ctnovel Chapter 71 is a minor update; version 0.7 is coming soon.
Chapter 71 is a minor update; version 0.7 is coming soon.
Chapter 71 is a minor update; version 0.7 is coming soon.
the other side.
Inside the flagship of the Second Fleet, Saint Sophia had just finished suppressing the carrier-based machine spirits of the Fourth Fleet, her fingertips still hovering over the prayer frame of the machine spirits.
The next second, she suddenly looked up, a hint of surprise in her eyes.
"strangeness----"
She could sense that the machine spirits of several nearby fleets had simultaneously become stronger. This change was subtle, but it did not escape her notice.
Saint Sophia reached out and pressed her hand against the metal railing beside the bridge, feeling the response coming from deep within the ship, her brows furrowing slightly.
"Having just finished a battle, the machine spirits of all three fleets have collectively grown stronger?"
The adjutant next to him was completely confused.
"Your Excellency, what do you mean?"
Saint Sophia did not answer immediately, but looked at the burning wreckage of the Fourth Fleet in deep space ahead.
Of course she knew that the machine spirit would grow.
However, the normal growth of a fleet's mech spirit requires a long period of service, repeated integration, the offering of mechanical priests, and the accumulation of combat experience.
But something is wrong when, just as a battle ends, the entire combined punitive fleet's machine spirits simultaneously rise to a higher level. Anyone with eyes can see that something is amiss.
She quickly thought of Zhang Qiming.
"Is it because of you again, Zhang Qiming? —"
Meanwhile, Olympus was the political hub.
Zhang Qiming closed the battle report interface and simultaneously sent the news of the annihilation of the main force of the Fourth Fleet to the Naval Headquarters and the Provisional Executive Committee.
After doing all this, he leaned back in his chair and stretched.
"Finally, I can farm properly."
The situation on Mars is now stable. The Holy Cardinals have been wiped out, the Royal Guard has been completely overhauled, all three main fleets have been placed under the command of the new Naval Command, and the main force of the reactionary Fourth Fleet has been destroyed.
As for the five Watcher-class destroyers that escaped, Zhang Qiming didn't forget them either. He casually added the matter to the intelligence log and generated a new branch mission.
[Intelligence Log: The Lost Fleet]
[Mission Overview: After the destruction of the Fourth Fleet, five Watcher-class destroyers have left the L4 battlefield and their current whereabouts are unknown.]
The fleet may enter the asteroid belt, deep-space resupply points, or shipping lanes controlled by external forces.
You can dispatch a fleet to track the remaining coordinates, confirm Lucian Vader's status and location, and choose to either sink him or persuade him to join the Skyward government.
Zhang Qiming looked at the new missions added to the intelligence log and tapped the desktop lightly. There were now four missions in the intelligence log. Apart from the Lost Fleet, the remaining three were missions related to the ideology born from the focus of centralized power, separation of politics and religion, and the Overclock Vision.
Aside from the Lost Fleet, the remaining three are all ideological missions derived from the Golden Focus, which are related to the future political structure, social transformation, and technological leaps on Mars.
However, while farming is needed inside Mars, things cannot remain undisturbed on the outside.
Zhang Qiming's gaze fell on another special situation.
[Special Situation & Unification War: 65%]
[Current progress rate: +5% per month]
"5% per month —"
Zhang Qiming leaned back in his chair, his gaze darkening slightly.
At this rate, in another seven months, the war for unification will be 100% over.
When news of the Fourth Fleet's destruction reached Terra, any Terra leadership with even a modicum of strategic thinking would never sit idly by and watch him gain a foothold.
The window of opportunity left for his development is probably only a little over six months.
During this period, he must solidify the government structure, streamline the industrial, mining, financial, military, and technological systems, and complete the first round of naval reorganization before the Terra Expeditionary Force arrives.
Moreover, there was one more thing he cared about very much.
Zhang Qiming opened the player forum template, and the most prominent position on the forum homepage was already occupied by a version announcement.
[Stellaris 0.7 Version Update Announcement!]
[Preview of this minor update: Level cap increased, new job paths available, expansion of faction government commission module]
[Expansion of the Counterinsurgency mission pool, previews of gameplay related to fleets and machine spirits, and updates to the main storyline situation of various civilizations]
[In three hours, all other civilization timelines, including the Homeworld timeline, will enter a minor version maintenance phase.]
[All players are requested to leave the battle as soon as possible, complete the settlement, return to the safe zone, and log off.]
During maintenance, those who fail to log off in time will be forcibly transferred to the security protection process by the system.
After reading the announcement, Zhang Qiming's gaze fell on the countdown.
The next second, the Gaia system, which only he could see, popped up a conversion prompt next to the announcement.
[Gaia system is performing time conversion —]
[Player's Real-Time Maintenance Countdown: 71:59:42]
[Standard Terra timeline is expected to advance by 180 days]
"A small update, huh? —" Zhang Qiming looked at the countdown and rubbed his temples. "This timing is perfect, it's timed just right."
The timing of the 0.7 version update is quite subtle.
Mars is currently focused on consolidation, while Terra is secretly sharpening its sword; both sides need time to prepare for war.
This minor update happens to coincide with this lull period. By the time players log back in, the Skydrive government should have completed its internal integration, and war preparations on Terra should be nearing completion.
At that time, it will be a new version colliding with Total War.
"This is actually similar to the situation in the previous life. When the player's initial civilization's main storyline develops to a certain stage, the Stars will enter a version update."
In his previous life, the game time flow in Zhang Qiming's hometown world was roughly equivalent to one day in the real world, which corresponds to eight days in the Stellaris world.
This time lag can be amplified even more during version updates and maintenance.
In reality, a server shutdown of just three days can often lead to a complete upheaval in the game. Minor version updates can easily jump the timeline by six months to a year.
If a major version update occurs, the time jump will be even greater, and the entire world's power structure, war situation, and industrial chain will evolve on their own.
Although this batch of Fourth Calamities comes from another world, Zhang Qiming speculates that the normal game time difference on their side is probably about the same, also a world flow rate of 1:8.
When a version update occurs, the time span will be stretched to an extremely exaggerated scale. During the three-day real-world maintenance period of the Fourth Calamity World, 180 days will actually pass on Mars.
Zhang Qiming stared at the countdown for a few seconds and quickly made a judgment in his mind.
Players going offline means that the Fourth Calamity, the sharpest sword of the Skyward Expedition, is temporarily sheathed.
The next six months will be a crucial window for the Skyward Provisional Government to truly establish itself on Mars.
The Martian homeland's military and political system, industrial and mining system, naval command, temporary joint council, and administrative offices of each block can take this opportunity to make minor adjustments.
Centralized power aims to unite the three major regions and various military units into a single entity.
The separation of church and state must remove the mechanical church from the old regime.
SuperVision aims to elevate hyperspace technology, machine soul engineering, and deep space industry to the national-level project list.
When players log back in on a large scale, what they will see will no longer be a Mars that has just ended its civil war and is in ruins, but rather a new national machine that has already begun to operate.