Chapter 140 (1/2)

Chapter 140

Invasion Begins

It turns out, the Nugitraaiil were not that big on paperwork, much to the relief of Lucas and Chu Shen. There were some small things, but there were only three major points.

One. Any commands that are given by the military is to be followed. Two. They were allowed to engage the invaders, but they must first register their attack plans. Three. There was to be no attempt to fake invader kill count. If that was done, then all previous cores must be refunded and your privateer license would be revoked forever.

Everything else was just small tidbits, like how to register attack plans or that the military could do random inspections of any s.h.i.+p records. They weren’t really concerned with that since at the moment the only s.h.i.+p they had was the small one Lucas owned. It wasn’t meant for fighting.

Chu Shen approached him about that. “Lucas. We need a way to get involved in this fight. The best way to do that is with a s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p. Can you make one quickly enough to suit our needs?”

Lucas sighed. “Yeah but what good is one s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p going to do? I would rather make a whole fleet of drones to fight instead of one s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p.” Lucas’ face lit up. “That’s it! So long as I make a ton more of those cradle free fabricators, I can start making tons of s.h.i.+ps in a short amount of time. All I would need would be materials.”

He grimaced. “The materials though… The ARD (Atomic Rea.s.sembling Device) will be really helpful in that regard, but making a ton of metal would require a lot of time. Plus, it can only make one type of material at once. Hmm.”

Chu Shen shrugged. “I don’t see why you don’t just make more ARD’s then. With more you can increase production of metals by a lot.”

Lucas waved his hand dismissively. “Because I only have enough room inside my s.p.a.ce for two more of them. The Anti-Matter generator could easily power ten more but I just don’t have the s.p.a.ce.”

Chu Shen tapped him on the shoulder. “Uh Lucas. Why are you making them inside your s.p.a.ce?”

Lucas rolled his eyes. “Because, we can’t have people finding out about technology. You said it yourself. If someone found out, then one of those insanely powerful people could come and kill all of us.”

Chu Shen nodded. “That is true... but look around. I don’t see that issue coming up here.”

Lucas looked at the mechs around him and then back at Chu Shen. “Oh yeah. Alright, give me ten days and I should have it done. Ten more days after that, I should be cranking out s.p.a.ces.h.i.+ps.”

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While Lucas was busy making the s.p.a.ces.h.i.+ps a reality, there was a war going on. The A.I. had activated all of its resources to hunt down the invaders. Its...o...b..tal defenses activated stealth, preventing the scouts from noticing it.

The invaders’ scout force consisted of three cruisers. The three s.h.i.+ps went to each planet and did a thorough scan. When they reached the planet Chu Shen was on, the defense platforms activated. Over fifty of the round defense platforms shot beams of white hot plasma, at least fifteen for each s.h.i.+p. Compared to the one fired at Lucas’ satellite, these were over twenty times more powerful.