However, the atmosphere within the fleet had changed.
Quentin Cooper needed the help of these older stalwarts.
But many of the senior figures who once held high positions had only a lifespan of twenty to thirty years at most, or even as short as ten years.
He wanted to increase the proportion of the First Generation in the fleet population, to have some of the sleepers return to their high-ranking jobs, but it was fraught with problems. Even if these people were willing to sacrifice their lives in advance, their persistence could only last until around 2930.
By then, when the First Generation truly died out completely and further problems arose, it might be even more difficult to recover.
So, although Quentin Cooper had already begun to feel the pressure, he still restrained himself from easily awakening the older generation of the First Generation.
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In the hyper-secret channel of the supreme commander, Quentin Cooper and his disciple Dylan Mitchell started talking again.
