From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

Forty hours later, the space between Earth and Mars;

It was pitch black here, only the extremely faint light of stars dotted it, and it was silent.

suddenly!

A fleet broke into view and quickly headed towards Mars...

But to the senses, the fleet seemed to be trapped in the vortex of time, and the speed of each ship was as "slow" as a snail.

And this is the Atlas fleet composed of five Selune-class ships and two Fides-class ships.

The two Fidus-class ships with stronger magnetic field protection and stronger armor are in front, and the five Selune-class ships are in the back. The overall formation is a triangular "△" formation, sailing in this void.

As for the Reaper mothership they need to intercept, it is impossible to capture it through naked eyes.

now.

Inside the first Fiddes-class frigate that entered the water, in a large combat conference room;

Nearly a hundred non-commissioned officers and lieutenants were sitting on fixed seats, and each officer had completed their armaments. They looked solemnly at the holographic screen at the front of the conference room, and Sanguinius standing on the right side of the screen.

The officers did not wear helmets, and the black, dark green, and light gray paint of the fully enclosed combat uniforms represented their respective units.

In the last row, there were technicians dressed mainly in white, including Vulkan, Riemann, Fulgrim and Angron.

"Everyone." Sanguinius spoke in a calm and deep tone:

"According to the calculations of the company's intelligence team, we will encounter the mothership of the "Reaper" civilization within forty-five minutes.

At that time, the company's fleet will not only be responsible for frontal confrontation, but will also do its best to attract the enemy's attention and create opportunities for our assault troops.

In addition, the intelligence team speculates that the Reaper mothership has an energy shield generating device.

If all the firepower of the fleet cannot break the shield, then we will adopt the second option, which is to send a small number of elite units to infiltrate on Puffin assault boats.

The intelligence team believes that the energy shield can respond to and defend against fast-moving objects, but there is a certain chance that the Puffin assault craft with stealth mode and speed control will not be detected.

However, the second option will only be implemented under forced circumstances. After all, we only judge the opponent's energy shield characteristics by guessing, which is an extremely risky behavior. "

Sanguinius paused, looked around at everyone, and gave a pre-battle speech just like his father did: "Everyone, I know that we are facing an extremely difficult battle.

At the same time, this is also the most important event in the history of the company and even the human race in the main universe.

My father once told me that he thought the first battle in space would be sparked by competing interests within humanity.

However, in future history textbooks, the first space battle will record the story of Atlas’s most elite warriors, who tried their best for humanity and their homeland, and finally defeated the alien bastards who invaded the solar system!

Yes, no matter what, we have to complete this mission, because behind us is the earth, the mother planet inhabited by seven billion compatriots!

So does anyone else have any questions? "

Speaking of this, Sanguinius's voice suddenly became impassioned, and his wings slowly unfolded, emitting a pale golden shimmer.

"no!"

Seeing this, everyone responded loudly.

"Very good." Sanguinius nodded lightly, "Everyone is ready. When the fleet creates a breakthrough opportunity, we will step into the Zhazai's mothership alone."

"Yes!"

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at the same time.

In the combat conference room of a Selune-class transport ship.

"Yes!"

There was also a chorus of responses from all the officers.

The holographic screen imaged at the front of the conference room showed what Sanguinius said and did to everyone present.

Following the order to "prepare each other", Sanguinius terminated the video communication, causing the atmosphere in the conference room to become busy.

A group of officers stood up and left the conference room, and came to the crowded passage. Among them was Second Lieutenant Jaynes Thomson, who belonged to the special establishment of the Emergency Response Team (AECS).

This veteran with a short haircut and a scar at the corner of his mouth is actually an aborigine of Earth 04 (Netherworld). He has participated in many cross-universe combat missions and has made outstanding achievements.

In view of his rich combat experience, he was urgently recruited by the company and deployed to the Selune-class transport ship named "Dawn". He planned to accompany Sanguinius and his comrades from Earth Zero-4 to break into the Reaper mothership.

He and his comrade-in-arms with the same military rank as second lieutenant, that is, Rod Hoynder, who had a son and a daughter at home, were walking through the corner of the passage and heading to their AECS equipment room.

Seeing that the people around him were leaving one after another and the passage became spacious again, Jaynes approached Rhodes and said:

"Hey, old man, I didn't expect our boss's son to actually have wings!"

"Isn't there a corresponding introduction on the company's official website?" Rhodes asked.

"No, no, no, you don't understand what I mean." Jaynes lowered his voice: "Think about it, the boss's son has wings, like an angel that only exists in mythology, what do you think about the boss?"

"God." Rhodes said bluntly: "This has long been no secret in the company."

"Hey, that's why I hope to get the boss's protection. According to the information revealed by the Intelligence Department, there are at least one billion aliens in the Reaper mothership, and we only have a few thousand people here." Jaynes pretended to be pessimistic. appearance.

"We must win." Rhodes was extremely determined.

After all, the Rhodes family had just moved to New Accra City from Earth 04 not long ago, and their daughter and son had also received a better living environment and teaching resources. Naturally, they had to fight the Reapers to the end.

"Indeed! We must win! I am a bachelor and I will risk my life! No matter what, I have to help my nephew and niece create a bright future!"

Jaynes, who was originally optimistic and pessimistic about life and death, raised his hand and put his arms around the old man's shoulders: "I have a hunch that maybe this battle will be my final destination! And it is a great sacrifice that can be written into history!"

"Don't be so talkative! We can all go back alive." Rhodes pushed Jaynes away with his elbow, as if he was afraid of saying these unlucky words before the battle.

"Hahaha, I hope so."

Next.

After returning to the equipment cabin, the two men reunited with their respective subordinates and received assistance from the logistics staff to complete the donning of the mechanical skeleton and protective armor.

Carrying enough magazines, grenades and weapons, they led two special combat platoons to the airdrop preparation dock on the belly of the ship, and then entered the medium airdrop cabin as a team of nine to stand by.

More than ten minutes passed

Beep——!

The lights of the airdrop warehouse where Jaynes was located turned from bright to dark, and after the radio played a short reminder, the real-time call from the bridge sounded again:

"This is Sean Rice, the captain of the Dawn. Please prepare for battle. The ship has entered a stealth state. It is expected to cooperate with the fleet to attack the target at 2000:1 on January 24, 10 Pacific time. Carrying out the first salvo of main artillery.”