Star Ship Girl Era: My Shipgirls Are Too Overpowered-Chapter 5: Destiny System & Ship Girl Rarities

Breakfast continued like any other day on the surface, with plates being passed around and Mirei occasionally stealing something off Aurelian’s plate just to see if he would react, but his mind was not fully at the table anymore.

He listened to his father explain a few minor details about the academy schedule, and he nodded when his mother reminded the girls not to overthink the awakening, yet a part of him had already started thinking about what he would do after the awakening.

This is because he wasn’t nervous.

That was the strange part.

Most students treated the commander qualification and first awakening like a life-changing gamble, because for them it really was.

The quality of the first shipgirl often shaped the next ten years of many people’s paths. Some families rose because of it, and others quietly faded.

But for him, becoming a commander was never in doubt.

It had never been about whether he would awaken a shipgirl.

It had always been about which one.

The reason wasn’t something the academy gave him, nor was it something his parents arranged behind the scenes.

It had been with him since he was six years old, back when he first began basic cultivation training and noticed something was... different.

It is called the Destiny System.

The name had come to him on its own the first time it activated, as if it had introduced itself.

And all of this happened on the first day he started practicing in his room as a child, a faint, translucent panel appeared in front of him like a semi-transparent hologram.

It appears in his consciousness and can be called upon, but doing so causes a massive strain on his mind, which is why he usually does not bring it out.

But it doesn’t matter either way, as only he can see it, and as such, it made no sense to spend a lot of energy bringing it out; he interacts with the system in his mind.

Then he started testing it.

Over time, he learned what it could do, and more importantly, what it could not.

Right now, the Destiny System only has two functions.

The first was collecting Fate Points.

These points are collected from 2 major sources: the basic, where he earns points daily, and another source, which is not much.

And the other is through special events that are major for him and others around him, which might change their fates, thus the name ’Fate points’.

The second was allowing him to spend those Fate Points to ask one question per month.

Just one.

And it could not be saved. If he did not use that question within the month, it would disappear and reset.

The rules were simple, almost annoyingly strict.

But the answers it gave were always correct.

No matter how he phrased the question, no matter how big or small the matter was, as long as it could be answered, the system would respond with clarity.

When he first discovered this as a child, he had tested it carefully with small things. Which training method would give better results?

Which book to focus on? Whether a certain decision would lead to trouble. The answers never failed him.

He had never told anyone about it, not even his parents.

It was the one thing that belonged to him alone.

Right now, as he sat at the table listening to Mirei talk about what kind of shipgirl she hoped to awaken, a faint awareness lingered in the back of his mind.

A week ago, he finally accumulated enough Fate Points to ask the question he had been wanting to ask, and he got the answer.

The question is: How can you create a high-rarity initial ship girl within the first five days of construction?

This has always been a very mysterious question. Aurelian originally thought that he could not get the answer from the system, as it is highly probable, but he underestimated it.

After obtaining 10,000 Destiny Points, the Destiny system provided specific construction docks and construction times, and there was more than one.

Aurelian already knew the delivery locations and times for all the high-rarity ship girls in this large-scale construction.

There are 15 in total, with 4 gold, 3 purple, and 8 blue in terms of rarity. The Fate system does not include ship girls of cyan rarity or lower.

Across from him, Cassian continued speaking, explaining casually how rarity worked to make sure the girls understood it clearly before heading to the academy.

"The rarity system is straightforward," his father said as he set his cup down. "Gray, white, cyan, blue, purple, gold. From lowest to highest."

He didn’t sound impressed by it. He was simply stating facts.

"It isn’t just a color label," he continued. "It reflects the upper limit of the shipgirl."

Yelena nodded slightly, already familiar with most of it, but still listening.

"A gray rarity can only reach Tier One exploration level at best," Cassian said. "If someone wants her to go further, they would need rare resources to raise her aptitude, which is expensive and not guaranteed, which is what I meant when I said that it is fine if you don’t get a high-quality ship."

He shifted his gaze slightly.

"White aligns with Tier Two frigate class. Cyan with Tier Three destroyer class. Blue corresponds to the Tier Four cruiser class. Purple matches Tier Five catastrophe class."

Mirei’s eyes brightened slightly at that word.

"And gold," Seraphina added gently, "is Tier Six dreadnaught class."

The room quieted a little at that.

Gold was the highest tier most people would ever see in their lifetime. For common families, even a blue rarity was enough to change their fate.

For mid-level commander families, purple was already considered exceptional.

Gold was rare, but not rare enough for the people in the room, as Aurelian’s parents had shipgirls with a minimum quality of gold.

There were rumors of higher tiers beyond gold, which were true, but they were not openly discussed because they were part of the core strength and rarely seen due to the powerful enemies the Galactic Human Alliance faced.

Cassian leaned back slightly.

"For you four, rarity is important, but it is not everything. You have resources. You have backing. Do not let the color decide your confidence, especially you three ladies, as your parents have already prepared everything you would need."

The triplets relaxed slightly after hearing that.

They were talented. They had trained for years. Still, there was always a small fear at the back of the mind. What if luck failed them?

Aurelian remained quiet as he listened, finishing his last few bites.

Seraphina looked at him and smiled softly.

"What are you thinking about, dearie?"

He gave a small smile back. "Just preparing."

Cassian wiped his hands, signaling that breakfast was ending.

"Finish up as you will be leaving in ten minutes."

The girls straightened slightly, their earlier sleepiness completely gone now. Excitement had taken its place.

Aurelian rose with them, pushing his chair back slowly.

Today, he would step into the academy as a student.

But he would step out as a commander with his own ship girl.

And while everyone else would rely on luck and talent, he would rely on something else.