From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

Chapter 300: New and Old Faces Global Nuclear Bombing of Human Colonies?
Doomsday scene?

After hearing what Price said, the expressions of everyone present became more solemn.

And there are many familiar faces in this tiered conference room that can accommodate more than 2,000 people.

For example, all the advance team members such as Soap, Ghost, Xiaoqiang, as well as members of the experimental team such as David, Lucy, and Rebecca.

In addition, the Investigation Department also freed up more than a hundred elite investigators with rich stealth and infiltration experience, including Maggie Shaw, who was transferred back to the main universe from the Halo universe.

As one of the only remaining "superhumans", Maggie Shaw has extremely strong individual combat capabilities.

In the Halo universe, this superhuman investigator single-handedly fought against thousands of liberated rebels.

Only ship-level plasma secondary guns, or tactical and strategic-level weapons, can destroy her physical defense and achieve the killing effect.

She also has extensive combat experience, which is enough to assist in combining forces from multiple departments to cope with high-intensity warfare.

Of course, the researchers from the Biology Department, who are also in the meeting room, will unfreeze Homelander and Soldier Boy when they assess the threat level to be "dangerous."

In addition to these familiar faces, there are also a large number of "newcomers".

For example, the special forces of the emergency response force (AECS·Special Ops) are also preparing to participate in this reconnaissance mission, with a total number of 1,500 people.

At the same time, due to its large number of people, AECS has become one of the main forces in this reconnaissance mission.

The lieutenant colonel in charge of the AECS special forces formation was actually one of his former "acquaintances", namely Janes Thompson.

This lieutenant colonel with a beard, a faint red light in his right eye and a serious expression is a local resident of the "Underworld" of Universe 04 and a surviving soldier of the Yemen shelter.

After being saved from the Nether Tide by Atlas, he and his good friend Rod Hoyld participated in the recruit selection, and then went to "World War Z" together for recruit training.

Due to their outstanding overall performance, they were transferred to the AECS special forces formation directly managed by Jack Krauser.

Later in his resume, he had missions such as "Escort and combat mission in Universe 06 (Pacific Rim)", "Boarding and looting the Reaper mothership", etc.

However, due to the bombardment of the Reaper's plasma weapons during a boarding battle, Rod Hoynd was forced to have both legs amputated and replaced with prosthetics.

Jaynes Thompson was promoted to lieutenant.

In addition, Jaynes also participated in the unification war of the Halo universe.

Because of his heroic performance and leading his troops to successfully complete multiple combat missions, his rank was promoted again until he became a major.

However, while following Riemann's fleet and carrying out the ground battle, he was also seriously injured and had to move to the rear for recuperation.

Why was he injured?
It was Jaynes and his men who, following orders from their superiors, boarded an airdrop capsule and headed to the ruling area of ​​the Covenant colony, ready to cooperate with the Orbital Commando Troopers (ODST) to lock on to high-value targets for the fleet.

However, during the infiltration behind enemy lines, Jaynes and his team accidentally discovered a large number of well-armored and well-armed Jiralhanae.

A prophet was also discovered.

They concluded that the other party was the management of the Covenant colony, and when they saw that the other party wanted to evacuate by transport boat, they chose to take the initiative to attack.

Because successfully capturing or killing the prophet will help reduce casualties on our side and the time it takes to occupy the colony.

Therefore, more than 400 AECS special forces members led by Janes first used individual anti-tank plasma cannons to destroy all the transport boats used by the Prophet and the Jiralhanae to escape.

Immediately afterwards, Jaynes and others used individual howitzers to bombard the military base where a large number of Jiralhanae, Jackals and Hunters were stationed, and requested fire support from nearby ODSTs and ships in low-Earth orbit.

As soon as the request for support was issued, Jaynes led two combat platoons and broke directly into the military base.

Relying on the defensive blessing of the McP power armor and the physical fitness improvement brought by the Inquis serum, Janes and the two combat platoons actually broke through the heavy lines of defense and reached the prophet.

Then, amid the unwilling and angry roars of the Ghost Face Beast, the prophet was abducted from the enemy's military base.

However, during the evacuation, Jaynes, who took the initiative to stay behind with several of his subordinates, was chased by the leader of the Ghost-Faced Beasts.

