From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

Chapter 269: Rebel Army Eridana “takes it as his own” Night (-in-)

The Neptune, which was nearly a kilometer in length, was forced to leave the jump space and enter the deep space of the physical universe due to human interference.

And diagonally in front of the Neptune, there is an Earth-like planet with a barren surface and almost no green or blue.

Inside the bridge at this moment;

"I have left the jump space according to your instructions."

The captain, who was sitting in the main seat with white beard and hair, looked at the holographic screen in front of him and continued to the Marines who had taken control of the scene:
"According to the star map, we have entered the Aridana star region, about 20 kilometers away from Aridana c in the second orbit."

After speaking, more cold sweat broke out on the captain's forehead.

And looking around from the captain's point of view, we can see that except for the captain himself, the first mate and the helmsman, the rest of the bridge personnel have long since become corpses, slumped at their respective posts.

On the other hand, the four marines who controlled this place were able to enter the bridge unimpeded, seemingly thanks to the assistance of the first mate.

After all, the captain and helmsman were sweating profusely, but the middle-aged male first mate was standing by the observation window with a smile on his face, looking at Eridana C, 200,000 kilometers away.

It was obviously the first officer's "rebellion" and unlocking the gate leading to the bridge that caused the current situation.

At this time, the first mate turned to look at the captain and said with a smile:

"Thank you for your cooperation, which allowed us to be free and gain the capital to negotiate with the corrupt government."

"Liberated? Frick, you are not."

After hearing the first mate's words, the captain wanted to say something else, trying to make the other person change his mind.

Snapped--!
Unfortunately, before the captain could finish his words, he was interrupted by a gunshot.

puff--!
A blood hole instantly appeared on the captain's forehead, and a large amount of blood stains and brain tissue sprayed out from the back of his head.

Phew!

Then, the captain fell forward with a stern expression, and fell motionless on the metal deck.

As for the person who fired the shot, it was the first mate who raised a small-caliber pistol with one hand.

"Captain!! You bastard!!!"

Seeing this scene, the helmsman rushed toward the first mate with grief and anger, apparently prepared to risk his life and die with the other party.

It wasn't how brave the helmsman was, but after the captain was shot, he instantly understood that no matter how much they cooperated, once they were no longer of use, they would be mercilessly executed.

clatter! Da da!

Phew—chi—! !

However, the final outcome of the helmsman was to be shot to death by a Marine, and the helmsman's body was directly "torn to pieces" by rifle bullets.

When~咻——!
Warheads were flying and jumping around the bridge.

!!!

This caused the first mate to quickly hide behind the console and reprimand loudly:

"Use a pistol! Use a fucking pistol!! And I don't need your help, fuck!"

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The scolded Marine just shrugged, his expression slightly disdainful.

Then, the first mate left the console, glared at the Marine, then walked to the captain's seat and turned on the radio:
"Attention all personnel, I am First Mate of the Neptune, Lato Frank.

At present, the Neptune has been controlled by our free liberation and is sailing to our home planet, Eridana c.

Finally, please give up all your illusions. You are the hostages of our freedom and the bargaining chip we use to negotiate with the UNSC and UEG.

If the UNSC refuses to negotiate, then don't blame us for killing them. If we go to hell after death, we can spread our grievances on the corrupt Earth government.

So, pray that the UNSC won’t make any small moves, haha. "

After saying this, the first officer turned off the broadcast, and then used his authority to set the Neptune to start automatic navigation and go to the orbiting space station located in Eridana C.

Although the Neptune is large in size, equivalent to two Paris-class frigates, its hull strength cannot compete with battleships or colonial ships.

What's more, the Neptune was built and welded in low-Earth orbit, so it could not descend into the atmosphere and had to rely on the orbiting space station to complete its parking.

As for freedom liberation, it is an extreme rebel army active in the near-earth colonies.

The Eridana star system they control is only 7.2 light-years away from the solar system.

The so-called near-Earth colonies are the collective name for the planets in the "Halo" universe that were first colonized and transformed when humans entered the interstellar era.

Including the Moon, Mars, Europa, and Titan in the solar system, as well as Reach outside the solar system, there are a total of about two hundred planets or satellites.

Tianyuan IV, where Reach is located, is the star system with the largest near-Earth colony and the most populous population.

