The Bizarre Adventure of Tartaros Fleet

"Why do you think so?"

"It's been the experience, Grand Master." The geth shrugged humanely, and repeated "It's always been. After that, after that...the Reapers were easily defeated, one after another , the first one, and then almost all of them. Our sense of crisis is getting heavier, and the troops taken away by heresy have been exhausted. We can only stop the project, try our best to rebuild the fleet, and then send an individual , that is, we..."

He patted the screen on his chest—that appearance reminded Oregana of his spy chief for some reason—and continued:

"We have 180 three geth programs, which gives us enough thinking ability to act alone, which allows us to act alone to collect intelligence and contact the Concord. We want to know how the Concord Looking at us, it will allow us to decide what to do in our future. It has been a great journey and has given us answers to questions that the Creator has never answered in the past."

He didn't explain what the question was, but Oregana still knew very well that it caused the Quarians to insist on taking the lead in the past, and the soul in the literal sense asked—

[Do we have souls? 】

As for the answer, it can be seen from the overflowing sense of joy on his body (referring to the expression on the screen on his chest), they don't lack this.

"We know the reason why you are smuggling here and there, so what does that 'important news' refer to?" Oregana asked, "It means that the Quarians are planning to attack you, and do you need us to help mediate the war?"

"No, Grand Commander, no." The Geth shook his head. "It's all small things."

"Small things?" Oregana narrowed her eyes, "Just small things?"

"That's right." The flashlight-like detector on his head flashed twice, and the emoji generator on his chest also showed an expression with twinkling eyes, "The creator couldn't defeat us, and we can only defend ourselves. Today, we still retain the facilities left by the Creator on the original planet, and we have been maintaining them for more than three hundred years. If the Creator stops hostile behavior and is willing to come back, the food factory will only need half an hour to return to working condition."

"But I heard that billions of quarians died in the Dawn War." Liu Lizi asked, looking at the geth critically and said, "That's not the battle damage that 'self-defense' actions can cause. "

"True, it's not entirely due to our self-defense, as most of the damage comes from military strikes against geth-controlled cities, and environmental changes in the decades that followed," replied the geth "We tried our best to raise the descendants of the Creator who were left behind, but we couldn't solve the problem of the Creator's worsening immunity, and the environmental restoration project was not fully completed until a century ago."

There seems to be a lot of information in this sentence that I haven't heard of before. Hey, neither the history of the Citadel nor Quali has mentioned these things before.There seems to be a lot of doubts in it...

But it seems that if the information in the game is not too different, can it make sense?After all, in the original work, Shepard once entered the geth database to read the memory data of the geth, including the quarians who wanted to protect the geth were shot by the quarians, and when the quarians' survival fleet was about to be destroyed. However, the Geth retreat records, and has been maintaining and caring for the planet where the quarians originally lived, and persistently cleaning up the wreckage and toxic substances left by the Dawn War. The guy who decontaminated AI said that this behavior is out of mourning for the death of the Creator in the War of Dawn, and it is also a preparation for the return of the Creator.

If the geth were really purely for self-defense, there would be no justification for killing men, women, or children on this scale.So where did the large population loss calculated in billions come from?

Either the geth were lying, or the quarries were lying, or there was something else.In any case, it sounds like the war back then seemed to be extremely bewildered...

Oregana narrowed her eyes. It doesn't make much sense to discuss this kind of historical issue right now. She said:

"If it's the little thing, what's the big thing?"

"An ancient machine is in contact with the geth, and we thought we should tell Concord, so I interrupted my journey and came to you." He saluted—it looked like a bartender was putting on airs, probably from The one he mentioned before learned from the boss "It claims that it can provide a program that allows us to operate at a higher rate, which will give us a greater advantage in the war with the Creator. We don't need this, Although the Creator is expanding its army, we believe that the Creator can keep calm and maintain the status quo. And the Reaper is also one of our near-term targets—"

He straightened his chest, and the face on the screen took on a serious look:

"The inclusiveness of the Concord surprised us, so we thought we could establish communication with the Concord, so we will assist the Concord military operations against the ancient machinery to protect people's safety, and will also use the ancient machinery's attempts to lure the geth Inform the Ministry of Consolidation of the attempt."

Oregana blinked, she raised a finger, and waited for a few seconds:

"What did you say? When did this happen?!"

"According to your timing method, it was eight days ago." Geth said, "That was the last time I communicated with other Geths. After entering the container, I cut off the communication to avoid information leakage. If there is no accident, that ancient machine should Also anchored near the planet Lenoch."

