Kouchuugun Shikan Boukensha ni Naru - Ch. 49.2

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Translation for the youngsters out there: "GG EZ Scrub, L + Ratio, you should commit sudoku, no wonder the bugs are winning, you nepo baby"
 
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Hmm, competing factions of sci-fi invaders? I assume they all have the same common goal of defending against the bugs, but why would they fight each other? :thonk:
 
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Well, obviously she's an Imperial. Should have been clear the moment she understood how his city's defenses worked. But yeah, how long has she been there for... who knows?
Hmm, competing factions of sci-fi invaders? I assume they all have the same common goal of defending against the bugs, but why would they fight each other? :thonk:
The way she speaks, it sounds like she's maybe a special forces or long-term infiltration operative. Though I do wonder why she didn't just identify herself as another Imperial. Inter-service rivalry, maybe, where she’s part of an intelligence agency or Special Operations Command, that looks down on the Navy and regular military? Or she’s an Army combat soldier and she’s just bullying the Navy tech support guy?
 
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It's meh. The next few chapters bear it out. Even if his city is the equivalent of a properly garrisoned Galactic Outpost (I'm just making those terms up to point out if they hand landed, planted the flag and started exercising their presence), it's obvious the residents have access to equivalent technology and tactics. And you're about to see it as the arc progresses.

The bugs aren't the primary threat, it's whatever landed here, seeded the planet with humans, and left behind a trace residual legacy of artifacts, along with a parallel technology that relies on the planet's unique ecosystem - I.e., using Magic Stones as power sources instead of nuclear fission/fusion, etc.

Then there's the Meta god/godess - remember? He's got that voice bouncing around in his head and that phantom figure he saw very early in the original arc.

Chances are good that this person is the equivalent of a rogue in the SW universe - smuggler, merc, name your poison. She spans both worlds - the Galactic and whatever constitutes the equivalent system on the planet. Neither good nor bad, but right now, she's going to hinder the daylights out of him.
 
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re-reading and MC even had nanom help him aimbot those wolf. I don't know how people think MC was super soldier. he even admitted that he never won against Iris clone. His planet has bug problem so even normal grunt at least has to be able to fight or buy some time against the bug(s) while this planet is just some kind of humannoid monster at best(excluding dragon)

So Alan is basically like mid ranked(lv50) in low leveled world(lv20+). He will get humbled when he meet high ranked fighter like Iris clone and this new girl.(lv50+)

I mean, yes. the sudden appearance of her who is most likely fellow empire is abrupt . Hopefully they will reveal in next chapter.

maybe the whole magic and god that alan met in this planet is just another one of nanom or similair AI ?
 
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Is this for better or for worse?
I couldn't say if it's for better or worse; it just means that I can't ask someone who read the source material to fill in anything that the manga may have abridged or skipped since this is now all original story.
 
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Here’s hoping that she ends up joining them instead of just being a bitch and constantly getting in Alan’s way.
 
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uh... how did he lose? Was he not supposed to be some kind of fencing genius who had won the intergalactic fencing championships in vr? And then gotten the captain-infodumps ontop of that, including martial arts? Or am I misremembering things from this wn/manga being way too slow and old?
In a world of intergalactic space, swordsmanship and martial arts is useless. He got data downloaded of the basics within the system but it can't beat real life, especially if the other side knows the basics and has counter for it

Completions also have rules which street fights don't, hence even on earth you hear boxer national champion beaten in street fight

He also let his guard down because so far everyone was easy and his skills have likely also pulled over the years
 
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Well yeah lady that is exactly what he is.. it's not like he wanted to do any of this or be a supreme leader/fighter.

To quote an edgy protag: "I didn't ask for this."

I know this is supposed to be a show of power and dramatic tension.
But knowing Alan's background.. this is basically bullying :worry:

P.S. also the MC not realizing that the enemy is wearing an imperial combat suit is kinda weird...
What happened to the constant Nanom/AI chatter?
 
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Wait wait now I'm even more confuse, if mc is basically nobody why did the god/angel (I don't know) choice him as the person that will change this world? When they is already someone frrom the empire and is just better. it's been so long now I kinna forget most thing sorry.
 
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Wait wait now I'm even more confuse, if mc is basically nobody why did the god/angel (I don't know) choice him as the person that will change this world? When they is already someone frrom the empire and is just better. it's been so long now I kinna forget most thing sorry.
A guild with limited resources vs a imperial starship with drones in the sky.