However, the Eridana star system is also within the scope of the near-Earth colony, and all resources must come first from the Earth and Reach, causing the colonists of Eridana to continue to be squeezed.

If Eridana had not had a complete shipyard, had the ability to jump and sail, and the liberation of freedom had also acquired a new star nuclear bomb (NOVA), the UNSC would have been unable to attack Eridana and had not dispatched it for a long time. The fleet suppressed.

Because the nova nuclear bomb is one of the strategic weapons of the UNSC.

The nuclear bomb is made of a lithium triterpene shell and contains nine nuclear warheads with a TNT equivalent of more than 10 million tons. Therefore, it will be "infinitely" compressed at the moment of the nuclear explosion to increase the power several times or even dozens of times.

In other words, a nova nuclear bomb is theoretically enough to change the surface environment of an Earth-like planet.

If Free Liberation completely loses its mind and drops this Nova nuclear bomb on the earth, it will be a situation that the UNSC and UEG cannot bear.

Moreover, the freely liberated spies and soldiers, after a long period of infiltration, have sneaked into the middle and lower levels of the UNSC on Reach and Earth.

For example, half of the UNSC Marines responsible for the security of the Neptune are liberated members.

In addition, there is no active combat platoon on Reach that is willing to act as high-level security for an airline. Therefore, after some operations, this combat platoon, half of which is a "ghost", was stationed on the Neptune.

Wait until the time is right.
That is to say, when the "gold content" of a passenger member reaches a certain level, the kidnapping will be carried out directly.

The purpose is naturally not to ask for ransom, but to allow the Earth government to publicly recognize the independence of Eredana, and not to interfere with Eredana's free development, nor to interfere with force.

Although this operation is no different from that of terrorists, freedom and liberation, where hard power is insufficient, can only use this method to find ways to obtain "legitimate rights and interests" for themselves.
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At this moment, in the cafeteria of the Neptune;
Three Marines, whose true identities were villains, were guarding the passengers sitting on the carpet.

Children were sobbing softly out of fear, and adults were shaking their heads and sighing, as if they were wondering why they wanted to take this cruise ship to travel, or they were regretting their decision to buy a ticket.

There were some hot-headed people in the crowd who had the concept of "I can do it!" and tried to snatch the rifles from the rebels.

The result is a broken body.

The UNSC standard rifle used by the rebels is the MA5B, which has a bullpup structure, a 60-round ammunition capacity, and uses 7.62 x 51mm full-metal armor bullets.

Various characteristics make MA5B's devastating impact on the human body.

Therefore, hundreds of pairs of three people seem to have an absolute advantage, but the passengers sitting here have never experienced life and death, let alone the awareness of selflessness.

No one wants to be killed by a gun, let alone civilians who are not equipped to fight. If it were a resident of Universe 03 (the Doomsday Slayer) with tough folk customs, he might have tried to fight the rebels at the beginning of the chaos.

Leon, Mike and Maggie also sat here quietly.

And when they heard the words "freedom and liberation" from the radio, they had already combined the information in their memories to roughly analyze the causes and consequences of the Neptune's hijacking.

After all, the Free Liberation Army is the most famous and radical of all factions of the rebel army.

just
Their operation this time was to deal with corrupt officials on the earth, and they had no intention of targeting the rebels.

But this happened to them.

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The more Mike thought about it, the more "angry" he became, and turned to look at Leon who was sitting against the wall.

"?"

Leon looked confused, not understanding what had happened to his friend.

In fact, the reason for Mike's anger is more or less "superstitious". He believes that it is Leon, a troublesome guy, who involves them in the internal fighting among humans in "Halo".

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Maggie, who was nearby, winked at the two of them, indicating when to take action.

The superhuman clenched her right fist again, expressing to the two that she was confident that she could kill all the rebels guarding the restaurant without harming innocent people.

In response, Leon and Mike shook their heads at the same time.

Leon also lowered his voice and said softly: "The plan can't keep up with the changes. Since we are allowed to come to the Eridana Galaxy, we will take this opportunity to take this place as our own."

make it their own?

Maggie was stunned.

Because from her perspective, she is still focused on performing the task of "assassinating corrupt officials."

