From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

Chapter 280: Capture of "Tree Frog?" "Raven" Processing
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In the universe three thousand light years away, in a galaxy formed around a yellow dwarf star;

The yellow dwarf star located in the center of the galaxy is similar in size and mass to the sun, and has a total of eight planets orbiting around it.

The first to fifth orbits are all terrestrial planets, and the sixth to eighth are gas giant planets.

Moreover, this galaxy is rich in mineral resources and is an important colony for the Covenant to build and produce.

The third and fourth planets in the habitable zone look like desert and rainforest planets.

About 60% of the land area of ​​the third orbital planet is barren desert, with oceans and lakes accounting for a smaller proportion.

The fourth orbital planet is exactly the same as Arcadia. In addition to the tropical rainforest covering the land, there is a seemingly endless blue ocean.

but--

Bang! Bang bang! !
boom! Boom boom! !
However, a fierce "naval battle" is taking place in the low-Earth orbit of these two planets.

Nearly a thousand Covenant ships, mainly silver and purple, are exchanging fire with human elite warships painted in black and gray.

The total number of human ships is only a hundred, most of which are frigates and cruisers such as the Paris-class, Feddes-class and Valiant-class, as well as support boats carrying large amounts of supplies and weapons.

The flagship is a new-era aircraft carrier that was transformed and upgraded from Atlas.

The elites who have joined forces with humans have a total of about 70 ships, % of which are CRS light cruisers. As for the flagship, it is a -kilometer-long CSO-class super-heavy aircraft carrier.

Ever since the elites chose to leave the Covenant and accept the psychic enlightenment of Sui Yang in the City of High Charity, they changed the paint of their ships to the black and gray commonly used by Atlas.

On the other hand, the Star Alliance defense fleet led by the Prophet Jiralhanae is more than three times the size of the Human Elite, but.
Ri~——whoosh!!!

However, a cyan-blue high-energy glare instantly destroyed dozens of Covenant ships, led by the CCS-class battlecruiser (two kilometers).

The energy shield was directly disintegrated, and the metal hull was even "split into pieces".

Then, these dozens of ships exploded violently, eventually becoming wreckage and falling into the atmosphere under the influence of the planet's gravity.

This beam attack was released by the Teruyu-class dreadnought battleship.

At the same time, it was the presence of this Sojourner-class ship that tipped the balance of victory directly towards the human elite.

After all, the warships of the Forerunner civilization can almost "walk sideways" in the Milky Way in the current timeline.

It would only be possible to be sunk if the Sojourner-class was left alone, without the assistance and support of human elite warships, and was besieged by Covenant warships that outnumbered its own by a hundred times.

This is also why, when Atlas opened the space gate connecting to the Halo universe, he chose to occupy Shield World 0459 as soon as possible.

Because only by obtaining the Forerunner's dreadnoughts, contacting the Forerunner's AI in advance, and obtaining the status of a returner can Atlas continue to maintain its advantages in weapons, equipment and technology.

You should know that the slogan of the armed forces is "I am invincible, and I will never lag behind in equipment and weapons."

Atlas's soldiers relied on the weapons and equipment provided by the company to gain the upper hand in most universes.

However, the technology of the Halo universe has brought the original battlefield directly to the galaxy level.

Fortunately, the Biology Department and the Scientific Research Department are quite powerful, so Atlas' elite troops are still in a crushing situation in terms of individual strength.

With the cooperation of the Primarch, Thunder Warriors and true super soldiers such as the Young Astartes, they successfully "captured" Shield World 0459 and the City of High Charity, and won over the elite fighting race as allies.

After some covert actions and operations, Atlas was invincible whether it was facing the Covenant head-on or turning around to deal with the UNSC.
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While a fierce naval battle broke out in low-Earth orbit, deep in the rain forest of the fourth planet;

There is a Covenant outpost here, manned by hunters consisting of Jiralhanae, Jackals, Grunts, and "Worms".

To the south of the outpost is a palace complex that ostensibly provides a quiet meditation space for the prophets, but is actually a place for them to vacation and relax.

Due to the joint assault by the human elites and the fierce fighting still going on in low-Earth orbit, the prophets had no choice but to continue hiding here, waiting for reinforcements or the best time to escape.

