From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

late at night;

The capital town, temporarily built by the Engineering Department, has been completely occupied by the mobile infantry of the Federal Expeditionary Force.

In addition, more than a thousand DR-4 Viking landing craft are parked in and outside the town to carry the mechanical skeletons, AMWS guns and corresponding ammunition and supplies seized by the mobile infantry.

The remaining two hundred clone soldiers were also captured by the mobile infantry and then imprisoned in the cabin of the Viking landing craft.

At the same time, high-energy light beams and electromagnetic ballistic trajectories often flash across the starry sky.

But at this moment, the mobile infantry, through the data stored in the clone's individual computer, learned that the expeditionary fleet had been completely destroyed as soon as they entered the atmosphere.

The reason why there is still a "fierce battle" in low-Earth orbit is that the Blood Angels Legion of the Human Empire is actually fighting against the space creature fleet of the Arach Zerg.

It was the sudden "visit" of the Arach Zerg that left the Blood Angels with no time to engage in ground warfare, forcing them to leave behind clone auxiliary forces to deal with their mobile infantry.

As for the federal ships and related personnel captured by the Blood Angels, they have been sent to various star ports on the surface one after another.

One of the star ports was the closest to their location, about two hundred kilometers away.

In response to this, under the suggestion of Leon, Maggie and others, everyone prepared to select a raiding force composed of elite soldiers to quickly seize the nearest star port.

In addition to releasing those crew members who were originally "high and mighty", they can also recapture the ships of the expeditionary fleet and use them as a means of transportation for their evacuation of New Hope.

At this stage, the remaining 30,000-plus mobile infantrymen have regarded the non-commissioned officers led by Lyon as their backbone.

Those colonels and lieutenants who were lucky enough to survive chose to cooperate throughout the process without any objections because of the great power of Lyon and others, and the fact that even the commander Honard Thompson was dismissed.

After finalizing the plan, Lyon equipped the 226th Combat Platoon, as well as the combat platoon members who charged and fought with them, with full-coverage mechanical skeletons, AMWS firearms and .30cal smart machine guns.

In this way, the more than 2,000 mobile infantrymen who almost completely obeyed Lyon's command and Maggie's dispatch can be said to have been "upgraded from a shotgun to a cannon."

Even if those colonels and lieutenants wanted to launch another "mutiny", the gap in strength between the two sides was already a world of difference.

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Lyon, Rico, Ace and several non-commissioned officers served as the command group, leading more than a thousand mobile infantry equipped with new weapons and equipment on Viking landing craft, responsible for raiding the starport closest to the town.

The remaining main force of the mobile infantry is on standby.

Once Lyon and his team send out a signal that the raid is successful, the remaining main forces can directly take the Viking to the star port and transfer.

Soon, the twenty or so Viking landing craft carrying Leon and his men disappeared into the night.

Actually.

The information and intelligence obtained by everyone were just those deliberately retained by the Investigation Department.

Where is the Zerg space creature fleet?

From the moment the Arach Zerg chose to intervene, they were "99% certain" to be destroyed by the Primarch's Sojourner-class flagship.

The reason why millions of bugs were able to land successfully was to allow the mobile infantry and clone soldiers to shake hands and make peace naturally, and to allow Leon to obtain intelligent AI and corresponding weapons and equipment.

At this point, the only thing left was how to get more than 30,000 mobile infantrymen to safely evacuate New Hope.

Therefore, they provided false information to the mobile infantry, saying that there were multiple starports on New Hope, and sent the ships of the Federation Expeditionary Fleet to different starports.

But the fact is, the star port closest to where everyone is is also a makeshift "show project".

Moreover, the construction of a starport is much easier than that of a town, so its appearance and details look more realistic.

now.

The Viking landing craft unloaded thousands of Marines including Leon, Rico, and Ace fifteen kilometers south of the starport, and then remained on standby at the location.

After landing, the people relied on the speed increase provided by the mechanical skeleton to gallop across the desolate sand and head straight for the star port more than ten kilometers away.

The ace following behind Lyon couldn't contain his excitement and praised in the team communication:

"Sergeant! This thing is easy to use and durable, it's awesome!"

"really."

Even Rui Ge agreed.

