Chapter 218 "The Fleet Enters the Sea" "Strange Beast Cub" "Action Plan" (Two in One)
Heroic-class super-heavy cruiser.
According to the timeline of the Halo universe in 2511, this type of behemoth has only been in service for 18 years.
As the latest generation of intelligent AI developed by the UNSC, Ap has extremely high authority, so he can naturally access various data of the Martian shipyard, and then let Atlas obtain detailed data of most UNSC ships.
In addition, Atlas has further improved the defense facilities and firepower output of the Heroic class.
Thanks to Ap, the intelligent AI, the research department originally needed months or even years of reverse decoding work, but now it only took one and a half months to successfully reverse crack the representative technology of the Reaper civilization-
Energy Shield.
With the extremely high energy provided by the nuclear fusion reactor, this energy is bound in a specific strong magnetic field to form a physical barrier visible to the naked eye.
After the Research Department developed a shield generator the size of a Luna transport, the Engineering Department "took it" and installed it inside the first Valiant.
Although the generator is still a prototype and has not been tested, facing the tense situation in the Halo universe, Atlas had to test it in actual combat.
In addition, the Engineering Department also embedded a magnetic field offset device in the outer armor of the Valiant, which is used to provide an additional line of defense against energy attacks when the energy shield is overloaded and fails.
As for firepower, two 500-meter-long electromagnetic main guns can accelerate 2.8 tons of needle-shaped tungsten steel bullets to 0.02% of the speed of light.
Sixteen parallel plasma plasma secondary guns, more than a hundred rotating Gauss close-in defense guns, vertical missile silos, etc., its firepower is more than five times that of the Fides class.
In addition, the Valiant's hangar can accommodate 20 Luna transports, 120 Ghost III fighters and White-legged Falcons, and a large number of assault boats at the same time.
And ground vehicles such as Titans, Slayers, and Battle Mechs are "all available".
If compared with traditional sea vessels, the Valiant-class super-heavy cruiser is simply an aircraft carrier, but the actual aircraft carrier capacity of the UNSC is even more terrifying than the Valiant-class.
So far, Atlas has produced a total of 3 Valiant-class cruisers.
Two of them are docked at the Harvest orbital space station in the "Halo" universe, and the other one is manufactured and assembled by the Pandora shipyard and serves as the flagship of the unified Zero Two Earth Fleet.
In addition to the Valiant-class, Atlas also "fired at full power" in half a year, invested a lot of manpower and material resources, and produced 14 Paris-class frigates, 22 Fides-class and 30 Selune-class.
Most of these new "sea" ships are deployed in the low-Earth orbit and the space domain of Harvest to deal with interstellar wars that may break out at any time.
And the rest are used to integrate Zero Two humans.
Although the space power of Zero Two humans is relatively "backward", no matter what, it is also a civilization that directly transformed Atlas, so it should be given special attention.
At this time, in the command cabin of the Heroic class named "Sky Dome";
"Sir, the ground forces are about to complete the boarding procedure. It is expected that the fleet can directly enter the jump space in 30 minutes.
Also, the investigators who rushed to Zero Two Earth in advance have sent back the latest intelligence. The military of Zero Two humans is also busy suppressing the rebellion in the colony, so the timing of this unified operation is very beneficial to the company
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A civilian officer presented his own holographic image next to the central console, and quickly summarized Horus, who was the commander-in-chief.
And the original body wearing power armor remained silent, his eyes fixed on various real-time data.
After the officer finished reporting, Horus nodded and said:
"Okay, I know, if there is any emergency, please report it immediately."
"Yes."
Soon, the officer dissipated the holographic image, and the command cabin returned to its original busy atmosphere.
The staff sitting behind their respective control consoles were concentrating on handling the matters at hand. Even if they needed to communicate, they would have simple and clear conversations to maintain the original efficiency as much as possible.
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Horus looked around at the staff, then raised his hand to adjust the central console, and the three-dimensional thumbnail of the Zero Two Earth appeared in front of him.
