Warhammer 40 A New Hope

[Ms. Cortana, please turn off the scanner for the next area.] (９S)

This sudden information shocked Cortana and the Master Chief, and then they realized that the Human Empire also possessed artificial intelligence technology, and it was very powerful!

The heavy metal door opened, and an Iron Hands Space Marine and two Nier androids were waiting for them.

"..." The Master Chief, captain of the Spartan Blue Team, looked at the tall Space Marine, then looked at the two people beside him who looked like ordinary humans, and fell silent. At this time, Cortana gave her preliminary analysis results.

[Those two humans... seem to be artificial intelligence] Cortana's voice sounded in the Master Chief's ear. [Although it has not been confirmed through the scanner, but...]

"Tell your AI to control its curiosity, soldier," the Iron Hands Space Marine said.

The size of the Space Marine was at least one Space Marine larger than the Master Chief and his men. Just standing there was enough pressure on them. Moreover, the Master Chief could clearly feel the bloody smell of the battlefield from the giant in front of him.

"sorry."

After an unpleasant meeting, the Inner Empire explained their plan to the Master Chief and others. They needed to occupy and control a Covenant communication ship, and then announce a piece of news to all Covenant members, a piece of news that could cause the entire Covenant to collapse.

The previous battles have made the Covenant aware of the power of the Human Empire. If a large-scale action is chosen, it will inevitably arouse their vigilance, so this time only a small team can be used to complete this mission.

"A stealth phase ship will transport us to the vicinity of the target ship in secret," said the Iron Hands Space Marine. "Then we will conduct a landing operation and rush to the ship's main control room as quickly as possible to broadcast the message."

"I will pass that message to each of you, and the mission will begin in eight hours."

After the plan was explained, the three Spartan warriors from the Blue Team were taken to the dormitory prepared for them. The Master Chief and others also used this free time to check the so-called "information that could destroy the Covenant."

Two Covenant prophets learned from the Prejudice Monk on the Forerunner ship, the Intrepid AI, that their so-called pilgrimage was just wishful thinking, and that they were not the heirs of the Forerunner legacy as they believed, but humans were.

Afterwards, when the AI ​​of the Intrepid was about to leave the Covenant's capital, High Charity, to find humans and bring them the legacy of the Forerunners, the Covenant prophets hurriedly short-circuited the system and disconnected the AI ​​of the Prejudice Monk who had finally awakened, allowing High Charity to escape the fate of destruction.

Afterwards, the Prophets believed that the existence of the Forerunners (or their successors) would affect the faith and strength they had built with great difficulty, so, regardless of doubts and opposition, they began to exterminate the human race in order to consolidate their so-called faith and for the continuation of the Star Alliance.

After reading this information, the entire Blue Team's Spartan warriors were shocked, not only because of what they saw, but also because of the human empire that was able to obtain this information.

There is no doubt that this information can completely split the religious organization of the Star Alliance, because it is tantamount to denying what the Star Alliance has regarded as a belief for so long and denying the reason for their unity - all of this is just their wishful thinking and a scam!

But the question is, how did the human empire get this information? This incident should have happened on the core forerunner ship of the Dreadnought in the capital of the Star Alliance, High Charity. As their capital, it must be extremely well guarded. The only people who knew about this incident should be the San'Shyuum and the three prophets who came into contact with it at the time. How did the human empire know about it?

This news is absolutely explosive for the Star Alliance. They will never let this news spread. Maybe except for some necessary people, other people who know about this have been eliminated - how did the Human Empire know about this?

"...The human empire is much more mysterious than we imagined..."

． ． ． Eight hours later ． ． ．

Prophet large stealth carrier-based aircraft

This ship was originally a Prophet-class destroyer from the Far Planet World, but considering the size of the current conventional ships of the Human Empire, this ship is not at all a destroyer, not even a frigate.

As a result, its ship class was downgraded again and again and was defined as a large carrier-based aircraft.

The Prophet has the ability to evade attacks by entering phase space. The Adeptus Mechanicus has also upgraded the ship to give it radar and optical invisibility capabilities.

Now this ship is carrying the Spartan Blue Team, 2B and 9S, and an Iron Hands Space Marine, sailing out from a Human Empire frigate and heading towards the Covenant communications ship not far away.

[About to enter enemy ship detection range, prepare to enter stealth mode, all members remain silent]

The fuselage of the carrier-based aircraft gradually disappeared into the universe, and on the radar of the Covenant communication ship, a small red dot symbolizing the enemy flashed by, but did not attract the attention of the Covenant members.

[About to enter phase state, everyone prepare to rush in]

The ship that the Master Chief and others were on exited the stealth state, and entered the phase state the next second, and then flew towards the flight hatch of the communication ship.

The other ships around had never expected such a ship to suddenly appear. They could only watch as it suddenly appeared in front of the flight hatch, released two landing torpedoes at the hatch, and then entered the phase state again and escaped from under their noses.

boom!boom!

