Deep Space Wandering Fleet-Chapter 627 - 623 Land Enclosure Movement

"Gentlemen, this news is not good."

Zhang Yuan looked at the materials in hand, his brows slightly furrowed.

"...to put it simply, these major forces held this conference because they want to form an organization and obtain the management rights to the Dyson Sphere!"

The diplomat sighed, "In principle, the maintenance of the Dyson Sphere is supposed to be managed by the super-intelligent Omega. However, Omega only issues the relevant commands without specifying who does the work."

"They divided all the management powers through one interstellar conference! We, the New Human Civilization, didn’t obtain any management seats. We couldn’t have a say at all and were directly pushed out."

"According to these treaties, every civilization that wants to land on the Dyson Sphere must undergo a series of security checks, all in the name of ’safety’!"

"Now all the management regulations haven’t been finalized yet, and we noticed something was wrong, so we withdrew first."

This is indeed a sincere political struggle—New Human Civilization has nothing, has not joined any alliance, and lacks sufficient military strength; naturally, it obtained nothing.

This result is infuriating, especially since New Human Civilization was also one of the builders of the Dyson Sphere. Now, even to land on the Dyson Sphere properly, they must be checked by others. What an utter humiliation!

But there was nothing to be done...

It’s not like we could declare war against all civilizations just like that.

People did not even have a real Curvature Battle Star, and this military strength could be easily observed by other civilizations.

With no strong fist, who would care about you?

This is also the harsh reality.

"Can’t we land formally? Can’t we land quietly? The Dyson Sphere is so vast; can they really manage all of it? They can’t control the super-intelligent Omega, so their words are worthless!"

A general stood up and said loudly.

"Can’t we launch a spy satellite?"

Zhang Yuan sighed, looking at the few military personnel whose faces had turned red, "Well, deploying a spy satellite is not a big deal. But for some public affairs, we obviously cannot just land quietly. This policy is just to annoy weaker civilizations and force them to join an alliance."

"Cheer up, being marginalized also has its advantages. After all, we’re leaving in 20 years; why do we need any management seats? Just don’t think too much."

"Besides, there will be more annoying issues later. This is just the appetizer."

...

Following this, a wave of "enclosure movements" began in the residential areas of the Dyson Sphere! Various civilizations wanted to encircle more territories of the Dyson Sphere for their jurisdiction.

The residential areas of the Dyson Sphere are vast, truly vast, but not infinite.

Controlling the residential territory of the Dyson Sphere has many advantages: first is the administrative power over those areas; second are the rights to data collection, which include data from star observations and some external observations.

In particular, a part of external observation comes with super-low delay superluminal observation. Normally, observing an object one astronomical unit away shows an image from 8 minutes ago, but now, it’s almost real-time data!

This is where the Dyson Sphere far surpasses a Level 4 Civilization.

All this data is automatically released by the Artificial Intelligence "Omega", but without the territory on the Dyson Sphere, one could not access that data.

Thirdly, people could even use some communication devices on the Dyson Sphere for superluminal communication with others, like communicating with the Amoeba Trading Market and spending Amoeba Points to buy technology or to other superluminal communication venues. Directed communication—this all could be achieved.

Despite being very reluctant, New Human Civilization, in order to reduce disputes, had withdrawn all personnel and equipment from the New Human Civilization Embassy at the beginning, leaving only a few communication Artificial Intelligences inside to signify that this was "New Human Civilization’s territory".

In fact, this was a means of probing other external forces.

There would certainly be some civilizations coveting this unguarded territory.

Losing this piece of "territory" didn’t really mean a significant loss of benefits. If humans didn’t covet the Dyson Sphere, they were ready to let those things go. The data previously collected from the Dyson Sphere was sufficient anyway...

But around this piece of Dyson Sphere "territory," how exactly should it be handled, whether to defend it at all costs or trade it for some benefits, there was a bit of disagreement within the human ranks.

"...The main chess players currently consist of three major alliances, each comprising 15 to 30 Level 4 Civilizations and controlling various third-level civilizations under them. Their specific names are the Walker Alliance, Areda, and the Radno Alliance."

"Mid-sized chess players include six forces, each made up of around 10 civilizations. Their specific names are..."

"The remaining are minor chess players, small alliances formed by a few Level 4 Civilizations."

"Then, there are solitary Level 4 Civilizations, minor chess players, including us... all existing in isolation."

During the internal meeting, an interstellar diplomat presented the situation in the region from the stage, "The closest to our geographic location is a large organization called the Walker Alliance."

"This alliance is much stronger than us and is likely to probe our stance...they may also attempt to woo us. It’s still hard to say how it will play out."

Geographic location is still very important on the periphery of the Dyson Sphere. As the surrounding space is densely occupied by spaceships from various forces, everyone has carved out their own territories of natural mineral resources.

The moment we give up our current spatial position, it will immediately be occupied by another force.

Then, to recapture it, we will either have to wage war or negotiate politically and concede significant benefits.

Thus, both the internal and peripheral spaces of the Dyson Sphere are important.

Among the New Human high-level, the first viewpoint is to simply sell this part of the Dyson Sphere territory to the "Walker Alliance," to signify that the New Human Civilization has no intention to participate in this matter.

This viewpoint seems like an "appeasement" to many, which is somewhat difficult to accept psychologically. Yet, after careful analysis, it is found that this method is viable.

Because from a strategic perspective, if the New Human Civilization intends to leave this expanse of space, it inevitably cannot hold onto that segment of Dyson Sphere territory.

If the people leave, can they still hold onto the territory? Impossible!

So, since it’s going to be lost sooner or later, why bother with face? It’s best to foster good relations with the most powerful surrounding forces, delay for 20 years until the construction of the Planet Fortress engine is complete, and then we can leave.

The second viewpoint is that humanity doesn’t need to strike first or cede the Dyson Sphere’s land to ingratiate ourselves with one particular force.

As a Level 4 Civilization, we are no longer a traditional third-level civilization—we must have our own strategic resolve.

Directly selling our territory to a major force sounds simple, but can it truly earn their trust?

Will the Walker Alliance truly protect the New Human Civilization?

It’s very doubtful...

Even if we gift that piece of land, the other side may not appreciate it, and might instead see the New Human Civilization as weak and exploitable.

"Since we do not know the specific ideology of the Walker Alliance—whether they are overbearing, do they share similar values as us, or perhaps their morals are based on the law of the jungle, survival of the fittest—it could mean courting trouble if we gift the land."

"We cannot fully use human values to speculate about other civilizations."

On the other hand, fostering good relations with the most formidable nearby force means worsening relations with other ’chess players,’ and it’s possible that we might be pushed forward as a scapegoat during some dispute!

"This is difficult to avoid."

"Getting closer to one force implies distancing from others."

This is also Zhang Yuan and others’ viewpoint; they feel that there is no need to expend effort to protect that segment of Dyson Sphere territory.

Thus, amidst the intense debate between "false compliance" with one side and maintaining "neutrality,"

"...What if a third-level civilization comes to our embassy to probe?"

Zhang Yuan shouted, "Let them probe!"

"What if they bring in several excavators and flatten all our buildings?!"

"Then let them flatten! But we must condemn them and then impose sanctions! Condemnation is also a form of counterattack!"