The Bizarre Adventure of Tartaros Fleet

"But I can't see the stargate, and I can't find the signal of the transfer hub." He turned on the stealth system, carefully dived and raised the towed detector called 'periscope', and reported while watching, "and ...there's a fleet of ships here, there must be something wrong, I haven't seen any signals from these ships. There are what look like artillery batteries next to the planet, and the number is... I guess there are twenty. Planet There are orbital elevators, there are two satellites, and it’s an ecological planet.”

Because the Consolidation Department is connected to multiple parallel worlds, there are currently seven galaxies registered as Tianyuan IV, but in Wolf Fraken’s memory, no matter which Tianyuan IV has an ecological planet—just one billion Stars can be born in 30. The ecological planet Nat Meow is a ghost. It not only has a dust belt with a total mass that exceeds a thousand times that of the solar system, but also has a solar wind that is 100 times stronger than the sun. It needs to reach the stable state of the sun. , at least another 200-[-] billion years.

It turned out to be super stable here.

This is not any Tianyuan Four that I am familiar with...

In fact, when you receive reports that there are fleets, forts, and orbital elevators, you should recognize the reality.Especially the orbital elevator... Captain Oregana has always wanted to repair this thing, but it feels a sense of frustration to repair the orbital elevator without the ring light, but the ring can't be repaired. (far eye)

"Command, this is UX-1130. Experiment terminated, we made an unexpected discovery."

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Chapter 1009 Chapter 48: Winter is in a hurry

The message from UX-1130 silenced everyone.

There is no problem with the experimental design, the preset conditions and instruments are normal, but accidents still happen.The Dimensional Submarine is really as her name suggests, submerged to other dimensions.

"Come on... it's coming again..." Oregana felt a deep sense of fatigue, "It's been less than three months since the last battle, and the ending hasn't been finished yet!"

She seldom felt that war was tiring before—intervening in the disputes of Keprue, the expedition to Clandaff, etc. The wars that took a long time did not cause much psychological pressure on people, but the fight with the Mek clan After a few days, the commander of the Oregana Legion felt a sense of fatigue that seemed to be etched into his bones, which made people feel uncomfortable.

But this unhappiness was quickly diluted by another emotion.A war is about to begin, someone will bleed to death, and one side will be punished as his enemy.If there is really that kind of interstellar civilization match, a battle that does not kill civilians or destroy the planet, then we can watch you finish the fight, and we will come out to formally conduct diplomatic work after you finish the fight.Everything can be settled on the negotiating table, and the Ministry of Consolidation is even willing to provide a part of the benefits to satisfy both parties, and shake hands to make peace-under the threat of the dark worm, any ally is necessary.

But until now, any war between civilizations that Oregana has seen is accompanied by an extremely large number of civilian casualties. It's [the law of the jungle], [laws of nature], [eating and being eaten, killing and being killed]... After transmigrating, Oregana seldom argues with others. Whatever you say is what you say, and you think the universe is a big stage for the weak and the strong. ...

That's fine.The subspace is a mirror, what you are, what you identify with, and what you will face.The goal of war [stop atrocities] starts, and if the opponent is vicious to a certain extent and has a unique physiological structure and social system (the main point is 'there are no civilians'), then [stop atrocities] may become [destroy threats] .

She took a deep breath, her eyes flashed like Alarak's, and immediately began to gather troops like Artanis.

Why muster troops?Why must you be sure that the opposite side is fighting?

You can tell just by looking at it, a scary space outpost with a high level of security, twenty heavy fortress guns ready to go, a fleet stationed locally, and high-frequency encrypted communications.Who played like this in peacetime?

And after looking at the region, equipment configuration, and [UNSC] written on the fortress and ship on the long shot. UNSC can refer to the United Nations Security Council (United Nations Security Council), but when UNSC is written on the eagle emblem and there is a row of [United Nations Space Command] below, then this is not the United Nations Security Council but the United Nations Space Command.

In other words, over there is the dark building... the world of "Halo".

In that world, humans from super-earth or divine Terra or whatever is Earth, had a big gap war with the alien interstellar alliance "Covenant" from Orion.