Two heavy metal torpedoes flew in from the flight hatch, smashing several unfortunate Grunts and Jackals on the way, and then crashed through several layers of metal walls before coming to a stop.

The heavy metal hatch blew open, smashing several surrounding Covenant soldiers into pulp, and the Spartan Blue Team, led by the Master Chief, walked out of the landing torpedo with guns drawn.

"Safe," the Master Chief said. "Where are our allies?"

[They are in another channel. I have planned a rendezvous route and sent it to them.] (Cortana)

"Then let's keep moving forward and meet up with them in front."

"Hold your weapons soldiers, we still have a long way to go."

． ． ． On the other side ． ． ．

Bang bang bang!

The devastating sound of bolter fire echoed throughout the corridor, each shot taking the life of a Jackal.

An elite holding a light blade was fighting in close combat with 2B in a close-fitting combat suit. However, no matter how he swung the light blade in his hand, he could not hit the humanoid in front of him, and the opponent always managed to dodge his attack when he was about to be hit.

2B's auxiliary machine fired a laser, overloading the elite's energy shield, and then slashed with the kinetic scimitar in its hand, splitting the elite in two.

"Report the current situation."

"We are separated from the Master Chief and his men, but we are not far away." 9S, who was scanning the models, responded. "Their intelligent artificial intelligence Cortana sent us the map and the rendezvous point. It is just ahead."

"Then keep going!"

547. The Collapse of the Star Alliance

Sitting on the fixed Type 55 Shadow turret, the Werewolf looked nervously at the corner at the end of the passage, and so did the Gollums around him.

The commander-in-chief and supervisor here, an elite veteran, was also looking nervously at the only entrance in front of him.

Not long ago, a team from the human race landed on this ship and headed towards the ship's main control room.

And those who boarded the ship this time were the enemy's elite - the Spartan warriors of the UNSC, the giants of the Human Empire that suddenly appeared, and unknown humanoid beings.

Both groups of enemies moved very quickly and had a clear goal, which was to head towards the ship's main control room.

The news that the Covenant's CSO-class supercarrier, the Long Night, had been occupied and controlled by the enemy had been known to all the new Alliance soldiers. This was undoubtedly a huge shame for them (the Sangheili), and the prophets therefore conducted a wave of "audits" on all Sangheili captains to ensure that they were capable of using and protecting the precious Covenant ships in their hands.

Many Sangheili captains who were considered "unqualified" were demoted, and the Sangheili people who valued honor also believed that this was a huge shame for them.

But it must be said that because of this, many Sangheili who originally looked down on humans began to adjust their attitude towards human wars, and the voices of opposition have also decreased (temporarily).

At this time, the troops at the intersection had been waiting for a long time, but had not seen any enemy appear.

"Captain, we..."

"Keep waiting. This is the only entrance. Unless they take a detour, they will definitely pass by here." The elite veteran interrupted the jackal who was about to say something and said, "Stay alert and notify the follow-up troops to come quickly!"

"Yes!"

The werewolf did not dare to question the words of the elite veteran in front of him. He bowed and left. The team was still guarding the passage and did not dare to be careless.

Because of this, they did not notice that a gap emitting a dim black and white light suddenly appeared behind them, and then a short humanoid creature rolled out of it.

"I'm still not used to using this phase travel device." 9S and his auxiliary machine hid behind a metal pillar and whispered. "The position is fine, 2B can come over."

2B, wearing combat uniform, also walked out of the rift shortly afterwards, and the rift closed afterwards. The two of them huddled behind a metal pillar, observing the Covenant soldiers who had not noticed them at all.

"It's impossible to force a breakthrough with this kind of firepower arrangement." 9S said in a low voice while looking at the image sent back by the auxiliary machine. "Even if you are wearing power armor, you will be penetrated in a few seconds."

"The master is still waiting for our signal, so we have to think of a way." 2B also said in a low voice. "But, with this number of aliens, we can't deal with them all or attract everyone's attention."

"2B-san, I have an idea..."

A few minutes later, the elite veteran who was on full alert suddenly noticed an electrical noise coming from the communication device. Just as he was about to see what was going on, several cylindrical metal cans fell from the sky and landed right in their team.

"enemy..."

Sizzle－－!

The sudden burst of piercing noise made almost all the Covenant soldiers wearing communication devices shiver, and the next moment high-intensity flashes and explosions came before their eyes.

[Operation successful, annihilation begins]

Two small Neil auxiliary machines flew out from behind the pillar, shooting out two powerful laser beams. One destroyed the Type 55 Shadow turret, and the other penetrated the energy shield and the Elite itself.

2B, holding a power sword, came out shortly afterwards and charged directly into the enemy camp before most Covenant soldiers had recovered from the effects of the flash bomb.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

A wolf man shouted loudly and swung the light-speed carbine in his hand, trying to find the enemy, but the next second a bomb hit and accurately smashed his head.

The sound of the flashbang was caught by the Space Marine of Iron Hands. Without any hesitation, he ran out, running at high speed while shooting at the target in front of him.

