In this vast, empty expanse, where no macroscopic celestial bodies existed for hundreds of trillions of kilometers in any direction, Tom was engaged in construction with all his might.

Over 2 billion clones worked three shifts a day, ensuring that 1.5 billion clones were always on the front lines of work at any given moment, supplemented by approximately 300 million Bluetoth absorbed into the industrial system. Tom was operating at full capacity.

Numerous new quantum-electric supercomputers, possessing higher computing power capable of supporting more intelligent algorithms, were running at full throttle, fully supporting the operation of the Hestia AI. Under the control of the Hestia AI, trillions of general-purpose robots and intelligent machines worked without a moment's rest.

Shuttle ships and transport ships flew back and forth between large industrial vessels, facilitating the transfer of millions, even tens of millions, of tons of materials every minute and second.

Factories roared and bellowed, producing countless components under the abundant power supply from protium fusion power plants, all of which were eventually transported to colossal shipyards to be assembled into new ships.

This area of space, under Tom's control, had transformed into a bustling construction site.

Furthermore, this construction site was also traveling at a high speed of approximately 24,000 kilometers per second.

Time thus quietly slipped away, and Tom's massive fleet, like a land emerging from winter into spring, gradually changed its appearance.

Finally, after several more decades of busy work, Tom completely finished the fleet's upgrade and replacement.

At this moment, the 'Flying Star,' which had been painstakingly built and had supported Tom's entire technological development and industrial upgrade, had completely vanished.

All the 'dry rations' had been 'consumed' by Tom.

It transformed into nutrients, just as food supports a child's growth, replenishing Tom's fleet and allowing it to complete this most crucial transformation.

Currently, Tom once again possessed a large number of warships.

There were 1 million Mercury-class battleships, 60,000 Venus-class battleships, and even 1,000 of the largest Earth-class battleships

Each of these warships incorporated various Strong Nuclear Civilization technologies; each possessed powerful energy shields, devastating energy cannons, and unprecedentedly sensitive detection systems capable of detecting tiny projectiles with a mass of only one gram traveling at speeds exceeding 300 kilometers per second

Their propulsion systems also underwent significant upgrades. Powered by the abundant energy supply from onboard mini protium fusion reactors, their propulsion systems could even enable a Mercury-class battleship, weighing over 400 tons, to perform maneuvers of 1,000 m/s^2

Even the largest Earth-class battleship, with a total mass exceeding two million tons, could maneuver at 150 m/s^2

This maneuverability was even higher than that of the original Mercury-class battleships.

This would have been almost unimaginable in the past.

How small were the Mercury-class battleships back then.

They weighed only two or three hundred tons.

The current Earth-class battleships, however, have a mass of two million tons

The difference between them is ten thousandfold.

What does it mean to propel a colossal battleship weighing over two million tons to maneuver at 150 m/s^2

It means that even if the power were sufficient, the Earth-class battleships of that era would not have been able to withstand the stress and would have simply disintegrated.

Of course, the Earth-class battleships Tom is currently building will not suffer from this problem.

The reason is simple: the widespread use of Strong Nuclear materials not only greatly enhanced the hull's defense but also significantly improved the ship's structural strength, allowing it to withstand such immense overload pressure.

However, there's another point to consider: even if the ship's hull can withstand such immense pressure, what about the clones inside the ship who operate it

The human body cannot withstand such immense overload pressure.

Even after multiple rounds of genetic modification, all indicators of the clone's body have significantly improved, but they can at most withstand 15 times the overload pressure, barely enough to endure the Earth-class battleship's maneuvers.

What about the Mercury and Venus-class battleships

If the clones can't withstand it, then what good is it if the Mercury and Venus-class battleships can achieve 10,000 m/s^2 of maneuverability

It would still be useless.

This seemingly serious problem is actually not a problem for a Strong Nuclear Civilization.

The reason is simple. Based on the Strong Nuclear Civilization's significant breakthroughs in communication technology and artificial intelligence, in Tom's estimation, all Strong Nuclear Civilization warships should be unmanned.

Yes, all the warships Tom is building, whether Earth-class, Venus-class, or the smallest Mercury-class, are unmanned warships

During actual combat, not a single clone will be on board

Because the Strong Nuclear Civilization has mastered Stellar Communication Technology. Taking Tom as an example, within a range of 1 billion kilometers, communication delay can be compressed to just 0.1 seconds, and it can be further compressed.

Coupled with the significant enhancement of bionic technology and the substantial improvement in Goku AI's intelligence, clones can remotely control warships located on the battlefield in real-time from a dedicated control room behind the front lines.

Any data feedback from the warships will be transmitted in real-time to the battlefield control room, to each clone's body and mind.

Under Tom's unified control, every reaction made by a clone can also be transmitted to the battlefield in real-time through Stellar Communication.

Given this, why keep clones inside the ships

Since these ships are unmanned warships, their maneuverability should naturally be as high as possible; no matter how high it is, it will not cause any impact on the clone's body.

At the same time, once a warship is damaged, the clones' control can immediately be transferred to a backup warship, allowing them to continue joining the battle with the backup warship.

Tom is almost certain that every Strong Nuclear Civilization should adopt this war mode. Because all the necessary technologies are in place, and the advantages of this mode are simply too great.

Given this, what reason would a Strong Nuclear Civilization have not to use this mode

This is another significant difference between a Strong Nuclear Civilization and an Electroweak Civilization. This difference will inevitably lead to a huge change in war mode.

Silently calculating the optimal tactics and strategies under this war mode, Tom secretly sighed, "In this way, a war between two Strong Nuclear Civilizations with comparable technological levels will essentially become a comparison of the two civilizations' industrial strength.

Anyway, the warriors operating the ships from the rear will not be affected by the battlefield. In this case, whichever civilization has stronger industrial capabilities, can build and replenish warships on the battlefield faster, will win the war.

And... coincidentally, industrial strength is my strongest advantage..."

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