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Chapter 35 - The Black Armada

Orbital Shipyard Zeta – Obsidian Forge Ring

The black heavens above Feron-4 shimmered with activity. Docking arms the size of city blocks extended from orbital rings as Kael stepped into the command throne of Shipyard Zeta, clad in dark synthsteel robes. Every breath he took was synced with the pulse of his empire.

Below him, the Obsidian Armada took form—an industrial ballet of dreadnought construction, AI cruisers, and stealth corvettes.

Fleet Core Activation Sequence Initialized

Flagship Class Identified: Sovereign Abyss

Designation: Kael's Personal Dreadnought

Advanced Obsidian Technologies Unleashed

Kael's Earth-born knowledge began fusing with alien innovation.

Obsidian AI Integration Core: Neural networks based on quantum architecture ran every ship with tactical prediction algorithms.

Adaptive Alloy Hulls: Regenerative, self-repairing metals derived from Earth nanotech and mined Feronite.

Singularity Cannons: Miniaturized black hole bursts created point-defense nightmares.

Invisibility Mesh Cloaking: Starship cloaks developed from blended Earth photonic bending concepts and Sith shadow technology.

He raised his hand to the control interface.

Kael: "Ignite the dark vacuum with fire they've never imagined."

Expansion Beyond Feron-4: Outer Orbit Colonization

Asteroid cities, orbital manufactories, and mobile refineries began pushing outward:

Feron-5 Moonbase Constructed

Mobile Fortress-Class Colonizers launched into the Feron Starfield

Population Redistribution Directive Issued

800,000 citizens selected by algorithm for colonization waves

Neural devotion index enforced

Kael's Goal: "Turn every rock in this star system into a monument of loyalty."

Obsidian Council Formed – Inner Command Circle

Kael didn't trust others—but he trusted systems. His council wasn't made of people. It was made of purpose.

Councilors of War, Production, Surveillance, Indoctrination, and Expansion—each a high-intelligence AI construct

Each answered directly to Kael, with no independent process loops

All citizen petitions filtered and responded to within 0.2 seconds

The planet bowed to a rule so fast it may as well have been divine.

Global Indoctrination Pulse

From every Neural Archive Temple, Kael initiated Protocol: Unity Cascade:

Brainwave harmonization

Sleep indoctrination sequences

Societal loyalty rituals synchronized across time zones

Children learned to speak Kael's name before "mother." Adults pledged themselves daily through biometric oath terminals. Dissent had become not just treason—but mathematically improbable.

A Growing Shadow: Jedi Unease

The Jedi High Council met again—this time, in grim silence. They had no new visions. No warnings. Only black spots in the Force that continued to spread.

Mace Windu: "He's grown too strong. We can't sense his empire anymore."

Yoda: "Not vanish, he has. Hidden. As if... never was."

Ki-Adi-Mundi: "The Outer Rim stirs. Entire sectors fall off the Holonet grid."

Though they sensed nothing, Kael's tendrils of conquest had already begun mapping the outer hyperspace lanes. Dozens of colonies and mining stations blinked out of Jedi knowledge overnight.

Kael's passive skill continues to nullify Jedi foresight.

Elite Training Resumes – Project Ascendant: Phase IV

Within subterranean training domes:

Ascendant Units now included psionics, shielded cognition, and real-time language integration

Combat Simulation Domes allowed perfect Jedi mimicry training using predictive Force behavior algorithms

New Black Echo Commanders were grown with expanded cerebral networks for planetary-level infiltration

Total Black Echo Units: 11,300 active

Total Ascendants: 220,000 across five cities

Achievements & Level-Up

Achievement: Interstellar Industrial Complex Initiated

+3,000 XP

Achievement: Artificial Government Network Established

+1,500 XP

Kill Tally (Sector Subjugation): 7,620 enemies eliminated by Black Echo strike teams

+15,240 XP

Kael has reached Level 34

System Update

Level: 34

Stats Allocated:

Strength: 43 (+1)

Agility: 46 (+1)

Midichlorian: 8,200 (+10)

Available Stat Points: 0

Skills:

Veil of the Forgotten – MAX

Blink Strike – MAX

Tactical Analysis – Lv. 4

Force Suppressant Grenade – MAX

Covert Operations – Lv. 3

Blade Mastery (Vibro) – Lv. 5

Engineering Command – Lv. 3

Empire Management – Lv. 3

Interrogation Techniques – Lv. 1

Available Skill Points: 1

Kael stood within the Sovereign Abyss, watching the stars tilt beneath his view.

"Now... the Outer Rim. Then the Unknown Regions. Let the galaxy tremble."

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