From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

Senior officers' sleeping quarters.

Yup!

After hearing what Leon said, Rui Ge, who was in a depressed mood, reacted instantly.

Coupled with the somewhat messy environment in the cabin and Carmen Ibanez's attire, even if Leon didn't continue talking, Rico understood that Carmen had cheated on him before she told him the truth, and had even hooked up with a senior officer of the fleet.

Rui Ge understood everything and immediately put aside his sadness and depression, replacing them with anger.

And Tiz Frost, who was sitting not far away, also had a sharp look in his eyes, and was even more unhappy with his old classmate and love rival Carmen.

But Tiz still looked focused on his own business and did not interrupt the discussion.

"Fuck! Such a bitch?!"

As for the ace who was slow to react, after guessing from Leon's words that Carmen had cheated, he raised his hand again and put it on Rui Ge's shoulder, saying angrily:

"Dude! It's a good thing the sergeant saw through that bitch in advance. Otherwise, if you had joined the expedition blindly, you might have died in battle without knowing why. And before you die, you'd still be regretting what you did wrong and why you were dumped by that bitch!"

"Ace. If you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb."

Rui Ge was so angry at the Ace's not-so-comforting consolation that he almost laughed.

Then, Rui Ge stood up, looked at Leon, and said:

"Sergeant, thanks to your guidance, otherwise I might really join the expedition in a daze and die in battle without knowing why, just like Ace said."

"What did I say?" Leon raised his hand and put his arm around Rui Ge's shoulder, walked out of the sleeping cabin, and continued:

"I am only stating the facts. If the captain of my squad loses his concentration due to love affairs, you and all your comrades will be in danger.

So as a sergeant, it is necessary to correct your point of view.

And" Lyon lowered his voice when he said this:

"There are pros and cons to an expedition. For the sake of her own career in the army, your ex-girlfriend chose to use her body to try a shortcut. Of course, from my perspective as a person who has experienced this, I think your ex-girlfriend simply has a problem with her character.

She can't control her own body, has no loyalty, and thinks you have no future in the Mobile Infantry, so you should gather your strength and slap her in the face."

"A slap in the face? That's not good."

Rui Ge was stunned.

"What I mean is, to prove that you are no worse than those officers. I'm not really asking you to slap anyone in the face." Leon shook his head helplessly.

At this time, the two of them also walked to the automatic door of the cabin.

Leon released his right hand from around Rui Ge's shoulder, turned around and said loudly to everyone in the cabin:

"To celebrate our Team 1 captain Johnny Rico's return to being single, I'll pay for everyone's drinks out of my own pocket!"

"Alas!!"

"For Rui Ge!"

"Single! Single!"

As Leon said the word "treat", the atmosphere in the dormitory was no longer as weird as before.

Everyone shouted and surrounded Leon and Rico as they left the cabin and headed towards the belly of the Roger Young ship on which they were aboard.

It is a comprehensive area for eating, entertainment and training.

Moreover, the Federation will provide abundant supplies to the army whether in peacetime or at war.

It can be said that what the army lacks the least is food and drink. In addition, they have not yet entered a state of combat readiness, and their superiors have not issued an order prohibiting drinking, but alcohol is not provided free of charge.

When they heard that Lyon was treating them, the guys in the combat platoon immediately became very enthusiastic.

Compared with other recruits who became sergeants at the same time, some of them were "new officers with three fires upon taking office" and used their status as officers to suppress others, or they were rigid and dull, without any spirit at all.

On the other hand, their sergeant led their two teams to successfully win many simulated battles, and most importantly, he was very "generous".

Whenever he has free time, he will treat everyone to various occasions.

So after two months of getting along, the members of the two teams have unknowingly come to regard Lyon as their backbone.

Next.

A group of people shuttled through the internal corridors of the ship.

The expedition was clearly imminent, and the broadcast was reminding everyone that the fleet would be travelling at warp speed in half an hour. However, Leon and Maggie, as investigators, were able to perceive more intuitively that the federal army did not have the tension and restraint that it had before the war.

Most of the recruits were even chatting and betting, guessing how many days it would take them to finish the battle.

There are signs that the Federation at this stage has not experienced a large-scale battle for too long, resulting in a lack of awe for war.

Moreover, the arrogance and complacency of the federal top brass has also been transmitted from top to bottom to every corner of the federal system.

