Chapter 9

9. I want the spaceship!

Tang Xiao quickly flipped through the list of legendary figures, but found that most of them were in an unviewable state. However, a few names were visible.

"What's the situation with these people whose names can be seen? Can they be awakened?" Tang Xiao asked.

[They cannot be directly awakened. According to the agreement they set before entering the hibernation chambers on the mothership, they will swear allegiance to you, but the binding power of this oath is hard to determine for figures of this level. Therefore, before you awaken them, you can negotiate with them while they are in a semi-sleep state. If they are interested in the conditions you offer, they will be willing to be awakened and serve you.]

"So, those whose names can be seen are the ones who might be satisfied with the conditions you offer?" Tang Xiao looked at the names that were as famous as thunder, but felt a bit afraid in his heart.

These people were clearly from movies and games, each name filled with countless stories and legends! So, legendary figures were like this! Then, what kind of terrifying people do the two question marks represent in the next tier? {Note 1}

[Yes. Also, if the negotiation fails, they would rather sleep forever than serve you. But if we have already fully met their conditions, we can directly awaken the legendary figures without negotiation, although the conditions they propose are often very stringent.] The main brain added.

Tang Xiao nodded. He suddenly saw a name and his eyes lit up. If he wanted to oppose Palpatine, maybe this person could! Even if a random marine could beat him to death, this person truly had the ability to wield power in the Galactic Republic's political arena.

But... this person was too terrifying, without loyalty, without belief, without justice; for him, there was only power, only interest, only ambition.

Everything was a transaction.

But only such a person could oppose Palpatine... Even so, Tang Xiao didn't dare to guarantee it.

It's him! When the time is right, he would negotiate with him to see if he would come out of retirement to help. As for the consequences of doing so, who cares?

Now he had only one goal—war!!

The Clone Wars might break out in 10 to 30 years. During this time, he must prepare for war! Then, he could survive in this war that would sweep across the entire galaxy!

Apart from that, he could abandon everything else.

Closing the page of legendary figures, Tang Xiao felt cold sweat on his back.

This feeling was completely different from what he saw in movies and controlled in games. For these people who could be considered the top figures in various worlds, Tang Xiao had too little capital to oppose them.

No wonder the main brain waited until he was awakened to open the permission to awaken these people.

Awakened? Tang Xiao leaned back in his chair, raised his hand toward a cup of tea on the table, and concentrated. The cup of tea indeed began to be lifted by an invisible force and flew toward him!

Tang Xiao was delighted, but the cup of tea clattered to the ground, shattering into pieces.

Indeed, he should awaken a few janitors... Tang Xiao looked at the tea leaves scattered on the ground and the busy people on the bridge, and shook his head.

Anyway, this mysterious power should be the Force, a unique power in the Star Wars universe. It is a supernatural and omnipresent force, encompassing everything and capable of anything.

In this world, those who use the light side of the Force are Jedi Knights; those who use the dark side are Sith Lords. In the movies, the ones wielding lightsabers and clashing are these two groups.

The great war between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire was a confrontation between the light and dark sides of the Force. In the end, the Jedi Order, representing the light, won, and the Sith Lords were completely destroyed, forced to retreat to the shadows.

So, I also have the Force. Tang Xiao felt this power, and the tea cup fragments on the ground were lifted one by one and steadily flew toward the trash can.

Then they fell to the ground around the trash can with a clatter.

"Administrator." Qi Jian came to Tang Xiao, who was playing happily, and looked at the flying tea cup fragments, sincerely congratulating him, "Congratulations, Administrator, for mastering this mysterious and powerful force."

"Do you need something?" Tang Xiao asked.

"Yes. Our staff has just completed a plan for our current military strength. Please review it." Qi Jian sent a data package to the screen in front of Tang Xiao.

Tang Xiao looked at the plan and data displayed on the screen and said, "Tell me the conclusion first."

Qi Jian nodded and said, "Our most urgent task is to enhance the defense of the mothership. Relying solely on the Blade fighters is far from enough. They are essentially sealed iron boxes with machine guns and engines. Therefore, we need a more powerful starfighter. Currently, the production lines inside the mothership can directly produce fighters, which can temporarily save the time and resources needed to build a space dock."

Tang Xiao gestured for him to continue.

"We hope to start the development of the Blade II fighter as soon as possible, have the research department quickly analyze the technology of this fighter, and modify the production lines to start production. Additionally, we need to begin research on infrared laser weapons to upgrade the weapon systems of the Blade II fighters." Qi Jian said, taking out the data of a fighter.

Tang Xiao looked at the fighter and recognized it as the one from *Homeworld 2*, indeed an upgraded version of the current Blade fighter. The design was more streamlined, and the handling was better, but the firepower was still weak, with only a six-barreled electromagnetic cannon.

No wonder Qi Jian also requested research on infrared laser weapons, which are the basic laser weapon technology in *Stellaris* and are indeed very practical at this stage.

However, after reviewing the data, Tang Xiao shook his head. He very well understood the kind of opponent he would face. The slight combat enhancement provided by the Blade II fighters was like a drop in the bucket.

Based on his understanding of the *Star Wars* universe, the main fighter of the Galactic Republic should be the ARC-170 heavy fighter. In front of this fighter, both the Blade and Blade II fighters were just flies that could be swatted at any time!

He thought for a moment and said, "I will immediately set up a physics research department to start researching infrared laser weapons."

"Then, what about the Blade II fighters?" Qi Jian asked.

"The improvement in combat capability provided by these fighters is limited. For now, we can increase the production of Blade fighters, increasing the number to 100, and wait for the installation of infrared laser weapons. This is our current task goal." Tang Xiao said.

"But the reliability and combat capability of the Blade fighters are very poor. If a conflict really occurs, many pilots will be sacrificed in vain!" Qi Jian wanted to argue his point.

"Would the pilots of the Blade II fighters not be sacrificed in vain? We need a more powerful fighter! Preferably one with atmospheric combat capability. The enemies we will face are far more powerful than we can imagine!" Tang Xiao waved his hand to interrupt him, "You must understand that we don't have the extra time and resources to research and produce too many transitional products!"

In fact, he had already chosen the next fighter model he needed to research.

CF/A-17!

The Ghost fighter!

From *StarCraft*!

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{Note 1}: By the way, this book will not feature overly absurd or out-of-place characters and technologies, such as Gundam.