The Covenant soldiers, whose eyes were blinded and ears were ringing by the flash bombs, had no way of confirming where the enemy was. They were surrounded by their own people, and random shooting would definitely hurt their own people. This resulted in most of the Covenant soldiers having to passively take the beating before they recovered.

One of the ghost-faced beasts couldn't stand the current situation anymore, and started firing randomly with the plasma gun in his hand, but he failed to hit any enemy, and instead hit many of his own people.

brush!

The power blade in 2B's hand slashed from top to bottom, splitting the Jiralhanae in two, and then kicked over the Grunt who was spinning in panic on the spot.

9S, holding a plasma rifle, provided fire support from a distance with two auxiliary machines, eliminating the Covenant soldiers in sight as quickly as possible.

At this moment, the Space Marine from the Iron Hands also rushed into the enemy group. After knocking over the damaged Type 55 Shadow turret, he began to reap the lives of the aliens in front of him, and blood of various colors splattered everywhere.

A few minutes later, all the Covenant soldiers who gathered here to try to intercept them were wiped out, and corpses and debris of all sizes were everywhere.

"Debrief the situation."

"Yes, there are no hostile signals nearby, but according to the intercepted intelligence, there will be alien troops coming soon." 9S reported. "But if we time it right, we can just avoid them."

"Then keep going, soldier!"

“May the glory of mankind last forever!”

～～～～～～～～～～～～～

Almost at the same time, the two metal doors of the front hall of the communications ship were opened and intensive gunfire was heard.

"Stop them! Stop..."

The Jackal with the needle gun missed the target even though he was almost in the face and had guidance. Suddenly 2B accelerated and flipped over his head, swinging the power sword in his hand that was stained with blood of various colors, killing the Jackal, and then he fell to the ground with a sound.

On the other side, the sergeant who flew out with a knee-kick posture landed on the elite who was knocked away by him, and opened fire with the M12 special operations carbine in his hand to finish him off.

The two men, like gods of death, scared the already timid Gollum people so much that they ran around in panic, and the jackals also began to hesitate.

"No retreat! For the Forerunners! For the Covenant! For the Prophet!"

At the roar of a white-armored elite (probably a centurion, a second-level elite, second only to the gold-armored elite in normal military rank), the somewhat scattered Covenant troops regained their spirits, but his roar also exposed his presence.

The Chief and 2B looked at the white-armored elite on high ground almost at the same time, and took action at the same time the next moment.

After the Master Chief said "cover him" on the portable communicator, he rushed towards the elite with weapon in hand, but another figure was faster than him.

Each time the bolter fired, it could take out a Covenant soldier. The continuous firing temporarily cleared a blank area around 2B, and 2B also had the opportunity to use the flying device on his combat uniform to kill the white-armored elites in the high altitude.

roar--!

Seeing 2B attacking him, the white-armored elite did not dodge. Instead, he roared, lit up the blade in his hand, and swung it towards 2B.

Once again, just as the blade was about to hit 2B, her speed and agility increased dramatically, and she dodged the incoming attack and fell to the side, then slashed at him with the kinetic long sword in her hand.

DUANG!

As a veteran among the elites, this white-armored elite has more combat experience than ordinary elites. Facing the incoming attack, he simply held up his blade to block the blow, and used brute force to push 2B out and create some distance between him and 2B.

Just as he was getting some distance between himself and the humanoid enemy in front of him, a beam of light came and forced the white-armored elite to dodge again. 2B seized the opportunity and rushed in front of him, swinging the kinetic sword in his hand again.

The White-Armored Elite, who had not yet had time to dodge, hurriedly raised his weapon again to block the attack. This time 2B had the upper hand and gradually overwhelmed the White-Armored Elite in front of her who was much larger than her.

But after that, the white-armored elite who had recovered his strength slowly stood up and began to suppress 2B.

"You, a machine of mankind, are not to be feared!"

boom!

As soon as he said this, a heavy kick hit him from the back, causing the white-armored elite to lose his balance instantly. Seeing this, 2B took advantage of the situation and kicked him from behind, causing him to fall to the ground.

Bang bang bang!

brush!

The Master Chief's M12 special operations carbine fired continuously and penetrated the energy shield of the man in white armor. Then 2B's power sword chopped down and separated his head from his body.

"Well done, soldier." The sergeant said as he looked at the white-armored elite killed by 2B. "...Are you also an intelligent artificial intelligence?"

2B did not answer the Master Chief's question but performed the Nier etiquette and jumped down from the second floor.

[John, what you just said is very rude to a woman] (Cortana)

"... " The Master Chief remained silent and did not respond to Cortana's words. (As expected, he was later questioned by Cortana as to "who is more like a machine")

2B and the Master Chief finished their targeted killing shouts on the white-armored elites, and the others had basically completed the cleanup of the Covenant's manpower in the hall. After both sides checked their weapons and ammunition and reloaded them, they came to the main control.

The Star Alliance is about to split apart.