After the Great Collapse: I Became Commander of an Automated Fleet

After the Great Collapse, the great Galactic Empire, the Domain of Man, fell apart as its gate network went dark. In the distant Persean sector, conflict rages in the core worlds, pirates run rampant on the frontier, and threats from the abyss beyond keep growing. Saren Carmona, a dropout from the Hegemony's military academy on its capital world, is a would-be overlord with secrets of his own. His skill level is currently zero, and all he wants is to live quietly as a spacer. That is, until he finds a strange black AI core and a ship full of unusual people. Ha! I'm going to become a master of the Remnant AI fleet! What do you mean, the Domain of Man's exploration fleet is a sea of junk? Why is the Persean League's number one idol here, too? Miss Luddic Knight, calm down. A noble princess from the Hegemony, and my childhood friend? I barely know her. Daughter of a Tri-Tachyon director, stop chasing me for the money I owe! I'm investing in Galatia Academy's project! Persean InfoNet reports: The bounty on Saren Carmona, the subversive who illegally declared the restoration of the Domain of Man in the frontier worlds, has reached ten million credits. An emergency security meeting in the Persean sector warned that several nations may form a joint fleet to destroy this illegal regime... Based on the setting of Starsector, with a native protagonist. Colony-building, fleet battles, and female leads from multiple factions. Some original characters are portrayed more favorably.