The Naval Base of the Unnamed Ship Girls

Furthermore, due to rushed construction and the crew's unfamiliarity with the new equipment, many Minotaur-class battlecruisers were not as powerful as older, behemoth-class ships like the Hyperion.

This situation persisted until the Gorgon-class battlecruisers, also known as the Vulcan-class battlecruisers, appeared, which brought about a substantial improvement in combat capability. After all, the design blueprints for these Gorgon-class battlecruisers were basically modified from the original Hyperion blueprints.

However, these so-called Gorgon-class brats, as described by the Hyperion, were wiped out by Kerrigan the Blade's Mosquitoes (Zerg self-destructing air units).

It was probably because of this incident that the Terrans realized that simply designing and developing ultimate weapons was not very effective. After all, they could not compare to the Protoss technology, and they were easily destroyed by targeted attacks from the Zerg, who could win by sheer numbers.

Therefore, until the Hyperion came to this world and became a ship girl, the Teren Empire did not design or build a new generation of battlecruisers.

Thus, the Hyperion, whose service time was already considered that of an older sister among human warships, still maintained her status as the flagship of the Empire, although this status was largely due to her experiences.

Seeing Hyperion's somewhat indignant expression, Adun thought for a moment and then asked:

"Do you want to change it back to the original way?"

“I’m exactly the same as before, except for that thing in my belly… wait, Adun, you mean to transform me into the original design?” Hyperion scoffed before realizing what Adun was talking about.

"Hmm, it shouldn't be too difficult, and I can add some Protoss design elements when I modify it for you, so that your short-range warp drive can be more adapted to you." Adun offered a pretty good solution.

"Um, what if you turn me into a Protoss ship after you've finished modifying me?" Hyperion asked with some concern.

"You could call it a hybrid ship. Why do you seem so unwilling?" Adun was a little puzzled by Hyperion's reaction.

"Hmm... a Protoss hybrid, huh? That reminds me of something like a hybrid body." Hyperion said somewhat hesitantly, but as soon as he finished speaking, he realized that he seemed to have unintentionally touched a sensitive spot for Adun, and immediately subconsciously assumed a squatting position with his head in his hands.

As expected, Adun's expression changed slightly after hearing Hyperion mention the Primal Body, but he did not punch Hyperion. Instead, he continued in a calm tone, "I said before that the Primal Body is a combination of species. We are essentially warships. Transforming you into a Protoss is a completely different matter."

"Eek... Adun, how come your temper has improved?" Hyperion still remembered that the last time he mentioned the Primal Chaos, he got a good beating from Adun.

"It's probably gotten better." Especially after learning that there were still his own people inside him, Adon was indeed in a very good mood, and when he was in a good mood, his temper was naturally better.

"...Don't scare me..." Hyperion, who knew the Protoss quite well, knew that the Protoss, a race that focused on cultivating the mind and soul, rarely had their temperaments or personalities change.

"Let's not discuss this anymore. Where are Kaga and Atlanta?" Adun waved his hand, indicating that they would not discuss the hybrid ship issue for the time being.

“I sent them to help with disaster relief,” Hyperion said, pointing in a certain direction.

"Then why don't you go?" Adon then asked.

"Ahem, as the Governor's secretary ship, how could I do such a thing... Alright, alright, I was just too lazy to move. Do you know how many times I delivered justice last night? It wasn't any easier than yours!" Hyperion saw Adun's fist-pumping posture and immediately squatted down again.

Even though the fist didn't land on Hyperion, Hyperion still breathed a sigh of relief.

As mentioned before, Protoss rarely have their temperament or personality change drastically, but when they do, it means it's not a trivial matter.

However, it seems that Adun hasn't changed, at least not in terms of his tendency to beat up Hyperion at the drop of a hat.

☆, Chapter 429 The Reasons for the Renovation

Hyperion was not very interested in Adun's proposed hybridization plan, and could even be said to find it unacceptable.

This wasn't because Hyperion didn't trust Adun's technology. As a Terran warship that had become accustomed to being crushed by the Protoss in every aspect except for numbers, Hyperion actually had a lot of faith in Protoss technology.

Back in the Koprulu Sector, any product from the Teren Empire that had Protoss involvement in its marketing could instantly make a fortune.

Even though the Protoss had been outmatched by the Protoss for several years, the Terrans still wanted to prove themselves in certain areas.

For example, this is how Hyperion is reacting now.

When the Hyperion served under Commander Raynor, it was not only the flagship but also the mobile headquarters. Therefore, the Hyperion's database, like Adun's, contains complete information about its race's tech tree. Without this information, it wouldn't be able to serve as the headquarters. Back then, the Hyperion also took on various new equipment modification and research tasks for Raynor's Rangers.

Therefore, the Hyperion still wanted to use the information left by their creator to showcase human technology in this world.

Even if they can't beat Adun, it would be good to get Adun's acknowledgment. Anyway, Hyperion is sure Adun won't give a bad evaluation on purpose.