Facing the Blood Angels Legion of the Human Empire with such a mentality, the best outcome would be to suffer a salvo of artillery fire from the Legion's fleet, and then the Federation's expeditionary fleet and the accompanying mobile infantry would end their lives in an instant.

If the Blood Angels were to conduct a boarding battle.

Then the Federal Fleet and Mobile Infantry would have to face a bloody scene that is a hundred times more terrifying than the Arach Zerg.

After all, the Blood Angels excel at surprise attacks and deep strikes, and their combat style is equally sharp.

Even if they are humans, once they are regarded as heretics or traitors, the Blood Angels will launch indiscriminate raids and purges.

Such an opponent is really not worth their investigation department's "big fanfare" to focus on infiltration and subversion.

However, what the human empire needs is integration, not massacre.

In conjunction with the Starship Troopers universe numbered "14", its human population has reached hundreds of billions, and its resources are equivalent to the Milky Way in the Halo universe.

Simple assassinations of high-ranking officials are not applicable to the United Citizens Federation.

Although "Starship Troopers" also has rebels, it is still far inferior to "Halo".

Moreover, the Federation's unique ideas have influenced most humans in the Starship Fleet universe, so the Empire needs to make the Federation collapse from the inside out, or replace it.

Then the Blood Angels Legion would have to be more "restrained".

It is highly unlikely that we will see the Blood Angels launching a crushing artillery barrage against the Federation Fleet, and instead, "convergent" boarding battles will be the main rhythm between the two sides.

At the same time, as an "old hand", Lyon believes that the human "civil war" that broke out in the frontier star field will inevitably attract the participation of the Arach Zerg.

If the Blood Angels and the Federation Expeditionary Fleet engage in a "low-intensity" battle, and the Arach Zerg also dispatch their biological fleet, then

The Blood Angels have a lot of room to maneuver.

He and Maggie and other investigators who have infiltrated the Federation can work together with the Blood Angels to gain more power.

As they were walking towards the cafeteria in a noisy manner, they were interrupted by "Johnny--Riger~!"

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Hear the words.

Leon and others turned their heads and saw Carmen Ibanez, dressed in a lieutenant's uniform, looking at Rui Ge with surprise.

Moreover, there were more lieutenants belonging to the fleet gathered in this hub area, and they also seemed to be preparing to go to the cafeteria for dinner and drinks at their own expense.

Carmen Ibanez, a member of the crew, was responsible for driving the escort transport ship, the Roger Young, on which Lyon and others were aboard.

Carmen's stunned and surprised expression showed that she didn't know this beforehand.

"Carmen?"

The same is true for Rui Ge.

This "chosen one" who was valued by the Intelligence Department was stunned when he turned around and saw his ex-girlfriend. He immediately forgot his previous anger and seemed to want to have a close conversation with the other party.

Fortunately, Rui Ge was awakened by Leon in advance, and he quickly stopped acting like a "dog licker" and looked at the other party approaching with a cold face.

After all, he's already cheated, so there's no point in having a good talk.

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Seeing Rui Ge's sudden change in demeanor, Carmen was a little puzzled, but after approaching, she still took the initiative to show her goodwill:

"I didn't expect that you and your troops would also be deployed to the Roger Young."

"It's just a coincidence, Lieutenant Ibanez."

Rui Ge replied with a cold expression, then turned around and continued walking towards the cafeteria with Leon, Ace and others.

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For a moment, Carmen found it hard to accept Rui Ge in this state.

In high school before joining the army, no matter what she did or decided to do, Rui Ge would support her without a second thought.

But Carmen never thought that Rui Ge was so cold now? ?

Didn't she just dump him?

Also, while still in a relationship, she had a one-night stand with her partner and boss, Xander Barrow.

Besides, Rui Ge didn’t know this, so why did he treat her like this?

Why don't we just continue to be friends?

The most important thing is that if Johnny Rico can make a name for himself in the Mobile Infantry, she will also have another connection.

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Leon, who also observed Carmen Ibanez closely, did not intervene at all.

However, after learning about Carmen's past through Rui Ge, he could tell at a glance that this type of young woman was actually very "loyal".

However, his loyalty is not emotional, but he has his own clear goal, which is to become a captain and have a place in the federal army.