Lyon's helmet screen displayed various data and physical conditions, and even had simple text prompts or voice instructions.

People like Leon who are used to Atlas products are not included. Mobile infantry like Rico and Ace can easily get started after some adaptation.

After all, Atlas' individual equipment and systems have basically achieved automation, and the wearers and users are just "components" responsible for carrying out actions and pulling the trigger.

Therefore, the overall quality of the thousands of mobile infantry equipped with new weapons and equipment is actually no less than that of the armed security before the establishment of the Human Empire.

And this group of mobile infantry is even better at fighting Zerg than armed security.

"Keep quiet. Now is not the time to celebrate. Wait until we escape from New Hope before you say the word 'cool'."

Lyon didn't comment too much, but just reminded Ace.

"Oh yes, Sergeant."

Everyone remained quiet, and it didn't take long before they easily crossed more than ten kilometers of desert.

If this had happened in the past, the mobile infantry would have lost half of their combat capabilities before the battle officially started.

Now, they only consume about 1% to 3% of the power of the mechanical skeleton.

When they crawled to the top of a sand dune, they were able to catch a glimpse of the temporary star port in front of them.

Twelve escort transport ships are anchored on both sides of the starport's main building.

There is even a "badly damaged" Paris-class frigate that is being repaired by hex robots.

Seeing this, Lyon didn't need to speculate too much to know that the Paris-class ship was deliberately destroyed and then stranded in this temporary starport.

After all, the firepower of the Paris class is enough to fight against more than ten federal escort transport ships at the same time.

The reason why the Investigation Department left this Paris-class ship to him was to give him and Maggie and others enough capital to "rebel".

And Lyon also plans to use the intelligence provided by the intelligent AI to select another frontier galaxy for "repair" and "rest."

If the Federation were to hold the matter accountable, the Smart AI could publicize it and publish Honard Thompson's incompetent behavior on the Internet to damage the Federation's reputation.

However, the starport was guarded by clone soldiers with biological weapons, without any "living" auxiliary soldiers or adult Blood Angels. There were only more than 200 clones stationed at the starport, and more than half of them were still guarding the Federation crew members imprisoned there.

Using the visual aid of the helmet screen to estimate, there are at least two thousand prisoners being held in the open space of the starport.

Fortunately, the Blood Angels had no habit of abusing prisoners, and even though the detention conditions were somewhat poor, they had everything they needed for food and drink.

If you want to go to the toilet, you can go directly to the toilet inside the building.

Of course, it wasn’t that the prisoner didn’t try to escape while going to the bathroom, but he simply couldn’t escape.

Not to mention that they didn't have suitable weapons, the surveillance cameras installed everywhere would expose their whereabouts and actions to the clones.

And fighting against fully armed "cheap super soldiers" clones with bare hands is a foolish act.

Therefore, the prisoners had no choice but to stay where they were and "wait for their fate."

Seeing that the star port's defenses were weak, Rui Ge analyzed:

"It seems that the insect fleet has put the human empire's military strength under a strain. Otherwise, how could such an important facility as the starport be guarded by only so few people?"

"Well, maybe there is an ambush?" Ace asked back.

"We have occupied the capital town of New Hope, and we haven't seen any response from the Human Empire. But it's indeed a bit strange." Rui Ge was also afraid that there was an ambush in the starport.

However, the information and real-time data displayed on the helmet screen indicated that the more than 200 clone soldiers they saw were all the defense forces in the starport.

Lyon held the AMWS rifle in his hand, stood up and walked forward, saying:

"This shows that the human empire knows what is important and what is not. We are our compatriots and fellow tribesmen to them, but the bugs are undoubtedly alien enemies to all humans.

Sniper, take out the clone on sentry duty first, while the precision shooter will be responsible for providing cover.

The rest of the people will disperse into small teams and attack the star port together. We must eliminate all defense forces within ten minutes."

"Yes, Sergeant."

Afterwards, everyone acted as Leon instructed.

More than a dozen snipers equipped with large-caliber AMWS sniper rifles were still lying on the top of the sand dune, and using the assistance of the individual soldier system, they accurately locked onto the clones who were on guard on the periphery.

Bang—bang—!

As Leon and his men heard deafening gunshots behind them, all the clones on guard were shot in the head.