However, if they accept Adun's hybrid ship modification plan, especially one that involves the modification of the entire ship, it would mean that the Hyperion acknowledges from the inside out that the Terran's technology is inferior to that of the Protoss.

This was something that Hyperion, who had followed Commander Renault all over the country for so many years and was arrogant and haughty, could not accept.

Upon realizing Hyperion's thoughts, Adon said somewhat irritably, "If it weren't for my leniency, assisting you with such a degree of modification would be against the doctrines of the Daw."

The Protoss's Daw doctrine forbids them from interfering in the development of other races' civilizations unless absolutely necessary. Adun's installation of a short-range warp engine in Hyperion, which requires no understanding but is simply for use, is a rather borderline act.

This hybrid modification, which combines Protoss technology with human technology from the inside out, definitely violates the doctrines of the Daw.

"Make allowances? Do you Protoss people make allowances?" Hyperion was a little surprised. In her mind, Protoss and make allowances were antonyms.

“Since Archbishop Artanis is unable to issue the order, I think I can make an exception,” Adon explained before continuing, “and in my judgment, assisting you with the transformation would be more beneficial than harmful.”

"Uh..." Upon hearing Adun's words, the Hyperion fell silent. The human battlecruiser began to ponder why Adun would make that judgment.

As a seasoned ship girl who had seen it all, Hyperion pondered for a moment before turning serious and asking Adun:

"You think this kind of thing will happen again in the future?"

"We can't rule out a next time." Adun's modification suggestion for Hyperion was based on the concerns of the three old-fashioned ship girls: whether more special ship girls like Adun, Hyperion, Retribution, and Omega would appear.

Adun knew she was powerful, but with so much data from the Age of Expeditions, she also knew she was definitely not the most powerful in the universe.

Perhaps in the future, a special ship girl even more powerful than her will be summoned to this world, and that special ship girl will come from a plundering civilization like the Retribution.

At that time, Adun will need some allies who can help him, just like when he fought against those Twisted Lifeforms in the Twisting Nether. If it weren't for the Hyperion and other human warships and the Leviathans of the Zerg, Adun would have perished no matter how powerful he was.

"Um... is time tight?" Because the Protoss are best at those mystical things, and the Void Seeker (who is closest to Hyperion) is a charlatan like her master, Hyperion subconsciously took Adun's words as a prophecy.

There's a prophecy that this special ship girl will soon stir up trouble again.

Adun glanced at Hyperion and knew that the other's thinking had gone astray. He sighed and uttered an ancient saying used by both humans and Protoss: "The best warriors achieve victory without seeking glory."

“Hmm…” Hearing Adun say that, Hyperion knew that his modification was inevitable, but the human battlecruiser still wanted to try and said, “Can I decide for myself what I’m going to do?”

“Sure.” Ardon answered readily, making Hyperion instantly feel like he was being asked for an exorbitant price and was now being asked to negotiate.

As expected, Adun said to the somewhat surprised Hyperion, "Actually, how to modify it is not the point. The point is that you need some modifications, at least to make you combat-ready when facing a UO-class ship girl like me."

Although Narrative was beaten quite badly by Adun, and could even be said to have no chance to fight back, Adun's observation and analysis showed that if Hyperion were to fight Narrative one-on-one, it would likely be Hyperion who would suffer a great loss.

"Is she really that amazing?" Hyperion asked, somewhat incredulous.

"Without protection, how long do you think you have the durability to withstand the self-destruction of a Dark Archon's psionic energy and survive? Do you think you can sink him?" Adun explained to Hyperion.

"It's just a Dark Archon self-destructing. As long as it doesn't self-destruct next to my engine, I can handle it," Hyperion replied.

“Heh heh…” Adon simply chuckled in response to Hyperion.

"Okay, if that Dark Archon is a combination of ship girls from this world, I'll definitely kneel down." Hyperion knew that his previous response was a complete fallacy of sophistry.

“It’s not a combination,” Ardon added.

"Wait...you mean that ship girl really succeeded? She became a Dark Archon all by herself?" Hyperion's expression was a little horrified. Having fought the Protoss for so many years, she knew that it wasn't just about merging to become a Dark Archon that was so powerful.

To put it simply, a Templar capable of becoming an Archon on their own is a High Priest-level Templar in the Protoss, and the loss of even one of these Templars is a significant loss for the Protoss.

Seeing that Hyperion understood the situation, Adun nodded in agreement.

“No wonder he’s so powerful…” Hyperion scratched the back of his head and said, “So, if I were the only ship with that kind of enemy, it would indeed be difficult to deal with, but if I can’t beat him, I can just run away.”

The Hyperion was extremely adept at the Terren race's ability to move like the wind.

Upon hearing Hyperion's suggestion of a way to escape if they couldn't win, Adun simply maintained a very serious expression.

