The Bizarre Adventure of Tartaros Fleet

"Everyone, the battle has come to an end for the time being." Oregana sat on the specially reserved seat, "But it's not over yet. From the deciphered communication, we got information that at least one fleet of the Star Alliance is approaching."

The UNSC folks already know that the Covenant's comms are poorly encrypted, but that doesn't help the situation - knowing what someone's saying doesn't stop them from getting close.And it was Tyr Vadami who came... The UNSC had heard of this Covenant commander's name for a long time, and some people even proposed a plan to assassinate him in the past.

But this plan is impossible to realize... If the commander of the Covenant can be assassinated so easily, the war will not continue to this day, and there is no need for any red flag plan.

From the currently deciphered communications, it is known that the Star Alliance has assembled 330 to [-] warships and is approaching this galaxy. Seven or eight folded quilts were pressed against his chest, and he couldn't breathe at all.In fleet battles, if humans want to securely win against the Covenant, they need at least three times the number, which means that humans need close to a thousand warships... This is just the first wave, and there may be others behind the Covenant.

However, all the possessions of mankind do not have a thousand ships—150% of the warships of the entire UNSC were urgently assembled, plus the garrison fleet of Eridanus itself, a total of [-] or [-] ships.

"So far, the number of warships assembled has reached 150 or two, which is basically the limit of the fleet that can be assembled now." Commander Stanford said in a deep voice, "If the Covenant wants to attack, we alone cannot win."

Oregana is very clear that this galaxy will inevitably have a large-scale flagship battle, but as long as the opponent does not continue to spray CSO levels, then our chances of winning are actually quite large.So she made a gesture, and Essex stood up and turned on the projection device in front of the UNSC commanders:

"The battle will revolve around these three points." She said, "This is the first defense area, with a gravity well as the core, and anchored fortress guns around it. If the Star Alliance warships directly target Reach Star and maneuver, then they have at least There is a 70% probability that they will fall within the range of the gravity well. Then they will be bombarded by the orbital defense platform and our fortress artillery at the same time here. At the same time, this will limit the opponent's super-light mobility. It can only be left by conventional navigation to leave the range."

Captain Keyes, who was seated at the same table, nodded lightly.

The Covenant's warships are indeed strong, but not so strong that they cannot be countered.The ship-borne orbital accelerator can smash their shields, while the fixed super magnetic acceleration cannon has the terrifying power to launch the shield and the ship together.If the gravity well works, the Garrison Cannon can deal a heavy blow to the Covenant in an instant.

This set, as well as the special equipment used in specialized defensive warfare... Are these people very good at defensive warfare?

"The second defense area, here, the gravitational singularity of the galaxy - I don't know if the Covenant jump depends on this, but their navigation system has a tendency to lock on to this singularity, so they have made some preparations."

"What to prepare?"

"The two battleship formations are arranged two astronomical units away, relying on space projection weapons to bombard the Covenant forces that have just finished jumping. The Covenant's jumping engine is very smooth, and the space wrinkles caused are very small, which is very beneficial to long-distance space The play of projectile firepower."

The Nymph-class battleships are a type of battleship that Essex likes very much. Their ultra-long-range bombardment capabilities can make anyone who sees them dizzy for the first time, even drivers who already know this weapon system , It also takes a long time of training to achieve fast coordinates to evade, or leap to the past to fight back.

That is to say, does the Concord have naval guns with a range of several astronomical units?Is the superluminal system and weapon system used at the same time?

Simply incredible.

"I see……"

"What about the third point?"

"From the battle report you provided, we know that the Covenant sometimes relies on its own super-light system to perform better, so it intercepts and kills the unassembled UNSC warships halfway, right?"

