From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

The joint reconnaissance force responsible for exploring the "One-Four" universe, that is, the second advance team led by Simon "Ghost" Riley, immediately launched an orbital drone to the Earth-like planet where the space gate is located while protecting the engineering department's construction of a front-line base.

After comprehensive scanning and filming, Ghost and others were able to determine that the Earth-like planet where the space gate was located was an extremely dry and resource-poor "desolate" planet.

The planet has a diameter of about 8,000 kilometers, with very few lakes and only one ocean with an area of ​​about 3 million square kilometers.

There is also very little green vegetation on the surface.

But the composition of the atmosphere is similar to that of Earth.

Even without pressure suits and filtration devices, humans can breathe normally on the surface of the planet without obstruction.

Orbital drones also captured traces of human activity.

So two of the drones came to the west of the front-line base, about a hundred kilometers away from the oasis, and observed, and they discovered a small human town.

Through orbital photography, we can know that the population of this human town is probably between 20 and 30.

The town has complete facilities.

For example, the central square, commercial streets, relatively spacious and comfortable residential areas, and buildings such as the Star Port located on the north side of the central square.

In addition, there are ranches and farms on the edge of the town, enabling it to achieve a certain degree of self-sufficiency.

In addition, this human town is surrounded by towering steel walls and high-voltage power grids.

It looks like he is guarding against something.

Although the Earth-like planet where the space gate is located is too barren, there are still many pioneers who venture here and want to start a new life.

But after the drone observed for several hours in low-Earth orbit, it discovered that the town was suddenly in chaos.

Explosions and fires began to spread in the center of the town.

As soon as he noticed this situation, the drone operator at the front-line base immediately focused the camera on the core area where the chaos broke out.

Then, drones captured images of collapsed buildings and streets in the town.

A large number of "spiders" that are several times larger than ordinary people, taking advantage of the pits in the collapsed area, emerged from the ground like a tide of insects and began to slaughter the unprepared local residents.

However, as the number of insects increased, the casualties of local residents began to increase exponentially.

Even if the local sheriff drove to the areas most severely affected by the insect infestation, it was still of no use.

With a small-caliber pistol, it was difficult to even penetrate the exoskeletons of those huge insects, let alone kill them.

However, what surprised the drone operators and the front-line base was that when the town was suddenly attacked, there was no decent army coming to encircle and suppress it.

Only militiamen with miscellaneous weapons and equipment, local residents armed with civilian weapons, and sheriffs numbering less than a thousand people, were able to fight against the seemingly endless Zerg Dynasty.

Moreover, even if the local residents wanted to run, they could not escape.

Because among the many collapsed areas, there is a starport where civilian ships, cargo ships, and two large colonial ships are docked.

Those insects that look similar to "spiders" may have destroyed the star port by accident.

It could also be intentional, with the starport being destroyed deliberately to bind the local residents to the surface, making it impossible for them to escape using spacecraft.

But whether intentional or unintentional, as a ghost responsible for the early investigation and integration of the "One Four" universe, he would naturally not stand idly by.

So, Ghost ordered his subordinates to upload the collected information to the Intelligence Department via wired communications, and then led the armed forces that could be mobilized, boarding the Pelican, Silver Gull and Luna transport boats, and headed straight for the human town a hundred kilometers away.

Ghost also mobilized a Swift Shadow and two Vulture aerial gunboats to serve as their main firepower output.

The 1st Company of the Blood Angels, deployed at the "" front-line base, also dispatched four tactical teams on Astartes-specific Thunder transport aircraft to assist the advance team led by Ghost.

It didn't take long.

The transport fleet of the Human Empire arrived above the town that was attacked by the "unknown" Zerg.

Dozens of advance teams, nearly a thousand elite guards, and four Astartes tactical teams, ignoring the surprised looks of the local residents, quickly left their respective transport planes and quickly joined the battle.

However, the initial contact between the joint reconnaissance force and the "unknown" Zerg did not result in a complete crushing.

Because the veterans who were transformed from elite security into elite guards use hard light technology as weapons.

The exoskeletons of those insects seem to have a strong resistance to beam attacks.