Hearing this, Oregana and Liu Lizi looked at each other, and they saw the words 'trouble is coming' from each other's eyes.

'If nothing unexpected happens'?

The preparations for the expansion of the quarians' army have brought the geth to the point of attracting the attention of the Citadel, and there is an unknown wild reaper on the geth that is about to move?It would be a real accident if there were no accidents.

Oregana immediately took out the communicator:

"Mian-chan, Mian-chan! Report the current situation! No, just hand the receiver to Shepard, we want to talk to him."

However, there was no answer on the communication, and after a few seconds, Mianchan's message began to be played——

The Quary Survival Fleet launched an attack on the Geth a few days ago and was chased after being repulsed by the Geth. The Normandy was involved in the battle and then sunk. This machine has activated the demon god form to rescue the crew. There is currently no nerve-adjusted pilot Therefore, the functions of the personnel are limited, and the machine cannot take into account long-distance communication.Due to the inability to leave the battle zone through conventional means, this machine will use the No. [-] containment area of ​​the Skullmaker Fortress to complete the evacuation.

"..."

"..."

At this moment, everyone's mood was exactly the same as the picture on the screen on the Geth's chest.

It was a single symbol—

[? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 】

Keep flashing, keep refreshing, keep extending...

Chapter 1241 Chapter 257: Forced Intervention

The Quary Survival Fleet launched an attack on the Geth a few days ago and was chased after being repulsed by the Geth. The Normandy was involved in the battle and then sunk. This machine has activated the demon god form to rescue the crew. There is currently no nerve-adjusted pilot Therefore, the functions of the personnel are limited, and the machine cannot take into account long-distance communication.Due to the inability to leave the battle zone through conventional means, this machine will use the No. [-] containment area of ​​the Skullmaker Fortress to complete the evacuation.

Judging from the time stamp, only a few minutes have passed since this message was recorded, even though the battle is still going on at this moment.And judging from [the Quary Survival Fleet launched an attack on the geth a few days ago], this war has already broken out before.

In the past few days, no one has discovered any information, and the Citadel even only noticed that the Quarians were expanding their fleet.This was a huge intelligence lapse...but...

Oregana couldn't help but click her tongue—you can understand the reason after thinking about it.Originally, the Querry fleet was difficult to infiltrate, because the foothold was very unstable and Cerberus, the human supremacy, had previously carried out terrorist attacks on the fleet, which led to Querry designing a very complicated command and security system. The family unit in the upper Quelian society is extremely closely connected, and there is no way for intelligence personnel to infiltrate.At the same time, long-distance detection will be blocked by the high-density nebula of the Perseus Veil, so the amount of intelligence has always been low.

Originally, they planned to wait until the defense network was rolled out before discussing new long-distance transportation methods with the quarians through official channels, as well as medical care and housing issues. Instead, they launched an attack on the geth at this point in time that they had no time to take care of. The war... is it because of something that has inflated self-confidence?

When Ms. Sauce left a message, she seemed flustered and didn't record the exact time when the attack started, but judging from the wording, the war started less than ten days ago.The war that started with Quary's offensive was completely reversed in less than ten days, and the geth even attacked the survival fleet.The battle was so fierce that even Normandy+Joker, who was the best at running, couldn't cope...

How many crew members can the great brave save in this situation?Thinking of this, Oregana not only swallowed.Miso is the most complete combat-type Demon God in the Skullmaker Fortress. If Z-chan is the first model of the prototype, and Minerva is the zero-level machine designed to assist Z-chan, then Miso is the one after the technology matures. The second machine that can be put into actual combat intact.Because she was deployed to Normandy, she also specially equipped with rescue equipment to deal with unexpected needs. In theory, she can play a greater role at this time than Z sauce and Minerva combined.

But her specification is only a high-end all-terrain general-purpose carrier-based aircraft after all, not a bustermachine...

And the Querry Fleet too, who were clearly on the verge of extinction.

"We can't wait any longer." Oregana walked towards the elevator, motioning for Geth and Liu Lizi to follow, "We are ready to launch Tiamat, we will intervene by force!"

Forced intervention, the first to use this method was Kira Yamato and his group in SEED-D, and it was the 00-series Celestial Organization that shouted "Use force to eradicate all disputes in the world" as a slogan.The external form of expression is that when the two sides are fighting, they rush into the battlefield and beat up. Let’s not talk about whether the dispute can really be eradicated, but it often happens that the chicken feathers are left in the end.

