Because of its political system and the large interstellar territory of the Yelong Empire.
It's simply the interstellar version of the aristocratic feudal system.
Go to war with the Galactic Defense Group and even take over the surrounding galaxies.
For many nobles, this is a great achievement.
If you have made contributions, you need to be rewarded and distributed.
The Pillar Family has made greater contributions, but they are already a Pillar Family, and their status is second only to the royal family. How can they be rewarded?
You can no longer add titles, you can only add territories and planets.
Should other middle and high-level nobles who have made military achievements be granted fiefdoms?
In fact, it is possible not to divide the fiefdoms, but it will make it easy for the nobles under his command to lose hope and be easily lured away by the pillar families.
Comparing the strength between the royal family of the Yelong Empire and the four pillar families, it can only be said that the royal family has the advantage.
But if others do not support the royal family and instead support the pillar family, then it is very likely that the royal family will be pushed out of power.
It is not easy for the royal family of the Yelong Empire to rule this empire.
Weigh the pros and cons.
After hanging up the call with Brown Yellon.
Kipling Yellon brought in his own team of think tanks.
The emperor first told the information about the Galactic Defense Group, the information about this star field, and the impact of the subspace storm.
"My Lords, how should we make decisions?"
The think tanks discussed quickly and their brains worked rapidly.
There were many think tanks who already had their own plans in mind before the emperor asked.
A think tank said: "Your Majesty, whether to conquer the Galaxy Defense or not, we will know after doing some calculations."
Kipling Yeron turned his gaze away.
The think tank is also a psychic, and he uses his psychic power to outline a string of numbers.
"Galactic Defense Intelligence reports that they possess at least eight thousand warships, with approximately two hundred battleships and four to five hundred cruisers."
"We cannot confirm whether this number is inflated, but I am more inclined to believe that the number of ships they have may be higher than this number."
"They also have a vassal civilization that can contribute approximately three to four thousand warships."
Then, the think tank drew a picture of the fleet owned by the Yelong Empire. "Your Majesty, the number of ships we have, including those of the royal family and the Pillarstone family, is nearly 15,000."
"There are five Hard Scale Fleets directly under the Empire's jurisdiction but funded by middle and high-ranking nobles."
"Together, the Empire has nearly 20,000 warships."
"But if we want to defeat the Galaxy Defense Group with minimal losses, this means we must deploy at least 15,000 warships... or even more."
"With the current size of the fleet, we can't do that. The Empire's borders need to be guarded, and threats from other directions won't allow us to take most of the fleet with us."
"So, if we want to conquer the Galactic Defense Group with minimal losses, this means we may need to expand our forces to five to seven Hard Scale Battle Groups, with 5,000 to 7,000 warships."
"And what can we gain after conquering this civilization?"
"Galaxy Defense currently possesses twenty-seven life-bearing planets. This star field possesses a total of over fifty life-bearing planets."
"According to our intelligence analysis, the Galaxy Defense is a garrison state. They are frantically expanding their military, and they have almost no resources left."
"Other civilizations are engaged in an arms race with the Galactic Defense Force and are frantically expanding their military forces, consuming a massive amount of resources."
"After conquering these planets, we won't be able to harvest resources immediately, and since we've conquered these civilizations, we'll also need to invest in rebuilding these planets."
"This means that we will need to build a new fleet and go to war at the same time, and then bear a huge amount of military expenses after the war begins."
"After the war, even if we win, we will still need to bear the huge maintenance costs of these fleets."
"In the long run, we will definitely profit from taking these fifty planets, but to recoup the cost of conquering these planets, it may take the resources accumulated by the Empire for thirty to forty years."
The battle came to an end. Kipling Yeron sat down on the throne tiredly, rubbing his brow with his upper arm.
You don’t know until you calculate it, and you’ll be shocked when you do.
War does cost money, and the sound of a cannon is worth a fortune.
Every time a battleship's main gun fires, a large amount of energy units are fired.
The construction of carrier-based aircraft and warships is not cheap either.
Space missiles and space torpedoes need to be launched in large quantities in every battle.
A large-scale interstellar battle might require the launch of millions of space missiles and torpedoes.
Plus personnel training and war damage compensation.
Plus the mobilization of a large number of logistical fleets.
Transporting logistics all the way from the front line may take several years, and this route will be almost filled with logistics warships.
But if we can capture fifty life-bearing planets, it will all be worth it.
It's just that the investment is a bit larger and it takes longer to recover the cost.
Emperor Kipling Yeron signaled the think tank to continue.
The think tank also continued: "We don't know when the existing crisis, the subspace storm, will dissipate or whether it will continue to expand."
"This means that for safety's sake, the most we can do is annex the planets in this area."
On the star map, the think tank drew an area that included the former Narbo Alliance, part of the Moranok Interstellar Lordship, and part of the Tany Empire.
There are about twenty planets in total.
"We can directly govern these twenty life-bearing planets. For the other planets, we can only exercise tributary rule, using agents to manage them. We can't even invest in post-war reconstruction."
"This means it will take longer for us to recoup our costs, perhaps 50 to 60 years."
"Of course, if everything is stable, it will be worth it."
"But if the warp storm dissipates and the powerful civilization behind the Galactic Defense Corporation, Blueprint Biotechnology, reappears, what should we do?"
"A single garrisoned state has already made it so difficult for us to deal with it. We are probably no match for a more powerful suzerain state."
"So, in my opinion, we cannot go to war directly with the Galaxy Defense Group."
"At most, we support proxies, such as the Yelong Empire, and use them to contain the Galaxy Defense Group."
"Let the Galaxy Defense Group continue to waste resources on the Yelong Empire."
"We can even station a large army on the border to constantly threaten the Galaxy Defense Group, forcing their large fleet to maintain a constant combat readiness posture and waste resources."
"There are many advantages to this. The main force of the fleet is confronting us, which means that they will have less power to deal with the Yelong Empire."
"The Galaxy Defense Group will inevitably consume a large amount of resources and continue to weaken in this cold war."
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