"Alright, alright, I'll modify it." Hyperion gave in to Adun's gaze and said, "But Adun, you can't just rely on one ship. You need to summon some old friends, or even old rivals."

“Yes, that’s what I was planning to do too, but how can you be sure I’ll summon those old friends?” Adun asked, raising an eyebrow.

“Intuition! The intuition of a warship!” Hyperion said with certainty.

Chapter 430 Everyone, make way!

Now that Adun has given his approval, no matter what Hyperion's intuition is, it won't change Adun's plan to summon... oh no, I mean, to build a large number of buildings.

Anyway, the human race's psychic precognition is purely a hoax because the human soul has too much extension; there's nothing to believe in it.

As for Hyperion's confident intuition, Adun, who was also an old friend of Hyperion, learned the meaning of "crow's beak" in human language through Hyperion's actions, and also learned about the animal crow.

So whether it's the Hyperion's intuition or the never-before-successful human psychic precognition, it doesn't matter.

Believing Hyperion's words is less likely than believing that singing can win interstellar wars; Adun, for one, never believed it.

However, even if you want to be like a true admiral, clinging to the builder and doing all sorts of large-scale construction, now is not the right time.

Ardon didn't know how many builder devices the Central Academy had, but no matter how many, as the governor, she should have no problem using them.

But looking at the current state of the Central Academy... or more accurately, the Governor's Mansion, let's focus on disaster relief first.

Similarly, the renovation plan for the Hyperion can only be implemented after the Governor's Palace has completed its disaster relief work.

It used to be the governor's residence of the Central Academy. Although it was not large in area, it had a permanent population of over a million. After Yaton forcibly signed contracts with these residents, there was no need for a census; Yaton already had a precise single-digit number.

Fortunately, half of them were ship girls, natural sea creatures, which made the disaster relief work go very smoothly.

The large fleet that was originally intended to rush to the aid of this place also served as an artificial floating island to provide a place for a large number of ordinary people to settle down. The rest were properly settled by the non-combat ship girls of the Governor's Mansion.

It's not impossible for cargo ships to temporarily serve as passenger ships, and it's foreseeable that the repair canals used by ship girls for bathing will be very popular in the near future.

In addition, with numerous contingency plans in place for various situations, the ship girls working on the disaster relief efforts systematically collected and categorized the collapsed foundation debris, awaiting the next steps in the reconstruction plan.

As for how to rebuild, that will inevitably involve the new Governor-General of the Pacific, so Ardon isn't in a hurry.

So before getting to these things, Adun and Hyperion had to take care of a very important little thing.

That was Wo-chan, discovered by a small group of disaster relief ship girls, and the deep-sea aircraft carrier that had just been transformed into a deep-sea ship girl not long ago.

Aircraft carriers are not well-suited for stealth operations, especially with this Abyssal Aircraft Carrier, which has just been transformed into an Abyssal Ship Girl. Although it has self-awareness, its combat power is only about the same as Kaga's.

These two deep-sea carriers were easily detected by the elite ship girls who first entered the area that used to be the headquarters of the military police.

Unlike the two deep-sea submarines, Nautilus and Xiaoyou, which were not only undetected by these hundreds of thousands of ship girls (those who did detect them knew they were their own ships and simply pretended not to see them), they also helped these disaster relief ship girls with small favors within their capabilities.

This made a small number of ship girls think they had a memory problem. They clearly transported 100 tons of supplies, so how did it become 500 tons after the review?

"Wo!" Upon noticing the appearance of these elite ship girls, Wo-chan instantly transformed into Wo Sykes-chan. However, the problem was that her newly recruited subordinates did not possess this ability. So, when the ship girls instinctively raised their cannons and aimed them at the newly formed deep-sea carrier, Wo-chan, just like when she protected Adun, adopted a protective stance, like an eagle guarding its young.

"Please do not protect the Abyssal Fleet. No matter the reason, if you ignore our warning, you will also be considered an enemy, Your Excellency the Carrier." The squad leader of the ship girl team, who had noticed the Abyssal Fleet, said to wo-chan while directing her team members to take up advantageous positions.

This approach demonstrates that the Central Academy garrison has long been rendered ineffective; if it were the former military police, they would have opened fire without any warning.

Ship girls who are with deep-sea ship girls can be automatically considered as fallen ship girls. When dealing with fallen ship girls, the military police always choose to kill the innocent rather than let the guilty go free.

Even if they accidentally attacked the wrong ship, they could just apologize later. That's why the Military Police's reputation has been getting worse and worse in recent years; they were wiped out from within by the Retribution ship without the ship girls even noticing.

Part of the reason was that Akagi and Kitazawa were happy to see the joke, but the bigger reason was that the military police in their black uniforms had made them the target of public resentment.

"Wowowo!!" Wo-chan warned the ship girls not to approach in her own language, and also took the opportunity to call out Adun's name, saying that she was a ship girl under the governor and had special rights to operate.