3rd person pov
Dark has been training none stop he knows he has just over 21 years left before the battle of Naboo his fleets are coming along very well each fleet now has 400 ships although it seems a lot but if Darks and Reds calculations are right since this universe has more systems than the cannon than the amount of ships each side of the clone wars has as well as troops will have to be increased to match that so both sides will have more than 10000 ships at the lowest at the highest Red estimates it could reach half a million towards the last year of the war.
so unless Dark can guarantee his absolute supremacy in tech against both sides he was have to match their ship count or even exceed it.
The worst part is that after Reds calculations it became apparent that we do not generate enough materials to do that in the years we have not to mention the ships that will be lost during the war Red even stated that Darks fleets would be fine at the start but as the war progresses they would eventually be out numbered since unlike the republic which has countless worlds we have only two systems.
Realising this weakness Dark knew it was time to use the points he had saved up to get a certain tech that can make travel between his realm and here faster that's because Red had suggested that he devour some of the systems that are uninhabitable and have zero presence since they are too far from the galactic core that no one wants to touch them despite them having large quantities of resources.
Quickly opening the store Dark goes to the tech section and finds what he is looking for
SYSTEM DISPLAY: TECH STORE
Dimensional Transport Gate
Price: 100k points
(This tech allows for travel between different universes do note that it can only allow travel to universes you have already visited it also requires an energy sauce that hold the power of a universal law once active as long as it receives power it will stay active)
Seeing the price Dark knows this will bankrupt him but having a more stable means to go back and forth between his realm is a must of he truly wants to win so he just buys it and watches his hard earned points from simple quest he had done over the past 9 years go away.
With the tech In hand thanks to the system giving the tech in items entirety with all the understanding needed to use he has the sentinels get to work right away on both sides his realm and in both the Hoth system and Hasroth system while making preperations to depart to a few uninhabited systems to absorb into his realm.
Currently he can support another 9 systems this time however he was warned by Red that his actions will attract attention but Dark has no choice he refuses to just sit there and wait for his defeat he is not sure why but when the thought of losing everything he has built so far for the first time he feels anger coming from his body rather than his soul not only that while In this state an unknown feeling of lose washes over him as if he has already lost something important to him.
It took a minute for Dark to stabilise his outburst but he was unsure what to do this never happened to this body since he received his powers since the powers completely blocks them normally " what's happening to me" [ it's the fact you have become a realm lord your powers were too much for your body now your body is nothing more than a vessel you use as you would a drone you control your powers are not channeled directly through your body but goes through your realm first, as for why you felt something was lost it's because realm lords transcend the laws of death before becoming one you would have gone through the cycle of rebirth although your last cycle was not complete, when you were brought to the halo universe but the law of death keeps a record of everyone's lives you being a realm lord your record in the law of death is slowing flowing into your realm core where your soul is] hearing this Dark had no idea what to say " does this mean I will eventually have all the memories of my past lives" [ some yes other no depending on what you did and who you were the @£##@£ will never allow you to have knowlage of the @#£@£# @#£#@#£] " what was that why was some of what you said literally gibberish" Dark got most of what she said but some of it was just spoken in gibberish as if being filtered out.
Destiny was not surprised that some of her words were blocked since it's knowledge that no mortal would ever have since its knowledge only belonging to gods [ unfortunately you have not reached the point that you can learn what was blocked but just know that you will receive memories for your past lives from across the multiverse" Dark having some understanding of what happening to him now just takes his time in getting use to the fact his emotions are becoming active he needs to take things slow with them although he much prefers not having them since its less trouble wondering if he will be weaker now he is like this.
Moving on from what just happened Dark heads to the bridge of his command ship Red had already selected the 9 systems he will absorb funny things is that since he has void manipulation it's much quicker for him to do this than a normal person it would take 24 hours normally but due to his ability he takes 1 hour at most and at minimum it takes 24 minutes making this much quicker but he Will still need to bring his fleet since the moment he starts everyone sensitive to the force will learn what's going on, so Dark is bringing 4 fleets his,Victors, Alices and Jess's fleets for protection that's 1200 ships he left 3 behind Lucy's and two others who have yet to receive a commander Dark plans to have a Spartan lead each of those fleets since they have trained for it and have the force now so they will make good commanders.
The first system on the list is another none canon system is called the Sadres System according to what records Red had got from the republic database it's right on the edge of the galaxy has alot of resource astroids while having a few planets sutible for mining it also has a singular planet thats ironically the same size as earth while having the same gravity and atmosphere if Dark did not know that this was not the milky way galaxy than he would think it was the sol system since it looked similar the reason its not inhabited is because no intelligent life has evolved yet and no one is willing to leave the technology and comfort they have for a world thats got no urban development.
The reason no pirate has made it their base is because the surrounding systems are uninhabitable only having a few barren worlds and alot of astroids and the cost of building here and fuel would not be worth it since being a pirate has no stable income meaning one month might be good earning a large amount of credits but another may bring nothing, so it's just not worth it better to be one system away from a trade root than here despite it having a perfect planet for a base or colony.
The systems around this one are also among the 9 selected systems despite none having planets that could be colonized they have a large amount of resources in astroids that are the same size as a planet as for why they are called astroids not planets is because they have no planetary core that generates gravity.
Having his plan ready Dark sets off ready to do anything to ensure he does not lose still confused about why he is so determined to never lose anything but he knows he will find out eventually so he just trusts his gut and heads to the first stop.