The Bizarre Adventure of Tartaros Fleet

"Oh?" She said indifferently, "Don't worry about it, probably the UNSC mobilized the troops?"

【It was the Pillar of Autumn that flew out. After calculations by the surveillance post, it was found that her target was a galaxy quite far away.By taking the observation records during this period of time and conducting optical comparison analysis, there is a [-]% possibility that the target galaxy has a giant space structure. 】Liu Lizi reminded 【Do you think it could be the 'ring belt'? 】

Oregana was silent for a while, then she stood up abruptly, threw the key of the excavator to a marine next to her, rushed out of the construction site and found a moa, jumped on it and ran to the nearest shuttle parking lot.

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【Commander, we found something interesting. 】

The fidgeting Tire Vadami received a communication from the front line, which he had been waiting for for more than ten hours.

"Say, what did you find?"

And the news brought back by the scouting fleet can be called heavy——

[We haven't found the Long Night, there are some relatively new wrecks in the universe, but they are not as big as the Long Night. 】The scouts are on the edge of the planetary system, relying on long-range detectors to scan the entire galaxy and said 【Humans have placed a large number of fortress cannons and a gravitational trap to induce transitions in the galaxy, and all the troops that can be detected are concentrated next to the ecological planet.If we jumped into the galaxy rashly before, we would definitely be attracted by the gravitational trap and hit the muzzle and be burned up.Fortunately, I am more cautious...]

Because they were afraid of rushing directly into the galaxy and bumping into things, the scout fleet usually jumped to a considerable distance outside the galaxy, but this time this habit saved many lives, and at the same time exposed all the enemy's arrangements.

"Didn't you find the Long Night?"

[Indeed, but there are many traces left by the transition in the local area. We guess that the Long Night left after finding that it could not successfully capture this planet.There is still no news from Commander Bratmi. 】

"Where is the signal for the nearest long-distance transition?" Till Vadami said in a deep voice, "We must find the long night."

[Not far outside the planet's gravitational field, a human spaceship has just made a long-distance transition. 】

"It may have been chasing the long night... Send two ships to follow it, and report the location immediately after arriving at the target."

【Yes! 】

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Chapter 1024 Chapter 63: The second half of the firefight begins

Changed from the moa to the shuttle and came to the Panther, the first sentence Oregana entered the bridge was:

"UNSC sent the Pillar of Autumn to touch the girdle."

Huo Ling turned the chair, showing a teasing expression:

"Are you interested too?"

"Of course!" Oregana said affirmatively, "That's a girdle!"

The so-called halo, also known as the ring, the Star Alliance called it the sacred ring, and the pioneers called it the special zone, and it is also the most famous giant structure in the "Halo" series.A standard small halo has a diameter of 10000 kilometers, a thickness of 22.3 kilometers, and a width of about 100 kilometers.The main building materials are metal, rock and soil.The outside is a mechanical structure, and the inside is a biosphere with a nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere. The artificial gravity field generates gravity (9.8G) and controls the spin.

It is not only a super AOE weapon used to fight against the Flood, but also an ark to preserve species and a prison to imprison the Flood.In the original plot, the Pillar of Autumn fled after being defeated in the Battle of Reach Star, and arrived at Ring 20 about 04 days later.Most of the combatants on the ship escaped and landed on the artificial structure, which would later trigger the Battle of Installation 04.

Covenant forces encountered the facility containing the Flood during their investigation and unknowingly released the dormant Flood; they quickly, but only partially, restored the facility's seal.But soon, hoping to find a large-scale Covenant weapon arsenal, Captain Case was deceived by a Sangheili captive into thinking that the isolation facility where the Flood was sealed was a weapon arsenal, so he led a Marine Corps to accidentally Breaking the isolation facility again led to a mass attack.

The Flood is a difficult thing to deal with. They are essentially parasitic organisms whose biomass is composed of an indiscriminate supermicrostructure (FSC), which is similar in structure to neurons and glial cells. , the Flood is able to program these FSCs themselves and mimic the organisms they require.In the wild phase, the Flood will only use four states: Infested Form, Battle Form, Maternal Form, and Primal Gravemind Form.Once the Zerg have successfully established a Primal Gravemind, they enter the mutual aid phase, and the number of available forms begins to increase dramatically.And after that, in addition to their morphological evolution, they can also use the technology they have acquired.