After realizing this, Ghost immediately ordered the guard machine gunners, who were still using Gauss weapons, to suppress the insect swarm.

At the same time, Ghost also issued orders to the front-line base, asking the logistics personnel to organize the spare Gauss guns in the shortest time possible and then have the transport fleet deliver them to the human town where they are.

As for the four Blood Angels squads

There were no obstacles from beginning to end.

The Astartes' special .75 caliber bolter rifle and 1.0 cal heavy bolter are devastating to any carbon-based creature.

Moreover, the Blood Angels' terrifying physique and the Titanium V power armor they wear make them look like heavy-duty "human tanks" on the streets of towns.

The advance team and elite guards, in coordination with the four Blood Angels squads, advanced steadily toward the collapsed area where the insect swarm was pouring out.

With the help of the air fire support from the Swift Shadow and the Vulture, they managed to clear out the tens of thousands of bedbugs that were wreaking havoc on the town in just over ten minutes.

Of course, there were also dozens of elite guards who were injured by bugs that broke through the front line because they were ambushed and could only use AMWS submachine guns for combat for the time being.

The bed bug's exoskeleton not only has extremely strong defense, but also has a considerable armor-piercing effect.

Even though the elite guards were equipped with MacP power armor, they could still be scratched by the bedbugs' claws or pierced by their feet.

Fortunately, those dozens of elite guards were not fatally injured. After being sent back to the front-line base for treatment, it won’t take long for them to regain their combat capability.

After clearing the town of bugs, four Blood Angels squads penetrated the collapsed lair.

Then, the group of "giants" detonated the metal hydrogen bombs they carried with them at regular intervals to block and bury the insect holes.

Moreover, because of this sudden "insect plague", the power of the Human Empire was exposed to the "one four" humans in advance.

However, while rushing to help, Ghost also issued another order, asking the front-line base to control the orbital drones to release electronic pulses over the town, temporarily cutting off the local humans' contact with the outside world.

In this way, the ghost can spare time to ask local humans for detailed information about the "One-Four" universe and make preparations specifically for its nature.

It's just that when the Intelligence Department sorted out the data files, they uploaded them to Sui Yang.

He recognized the so-called "unknown" Zerg at a glance. It was the most classic Zerg type before he crossed over.

Arach Zerg.

The original source of the Arachnid Zerg comes from the science fiction novel "Starship Troopers" written by Robert Heinlein in the 1960s.

Starship Troopers was also a pioneer in concepts such as powered exoskeletons, powered armor, and orbital airdrops.

Before Sui Yang traveled through time, the first derivative work of "Starship Troopers" he came into contact with was the classic movie adapted from the novel, "Starship Troopers".

When Sui Yang was a child, he still watched the movies that belonged to his childhood memories through the late-night shows of Six Princesses.

The human army landed on the Zerg home planet. More than a hundred human soldiers relied on a simple outpost to fight against the seemingly endless siege of the Zerg sea, and

When the male protagonist was still a rookie, men and women took mixed baths.

After all, the Sixth Princess at that time did not have an overly strict review system like in 2023 before he traveled through time.

Therefore, most of Sui Yang's childhood enlightenment was obtained through the Sixth Princess.

In addition to the "Star Trek" movie trilogy produced by Hollywood and two animations with the same world view, Sui Yang has also watched most of the animations in the 1990s that were adapted from the original works, as well as American comic series that have been magically adapted from the original works and movies.

The pictures, texts and video materials displayed on the hard light screen indicate that the "14" universe is most likely the Hollywood film "Starship Troopers".

Because the architectural style of the local town, especially the walls and electric fences set up on the edge of the town, is exactly the same as the Whiskey Outpost in "Starship Fleet 1".

As for the time node, it may be in the stage of movie trilogy, or it may be in the stage of two animations.

But no matter which node it is at, with the current human empire, it can completely crush the universe of "Starship Fleet".

And there is no need to integrate the "Halo" universe, which requires two years of steady "development" and various small actions to infiltrate behind enemy lines.

If the Starship Fleet universe is truly fully integrated, we can simply send legions and legion fleets over there.

Think of this.