In this world, human beings did not encounter the sudden face-riding Camillas in the early development, and the civil war continued until 2160.After the war, people established a unified earth government.Now, the victors must deal with less visible but equally serious threats: overpopulation and a large army with no battles to fight.In the post-war years, a large number of populations expanded rapidly; the destruction of resources and famine left over from the war period made things worse, and the world economy was in jeopardy.

However, whenever the interstellar civilization develops to this point, a group of powerful scientists will point out the transition—of course, if it cannot be pointed out within a century or two, it will be screened out by the big filter—the stars Immediately within reach.In the following three centuries, there have been more than 800 human worlds spread across the Orion star arm of the Milky Way, more than 300 more than Macragge, but unlike the five hundred worlds, not all of them are prosperous Inhabit worlds, which range from highly civilized interstellar fortresses to remote small settlements.

As outward expansion continued, colonies became an important part of politics and economics.During this period, the planet Reach, orbiting the star Fifth Eridani, became the UNSC's main shipbuilding facility and training camp.Reach is the main manufacturing site for warships and colony ships, and it is also where secret agents and special forces are trained.

But what should come will always come, and the absence of Gamilas does not mean that there are no other aliens-in the fateful year 2525, the alien alliance "Star Alliance" came over alive and well just like that year.

On April 2525, 4, contact with the remote colony Harvest was cut off. A Covenant warship trampled Harvest and bloodbathed the colony. The UNSC immediately raised the alert level and began to actively prepare for the battle plan to recover Harvest Star.In December of that year, the fleet led by Vice Admiral Preston Cole set off mightily, and then killed the Star Alliance fleet in the first fleet match. A great victory.

It's just that the battle loss ratio is extremely ugly-the number of UNSC warships is three times that of the Covenant warships, and when the battle is over, there are still one-third of the UNSC ships left.This terrible battle loss ratio reflects the desperate technical generation gap. If it is an ordinary war, it is easier to vote directly.

However, the Covenant was not the kind of enemy that would accept surrender.In the next few days, many outlying colonies fell, and the Covenant was so brutal that no one was left alive.Cole's ministry was battered over the next few years, not helped by his personal leadership and strategic brilliance.This is a contest of disparity in strength.The winning rate of the space battle is only 25%, and the overall kill ratio is even uglier than this.

In this way, until the tenth year of the war, all the remote colonies have been massacred by the Covenant, and the war for many years has gradually become a foregone conclusion.Human beings only won partial battles at an extremely high cost, and most of the victories were still in ground operations.In space, humanity's defeat was caught off guard, and colonies fell one after another, and just like the original Harvest Planet, no one survived.

In this situation, the "Cole Protocol" (Cole Protocol) was proposed as an iron rule - all Earth ships must ensure that the Covenant forces will not find Earth.When the earth ship is forced to retreat, it must stay away from the orbit around the earth, and even jump out without calculation.Where did you jump, it doesn't matter whether you die or not, what matters is that your ship can't fall into the hands of the Covenant, because the computer technology of the Covenant is scary, they only need to squint and stare at the Enter key on the keyboard, The navigation computer obediently handed over the address of Holy Terra to the Covenant quickly and respectfully.

Although it's just an exaggeration, it's not too far off.

If there is a risk of being captured by the Covenant, even a "blind jump" is not feasible, the captain must order the ship to self-destruct.In addition, the core data of artificial intelligence must not fall into the hands of the enemy.Therefore, part of the Cole clause also points out that in a state of emergency, the shipboard artificial intelligence must be transferred or destroyed.

The Zhiyuan star in front of us will fall in 2552 in the original world line, and then the earth's portal will open.It was at this time that the legend of the protagonist of the "Halo" series, the Spartan soldier John-117 known as the Master Chief, began.

Now the protective facilities of Reach Star are still intact, which means that the current time point is before the start of the battle of Reach Star, but the exact time is still unknown.

[Why did you go there? ] Dark Rock's voice was full of doubts [What did they do in the subspace? 】

But no one can answer this question.