It belongs to the late-stage Zerg that can be dealt with by sending out a team of firebats at the beginning of the infection, but once it develops, the battle cannot be fought.

But for humans and the Covenant, the Flood is a first-time killer, and even if he was as agile as Case, he couldn't do anything when he first encountered this thing.As a result, the battle that took place on the 04 ring belt quickly turned into a bad battle in which the UNSC troops, the Star Alliance, the ring sentinels led by AI·343 Guilty Spark, and the Flood all participated.In the end, the second-stage Spartan, John-117, detonated the fusion engine of the Pillar of Autumn on the surface of the ring, destroying the structural integrity of the ring and causing the entire ring to collapse.

Oregana believes that she has a way to control the situation—she is well aware of the characteristics of the Flood Demon, and also has the equipment and ability to suppress the Flood Demon. As long as she handles it properly, there is no need to blow up the ring.To be honest, I am quite interested in the ring itself.

If you disassemble it to melt ore, then you can make a new one on Niu Xing.There is no such option as "drag the ring back and install it on the planet". It is only meaningful to make your own ring. How can the ring made by the pioneers meet the actual needs of the skull maker? (nod)

Dark Rock has already seen where Oregana's main interest is:

"However," he asked, "in my memory, the Pillar of the Autumn Wind seems to have landed on the 04 ring by accident?"

According to the "Cole Agreement", in order to protect the earth and its near-earth colonies, all UNSC ships or space stations must not keep a complete navigation map when they are captured, so as to prevent the Star Alliance from tracking human settlements.Once successfully escaping the attack of the Covenant, all spacecraft must immediately use random routes to enter the slip space, and never choose any routes that point to Earth, near human colonies, or other human habitation.

In short, just close your eyes and jump around casually, God knows where you will jump - although this will get lost, it is far better than 'You brought the devil here? 'This kind of thing happens.At that time, the Pillar of Autumn was like this. When evacuating Reach, everyone jumped to the vicinity of the halo in a wave of blind jumps. It can only be said that luck is really good... Maybe it is because the ship is carrying John 117 of strong luck. s reason.

But about this part, there seems to be a different statement——

[This part of the setting seems to contradict each other in different works.In "Halo: Reach", Dr. Halsey asked the noble team to deliver a package to Captain Jacob Keyes, that package is a fragment of Cortana and a coordinate in the universe, and that coordinate is the 04 ring .She thinks this is the key to reversing the war... From a certain point of view, it is true. 】Scythe of War explained【Emile and Noble Six sent Cortana's fragment to Case, and then they jumped based on this coordinate when they evacuated. 】

"We gotta watch out for the girdle. The Flood in there is no joke."

"The main enemy is the Flood, so there is no need to worry about the Covenant troops." Huo Ling said, "In the original Mid-Autumn Festival, the Pillar of the Wind was chased by a large number of Covenant warships to the ring, but they are safe now. I think they should be able to investigate in a relatively safe environment with a single ship sailing under the environment. Originally, the release of the Flood Demon was also an accidental event, we only need to intervene carefully and block the facility."

"No, just in case it's a regular configuration." Oregana shook her head, "Not only can the Flood not deal with combat units equipped with shields, but it's also impossible to overcome the barrier of consciousness before the clone warriors self-destruct. But If the Star Alliance finds out and sends marines to fight us, the marines who are only equipped with cleaning equipment will suffer a lot.”

"Then let's go there on the Jackdaw, even if you encounter a Star Alliance battleship, you won't be at a disadvantage."

"Ah."

But before he finished speaking, Liu Lizi patted Oregana on the shoulder:

"Boss, UX-1130 has sent a communication." She read, "Covenant Q has discovered Covenant warships, CCS class, number three. They are hidden in the rubble belt area on the edge of the galaxy... probably saw everything."

When she said this, Liu Lizi had a regretful expression on her face.She was bitter about the fact that the Covenant hadn't stepped into the trap.

Oregana looked pale, and asked quickly:

"how long it has been?"