Sui Yang's expression was somewhat solemn.

He was not worried about the various problems in integrating the Star Fleet universe, but he was struggling with which legion to send to be responsible for the integration.

The 1st Company of the Blood Angels alone is more than capable of guarding the Earth-like planet where the space gate is located, but they are at a disadvantage in terms of offense.

Therefore, it must be a well-organized legion with enough Astartes.

In other words, from the Ultramarines,

Blood Angels,

Dark Angel,

Luna Wolf,

Imperial Fist,

Choose from the Flame Lizards.

On the other hand, the Thousand Sons, which was also established the earliest, can only be temporarily removed from the candidate list due to its small number of members.

However, the Thousand Sons and Magnus are not as utilitarian as other legions.

They are more like true "nerds" who like to study academic subjects and relatively new large-scale siege weapons.

Thousand Sons and Magnus have completely updated the Titan's control system based on the Titan's actual combat data against Godzilla.

The Pacific Rim universe that Magnus is in charge of is already good at the field of heavy industry.

Therefore, after further improving the small Titan mecha and achieving mass production, the Thousand Sons began to conduct "internal sales" to other legions.

The more wealthy Ultramarines "purchased" a large number of Titan mechas of various models from the Thousand Sons.

Struggled for a moment.

Sui Yang finally opened Sanguinius's private mailbox and edited a message to his "eldest son".

The general idea was to ask Sanguinius to mobilize the Blood Angels Legion and prepare for the expedition.

The "Zero Four" universe that Sanguinius is responsible for is a relatively barren version of "Underworld".

After a long period of recovery and development, the "Underworld" Earth, which had once experienced a full-scale nuclear war and was ravaged by living condensed matter, has regained its vitality.

The annual population increase remains around 10 million.

But compared with other universes, not to mention the universe like "Halo", the "Pacific Rim" universe, which has also suffered a catastrophic disaster and drastic global climate changes, is much stronger than "Ghost".

Before, Sui Yang was unable to open multiple space gates at the same time.

Now that the empire has been established, it is time for Sanguinius and the Blood Angels, who have been silent for a long time, to "show their edge".

Guilliman, one of the eldest sons, and Horus, who was very popular with the Primarch, took the initiative to request that the legion continue to rest.

Come to think of it.

Guilliman's Ultramarines are "rich and powerful".

Although the only universe directly under Guilliman's jurisdiction is "Edge of Tomorrow" numbered "Zero-One", the total population of "Edge of Tomorrow" today exceeds 180 billion.

You have to know that the total population of the human empire today, including the elites, elves and all sub-human races, is about 400 billion.

The elites make up half of them.

And when the first space gate was opened, the total population of "Edge of Tomorrow" was only 60 billion.

After all, mimicry ravaged the European continent, and coupled with the protracted war, the number of middle-aged people had dropped sharply.

But as the mimic's "brain", Omega, was [plundered] by Sui Yang, the war naturally ended.

After Guilliman became the head of the Atlas branch, he quickly integrated the Earth in "Edge of Tomorrow" through a series of means.

Then, after another ten years of rapid development and the issuance of many preferential policies, humans in the "zero-one" universe were encouraged to colonize Mars, the Moon, Titan and other terrestrial planets and satellites within the sun.

In addition, Atlas' technology was also advancing by leaps and bounds, meaning that the things that Guilliman had the most were population and various resources.

This is also why the size and weapons and equipment of the Ultramarines are far ahead of all legions.

As for Horus.

Sui Yang believed that his son, who had the attributes of a "social butterfly", had simply anticipated that among the four newly opened universes, there would always be one or two universes that would require the dispatch of the legion in order to complete a complete integration.

So Horus simply gave the opportunity to earn military merit and obtain more population and resources to other brothers.

On the other hand, as for Leon, the third oldest child, Sui Yang temporarily ignored that son who had many thoughts.

Although Leon took fewer shots, he used various operations to give the Dark Angel an excellent "opening".

Therefore, Sui Yang entrusted the task of integrating the Starfleet universe to Sanguinius and the Blood Angels.

Finally, there is the Alien and Red Alert 2 universe.