After the dimensional submarine 'floated', all the data has been sent back, and the technicians are analyzing it nervously.While waiting, Oregana sighed:

"We understand why the Mek tribe slipped to us so easily." She lightly tapped the control panel next to the armrest of the seat, "A dimensional submarine without a cross-world engine can do exercises." If you somehow wander off to another world, the more experienced Maker fleet will be able to do it."

"Then can this be used to replace the cross-world engine?"

"Don't even think about it, who can bear this kind of risk."

Within minutes, a technician reported:

"There is a data tracking error." He pointed out the abnormality of the data. "Look here... something interferes with the judgment of the instrument."

When UX-1130 traced Tianyuan [-]'s signal, it seemed that something was sending from another world nearby.The specific source of the signal can be determined to be in the Tianyuan [-] of the halo world, which is the galaxy where the Zhiyuan star is located.Its signals were distorted and amplified in the Warp—if only that was all that mattered, because such small, unprocessed signals couldn't travel very far in the Warp.Judging from the signal frequency band, this sending system is not even designed for subspace communication. Its target is something in the material universe, but part of the signal 'mistakenly' into the subspace, the reason may be It is because it has just left the subspace, and the spatial fluctuations have not yet calmed down.

There may be a reason for this and the UX-1130 report found space faults, which usually come from a rough space jump.

However, because Tianyuan [-] in another world is also in the active period, and is in the process of being 'observed' at the same time, because of the similarity of its own space coordinates and the low stability of the current regional subspace itself, in the Reach Star The signal sent to the subspace by the sending system and Tianyuan Si's emotional consciousness reaction were mixed together and amplified together.

Thus, UX-1130 read the signal, was induced, and eventually made its way directly to Reach.

"Tsk..."

There was a complicated expression on Liu Lizi's face.Although the explanation is reasonable, the probability is too low, right?I don't know whether the UX-1130 is too lucky or too bad...

"If you don't test it, you won't think that this kind of thing will happen." A technical boy put away the auxiliary computer in his hand, unplugged the cable behind and asked, "What's next? Send a regular diplomatic mission?"

Just as Oregana was about to speak, Serendis stood up first and said:

"That does not work."

"Ok?"

"The other side is likely to be in a war, or they are also confronting an imaginary enemy, otherwise there is no point in putting so many fleets and turrets." In the words of the senior commander of Protos, "you can't touch casually at this time—— Civilizations at war have little trust in aliens, as we all know."

In the years of work and communication, Serendis is very aware of this.

When a civilization is engaged in a cosmic war, the weaker side after the third star civilization enters will show extreme vigilance.They will feel that they have to go to war with two cosmic civilizations at the same time, and there is at least a [-]% probability that they will make very reckless and extreme behaviors, and the result of such behaviors usually leads to further chaos.

You must not fly a resplendent and resplendent diplomatic ship over there at this time, because they will really open fire on this ship.Even if you can handle it, it's useless, because they will start thinking about firing at the diplomatic ship later, and make other moths...

Although the reason can be understood, the disadvantaged party in the interstellar war is always facing the crisis of literally extinction, and it is normal to have a cautious to extreme attitude.But understanding is understanding, even if you understand, when you do this in person, you will still be foamed at the mouth by this series of understandable but still mysterious operations and cranky thoughts.

Therefore, the only way to suppress the opponent's mysterious operations and wild thoughts to the minimum without causing serious consequences is to sneak in secretly.

Choose a ghost agent or a dark templar, go directly to the boss of the other party, and show up when there are few people and say everything that needs to be said. This can save a lot of energy and remove the possibility of many accidents.

And this time, Oregana also planned to take this approach.

"Let's sneak in secretly." She said to Serrandis, "If the war is really about to break out, then our actions will affect the lives of countless people. Please inform Archbishop Artanis, Commander Serrandis, of this information."

"You're right." The dedicated commander immediately replied, "I'll inform the others right away."

"I'm with you."

Following her was a communications officer of the Dark Angel, who would notify the leaders of other civilizations every time something like this happened.They are very good at sorting out and conveying information, so it must be right to entrust them with this job.