"I noticed that the abnormal signal was 2 minutes ago," she showed the other party's predicted flight path on the projection system, and the arc went from the heliopause to the outer asteroid belt, "presumably it jumped to a considerable distance outside the galaxy." Afterwards, it came in by conventional navigation, so the temporary anchored reconnaissance post was not detected at the first time... It may have been at least a few 10 minutes, or even several hours."

If that's all it is, it's not too bad.

Everyone is an old commander who is used to fighting offensive and defensive warfare, and it is commonplace to send reconnaissance ships in by regular navigation.Once the enemy is so organized, it is not very uncommon for the defense layout to leak.Even if the defense layout is leaked, it doesn't matter too much. At most, more fleets need to be entered, and the battle can still be fought.

However, one incident just happened to complicate the whole situation.

"Didn't they all see this..." Oregana was silent for a few seconds, and asked, "...Then did they also see the Pillar of Autumn sailing?"

[This is not nonsense... I must have seen it.I estimate that at this moment, ships in the Covenant anchorage should start to follow. 】

"It's troublesome..."

Then what happens next cannot be seen by them!

"Let UX-1130 launch an attack to pin down the Covenant warships! Tell Essex, cooperate with Wolf Fraken, and destroy the Covenant scout ships as quickly as possible!" She slapped the table and stood up "Fire spirit is ready Good flagship, bring as many frigates as possible, and prepare to take off with the Pillar of Autumn before the arrival of the next wave of scout ships! Then we have to contact the UNSC immediately!"

"Yes!"

The commander of the Star Alliance is very likely to be Till Vadami. If this matter is not handled properly, it is possible to directly bring the world line back to its original state.Returning to the original state is still the best ending, and it is more likely that one after another accidents lead to the situation completely out of control.After all, as long as there is an accident, the Flood will really have the ability to navigate in the universe - a person who can travel in the universe, full of technologies from various civilizations, can easily infect carbon-based organisms, even machines Zerg that can also erode, is there anything more terrifying than this?

There must be... For example, a gas giant star-type mothership class brought a full-stacked heavy aircraft carrier and battleship-class dark worms to attack merchant ships all over the street, and laid eggs on all the planets on the road. Yes... But the damage that the Flood can cause if the infection spreads to a high level is not bad at all.

I must go to the scene immediately and fully grasp the situation.

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UX-1130 entered a combat stance immediately after receiving the command.The first mate, Gore Haney, rubbed his hands vigorously in front of the operating table, as if he was facing a big plate of food:

"Finally there is an attack command. I've been holding back for the past few days."

This statement is naturally exaggerated. The crew of the dimensional submarine has nothing else, but patience can boast that it is the first in the universe.They often need to lurk in the combat area for a long time to perform reconnaissance missions or stand by as a surprise soldier, and they have long been accustomed to long waits.But once the combat mission is over, the crew members are more excited than each other.

Attacking is much more exciting than lurking.

Wolf Fraken stood in the middle of the bridge as usual, holding on to the stand of the 'periscope', and announced loudly:

"Keep calm," he said as he took out chocolate-flavored gum and stuffed it into his mouth. Ship, load the Mark III subspace torpedoes, and arrange them in the No. [-] formation."

"learn!"

The Dimensional Submarine is indeed equipped with naval guns that emit heavy particle beams, but she is not a ship to fight with battleships by bombarding each other.Like the submarines of old, she fought by launching torpedoes, only not from the sea, but from the warp.

Gamilas has long had the subspace torpedo technology. This special missile is launched from the subspace by a ship. After sailing for a certain distance, it floats from the subspace to the material universe near the target, and then immediately enters the terminal guidance state. It began to accelerate in a straight line, which made it difficult for the enemy ship to react quickly.The new type of dimensional submarine has a larger hull, so it has been replaced with a new type of heavier torpedo, as well as new combat equipment - the mobile torpedo cabin 'seal'.

This kind of mobile torpedo cabin is essentially an enlarged No. 30 drone. It looks like a cuboid box with a long axis of [-] meters. Various propellers and subspace navigation equipment are installed on the outside. Mark III conventional subspace torpedo.They can be deployed in a certain area and attack the target from multiple angles at the same time. It is very convenient whether it is to disrupt the opponent's judgment or to suppress the opponent's air defense fire control system.

