Chapter 26 The Archimedes

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"Huh?" Tang Fang was stunned. After a while, he finally realized it. When he turned his attention, he saw that the original gray and uncontrollable human logo on the system interface had turned into a shiny dark gold.

With a thought, the Zerg base screen disappeared, replaced by a human command center and an SCV (peasant).

The human base was unlocked, and it was unlocked at this time.

I subconsciously click on the SCV and select the basic construction menu. As expected, in addition to the command center, supply station, and refinery in the first row, the first barracks building in the second row has been unlocked.

Tang Fang was overjoyed, like spending a dollar on a beautiful virgin girl. If Clapham hadn't been there, he would have laughed a few times to vent his excitement. The human base is available and the barracks are unlocked, which means that he has another trump card in his hand, the combat units are diversified, the combat effectiveness is stronger, and the tactics are more flexible.

Quickly press the hot key B, and the SCV welds a prototype of the building on the ground. Tang Fang forcibly suppressed his joy and turned his attention to the video screen of the central computer. Through the annotations next to the data, he learned that this part of the confidential data integrated by the system is the construction process of the base, including the construction and integration data of various systems such as infrastructure, life support, and communication.

The construction technology of the base has opened up human technology. From this point of view, other buildings other than the barracks should also need to integrate the existing secret technology to unlock.

He frowned and thought about it, the data compression and transfer work has been completed.

Seeing him staring at the screen in a daze, Clapham shouted out, "Why don't you go quickly?"

"Oh." Tang Fang came back to his senses. He pulled out the half-slap-sized miniature PDA on the jack and threw it to Clapham to put it away. He nodded at Aros and the others, turned and walked out the door.

Because of the shared vision with the puppies, Tang Fang and his group took Clapham through the southern area without any danger, and through the connecting passage, they came to the launch silo in the northern area again.

By the time Clapham gave the evacuation order, most of the non-combatants of the East Sector had already left in medium shuttles, heading for outer space. When Tang Fang and several people "protected" Clapham from the silo hall, the shuttle plane carrying logistics maintenance and cooking crews was taking off and flying into the sky.

The sound of sporadic exchanges of fire came from the eastern district. When the last MRT II shuttle was ready and the launch process could be started at any time, the security door of the connecting passage facing the silo hall opened, and several soldiers in power armor opened. Embarrassed, he ran out and rushed towards the silo.

"One, two, three, four, five."

Glancing over the five surviving soldiers, Clapham's mouth was full of bitterness. A dignified company's strength was actually taken over by more than 30 aliens. Once this matter reached the ears of the army's top management, his company commander would be considered a dead end.

"Commander, we're running out of time, fast forward to the shuttle."

Through the glass windows of the corridor in the distance, you can see that a string of aliens are rushing towards the north area. Clapham sighed, waved to the five remaining soldiers, and pressed the switch of the elevator.

"The silo is ready, the beam generator is warmed up, and the countdown to launch begins."

"Ten, nine, eight, seven..."

The blue flames of the shuttle's thrusters cut through the sky, moving further and further away. The rear base gradually turned into a small black spot and disappeared on the cab's video screen.

What Clapham et al didn't know was that,

When the shuttle entered the vacuum of smoke, the main engine ignited, turned into a flash of light and rushed into space, the twenty or so puppies that were raging in the base suddenly disappeared out of thin air, invisible and without a trace, as if they were The general never existed at all.

"Tang Fang, Captain Joanna of the 'Archimedes' sent a communication request." Looking at the endless starry sky outside the window, Clapham calmed down and ordered.

A holographic three-dimensional star map was woven above the console, with the young Salton at the center, surrounded by six planets orbiting it.

As Clapham pressed a few buttons, the camera zoomed in to the satellite orbit of Planet 5. A spacecraft with a length of more than 100 meters was suspended beside the orbit of the Roberta 608 scientific research satellite above the base. .

The head of the spacecraft is a flat disc with a torpedo-like shuttle-shaped cabin in the middle, and a pair of warhead-like thrusters are attached to the rear.

This is a "Pioneer"-class scientific research spacecraft with a maximum crew of 600 people. It is equipped with equipment such as geological exploration, resource scanning, and space laboratory. It is the most advanced scientific research spacecraft in the Mengya Empire.

Since the establishment of the resource exploration base on Planet 5, it has been parked in the satellite orbit and has been conducting auxiliary research work such as data collection and analysis.

The reason why Tang Fang sneaked back to the base and released the puppy to launch a surprise attack was initially because he simply wanted to get rid of Wei Haitao and remove the sharp thorn hanging over his head. Save Clapham's life.

It is a thunderstorm night outside the base, and aliens are rampant inside. If you want to save your life under internal and external troubles, the only way to avoid this is the scientific research ship that enters outer space by shuttle. Once you enter the scientific research ship, it is designed to steal the cosmic shuttle. If the machine leaves, or continue to stay in the army to fish in troubled waters, thinking of ways to improve his strength, isn't it his choice?

