Elysia High Orbit
Star Destroyer Myto
Moff Trevat quarters
Moff Trevat sat at his desk in his private room and gazed out at the planet Elysia through the window in his office. There's not much stuff on the table because this room is not his office. Moff Trevat mostly uses the table to just contemplate while looking at the space scene with the planet Elysia in the background.
Currently, Moff Trevat is thinking a lot about the condition of the Myto Empire, which still doesn't have many military starships to conduct exploration and security in the areas that have been discovered. The discovery of traces from various nations that were quite advanced, even to the point of being able to make planets artificially, made him very worried. It is impossible for him to move again, unless a way or technology is found that can transport them to Earth or back to the Galactic Empire or Star Wars universe.
This uncertainty worried Trevat, so he ordered the Myto Empire's military capabilities to be increased by restarting the production of military starships, including the production of battlefortresses, which have some of the capabilities of the death star. Trevat hopes that the firepower of the Battlefortress class will be high enough to be able to destroy planets in a few shots.
Suddenly the communicator device on his desk beeped, a sign that someone wanted to talk to him. Moff Trevat also pressed the button to open the communication channel.
"Yes, what's up?" Trevat said.
"Excuse me, sir, we have a request to speak with you from our ambassador in the Kingdom of Altarus. He indicated that there was a need that could only be met by you." said the communications officer from star destroyer Myto.
"Connect at this terminal." Trevat said
For a moment, the communication device flashed, and the Galactic Empire's crest appeared on the device's screen. Trevat prefers communication with 3D screens compared to holograms. This is because 3D screens can show images with much better definition than holograms. After a while, the connection was made, and it was ambassador Kharta, the Myto Empire's ambassador to the kingdom of Altarus, who immediately greeted Moff Trevat.
"Did something extraordinary happen in the kingdom of Altarus that it should contact me, rather than the foreign official or Governor Ira?" he inquired.
"Excuse me, sir, I have news that I thought could only be given to you. At the end of yesterday's victory, the kingdom of Altarus threw a party across the country. During the party, many people suddenly appeared at our embassy. They want to become slaves in the Myto Empire." answer Kharta. "I can't convey this to other officials because remembering the issue of slavery is forbidden, but the traditional values of the Altarus kingdom cause them to want to return the favor even at the individual level."
"Hmm, as you know, slavery is illegal in our country. Can't that gratitude be manifested in other ways?" he asked.
"Not this time, sir. Individually, they feel very indebted to our country because maybe someone's whole family could be killed in a war, and so on. I honestly don't understand why they insist on selling themselves as slaves. Their culture is very different from ours, sir." answered Kharta.
Trevat immediately imagined the stories of the isekai genre and the ancient world that he had often read while on earth. It seems to be a custom similar to the stories. The story from ancient times of the Isekai theme, where the protagonist owns a harem, flashed through Trevat's head. But Trevat immediately pushed that thought away.
"Isn't there another way?" Trevat asked.
"I offer a solution for them to become assistants or just personal bodyguards, sir. But since this is a sensitive matter, King Taara the 14th and I hope that they can work directly with you." Kharta said.
"Hmm, that's a pretty good idea, as long as it's not just slavery. But we cannot accept too much. I myself actually do not need assistants, maids, or bodyguards except those provided by Myto." Trevat said.
"Yes sir. I think around 20 to 30 people should be enough." Kharta said.
"15-25 only. They will be placed in my private residence in Jakarta." Trevat said. "Only 2-3 people who may be able to accompany me on Star Destroyer Myto in the future."
"Yes, sir," Kharta replied."We have to do training or habituation so they don't experience culture shock with our condition."
"Correct. Make sure that they are well acculturated." Trevat said.
"Yes sir. There is still one tricky problem, sir." Kharta said
"What's that?" replied Trevat.
"King Taara the 14th eldest daughter, Lumies, also insisted on becoming your concubine. I was really shocked about this." Kharta said. "I cannot come up with a solution except to inform you."
"Wow, has King Taara the 14th lost his mind?" said Trevat, as he was once again reminded of the harem theme in the stories he had often read on earth.
"King Taara the 14th himself doesn't agree with that, but princess Lumies is very adamant about doing it." Kharta said. "Also, if it is rejected, it will disrupt relations between the two countries because, like, we think Princess Lumies is not worthy enough for the Myto Empire. Therefore, I consulted with you regarding this matter as I do not have a solution."
