The Bizarre Adventure of Tartaros Fleet

Yaba Bamboo cursed these human beings with the most vicious words he could think of, but unfortunately, the swear words he knew were not even as good as Oregana heard the aunt next to her while eating hot dry noodles for breakfast before time travel The vocabulary used to quarrel with the vegetable vendor is vicious. Liu Lizi spent her childhood in the downtown area—even the sewers, and she is proficient in language. The Spartans headed by the Master Chief have been dealing with the Marine Corps all year round. Johnson The sergeant is a Marine himself... For the Marine Corps, such things as swear words have even become modal particles.

"It does seem to be angry, but the wording is quite conservative." Sergeant Johnson commented, lit a cigarette that Oregana handed over before, and frowned after taking a puff, "This kudzu kiwi fruit cigarette is not strong enough at all. , not strong enough."

"It's obviously very strong, but I get dizzy after taking a puff." Liu Lizi said, "It smells okay, but it's too strong to inhale by myself."

Alicia would take a piece of Polygonum japonica before going to bed every day, and then do three 10-minute soft exercises to get eight hours of exquisite sleep.But I can't do it myself, I will not be able to sleep half the night after smoking Mutian Polygonum, so Oregana can't smoke this in the room before going to bed.

"Is that because of... age?"

"No, this is the curse and bond engraved deep in the DNA, the fate of blood."

"It's so hard to understand." (smoking)

The Master Chief didn't care about the conversation between his old friend and the senior officer of the Consolidation Department. If he met that kind of "spiritual" superior, Sergeant Johnson's mouth would easily cause trouble. How to put on airs type.He watched Oregana launching an attack on this Covenant member. She didn't pick up a knife to cut him open, but directed her spiritual attack at the vital point.

She deliberately fixed the Covenant's head, forcing him to look at the scorching wreckage on the screen, watching the remnants of his men suffocating in the universe, forcing him to swallow the reality of his own tragic failure:

"Are you thinking, if we won at that time, we wouldn't be like this? Regret why we didn't win?" During the process, she kept provoking the high-ranking priest with words, "Unfortunately, we are just bait, even if you defeat We can't change anything. How do you feel? How does it feel to have failed the master's trust? How does it feel to be unable to fulfill your responsibilities and complete the tasks assigned to you? Tell me?"

The two fire demons beside the table were lying next to the table, holding a signature pen in their hands, looking like elementary school students who were seriously waiting for dictation.

"Uh... woohoo..."

"Ah wow wow wow..."

Of course, the enemy has nothing to be pitied, but Oregana's current appearance is also uncomfortable.The malice she deliberately displayed was accompanied by a unique atmosphere that irritated the people around her. It felt like a foot-long human skin fly slowly crawling along the back of the hair.Among them, Aqua and Quinn experienced it more clearly than the Master Chief and several other Spartan warriors. The sense of oppression of the psyker's consciousness by the Khorne lord is genuine, even if the target is not them.

Liu Lizi looked at Akua's blue face, and handed her a gray dog ​​doll with a red scarf in her arms:

"Look at meow with peace of mind, take away your consciousness, don't deliberately perceive it." She reminded the two of them, "This is a very important step."

She was right, Oregana was not a sadist, from the very beginning, her purpose was very clear.

The high priest struggled hard, the restraints were creaked by him, spit and blood flowed from his teeth, and he roared loudly:

"I'm going to kill you!! I won't let you go in hell!!"

"Hell is now a restricted area, and it is impossible to let you in. Just stay with us and watch the great victory you have given us." She smiled, and secretly gestured to the fire demons, implying that Almost "Whose order is it to assemble a fleet full of Brutes? The jubilant Prophet of Sorrow? The cruel Prophet of Mercy? Or the Prophet of Truth full of lies?"

It's easy to piss off a loyal zealot by declaring his defeat, attacking his faith, insulting his Pope, and distracting him from thinking calmly.How to induce the enemy's anger is a knowledge point Oregana has been familiar with throughout the years of research and practice. Everyone has a demon in their hearts, and she already knows how to release this demon in their hearts... Of course, the process It also made me very uncomfortable. In many cases, this put a great test on my moral values.

