spread the flames of war to the Empire, the Heart of Oak Starport has changed from a second-tier supply and maintenance port to a first-tier frontier starport.

The entire starport was also significantly remodeled and strengthened during this time, with not only additional fusion reactors and superconducting battery packs, but also a large number of defensive weapons and deflection field generators.

The most important thing is that multiple sets of long-range composite detection arrays have been deployed at the star port for early warning and combat situation monitoring.

What this tactical information coordinator was monitoring was the data sent back by one of the detection arrays. Although he had been monitoring it for several weeks in a row, no one in the combat command center dared to take it lightly.

Especially after receiving intelligence from his superiors that the federal fleet might launch a large-scale attack in the near future.
The tactical information coordinator felt a little sleepy when seeing the monotonous and unchanging data on the workbench screen.

Although the control personality of the Heart of Oak Starport is responsible for monitoring this data, the officers of the combat command center still require personnel at each combat position to conduct a second manual verification.

Just as the tactical information coordinator was thinking about whether the effect of the stimulant he had taken before going to work today was about to end, the control personality of Star Port suddenly detected an abnormal signal.

It was a set of signals coming from a nebula somewhere, but due to the interference of the dust cloud on the detection effect, and the location of the nebula happened to be in the 'side lobe' of the long-distance detection array, the control personality of the starport did not directly issue a warning, but marked it as abnormal.

Under normal circumstances, the tactical information coordinator might just pay more attention to it, and if there were no abnormalities in the follow-up, he would "filter" the signal.

But now is an extraordinary period, so after thinking for a moment, he pressed a call button on the workbench and raised his hand and said:

"Captain, would you like to take a look at this?"

As he called out, a figure dressed in the black uniform of an Imperial Royal Navy officer floated to his side.

After casually closing the call prompt, the captain on duty looked carefully at the virtual screen on the workbench in front of him.

"Is this the signal from the M5 Nebula?"

"Yes, Captain," the tactical information coordinator said as he worked quickly on the workbench, displaying a series of charts.

"Because the interference from the dust cloud is too severe, the port control personality cannot determine the characteristics of this signal. I also compared it with the characteristic database, but there was no result. The characteristics of the signal are too vague."

"Tsk, it's really hard to judge, but at this critical juncture, I think we should 'think more' about it?"

The captain on duty pondered for a moment, then gave an order: "Quantum entanglement communication is on standby, and the communication targets are set to Sorrow, Chaos, Gospel, and Tranquility Fortresses."

Soon, the communicator responsible for controlling the quantum entanglement communication equipment completed the basic settings and opened the information compilation interface, because the information to be transmitted would be translated before being sent out.

"Captain, what do you need input?"

"The Heart of Oak starport was attacked by the Federation fleet. If there is no second communication, it means that the starport has fallen and the invading enemy is large in scale."

The captain on duty calmly stated what needed to be translated, even though it mentioned the worst-case scenario that the starport might encounter.

"Entry completed, ready for transmission!"

"Stand by. If we are attacked next, transmit the information immediately without asking for permission, because the enemy will definitely attack our communication unit first." "Yes! Captain!"

Hearing the words of the captain on duty, the communicator responded nervously and put the warning information at the top of the "to be sent" list.

After giving the order, the captain on duty turned around and looked at the tactical information coordinator beside him.

"Keep watching. Even the smallest abnormality needs to be taken seriously at this point in time."

But before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by a sudden shrill alarm from the combat command center.

This time, the Star Port Control Personality was no longer 'confused', but quickly identified the sudden abnormal spatial fluctuations in the surrounding universe.

"Warning! Unauthorized space collapse detected!"

"Warning! Abnormal mass growth in space has been detected!"

As the two alarms sounded, Oakheart Starport and the Imperial fleet that was regrouping in the surrounding area saw a burst of dense white flashes erupting in the distance.

With each flash of white light, the main screen of the combat command center would mark an orange-red star in the deep sky, representing an unidentified unit.

When the entire screen was about to be filled, the communicator came to his senses and quickly placed his palm on a volumetric light representing "transmission information", while taking a last look at the captain on duty on the other side.

The moment the latter nodded, the communicator shot the volume light without hesitation.

This information, which directly determined the direction of the next battle, also sank into deep space at this moment and was transmitted towards the four artificial celestial fortresses.
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"The 'Heart of Oak' starport was attacked by the Federation fleet. If there is no second communication, it means that the starport has fallen and the invading enemy is large in scale."

After seeing this urgent message, Duke's face suddenly became serious, and he realized that the situation might be developing towards the 'worst possible scenario' deduced before the war.

"Can we contact the Heart of Oak starport?"

"Sir, we have tried all communication channels, but we have not been able to contact the 'Heart of Oak' starport!" said the Celestial Fortress's communicator nervously.

"Ask the other three fortresses and see if they can get in touch. If Heart of Oak loses contact completely, it means the Federation's attack has begun."

Soon, information from the other three fortresses came back, and no one was able to contact the Heart of Oak starport.

At the same time, another piece of bad news came - in addition to Heart of Oak, two other front-line starports had also lost contact, and even failed to send out warning signals.

If it hadn't been a routine communications check, the problem might not have been discovered so quickly.

"We need to attack multiple points, and each point should be equipped with such superior forces that can quickly suppress the defenders?"

Duke frowned. Although the four celestial fortresses, their affiliated battle groups, and other fleets had entered the combat preparation stage in advance, the Federation's attack still came faster than expected.

At this time, Duke Duke had no intention of holding the intelligence department and the reconnaissance fleet accountable, but continued to speak:
"Contact Duke William and tell him that I agree to carry out the plan he mentioned. At the same time, inform Hastings and Duke Artesia that the Fortress of Sorrow and the Fortress of Chaos will launch an attack on one of the Federation's mobile fortresses!"

(End of this chapter)