"I don't have a solution either. This shouldn't be the era for marriages to be done out of political affiliation or out of love." Trevat said while scratching his non itchy head.
"Yes sir, is it possible for Princess Lumies to meet you? At least there's a solution that can be discussed," Kharta suggested.
"Hmm, maybe she can. We will discuss this later. This is because it is not good for us to only accept representatives from the Altarus kingdom." Trevat said.
"I will wait for your decision, sir." Kharta said.
"OK, I'll tell you about that later," Trevat said, cutting the line with Kharta, the Myto Empire's ambassador to the kingdom of Altarus.
---oOo---
Jakarta, Terminus Island, Myto Empire
Mu Embassy
Ambassador Mu's Office
The new ambassador of Mu, Eleni, replaced the temporary ambassador who was part of the Mu Empire's diplomatic mission to the Myto Empire, Ambassador Enzio. The members of the diplomatic mission have also returned to Mu.
Currently the Mu Empire's Embassy in the Myto Empire is busy taking care of the import of various goods needed by the Mu Empire. These items are not only military equipment but also various devices such as computers, cars, and various other items. From the Mu Empire, various items that are called 'classic goods' are exported, which are much loved as part of fashion in the Myto Empire. Apart from that, a number of entrepreneurs from the Mu Empire were busy wanting to invest in the five islands opened by the Myto Empire for businesses from outside the Myto Empire.
Ambassador Eleni saw various reports of import activities from Myto Empire and saw that more than 100 F1 fighter planes had been sent to Mu Empire, where in Mu Empire itself the aircraft factory that had previously made Marin fighter planes had been converted to make F1 fighter planes, and in the past week it has started production of F1 fighter aircraft with some components, especially engines and electronics, still being imported from Myto Empire. It is hoped that the production capacity of these factories will reach 10 F1 fighters per week, so that an order for 300 F1 fighters can be completed in just 30 weeks. After that, the next order will be carried out until all Marin aircraft are replaced by F1 aircraft.
The Marin aircraft will then be used solely for training and defensive defense. Aircraft factories will slowly increase their production capabilities so that, in the end, it may only take 20 weeks to complete production of the first batch of F1 aircraft. The engine factory that makes aircraft engines is also being upgraded so that within 1 or 2 months it will be able to produce F1 aircraft engines. Likewise with the electronics industry, which will produce not only military electronic devices, including for F1 aircraft, but also for domestic needs.
Ambassador Eleni also saw that nearly 100 F2 fighters and 30 B-1 bombers had been received. Converting pilots from Marin planes to F2 and B-1 planes will take much longer. The aircraft industry is also being prepared to manufacture F2 fighters in the Mu Empire. Likewise, for the manufacture of DC-4 and DC-7, the factory is under construction.
In addition, all La Kasami class ships have been towed to enter the dock for an upgrade, which will take six months with assistance from Myto Empire. In another 6 months, 5 battleships of the La Kasami class will be equipped with modern weapons. As for the destroyers, within 3 weeks the first group will arrive at Mu Empire and will be used as training ships. In 4 months, the cruiser will also arrive in Mu. For production in Mu itself, it will only be implemented after 6 months, after the La Kasami class ships have been upgraded.
Likewise, the production of armored vehicles is also underway, although it is still not running at full speed. Light and heavy weapons have also started to be produced in Mu, so it is hoped that they can quickly replace all existing weaponry.
Ambassador Eleni was very happy because, on paper, in another six months, the Mu Empire would be able to rival the strength of the HME, and in one year, theoretically, the military strength of the Mu Empire should have surpassed that of the HME. Even so, the Mu Empire would try to hide its military power until at least all of the first batch of battleships and carriers had been received. This was done to avoid premature conflicts that might arise with the other powers in Elysia, especially Gra Valkas.
While ambassador Eleni was daydreaming, suddenly a secretary knocked on the door and entered her study, giving her a document while saying, "Madam ambassador, we got news from Myto Empire that the delivery of F1 fighter planes will be delayed."
"Oh, why is that?" said Elena.
