Over four thousand years, the Silver Feather Army rarely stayed on planets too long because their mission was to search for the Chancellor. It wasn't that there were no Silver Feather soldiers who had abandoned their "faith"; many went to habitable planets, chose to desert the Silver Feather Army, and settled there to multiply. However, this behavior was seen as treacherous by the Silver Feather Army, and those discovered would be executed.
When the Silver Feather Army finally completed their mission, Bai Zhongqi was ready to settle his Iridium Star compatriots who had wandered for too long. So, with a stroke of the pen, he signed the "Silver Feather Army Star Alliance Settlement Act". According to the act, the Silver Feather Army could freely migrate within Star Alliance territory, and they were mainly arranged to reside on Lieque Star.
The Silver Feather Army itself was a militarized population organization; theoretically, everyone was a warrior. Every child born into the Silver Feather Army would receive uniform military school training, and even if they did not live as soldiers after becoming adults, they still retained the identity of a soldier and could fight when necessary.
More than sixty percent of the Silver Feather Army's population were military personnel. They steered warships, operated weapons, and were responsible for military logistics, among other things. Even the Silver Feather Army's food production and various supporting services had a strong military farming characteristic. Everyone was part of the army, and the army itself was like a large society.
Although they had become a nomadic civilization in the universe, the Silver Feather Army's organizational form was still that of the original land army on Iridium Star. The most basic unit was a squad, two squads made a team, ten teams a company, ten companies a battalion. Ten thousand soldiers formed a division, one hundred thousand a corps. A million soldiers constituted a banner. The Silver Feather Army's leader was the Governor, the leader of a banner was a Staff Officer, the leader of a corps was a Corps Commander, and the leader of a division was a Commander-in-chief.
After the Settlement Act was signed, it essentially meant that the Silver Feather Army had a residential area on a planet, and many of the living functions originally on warships could be transferred out, focusing more on the warships' combat attributes.
Every Silver Feather warship, with its sleek curves and shimmering silver, had a ram-like device on the bow, which made all Silver Feather warships resemble a unicorn. Bai Zhongqi simply called these warships "Unicorn Warships". The "horn" standing on the bow was in fact the warship's main gun and the most unique offensive weapon of the Silver Feather Army.
Correspondingly, Bai Zhongqi deployed the Unicorn warship fleet group in the Cygnus 61 Star System. Even though Bai Zhongqi couldn't control these warships like he did others, the Silver Feather Army unconditionally followed all his orders.
He hadn't been without doubts or hesitations about such a fleet, but such attitudes were irrelevant to his work. Besides, the Crimson Gemstone revealed that this fleet was actually a game task reward, so he had even less of a mental burden.
The Silver Feather Army's military scale was several times that of the current Star Alliance's, and the sudden appearance of this military organization that claimed to obey the Chancellor's orders confused both Earthlings and Iridium Starians.
To the Iridium Starians who came through the R19 Fleet, the vast majority had never heard of the Silver Feather Army, and only families of distinguished origins like Xu Lanzhou were aware of the Silver Feather Army's history. Therefore, the Iridium Starians had no animosity towards the Silver Feather Army. Earthlings, on the other hand, were mostly very curious about the Silver Feather Army.
The Governor of the Silver Feather Army first selected some of the most elite warriors from the entire army to stay in the Solar System as Bai Zhongqi's trusted aides, at the Chancellor's disposal.
Bai Zhongqi also, to emphasize the importance of the Silver Feather Army, opened up seats for them in the Star Alliance and arranged for four Staff Officers from the Silver Feather Army to enter the Universe Army.
Just as it was five thousand years ago, the Silver Feather Army was not subject to the command of anyone other than the Chancellor.
Due to multiple crossings between different parallel universes, the Silver Feather Army's timeline had become disordered and no longer aligned with that of the Second Universe. Therefore, after rejoining the Chancellor's command, the Silver Feather Army also changed its timekeeping system to unify with Earth's calendar.
With the addition of the Silver Feather Army, Bai Zhongqi suddenly found himself with ample military strength at hand. Even the newly appointed Universe Army Commander, Xiao Yu, felt he was incredibly fortunate. The Universe Army had faced endless troubles during Xu Lanzhou's tenure, but upon his own accession, he benefited from the Chancellor's favor and the inclusion of the Silver Feather Army. Despite the fact that the Silver Feather Army hadn't even cast a glancing look at him, Xiao Yu, causing the Commander some displeasure, these forces were, after all, part of the Star Alliance, and over seven hundred Star Alliance warships could now be dispatched and utilized more freely.
Therefore, Xiao Yu submitted a proposal to Bai Zhongqi, suggesting to send troops beyond the Interstellar Cloud to strike in a wider range against the possible resurgence of the Teizene civilization.
"Xiao Yu does have some genuine knowledge and talent," Bai Zhongqi nodded repeatedly after reading Xiao Yu's plan.
While Xiao Yu's overall command ability and military talent still fell short compared to Xu Lanzhou, he was more mature and prudent in his actions. In his new plan, he not only provided multiple scenarios for troop deployment, stating the pros and cons of each, but he had also made detailed planning and provisions for routes, reinforcements, and retreats.
According to his plan, the Star Alliance would allocate 368 Universe Army warships and 923 Silver Feather Army warships, forming a massive fleet of over a thousand warships. This fleet would attack the Teizene's transit bases set up on the route to the Danlu Interstellar Cloud, thereby completely destroying the Teizene's thousand-light-year military supply line.
Xiao Yu also pointed out that, at the present stage, Iridium Star's collection of intelligence on the outside world was still very much lacking. He hoped to dispatch a fixed number of Reconnaissance Ships and Envoy Ships to conduct operations abroad.
Bai Zhongqi swiftly approved Xiao Yu's plan. Although the Silver Feather Army had not yet settled into Star Alliance service, they were ready to embark on a new campaign, and the participating White Feather Army were especially exhilarated since this was indeed fighting for the Chancellor.
When Xiao Yu received the plan approved by Bai Zhongqi, he saw that most of his ideas were sanctioned, but there was one significantly different point.
Bai Zhongqi planned to personally lead the fleet and carry out the expedition.
Xiao Yu stared intently at the annotation written by Bai Zhongqi about personally leading the fleet, lost in thought, and remained unresponsive for a long time.
"Our Chancellor still does love to take command in person," Xiao Yu closed the planning document.
Last time's strategic reconnaissance was led by Bai Zhongqi, and this time for the expedition, Bai Zhongqi was preparing to enter the fray himself. However, this expedition involved thousands of warships and required the Star Alliance to prepare on multiple fronts. Nonetheless, compared to the hard-pressed Teizene, the Star Alliance could produce supplies wherever they went, quickly manufacturing various provisions.