Chapter 359 "Best Utility" "Internal Collapse" 14 Nodes

This side of the vertical take-off and landing apron of the "14" forward base;

Hundreds of various attack boats, transport boats, or large aerial gunboats like the Vulture are parked on the tarmac in different areas.

Ground crews wearing engineering mechanical skeletons and engineering-derived T-800 Terminators were inspecting various parked vehicles.

Since the size and specifications of the space door were expanded by Sui Yang, the transfer efficiency of ground and air vehicles has been greatly improved.

Even the 100-meter-long Xunying can directly pass through the space gate without the previous steps of dismantling and then assembling it.

However, space ships cannot pass directly and still need to be disassembled and then assembled for transfer.

However, it is much more convenient than the previous 14 x 14 meter space door size.

Large-scale deployment or dispatch of more than 10,000 people can be completed in the shortest time.

As for the T-800 Terminator, which is clearly "specialized in terminating targets", after Atlas took full control of Skynet, it became the "best practical tool" second only to the Hex robot.

After all, the T-800 is suitable for mass production, has a relatively simple structure, and can undertake a variety of tasks.

The most important thing is that the T-800 is also very "cheap" and "cheap".

With the resources, manpower and time cost of cultivating a new clone soldier, two or three basic model T-800s can be mass-produced.

Moreover, the T-800 does not need to supplement calories and nutrients like clone soldiers to maintain daily work and combat missions.

A metal hydrogen battery optimized by the Atlas Research Department can keep the T-800 working and fighting day and night for at least 160 years.

What makes the T-800 better than other Hex robots of the same type is that if the T-800 detects that a certain part of itself is damaged, it will repair it autonomously.

Looking back at the clone troopers.

Although the Biology Department's original intention of cultivating them was to be used as "cannon fodder" war machines, the clone soldiers would also try to save themselves after ending the battle to ensure that they could quickly enter the next battle.

Of course, the T-800 at the current stage cannot fully replace the clone troopers.

Because the penetration model of the T-800, that is, the T-800 with "living skin", is much more expensive than a clone soldier.

Therefore, it is obviously more "cost-effective" for clone soldiers to perform special tasks such as one-time infiltration, assassination, or secret sabotage.

The T-800 penetration type can be used to perform more complex penetration tasks.

now.

A group of recruits wearing the uniforms of the "United Citizens Federation" walked off the maglev train built above the ground with their luggage in hand.

Immediately afterwards, the four Warthogs that had been waiting outside the station carried these recruits across the tarmac of the frontline base.

However, during the journey, a Warthog almost overturned while making a turn.

This is a simple pick-up and drop-off mission. Although the Imperial Guard responsible for driving the Warthog is far inferior to the Legion Auxiliary Army in terms of combat experience, they are also "veteran drivers" for many years. In theory, there will be no mistakes. of.

Fortunately, the guard driver stabilized the direction and allowed the Warthog to regain stability, thus avoiding an "unexpected disaster."

Soon, everyone came behind a Luna transport boat that had completed its routine inspection and had its engine started.

Seeing that the Warthog had carried them to their destination, the recruits jumped out of the car one after another, continued to carry their carry-on luggage, stepped onto the unfolded hatch, and entered Luna's cabin.

One of the "recruits" has a pretty handsome face and has blond hair parted.

In addition, the Warthog this "recruit" was riding on was the one that almost lost control. When all these characteristics are added together, we can know that he is an elite investigator who has been "prominent" recently——

Leon S. Kennedy.

In addition to Lyon, Maggie Shaw, who wore a ponytail, was also among the crowd dressed as recruits.

In fact, these twenty-odd recruits are elite investigators affiliated with the Human Empire's Investigation Department.

Ada Wang is leading more investigators and the special operations team of the Investigation Department, temporarily staying at the "14th" frontline base, and serving as the commander-in-chief responsible for dismantling and splitting the United Citizens Federation from within.

Lyon serves as the commander-in-chief of operations.

He, Maggie, and more than twenty other elite investigators will take a local civilian ship and rush to the human home planet, Earth, in the "Star Fleet" universe.