Of course, the fourth planet’s combat command center is also located here.

Although the Prophets are considered timid, cowardly, and ignorant in the eyes of humans, they are still the leadership of the Star Alliance.

Without the constraints of the elites, the Prophet has completely regained control of the religious empire of the Star Alliance.

As for the Jiralhanae, except for a few individuals with long-term vision, most of them obey the orders of the clan leader.

For the sake of the wealth and glory that their clan had never enjoyed, as well as the so-called glorious titles such as "Imperial Hero" and "Imperial General", the clan leader chose to continue working for the prophet willingly.

Besides, the Jiralhanae believe that the elites are traitors and humans are not returnees at all.

There is no need to explain too much about the Jackals. They are fence-sitters who can either work for the elites or obey the orders of the Jiralhanae.

The Gollums, who made up the majority of the Star Alliance, were forced to fight.

These "little guys" do have a rebellious spirit deep in their hearts, but they lack the guidance of elites, and there are no decent brains among their own people, so they have no choice but to continue working for the Star Alliance.

Swish—shua—!
At this time, more than a dozen Banshee fighters belonging to the Star Alliance, as well as other types of transport planes and interceptors, flew low over the rainforest.

At this stage, low-Earth orbit has not been completely lost, so the air supremacy over this rainforest still lies with the Covenant.

Boom. Bang.
However, a fleet of carrier-based aircraft dispatched by the human fleet has already engaged the Covenant's air units.

To be precise, it was a formation consisting of the Phantom III and the White-legged Falcon, which used the auxiliary vision provided by the mothership to carry out long-distance precise locking.

The Jiralhanae pilot didn't even see the shadow of the human fighter plane before he was hit by an air-to-air missile that could easily reach Mach 20 in the atmosphere.

The miniature "sun" created when the metal hydrogen warhead exploded made the already scorching sun in the sky even more dazzling.

Considering that the command center where the prophet was located was not far away, the Jiralhanae had to continue to dispatch air forces and attract human carrier-based aircraft formations as far away from this place as possible.

At the same time, the Ghost Face also understood that once the human carrier-based aircraft formation broke into the atmosphere, it would inevitably lead to the lengthening of the logistics supply line.

As long as the ultra-long-range air-to-air missiles are exhausted, human pilots will face two choices.

Either choose to return to the mothership in low-Earth orbit, or engage in a close-range dogfight with them.

In terms of maneuverability, they think that Banshee is stronger.

However, when the carrier-based aircraft formation really appeared in sight, the Ghost Face Beast discovered that hundreds of drones were flying together with the Ghost III and the White-legged Falcon.

Suddenly, a one-sided dogfight broke out over the rainforest.
"Roar!"

Hearing the explosions and the roar of machine guns in the distance, a group of ghost-faced beasts patrolling the outskirts of the outpost let out a series of angry growls.

Perhaps, as ground units, they were upset at seeing their friendly forces suffer heavy losses but could only rage helplessly, or perhaps they were simply fed up with the harassment from mosquitoes.

Although the weapons and armor used by the elite have been fully upgraded after they left the Covenant, most of their combat uniforms do not have temperature control functions.

Only elite troops have fully enclosed individual equipment.

After all, not every organization can be as wealthy as Atlas and provide all shipborne troops with combat uniforms with "air conditioning".

At this moment, they are patrolling on foot according to the established route, keeping a distance of about half a kilometer from the outpost to avoid being missed by radar and detection equipment.

At the same time, there were more than a dozen gnolls scattered around the periphery of the patrol team, using their tribe's visual talents to take on roles similar to those of scouts.

Whoosh~ Whoosh——!
The two gnolls in the far north suddenly heard some large creature flapping its wings rhythmically in the rainforest.

? ?
This instantly alerted both of them, and they looked towards the source of the sound.

quickly!

A "raven" with a wingspan of ten meters, a dark body but wings that looked like azure blue under the scorching sun, appeared in their field of vision.

! !
The two gnolls were stunned when they saw such a creature flying above the woods.

