RoleplayNovel Chapter 66 Fleet Dispatch
Chapter 66 Fleet Dispatch
Chapter 66 Fleet Scheduling (The author is trying to add more chapters, but it's currently delayed).
Olympus Hub, Office of the Provisional Governing Council.
Zhang Qiming sat behind the long table in the Supreme Commander's office, with piles of lists awaiting signature in front of him.
With the new regime just established, Ares and Chiseiro can handle the vast majority of verification, archiving, distribution, and routine approvals for him.
However, documents involving personnel appointments and removals, military and political takeovers, financial allocations, and local purges still require the personal signature of the supreme commander.
After signing a list of personnel appointments and dismissals, he raised his hand to rub his temples and opened the Alaya module.
In Alaya's system module, the planetary state of Mars is compressed into five key indicators.
[Stability: 59 | Smooth Governance]
Happiness level: 49 | Just getting by
[Comfort level: 39 | Just enough to satisfy hunger]
[Livability: 59, Environment is acceptable]
[Crime Rate: 40 Criminal Cases on the Rise]
These five values are named according to ranges, with each range consisting of 10 points. The higher the values of the first four values, the better the environment.
The higher the crime rate, the worse the security situation becomes, with 0-9 being the best and 90-100 being the worst.
The requirements for the first stage of the Philosopher King are very clear: stability, happiness, comfort, and livability must all reach 60 or above.
The crime rate must be reduced to between 10 and 19 to enter the [good public security] range.
Zhang Qiming looked at the numbers and tapped his finger lightly on the table. Mars had been captured, but the planet was far from truly secure.
The stability index is just one step away from crossing 60, indicating that the military and political transition after the collapse of the old regime was generally good.
The habitability is not much different. Mars itself has a good city dome, air circulation and fuel ice system. It just needs to work hard to push the habitability to sixty.
The real problems are happiness, comfort, and crime.
The low happiness level is because the Martians have been oppressed by the Holy Cardinals for too long, and with the new regime just established, many people are still observing.
The low level of comfort is due to a mountain of old problems in industry and mining, rationing, housing, artificial body maintenance, and the supply of daily necessities.
The rising crime rate is due to the emergence of remnants of armed groups, black market dealers, arms dealers, and local gangs that took advantage of the chaos to loot goods after the war.
Zhang Qiming has already developed a preliminary plan for dealing with these five indicators. After the new regime comes to power, simply shouting slogans is not enough; it must first use laws to get the state machinery running again.
The power of laws lies in their ability to transform the strategic will of the commander into unified administrative orders, which are then broken down into rigid tasks that must be implemented in each area. Moreover, the Alaya system can monitor the operation of laws throughout the entire process.
At the same time, the decrees are implemented through a dual-track mechanism: they are issued to players through the mission system and executed by local personnel through the government system. This further ensures that the decrees cover the entire Martian region without any blind spots.
After taking office, he issued a total of five decrees: the Basic Rationing Guarantee Decree, the Industrial and Mining Resumption and Prosthetic Protection Decree, the Price and Currency Stabilization Decree, the Public Security Rectification Decree, and the Grassroots Reconstruction Decree.
These five laws correspond to five indicators.
Rationing and production boost comfort; artificial body debt and hot meal quotas boost happiness; administrative takeover and grassroots reconstruction boost stability; urban maintenance and resource allocation stabilize livability; and public security rectification suppresses crime.
However, eradicating crime is not something that the Sky Chaser government can achieve overnight through its current efforts to improve public order.
Mars has just experienced a change of regime. In the gaps between the old and new orders, those shady criminals, like cockroaches in the ventilation ducts of a mine, take advantage of the chaos to swarm out and wreak havoc in every corner of the city.
At times like these, the commander-in-chief must use his sharpest sword—the Fourth Calamity.
Zhang Qiming directly opened the [Planet Resolution] of the Alaya System. His gaze swept over the security category column, and he clicked on the special resolution that was bright red without hesitation.
[Resolution initiated]
[Resolution Type: Government Security Operation (Local) / Player Co-op Mission]
[Expected effects: Decreased crime rate, improved local security, increased loot and security contribution points.]
In the same column, there is also a seemingly harmless option: appeasement.
[Resolution: Negotiate with the crime boss]
[Expected Outcome: Short-term stability will increase slightly, some underground activities will be brought under temporary control, crime levels will remain unchanged, and may even secretly increase]
Zhang Qiming glanced at it only once, then swiped his finger to throw the option into the recycle bin.
To make yourself negotiate with the crime boss?
What kind of interstellar joke is this!
The Sky Chaser had just nailed those high and mighty old Deng to the pillar of historical shame, and now they were being asked to put their arms around these shrewish rats who had crawled out during the transition between the old and the new and to bargain with them?
Oh.
If you know what's good for you, come and surrender now with your ledgers, maps of your hideouts, and a list of your protectors. The Sky Chaser government might still spare your breath.
Those who don't know their place, let them see just how hard the Skyward Fist really is.
Moreover, players will be happy to teach these scoundrels a lesson on behalf of the government.
Zhang Qiming looked at the patches of red dots that lit up on the security map, his face expressionless. These red dots would become targets of government crackdowns, and also become mission objectives for players.
The cold-blooded criminals will eventually become warm experience points in the eyes of the players.