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This time.

After Leon, Maggie and others entered the cargo hold on the first floor, they bypassed the large equipment boxes placed in the cargo hold and used the built-in elevator to reach the troop transport cabin on the second floor.

After choosing their respective seats and fastening their seat belts, the pilot took them into the air and headed straight to the "oasis" a hundred kilometers away.

Everyone in the troop transport cabin seemed to have no big reaction to the previous "near rollover" accident.

It's like, I'm used to it.

Because as long as Leon is present, accidents such as vehicle tire blowout or almost overturning are the most common and ordinary minor accidents.

Once, Leon, Mike, and several elite investigators were returning home on a Black Falcon assault boat after completing the most common penetration reconnaissance mission.

The Black Falcon assault boat actually had an emergency engine shutdown when crossing over the rainforest.

Fortunately, the engine only stopped for a few seconds and then returned to normal.

Otherwise, it would be a pity if the elite did not die heroically in the fierce battle but died in a plane crash.

Since then, Lyon has completely established the title of "vehicle destroyer".

Fortunately, none of the colleagues who performed the mission with Lyon have really died in a plane crash or rollover, so there are still people willing to team up with Lyon and accept Lyon's command.

And their initial goal of this trip is to take the civilian spacecraft of "Oasis Town" and then join the federal army as a "recruit".

Not long ago.

After the orbital drone discovered that the Oasis Town, about 100 kilometers away from the "14" front-line base, was attacked by the Arach Zerg, the ghost in charge of the "14" front-line base, led his troops to rescue the local humans and also brought it under the jurisdiction of the human empire.

When Ghost led his troops to rescue, the orbital drone also released electronic pulses, completely shielding and isolating this earth-like planet called "New Hope" by the local colonists from the outside world.

Even the raid of the Arach Zerg was not known to the outside world.

This was not intentional manipulation by the "14" front-line base, but the local residents of New Hope, most of whom were colonists who opposed the rule of the United Citizens Federation.

So when the oasis town was attacked by the Arach Zerg, the only violent agencies that could resist it were the local sheriffs and militia.

As for the symbolic recruitment point set up by the Federation here,

Including civilian staff, there are only more than 40 people in total. How can they help the local colonists to turn the tide and curb the Zerg tide?

Therefore, when the local high-level officials found that the situation was out of control and were ready to "put down their face" and ask the Federation army for help, the communication of the entire planet had been blocked by the human empire.

Moreover, the planet New Hope is "located" at the border of the Federation and the Zerg territory.

In addition, the local colonists have strong resistance to the Federation. Even if the top leaders send out the request for help in time, it will be difficult for the Federation fleet to come to rescue.

After understanding the local situation and obtaining detailed information about "Star Fleet" from the Intelligence Department, Ghost is ready to "do something" from within the Federation.

After all, the "14" front-line base is ready to completely occupy the colonized planet "New Hope", and then use the joint assistance of smart and stupid AI to arrange a group of elite investigators to infiltrate the Federation army.

In addition, the Intelligence Department also provides detailed "time nodes".

In other words, the Intelligence Department provides major events in the "14" universe in the next few years.

The current time of the "Star Fleet" universe numbered "14" is September 3, 2296.

The detailed information provided by the Intelligence Department to Ghost, Aida and the Investigation Department clearly stated that the Arach Zerg would launch a meteorite attack on Buenos Aires on Earth 14 in 2297.

By then, the number of casualties on Earth 14 would exceed 10 million.

In the same year, the Federation Army officially launched a revenge operation and sent a fleet directly to the Arach Zerg's home planet.

However, the Federation's high-level arrogance and contempt for the Arach Zerg resulted in the loss of more than 100,000 soldiers' lives within a few hours of landing on the Zerg's home planet.

There were as many as one million casualties.

After that, humans and Zerg launched an unprecedented interstellar war.

The overall strength of both sides was similar, and neither side had an absolute advantage.

But human casualties continued to surge.

From 2297 to 2320, the "14" humans paid at least 4 billion lives.

But the Arach Zerg, even though the number of casualties was dozens or even hundreds of times that of humans, was still "not painful".

