The Bizarre Adventure of Tartaros Fleet

"?!?!??!!?"

The soldier was startled, he turned his head abruptly, just in time to see a medium-sized cargo ship had just completed a turn, and started to accelerate towards the communication station at a distance of only tens of kilometers.

【alarm!alarm!Crash alert! 】

"Fight it, knock it down!"

"That's too late……"

What would happen if the Planetary Defense Force, which was going to support the Ha'shan galaxy, received information about the slave uprising halfway?No one is clear about this, because whether to continue to the first star or return to suppress the uprising is also a trolley problem, and the choice basically depends on what the commander is thinking at that time.

However, as long as the communication station is completely destroyed and the communication is cut off, the commander will not have any extra thoughts.Because he has no idea what's going on here.

It is difficult for armed ships to travel in the Batary star field, but it is not difficult to get some unregistered cargo ships from the smugglers or human traffickers in the Jieshen galaxy.

The cargo ship operated by the automatic navigation system is not afraid of artillery fire, even if the bow of the ship is shot, it does not stop. It crashes into the small space station, and then fully activates the mass effect core to force the speed of light-this is of course impossible, mass From the very beginning, the effect field interfered with the space station and could not be formed, and a large amount of excess energy suddenly transformed into deadly radiation and burst out.Under the horrified sight of countless people, it, together with the entire communication station, turned into hot metal slag in the sudden burst of light.

On the ground, Ziketa raised the chainsaw ax named 'Bloodfather' in his hand and roared loudly:

"The communication station has been destroyed! Action! For our future!!!"

On this planet, these thousands of gladiators were not the only ones who attacked, mutinies also occurred within several large farms and factories at the same time.Overseers and guards were knocked to the ground by enraged slaves, who took their weapons away.Some rebels have obtained weapons smuggled in by agents in the past, while others have directly seized loosely defended weapon depots.The planetary guards who stayed behind were suddenly attacked from all sides, which made them panic, because the two armies were not facing each other, these soldiers had no chance to use heavy weapons to exert their firepower advantage, and many soldiers were killed before they even had time to get up died in bed.

The only barracks that was not attacked immediately sent soldiers to fight the rebels, but at this time the slaves had armed themselves with trophies and attacked the governor's mansion. The two sides launched brutal street fighting in the city, with fierce gunfire The tranquility of the night was torn apart, and fires broke out in several places.

Parra had been governor for several years, and his high and enviable office gave him great power.When there is nothing to do, the scope of his official activities is very narrow, and he does not need to be overly busy.But the threat of the slave uprising was like a bolt from the blue, which caught him off guard, who was usually unprepared, as if a person who was dreaming was suddenly awakened but was not fully awake.The panic-stricken Governor-General was flustered by everything—the attack on Prime, the slave revolt that erupted as soon as the fleet took most of the army, and what could be more terrifying?

This is too coincidental...

He smelled a conspiracy from it, it was an evil and vicious conspiracy that had been arranged for a long time.But before Pala had time to take some hasty measures and give a few orders, the shouts, screams and gunshots on the street were getting closer and closer.

"Damn! Why do they have guns!"

No one answered him, because no one knew why, and the servants were trembling aside—they no longer thought about unnecessary things, and the only thing in their minds was whether they could survive.Although everyone is a slave, the servants in the governor's mansion are not the same as gladiators and serfs. Will they regard themselves as their own?

But what if... offer them a gift yourself?

The servants reached a consensus just by looking at the eyes—the Batarians can read eyes far better than the two-eyed race.Behind the exasperated governor, a strong male slave grabbed the letter opener on the table with trembling hands under the half-fearful and half-hopeful gaze of the crowd...

Chapter 1228 Chapter 245: The most dangerous time is the time of assembly

For all intelligence agencies, this is an incredible thing.

It wasn't until several hours later that the others finally grasped the general situation——

First of all, the Consolidation Department issued an ultimatum with great fanfare, and then used a small fleet to fight against the Batarian Prime Guard Fleet, and quickly neutralized it, and then carried out orbital bombing on a small area of ​​the planet, and the The wreckage of the Reaper was destroyed, and then the landing force was dropped, and the arrest of those who had been educated by the Reaper began.

