From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 588: The Foundation Reappears

Before the 'Red Hand' special strike team entered the jump, Amber and his team also received the latest news from the research vessel ahead.

The Foundation's fleet has already released several small reconnaissance ships converted from civilian ships, and the combat ships have also found a location to deploy. It is estimated that once the other party confirms that there is no danger, they will send the scientific research ship currently guarded in the middle of the formation to the location of the ruins.

"Our jump will take about one standard day. By this calculation, by the time we arrive, the Foundation's people will probably have already gone in."

Ramos, the commander of the Red Hand special strike team, spoke up. He was one of the first captains to join Atlas, besides Randall and Cleves.

Later, he showed outstanding abilities in the "Battle of Three Idiots" and the Defense of the Asteroid Fortress of A. Bava. Ku, so he was later promoted to a squad commander under the Asteroid Fortress Defense Fleet.

This time, when Amber was "assembling the troops", she screened among the "reserve commanders", and finally Ramos stood out and became the commander of the "Red Hand" special strike team.

Hearing the words of the new commander, Amber nodded and replied:

"That depends on whether we can hold off the gate of the Forerunner ruins for a while. If we can't stop the other party from cracking it, then we may have to be prepared to be beaten to the punch by others."
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"Fuck! They really got there first!"

When the 'Red Hand' special strike team broke away from the jump and received several messages from the research vessel, Amber suddenly felt that her luck today was not very good.

The Truth Seeking Foundation changed its usual cautious style. After the unmanned reconnaissance unit confirmed that there was no threat near the institute, the entire Foundation fleet rushed forward and surrounded the institute.

Immediately afterwards, the Foundation's scientific research vessel quickly docked with the institute and began to deploy personnel to enter the internal area of ​​the institute.

Although the gate of this institute seemed to be still functioning, it did not last long before being opened by the Foundation - according to the news from the research vessel, the Foundation's fleet did not even seem to trigger the defense firepower of this institute, and the entire institute seemed to be defenseless against them.

The disengagement coordinates chosen by the 'Red Hand' special strike team, although called backup concealed coordinates, actually only widened the distance from the research institute to prevent being attacked by the opponent first, and could not really serve the purpose of concealment.

Especially in the 'void zone' where the Forerunner Research Institute is located, the sound of a small fleet's collective jump is as eye-catching as a torch in the dark night.

So Amber knew that the Truth Seeking Foundation must have discovered the strike team by now. In this case, Amber did not intend to sneak over. Instead, after confirming that the surrounding airspace was safe, she directly ordered the strike team to rush towards the location of the research institute along the shortest trajectory.

"Boss, what should we do next?"

Ramos, the commander of the strike team, had actually guessed what Amber was thinking, but he still asked to be on the safe side.

"What else can we do? Attack fiercely!"

"Yes, Boss! Attack!"

After hearing the reassuring order, Ramos excitedly ordered the strike team to launch a fierce attack.

After working in the Atlas Group for so long, many Atlas employees, including Ramos, have actually developed a certain degree of contempt for other civilian units.

In their view, apart from the two legitimate national forces, the Federation and the Star Dragon Empire, other civilian forces have long been unable to compete with Atlas.

Therefore, in these battles where the opponents are civilian organizations, pirates, and rebels, the commanders of Atlas will naturally have the psychological advantage of "Confidence in Winning +1"
As the Red Hand special strike team entered combat speed and continued to close the distance to the research institute, the main screen of the flagship bridge soon showed the images captured by the optical sensor. Because the light in this empty area was too low, the images presented were also composite images that had been brightened by the shipboard control personality repair.

In the center of the picture, the Entat 032 Research Institute, which had been unmasked by the Truth Seeking Foundation, just stayed quietly in this space.

The entire institute is shaped like a giant gyroscope. The center of the institute is a sphere composed of two concentric rings rotating around the same axis. The diameter of each ring is about five kilometers, and two spiral arms more than ten kilometers long extend from the rings.

The overall shape highlights an abstraction - but this is the architectural style of the Jerram people.

In the airspace surrounding the institute, the fleet of the Truth Seeking Foundation had already adjusted the axis of their warships to the direction of the 'Red Hand' strike team. Judging from the flashing blue light behind the front silhouette of their warships, the opponent's warships had also entered an accelerated state.

"The size of the enemy fleet has been confirmed! Requiem-class battleships x 2, Aurora-class heavy cruisers x 3, Fury-class light cruisers x 8"

The tactical information coordinator loudly reported the situation of the Foundation fleet that had been detected. Judging from the overall number of warships, the number was no less than that of the 'Red Hand' strike team, but the expressions of everyone on the bridge remained calm.

If it were Amber and Atlas in the past, they would still be a little nervous when they saw this kind of battle, but now it is different. After seeing the fleet of the Truth Seeking Foundation again, Amber only asked Ramos a question:
"In the first round of attack, can we try to cause more than 40% of the enemy's casualties?"

"Make sure to complete the mission, Boss!"

"Are you so confident in letting your subordinates lead the battle now? And when the enemy and our forces are similar on paper?"

Sitting in the back seat of a modified two-seater heavy armored combat boat, Saleh looked through the image displayed by the distributed aperture system inside the armored hatch and asked as she looked at the two fleets that had already engaged in a firefight in the distance.

"I have to let the people below take over the routine command. I'm just one person. Do I have to command all the battles in Atlas? Then why did I recruit so many people and pay them high salaries?"

Amber answered while controlling the two-seater combat boat, using the compressed gas-powered attitude control nozzles in stealth mode to control the trajectory, and approached the institute from another direction in a huge arc.

As the distance between the fighter boat and the research institute got closer and closer, Amber also lifted its stealth, turned 180 degrees, and began to slow down using the main propulsion array.

"Salih, is the back door you mentioned reliable? We're almost there!"

"It's reliable. That's the fast entrance and exit passage to the upper area of ​​the institute. Once you enter, you can go directly to the core area of ​​the institute!"

Hearing Saleh's affirmative answer, Amber no longer hesitated and directly controlled the fighter boat to shoot several carbon fiber ropes used for fixing towards the outer wall of the institute. Then, with a "side parking", the two-seater fighter boat was parked next to the quick access passage pointed out by Saleh.

Soon, the armored hatch of the battleboat was opened, and Amber, who had already changed into a psychic combat suit, and Saleh, who was wearing a forerunner combat suit, floated out of the battleboat and followed a carbon fiber cable to the location of the "back door".

"Okay, Saleh, open the back door quickly~"

“Give me two minutes!”

(End of this chapter)