The Bizarre Adventure of Tartaros Fleet

Oregana slightly raised one eyebrow.

Although his expression looked cold, his attitude was unexpectedly good.Commander Stamforth's mood leaned more cautiously than agitated - as if he was walking a tightrope.He hid the expression on his face very well, but Oregana could still tell that Stamfors was carefully observing his expression. His hands were behind his back, and he was probably clenched into fists nervously.

Oregana can understand his thoughts, he must now want to pull himself to the human side.To be honest, this operation is still in line with Oregana's wishes.The Naval Intelligence Agency must have known that they were coming. According to the Tin Woodman’s description of the Naval Intelligence Agency, even if they decided to tie themselves up and throw them in front of the Covenant, they would make themselves killed by the Covenant and use dirty methods to forcibly kill them. It is not surprising that the Ministry of Consolidation is pushed to the opposite of the Covenant.

I'm afraid that Stanford himself is also worried about this, so he decided to come to see himself, this dangerous EX, fully armed alien from another world, as a commander of the defense zone, right?

"It's just a matter of little effort, Commander." Oregana also responded, seeing someone say something, since the other party has a good attitude, then she has to show a good attitude "We don't know much about this world, but we still Don't like the enemies you're dealing with. They're acting very uncomfortable."

These words made Commander Stamforth show a strange expression—these people must have never seen the Covenant, so where did they see "their performance"?This made him feel very uneasy.

"what do you mean?"

"This planet is being invaded." Oregana said, using the projection system to expand the picture taken by Stacius "The ship that came to pick us up happened to take pictures of what happened on the planet-it turned out that this scale The troops and warships are thrown into an inhabited ecological planet, completely disregarding the civilian casualties that will inevitably occur in the event of a war. We hate this kind of people."

Of course, the Star Alliance would not care about civilian casualties, they would even kill all the residents in the occupied colony, which would not surprise Stanford.And it’s not surprising that someone came to pick up this alien with the title of legion commander. It’s not surprising that they have a ship with a strong detection level. It’s surprising, no, it’s scary. Now there is only one thing——

Reach has been invaded, what's the matter? !

He looked at the screen on the projection, his originally plain expression collapsed, and his face flushed with excitement:

"This is... Visgrad?!"

Two days ago, there was indeed a communication interruption in Wisgrad.But didn't ONI say that the local armed group might have destroyed the outpost so that the communication was interrupted?In terms of scope and scale, it's something that can be done right away.

But what appeared in front of them was a large number of Covenant troops, and they were ready-on the ground of Reach.

At this moment, the expression of the adjutant who was following him suddenly changed. He picked up the communicator, and just after listening, he walked to the side of Commander Stamforth:

"Sir," he could no longer keep his voice down, "The Reach Star Army has sent information—the Noble Squad has exchanged fire with the Covenant at the Visgrad Relay Station, and it is urgent in winter."

Commander Stamforth was well aware that the Noble (NOBLE) squad was an operational unit of enhanced fireteam size (six), consisting of five Spartan III soldiers and one Spartan II soldier.Among the Spartans, most of the Spartan teams belong to the Naval Special Warfare Command, but the NOBLE squad is different. It belongs to the Joint Ground Command and is a joint operation mainly composed of Army personnel and supported by Air Force tactics. force.Although it is said that the Spartan Project is a project hosted by the Navy, the six members of the team are still the Navy, and the rank of the Navy should be maintained.

Because the Office of Naval Intelligence judged that it was the work of a local rebel organization called People's Duty, the UNSC ignored it, and the Army sent a Spartan combat team to investigate the situation, and only now found the problem!

Time may have passed 24 hours, or even 48 hours!For a moment, Commander Stamforth felt his eyes go dark.I was unprepared, and time was wasted.The assembly of Sparta has not been completed, and the assembly of the fleet has not been completed either. The Star Alliance has come too fast——I may have missed the opportunity to seize the turning point of the war!

Part of the Covenant's fleet has already arrived. If they go against the Covenant in their current state, the Reach Star will be lost. The UNSC can't even ensure the retreat of more than 7 million civilians on the planet!

"If you allow our troops to enter this galaxy, then we are willing to join this war." Oregana's voice sounded like a devil's whisper in Stanford's ears at this moment, "Of course if you don't want to, we will leave immediately. "

The opponent must have some level of intelligence and think they can gain something in this war.Is it because of the Covenant?The Covenant threatened them?Or because they wanted those ruins on Reach?