Its atmosphere still reflected a light blue luster, but the entire planet seemed to be covered with a layer of gray film, turbid.
In addition, the desertification of the land was extremely serious, and most of the green was missing. Instead, the steel cities built by humans occupied the original woodlands and grasslands.
It seems that the Zero Two humans' unrestrained squandering and wanton exploitation of resources have caused their home planet to be on the verge of drying up and "extinction".
However, the Earth will not perish because of this. It is the humans, animals and plants living on the Earth that will lead to the final end of extinction.
This is also why the humans in the Zero Two universe are eager to escape from their home planet and find a second home.
After all, the Zero Two humans do not have the ability to transform the entire planet, and Pandora, with its thick atmosphere and strong magnetic field protection, has become their main target.
If it were not for the delay in communication, the round-trip journey would take ten years as the benchmark, and if it were not for the colonial rebellion, the powerful and high-ranking officials would have invested all their manpower and resources in the "relocation" issue, and then abandoned 99% of the people on Earth to fend for themselves.
In order to "know yourself and the enemy", when Horus assembled the first Selune-class ship equipped with the Sho Tengchuan engine at the Pandora Shipyard, he asked it to carry elite investigators and rush to Earth Zero-2 to conduct investigations.
Mastering the stratosphere technology allows Atlas to travel at faster than light speeds without having to worry about excessive communication delays.
After preliminary investigations, as well as the joint speculation results of the Intelligence Department and the Investigation Department, their trip will inevitably lead to an armed conflict with Zero Two Humanity.
There is no way, Atlas's influence on Earth Zero-2 is zero, and it has no public base.
Therefore, Horus never thought about peace negotiations from the beginning, and was prepared to rely on absolute firepower superiority and unexpected effects to crush them all the way.
Taking into account the innocent people, Horus will try to avoid orbital bombardment by the fleet, and instead rely on the elite strategy implemented by the company to carry out air strikes and beheadings.
Exactly more than 7,000 Astartes adapters implanted with gene seeds were sent to Pandora for wild survival training on Leon's orders. Therefore, Horus took the opportunity to "borrow" these students.
There is nothing more training than actual combat, not to mention the fact that seven thousand "soldiers" whose physical fitness is no less than that of the company's elite can further increase the fleet's ground power and maintain security in the occupied area.
After confirming that everything was developing as expected, Horus waved away the holographic thumbnail of Earth Zero-2, preparing to browse the list of adapters again.
At the same time, he was also thinking about whether to apply for a trip to Universe 08 (Halo) after completing this integration operation. After all, he had not been able to have a good face-to-face conversation with his father for a while, and he also had two more people he had never met. younger brother.
"Sir." At this time, a staff member reminded him sideways:
"The air formation carrying the students is about to arrive at the hangar of the ship."
Horus, who was pulled out of his thoughts by the other party's words, nodded slightly and added: "Don't forget to arrange their dormitories for those children."
"yes."
After giving the instructions, Horus no longer focused on what was to come, but continued to focus on the next integration matters.
As for calling an adapter who is older than him a child, the main reason is that the original body cannot be viewed from an ordinary person's perspective.
If we had to convert it to an ordinary person's age, then Horus, who was born in 1995, should be around 30 years old in his prime of mind and body.
And if there are no accidents, Horus's body will not age or weaken, but will only become stronger as Sui Yang becomes more powerful.
The Halo universe.
In the dense forest on the outskirts of the forward base, next to a clear water pool;
"Chirp! Chirp!"
A group of native birds that look like Earth, but have light blue beaks, flap their wings and land on the east bank of the pool, where they drink and play.
In addition to them, there are also various species gathered at the waterhole, replenishing water for the body peacefully.
However, lying in the grass not far from the east bank, there were two boys who looked like three or four years old.
The two of them were observing the local animals of Harvest Star and their habits.
The boy lying on the left side was wearing light green shorts and a light white T-shirt. He was thin but did not show any symptoms of malnutrition.
The boy on the right is dressed in black, has long hair, is handsome, and has fair skin.