"For the time being, the fighter planes that were going to be exported to us will be given to the Altarus kingdom because of the conflict conditions that occurred there. According to Myto Empire, the delay won't be more than 2 weeks." said his secretary.
"Oh, only two weeks. Alright, tell the Myto Empire that we don't mind if there's any delay in the delivery of the F1 fighter. Also ask what we can do to solve the conflict problem in the kingdom of Altarus." Ambassador Eleni said.
"Yes, madam ambassador." replied the secretary.
---oOo---
Le Brias, Kingdom of Altarus
King Chambers
King Taara the 14th is currently meeting with his daughter and the Prime Minister of Altarus.They talked about the reaction of the Myto Empire's embassy to the Altarus kingdom's request that King Taara the 14th himself submitted.
"The Myto Empire seems to be granting the request regarding the military materials we requested. They will be suspending the delivery of the F1 planes to the Mu Empire to give them to us. It looks like we will get F1 fighter planes according to our request, which is 80 pieces." said King Taara the 14th.
"We should thank them for that, sire. Because if we have 80 more warplanes, then our air force becomes stronger." said the prime minister. "I have also contacted the Principality of Qua Toyne and the Kingdom of Quila. They will help us by selling 20 wyverns from each country. With those wyverns, our wyvern army will be almost back to normal after the battle. We also continue to arm the civilian ships we have purchased with weapons. Some of them even have 105mm cannons installed.
"Very good, our ships from Myto Empire will also be coming soon. If they don't attack within 1 month, then our military strength will increase greatly. We will be able to fight them even if they exert as much military power as in the previous battle. Moreover, the Myto Empire is also strengthening their military to protect us." said King Taara the 14th.
"Father, how about our 'gift'?" asked Princess Lumies.
"As we expected, they really didn't like the idea of giving them slaves." said King Taara the 14th.
"How about a proposal for myself, Father?" asked Princess Lumies.
"Ambassador Myto almost had a heart attack when he heard that. He really surprised my daughter. He almost thinks your father is insane. What is clear is that Ambassador of Myto Empire cannot decide, he will consult directly with Moff Trevat." said King Taara the 14th.
"Then is there a solution?" asked Princess Lumies.
"He agreed that those who registered would be selected to become assistants." said King Taara the 14th. "I also received information that Moff Trevat was apparently not married and did not have a partner."
"Oh, I see. Then how can I meet him?" asked Princess Lumies further.
"The ambassador of Myto Empire will ask Moff Trevat. Moff Trevat may personally invite representatives from several countries.To date, no country representative in Elysia has ever met Moff Trevat." said King Taara the 14th.
"Well we can't rush into matters like that." said the prime minister. "We have to wait for what Myto Empire says."
"Yes, you must be patient, my child. Even if your intentions are good, you can't rush things." King Taara, the 14th, said to Princess Lumies.
"Anyway, back to business at hand, what is the level of training, especially for air and sea troops? Because most likely the two branches of the military will fight first." said King Taara the 14th.
"For the air force, because of the past battle, the skill level of our air force from both F1 fighter pilots and wyvern riders increased rapidly. We've also identified a variety of new, previously unthinkable tactics we can use in future battles. For the navy, the greatest weakness was in air defense against enemy wyverns. Therefore, we seek to increase the amount of heavy machine gun armament throughout our ships. But that requires a lot of additional machine guns. At the moment we are still using machine guns from the ground troops, but if this continues, then the ground troops might run out of machine guns to use." replied the prime minister.
"I have requested additional machine guns from Myto Empire. Hopefully they will provide at least the amount we asked for." answered King Taara the 14th. "What about our economic condition? Does the war affect our economic condition?"
"Of course it is his majesty. Our sales of magic stones have almost stopped. Our magic stone exports fell by almost 70% because only a few merchants dared to come to our country because of the war. As a result, the price of magic stones on the Elysia market increased quite a lot. This helps our economy a little because the price of magic stones that we can still sell has also increased. Also because only the highest quality magic stones were sold, our economy was only down 34% from normal. However, we will not be able to survive in this condition if the war lasts longer than six months," the prime minister said.
"Hopefully in the next battle we can decisively defeat Palpadia so they will submit a peace proposal." said King Taara the 14th.