And the truly successful military intervention happened in the Pirate Universe.At that time, the third planet in the Tau Cetus galaxy——Sea Star was accompanied by the development process, the population increased, and as time went by, Sea Star also deepened the opposition relationship with the galactic union as the suzerain, and then broke out the War of Independence.Then the two sides set up their postures to prepare for a frontal wave, and the Galactic Empire entered the battlefield.

Look at the number of fleets of the Galactic Empire on both sides - hey!Does your emperor's house have magic lamps that turn into battleships when you rub them together?Hit a hammer and vote.So the war ended before both sides suffered fatal losses, and the Colonial Star Alliance and the Suzerain Galaxy after being incorporated into the Galactic Empire became equal autonomous galaxies-that happened about 120 years ago.

Using only four carrier-based aircraft to intervene by force is killing people, but using a Titan ship that is enough to suppress the entire battlefield to intervene by force is to save people.At least stop the firefight first...before it's too late.

The order was conveyed one after another, and the gunboats full of marines entered the hangar of the Tiamat moored in the open berth of the Eden Star Fortress. The five combat power auxiliary ships of the group were also activated in sequence.On the shuttle leading to Tiamat, Liu Lizi looked at the rough timeline, and asked the Geth who was boarding together and seemed at a loss at the moment:

"The quarians switch from offense to defense in so little time. Is this the true power of the geth?"

To achieve this effect, the Geth must have an overwhelming advantage.And it's all-round crushing, whether it's combat power, fleet maneuvering speed, or detection ability—in this world where the pursuers can be completely thrown off by a few zigzag maneuvers at the speed of light, the pursuer It took only a few days to find the large fleet with super-light maneuverability on the chased side, which is really admirable.

But the Geth shook his head, and a big question mark popped up on the screen on his chest:

"No...Although we can win the frontal battle, and even imitate the fortress of the Ministry of Consolidation to build our own deployable fortress." He spread his hands, and the action was a bit exaggerated-it can only be said that he really followed Marvin We have learned a lot, "but it will definitely not be so fast, nor will it have such a long pursuit distance, and the range will not exceed the Perseus Veil, let alone launch an attack on the survival fleet."

Oregana's complexion sank:

"What do you think about this? We don't want to hear that all the geth have been hacked."

Mechanical lifeforms are indeed very powerful, but since the early days of computers, the damage caused by large-scale viruses to the network can be described as quite astonishing.As long as one individual is infected, or a backdoor is used, it won't be long before the entire network system falls, and the entire group will be brainwashed—just like the Protoss who opened the backdoor for Amon.

He was clearly talking about synthetic bodies, but he gave an example of an organism. Although this matter is quite strange, it can be understood at a glance.

Just like psionic creatures with higher thinking intensity can easily pollute the thinking of ordinary people, AI with higher computing power can easily defeat the protection of AI with low computing power, and the Reapers are very strong on both sides. Besides, he has never lost a single spiritual battle.

But the Geth said:

"The geth are hard to control, the changed programs are restored from the archives, the newly installed ones are deleted, and then everything goes back to normal. The ancient machinery of the past can only rely on communication to get the support of the geth. The only thing that has ever nearly affected all geth It is the method used by the heretics in the past - to add subtle errors to our basic calculation logic." He listed a series of calculations on his chest, and those calculations quickly expanded to show the effect of moving from far to near before disappearing on the screen "For example, the result of an equation is changed from 1.333333334 to 1.333333336, which will eventually lead to deviations in the results of advanced calculations, that is, changes in our thinking. This method is feasible, but it takes a very long time."

"How long?"

"Many months, even years."

It does make sense.

During the heyday of the Reapers, the Geths were still not under control, but some Geths rebelled against the group due to ideological issues.During this process, the network link between them was not even interrupted, and a large amount of information exchange was still maintained.The geth, which could not have been captured when the Catalyst was still alive, are much less likely to be captured now when faced with a single-handed 'rogue individual'.

"Hmm..." Oregana rubbed her chin and thought for a while, "It sounds like the heretics tried to use this, but they failed?"

"Yes. Commander Shepard's Normandy found a space station where heresy produced and broadcast logic viruses during an investigation, so it was used as a Geth base and was attacked by the Fifth Fleet of the Star Alliance. The Star Alliance used the Creator The new rail gun, which we don’t have yet, is so powerful that the shields and shells of the space station can’t resist it at all, and nothing is left in the end. The storage array was also destroyed in the shelling, and a large number of heretical geth programs were physically destroyed. Completely destroyed, the remaining parts can no longer affect anything."

Ah this...