In previous battles, the Covenant would rely on its excellent jump ability to jump to the rear of the UNSC battleship to attack.They know very well that the magnetic acceleration cannon is very powerful, and at the same time they understand the weakness of this axial cannon.Once it is circled to the rear, the UNSC warship will be wiped out if it is too late to turn, and it is even more impossible to use a light and smart turret——

The magnetic accelerator gun itself is capable of breaking the shield of the Covenant ship. If it is changed to a turret, it will be even more difficult to pry open the shield.

"That's true. UNSC warships are designed for fleet warfare, and they are very vulnerable when they are alone."

"We'll scatter battleships across the system, this is the third zone - our FTL system is as good as the Covenant's, and the pilots are all masters of maneuver warfare. Large-scale maneuver combat can effectively weaken the Covenant sharpness."

When it comes to high-mobility guerrilla warfare, the pilots of Tartaros are all good at it.They often conduct one-to-one or many-to-many scan-jump-capture-combat exercises in the vast space. This process is even added to the schedule of Starship Road as a sports event. .To put it another way, even the little girls who are still in school may be very good at catching people and fighting one-on-one, let alone the elite Tartarus [-]st battle group.

"Can this really work..."

"Of course it can. There is at least an [-]% chance that the follow-up forces of the Star Alliance will not know what happened to their friends. When they arrive in this galaxy, we can give these aliens a thunderous blow." This The alien boss showed a heroic smile, "After this battle is over, the Star Alliance should know how powerful it is. Maybe they will plan to negotiate peace."

Indeed, if they can beat the Covenant by a big score and let them smash their heads in the Reach Star, they will know that they have no way to destroy human beings at the original 'cost'.Under these circumstances, it remains a mystery whether the war objective of 'destroying blasphemous heresy' can continue.As early as 2531, the top executives of the Covenant Alliance had realized that although the Covenant had an overwhelming technological advantage over humans, the logistical burden of a war to completely wipe out humans would render the internal space of the Covenant completely defenseless. They would dig graves everywhere like crazy to see if they could find new gadgets that could turn the tide of the battle, and at the same time be wary of humans digging up new gadgets that could change the situation of the battle.

In this case, what would the Covenant do if the Covenant's armies lost the Battle of Reach and the Prophets realized that if they wanted to win the war, the Covenant itself would also be depleted?Is it desperate to go all out to wipe out human beings?Or drop everything and bow to mankind?Even... had been caught in civil strife before then?

After all, 'Avatar' has been released.

What does a civilization built on oppression and lies do when pushed to that extent?Oregana is very interested in this.

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The Sangheili personality Dagta opened his eyes, and he felt a slight vibration in the room.Since I was moved to this new cell... God knows how long, and there is no clock here, it is basically impossible to have a proper concept of time.As if deliberately blurring one's own concept of time, the other party is not even sure about the delivery time.

I don't know if this is intentional to toss myself, or there are other plans.But if you have other plans, save yourself, I won't say anything, let alone surrender.

He yawned a few times, intending to squat for a while to gather some energy.But just two minutes after I closed my eyes, there was the sound of footsteps at the door——

It was the listless jailer again, he poured the tasteless white cubes on the dinner plate, and then pushed them in from the groove under the door:

"It's time, your meal."

This person can speak Sangheli, and the two sides have had a few casual conversations in the past few days.He was not strict in his tone, and he learned a lot from the jailer that he shouldn't have said--I'm afraid they don't care about the issue of secrecy, do they?After all, what could a Sangheili, who was under guard, unarmed and understrength, do if he was capable?Even if he knew all the little secrets of the universe, he could only tell the wall in this small cell.

"Where is this going?" He pulled the dinner plate, threw the small cubes into his mouth and chewed. "I feel the spaceship shaking."

"Go to the prison, where you have to stay until the end of the war." The jailer paced back and forth, and he was still waiting to collect the dinner tray. "Where you can live in safety and not have to die because of some outlandish lies."

This attitude can't help but make people want to laugh - they took away all their glory and made themselves prisoners, but they still put on a benefactor-like tone?

"...Do I still have to thank you?"