The only problem is that due to the limited space in the mobile torpedo bay, the shield performance is not good, and the disturbance caused by the torpedo launch will cause the shield to stop flickering.Therefore, if it is launched in the subspace, the energy of the subspace will act on the torpedo cabin to form abnormalities and distortions. If you do not return to the home port for repairs and serious adjustments, it will not be able to be used normally, and even reloading will encounter problems. Difficult (in extreme cases, even the square launch box has really become a seal shape), so it can only be used as a disposable product that is disposable.

But because it is easy to use and has a lot of firepower, seals are very popular in the circle of dimensional submarines.

The enemy ships did not notice that they had been spotted, and the two Covenant warships floated silently in the rubble field, disguising their gravitational signals as asteroids—among hundreds of millions of asteroids, these two gravitational forces The signal is indeed not easy to detect, but once it is locked and camouflaged, it loses its effect.

Six 'seals' fell off from the two sides of the hull, and the propellers emitted flames slightly. They moved forward quickly, and soon became a few spots of light, disappearing into the grotesque background of the subspace. The huge hull of UX-1130 began to slowly rise to the attack depth, and the buoy-type sensors were launched from above the hull.Seconds later, external images and tactical views appeared in front of Captain Wolf Fraken.

At this time, the voice of the Fist of Tartaros officer came from the communicator——

[This is the first battleship formation of the Fist of Tartaros, the data link has been connected, ready to fire at any time. 】

The battleship formation all used Nymph-class battleships, and these ships were arranged in the asteroid belt between the second and third planetary orbits in the galaxy.They installed an axial single-barreled flagship gun on the battleship hull, and then used the technology of the White Comet Empire Flame Direct Cannon to directly open the portal within hundreds of kilometers of the opponent. Weapons with ugly distance scatter can also play beautiful kills.

The battle method is very simple. First, the Dimensional Submarine uses Mark III torpedoes to disrupt the opponent's anti-aircraft firepower, and then let the new heavy-duty Thor torpedoes bombard the opponent's shields. The data collected so far proves that strong EMP interference can effectively disrupt the defense of the Covenant. The stability of the shield.The Nymph-class battleship then used the 'Song of Heaven' to carry out a decisive bombardment.

The key to this kind of cooperation is the timing of the launch. The timing of Tartarus' soldiers is as exquisite as robots, so they cooperate with UX-1130.Wolf Fraken nodded and replied:

"The message has been received, and the battle begins!"

[Then please! 】

On the other side, the manipulator said loudly:

"The 'seals' are in place."

The tense atmosphere spread in the bridge. Wolf Fraken looked at the picture in the periscope and said in a small voice that everyone could hear:

"Three seconds after the launch of the bow torpedo tube, all the seals fired in salvo." He finally checked the position of the mobile torpedo compartment, and said to the fire control officer, "Bow torpedoes one, three, five, and seven locked on target one, Two, four, six, eight lock on to target number two, and the seals let the AI ​​choose their own target—just let them get dizzy!"

In normal times, this attack mode has been practiced many times, and everyone is familiar with it.Within a few seconds, the signal lights indicating the completion of preparations lit up one by one——

"Launch ready."

"This side is also ready!"

Wolf Fraken took a deep breath, swung his right hand and said loudly:

"emission!"

The fire controller repeats the command, then presses the button:

"emission!"

Accompanied by the blunt and heavy impact, eight heavy subspace heavy Thor torpedoes burst out of the air, and gradually accelerated to shoot forward.Soon after, the 'seals' launched their hidden torpedoes one by one.Almost instantly, the two warships of the Covenant were surrounded by missiles, but the other party seemed to have not reacted yet.Is it because I was suddenly attacked by an inexplicable attack and felt at a loss and didn't react?Or do you simply not think missiles can hurt you?

No matter what the reason is, the opponent does not conduct evasive movement or interception. It is not even like the ancient Jin who used to fly a fighter jet to catch the submarine. He just stood there blankly, and now he just started his propeller.

Obviously, this is completely too late.In the picture of the periscope, Wolf Fraken watched with satisfaction as the missiles rushed towards the target, and then everything was surrounded by explosions and energy shocks...