Star Ship Girl Era: My Shipgirls Are Too Overpowered-Chapter 13: Two Powerful Golden Talents

He didn’t explain further. He wasn’t ready to tell anyone about the Destiny System right now, at least not yet. Even with Astra, even with the bond, some habits took time to break.

He let the Destiny System fade back into the background and shifted his focus inward again, toward his commander network.

Now that it had stabilized, it felt different from before, becoming more solid, which made him feel stable and in control.

He could sense it clearly, a space inside him that held connections, authority, and control channels that hadn’t existed yesterday.

In that inner network, there were stars.

Gold stars, steady and bright, hanging in a calm field, and one of them was heavier than the rest, tied directly to the presence standing a few steps away.

There was also a miniature image of Astra, not a literal doll or portrait, but a small symbolic figure, a control link that allowed communication and synchronization even if she wasn’t standing right next to him, which is very useful, as it would mean that even if he was far away from her, he could send her instructions to follow.

Then he saw what he actually cared about.

The talent interface.

Shipgirls, after a certain rarity, are able to share the talents they have with their commanders, and as a gold-tier ship girl, Astra also shared her talents with him.

Aurelian’s network displayed two talent panels, which are higher than even purple-quality ones, which only give one when they first get contracted, and both are marked as gold quality.

He read the first one.

[Talent: Sovereign Command Authority]

[Level: Lv0 (0/500)]

[Quality: Gold]

[Permanent Effect: Increases the overall combat effectiveness of all ships under your command by 8%. Increases shield capacity by 6%, shield distribution efficiency by 5%, and fleet-wide energy regeneration by 4%. All ships operating within Astra’s synchronization field gain 6% increased weapon stability and 5% improved targeting accuracy.]

When Astra is deployed as a flagship, all fleet-wide buffs are amplified by an additional 20% of their base value.

Active Skill: Strategic Override. For 90 seconds, all ships ignore 15% of enemy shield mitigation and increase coordinated fire efficiency by 12%.

Active Skill Cooldown: 48 hours.

Even a single reading made it obvious what kind of talent it was.

It is a talent that is something that everyone gets, but not the same effects as the lower quality ones get talents that are of worse quality, but as their first shipgirls, many tend to get talents that affect the overall fleet, which makes them one of the most formidable opponents to fight against.

Then he read the second.

[Talent: Sanctum of the Commander]

[Level: Lv0 (0/500)][Quality: Gold]

[Permanent Effect: While Astra is deployed, damage directed toward the Commander is reduced by 30%. If the flagship is targeted, shield regeneration speed increases by 10% and structural stability increases by 8%. Fleet morale stability increases by 5%, reducing the effectiveness of enemy suppression effects.]

When Astra’s hull integrity drops below 50%, all allied ships gain 7% maneuverability and 5% movement speed until combat ends.

Active Skill: Sovereign Aegis. Generates a layered command barrier around the flagship and nearby allied vessels for 60 seconds, absorbing damage equal to 12% of Astra’s maximum shield value per affected ship.

Active Skill Cooldown: 72 hours.

Aurelian sat there for a moment, trying his best to calm down, but the smile on his lips betrayed his thoughts.

One talent made his fleet hit harder and function more cleanly.

The other made him harder to kill and kept the fleet stable when things got ugly.

That combination wasn’t just strong; it is pretty much a guaranteed victory if the two sides are on the same level.

It was the kind of early advantage that stopped "bad luck" from becoming a disaster.

Astra stepped closer, her voice low enough that it didn’t carry. "How are the talents that got shared?"

Aurelian looked up at her, smiling. "They’re awesome."

Astra’s eyes softened slightly at that, and for someone who looked built to be a killing machine with no other thoughts, the expression was strangely sincere and something that she had never seen before.

He checked the bottom of the talent interface and saw the restriction he already expected.

Talents could be improved using source fragments, but commander-level limitations applied, and his network was still at an early stage. He could use the talents as they were, but he couldn’t level them yet.

Which meant there was only one path forward.

Build the ships.

Train; Fight; Level up.

As if the day hadn’t already given enough, another set of pings came through his device, and this time the location tags weren’t from the construction wing.

They were from the starport.

Three new dock reservations had been registered, all within the same block, all assigned under the Morozova names, and each marked with the same high-tier resource intake warning that appeared only when someone was building something expensive.

Aurelian exhaled slowly as he felt relaxed, indicating that everything that needed to be done had been done, so they could go back and just wait for the construction to be over.

Astra glanced toward the main lane where the triplets would arrive soon. "They’re coming."

"I know," Aurelian said.

He stood up, slipped his device away, and looked back at the growing hull one more time, then toward the starport entrance where the three girls would step through with their own shipgirls beside them.

Four commanders in one morning.

Four gold shipgirls.

But all of that for the future, right now, looking at the triplets, Aurelian suddenly remembered something he had completely forgotten.

And as he saw the strange smiles on the faces of the triplets, he suddenly remembered the promise he made when they first confessed to him years back.