In the original story, this was the Legion's loyalty mission.The Geth heresy hid in an ancient space station and made a logic virus to try to turn all the way of thinking of the Geths into heresies. Under the leadership of Shepard, the Normandy team landed on the space station and sneaked into the computer room to choose whether to delete all the Geths. 'Heretics', or use this virus in reverse to rewrite the heretics, turning all heretics back into normal geth.

In the original story, the only force that Shepard could mobilize at that time was the Normandy, but now he still works on behalf of the Citadel and can call the Star Alliance fleet for support.It is a coincidence that the fleet of the Star Alliance has just begun to install high-power railguns. Of course, the commanders want to find a solid thing to try their firepower. Already hammered to pieces by the Consolidation fleet protecting the colony.

So, what should the Federation fleet commander do when Shepard reports a hostile geth station?

Definitely not a landing, pitting marines against geth in a geth space station is no different than fighting a man wearing a hat with an AK in the jungles of Vietnam, or fighting a swarm underground in Char.Is there any other way than swinging a sledgehammer called MAC Cannon and smashing it?Certainly not.

Judging from the subsequent intelligence, Shepard and Starfleet Fifth Fleet must not have realized what they had dismantled.Reported the blasting of the heretical geth's main base as an ordinary stronghold blasting, and the military achievements at hand just flew away. (far eye)

"I see. Then why did the geth fall to the Reapers..."

"If the Creator poses a threat to the geth, then the geth will fall to the side of the ancient machinery in order to survive. But the probability of this kind of thing is too small..." The geth made a creaking voice, "something must have happened."

This is why the geth and quarry fought in the original Mass Effect [-].Quarley felt that he had a great advantage and launched the Homecoming War, and destroyed the important facilities of the Geth in the early stage of the war. The Geth felt the threat to their survival, so they agreed to the Reaper's proposal, using the Reaper's software to strengthen the AI ​​and improve the entire The fighting power of the fleet overwhelmed their creator, and the two sides evolved into a deadly battle.Once Shepard doesn't handle it well, then one party will definitely perish completely.

Shepard is really not an ordinary person who can use the weapon of [language] to achieve the reconciliation between Geth and Quarry.

Oregana thinks she doesn't have the eloquence to persuade people to come down on the line of fire, but if she can bring both parties to the negotiating table, then she has everything she needs.

The shuttle has arrived at Hangar No. [-] in Tiamat, and Oregana put on her cooling helmet and walked towards the bridge:

"Just follow us and watch, and tell us immediately if you find any problems." She suddenly remembered something, and turned around and asked, "What should we call you?"

"Geth."

"We're asking this individual in front of us."

"During the trip, people called me Weird Marvin, or Flashlight Head."

It's over, this guy is unreliable.Oregana sighed, and decided to get everything back on track:

"You should call it 'Legion'." She said, "The source is the early religious books of the Star Federation. Although few people believe it these days, it is not bad to use allusions to name it."

"Sounds good, what is the allusion in it?"

Oregana cleared her throat, and said in English with a tongue-twisting voice that was not so standard:

"My name is Legion: for we are many." In the story, Jesus saw a man who was possessed by a large number of demons, so he asked the name of the demon, and the demon replied He means that the single form is only appearance, and the Latin word 'Legio' also means 'a chosen body', a body attached by 'Legion', many as one."

"But that represented an unfortunate end, Grand Master." The geth tilted his head. "I've read the passage where the gods ended up possessing the Legion on an animal, and driving it into the sea to drown. None of the demons in the Bible have happy endings, and I don't want that."

This was beyond Oregana's expectations, and this paragraph was not included in the original work—but thinking about it in reverse, although the Legion in the original work followed Shepard's footsteps, they did not interact with a large number of folks at all. Communication, naturally, does not have broad insights and knowledge, and will not think in this direction.This still makes Oregana smile in this tense atmosphere:

"In Tartarus, demons are not necessarily bad guys with bad endings. When we finish this matter, we will take you to meet some demons who are living a happy life in peace."

"We understand." As if accepting this statement, a smiling face popped up on the screen on his chest, and then he gave a thumbs up with his right hand and said in Chinese, "My name is Qun, because we are so many (My name is Legion: for we are many.).”

It seems that he has really read a lot of things... The last time I saw this translation method was in the super old Gospel (1940 edition) found in the drawer of my hometown.Oregana didn't have time to correct it, because Tiamat had already sent a communication saying that it was ready to sail, so she hurried into the bridge.

The giant red ship sailed out of the berth, and the space acceleration projection array of Naxxramas Fortress was flashing a faint red light in the distance.