During the school days, she sought out Johnny Rico, the school hunk and a second-generation rich man, to confirm her relationship, but she did not keep a distance or have ambiguities with other outstanding men. When she realized that the existing emotional relationship was just a burden and useless, she would decisively abandon it.

This type of people, regardless of gender, are all self-centered.

As for whether they will betray humanity

Lyon was unable to give an accurate judgment.

After arriving at the cafeteria.

Lyon was still quite generous in paying for the drinks, allowing everyone to sit on the fixed benches near the portholes, eating the free meals provided by the cafeteria while drinking and chatting.

And Tiz took the initiative to sit next to Rui Ge, who was still in a low mood, and asked: "Why didn't you talk to Carmen more?"

"There's nothing to talk about." Rui Ge drank the whiskey in the glass in one gulp and said:

"I joined the army for her before, but now it's for myself. Killing the enemy and gaining military merit are more important than anything else."

"Haha! Well said!"

Ace appeared between Rico and Tiz at some point, shouted "good", then raised the bottle of whiskey in his hand and said to his comrades:

"Come on! Celebrate Johnny's return to sanity! And thank the sergeant for his generosity! Drink!"

"drink!"

All the recruits raised their glasses and bottles and poured the wine into their stomachs.

Leon and Maggie also participated with smiles on their faces, but in their hearts they despised the excessive "looseness" of the Federation even more.

"Attention everyone, this is the captain speaking."

At this time, the captain's reminder came from the cafeteria broadcast:

"The Roger Young will soon join the fleet in heading to the New Hope Colony in the Frontier Star Region and will enter warp speed in ten seconds.

It is expected to arrive at the designated wormhole in eighteen hours, and use the wormhole to jump directly to the outskirts of the galaxy of the New Hope colony.

Finally, please all personnel get ready, over."

As the captain finished speaking, everyone's eyes turned to the porthole.

After counting silently for another ten seconds, the scene outside the porthole consisting of the earth and the fleet suddenly changed to everything turning into "straight rays of light" and quickly "moving away" behind them.

Warp travel plus wormhole jumps mean that it may take less than an Earth day before they confront what is officially called the "Empire of Man".

But the new recruits, including Johnny Rico, have absolute confidence in this expedition.

Because federal officials have said bluntly that, based on information held by intelligence agencies, the so-called Human Empire only has a dozen escort transport ship-level warships in total, and its military strength may not exceed 100,000.

Therefore, everyone who participated in the expedition felt that the outcome of this action was already determined.

Twenty-four hours later, New Hope colonized the galaxy;

The Federation's expeditionary fleet, with the help of warp travel and wormhole jumps, finally "swaggered" through the galaxy in conventional navigation and headed straight for the New Hope colony, which looked like a planet in the sea of ​​sand.

Moreover, the expeditionary fleet only deployed the most conventional triangular formation, without any small groups of warships providing outer cover.

Just as Leon, Maggie and others guessed, the generals in charge of the expeditionary fleet believed that they only needed "one wave of push" to eliminate the fleet of the Human Empire.

It didn't take long.

The expedition fleet was able to advance unimpeded into the gravitational range of New Hope, arriving at an area only 200,000 kilometers from the surface.

Up to now, no imperial ships have taken the initiative to show up and engage in battle with them.

This left the federal generals somewhat confused for a while.

But after a brief discussion, the expeditionary fleet continued to approach New Hope's low-Earth orbit, preparing to send the mobile infantry it was carrying to the surface first.

Soon, the expedition fleet arrived in low-Earth orbit, about one thousand kilometers from the surface.

And at this moment in the hangar of Roger Young;

"Hurry up!"

"Everyone get into the landing craft! Quick!"

A large number of fully armed mobile infantrymen were seen following their respective officers into the DR-4 Viking landing craft.

Followed by.

Twenty Viking landing craft followed the fixed track, entering and exiting the air valve cabin and coming to both sides of the Roger Young ship.

After the Viking landing craft left the fixed orbit one by one, the pilots took over the control and made the landing craft rush rapidly into the atmosphere of New Hope.

There were also a large number of F-76 Thunder attack aircraft forming an escort formation to cover thousands of Viking landing craft.

However, when the flight formation was about to break into the atmosphere, the Blood Angels Fleet of the Human Empire appeared directly behind the Federation Expeditionary Fleet.