The jailer glanced at the end of the passage, where a tall Sangheili was holding a metal dinner plate folded into sharp corners, and he gave the jailer a thumbs up to show that he was ready.The jailer nodded silently, expressing that he understood that his time was approaching, and continued chatting with the guy in the cell:

"If you want...!!"

As soon as he was halfway through speaking, he deliberately stepped back and slammed into the door of the cell with a loud noise. Then he drew out his pistol angrily, and pulled the trigger forcefully against the wall on the other side of the passage.A huge gunshot exploded in the passage, startling G Daghta—he almost choked to death on the small white cube, and stood up quickly.

Accompanied by the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, red blood flowed in from the crack of the door. A few seconds later, the door of the cell opened with a slight 'beep' sound, and it was his subordinates who appeared at the door.The listless jailer was lying on the ground, his eyes staring blankly into the air, his uniform completely stained with blood.

"Master Dagta! It's time to go! We need your command!"

This was beyond Dagta's expectations—these two Sangheilis ran out of the cell, made improvised weapons out of cutlery, and killed the jailer. God knows how they did it!

But this is great, this is a great opportunity!As long as he can seize this opportunity, he can not only regain his lost honor, but also return to the Star Alliance and become a hero!G Daghta stood up, walked out of the cell door to his fellow man, and took the taser and key card from the jailer's belt.Human weapons were still too light and small for the Sangheili, but it was better than nothing.He took these necessary things and was ready to take a gamble:

"Anyone else? We need more people!"

"There's more next door! We're here to find the key card!"

"Now that we have this card, let's go all out!" He waved the small card in his hand - Dagta has seen humans use this authenticator to open the door "Let everyone out, and then We need to get out of here and take control of the bridge as fast as we can!"

"Yes! Your lord!"

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Chapter 1023 Chapter 62: Did you just say the ring?

The loss of contact with the Valiant and Prudent Fleet makes all Tir Vadami nervous.

He didn't know if Blattmi didn't answer because he didn't want to be disturbed, or if something was wrong.If something really went wrong—for example, Long Night was sunk, there is only one possibility, that is, the human home planet that the Star Alliance has been looking for for many years has finally been found, and they have set up a very strong line of defense there. Enough to kill The Long Night.

This made Till Vadami feel a little uncertain. He didn't dare to lead the troops rashly, but began to gather troops in a galaxy a few light-years away.The Holy Sigh Fleet and the Righteous Vigilance Fleet in the surrounding area responded to his communications and were approaching at cruise speed.He is unwilling to use only the 340 warships of the special justice fleet in his hand to fight against the possible super space fortress group.

Because of the extreme disadvantage in performance, humans are used to gathering warships to protect their important colonies, and their combat thinking is very flexible.The once careless commander was enraged by his words when facing humans and stepped into a trap, resulting in the destruction of more than [-] warships in the two fleets.Therefore, Tier Vadami did not dare to act rashly. He stationed here to gather as many troops as possible to consolidate his own strength.

But Leading Prophet doesn't think so.

In some cases, a Junior Seer or San'Shium High Councilor is sent to the fleet to act as a representative of the Supreme Council or to provide some 'religious' support to the commander.All military operations of the Star Alliance are religious operations. Similarly, every commander is a missionary and a prayer. The prophet must ensure the absolute leadership of religion over the army.Therefore, the prophet on board played an important role in strengthening the religious work of the troops and regulating the behavior of commanders and troops with teachings.

Of course, not every fleet has a prophet on every ship, such as the Long Night under the command of the commander Bratmi who is considered to have a strong sense of faith, but the commander with flexible thinking and rich and changeable battles provides There is a junior prophet by his side, so that Tir Vadami can fight in a way that is 'honorable but not mean, flexible but not deviant'.