I don't know anything, and it's too late to ask now.He can only be sure of one thing, that is, there is an opportunity in front of him now - if he says the word "willing", then he can get a support army.The other party doesn't need to lie to themselves in this regard, because even if they don't agree, they can fly the fleet in if they want.

With this support army, maybe he will be able to defend the Zhiyuan star.No matter how bad it is, at least as many civilians as possible can be evacuated.Commander Stamforth has always been known as a truly selfless leader who always puts the interests of the military first, but at the same time is a humanitarian at heart, and it is difficult for him to pass up this opportunity.

But...there is no such thing as a free lunch that falls from the sky.Inviting aliens to meet on the first day, hoping that they will send troops into human territory to attack another group of aliens, still sounds too disturbing-history has taught people, with the help of teachers The result is likely to be chicken feathers all over the place.It is impossible for something like the army to be borrowed to aliens for nothing. They will do this because they will get what they need from it.

Can humans afford this price?This made Commander Stamforth hesitate while looking at Oregana's extended right hand:

"What do we have to pay?"

"We'll talk about this later," Oregana said, her voice full of sincerity, "but one thing is for sure, that is, the gains will be far greater than the losses, and there will be countless people thanking you for your efforts here. wise decisions—such as those on Reach who haven't yet realized the war is coming."

That last sentence made Stanfords make up his mind.

"I understand."

He stretched out his hand to hold Oregana's right hand. The cold armor was uncomfortable to the touch, but it had a reassuring sense of strength.

"Okay! From now on, the Ministry of Consolidation will intervene in this war, and we will fight against the Star Alliance on the human side." Oregana said with satisfaction, she took off the gun from her waist, and held the barrel Handed it to Stanford. "Take it, General. We have a custom of gifting weapons to friends."

It was a rather heavy pistol, said to be a pistol, but its size and caliber should not be underestimated. I am afraid that only Spartan warriors can easily use this weapon.An eight-pointed star in the shape of a ship's steering wheel is engraved on the body of the gun, and there is a coat of arms like a cat's claw on the back. It seems that this should be their culture.Perhaps after this, I will have time to study the symbols of these aliens.

If I can survive the battle that is about to break out, and I didn't make a wrong choice.

"Thank you, Legion Commander."

In this regard, Oregana smiled back, she nodded slightly, and then said:

"Then it's time for us to go...Everyone, please don't be too surprised."

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"A legion commander will not let himself be defenseless when he first contacts aliens who don't know the details. So we brought some bodyguards to protect our safety," she clapped her hands lightly, "and now we Now that we have become allies, there is no need for us to continue to hide."

Under everyone's surprised eyes, one soldier after another emerged from the air. There were a dozen or twenty of them, each wearing a set of power armor—they had been standing in the control room and the Ganaku all the time. Inside, he just concealed himself with the invisibility system on the armor.If the station master or the commander decided to arrest the legion commander as a hostage just now, she would definitely be able to escape unscathed and immediately lead her people to the Star Alliance, right?

The only chance for these soldiers to sneak in was when they were "escorted" before, when only the regimental commander and her adjutant were in the small cabin.Could it be that everyone hung on the outside of the hull at that time, and then hung on the pelican and brought it directly into the Ganaku?

It's a bit scary, but it's an amazing skill.

"Next we will show you our sincerity," she said with one last look at Commander Stamforth, and put on his helmet. "Let's leave the rest until the end of the battle—we look forward to communicating with humans." Lisa Cavendish The technical sergeant will stay here in our place, and she will be in charge of handling the intelligence connection."

A soldier took off his helmet, and it was a girl who looked quite young, but strangely, she had two white furry ears reminiscent of a fox on her head-alien and humans are different for granted, compared to Covenant That kind, or this kind of alien is easier to accept.She is the Lisa Cavendish technical non-commissioned officer that Oregana said, and she belongs to the Guards Ghost Fox Fairy. Although she is a technical non-commissioned officer, she has participated in the Neklavo Raiders and Urdak Suppressive Battles on the front line. A top-notch soldier in every way.

