From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 284 Speed ​​up! accelerate!
"I have good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"

When Amber asked this question, everyone was shocked and didn't know what to say.

They found that their boss's heart seemed a little too big. Just now, the group seemed almost to be buried in this asteroid, but now they had the heart to ask such a question.

In the end, Randall, who was more familiar with Amber, said carefully:
"good news?"

"The good news is that I should have obtained the management rights of this equipment and can put this thing into production at any time, and the mining and refining efficiency of the mining team will make a qualitative leap."

"Should?" Randall caught a key word.

"Ahem. Basically there is no problem."

"Basically?" George also caught a key word.

"No, you believe me, there will definitely be no problem! If something goes wrong, I will take care of it for you!"

"What if?" A group of miners captured a keyword at the same time.

The unknown 'green ray' it emits is far more efficient at decomposing ores and crystals than the hot melt cutter on the mining engineering ship.

It is enough to know that what is hidden in this asteroid can greatly improve the efficiency of mining and refining.

Amber also smiled, and then continued:
"The bad news is that the maker of this thing is a civilization that has disappeared from the universe for a long time, and may be hostile to us humans and the elves of the Thousand Star Empire. If one day in the future they come to the door and say It might be a big fight."

This is also the characteristic of Atlas employees, or a kind of 'corporate culture' of Atlas.

"Dang you guys, let me tell you some bad news~"

Next, all the work of cutting asteroids or digging out outer rock walls was handed over to this creation of the Forerunner civilization.

But this is what Amber wants to achieve now.

Now everyone couldn't hold it in any longer and burst into laughter.

Amber first controlled this thing and dug out several basic large holes in the asteroid, laying the foundation for the subsequent base construction.

So as not to cause panic to others.

"Boss, can't we just return the things to them when the time comes?"

In his opinion, rather than spending time explaining the origin of this thing to employees, it would be better for them to dismiss it as a joke.
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After Amber gained full control of the 'Growable Large-scale Mining and Refining Core', there were some changes in the workflow of Atlas Mining's mining fleet.

Especially when staying with Amber.

The several Gyrator-class mining engineering ships that were originally the main force for excavation became auxiliary roles in the operation, and the real main force of the entire mining team became this huge regular hexadecahedron.

No matter what personality or psychological quality this person has, as long as he joins Atlas and works on the front line for a period of time, he will gradually become as heartless as the 'big boss'.

Everyone present laughed again. Obviously, for them, the 'Forerunner Civilization' was still too far away from their lives.

Then he drilled out from the inside of the asteroid along an 'entry and exit' channel that was opened up.

"Hahahaha, Boss, let me go before the time comes. Jamie is a coward and might wet his pants when he sees these aliens~"

"You are such a clever guy, then I will send you to negotiate with them when the time comes!"

Even though they now work for Atlas, which is considered a relatively cutting-edge organization in human society, it is still difficult for them to be interested in this illusory ancient civilization for a while.

Things about the Forerunner civilization, especially the scene in the illusion where the Forerunner civilization is suspected of fighting humans and elves, will become a secret that only he knows for the time being.

So after Amber set up the mining program and assigned the control authority to George, the task of this hexadecahedron, internally codenamed 'Planet Eater', became to cut the asteroids calibrated by the exploration team.

During this process, it simultaneously absorbs and refines flying debris, as well as scraps dragged by small engineering ships, to complete its own growth and prepare for its subsequent expansion into a large-scale mining and refining platform.

Yes, the permissions of this thing can be assigned.

When Amber used the mark in her mind and let the blue chasing light emitted by the hexadecahedron scan George's body, George's biological information appeared in the 'control interface'.

So Amber assigned a authority called 'field executive officer' to George.

Allowing him to control the hexadecahedron to move short distances, and select cutting targets. And an existence similar to an 'electronic fence' also limits the activity range of the hexadecahedron to this asteroid belt.

Amber's setting is that once someone wants to forcibly drag away the 'Growable Large-scale Mining and Refining Core', then this thing will directly enter the irreversible self-decomposition process.
After explaining these things and learning that with the help of the financial business department, Atlas Mining has become the leading mining supplier in the border area between the Federation and the Star Dragon Empire.

