Chapter 20 - Finished ecumenopolis!

In the castle the 5 were standing before kirean, Gaia wasn't here because she already said what she had too and resumed her job kirean looked at the 5 as he knew there was not much more to do than to wait until the protection time is over so it's time to prepare looking at amber kirean said "amber start researching ships we need science, scout, and a large variety of warships get the best design's possible that also includes getting the ships to FTL travel which shouldn't be hard for you as you already have some ideas about it and start researching civilian ships too and space station designs in fact do everything that can be done you could even research some time of range weapon if you have time research as much as you can" said kirean as they're was too many research options he had too make it short and tell her to research as much as she can before the 10,000 years period

Hearing him amber became serious as she knew this task was incredibly important as ultimas can move in space they aren't at the level where it's easier than taking a ship "forefather don't worry by 10,000 years all research we can do will be done we will research as much as possible and FTL capable ships are definitely possible im even confident our FTL travel will be better than others as for ship designs it easy after all of that we will research everything from manufacturing to space to colonizing anything we can research before the end of the protection period will be researched, in fact forefather if it wasn't for the protection we would of been a space faring civilization by the 5th year but we wouldn't have such a solid foundation as now but it worry's me we need 10,000 just to give us a chance at survival" the others hearing her last words were also worried kirean was worried aswell because he believes the system and the universe are working together and if those 2 think we need 10,000 years just to not die off shows just how crazy this universe is

Getting these thoughts out of his head kirean turned to Adam "Adam I'm promoting you to general the second highest position in the army at the moment as I am the highest in command you can freely recruit soldiers but it can't exceed 10% of the Ultima population and stockpile on weapons and get ready to start training with space ships and different types of weapons" said kirean as Adam was at first happy at the promotion but seeing the list of stuff to do he got a little depressed but Adam is a determined man plus he can still frequently meet his family through holograms "yes forefather I will make our soldiers the best in this galaxy by the time the protection ends" said Adam with determination in his eyes, seeing Adam so determined kirean knew the position and task were in good hands

"Amanda you know things are going to ramp up with the climbing population and protection coming to an end so you can take a secretary to help you" said kirean while looking at Amanda "yes forefather we are currently hiring alot of people as we already having trouble keeping up with the increase of the population and materials" hearing this kirean nodded then looked at Christian

"Forefather the economy is growing at an incredibly fast pace as the population increases the more energy crystals and coins are made" said Christian hearing this nodded and started to think "Christian keep improving the economy and work with Amanda to build more factory's and boost the numbers of state owned beta robots to 10 million" said kirean after thinking for a few seconds "yes forefather!" Both Christian and Amanda said

Kirean turned to will with a smile as he said "increases the size of the academy and create branches all over Aurora as a single academy won't hold all our kids" will nodded as he had the same thought "yes forefather the kids are doing great as the addition of the zoo has gotten them happier than ever" said will while kirean smiled

40 years later…

Today is the 100th year of our birth and the ultimas are thriving as the huge ecumenopolis was completed in its entirety in the middle of the huge city you could see 240,000 ultimas around a stage as today is the 20th year tournament as kirean walked on stage with the cheers of the Ultima he said his cheesy speech that always works on ultimas and soon the tournament started with a hundred thousand young adults competing it made it the largest tournament to date and it will only get bigger

As the tournament ended it was a new face who won she was not related to any famous ultimas her name was Sophia a 9ft tall buff Ultima that looks made for war the way Adam looks at her makes kirean feel that he already wants to recruit her and can't wait any longer so he quickly finished the ceremony of holding her horn of crowns and gave her rewards as the tournament concluded you could hear cheers throughout genesis as the ultimas threw a big party some soldier Ultimas even partied with their alpha bots as they had deep conversations over drinks this is possible because their hearts are energy crystals even planet cores could grow a conscious with all the energy it has why can't robots but there's a difference as planet consciousness is practical a planet with instincts it would do what is beneficial to its growth like manipulating energy to give people powers and such in times of crisis but machine conscious what we call is when a machine becomes extremely adaptable, fast learners they of course don't have a conscious it's more of an instinct of wanting to service better, if you talk to a robot long enough they will grow and learn to hold a better more meaningful conversation with you this phenomena is even going on in regular appliances as tvs would automatically turn on to the channel that they're masters like and coffee would be brewed in the morning ready for its master to wake up this of course was a surprise to Ultimas but a welcomed one as ultimas don't discriminate to even animals they not gonna look lesser on robots so this only made them acknowledge they're machine companions and treat them with respect that's why you see alot of military Ultima with alpha bots as it can get lonely in a base so they typically talk to the alpha bots and some even become friends

"Next time we have a meeting will be every 1000 years as the task given can't be completed in a small amount of time so let's start" said kirean sitting on his thrown talking to the six below him

"Forefather the ship design and all research are going extremely fast we might complete the designs by the next 1000 years"said amber

"Forefather recruitment is going well and the soldiers are well disciplined"said Adam as the military was the most uneventful as they have nothing to fight

"Forefather the economy is still in a boom as some companies have even started to popping up luckily we are ultimas so we don't have to worry about anything shady or exploitation"said Christian this answer got kirean a little interested as he never had good views on companies or corporations but it's different as they are ultimas and this will greatly boost the economy and technology

"Forefather we are getting an increase in technological advancement as different companies are pushing more improved and better technology the materials have grown as the average planet is 300 a lot more resources are pouring in" said Amanda kirean nodded as he himself had 500 planets

"Forefather the laws are more perfected and refined as I added more business laws and tax's for companies"said Gaia as her Job was also pretty straightforward without much to report

"Forefather the academy has expanded and we are teaching alot of kids but most graduated but we believe an even greater influx of children will come in the following years, we have expanded to every corner of Aurora so no matter how far you out you can go to school" said will with a heartfelt smile hearing they're reports kirean smiled as everything was done all that was left was to wait for the end of the protection.