If you want to draw out the ghost in the opponent's heart, you must first become a ghost yourself, which obviously won't be good for your mental health.In this regard, Oregana can only open a thinking thread in her head to play Alicia's photos and a large number of pictures of cats and cats to clean up her mental pollution, and decides to go to the leopard to increase the SAN value after this work is done. .

Losing her composure, she couldn't look at cat pictures, and her mouth was extremely dry from being stuffed with big Liba for a long time, coupled with the shame of losing the battle, self-denial, and despair for the future formed fuel, and Oregana His mental attack is like the plasma flame shot by the fire bat, and the flames rise into the air in an instant.He felt blood red in front of his eyes, and the female human changed in the blood red——

Her features were gone, and it was impossible to tell the difference between high and low, only a red symbol glowed on the hollow face.At the same time, a pair of horns stretched and curved on top of her head, and twisted flying wings grew from her back.Her voice rumbled in her head, and countless horrible screams chanted wildly in her ears, the felony committed by High Priest Yaba Bamboo.

Of course, this is not an illusion given to him by Oregana, she can't do this kind of thing at all, it's just that a psyker who is pushed to the limit will mix his brain supplements with "things he sees", and that's all. This will give him even greater confusion and panic.The more powerful the psykers are, the more unstable they are, especially when they have not received good training and simply think that they can control their power only by 'will' and 'faith'.

"Drink...uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!"

The high priest howled and concentrated his strength. He felt that his soul was about to be shattered like a crystal, but it didn't matter. He only wanted these people to go to hell with this ship.But before this force was released, the violent convulsions made him lose his strength. His ears were wet, and blood dripped from inside his breastplate. The high priest just tilted his head and lost consciousness. .

Oregana exhaled deeply, and blinked hard.The two Fire Demons who were dictating just now raised the storage devices in their hands and shouted cheerfully:

"Waveform recording complete!"

"Lock it up, and hand it over to the alias." She patted the metal table and called two marines on standby, "It's finally done."

"That is to say, this is to record this... psionic waveform?"

"That's right, we feel very strange about the birth rules of psykers in this world, and think it has a lot to do with the Forerunners and the Flood." Oregana nodded, "If you want to record clear psychic data, the easiest way The way to do it is to drive him into extreme emotions. He's not cool enough and he's young."

The Master Chief nodded knowingly.

He and the vast majority of UNSC soldiers only care about winning the war with the Star Alliance, and even did not seek victory for a time, only seeking undefeated so that human beings can continue to survive.But the Ministry of Consolidation had a different idea.

They didn't see the Covenant as their primary target.

The Master Chief has always been used to analysis, and after having Cortana, he is even more diligent in thinking—because if he can't keep up with Cortana's thinking rhythm, it is likely to be read for a long time.Cortana is different from the women I've known in the past, such as Kelly and Linda, she is good at everything, but sometimes she is not so... crisp?The Master Chief couldn't describe the feeling exactly, only that it was a characteristic of Cortana.

For this reason, the Master Chief thought a lot based on the available information, he realized that the target of the Ministry of Consolidation was actually what was left behind by the Forerunner, and he also figured out what happened at that time.What prompted them to study those things was not pure curiosity, but a sense of urgency, which even made people feel a lot like fear.That's why they will seriously study the ring belt and the forerunner ruins on the Reach star.

Although they are serious about fighting the Covenant, they are far less interested in winning than in the things they gain in battle.For example, this high-ranking priest of the Star Alliance who was just carried down and locked up.

After reading the battle report, the Master Chief also felt a wave of unease.This kind of thing called psychic power will be a terrible thing on the battlefield, especially in the battles that Spartans are good at. The light howitzers that come with the ammunition can blow up the enemy as long as they use their brains. If this ability appears in large numbers in the Covenant Marine Corps, then the subsequent battles will definitely be very difficult.

"Is the Covenant constantly producing psychic soldiers?" he asked.