Leading the prophet naturally does not participate in any battles. He sits upright on a comfortable cushion in the Hall of the Creator. The elegant cassock and golden back, and the towering ornate ornaments show his majesty and dignity as a superior person—whether it is bloodline or status. pious.Several cameras shot at him from different angles, projecting his flawless appearance on the inside of the bridge three kilometers away.

There, the projection leading the oracle stared directly at Tir Vadami, who was wearing golden armor, with a stern complexion exuding layers of pressure, and everyone on the bridge bowed down to salute, for fear of arousing his anger.Only Tier Vadami, who was being questioned, looked directly at his face. On the surface, there was no distinction between the two, but the two sides were actually restraining each other. He would not take a step, nor could he retreat.

"You are too timid, Commander." The Prophet bent his neck and let his head lean forward slightly. Perhaps the greatest discovery in the world has passed by, slipping like water through our fingers and making us the laughing stock of historians."

In fact, the leader at this moment is far more anxious than he looks.

Judging from the time stamp of the communication bulletin, the Heroic and Cautious Fleet has been in that galaxy for a long time.Luo Bratmi is also an excellent 'explorer' who is very good at unearthing the ruins of the forerunners. There can only be one reason why he and his fleet stayed in that galaxy for such a long time, and that is that they were busy unearthing the ruins.

It's easy to imagine what happened there now—the heroic and cautious fleet was one step ahead of the special justice fleet, and followed the forerunner ruins to the target.This is obviously an understandable coincidence, because the Long Night is equipped with the special equipment 'Sacred Wisdom Lamp' specially designed to search for the relics of the forerunners. It found the relics of the forerunners, and the Special Justice Fleet discovered them based on the signal from the transmitter.That human galaxy will definitely be exposed, it's just a matter of time and luck who gets there first.

But those who arrive first can get everything, whether it is the glory of cleaning the blasphemer or the glory of discovering the remains of the forerunner, they can hold it in their hands, and those who come too late can only stand aside and watch. None of the qualifications.At this point in time, the human army was clearly destroyed, and what should have belonged to him fell into the hands of others, and Till Vadami was still hesitating because of his cowardly cowardice.

Obviously, he should act now, what is this guy afraid of?

This kind of thinking does not only exist in the head of an alpaca leading the prophet. The soldiers all hope that the great super commander Till Vadami can lead them to obtain military exploits. Till Vadami's actions are quite critical - if more people are called, won't the credit be divided?But different from leading the prophets, they trust the commander who has always been on the front line and shares life and death with the soldiers, so they bury their dissatisfaction in their hearts and follow the commander's will.

This is absolutely different from the leading prophet who only sits in a wheelchair and wanders around on a boat or sits in the temple of the creator.

Facing the question that led the prophet, Till Vadami was a little bored, but he couldn't get angry, so he could only explain slowly and calmly:

"...Lead the forerunner, we should not rush forward."

If safety is carried out in accordance with religious precepts, many battles that can be won will become unwinnable. Now the advantage in the war with humans depends entirely on the suppression of generations of inferior technology. If one day the Star Alliance faces a war with How could the Star Alliance win against an enemy of the same level as the Star Alliance, or even a higher technical level?Tier Vadami, who grew up in the Star Alliance, has known since childhood that races are different from each other. The Angei are humble, the Sangheili are noble and brave, the prophets are high, and the ranks of each race are orderly. This brought about a difference in troop morale.

But after the war with humans, Tier Vadami immediately realized that the morale of the single-race human troops was frighteningly high. Even after decades of failed wars, the morale gradually decreased to the present, and their morale And organization is still above the Covenant average.After realizing this, he never underestimated human beings.

There are many people who are unwilling to face the fact that how the Star Alliance's technology came about. Since the Star Alliance can obtain technology through this way, so can humans.Once one day they really get the same technology as the Star Alliance—after all, the relics of the forerunners are everywhere, and you can’t stop humans if they really want to study—then the Star Alliance, which is far weaker than humans in terms of fighting will, wants to win?It is as difficult as moving a mountain.