Although he looked young, he didn't feel the childishness and unreliability unique to girls in this soldier.The white hair that only reaches the neck, the sharp eyes, and the resolute expression with tightly closed lips make her look like she is used to going to and from hell.This sense of incongruity further highlights her alien identity... Maybe there is a big difference between her appearance and her actual age?After all, aliens and humans have different growth rates and methods of judging age.

Within a few seconds, the girl's voice interrupted the commander's thoughts. She turned on the portable computer she carried and said loudly:

"Without further delay, let's get to work, General. Please help me with your technical personnel. We have to get the communication docking done first."

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Chapter 1011 Chapter 50: Fanatics and Berserkers

Ippoz, bayonet base.

The magnificent Barbara Kasa Ice Shelf exudes an ancient cold air, and the ice that has not changed for hundreds of thousands of years covers the mountains.The human base stands on the frozen stones under the ice shelf. Reinforced concrete walls, roadblocks, isolation belts everywhere, steel gates and tall sentry towers make this place look heavily guarded.

But in fact, this is not a conventional military base mainly used as a fortress or a garrison point, but a research base of ONI.There is a ship left by the Forerunner under Barbara Kaisa. The UNSC discovered and set up a base here to study it. The Office of Naval Intelligence ONI occupies an important position in this research activity.At the same time, some cutting-edge weapon tests will also be carried out here.

This place is usually inaccessible, and the remote location is one reason, but more importantly, it is because it is a military restricted zone, but now it is very lively.Just now, a Phantom transport plane of the Star Alliance—humans have given supernatural-themed names to all the vehicles of the Star Alliance, and the real name under the famous name of the Phantom is actually the Type [-] transport plane.

This kind of heavy vehicle with three plasma weapons and a long axis of more than 30 meters is fast enough, and its armor is strong enough to withstand the blows of small-caliber firearms. At the same time, it can drop sixteen combat teams in one go.Now it just threw a group of soldiers into the wall of the bayonet base, and then immediately accelerated to bypass the anti-aircraft fire. The Covenant soldiers shouted and engaged the human defenders immediately after landing.

On the other side of the battlefield, Grunts and elite fighters jumped out of a fork-shaped alien troop carrier, bypassed two rows of unguarded fortifications, and shot from the side of the defenders.The defenders, who were already understaffed and outdated in technology, were attacked from two directions and could only hide behind the bunkers to avoid deadly plasma and needle bombs.

At this time, behind the hillside outside the base, among the jagged rocks on the river beach, a strange building was slowly rotating.The body of the thing is a purple-black, tall cone-shaped crystal block that is three stories high, surrounded by delicate mechanical structures.Unique energy fluctuations radiate from this crystal tower, covering a large area next to it.

This is a unique technology from the Dark Templar, the Dark Crystal Tower.The psionic energy matrix it carries not only supplies energy to buildings and establishes jump coordinates, but also has the ability to hide our units within the range, and the carefully adjusted energy frequency can also make our own people visible to each other. Avoid inexplicable bumps together.

The zealot Daltai, who just finished the leap, moved his shoulders. This zealot has the sharp eyes and long unpredictable face unique to protoss. As a team commander, he can go one step further—on the armor The streamer was flying, the small fragmentation cannon on the shoulder was shining coldly, and the roots of the severed nerve cords on the head were tied into a bunch with elegant belts, just looking like a powerful warrior.

"Successful arrival, perfect infiltration." He vibrated the air with psionic energy and made a sound, "No one found us."

Twenty zealots, five stalkers, and three high-ranking templars, this is the first batch of combat troops Artanis chose to send.Although the quantity is not large, in order to achieve the combat goal, this quantity is precisely the best.And Oregana only brought [-] soldiers, and two light suspension motorcycles "riding shooters"-this kind of scout vehicle can be easily transported to the front line, one soldier can drive it, and the firepower is one It is a low-power heavy particle cannon. Although the single-shot output is not high, it can fire continuously like a machine gun.

A small group of inexplicable troops entered the battlefield, beat themselves up together with the enemy, and couldn't collect enough information because there were few people on the other side.Putting this kind of thing on any commander will confuse them.And the commander's confusion will make him hesitant, look forward and backward, and then the entire command system will become dull, which is exactly the effect Oregana expected.