So far, the Consolidation Department has uploaded and released all sensor data, including the detection data of the fleet and the parameters of the psionic detectors carried by the marines to search for the educated.This frank operation, which is almost "live broadcast", is enough to prove that they did not come from unknown sources-there are many reasons for war in the universe, such as seizing claims, demanding surrender, defeating old enemies, conquering, demanding vassals, and demanding tribute. One, called the 'end threat'.

In order to stop the threat of the Reapers, the Ministry of Consolidation, after repeated persuasion to no avail, launched a military operation against the Batarians to destroy the dangerous Reaper technology.This is an act that cannot be blamed. The Star Alliance publicly expressed its support, and then the Citadel also expressed its support for it.But other things that happened at the same time made people stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized.

Colonel Rose of the Salari Special Forces looked at the information piled up on the entire screen, and snorted:

"The first star was attacked, and the governors immediately ordered the warships to bring troops to reinforce. The fleet had just walked for a few minutes, and immediately a cargo ship hit the communication station to cut off the long-distance super-light communication. The slaves immediately attacked the barracks and took down the governor's mansion. Such key facilities. The timing is ingenious, the timing is perfect, the whole area explodes, and the coordination is perfect-this cannot be the method that the slaves came up with, nor is it something they can do. "

"The intelligence system we are proud of didn't find anything in advance - after months of investigation, we didn't find any clues. Of course, there is also a problem that we have considered the wrong direction. Who would have thought that they were making such a move?" ?” He waved his hand sharply, “I am full of frustration now.”

No one has ever considered such a thing.Although the emancipation of the Batarian slaves is meaningless to the Consolidation Department, the costs and benefits are obviously not directly proportional. They can use a simpler method to deal with the Batarian problem-just destroy the fleet, destroy the orbital facilities, and blow up the Destroy factories and farms, and Batarian will be the second krogan in the future, and they will do whatever they want.

Powerful and tenacious as a krogan, what happened after being hit like this?Many Salarians think that it is the genophage that controls the krogan, but in fact this is an illusion, because there is something else that suppresses the krogan's revival.When the krogan lost in the war with the turians, the home planet Tuzenka was turned into ruins. Why did a large number of krogan leave the home galaxy to go out as mercenaries?Because the parent planet simply cannot support so many krogans—they lost their industry, and even agriculture was maintained at a low level after the climate of the parent planet was destroyed, and the surface ecosystem has collapsed, which makes krogan not many spare energy to feed more people...yes, even at this current birth rate.

If there is a smart, prestigious krogan uniting the various krogan clans that are still hostile, then they have the opportunity to concentrate talents scattered everywhere-mechanics, planting experts, merchants, etc. Although there are few kroganli, it is not without them, and by hiring foreign scientists, they can do something.But at present, there are quite a few capable krogans, but none of them have the high prestige to be able to accomplish this.

There was a joke like this in the special service team before. If a krogan participated in the operation against the reaper and happened to kill a reaper, then the hope of krogan's revival would really come.But there was only one krogan who took part in the operation against the Reapers, and that was Lex from Shepard's team. The 'N7 Monster Zoo' didn't have the ability to confront the Reapers head-on at all. It's just intelligence.Not having a leader who can fight and is smart is the first insurance, plus the double insurance of gene phagocytosis.

The krogan won't be a threat for the foreseeable future.

In this world, there are more than one or two civilizations that cannot develop due to various reasons.The krogan are, and so are the batarians—a civilization that is bound by that heavy religion will only slowly weaken after self-enclosure.Economic problems will gradually develop into political problems, and then slowly fall into internal strife. After that, whether it is a slave uprising, a battle between nobles, or being backlashed by raised gangs, the end of Batari's hegemony Perhaps it will come in seven to eight generations, at most 100 years.

It is true that the Citadel currently does not have the spare energy to send a fleet to attack Batari, because the cost is really not worth it.But when Batari's hegemony is over, it is a breeze to control the Jieshen galaxy.