Next, the researchers, who were mainly working on technical aspects, but whose security level was not enough, left the bridge-the experiment was suspended, and there will be many things that will happen next.From the beginning of risk assessment to the actual use of force, not everyone can know the content of the specific process, and most people can only know the results of the final discussion.

According to the Consolidation Department's consistent behavior, if the opponent is really in a state of war as Commander Serrandis predicted, then the Consolidation Department will most likely participate in this war.I'm afraid Archbishop Artanis has already started gathering troops by now?The Fist of Tartaros and the Blood Raven were probably dispatched at first, and the Protoss will follow up immediately, while the troops of other civilizations will enter a third-level combat situation to deal with possible occurrences on the mainland. The surprise attack (this was considered a very low probability event in the past, but everyone became vigilant after the invasion of the Mek tribe) and the swarm attack.

But speculation is guesswork, and none of the researchers present intends to say this.You can’t talk about wars everywhere—once you say it, ordinary people will probably take it seriously because of your identity, and take the guesswork seriously, and after spreading it a few times, other fallacies will appear, which will lead to The repercussions will be very far-reaching...in the bad way.

After the researchers left, Oregana said:

"We're the only ones left now." She crossed her legs, Mayu Asuka and the Tin Woodman were already seated, 76 just walked in from the door, and the other cakes were connected to the communication, so she asked, "We didn't have XB back then." ○X is a video cloud player, although he knows what happened, but after all, the world view of the Heilou is so big, there may be mistakes if there are too many clouds, do you know how to analyze it for us? How is the battle situation in Zhiyuan Star?"

The Tin Woodman nodded his chin and said:

"The Battle of Reach Star has definitely not broken out yet, but it is not clear how many years...but I guess it is probably very close." She tapped a few times on the operation panel in front of her, and wrote the name of Zhiyuan Star according to her memory. The events before and after the Star Wars "I don't know if the Battle of Octanus is over. If it is over, then Reach Star will be here soon."

Before the outbreak of the Battle of Reach, there was a battle between the UNSC and the Covenant in the δ Octanus star system. Commander Stamforth of the UNSC tried his best to gather a large army-nearly fifty UNSC warships, frigates, destroyers, There are also two aircraft carriers and a huge repair and supply station.This is more than the total force that Commander Cole invested in the four-year Harvest Star Battle.Because humans need a victory, humans have been chopped into pieces by the Covenant in the past few years, which has also made the morale of the troops have been low in recent years.No unit can be defeated and still be at its best on the battlefield, no matter how well trained they are.

As a result, he won, but it was the same as before, winning as if he had lost, and he couldn't look at the more miserable battle losses.

The UNSC lost almost two dozen ships, and those that survived were traumatized, many requiring months-long repairs in port.No fewer than 1000 were killed and hundreds wounded—most of them incurable.Also count the 6000 Marine casualties on the ground and the 30 civilian deaths in the Côte d'Azur.

But the fourth planet is still firmly controlled by human beings.Although the Cote d'Azur city where the Covenant attacked was gone, they saved all the people on the rest of the planet, 300 million lives.It is precisely because of this that this battle has value.

Afterwards, the hero who has made great achievements—under the circumstance of such a tragic exchange between UNSC and the Star Alliance, he used a destroyer, the Iroquois, to kill a destroyer and two cruisers of the Covenant—the captain of UNSC Jacob Keyes was summoned to Reach by Commander Michael Stamforth.And it was during this process that the Covenant's probes stuck to the hull of the Iroquois, which directly led to the exposure of the position of Reach Star and the subsequent battle of Reach Star.

In the Tin Woodman's memory, that sensor was very sophisticated.It was hidden in a small piece of wreckage, and after touching the Iroquois, it mimicked and became like other metal parts.After completing all this and turning on a camera, as the spacecraft moves forward, it records all the relative positions of the stars along the way.

When it's almost there, the little thing will throw out a small piece of memory crystal, and open a small entrance into the slip space near it.This thrown thing can accurately find the Covenant data receiving point in any place, establish a link with it and start sending the message.

Ok?

Start sending?