Faced with the extremely high defense of the armor energy shield and the Jiralhanae chieftain who was over three meters tall, even if an AECS tried to dodge, his chest armor was still smashed by the opponent's power hammer, and he flew more than ten meters away.

In order to quickly eliminate the Jiralhanae Chief, Jaynes chose to let the remaining subordinates suppress the enemy with firepower, while he himself used the shock dagger, ready to seize the opportunity to pierce the opponent's vital points.

Although Jaynes won in the end, he also withstood a power hammer from his opponent, resulting in a fifth-degree concussion, pulmonary hemorrhage, multiple comminuted fractures and other injuries.

Fortunately, his subordinates who followed him rescued him at the risk of being surrounded and annihilated, and successfully returned to the fleet on the Pelican that came to the rescue.

While receiving treatment on the support boat, he was diagnosed with permanent loss of vision in his right eye and severe damage to his lungs. He could no longer perform high-intensity exercise, let alone fight on the front line.

Faced with the choice of either replacing electronic prosthetic eyes and electronic lungs or retiring, Jaynes naturally chose the former.

Therefore, Jaynes had to be transferred to the rear planet of Harvest to receive more professional medical surgery and recuperation.

However, it was Janes' decision that shortened the occupation time of the fleet led by Riemann, so he was promoted to lieutenant colonel, and the number of special forces under his jurisdiction increased to nearly 2000.

After recovering, Jaynes temporarily passed through the space gate, stayed at the Kenya base, and trained existing and new subordinates.

As the new space gate was about to open, Jaynes, following Jack Krauser's orders, joined forces with multiple departments to participate in the reconnaissance mission.

In addition, Charlie Hoind, the eldest son of Rod Hoind, who had retired due to injury, joined the Atlas armed forces after graduating from high school.

Because Charlie Hoyneld's physical fitness and reaction ability are much better than those of the same batch of recruits, and because of his outstanding performance in the "World War Z" universe, he was successfully transferred from security to AECS.

As Atlas launched a unified war in the Halo universe, Charlie Hoinold was assigned to the special forces team under Jaynes because of his bravery and outstanding achievements.

Of course, Jaynes also has the right to select new players to join his team.

Among the candidates who were eligible to join the team screened by the stupid AI, he saw his old friend's son and naturally paid close attention to him.

Only after confirming that Charlie Hoynd's data and combat record met the special forces recruitment standards did Jaynes recruit him.

It cannot be said to be special care, but at least it can avoid being bombarded with emails from old friends every day, asking about the status of his son in the company's armed forces department.

In contrast, members of the Rapid Reaction Force (ARS) under the command of Arthur Morgan seemed to have gradually faded out of sight in the recent war, and there were only a few hundred ARS sitting in the conference room.

After all, the matters that ARS is responsible for highly overlap with those of investigators, so Atlas plans to merge ARS into the Investigation Department after the establishment of the Human Empire.

Arthur Morgan will be the chief of the investigation department.

In addition, as one of Atlas' most advanced "products", the intelligent AI Serin was also present. Since the initial integration of Cyberpunk 2077 in the th universe was completed and it was in the period of security war to quell the riots, Serin was dispatched back to the main universe.

The opening of a new universe requires the assistance of an intelligent AI.

So Celine took on the role of "consultant".

As for the most special person among all the people present.
It must be Perturabo, who wears extremely heavy exclusive power armor and always likes to have a stern face in front of outsiders.

Because of his physique and weight that were beyond the standard, the Primarch was unable to sit in the seats provided for ordinary employees and soldiers.

So at this moment, Perturabo was standing at the exit of the conference room, with his hands crossed in front of his chest, staring at Price in silence.

Seeing that everyone's expressions were much more solemn, Plath reached out to control the hard light panel of the podium and continued:

"Next, I will play the relevant images of the three universes in turn."

As Price spoke, the holographic projection in the conference room began to work.

Soon, three large projections appeared in front of everyone.

The screen numbered "10" at the far left of the podium first played the Hellhound's reconnaissance trajectory map and the actual images taken by the synthesizer.