"So far we have only identified two cases." Liu Lizi opened the electronic board and replied, "One is the high priest of Saint Sim. They have been transformed by the technology of the Forerunner, just like Sparta of the Star Alliance. From the previous interrogation According to the information available, the number of high-ranking priests is very small, and they belong directly to the Prophet, and I guess the number may only be a few hundred, not too many."

Quinn shrugged:

"That's not a small amount."

"Compared to the size of the Star Alliance, it is quite small. There are thousands of their colonies, and even ten balls are less than one. In a world we have been to, even a pirate ship will have one Two psychic navigators are here to steer the ship safely through the dangerous warp space storm." Oregana said, "Hundreds of untrained psykers on the battlefield are more dangerous to our own people than to the enemy. Too worried."

"We've never seen a prophet like this before."

"Because they are all deployed in the city of fraternity, just like the imperial guards. Although they have strong combat effectiveness and excellent minds, they never leave the city of fraternity."

"Come to think of it...we're pretty lucky." Cortana asked. "What's the second case?"

"An elite commander who recently stepped on the bait we put. He was called the 'Arbiter', an elite who had committed a felony, and only followed the instructions of the prophet to carry out suicide missions. He has shown great spirituality in battle. can."

"Only this arbiter? None of the other elites?"

"That's right, and this arbiter didn't have any superpowers in the UNSC records before."

"UNSC records?" Cortana's blue body surface data flow shook for a while, "That should be a familiar face."

"It's Tyr Vadami."

As soon as the name was said, the Spartan soldiers all showed a clear expression.

"It turned out to be him..."

"Indeed, if he possessed any unique superpowers, we'd have known about it for a long time."

One of the traits of Tir Vadami is that he has fought on the front lines far more than other elite commanders, and is therefore seen time and time again.But in all kinds of sightings, he was just shooting with a plasma gun or looking at it with an energy sword, and he didn't have any superpowers at all.

This means that the Star Alliance has a way to give elites superpowers... If they use this technology extensively, then the UNSC will not be able to gain any advantage on the battlefield. Originally, the Spartans and the Marines had gained in ground battles. The victories will be lost in an instant.There must be some very deep reason for this, perhaps religious, perhaps technological, or both.

After all, the Covenant cannot [-]% control what they have on hand.

"He was the one who stepped into that trap? Then can we assume that he no longer contributes to the Star Alliance?"

"Probably, after all, he is quite smart, not an idiot."

"But it's also possible that even though he's smart, he's a foolish loyalist on the pilgrimage."

"There may indeed be a problem within the Star Alliance. Have you ever seen a battlefield full of ghost-faced beasts and no elites?"

"I feel like we're about to reach a turning point in the war..."

Hearing the comments of his companions, the Master Chief felt a little relieved, and Cortana's voice sounded:

"Two consecutive defeats, the Covenant has lost more than a thousand warships. But I still don't think the Covenant will make peace with us. They seem to have spare capacity, but some recent intelligence shows that we may already be able to see the Star Wars." It's the pinnacle of alliance organization."

"Oh?" Oregana became interested, "Tell me, ma'am, let us see the analysis performance of the UNSC super AI."

"of course."

Cortana looked at the friendly alien leader, snapped her fingers - according to her action, it would never ring, but she dubbed the voice herself - and said:

"During the Battle of Reach, the Covenant's forces were composed of multiple small fleets. At that time, our interrogation results of the prisoners showed that the Covenant did not have a unified war command. Each fleet usually does its own thing. Only when a well-respected commander spotted a sufficiently valuable combat objective would they be brought together to fight together temporarily in a loose 'legion' structure."

She added:

"Although it doesn't exactly match, but at this stage, the various fleets of the Star Alliance feel like..." The super AI looked at Oregana and said, "It's like the one I got from Ai-chan recently. Like the aristocratic lords in a game called "Horse Riding and Killing", they are free and reckless, and they take their troops all over the world. This is doomed to their problems in organization and logistics. We didn't know Just how big is this 'problem'."

"But now do you know?"