Because the Zerg's breeding ability is extremely strong, as long as one Zerg egg reaches a suitable planet, it won't take long for a Zerg tide of "hundreds of millions" to appear on the suitable planet.

The lower-level Zerg are no different from cheap cannon fodder.

It only takes five to seven days for the Arach Zerg to cultivate a "warrior" responsible for fighting, from the egg to the adult.

But it takes at least eighteen years for humans to train a qualified soldier.

In addition, the detailed information provided by the Intelligence Department also pointed out that in the first year of the full-scale war between the Federation and the Arach Zerg, due to the problem of insufficient manpower, they began to recruit teenagers aged 14 to 18.

This directly shows that the humans in the "One Four" universe were at a relative disadvantage from the beginning of the war.

Humans cannot afford continuous huge casualties.

Each human is an independent and single individual, and the Federation is a huge organization composed of these individuals.

The internal problems of power rotation and interest distribution often fall into the quagmire of protests and rebellions.

Looking at Arachi, whether it is low-level, middle-level, or high-level, they all have completely unified thoughts.

They even have some kind of telepathic ability to achieve "delay-free" communication across galaxies, and can even use this telepathic ability to incite the "interstellar marshal" of the federal army to rebel.

The reason why the Intelligence Department knows so much about "Star Fleet" is because the emperor of the human empire, Sui Yang, was one of the loyal fans of "Star Fleet" before crossing.

Speaking of which, Sui Yang seems to have a deep understanding of works such as science fiction, interstellar, and war.

As for the time node mentioned by the Intelligence Department, the key year of 2297 is the "background setting" of the first part of the movie "Starship Fleet".

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However, Lyon, who was sitting near the cockpit and reading the relevant files on the hard light screen, did not dwell on how the Intelligence Department was able to "foresee the future".

He was thinking about what he could do before the Arach Zerg dropped a meteorite on Buenos Aires.

It can not only save his compatriots, but also enhance his and his colleagues' voice in the federal army.

"This is the frontline base."

Suddenly, Ada's voice sounded on the communication:

"All investigators involved in the infiltration plan, please note that once you board the civilian ship of the New Hope Colony and go to Earth 14, you will be completely disconnected from the frontline base.

Although the human technology of Universe 14 cannot be compared with our Empire, we cannot guarantee the security of quantum communication 100%.

Therefore, for the confidentiality and security of the operation, before the Empire officially integrates Universe 14 and the Empire needs your help, you will be "native" humans of Universe 14. Do you understand?"

"Understood."

"Yes."

On the communication channel, responses from everyone including Leon and Maggie were heard.

"Very good." And Ada continued:

"According to the reminder of the Intelligence Department, there are also telepaths similar to psychics among the humans in Universe 14.

If you are exposed, please be sure to notify the front-line base as soon as possible. The company fleet of the Blood Angels will go straight to your location and rescue you.

You must know that we Atlas and the Human Empire will never easily abandon any compatriots.

Finally, I wish you all good luck."

After saying that, Ada directly ended the communication.

At the same time, the Luna transport boat that Leon, Maggie and others were riding on also began to lower their altitude and landed smoothly at the star port of Oasis Town.

Leave the cabin.

Return to the ground.

The crowd did not stay for too long and directly transferred to a civilian ship that had been repaired by the engineering team.

And if you look down from the air, this town with a total population of about 200,000 has also been fully rebuilt and renovated by the engineering team.

The streets and blocks gradually restored order and were no longer chaotic.

But the person responsible for maintaining order is no longer the local sheriff, but the 1st Company of the Blood Angels.

Legion auxiliary soldiers wearing full-cover mechanical skeletons or McP power armor can be seen everywhere.

The tall Blood Angels are also scattered among the streets and blocks of the town.

Not long after.

Leon, Maggie and others boarded a civilian ship only 100 meters long and successfully entered the golden orbit of New Hope under the pilot of the advance team.

Then, the pilot started the "warp engine", turning the civilian ship into a "beam of light" and heading straight for Earth 14, nearly 10,000 light years away.