But now that process has been disrupted, as slave uprisings have removed the chains that bound the Batarian.Perhaps in the next few years, Batary's power will be weakened. After all, it is not a matter of a day or two to establish a new order, but the rapid development will definitely become inevitable-because there is nothing that can restrict them at this moment.

People will only cheer because the Concord destroyed the Reaper wreckage and plugged the gap of the "civilized Batarian", rejoice in the victory of the Batarian slaves, and hope that in the future, they will be able to fight with a newborn Batarian Build friendly relationships.

After all, the leader named Ziketa has already issued a statement that he will cut off from the bandits and terrorist organizations, and establish new diplomatic relations with all countries in the universe on the basis of mutual respect for sovereignty, equality and mutual benefit, but before that, we must clean up Get rid of the slave owners and religious remnants within the scope of the old Batari hegemony, and liquidate the monks and nobles.Looks like that annoying batarian hegemony is gone, right?The key reason why people are more willing to support is that the Ministry of Consolidation is supporting, and the benefits of supporting the Ministry of Consolidation must outweigh the disadvantages.

There is no doubt that the Citadel Council has lost the opportunity to control the World God galaxy in the future.But probably only the Sailari think tank would be dissatisfied, because basically no one can see that far--the Ashali can see but they don't care much, and there are very few people who can really make it go away. Something that the Ashali people care about... Because all the Ashali matriarchs have seen various big scenes in their long lives of nearly a thousand years, which did not make them sensitive, but rather It is to lower the threshold of sensitivity and become less concerned about everything.

"Is it because of the ideological trend of the Ministry of Consolidation? I think sometimes they are idealists, and fewer people will die." Captain Balmain next to him guessed, "This way of doing things is probably their tradition—you see, they even have large-scale Using cargo ships to coordinate the logistics and transportation of the new Batari, in this way, the number of deaths caused by the turmoil will inevitably be greatly reduced. Judging from the scale of the dispatch, they are doing their best. The Shadow Brokers at least tacitly approve of this Attitude... Does this meet the Shadow Broker's expectations and his interests?"

The Colonel nodded:

"It should be in line. They must have the support of the Shadow Brokers behind this step. Now the advantages of the Consolidation Department in all aspects cannot be shaken. We, Salari, have to make plans early. Make arrangements. I have to go See Matron."

"Yes!"

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Maintenance officer Lota came out of the spaceport. It was dusk here, and there were no cars in the traffic station, but there were surprisingly many pedestrians on the road.Most of the people were dressed in the clothes of slaves. They used to work in factories at this time, but now these former slaves are looking at the world seriously with surprised eyes.He saw countless simple smiling faces, there were no nobles here, and no high-spirited butlers wearing expensive uniforms of noble families.

The broadcasting facilities in the streets and alleys are working, telling the policies of the new government, telling the people where to get supplies, announcing new work schedules, new distribution methods of supplies, arrest warrants, epidemic prevention methods, and school opening times and places, etc.

This feeling is very new to Lotta. Although there are still all kinds of troubles and anxiety, she feels a lot more relaxed.

What happened during this period seemed like a dream to him. As a person born in a commoner family, Lotta could not go to the bridge, but only served as a damage control member on the ship.Damage control team members are not a good job. They will always work in the most dangerous places. They usually do some chores and serve the high officials above. If you are lucky, you can become a captain and support your family even in peaceful times.

However, the peaceful era that lasted for more than [-] years was torn apart by sudden attacks.The battleship he was on was severely damaged, and he finally evacuated from the battlefield. Lota was trapped in the leaked and sealed cabin, trembling and unable to move. It took fifteen hours before he was rescued.The reason why they survived was not the blessing of some gods, but that when the captain refused to surrender and decided to die with the opponent, they sent the marines to suppress the entire ship and accept the surrender, and at the same time provided treatment for the wounded. It was handed over to [Batary Legal Government].

It wasn't until that time that Lota and his comrades discovered the reality that Batari's hegemony had collapsed in the slave uprising.