Isn't the reason why the UX-1130 made a misjudgment because some kind of equipment was making weird transmissions?

"Captain Wolf Fraken, have you found the transmitter?" She asked eagerly, "Is that the one that sent the signal?"

Unexpectedly, Wolf Fraken really said:

[We picked up a...strange thing, it seems to be some kind of detector?I think it is probably the 'transmitter' you mentioned? 】

"Recycled?"

[It has been recycled now. ] Captain Fraken said, and sent the picture to Tiamat [Look - when we found it, it was sending messages continuously, but it stopped soon.In order to prevent it from turning on again, we installed a shielding force field. 】

It was a piece of metal that was pitch black and covered with grooves.It is about half a meter tall, and it is now being firmly fixed on the mechanical arm of a working boat, wrapped in it by a light curtain composed of hexagonal translucent force fields.

Although the Tin Woodman doesn't know what the memory chips in the original work look like, there are many things that fall into the category of knowing who made them just by seeing them.Painting style, or artistic style, this kind of thing comes from culture, aesthetics and technical level, and there will be differences between civilizations... Although sometimes there are things that are easy to misunderstand, such as the previous Atta The photo of Nice holding a creeper pistol has been widely circulated in social circles, because the two fit so well that many people who don't care about military affairs and weapons think that the gun was made by Protos.

But there is nothing so easily misunderstood on the side of the black building. The pattern on the metal block is the style of the Star Alliance at first glance. (cover face)

"This is Covenant technology."

The appearance of this ghost thing here is enough to show that the situation is quite serious.This is a positioning coordinate. The Star Alliance already knows what is here, and will come here soon...even already.

"Reach is going to be in trouble soon, we have to remind them."

[But...] Scythe of War said, his expression hidden under the sunglasses [You have to be prepared, the water in the world of Halo is very deep. 】

The world of Halo is a standard world where scientific research relies on archaeology, and the Star Alliance relies on archaeology to make a fortune.Being able to make a fortune from archeology means that there was a powerful super-ancient civilization before them, and this civilization was the forerunner—the forerunner civilization originated from Orion, mastered a developed and complete technological system, and took the ancient "mantle" belief as the foundation of social thought .And 10 years ago, a swarm of bugs known as the "Flood" swept across the entire galaxy, and the desperate pioneers used the "ring array" (that is, the halo) to preserve the fire of other species in the galaxy as much as possible. Cleared the entire galaxy of all life, and then died with the enemy.

The ancient civilization of the forerunners fell apart, and the survivors were nowhere to be found, leaving only various huge buildings all over the galaxy.And in this blue and clean universe, the fire of life that has walked out of the ring began to reproduce and prosper again. (than fingers)

After the Star Alliance unearthed the remains of the Forerunners, they regarded the Forerunners as the great gods of ancient times, and believed that it was because of the activation of the halo that the Forerunners transcended the mortal body and promoted to gods... This sentence is half right, 'out of the body Mortals' part was guessed right.The believers of the Star Alliance have also been committed to finding other holy relics left by the forerunners, hoping to follow the footsteps of the forerunners and become gods by reactivating the halo array. The Star Alliance race calls this a great "pilgrimage".

The device that the Covenant thought was used by the gods to ascend was actually a weapon whose function was to allow the entire galaxy to ascend together—in a physical sense.The reason for the genocide of human beings is because human beings seem to be the successors appointed by the "God", because the human beings in this world can directly activate the equipment of the forerunners without any operation.If other races gathered together by the main race of the Star Alliance "Prophet" with the great "pilgrimage" and godhood as religious beliefs find that human beings are the eldest son of God (fog), the Star Alliance, whose faith has collapsed, may immediately It will fall apart, which is the main reason why they don't spare any human beings and kill them when they have the chance.

Above the forerunners are the forerunners.Just as the Forerunners were regarded as gods by the Star Alliance, the Forerunners were once regarded as gods by the Forerunners. They created the Flood, the Forerunners, the Prophets, humans and other races.And the pioneers were backstabbed by their own creators, and the Large Magellanic Cloud where they were born has been left uninhabited since then.