Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 709

Chapter 707: Hundreds of Millions of Gifts

. Gu Hang now has a considerable accumulation of Favor Points.

This monthly fixed income has been accumulating for over three years, and it adds up to a considerable sum.

Currently, Gu Hang’s monthly fixed income stands at 500,000.

Despite the difficult climb, the increase isn’t significant compared to the past.

This is primarily due to the fact that most of the worlds he has taken over suffer from three significant debuffs.

First, they lack legal authority; these places are merely military occupation zones during the suppression of rebellions, not fully subordinate to the Alliance.

Second, actual control is limited. While the Alliance government has intervened and initiated reforms to the Alliance system, these reforms are still in their early stages, and control is far from strong.

Third, the unrest on the surface of these places is far from over; it’s simply a matter of severity.

These worlds currently offer little economic support to the Alliance. This is reflected in Gu Hang’s system, meaning the amount of Favor Points they can provide him. Even many post-war worlds, plagued by chaos, with large numbers of disabled Zerg, a sharp decline in population, and social unrest, not only offer no bonuses but actually deduct points.

But overall, with so many new worlds under control, even with the debuffs, monthly income has increased by a hundred thousand.

While these newly added worlds aren’t very promising right now, Gu Hang believes that as long as there’s enough land and a sufficient population, and these people aren’t considered low-class, many planets could be considered civilized and industrial before the war, with a solid foundation of quality. As long as the unrest is

resolved, the scars of war are healed, and the Alliance’s institutional reforms keep pace, these worlds will quickly transform from a burden to a positive source of income.

Furthermore, with the Alliance’s technological assistance, they can not only recover to their original state, but also have considerable potential for development and even greater prosperity.

Otherwise, how could Gu Hang dare to promise a trillion-dollar imperial tax?

And once social stability, productivity, and the economy recover, these planets will quickly become a positive source of monthly income for Gu Hang.

Even now, with a monthly income of 500,000, over the past three and a half years, the total would be over 20 million.

This was actually quite a large sum.

However, he barely saved any of those 20 million grace points.

He spent them every month as they came in.

They had many uses.

They were broadly divided into two categories: men and productivity.

The former was used to replenish the troops and even further expand the military.

The war was so massive, and the Alliance was constantly winning, but how could victory come without a price? The destruction of a single naval vessel, even the cheapest patrol ship, could kill thousands of men; a frigate could kill tens of thousands; the loss of a single troop transport could cost tens of millions…

In land warfare, once the intensity of the war intensified, an army of two million men, as stipulated by the Alliance, could be destroyed in a matter of days. An army group of twenty million men, deployed for ground combat to address the overall situation in a region, would be too costly to fight and could be crippled.

Since the war began, the total number of troops sacrificed by the Alliance on the battlefield has exceeded 200 million.

The Alliance has added 500 million more troops, and as the war progresses, the number of troops has actually increased from 1 billion at the beginning to 1.3 billion.

Furthermore, the quality of the troops actually improved with each battle.

While tempering themselves in the flames of war was certainly an important factor, Gu Hang’s relentless investment of grace points to strengthen his forces was also essential.

Just for these Tier 5 levels, at a cost of 100 men per point, and Tier 4 at 10 men per point, Gu Hang had spent over seven million grace points.

New reinforcements, training and strengthening existing units… all required continuous expenditures.

Simply having troops wasn’t enough; the total establishment comprised over two hundred new group armies. A large number of junior officers would be enough; after training, some of the soldiers would naturally become officers. Senior officers could manage this to a limited extent, but as the army expanded, especially at the rank of division commander or general, they would become increasingly overstretched.

This was when the Hero interface became necessary to cultivate talent. While cultivating talent,

we couldn’t forget the people back home responsible for production, technological development, administration, and business operations. While these individuals weren’t direct combat power, they were capital for war. Engineers, researchers, bureaucrats, entrepreneurs… A basic Enlightenment of 10 points, or if the talent’s skill level is exceptional, reaching levels beyond Level 1 upon enlightenment, will be more expensive. Generally speaking, however, it typically doesn’t exceed Level 3, which translates to around 50 points per level.

Enlightened individuals can level up through self-training, but this requires a significant amount of experience points. They can also use Gift Points to level up, but with sufficient talent, the experience required is significantly reduced.

However, Gu Hang prefers to let people level up gradually, spending Gift Points to boost a character only in rare cases.

Having truly high-level Enlightenable individuals is something to be excited about. For example, he recently promoted a young administrative graduate who had just joined the Alliance official system. Gu Hang discovered that the initial Enlightenment cost 10,000, giving him a ready-made Level 7. His talent was truly remarkable, so he gave him the points without hesitation. He also sent the name back to headquarters. If the person performs well during his tenure—which is almost certain—he will be promoted quickly.

The enlightenment and minor upgrades of officers, generals, and rear-line personnel also gradually cost three million grace points, bringing the total number of enlightened [Heroes] to eighty thousand.

Whether in the military, production lines, administration, or the service sector… these individuals will contribute to the Alliance’s development and victory in their respective roles.

Another expense is the dedicated expenditure on Space Marines. While a single Space Marine, from the inevitable waste of new recruits to the cost of Tier 1 training, gene-seed exchange, rapid growth of superhuman organs, and training at Veteran and higher levels… all combined costs roughly fifteen hundred grace points per Marine. However, given the small scale, the incremental addition of a few hundred men only costs a few hundred thousand to a little over a million.

It used to seem expensive, but now, with a monthly income of five hundred thousand, the cost is well within his means.

He doesn’t even need to factor in the extra costs.

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Besides the talent costs, half of the twenty million plus incremental expenditures went into productivity improvements.

Over 100,000 factories in the [Building] panel, ranging from low-level to high-level, were redeemed by Gu Hang and installed on production lines on various planets, mainly in the Dragon Eagle Star Region and supplemented by the Menghe Star Region. The

greatly improved efficiency continuously produced enough military products and processed fuel to support the war on the front line.

More than 20 million points of grace were spent just like that, but Gu Hang didn’t regret it at all.

The monthly fixed income was just a guarantee. The majority of the grace points he had on hand were obtained after the victory in the war.

The current accumulated amount has exceeded 100 million.

(End of this chapter)