There were no motherships in the Chinese Federation.

Well, to be more specific, at least there were none employed in publicly visible active service. If they had a few secretly under construction, I wouldn't have the slightest idea then.

But the main reason as to why there weren't any visible ones in the Chinese Federation was very simple.

They could not afford it.

They could not afford to design it, they could not afford to build the industry that would be needed just to build it, they could not afford to build the maintenance yards and train the manpower needed to maintain the maintenance yards, and they could not afford to do all of the above for the golden mechas they would need to fill the mothership with.

A mothership was that expensive to build.historical

And within the context of the Federation's situation, it was also extremely useless.

Its money would be better spent chasing after the development of golden mechas and strengthening the spine of its armies.

Why build a cannon if you can't even build the cannonballs? And why build a cannon if you don't have the power to protect it from raids during war?

Without golden mechas, a Mothership was excess, pure and simple.

My shock at the appearance of the European Mothership was simply due to the fact that I had no idea such gargantuan machines existed.

And not just exist normally, it existed as the biggest, baddest, meanest bad boy in the whole wide world.

A European Mothership was literally a mechanical monster of the most epic proportions.

It was shaped like a supermassive donut with a diameter of one full kilometer.

Yes. You did not hear wrongly, and neither did I make a rough estimate.

It was a full kilometer in diameter!

It contained a full squad of fifteen golden mechas, one hundred sixty white mechas, and fifty blue mechas.

And oh, lest I forget. More drones than you can count.

And double oh, lest I forget also. A supermassive main gun that could vaporize mountains. It was a Peak Platinum Grade Weapon!

The particular mothership that was descending slowly towards us was black in color with golden trim in the shape of dragons running all over it.

"The chief designer of this Empire's weapon systems has a size issue. I am sure of it." Arabella said firmly. "I have seen more than my rightful share of men who love massive things. Without exceptions, they all have small dicks. Their love for large things is a natural form of compensation for their tiny manhood size."

Trust Arabella to look at something so magnificent as a Mothership, and link it back to sexual stuff.

I rolled my eyes at her for a moment before continuing to focus on studying the ugly mothership with my resonance.

Although it was an impressive creation, at that moment it was only filled with three golden mechas, ten white mechas and around two thousand blue mechas.

It was hardly the maximum firepower a mothership could rightly claim. In fact, it was waaay more than fifty percent understrength.

But for the me at that moment who had never seen one before, it was still as impressive as hell.

"What the hell is this mothership doing here with so many soldiers? And what the hell is with its stealth? I didn't detect anything until it appeared!" I said to Princess Louisa.

"The Black Dragon Warriors we took out earlier must be from this mothership. And yes, a mothership is fully equipped with the latest stealth technology. It is virtually undetectable in the skies." Princess Louisa said softly.

"Louisa, is that you?" A particularly huge golden mecha shouted from afar. He was leading the rapid charge the Silver Legion, Light Legion and Fire Legion were making.

At the rate that they were traveling, they would probably reach us within less than a minute.

The fact that the lead golden mecha couldn't even wait that long to verify Princess Louisa's identity showed just how frantically worried he was.

"Big brother, it is me!" Princess Louisa replied back excitedly with a loud shout of her own. "Didn't you recognize my digital verification details?"

"Good! Thank goodness that you're safe!" A second golden mecha next to the first one said loudly as well.

However, they were still quite a distance away, and the massive mothership would reach us first.

One of the hatches slid open and a simple, basic looking golden mecha with black armor made its way out of it.

"Black Drake. So it's not Richard Draco afterall." Princess Louisa muttered upon recognizing the golden mecha.

"Prince Wilford. Prince Harris. Please hold." The Black Drake shouted loudly as he quickly positioned himself in between the Legions and us.

"Black Drake. You are not welcome here. Bring your damn mothership back to your master's lair and get the hell out of here." The second golden mecha, Prince Harris, shouted in a condescending voice.

"This strange mecha attacked AND destroyed a full battalion from my Draco Mothership which was on long distance patrol. It might not be the Princess Louisa. For your own safety, I humble request that you two Princes keep your distance! The Empire would grieve if two of its mightiest warriors were to fall to a sneak attack by a spy pretending to be the missing Princess Louisa!" Black Drake shouted back.

"Black Drake, I am warning you, ge-" Prince Harris began to shout impatiently at him.

But at a signal from Black Drake, the supermassive main gun of the Draco Mothership swiveled and locked on to us.

"Princes, please stop right where you are while I conduct an investigation. I would be forced open fire at this unidentified threat if you two were to continue forward and place yourself in danger." Black Drake threatened the two princes calmly with an obvious sneer.

"Stop." Prince Wilford raised one arm, and the three combined Legions stopped instantly.

They were only less than half a kilometer away from our position at that point.

"You bastard. You dare to threaten me with my sister's life? Just wait till we get back. I will make sure I torture you and your family properly." Prince Harris hissed at the Black Drake with pure fury emanating from his voice.

"Threaten? How would one as lowly as me dare to threaten you, O great Prince? Hahaha! I am merely concerned for your safety. Concerned! I will not let this evil spy endanger your life!" Black Drake said with a scornful laugh.

"Offensive formation three." Prince Harris said in a low voice and caused all three legions to immediately shift their positions into three loose wedges, aimed at the Black Drake.

"Herto Jebil. I am ordering you to stand down." Prince Wilford said calmly, but in a voice that reeked of brutal death.

"I-I am afraid I cannot obey your commands, Prince Wilford. You are not my direct superior afterall." Herto Jebil the Black Drake said in a voice that was clearly shaking slightly.

"I understand. You will regret your decision." Prince Wilford said quietly.

"E-Enough! Your empty threats do not scare me!" Shouted Herto Jebil in a squeaky voice. "I am the Black Dragon's right hand man! You cannot touch me!"

However, both Princes merely hovered there quietly.

And their silence was louder than any threat they could scream out.

It was like a promise that as soon as the standoff was over, whatever the result was, Herto Jebil and all living members of his kin were as good as dead.

"I.. I am.." Herto Jebil stuttered slightly for a moment before finally recovering his courage. "Hmph! I am acting under the direct orders of the Crown Prince! If you have a problem with me, go on ahead and take it up to him!"

He turned around and pointed at us angrily.

"You bastards pretending to be the Princess Louisa, how dare you resist capture and kill the brave soldiers of the Empire! You think the Empire is so easily bullied? Show yourself right now!" He roared angrily.

"Can we take on the Mothership?" I asked Arabella quietly.

"Without using my main power? No. If I could use them? Yes." Arabella replied very simply.

"I usually dissolve their small but critical parts so that their effectivity is affected. We can do that again here." I said as I prepared myself for a huge fight.

"Half measures like that won't work here." Arabella said dismissively. "Doing it in small amounts to the point where they won't notice us is not enough to turn the battle around. Doing it in large enough amounts to impact the battle will definitely cause them to notice us. Might as well go all out and devour the entire Mothership."

"Hmmmm." I said quietly as I pondered upon the merits of revealing myself as the owner of devour publicly.

It would create the explosive entry I wanted, of course. But it would also put me in danger.

"I need something that can assure my safety if I do that." I thought to myself.

But while I was lost in thought, Princess Louisa calmly stood up and opened the cockpit door.