This is a huge mental shock.Lotta didn't know how he lived in those few days. After the reinforcements from various planets arrived in Ha'shan, some generals committed suicide, some generals handed over all their property and joined the rebel army, and some senior commanders They ran away with their troops and integrated several mercenary regiments to become warlords. Others chose to fight Tartarus’ fleet to the end—the successive battles took place around Ha’shan, but anyone who dared to resist of the troops were subjected to precise beheading attacks.

Before they fired a few shots, a formation of heavy fighter jets suddenly jumped to the side, aiming a beam cannon at the flagship's bridge.The bridge is not outside, but is protected by heavy armor inside the ship, but this cannot resist the cluster cannon of the 'Amit' heavy cavalry carrier aircraft.No one knows where the fighters of Tartarus are lurking, nor why they can arrive at the battlefield with speed and precision, and then disappear like ghosts, leaving only the 'brain' removed, but most of the body remains A perfect dreadnought.

A night god-class battleship hidden in the asteroid belt can suppress the entire galaxy when the opponent does not have a flagship-class battleship.

After a few days of being in a daze, someone came to explain to these 'captives' the way of doing things here, including not confiscating the personal belongings of the captives, and telling the justice of this uprising. Sell ​​out the whole Batary and so on.In the end, he spread a dirty flag on the ground. It was the flag of the church, which depicted icons. In the past, everyone had to worship this flag. The young rebel worker said that if he wanted to join the rebel army Yes, as long as you step on the flag of the church, you can officially join the rebel army.

It doesn't matter if you don't want to join, you can take the transport ship of the Ministry of Consolidation to go home.

There are many people who choose to join the rebel army. They already know that the situation is over. Some people are not very satisfied with the church, and some people can do nothing but fight.But Lota is different from them. He has learned all kinds of mechanical knowledge in the damage control unit, has no worries about food, and he has already made up his mind when he was trapped in the cabin watching the explosions and beams outside. go home.

Passing through the crowd huddled next to the broadcasting equipment and carefully memorizing the timetable, Lotta walked on the street he used to walk in his childhood. There were more than a dozen shops, pharmacies, and restaurants lined up on both sides. The doors were all open, but there weren't many customers inside.He saw some bullet holes on the wall in some places, which reflected the things that had happened here in the past few days, and he could imagine the rebellious slaves rushing into the city along this road with guns they were not used to. Center, beat the lord to death in his building.It is really hard to imagine that it only took such a short time for law and order to return to normal, and ordinary people did not seem to be affected much.

But the church building had been burned down, and the former majestic building was now in ruins. Many people took pictures beside it, and then they were driven aside by the staff because they were cleaning up the crumbling debris.There still seemed to be a burnt smell in the air, which was completely different from the filtered air in the spaceship.

It's fine, it's fine here, away from those cold metal cabins, away from the vacuum, away from those damn ship guns... the image of the comrades flying out of the ship and the flashes lighting up the entire passage is still fresh in my memory.Since then, he has not been able to rest well on the boat, and he will be awakened at every turn. He misses his old boat, pillows, paper books on the bookshelf, and even the brass handle on the bedroom door.

Lota pictured herself returning home.

When I got back to the door, my father was already waiting there. He ran a small mechanical repair shop in this city.He will definitely scold himself, then lead himself to the dinner table, take out wine and pour himself a glass, go back to the room by himself and see that everything is in the past, and then tomorrow morning his mother will kick the head of the bed with her feet, Wake yourself up and let yourself go to help your father.

Everything would be the same... if they hadn't been caught up in the previous turmoil.

He tried his best not to let himself imagine those pictures, and walked forward quickly, but the closer he was to home, the heavier his steps became.Until he turned that familiar yet unfamiliar corner——

"You bastard, you still know how to come back?"

There was my father, standing on the side of the road and cursing with a gloomy face.There are a lot of spots on my father's face, just by looking at him, he is not as young and strong as before.

He grabbed Lotta by the arm and dragged his son into the store:

"She's waiting for you too, take a good bath and let's have a drink."

Father didn't look back, but Lotta could feel the big hand trembling slightly.After a while, he lowered his voice:

"It's great to have you back..."

