Human history is filled with wars of varying sizes. In your view, the final outcome of any war depends on powerful technology, powerful logistics, and powerful strategy!
In the cosmic war, powerful technology will not allow a race to win the war. Powerful technology plus powerful logistical support are not enough to affect the direction of the war. Only a powerful strategy can ultimately affect the direction of the war. With the support of a powerful strategy, it is enough to counter powerful technology and powerful logistics!
A powerful strategy in the universe depends mainly on information asymmetry, force deployment, and force containment. A powerful strategy can differentiate between technology and logistical support.
This alliance of aphasics appeared in an unfortunate location, because the Centaurs had just won a super-scale war, and several super strategists appeared in the entire alliance!
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"As Vega people, we believe that now is not the time to discuss peace talks or promote peace talks. Regardless of whether it is peace talks or promoting peace talks, we should first send out the garrison troops and place them in appropriate positions to monitor the status of nearby star fields to avoid being struck by the speed of light. We think what the Capricorns said is very right. We should think from their perspective. Suppose we are the Centaurs, what kind of strategic deployment should we make now? If we are the Centaurs, if I want to counterattack, I will adopt the strategy of a speed of light attack, adjust the ships to quickly break through while the enemy race is not yet firmly established, and cooperate with the original forces of the planet to attack from both sides. So the current mission is to eliminate all the living forces on this planet and prevent any original resistance race from existing."
"Although we, the Capricorn race, have just joined this alliance not too long ago, we will never allow this kind of genocide to exist. This is immoral. Any life should be respected. Moreover, they have no resistance now. We should cherish species diversity. Maybe they can become one of us. If you adopt this genocide strategy, then we, the Capricorn race, will withdraw from the alliance. We will not associate with immoral races."
"We, the South Fish race, agree with the Capricorn race's proposal."
"We, the Aquarius race, agree with the Capricorn race's proposal"
"We, the Crane race, agree with the Capricorn race's proposal."
"We, the Jade Constellation, have the same understanding."
"We, the Canis Major race, agree with Kepler's proposal"
"We the whale race agree with the Keplerian proposal"
"We the Phoenix race agree with Kepler's proposal"
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"As a powerful person in the Alliance Parliament, I am now obligated to inform you, the newly joined races, of some cosmic rules. Now is not a time to consider morality or immorality. The problem is that we need to survive. It is not easy to encounter an environment that is suitable for all of us to survive. Simply considering morality is not the Alliance's cosmic survival rule. Since you have chosen to join this alliance, don't think of using withdrawal as a threat. Let me remind you now that according to Article 49, Clause 56 of the Alliance Rules, any race that wants to withdraw from the Alliance will not have their materials handed in returned. According to Article 50, Clause 36 of the Alliance Rules, you have a three-year exemption period after withdrawal. If you encounter an Alliance ship after three years, it will be regarded as a hostile ship."
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"As one of the first races to join this alliance, we have experienced much more than you. Morality cannot solve problems in the universe. As wanderers in the universe, any race that encounters us will want to destroy us, even if we do not have any hostility, because the strange race will not know whether we are hostile to them. In the case of uncertainty, destroying a race is the simplest and safest survival rule. So far, there are 396 fleets in our alliance that have perished due to morality. Please remember, the races that have newly joined the fleet, saving your own lives is the first priority."
"This is an undemocratic choice. Our race would rather take the risk of withdrawing than participate in your actions. We insist on our moral bottom line and our democracy. No powerful force can break our rules. We believe that other races agree with our views. You powerful people can suppress the right to speak as a race, but you cannot suppress the common discourse of so many races. We have also been wandering in the universe for hundreds of years. We know what rules we should follow. We don't need the Alliance to impose these dark theories on us."
"We, the Pisces race, agree with the Capricorn race's views"
"We Aquarians agree with Capricorns"
"We, the Crane race, agree with the Capricorn race's views."
"Then let's vote and hand over the final voting results to the original founders of the alliance, and let them come up with a final result."
"This is the final resolution of the original organizers: In view of the fact that the votes in favor of the Scorpion race are 36, two orders are now issued. The first order is for the Capricorns to form a temporary group as the authority. The group is composed of 35 races that support the Scorpion fleet and a Phoenix race. The Phoenix race is responsible for monitoring and reporting the actual operation progress. The group is given one year to use your methods to persuade the Centaurs to agree to two orders. Order one is to join our alliance or become our colony, and order two is to agree to joint defense. If the task cannot be completed within the specified time, the order to eliminate the Centaurs will be executed by the group. This resolution is final. Resolution! The second order is to form 86 fleets from the remaining fleets, divided into three levels of defense. The first level deploys 20 fleets, and the deployment location is four light years outside the planet. The first task of the second level 40 fleets is to prevent hostile races from interspersing and performing light-speed blitz tactics. The second task is to assist the first level echelon to retreat if a defeat occurs. The third task is to prevent the infiltration of small-scale fleets, and the deployment location is three light years outside the planet. The third level has 26 fleets, and the deployment location is one light year away. There are three tasks: the first task is to prevent the infiltration fleet from entering, the second task is to prevent the Centaurs on the planet from breaking out, and the third task is to assist the other two echelons to retreat."
The strategic deployment of the original organizer is relatively good. First of all, if the Centaur fleet is large-scale, the first echelon can slow down the Centaur's offensive speed, giving the Aphasic Alliance enough time to deal with the crisis and readjust their deployment. With the tentative defense of the first echelon, the second echelon's attack will have a suitable direction. If defeated, the third echelon can protect the second echelon's orderly evacuation, and then prepare enough time to maintain the formation again, and complete the mutual defensive retreat with the third echelon!