However, one of them reacted first. He quickly patted his compatriot on the shoulder, signaling the other to raise his gun and shoot.

It was preparing to open communications to alert the entire patrol team and outpost.

However, the two jackals never noticed that a four-meter-tall giant wearing heavy power armor had quietly come behind them.

Chi—chi——!
The next second, the two gnolls were torn to pieces by the giant.

It was literally torn in two by bare hands, and purple blood spurted out like a fountain.

巨人
In other words, the Primarch Corax glanced down at the limp, twitching corpse, then continued to move towards the patrol in silence.

Even though the Primarch was wearing his own power armor weighing several tons, he made no sound when he walked.

Even the local creatures living nearby seemed unable to see him and continued to forage and run around on their own.

In addition, Corax will be careful to avoid stepping on small animals.

The "raven" that had previously attracted the attention of the werewolf was actually a pet he adopted when he and the Elf Queen Tinas went to Terrala.

But Mortarion, who was traveling with him, thought that he had chosen the most boring and evil pet as a companion.

As for Mortarion's pet.
It is a "fantasy" species whose size and appearance are similar to those of an ordinary tree frog.

Compared with the Earth tree frog, the difference is that it has a very long lifespan, is very sleepy, can understand human speech, and pays special attention to its own hygiene.

When the population reaches a certain size, it can even purify water.

In this regard, Corax believes that the two brothers simply have different aesthetic tastes.

Moreover, his raven could not only understand human language, but with the help of the psychic skills taught by his father, he could also share vision with it.

In other words, Corax's ravens are the equivalent of "biological reconnaissance aircraft."

Under the influence of his personal psychic powers, Raven also possesses a certain degree of "hiding" ability.

Unless he wanted the raven to expose itself, ordinary creatures could not be observed visually.

At this moment;
Corax came to the rear end of the group of Jiralhanae, and swung his hands, ejecting a pair of sharp claws from the outside of his forearms.

Buzz~——Pah—Snap——!
The moment the claws extended, psychic lightning emitting light blue light began to jump between the sharp blades.

Then, Corax slowly walked towards the group of Jiralhanae.

then
Bah!
The lightning claws, made of mithril and forged and "processed" by my father, can easily complete the cutting.

Boom~——!
The pieces of the ghost-faced beast's body that were cut by its sharp claws were instantly scorched by psychic lightning and burned to ashes by the golden flames.

Before the Jiralhanae could react or make any roar, they all "disappeared", leaving only burnt ashes.

At the same time, an exclusive airdrop capsule carrying the young Astartes was lowered from the sky above the outpost and the palace complex.

Seeing this, Corax asked the raven to fold its wings, land on his right shoulder, and return to the depths of the rainforest.

Apparently, the Primarch used his gift of stealth to scour the planet's surface for high-value targets, leaving the final assault to the young Astartes.

Sui Yang, who was in the bridge of the New Era aircraft carrier, could clearly sense his son's emotional fluctuations.

Corax hopes to give more military achievements and training opportunities to the "offspring" of his other brothers.

After all, when the empire is established, merit and glory will become the key for the Astartes to prove that they are more elite and stronger than their other brothers.

There are private rivalries between the Primarchs, not to mention the Astartes who inherited some of the Primarchs' abilities and personalities.

However, Corax's actions directly showed that his son did not seem to have much utilitarianism.

Then, Sui Yang withdrew his thoughts from his son and focused on the center console in front of him, continuing to pay attention to the progress of the capture of the entire galaxy.

"Boss." But Apu, who was standing behind him on the left, suddenly reported:
"There has been new progress from the Investigation Department, and the Director of Operations of the Investigation Department, Ada Wang, said that they have captured most of the senior officials of the UNSC, including the current Chief of Naval Operations, Conrad Volkov."

"Oh? The Investigation Department is quite efficient." Sui Yang sighed.

"The Investigation Department is indeed maintaining a very high efficiency." Apu said, her eyes flashing red, and then continued:
"Boss, I have finished organizing and uploading the details of the operation. You can check it out at any time."

"it is good."

Sui Yang retrieved the operation details compiled by Apu through the central console, and thought about how to deal with those UNSC high-ranking officials.

(End of this chapter)