Da-da-da——!

The sharpshooters also began to fire long and short bursts to provide cover for everyone.

When Lyon and his men rushed to the star port and the machine gunners armed with .30cal smart machine guns began to fire in bursts and bursts, the entire raid was nearing its end.

Unknown to Rico, Ace and the others, the clones had already noticed them when they reached the top of the dune and were observing secretly.

But in order to perform a "surprise attack" scene, he had no choice but to die.

However, they do not have any resentment. Perhaps death is the best destination for clones.

Moreover, in order to cooperate with the Investigation Department's "performance", the Blood Angels' 1st Company had to "waste" nearly clones.

Fortunately, the Investigation Department said it would provide the assistance of elite investigators "free of charge" and signed a series of mutual assistance agreements, which prevented the Blood Angels' 1st Company from "making trouble."

As for the clones killed and consumed, the Blood Angels only need to submit orders to the Atlas headquarters in the main universe to replenish their establishment. In theory, they do not suffer much loss.

The only thing left here is the frigate, which needs to be purchased out of pocket by the investigation department from the Mars Foundry in the main universe.

Then, it is transported here by the Engineering Department.

No matter how good the relationship between the Blood Angels and the Investigation Department is, no matter how vital the subversion and infiltration missions are, they cannot use so-called cooperation, assistance, and agreement to force the 1st Company to give up a Paris-class ship as a prop.

The price and maintenance cost of a frigate are not comparable to that of seven thousand clone soldiers. Moreover, many crew members and auxiliary troops have developed feelings for the ship and believe that the ship itself has a certain luck. How could they just give it up?

Leon knew the details behind it, but in order to disintegrate the Federation from the inside out, he just gave the order:

"Brother Rui, go and rescue the captured colleagues. Ace, contact the main force and have them rush to the star port immediately and prepare to evacuate.

The rest of you will follow me to sweep the star port thoroughly to ensure that there are no hidden dangers, and search for weapons and supplies worth recovering, especially the ship of the Human Empire.

If we can capture that ship of the human empire, this expedition will not be a complete failure."

"Yes, Sergeant."

Everyone received orders and acted separately.

Rico, who was in charge of rescuing the prisoners, met old acquaintances, Carmen Ibanez and Sander Barrow.

And the crew members of the Roger Young were also detained here.

Carmen and the others, who were originally panicking and terrified and had no idea what to do, finally calmed down a little after hearing Rui Ge's words, using the speaker function of his helmet, loudly reminding everyone, "Attention everyone! We are the expeditionary mobile infantry, not the enemy! Please don't panic or be afraid."

Carmen, who recognized Ruige's voice, ran to the front despite Shand's obstruction, waving her arms and shouting:

"Johnny! Johnny! I'm here!"

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Rui Ge heard the sound and looked over, and accurately captured Carmen's figure through the helmet screen.

But under the helmet, there was not much emotion on Rui Ge's face.

There is neither the joy of reunion nor the revengeful feeling of "I had to save you in the end".

After experiencing the previous battles, especially fighting together with the clones, Rico naturally began to think that "fighting for the whole of humanity" should be his primary goal in joining the army, rather than pleasing his ex-girlfriend or seeking promotion in rank.

In this way, the feelings between men and women are truly insignificant "things" to Rui Ge.

So Rui Ge used the headset to remind him again:

"Please ask the bridge crew, crew engineers, and maintenance technicians to rush to the ship docked at the starport immediately. We need to evacuate the New Hope system as soon as possible!"

After saying that, Rui Ge commanded the infantry to assist the prisoners to board the ship quickly and be ready to take off at any time.

It didn't take long.

Thousands of DR-4 landing craft and the remaining one hundred Thunder attack aircraft arrived at the starport where Leon, Rico and others were.

Then, more than 30,000 people crowded into twelve escort transport ships and a Paris-class frigate and successfully left the surface of New Hope.

However, Lyon ordered the fleet to directly start the warp engine and head for the nearest frontier colony on the grounds of "getting rid of the human empire's fleet as soon as possible."

At this point, the Investigation Department's plan to reduce integrated casualties has completed key steps.

At the same time——

Leon, who is in the universe numbered "13", seems to sense that a brother is "falling from the sky".