In short, the Alliance has enough energy to sustain the operation of Comoros, let alone exclusively maintaining the full operation of Queen’s Rose Port at present.

However, although the energy is sufficient, the port itself has a limit to the number of Veil Spirit Gates it can open, which is a capacity issue of the port.

The Dark Spirit Race has eleven medium-sized ports of similar specification in Comoros, three larger than Queen’s Rose Port, and more than forty small ports.

"...So, only by controlling all of these ports, or a majority of them, can we meet the needs of our strategic mobility."

Robert fell into deep thought.

He was also able to recognize the problem.

Controlling just one Queen’s Rose Port is not enough. Even if a new Veil Spirit Gate is constructed, doubling the ’throughput’ of the port compared to when it previously had only seven gates, it still only takes a month to deploy a fleet of fifteen hundred warships.

Time is relatively a solvable issue. After all, under normal navigation, a month may barely suffice for a fleet to traverse a Star Domain—provided the Star Domain is small enough; otherwise, they wouldn’t make it through.

But the problem lies in using the Veil Spirit Gate for such transport, where each gate can only get one ship through at a time, unlike subspace navigation or Star Realm Tunnel navigation, where a fleet arrives as a whole upon completion of the jump.

This makes a significant difference.

If it takes a month for a fleet to get through, and should the enemy know about it and assemble heavy troops to attack at the gate, the situation could be disastrous.

For the Dark Spirit Race, they’ve never worried about this issue. After all, their military operations are relatively small-scale, comprising pirates and guerrilla warfare, scrapping together fifteen ships for an operation is already substantial.

This becomes very quick.

But it does not at all suffice for the humans’ most important large-scale military maneuvering.

According to estimates, if a corps needs to be deployed in a day, it requires thirty times the throughput of Queen’s Rose Port.

So wouldn’t it mean taking over all the ports in Comoros?

Robert at times considered if he needn’t be so greedy.

But on the other hand, the enormous temptation was hard to let go.

Even if Comoros is entirely occupied, the Veil Spirit Gate can’t replace existing conventional navigation. What does thirty times the throughput increase mean? A human naval corps would take a day to deploy. But the largest-scale operations in space navigation aren’t military actions, rather the transport ships that far exceed warship numbers, plying between countless planets.

The Veil Spirit Gate can’t handle this task. It’s not just a matter of scale; the costs are prohibitive.

A Colossal Belly Transport Ship can take its time on the route, transporting food or raw minerals. Time demands aren’t as stringent, making transportation cost-sensitive. But once the Veil Spirit Gate opens to transport a fully loaded ship to its destination, the energy consumption is immense, making it impractical.

However, sometimes the key lies in the rapid deployment of military force.

With the current construction of Veil Spirit Gates, where dozens of ports in Comoros could simultaneously exert force, the massive Expeditionary Force of fifteen hundred warships can be deployed anywhere in space within a day, bringing unprecedented strategic value!

In two days, that’s three thousand ships; in ten days, fifteen thousand ships! No matter what major event occurs, humans can respond swiftly and handle it quickly.

This time, the expedition from the Infinite Starfield to Terra gave Robert quite a headache and left an extremely deep impression.

But what if Comoros was in human hands?

The expedition ceremony could be completed in the morning, and the army could reach Holy Terra by night!

But soon, Robert snapped out of his reverie.

Shaking his head, he said, "This vision is indeed very tempting, but how many years would it take for us to subdue Comoros?"

The battle situation didn’t need to be explained to Gu Hang; he believed Gu Hang was fully aware.

Currently, the human army has occupied less than one percent of Comoros territory, and it already feels like they’re stuck in a quagmire.

It’s nowhere near as easy to fully occupy it.

Moreover, the Dark Spirit Race is being pushed to the brink of survival. As a former cosmic overlord that survived countless millennia, who knows what powerful trump cards they might still hold? When pushed to the limit, no one can tell how much pressure they could exert.

"And besides..." Robert brought up a new issue, "I agree, if we can conquer Comoros, it would be worth any cost and time. But if it takes too long, what about Holy Terra? No one knows how long Holy Terra can hold on after a century of darkness."

"Alas..." Gu Hang sighed, "I do know the general situation on Holy Terra right now, though not in detail, but overall, it doesn’t look promising."

This was another gain for the Alliance’s Western Expeditionary Army after entering the Empire’s Holy Territory.

Previously, during the peak of the Scarlet Scar, Gu Hang found it challenging to cross this awe-inspiring ’natural phenomenon’ in subspace and explore the situation on the other side.

But as the Alliance Army captured half a Cosmos Domain on the other side, Gu Hang’s connection to that side improved substantially.

He could even communicate with the Alliance Embassy on Holy Terra.

But the outcome was not promising.

After the great disaster, Holy Terra too experienced massive upheaval.

The consumption needs of a trillion-population world are enormous; water, food, consumer goods... Many require external trade. After communication was cut off, even with subsequent proactive external actions by Holy Terra authorities, the overall situation remained quite tense. Famine, water shortages, energy shortages, and lack of consumer goods erupted across the planet.

This crowded world with a trillion inhabitants, the heart of the Human Empire’s center, is a place ever under the gaze of external Evil Gods, drooling in anticipation.

Frequent and numerous are the cults and chaos brewing on Holy Terra.

Moreover, it’s not just external influence; the severed contact from outside led to a loss of control over the Empire’s governance, which resulted in enormous political catastrophes. On Holy Terra, intense struggles persist between various political factions and some local factions in Central Territory who have already reestablished contact with external areas.

This is the tragic aspect: the more urgent it becomes, and the closer to doom, humanity doesn’t necessarily unite more. There’s a significant chance that, under the pressure of extinction, they could descend into frenetic mutual conflicts.

The Alliance Embassy, declared illegal decades ago, saw many Alliance-appointed personnel and their associates on Holy Terra met with harsh persecution. Now, only a few persist in hiding everywhere, but a century is too long, spanning several generations, hardly any remember their ancestors’ responsibilities toward the Alliance.

Even those who remember may not care anymore.

Gu Hang now only knows that centered around Holy Terra, rebels proliferate in all surrounding Cosmos Domains; internally on Holy Terra, rebel activities also exist. Cultists accelerate corruption, and even real subspace demons have begun operating in the nest capitals’ underbelly of Holy Terra.

It’s a massive powder keg, ready to be blown apart by some fuse event.

Indeed, there, an individual like Robert is urgently needed to take a stand.

"Holy Terra might not wait for us to take Comoros."

When saying this, Robert felt both anxious and a bit forlorn.