Artanis also agrees with this point. He now knows that the composition of the Star Alliance is somewhat similar to that of the Ministry of Consolidation—it is composed of multiple civilizations. You can see the Star Alliance of different races on the battlefield Soldier.But unlike the Ministry of Consolidation, the core of the Covenant is religion. A fragile race called the Prophets armed themselves with the technology of the Forerunners and exercised their rights through absolute control over the Covenant.In the Star Alliance, the various races are not equal, the higher races oppress the lower races, and the higher races directly have friction.

The short, slow-moving Grunts can give a kick to anyone—it’s a literal kick, and it’s okay to pass by if you don’t feel comfortable; the second-ranked Gnoll dare not speak loudly to the top Talking, bossing around the only Grunt who is lower than themselves; the elite and the ghost beast can't see each other, the ghost beast thinks that the status of the elite is slightly higher than itself and feels uneasy and angry, they think they can protect the prophet better than the elite, and The elite see the Brutes as dirty and savage creatures, and the two have a long-standing grudge.

The only thing that maintains them is religion. Sometimes religion can make people work together, but obviously the Star Alliance failed to do this. The mutual friction and oppression between the races make the bond between them like a rusty chain. Although it looks thick, the crisis of destruction has penetrated into it.

Surprisingly, Protos Berserkers look very similar to Covenant elites in battle, while Oregana's troops are equipped with armor similar to that used by Spartans in this world.Well, when the Covenant troops saw a small group of 'Elite' and 'Spartan' charge side by side, they must be in chaos, right?A splash of acid on rusty chains and a couple of shakes is also a good thing.

This was not in line with the usual fighting style of the Protoss, but Artanis felt that it was necessary to try.He handed over the command of the troops to Oregana, who was on the front line of the battle, and then he began to prepare for the follow-up troops. The purpose of causing confusion to the enemy is to delay time, but a frontal conflict will definitely happen, whether it is Pu Luo The commanders of Toth, or Tartarus, were preparing for that moment.

Oregana adjusted her armor. The gravity here is slightly higher than that of the earth, so the parameters of weapons and armor need to be slightly corrected.

"The battle is in progress, and the communication interference is very strong." She opened the map and looked at the battlefield ahead. "There are Forerunner ruins buried here, and this is the purpose of the Star Alliance."

"So we don't have to worry about the bombardment of the battleship above?" Daltai looked at the sky on the west side. "Although that is the case, it is really worrying."

In the air more than ten kilometers away, a battleship with a long axis close to a thousand meters was floating there. It was suppressing the air defense positions at the other end of the ice lake—it also did not use powerful main guns, but only used secondary guns to shoot the reinforcements approaching the periphery. , At the same time, the Marine Corps was sent to suppress.The sky is full of purple plasma clusters flying light.

The fight was pretty timid, maybe it means that they haven't figured out where the ruins are?But from another perspective... The Star Alliance really didn't take the soldiers' lives seriously, even the Grunts couldn't just give them away like the clone soldiers. (cover face)

"It will probably be a meat grinder battle here," Liu Lizi said, because the armor cannot be equipped with combat claws, so she has to fight with two plasma pistols and arm knives, which makes her seem a little uncomfortable "Star The League will not risk shelling, so we will see how many people and vehicles are on that ship. When the loss reaches a certain level, I think it may choose to withdraw from the battlefield."

"If we can restore the communication system here, it can't be withdrawn. The UNSC can handle it by itself." The ship can be easily sunk by reducing the output and shooting from the top down with the orbital defense platform, but because of interference, now The orbital station cannot receive clear enough real-time coordinates, the previously destroyed communication station has not yet recovered its function, and the communication connection between the integration department and the UNSC still needs multiple transfers and is not stable enough to induce precise bombardment.Daltai said, "I suggest launching an attack immediately to quickly stabilize the situation here."

Oregana held the C-14 rifle in her hand and gestured:

"That's right," the bayonet popped out with a bang from the muzzle of the gun, "Come on, turn this place into a meat grinder!"

"is blood……"

"Stop! Not this."

“This is Sparta!!”

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Spartan - This is a super soldier created by the UNSC.The original Spartan project was a UNSC project aimed at establishing an elite unit of "super soldiers" who were excellent in terms of body, genes, technology, and beliefs.Volunteers for the project were drawn from active duty members of the military -- these few candidates passed the test after adversity and made the project take a lot longer than expected.Results fell far short of expectations, however, and the project was eventually declared void and terminated in 2506 after all candidates were ordered to return to their original forces.