Yes Alan is basically a nobody but since he was ranked up to captain he has the resources and abilities to build up the planet for defending against the bugs.
 
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A guild with limited resources vs a imperial starship with drones in the sky.

Yes Alan is basically a nobody but since he was ranked up to captain he has the resources and abilities to build up the planet for defending against the bugs.
So it could be that the woman is a full-on combat-hardened soldier or special forces operative but only had access to civilian-grade equipment, while Alan is a scrub of a desk jockey with little combat experience but has the resources and command codes of an Imperial heavy cruiser (albeit a wrecked one with no FTL drive or comms, but still working computer and cloning tanks)?
 
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So it could be that the woman is a full-on combat-hardened soldier or special forces operative but only had access to civilian-grade equipment, while Alan is a scrub of a desk jockey with little combat experience but has the resources and command codes of an Imperial heavy cruiser (albeit a wrecked one with no FTL drive or comms, but still working computer and cloning tanks)?

No she clearly has very good equipment. But not enough to build up a whole planet for defense against an oppressive galaxy bug empire.

Of course that is based on what we know so far. We will know more soon enough.
 

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So, if I'm recalling correctly:

The planet uniquely has magic
The planet uniquely has ancient high-tech artifacts that predate humanity

So maybe the Empire secretly knew about this planet (and perhaps other special planets like this) and had elite units stationed on them for research?

Maybe the Empire was keeping the artifacts secret as it could undermine their human-supremacy ideology or something of the sort? Could bring about the idea of manufactured panspermia or something. Idk I'm wildly speculating here, I don't even remember most of the story
 
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My money is on this woman being part of a previous crash that wasn't lucky enough to keep the ship's machine shop/nanomachine printers/cloning tanks/etc intact like Alan's ship was, and she's since gone native. There's something about this planet that just randomly shoots down huge space cruisers ala Rakata in KOTOR or that planet in Subnautica, so smaller ships are probably way less likely to retain their important components when hit with whatever shot down his cruiser. I don't think there's a serious and extant imperial presence on this planet that we haven't seen yet, because otherwise they surely would have gotten in contact before now when they noticed the drones flying around/city being built/etc.

The question I have right now is why she's attacking him instead of working with him if she's a castaway. On the other hand, she hasn't killed him yet, so maybe this is just a dominance display and she intends to work with him.

I suppose it could also be a case of her being a descendant of crash survivors, but the vibe I get is that she's special forces looking down on a dumb naval ensign who's gotten cute trying to play at soldiering. She doesn't feel like someone meeting a member of the legendary empire she'd know only by her parents'/grandparents'/ancestors' stories, she seems much more contemptous of Alan's efforts, almost as a matter of professional pride.

...Alternatively, this could be a time travel story depending on how the FTL works. Starveek having the same name as the empire implies either it was founded by imperials in the distant past... Or the empire is the future of Alan's to-be-built nation. Probably not, but that would be an unexpected twist.

I'm surprised other folks are surprised that he got owned the minute he fought someone who actually knows what they're doing though. His swordsmanship was literally copying moves from a video game chuuni-style and he's been able to compensate with the nanomachines making him super strong to impress the primitive natives, but the actual technique is doubtlessly bogus just like any other video game move. The magic, that's done by the nanomachines too and he never really learned how to work it himself. Even aiming his gun was with the assistance of the nanomachines.

This woman here very clearly doesn't use her nanomachines as a crutch like Alan does considering how quickly she crushed him and countered everything he did.
 
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So, if I'm recalling correctly:

The planet uniquely has magic
The planet uniquely has ancient high-tech artifacts that predate humanity

So maybe the Empire secretly knew about this planet (and perhaps other special planets like this) and had elite units stationed on them for research?

Maybe the Empire was keeping the artifacts secret as it could undermine their human-supremacy ideology or something of the sort? Could bring about the idea of manufactured panspermia or something. Idk I'm wildly speculating here, I don't even remember most of the story
I checked, and Chapter 6, starting on Page 5, Alan's implanted nanomachine AI looked up Imperial records and found the same "magic" on a planet, and the Empire researched it enough to develop a sensor to detect the energy. From what it seems, the Empire found it interesting but not worth incorporating into their military; why bother setting up planetary energy fields when even your non-combat technical officers can be afforded nanotech that does everything "magic" can do, but better and cheaper? Fire Arrows and Fireballs can impress technological primitives and gamers who haven't completely left behind their chuuni sensibilities (like Alan), but they're no match for a standard issue rifle and every sailor's standard-issue aimbot.
 

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