Various characteristics indicate that they are the descendants of the owners of Atlas, namely Mortarion and Corax.
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Both children seemed to be somewhat introverted. They lay motionless in the grass and had no intention of communicating in a low voice.
Just waited for a while.
Corax stood up and without making the slightest sound, walked slowly towards the group of "Wenniao" who were still playing.
Squatting down and reaching out, he accurately covered one of them. Then, Corax carefully put his hands together and successfully captured it.
"grumble!"
The bird was obviously frightened and could not figure out how it was caught in the "air".
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The struggle and cry immediately attracted the attention of all the birds.
In their eyes, their companions were floating in the air without flapping their wings, and they were unable to notice Corax who was so close at hand.
Hey, hey.
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After Mortarion also got up and moved around, all the birds realized that humans were approaching, so they left their companions and fled.
"Tsk."
After looking at the flock of birds disappearing in the dense forest, and then looking at Corax approaching him, Mortarion couldn't help frowning:
"Why can you do it but I can't? It's always like this."
"Give."
Corax gently held the captured Mumonia and handed it to Mortarion.
"What?" Mortarion was puzzled.
"Be your pet and develop your patience." Corax explained.
"I don't care."
Mortarion turned his head, as if he had no interest in adopting the bird.
But his right hand, with its open palm, revealed his true thoughts.
"I knew it."
Seeing this, Corax couldn't help laughing, and was about to hand over the bird to his brother.
"You two seem to only care about your own feelings, don't you consider whether it is willing or not?"
Suddenly, a soft voice asked, interrupting the two brothers' movements.
After hearing the sound, the two of them saw a "woman" wearing loose clothes and a light gauze dress gradually walking to the pool.
Besides, because the "woman" was nearly 1.9 meters tall, the two young Primarchs, who were just over 1 meter tall, had to look up to see her delicate appearance.
"Ms. Loslien, I didn't think it through."
Hearing the other party's words, Corax took the lead in responding and loosened his right hand, allowing the bird to regain its freedom.
"Blame me." Mortarion excused his brother: "I wanted a pet bird, otherwise Corax wouldn't help me catch it."
"Haha, you two didn't make any mistakes, don't think too much."
Seeing the two brothers take turns "taking responsibility", the Elf Queen Tinas Loslien also smiled.
Then she half-knelt in front of the two Primarchs, making their eyes level, and admonished:
"In the future, you will take over the universe from His Majesty the Human Emperor. When you promulgate a policy that you think is good and beneficial to the people, you must ask yourself whether it really meets the expectations of the people and whether it will provoke some forces hiding in the dark corners."
"Oh"
The two Primarchs were a little confused.
They had never considered that the action of "wanting a pet" could involve so many reasons, but they still patiently listened to each other's teachings.
After helping Guilliman to purge the fallen gods on Mars, Tinas led an elite force to move to the Harvest Star to wait according to the original plan.
Then, because Sui Yang and Alexia had to deal with many affairs recently, the elven queen, who was more than ten times older than Sui Yang, continued to help teach and take care of Corax and Mortarion, who were curious about the outside world.
Seeing the two Primarchs showing their confused looks, Tinas couldn't help but stretch out his hands, stroked their heads gently, and said:
"If you want a pet, I can order someone to bring two griffins from Terrala. Well, or other exotic beasts' cubs."
"Really?!"
Hearing this, the two Primarchs' eyes lit up immediately.
You know, they really yearn for the magical world of Terrala, especially to see those fantastic creatures with their own eyes.
"Of course it's true." Tinas stood up with a smile:
"But the premise is that you need to discuss it with your father, and if His Majesty the Emperor agrees, you two will also have to assume the responsibilities of the master, understand?"
"Understood!!"
"Then let's go back quickly!"
With that, Corax and Mortarion ran towards the frontline base in the north.
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At the same time, Sui Yang, who was handling official business in his personal office, could clearly sense the joy of his sons even though they were dozens of kilometers apart.
But his mind at the moment was on the action plan written by Ada and titled "Capturing High-Value Talent - Katherine Elizabeth Halsey".