"Bah."

A snowflake flashed on the display screen of the communicator, and a plump white woman in her early thirties appeared in front of everyone.

"Captain Joanna, I have to tell you bad news. The forward base was attacked by unknown aliens and has fallen."

"Major Clapham, needless to say, I know everything and I'm ready for containment."

"Well, the specific things will be discussed after I board the ship."

"Okay, I still have some settling work to deal with. Let's meet and discuss the details later." After that, he disconnected the communication.

Under Clapham's suggestion, Tang Fang calibrated the route, lowered the engine thrust, and the shuttle slowly drove towards the scientific research spacecraft on the satellite orbit.

The shuttle was gliding in the dark space, and the five soldiers who survived were leaning on the backs of their chairs and snoring quietly. Clapham turned his head and looked out the window, frowning, wondering what he was thinking.

Zhou Ai, Hausen and the others did not say a word, while Aros rubbed the last inferior cigar, hesitating whether to smoke it or keep it to satisfy his cravings.

Tang Fang handed over the driving rights to Byron, the co-pilot, and he turned his attention to the human base interface of the system.

The barracks has been built, and you can choose it at will, and find that the icon of the attached pendant is actually lit, which means that the technology laboratory and reactor relying on the barracks building can be upgraded directly without unlocking additional scientific research data.

Just click the hotkey X, and start building the annexes of the barracks---Technology Laboratory.

25 seconds later, the technology laboratory was completed, and the barracks was selected again, and three combat units, Marines, Marauders, and Reapers, appeared on the production menu.

Marines, commonly known as Ma Run, machine gunners, equipped with power armor, can fight in space and NBC (nuclear/biochemical) and various harsh environments, the weapon is the C-14 "piercer" Gauss rifle, capable of Fires 8MM metal spikes at supersonic speed.

The Marauder, commonly known as the bald brother, has stronger power armor than the marines. He has a K12 quadruple grenade launcher in his hand. It is mixed with the marines and can provide powerful heavy fire support.

The Reaper, also known as the Reaper, comes standard with a Gaussian X2 pistol, carries a jetpack behind him, and can jump up and down cliffs, or leap over rivers, crevices, and other obstacles.

The production cost of the Marines is 50 crystals and takes 1 population. The raider's production cost is 100 crystals and 25 gas, and takes up 2 people. The Reaper's production cost is 50 crystals and 50 gas, and it also uses 1 population.

The machine gunner has the active skill "Stimulant", which can increase the attack and movement speed by sacrificing a certain amount of HP, but the stimulant needs to be studied separately in the technology laboratory. In addition to active skills, they also have passive skills "riot shield", which can increase the survival rate on the battlefield by attaching this super alloy shield. The "Riot Shield" skill requires additional research in the Tech Lab to obtain it.

The Marauder can't help but also have the active skill "Stimulant" and his unique passive skill "Concussion Bullet", which can slow down small and medium target units. The "Shock Bullet" must also be obtained through research in the Science and Technology Laboratory.

Unlike machine gunners and marauders, reapers have two passive skills that do not require additional research. One is "jet rucksack", which can use the propelling flame of the wing-shaped rucksack on the back to easily fly up cliffs and highlands. The other is "Battle Potions", which are quick-acting potions that the Reapers can use to heal their wounds once they are out of combat, thereby restoring their wounds.

Three new combat units were added at one time, and Tang Fang’s mouth was almost grinning to the back of his head. Because of the slow movement speed of the worm queen and the spine reptile in the Zerg base, they were only suitable for passive defense, and they could only rely on puppies for attack.

Since the upgrade of "Metabolic Acceleration", the mobility of the puppy has been greatly improved, far exceeding that of ordinary land vehicles. However, there are also corresponding disadvantages. The unit carries out firepower output. Take the previous battle as an example, if he hadn't designed to sneak back to the base and launch a surprise attack from the inside, he would instead choose to fight a tough battle, attack from the outside, and use the base's defensive firepower, let alone 38, even if the number doubled. There's absolutely no chance of it coming down.

But now, with the addition of human combat units, the arms will become more diverse, and the tactics will become more and more flexible.

When his emotions cooled down, he turned his attention to the stock of crystals and gas, and sighed again. After this battle at the base, he collected a total of 640 life energy points, plus the previous 100 points, which is 740 points. point.

In the previous battle, in order to maintain the suppression of the base, I spent 150 points to replenish the number of puppies, and later built barracks and technology laboratories. .

At present, the remaining crystal 360 and gas 515 can be said to have returned to the pre-liberation period. With this deposit, they can only produce 4 marines at most. On the other hand, after the previous fierce battle, the number of puppies also decreased, from 38 to 28.

Where to go to replenish the crystal is a big problem that needs to be solved urgently.