"That's right." Cortana nodded and said, "The speed at which they assembled the fleet was much slower than we expected, and the information deciphered from the command system of the wrecked Covenant warships showed that the war to eliminate humanity brought The logistical burden has led to the lack of sufficient defensive power in the internal space of the Covenant, because the fleet density used to defend the interior of the Covenant's territory has been significantly reduced by sending fleets to look for our colony star, which also leads to a change in the fleet's assembly when needed. It is more difficult, the preparation stage for an attack on an important target will become longer, the rough security system of their communication system cannot cover our detection, and what will happen if they are discovered during the preparation process, we have just seen arrive--"

"From this, I came to the conclusion that even though the total strength of the Covenant Alliance is still unfathomable, because of the backward command system and system, they cannot display their strength smoothly." The AI ​​looked around, "We have already achieved the victory of the war." The initiative, the Star Alliance's biggest threat to us now is not the fleet, but their archaeologists. The most important thing now is to ensure the control of each ring as soon as possible or destroy it, otherwise there will be no victory or defeat. significance."

Although both are Supa AIs, Cortana and Ai-chan show completely different analytical abilities.But the choice of letting Ai-chan come here to help analyze the psionic waveform seems to be a mistake... What did she stuff Cortana during this brief contact? !After that, Cortana will start to put armor on her appearance, and hold something like a long crescent knife in her hand... This is not bad, as long as it doesn't make her head wobble up and down, thank God.

"You're right, Cortana." With complicated emotions, Oregana showed a smile somewhat similar to Aqua's, "So next..."

Before she finished speaking, Liu Lizi suddenly stretched out the electronic board and said nervously:

"Boss, the monitoring tower has detected space fluctuations, and a small fleet is approaching the earth." She pointed to the data on the board, "The energy waveform is the Star Alliance fleet, and the number may be around ten to thirty."

"what?"

The Spartans all showed puzzled expressions. It is true that the Covenant knows the coordinates of the earth. Everyone is ready for the solar system to receive wave after wave of attacks. Quinn even wonders whether the Covenant will There will be a lunatic commander who lowers a shield in Earth orbit and invites the Spartans to a duel from above.But no one expected that while gathering hundreds of ships to attack the earth, they also specially set up a small fleet to fly to the earth...

Gathering hundreds of ships to attack the earth obviously knows that the earth is the home planet of human beings, and its defense is equal to or even stronger than that of Reach Star. What are you doing with these ten or twenty ships?Could it be that there is some super weapon on it?

"...Is this the only ship?" Even Supa AI was puzzled. "It's so strange... Didn't the commander get notified?"

"It's possible that the internal environment of the Star Alliance is very chaotic. Send the news to the UNSC and let them prepare." Oregana "We sent a mobile force over there. The purpose of the battle is to intercept the airborne capsule, and the ship-to-ship battle is handed over to the guards. Fleet and fortress guns. After making peace with Serrandis, change ships and go to Earth!"

"Yes!"

Now that the matter has developed, Oregana began to review the current situation in her brain based on the existing information.

After the Battle of Reach Star, the 04 Halo Attack and Defense Battle was carried out. The Covenant retreated and the Consolidation Department achieved control of the entire galaxy. Those who guide the prophet to return to the Star Alliance with heresy doctrine, were assassinated by the senior prophet, and successfully escaped through the infiltrated Ansadore operatives, and now spread heresy in the border area of ​​the Star Alliance, judging from the current intelligence , he has successfully persuaded several influential Sangheilis such as the elite commander Cesar Refumi, the Sangheili patriarch Tulum Jurannai of Renalo Star.

But he didn't want to touch any Kiralhanis who had joined the Covenant.The Gerahani believe in the Forerunners more strongly than any race in the Covenant, as the San'Shium raised them from their primitive state to the Star Age in less than 3 years decades ago.They believed—as the Guiding Prophets themselves once believed—that the aura would open the way to divinity.There was nothing he could do to shake the faith of the Jiralhanis, who refused to understand the truth of the halo even when all the facts were presented to their captives.

This reminded the guiding prophet to think of a human joke that the captain of the Kigyar who took him to run around the universe told himself when he was chatting. The name is "Why is the pigeon so big".That story and even the sentence pattern can be perfectly applied to those furry muscle monsters-I understand the reason, but how can the pilgrimage not be real?

