From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

Deep space in the universe.

The Atlas fleet, composed of six ships, is heading towards Mars at an extremely fast speed, and the engine flames at the tail of its ships are lighting up the nearby space.

However, without a reference object for comparison, the overall speed of the Atlas fleet seemed very slow, as if it was stuck in place, motionless.

The Fiddes-class frigate named "Future" served as the command flagship of this operation and was "surrounded" by five Selune-class transport ships and was in the center of the formation.

In the living area on the upper floor of the belly of the Future ship;

The deck corridor here allows four people to walk side by side, and is close to the transfer area at the edge of the hull. There are also panoramic portholes that do not affect the strength and defense of the hull, so that the naked eye can appreciate the deep space of the outside world.

It seems that at the beginning of the design, the engineers of the Scientific Research Department considered giving the crew and combat personnel enough living space to avoid as much as possible some psychological diseases caused by the narrow, restricted and closed environment.

As for the sleeping quarters of combat personnel, they are allocated according to military rank.

Privates from third to first class have four-person cabins, non-commissioned officers have two-person cabins, and officers above the rank of lieutenant have single-person cabins.

And below the living area, that is, in the area between the hangar and the equipment warehouse, the Fiddes-class is also equipped with a freezing chamber that can allow all ship personnel to fall into deep sleep and "pause" the body's physiological functions.

After all, before opening the eighth space door to the "Halo" universe, Atlas does not have the technology that allows humans to break through the speed of light, and it will take several years to reach the nearest star Proxima Centauri.

If you go to a more distant star system, it will be based on ten years or decades.

Fortunately, the scientific research department has reverse engineered the Ark teleportation technology built by Martian humans in the "Doom" universe.

This technology can realize point-to-point two-way quantum teleportation, but each teleportation in each ark is limited to one person, or a small amount of materials not exceeding one ton.

However, as long as the number of Ark's transmission devices reaches a certain level, it can also complete strategic needs such as large-scale transportation, colonization, and combat transfers.

But all the prerequisites are that the fleet carries the personnel and equipment of the Engineering Department and arrives at the destination first to start the construction of the transmission device.

Now with the UNSC's Xiao Tengchuan jump engine, Atlas's scope of activities has finally been further expanded.

At this moment, in a dormitory of a school-level officer.

"923924925"

The rhythmic sounds of counting and breathing echoed in this dormitory.

I saw a female lieutenant colonel wearing ultra-short sweatpants and a sleeveless vest, hanging upside down on the erected crossbar, doing abdominal crunches to exercise the core. When she reached the highest point, the female lieutenant colonel The school also throws a quick punch.

"1000!"

After finishing a thousand crunches and punches, the female lieutenant colonel jumped directly, left the crossbar very smoothly, and let her feet fall back on the metal deck.

But looking closely at her face and skin, there was no heavy sweating due to strenuous exercise, which showed that a thousand crunches were not enough to trigger her body's thermostatic mechanism.

And after turning around, returning to the deck, and seeing her appearance clearly, it was discovered that the female lieutenant colonel was Aya Brea, an elite hunter who once infiltrated the Iron City with Magnus.

As for not sweating much, it was because the company injected Inquise serum into these elites, allowing them to break through their original limit data.

Beep-beep-!

At this time, the communication terminal placed next to the fixed bed sounded a reminder.

?

Brea, who was about to put on his combat uniform, turned to look at the bed, waved his left hand, connected to the communication and asked:

"what's up."

"Lieutenant Colonel, the commander-in-chief needs the heads of various departments to gather in the combat conference room."

"Okay, I understand, I'll go right away."

"Yes."

When the conversation ended, Brea also took off his original shorts and vest and changed into a black one-piece airtight combat uniform.

Leave the cabin.

Walking through the deck corridor where engineers and small spider robots sometimes passed by, taking the elevator to the upper level, it didn't take long to arrive at the combat conference room below the bridge.

Swish-!

The automatic sensor door unfolds.

Entering the conference room, Brea's eyes were attracted by three "behemoths", namely Guilliman, Sanguinius and Horus, who were all over three meters tall after wearing power armor.

But Brea had long been accustomed to the terrifying body of the Primarch, and there were no more surprising mood swings.

And after scanning the entire conference room, he discovered the Elf Queen Tinas, the so-called God Queen Hera, two colonels from the Orbital Commando and the Emergency Countermeasures Force, and the captain of the Future.

In addition, a holographic map of Mount Olympus on Mars was displayed on the center console placed in the center of the conference room.

When Guilliman saw that the personnel in charge of various ministries had arrived, he looked at the holographic map and said:

"Everyone, the diameter of Olympus on Mars is more than 600 kilometers. According to the information provided by Hera, we can know that the fallen Greek gods built their temples under the impact crater at the top.

They do not need oxygen to survive and are not afraid of high-intensity radiation. Their physical fitness far exceeds that of our combat personnel, so landing and attacking is not a wise decision.

The fleet can carry out saturation bombing at the upper end of the orbit, but before bombing, we need to first determine the location of the imprisoned personnel. "

Guilliman stretched out his left hand, pointed to the west side of the Olympus Mountains, and continued:

"Hera also provided us with another key piece of information, that is, in the canyon on the east side of the mountain, there is a fissure path that can lead directly to the temple."

Having said this, Guilliman retracted his left hand and turned to look at Brea to give the order:

“Therefore, the fleet needs Lieutenant Colonel Brea and your hunter to take the Puffin assault boat to go to the canyon to conduct reconnaissance and try to locate the trapped people.

But Lieutenant Colonel Brea, you are in an isolated and helpless situation on this trip, and the fallen gods have supernatural powers, which makes your concealment equipment most likely to fail.

Therefore, the primary goal of this trip is to conduct reconnaissance while ensuring the safety of your lives. If necessary, please immediately call for fire support from the fleet to assist you in your retreat.

Although the trapped people are projects worth saving, they cannot compete with your value, understand? "

The reason why Guilliman said this was because he and his brothers understood that their father, who was in Universe 08, could not provide [reset] assistance that most employees were unaware of.

As for what Hera would think of his decision to give up saving the Greek gods, it was not Guilliman's consideration.

"Yes, sir." Brea Adam responded immediately.

"Okay." Guilliman nodded lightly, then looked at the brothers standing on the left and right, as well as the two colonels, and said in a deep voice:

"After the hunters obtain the key information and the fleet completes the bombing process, it will be your turn to finish the work."

"Yes."