Since then, small specialized armed units have had little success in combating the insurgency, which has since expanded almost beyond the control of the UNSC.The insurgency has become more aggressive and attacks against the military have become more forceful. The UNSC clearly needs a stronger military.Then, the second phase of the Spartan plan began, which was extremely radical and controversial-75 children, boys and girls aged five to six, were drafted into the army and kidnapped.In order to keep the plan a secret, the children were replaced by rapid clones, all of which were extremely handicapped with numerous physical complications and would die shortly afterwards.

These 75 children were trained and then underwent biologically enhanced transformation surgery at the age of 14. After five transformation operations, 32 died on the operating table or were disabled, and some of them recovered after secondary transformation. A total of 45 Spartan soldiers served.Once these 45 super soldiers wear Thor's Hammer armor, they become the most deadly killing machines in history.

But as one of Gaburo's logistics officials said, the war is not so simple that only one Gundam can be changed... So during the Federation One Year War, a total of twenty or thirty Gundams of various types were built. The efforts of the 45 Spartans may win one or two battles or a few small-scale battles, but they are far from changing the situation of the war, and these 45 elite fighters have been decreasing due to successive years of battles. , Dr. Halsey couldn't find suitable follow-up candidates, and the replenishment of troops could not be replenished at all. At the same time, the training funds for each of the Spartan II soldiers plus the Mjolnir armor were enough to train and equip a battalion of marines Or a light battleship, like an automaton made by Hanayusai...

The logistics department said that I don't accept this price. You can choose whether Halsey dies or I die today.

Everyone needs more, stronger...mainly cheaper mobile suits...Spartans.

As the Human-Covenant War progressed and the number of casualties multiplied, ONI activated another plan.Spearheaded by Colonel James Exon, a noted opponent of Halsey's Spartan II program, the Spartan III program was established using conceptual experience from previous programs.Designing super soldiers that can be produced faster at a lower cost is the core of the third phase of the plan, but this time they are not actually abducted children, but the Loyal Academy who lost their homes and families when they invaded from the Star Alliance... Orphans Recruited by the academy, giving him the opportunity to avenge the Star Alliance.

Because of technological progress, the conversion survival rate has risen to [-]%, the training cycle has also been shortened from eight years to five years in the second phase, and the cost has been greatly reduced... then it should be even lower.Thor's hammer power armor is also very expensive, let's make the armor cheaper like the Federal Jim, so I changed to the cheaper, lighter SPI armor with photosensitive panels that can change its appearance according to the texture of the surrounding environment , although the hardened armor plate of the armor is more defensive than the UNSC standard individual armor, it is still very fragile.

If the second-stage Spartan hits the breastplate with a fist, it will be deformed.

Although they are far inferior to the Spartan Phase II fighters in terms of physical fitness, intelligence, psychological quality, weapons and equipment, etc., there are a large number of Spartan Phase III fighters. dangerous task.

The Noble (NOBLE) team is composed of five Spartan IIIs and one Spartan II. Because it is an elite force, this team was replaced with MKV series Thor's Hammer armor on November 2551, 11. The cheap SPI armor worn by most Spartan III fighters is much more advanced.

Investigating the Visgrad Relay was one of the first Covenant troops on the planet to encounter the Covenant when it went offline, and now they are on their way to their next mission objective, ONI Bayonet Base.

The Covenant is launching an attack on Reach - bad news that unnerves the soldiers.You must know that Reach Star is the gateway to the earth, the most heavily defended fortress planet, but now so many troops have arrived on the ground silently, this once again reminds everyone that the technological gap between the Star Alliance and mankind How big is it.

[The bayonet base of the Office of Naval Intelligence is currently under attack by a Covenant light battleship.Due to the importance of the facility, the use of orbital strikes is currently prohibited. 】

AI's voice sounded in the communication channel.

First class warrant officer George-052, the only Spartan II soldier in the team, the heavy fire expert listened to the voice and looked outside the "Falcon" helicopter.The warship of the Covenant was floating about 5000 meters in the air, and its shadow was cast on the frozen lake under the Barbara Kaisa Ice Shelf, which looked extremely oppressive.It was an SDV-class heavy frigate, equipped with ion cannons, pulse launchers, and energy shields, an enemy that could not be defeated by manpower—unless there was a way to get inside the ship.