In the information sent back by the operator, this item was specifically annotated——【Guiding the prophet to tie up the ghost-faced beast Tabby Henney and talked for two hours and 27 minutes, but Tabby Henney still couldn’t explain it and looked dazed, and then In anger, the Prophet slammed Tabby Henney on the head 24 times with a [-]-kilogram dumbbell that he carried with him until he was seriously injured and unconscious. 】

Legend has it that the Prophet of Truth can hit the Brute Needle Gun with one hand. When Oregana first heard the description of War Scythe, she thought it was a CG bug. After all, the Brute Needle Gun weighs more than ten kilograms, and Sparta has Take it with both hands, but it seems that from the matter of guiding the prophet to smash the ghost-faced beast with dumbbells, the upper limit of the San Simian race seems to be quite high... Maybe they just lack exercise? (scratches head)

However, there is an old saying in the Covenant that "nothing is stronger than the faith of a new convert", even if the guiding prophet can defeat the body of the Brutes with dumbbells, it still cannot destroy their faith.But guiding the Prophet still has other options—

Atriox, the great warlord of the Brutal Beast.

Many people think that Brutes lack sufficient intelligence, but Atriox exists as if to refute this claim.For decades, Atriox's tribe had spearheaded the Covenant.The Covenant organized them into groups of forty Brutes and threw them on the human positions. They charged, killed the enemy, and died with glory-like big grunts who couldn't run away.

Atriox was the best of them all, and every time he survived and came back, and he was admired by the Gilahani, for he was the largest and strongest of them all.But as the war went on, the invincible warrior finally realized that he was just a useful slave, which made him gradually accumulate resentment.And the one who really pushed him was also the Star Alliance—after realizing that Atriox had a heart of heresy, the Prophet ordered the Sangheili Overseer to kill him to warn the other Kirahani, but in the end the Overseer did not Lost to this mighty warrior at execution, he raised his arms, and the Jiralhanis immediately joined the fray, and all the Sangheili warriors were slaughtered in the clash.

Atriox looted the Star Alliance's weapons and property immediately after all this was over, and led his men to defect from the Star Alliance, calling himself The Banished, working as pirates and mercenaries, and harassing the Star Alliance's shipping passage, raiding the colony.The Star Alliance dispatched troops to siege and suppress the exiles for many years, but they were all resolved one by one by the cunning Atriox.He never sticks to the rules. After abandoning the rigid beliefs, he has made drastic changes to the Star Alliance combat equipment that fell into his pocket. Much stronger.The red color scheme used on a large scale also makes his troops very recognizable.

Whether he will be able to convince Atriox Oregana is unclear, but Godmother Veneto Ansadore has arranged for a black secret service ship, so that even if the lead prophet overturns, Ansadore will not be able to Just in time to fish him and his companions out.

At the same time, the Star Alliance, or the Prophet of Truth assembled a large fleet composed of warships commanded by ghost-faced beasts to prepare to attack the earth, which shows that he already knows the location and nature of the earth.Oregana chose to trap this information to the Arbiter Till Vadami and his companion Artes Watumi—then, Vatumi's fleet disappeared from the communication, which The two representatives were aware of the problem and immediately shut down the fleet communications.

No matter what choice they make, as long as they see that report, they have been driven to a dead end.The senior prophet will not let the people who really know these things live, but see the truth of the Star Alliance clearly, and find that the prophet of truth began to crowd out the entire Sangheili's former senior commander secretly, and may return to the Star Alliance to sacrifice his life ?

Oregana thinks it won't be. Although it is not known where Watumi's fleet has gone, he will make a decision and stand on the front stage after all.Their sense of responsibility meant that they would not live in seclusion in the mountains, but would liberate the Sangheili from the control of the Covenant.Afterwards, the Arbiter may meet up with the Guiding Prophet in unexpected places.

Then came the present, when the assembled Brute fleet was wiped out. How the Prophet of Truth reacted to this is unknown, but someone who led a team to jump to Earth without knowing this was obviously in bad luck.