After Zeke returned to his colony, he began to gather his military forces. There's no need to mention the ground troops for now, as they only number a mere 20 million.
The most important force is not the ground troops; in battles against the Tyranid Swarm, it's clear that the naval forces are paramount.
Zeke first needed to confirm the number of naval ships he could deploy.
The advance Dominion Fleet initially dispatched had a size of:
4 battleships, 8 strike cruisers, 16 destroyers, and 32 frigates.
This fleet is currently Zeke's most frequently used fleet, typically escorting him on his travels.
His colony, which he has been developing for about nine months, has also provided him with some warships.
Excluding the few frigates already stationed in another new star system for patrol duties,
the Stellar Base's two shipyards have produced 10 frigates and four destroyers that Zeke can still mobilize for other combat missions.
This fleet has now been named the "Security Strike Patrol Fleet" by Zeke, and it is responsible for safeguarding the space airspace of this colony.
Their mission is simple: to stand by at the Stellar Base in this star system. If enemies arrive, they are to engage them in conjunction with the Stellar Base.
Undoubtedly, a security patrol fleet consisting of 10 frigates and 4 destroyers is, to a certain extent, sufficient for patrolling, but unfortunately, the Tyranid Swarm has arrived.
He wasn't sure if his fleet could withstand the Tyranid Swarm's massive attacks, so Zeke had to recall his main fleet to deal with the impending Tyranid Swarm.
Moreover, the most important thing is that if he doesn't want to expose himself to the Imperium in this universe, he will have no reinforcements.
Unless he seeks help from his family, but seeking help from his family would also mean exposing himself to the Imperium.
Zeke was somewhat reluctant to do this, and he didn't think that if even his Dominion Fleet was no match, his family's fleet would be effective.
Even if his family seemed a bit extraordinary, seemingly possessing some remnants from the Golden Age.
For some reason, Zeke always felt that his family might have warships left over from the Golden Age; this was his intuition.
But then again, he still held the same sentiment: he didn't really want his family to get involved in this kind of battle.
His family's star system also needed fleet protection.
Who knows what these Tyranid Swarm might do?
So what Zeke wants to do now is to resist the Tyranid Swarm invasion by himself.
The Tyranid Swarm are different from chaos forces. chaos forces' chaos warships are basically Imperium of Man warships, and with their own technological advantage, they can effectively strike at the enemy.
But the Tyranid Swarm are different; they are somewhat unreasonable.
This mysterious species, recorded in the Imperium of Man as coming from beyond the galaxy, has not yet fully displayed its combat power.
Fortunately, the hive Fleet currently attacking Zeke is still among those recorded by the Imperium. This hive Fleet, Leviathan, was discovered in 997.M41.
This fleet caused enormous casualties to the Imperium in its battles against it.
But the Imperium was fortunate enough to stop them.
At the same time, several of their tendrils were also drawn into the Warp.
This greatly damaged the combat power of this hive Fleet. And this is undoubtedly very good news for Zeke.
For Zeke at this time, the Tyranid Swarm fleet he faced was not large or very strong, consisting of only 6 tendrils.
Although these 6 tendrils were enough to give him a headache, after all, the Tyranid Swarm could have reinforcements at any time.
Fighting against natural disasters, especially against a natural disaster like the Tyranid Swarm,
is absolutely impossible without sufficient logistical support.
And Zeke currently lacked sufficient logistical support.
He couldn't continuously produce his own warships to face the Tyranid Swarm as he had before, so he had to find a way to obtain other resources.
With this idea in mind, Zeke turned his attention to the Imperium of Man—
Indeed, he did not want his colony exposed to the Imperium of Man, even if his family was sufficient to shield him.
But this does not mean he would not obtain the resources he needed from the Imperium of Man.
Coincidentally, his family had a family merchant fleet, and he could completely trade with his family to obtain sufficient resources.
As for what to use to trade with his family, Zeke naturally had his own plans.
What could be more cost-effective than building Imperium of Man warships, then giving them to his family, and finally obtaining the resources he needed from his family?
Due to the Imperium's extremely awkward production and the Adeptus Mechanicus's red-robed boys loudly chanting scripture and sprinkling holy oil for every screw they tightened, their warship production was extremely slow.
This also led to warships becoming a high-value product.
This high-value product was severely overpriced, at least in Zeke's eyes.
Therefore, he planned to build Imperium of Man warships and sell them to his family in exchange for more resources.
In his impression, his family might not be able to provide advanced alloy materials like null-material armor, but they could still provide Level 1 and Level 2 alloys.
So, his plan now is this.
Get enough alloys, then build more shipyards to produce more warships, and engage the Tyranid Swarm in space when they arrive, to prevent these guys from landing on his planet's surface.
Undoubtedly, fighting in space is the best way.
The way to drive back these damned Tyranid Swarm.
As long as these guys don't get enough to eat, they will naturally leave on their own, saving Zeke the headache.
As for fighting to the death with the Tyranid Swarm here, that was not Zeke's intention.
After all, the Leviathan hive Fleet behind the Tyranid Swarm is indeed massive, and with the current strength of the Dominion Fleet, it is indeed impossible to destroy them.
After planning how to stop these hive Fleets, Zeke issued his orders to the Dominion.
"Shipyards, stop building frigates and destroyers now.
Alloy factories, stop producing Level 5 alloys now and switch to producing Level 3 alloys."
"Shipyards, next, produce two of the warships I've uploaded to you with all your might. I need to use them to exchange for resources."
If there was one thing that was the biggest difference between the Imperium of Man and the Terran Dominion, it would absolutely be their terrifying execution power.
Orders issued by the Emperor in the Imperium of Man might not even be 100% executed; there would always be people who twisted the meaning to benefit themselves.
But the Terran Dominion would not.
In their eyes, the Emperor's command is the Emperor's command and must be executed 100%.