Amber also gave instructions for the next step - to rely on the "Growable Large-scale Mining and Refining Core" ore refining technology that far exceeds the level of human technology to complete the market monopoly of refined ore in border areas.

As for the increased profits after the expansion of production, their use has been determined from the beginning.

That is to support Atlas Private Military Company's next explosive force plan.
After arranging the relevant work in the mining area and giving the miners a ten-day shift leave that would start immediately, Amber left the mining area and went to the Tower of Babel, which she had not been to for a long time.
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After the war on Lubion 5 ended, Atlas Group began to focus mainly on the three projects of post-war reconstruction, asteroid belt mining, and explosive ordnance. The overall pace was much slower than before. few.

Of course, this slowdown refers to the slowdown in the pace of projects. The efficiency of Atlas employees in actual work still maintains a very high level.

All projects across the group, from large to small, including daily meal preparation in the employee canteen, have project timetables and progress charts set by Lilith after calculation.

Under Lilith's "refined management" that monitors the work behavior of all employees, rewards and punishments within the company are basically "discovered on the same day and adjudicated on the same day" to ensure that there are no unjust, false or wrong cases.

With the ever-expanding server array in the asteroid to maintain its own computing and storage needs, Lilith's capabilities have now reached a level that is difficult for other AIs to reach.

To manage more than 10,000 employees under various subsidiaries of the Atlas Group, it is enough for her to allocate a little computing power.

All projects are broken down by her starting from the top and then working down to the corresponding level of employees.

Everyone can see the work tasks they should complete today on their personal terminal every day, as well as the overall task progress, whether they have any task lags, and other information.

Except for middle-level and above-level supervisors who occasionally need to discuss together, other employees only need to complete their tasks on time and with quality.

If the work that should be completed today is completed every day and continues for a month, the employee will receive a 'perfect attendance bonus' in addition to the salary.

It can be said that Lilith's company management module can be called the ultimate version of 'fully automated labor management software'.
This efficiency is most vividly reflected in Atlas Industries.

Most of Atlas Industrial's employees are focused on R&D, testing, and sales.

Except for some necessary safety officers and machinery managers, no one else can be seen on the production line.

On the 24-hour assembly line, individual weapons and equipment, exoskeletons, various combat vehicles, and HCPs that have been finalized and put into production are being continuously completed.

Some of them are packaged directly after leaving the factory and sent to the Comprehensive Training Center in Babel. Combat troops who have completed all training subjects will wait for distribution after completing the equipment change.

The other part of the 'reduced' version of the external sales products will be sorted and sent to the star systems where each customer is located through the airport.

So you basically don’t see a few civilian employees in the entire Atlas Industry.

The same is true for private military companies, mining companies, and the newly established 'Engineering Construction and Development Co., Ltd.'

Lilith is responsible for completing 90% of the clerical work, and everyone else only needs to focus on the work in their hands.

Under this background of eliminating the 'human interference' factor to the greatest extent, Atlas Group's human efficiency ratio has reached the extreme, and the speed of progress of each project is completely unimaginable by other organizations and forces.

Other companies, even the federal government, or the 'feudal dictatorship' of the Star Dragon Empire, will have the same doubt after seeing the work efficiency of the Atlas Group's '8-hour work system'.

"Does this kind of efficiency really exist?"

As Atlas continues to develop according to the blueprint planned by Amber, the distant business alliances not only express the hope that the Federation and the Empire will restrain each other, but also continue to maintain the attitude of "watching tigers fight from afar".

The war situation between the Federation and the Star Dragon Empire is also accelerating like the game plot in Amber's memory.

On the Star Dragon Empire side, Duke Duke and Duke William withdrew with their respective strategic fortresses and expeditionary strike groups.

On the Princess Party side, Duke Hastings and Artesia led the fleet and completed the handover with the 'friendly forces' with the support of strategic fortresses.

The fleet is fully configured and the morale of the personnel is high. The two newly arrived dukes on the front line also have a certain degree of confidence in the coming battle.

Even if we can no longer complete the advance, there is still no problem in holding on to the six galaxies we have captured now, right?

But they didn't know that during the "handover" window period of the Imperial Expeditionary Force, the largest fleet so far in the war, even larger than the previous round of counterattack, had already assembled in front of them.

(End of this chapter)