A complex emotion hit Lota's heart. He wanted to cry, but he didn't want to show his weakness in front of his parents as an adult, so he could only keep silent.But the father didn't continue to ask, and neither did the mother.

The wine this evening was intoxicating.

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"They handled it much better than we expected, and law and order have stabilized."

Oregana stood on the outer deck of the industrial barge, the starlight illuminated her armor, and the alpha repeater in the distance was emitting a faint radiance.Industrial robots have installed a large number of decoders on repeaters.After the bombardment of Batary Prime and the destruction of the Reaper wreckage, monitors detected the characteristic energy response of mass activation on this mass repeater.

Reapers are not ignorant of this world, they have many pairs of eyes that can see here, such as those of collectors, such as those of civilized creatures.After their failed attempt to control the Citadel, the next breakthrough is the Batarian - this is also the case in the original, but before they are ready, the Batarian breakthrough has been blocked.

The reason for still choosing to attack directly at this time is probably that the reaper realized that he could no longer control the situation.They have already played all the cards in their hands. If they give up now and wait a few more years for the intelligent creatures in the galaxy to absorb too much new technology...then there is really no way to harvest them. Not sure who will cut whom.

The time has come, the harvest begins now. (The tone of the Reaper of the Tyrannian Empire)

This may be able to explain why there was movement here as soon as Batary's first planet was bombed.But it will take at least a week for the energy to reach its peak. It seems that it is not an easy task to forcibly use a repeater that is several sizes smaller to project a large fleet.

"Now the murdered people are rolling in." Liu Lizi followed behind, she looked at the repeater in the distance and said, "The liquidation of the noble slave owners, the Holy See, and the slave traders is in progress. The announcement is 'good attitude, Those with no lives in their hands can stay, but..."

"People who use slaves as toilet paper will have their lives in their hands." Oregana shrugged. "Blood God has always had ups and downs in mood these two days, which should be the reason."

"Why are there ups and downs? Shouldn't it be in a high state all the time?"

"When Angron borrowed the ax before, didn't we have a discussion with him? Then we died eight times, and Angron thought it would be a good idea to send one over from time to time." Oregana sighed, "So the day before yesterday He was thrown high by Khorne, flew from the Brass Fortress to the Temple of Pleasure, and now he has become a two-headed body."

"How did he learn this..." Liu Lizi was speechless, "Forget it, these are trivial matters. Where is the Reaper?"

Oregana turned her head and pointed to the mass repeater: "Did you see those sensors and decoders? The identification system obtained from the wreckage of the two collectors and Leviathan's thinking simulation components can make It will take time for us to decode the mass repeaters, but we should be able to make it. We'll get to it as soon as we're done."

The accompanying guard soldier Monica also came over:

"What kind of plan is it?"

"First of all, the mass repeater is about equal to a super huge bomb. If this alpha repeater is destroyed, then half of the galaxy behind us will be within the killing range, and all 30 people on that planet will die. The same is true for warships at a distance." Oregana opened a tactical view and explained, "The repeater is not on our side, and the same is true on the opposite side. The Reaper's fleet is probably gathering near the repeater on the opposite side to wait. Jump, so our approach is very simple—"

At this moment, a red light flashed thousands of kilometers away, and the huge hull of a divine-class dreadnought appeared on the spot.Judging from the design of the bow, this is not an Apocalypse-class dreadnought ship, but the doomsday dreadnought of the Apocalypse hull.

"A professional told us the best way to play in a situation like 'across a stargate, the opposite side is gathering a fleet'. It is easy to get very exaggerated results, but you have to take some risks."

"...can I ask who the 'professional' is?"

"Okita Thirteen." (laughs)

Chapter 1229, Chapter 246: The goal is to knock out the quality repeaters in the black domain on the opposite side

Bajak galaxy, planet Aratot orbits.

This was originally the area where the Star Alliance and the batarians competed for hegemony, but in the end humans gave up here because when investigator Jon Grissom described Aratot in this way during a fact-finding mission——

Like Mount Everest in the oven.