That is, relying on his extremely strong physical physique and two elite genetically enhanced investigators, he can forcibly eliminate all the rebels on the ship, then seize control of the Neptune and continue to the earth.

As for how to deal with the follow-up issues, Maggie planned to leave it to Cortana to assist.

However, Leon and Mike, two "old guys", wanted to "take it as it comes".

Since Free Liberation "invited" them to the Eridana Galaxy and seriously interfered with their original mission planning, then Free Liberation was completely dismantled and the company was directly exposed to the bright side of the "Halo" universe.

Secondly, their operations director Ada judged that the best time to put the company's official website online was after they physically removed a batch of moths and then use the company's official website to reveal some of the individual soldier cameras and operational details to the public.

The interruption of the plan caused by the freedom of liberation made Leon and Mike feel that they might as well take this opportunity to capture the communication base station of Eridana C and get in touch with the core base of 0459.

The two of them have the authority to know that six Sojourner-class dreadnought battleships are ready for use.

Four of them assisted the company's fleet and rushed to the space domain of the City of High Charity to deal with the all-out counterattack of the Jiralhanae Prophet.

The remaining two ships are responsible for handling emergencies.

Therefore, if we can get in touch with the core base of 0459 and have the company dispatch a Sojourner-class destroyer and frigates, it will be enough to plant a "nail" at the core of the UNSC and UEG.

When freedom and liberation are completely destroyed with the power of thunder, humans in the "Halo" universe can also see the hard power of their Atlas.

At the same time, Chris and others can still follow the established plan to infiltrate the earth and eliminate the borers to gain public opinion.

Leon and Mike have been comrades-in-arms for many years, so they naturally considered the solution at the first opportunity to obtain the best interests of the company.

You must know that Atlas's investigators, especially the elite investigators, have a considerable degree of discretion, not to mention that faced with such a situation, the company has no reason to reject their proposal.

at this time;
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Maggie is still confused and unable to match the "brain waves" with Leon and Mike.

But these two were her immediate bosses, and Mike was the operations captain, so she had to give up her original idea and wait patiently.

It didn't take long.

The three rebels seemed to have received the latest order and raised their MA5Bs one after another. One of the corporals said loudly:
"Get up! Everyone get up!"

"hurry up!"

"Don't waste time, and don't waste time!"

The other two privates also spoke to urge him.

Seeing this, the passengers had no choice but to stand up and follow the other party's instructions to the lobby outside the restaurant, and then along the safe passage to the lowest cargo hold.

Wait until you get to the cargo hold——

Boom--boom--!
Everyone then heard some kind of large metal object, which seemed to be in contact with the Neptune, causing obvious vibrations and sounds.

Then, the cargo bay door opened, revealing a large corridor bridge, the transit hall of the orbital space station, and more rebels wearing desert-colored combat uniforms.

At this point, Leon, Mike, and Maggie, who were mixed in the crowd, and the "big army" completely left the Neptune, and then took the cargo orbital elevator to the surface of Eridana C.

Wait for the elevator gate to unfold——

Phew~——!
A strong surge of air quickly poured into the elevator from the outside world.

Moreover, the dazzling starlight and the scorching surface temperature make it difficult for most tourists to adapt well for a while.

"Get out of here!"

clatter! Da da!

The rebels who were responsible for responding on the ground fired threats into the sky and asked everyone to leave the cargo elevator as soon as possible.

After following the crowd out of the elevator and entering the outside world, Lyon and the others were finally able to see with their own eyes the appearance of Eridana C.

Desert, high temperature, and drought are the most straightforward descriptions.

The orbital elevator was established in the capital of Eridana C, on the outskirts of Costia City.

And the platform of the orbital elevator allows Lyon and the others to overlook this city that can accommodate a population of one million.

It's just that Costia City is far inferior to New Alexandria City, which is "favored" by Reach Star. Its architectural facilities are backward and the overall look is very depressed.

Not to mention compared with the Reach Star, even the working and living environment on the Harvest Star is much better.
After all, Harvest Star hasn't been overly exploited yet.

Next, everyone was escorted by the rebels to a suburban warehouse, waiting for the outcome of negotiations between freedom and the Earth government.

The three Lyons were patiently waiting for nightfall in Costia City.

(End of this chapter)