After finishing his official duties for the day, he was just about to close the file stream when Zhang Nanhai's call came in.
Zhang Nanhai is no longer just a captain in the Guards Fleet. After the establishment of the Martian Provisional Government, he was appointed as the highest-ranking officer of the Naval Command of the National Defense Forces, responsible for the overall naval operations of the First, Second, and Third Fleets, as well as the Guards Orbital Fleet.
The issue of the Fourth Fleet was personally listed by Zhang Qiming as the most important project of the Naval Command at present.
Zhang Qiming raised his hand to connect the call.
The light screen lit up, and Zhang Nanhai appeared on the screen, with the newly activated orbital situation wall of the Navy Headquarters behind him.
Several fleet routes intersected behind him. The markers of the First Fleet, the Second Fleet, and the Third Fleet were all maintaining vigilance in the outer perimeter of Mars' near orbit, while only the marker of the Fourth Fleet remained stationary in the more distant outer navigation area.
Zhang Qiming glanced at him.
"Is the Fourth Fleet making a move?"
Zhang Nanhai nodded and replied, "Yes."
"We intercepted several of their internal encrypted channels. The Fourth Fleet is now divided into two factions. One faction believes that Mars is irretrievable. They believe that if we save the land but lose the people, we lose both; if we save the people but lose the land, we save both."
"Therefore, this faction advocates taking the fleet away from the Martian zone, preserving the fleet and current manpower, and looking for an opportunity to counterattack Mars later."
He raised his hand and pushed a section of the fleet's route in front of Zhang Qiming. Several squadron markers of the Fourth Fleet were slowly shifting in the outer navigation area, and two of the escort formations had already left their original assembly points.
"The other faction is still shouting to protect the faith and quell the rebellion, proposing to send a distress signal to Terra and use Terra's forces to wipe us out. The die-hard faction feels that if we run away now, we will lose everything."
At this point, Zhang Qiming said with a hint of sarcasm, "It's an old tradition in the church to start fighting amongst themselves at a time like this—but the evacuation faction at least has a little bit of sense."
As for the die-hard faction, they are simply connected to the anus via a neural interface, with prosthetic sphincter muscles replacing their thinking; their brains are filled with nothing but shit.
Zhang Qiming fell into deep thought, wondering how to deal with this dog poop.
The Martian provisional government has just been established, and the Guard Fleet is the only force truly under the control of the central government. Neither the Corona or the Propylene orbital port can be easily vacated.
Most of the personnel within the First Fleet are already Sky Destroyers, and can be completely trusted.
The Second Fleet is largely composed of reformist forces affiliated with Hagia Sophia. The new regime has just been established, and the separation of church and state has only just begun. It is not advisable to directly weaken the military power held by the reformists, but they can still be mobilized.
Although the Third Fleet accepted the orders of the provisional government, the fleet's attitude remained cautious, making it a fence-sitter and far from being completely controlled by the central government.
Zhang Qiming: "If we were to deal with the Fourth Fleet now, what would you say?"
Zhang Nanhai had obviously thought about this issue beforehand, so he immediately replied, "The Guard Fleet absolutely cannot be moved, at least the main force cannot leave Mars's near-orbit. It is now the gatekeeper of the Skyward Central Government. If it is really sent out to pursue the Fourth Fleet, a fatal gap will immediately appear in Mars's ground and near-orbit defenses."
"My suggestion is that the First Fleet should be deployed as the main attack group to exert pressure, and Dongfang Yao should absolutely obey the central command's orders."
"The Second Fleet will be coordinated and commanded by Saint Sophia, and will be responsible for flanking maneuvers to completely block all retreat routes of the Fourth Fleet back to the inner channel."
"The Third Fleet must also be brought in, regardless of their ulterior motives. This time, they must take a clear stance and show their allegiance."
"What Skyward needs is a regular fleet that obeys orders and can fight tough battles, not a warlord fleet that obeys orders but not commands and holds power independently."
Zhang Nanhai concluded in a deep voice, "The Fourth Fleet is now completely divided internally, with the pro-war faction and the pro-escape faction hindering each other. This is our only strategic window of opportunity to achieve victory in one fell swoop. If we miss this chance, they will either flee to the outer ring and become bandits, or they will turn around and launch a counterattack, both of which will be very disadvantageous for us."
Zhang Qiming nodded; the judgment was absolutely accurate.
The Fourth Fleet is a sword hanging overhead; if it is not eliminated, the new regime will never have peace. The Third Fleet is a double-edged sword; if it is not handled properly, military power will never be truly unified.
If external threats are not eliminated, the foundation will not be stable.
Internal troubles are not dealt with, and government orders are blocked.
After a moment's hesitation, he made a decision immediately.
"You issued an operational order in the name of the Naval Headquarters, connected with Dongfang Yao's flagship, and ordered the First Fleet to enter Level 1 combat readiness, with the main force of the fleet tactically advancing towards the asteroid belt."
"At the same time, contact Saint Sofia and have the Second Fleet immediately enter a state of coordinated operation, seize flank positions according to the pre-arranged plan, and block the Fourth Fleet's route back to the inner channel."
"As for the Third Fleet—there's no need to go through the usual procedures; I will personally issue the Supreme Commander's transfer order."
"At this point, a playful expression appeared on his face."
"I'm quite curious to see what kind of answer this fleet commander, who commands such a large army, will give me."