The discussion continued, especially regarding economic conditions and material supplies needed by the people that had to be imported. The three of them tried to find ideas to meet various people's needs that had to be imported from outside the Altarus kingdom.
---oOo---
Esthirant Capital,
Palpadia Empire, 3rd Foreign Affairs Department
For several days, the head of the 3rd foreign affairs department, Kyeos, had been in a bad mood due to the humiliation Ramille gave him by taking the affairs of the Myto Empire from the 3rd foreign affairs department to be handled personally through the 1st foreign affairs department. This was a huge failure for the 3rd Foreign Affairs Department in general and for Kyeos personally. To get rid of the thought of failure, Kyeos often walked around his office as if seeing the work of his subordinates.
Currently, Kyeos was in his strategy staff room and discussing several empires around the continent of Philades that were starting to act up due to the influence of the Myto Empire. In general, Kyeos and his strategy team are very concerned about this, because it can cause a similar trend in many other countries under Palpadia's control. However, with orders from the 1st foreign affairs department to take over all matters regarding the Myto Empire, it was as if the hands of the 3rd foreign affairs department were tied, unable to do anything.
An officer from the intelligence field, came to the strategy room and handed over documents to Kyeos regarding the intelligence report from the Mu Empire. Kyeos was perusing the report when he noticed a report on Mu Empire's military relations with Myto Empire, which he had previously requested.
"Hmm, judging from this intelligence report, it turns out that the Mu Empire did indeed import fighter planes similar to those owned by the Altarus Empire from the Myto Empire. It has also been some time since several companies and factories that normally produce Marin fighter aircraft have stopped production and been upgraded. Reports from intelligence at one of the companies said they would manufacture a fighter plane called the F1 fighter, whose design was provided by Myto Empire. That fighter is the same as the imported one, and it's the same type that the Altarus kingdom uses." Kyeos said while reading the intelligence report to his strategy team.
"If so, then the saying of the Myto Empire's ambassador stating that they exported the airship to Mu and Altarus is true. That causes our presumption that Myto Empire is a barbarian nation to be wrong." said a strategist.
"It seems that the assumption that the Myto Empire, not the Mu Empire, was conducting a proxy war through the Altarus kingdom is also correct." said another strategist.
"If the Mu Empire had to import weaponry from the Myto Empire, then how advanced would the Myto Empire's technology be? What is clear is that they should have higher technology than the Mu Empire." Kyeos said.
"But it is possible that the Mu Empire together with the Myto Empire designed the fighter, so they are of a similar technological level. Maybe they have their own technological advantages that are incorporated into the design of the fighter, and are produced in both countries." said the first strategist. "It seems the Mu Empire wants to manufacture fighter planes in large quantities, so they bought the planes produced in Myto as well. Maybe because of the threat from Gra Valkas, who is rumored to be able to defeat the kingdom of Leifor."
"Maybe like that, huh? If the Myto Empire's technological level was that high, they would long ago have ruled all the countries around the continents of Philades and Rodenius. In reality, it's not. So they should still be on the same level as the Mu Empire." Kyeos said.
"But back to the point, with that level of technology, it's impossible for us to fight them in a one-on-one war. We have to use numerical superiority to overwhelm them." the second strategist said. "The question is, are we willing and able to do it?"
"That's right, if we deploy half-measures, we will definitely be defeated," Kyeos said.
"Don't forget they are waging a proxy war. When our strength runs out on the battlefield with the Altarus Empire, the Myto Empire may suddenly attack us. Conditions would become even more complicated if their allies, the Mu Empire, intervened in the war. There is no way our country can survive that." said the second strategist.
"A frightening train of thought, but what can we do? All matters regarding the Myto Empire have been taken over by the 1st foreign affairs department. We can only submit this report to the 1st foreign affairs department." Kyeos said.
"At least that's what can be done for now." said the first strategist.
Right away, Kyeos had someone gather information about the Myto and send it to the 1st department of foreign affairs. However, without realizing it, the report contained information that was considered baseless and therefore not trusted by a secretary at the 1st foreign affairs department. This was due to the general view that the Myto Empire was a barbaric country, and the secretary described the report as unreliable. Because of this note, Ramille, who read it the next day, also considered it unreliable intelligence information and ignored it. The report was then placed in the pile of reports alone, no one in the 1st foreign affairs department read it...