The loss of contact with the Long Night aroused his vigilance for this reason.

Why did The Long Night go there?It was only because the 'Lamp of Holy Wisdom' scanned that there were relics there that Bratmi would gladly go there.

Why would I go where?Because the detector detects that there is a human fleet there, it is a hub.

It is a hub, there are a large number of fleets, there is a high probability that it is an interstellar home port, and there are high-quality forerunner relics that are enough to cause Bratami... When Tier Vadami realized this, he felt his four cheeks on both sides began to tremble .But others haven't been able to understand this:

"The Long Night may have been sunk by now. Facing the firepower that can sink that kind of super aircraft carrier, I don't think it's too much preparation..."

Before he finished speaking, the guiding prophet interrupted him arrogantly:

"Come on, how could the Long Night be sunk? This is the most powerful warship of the Star Alliance." The two thin lips of the Prophet squirmed and said sarcastically, "If you don't realize this, I I hope you will work on a battleship like Long Night again as a deck sergeant for a while, I think this can make up for your lack of confidence."

As soon as this was said, the special operations commander in white armor behind Wadami became a little annoyed.The name of this Saint Heli is Artes Watumi. He was born in Watum State of Saint Helios, the mother planet of Saint Heli. Graduated, and today, he serves as the commander of the special forces in the Special Justice Fleet, and has a good personal relationship with the commander.

And Tier Vadami, who was directly ridiculed, was in a worse mood, but he could only say:

"There are high-quality forerunner relics in that place, and humans are likely to get something from them, which may put the Long Night in danger."

"Okay, Commander. Even if it is true that humans have obtained the technology of the Forerunner, why didn't they send out even a message for help?" The guiding prophet sighed, showing a helpless expression, "As long as the Long Night is in danger, then the Bulla Secret will definitely send out a call for help, right? Why didn’t we receive a call for help? Could it be that the long night was destroyed in an instant? For example, launching a missile and blowing it into two pieces from the middle, all the crew members breathed All dead?"

"..."

Tire Vadami was silent, his imagination unable to conjure up such a horrible picture.But he was also not persuaded, nor did he plan to jump the fleet in directly.Just when he was racking his brains and trying to fool the past, adjutant Piero Kusovai (Bero Kusovai) raised his head in front of the operation panel and interrupted the conversation between the two giants of the fleet:

"Commander, a human ship has just finished jumping at the edge of the galaxy." His voice was full of excitement that he didn't want to hide, "But there are Sangheilis inside! The leader is G Dagta, who claims to be a heroic and cautious fleet , he said they just captured this battleship not long ago!"

"what?!"

"Where is the other person?!"

For whomever, this is the key to breaking out of the current irritating situation-an important source of information.

The human battleship didn't look like a battleship in appearance. Except for Ge Dagta and his two deputies who were Sangheili, the others were all jackals and grunts.They killed the human jailers and seized control of the entire ship. The ship ended the jump in this galaxy and was almost sunk by a frigate on a security mission, but finally the communication was connected, and the ship of warriors avoided The fate of dying under the fire of his companions.

Soon, G Daghta was welcomed by a group of soldiers to the flagship Truth Seeker.He looked rather distressed - with cuts and bruises all over his body, it was obvious that the humans had not forgotten to take his armor and weapons when they locked him up, and those short and slender guys did their best to block the already Covenant soldiers used to killing, but they failed.

Although it is embarrassing to be captured on the battlefield, it is a commendable act of bravery to be able to snatch the entire ship back together during the transfer process.After all this, not only did he not lose his glory, but he even gained more, which made G Dagta even look a little proud—the surprised and admiring eyes of other people made him very happy.

Together with his companions (the two Sangheili, of course), he reported this rare experience to the super commander, including how he escaped from the prison cell, how he took human weapons to use, and how Prevent humans from destroying the system and deleting all data.Thir Vadami listened confidently.