When the synths crossed the space gate, the first thing that caught everyone's eyes was "ruin" and "depression".

The space gate seemed to open in an abandoned shopping mall in Universe 10.

However, the most obvious difference from the "Doom" universe, which also opens in a shopping mall, is that the abandoned shopping mall in Universe 10 is "full of holes".

In addition, the radiation value is beyond the normal range, and it is obvious that it has been hit by a nuclear bomb.

When the synths cooperated with the hellhounds to continue to investigate within the shielding range of the space gate, they also discovered a large number of human skeletons who died in the nuclear explosion.

The reason why the synths passed through the space gate on behalf of the advance team to carry out reconnaissance missions is very simple.

That is, no matter how high the cost is, it is not as high as a human soldier with a soul.

Even though synths have the ability to think independently and know how to adjust their emotions and facial expressions according to the atmosphere, they are ultimately "products" of Atlas.

Even though they were a new species created by Atlas, their status was below humans, sub-humans, and elites.

After all, the company spends a lot of manpower and resources to develop synthetic humans, not simply to sell them to the outside world so that most people can have absolutely loyal housekeepers, nannies, or even partners.

Synths are not afraid of radiation or death, and have very good on-the-spot reaction abilities, just like human intuition.

What's more, their own individual combat power is also guaranteed, so they are the best candidates to serve as the vanguard of the advance team.

After playing the graphic images, Price looked around at everyone present and said:
"Based on the existing information and intelligence collected by the synths, we can be sure that the other end of the space gate is Los Angeles in America on Earth 10.

At present, the Engineering Department has dispatched Hextech robots to build a frontline base at the other end of the space gate.

Once the frontline base takes shape, we will dispatch joint forces and armed security to Universe 10 to carry out more detailed reconnaissance missions."

"Colonel Price."

As soon as Price finished speaking, Serin, who was sitting in the front row, raised her hand to signal.

"please say."

Price raised his left hand, which held the cigar, to allow Celine to speak.

"Thank you, Colonel." After getting approval, Serin raised her head slightly and looked at the first holographic screen. Her eyes glowed purple as she suggested:
"I think it's best not to hastily launch the company's unmanned reconnaissance aircraft into low-Earth orbit around Earth 10.

At least we have to wait until we are deployed to Earth-10, conduct detailed detection, and confirm what is threatening humanity there before launching satellites and frigates into low-Earth orbit. "

At this point, without waiting for Price to ask, Serin gave her a "human" explanation:
Because based on the existing information and intelligence, there is a 72% probability that such a tragic scene was caused by a global nuclear war that broke out suddenly without any warning.

If the international situation on Earth 10 is so serious that the slightest friction will lead to war, theoretically it should not be like this.

Judging from the degree of abandonment, it has been at least twenty years since Los Angeles was destroyed by a nuclear explosion.

However, during this period, the forces that were deliberately planning to nuke the Earth did not follow the normal process to occupy cities and plunder resources.
Instead, it seems like a deliberate genocide against humans.

Then, without the intervention of alien forces, there are too many possibilities.

So Colonel, I suggest playing it safe first."

Hearing this, Price was silent for a moment.

Then he nodded in agreement: "Okay, I will arrange it as you said."

"Thank you for your understanding, Colonel." Serin nodded in response.

When Price saw that no one else expressed their opinions, he continued to play the relevant scenes of the universe one by one.

As the operation progresses, the holographic screen in the center begins to display images.

As Price said when everyone arrived, the universe was like the end of the world.

The location of the space gate is also inside a long-abandoned city.

But the difference is that the hellhounds and synths did not find any human skeletons or even the corpses of any animals in the deserted cities of the universe one by one.

It was like all living things had been looted.

Not only that, the time on the other side of the space gate is also different from that of the main universe.

You should know that although the years on Earth in different universes are different, they are consistent with the month, day and time of Pacific Time.

When Price broadcast the synthesizer's reconnaissance within the shielded area, he obtained a brief intelligence on gravity and atmospheric composition, and discovered two moons in the night sky.
This means that the Earth-like planet on the other side of the space gate is not the Earth in the parallel universe.

However, the abandoned cities in the universe have human-style buildings and writing, which indicates that there may be a human colony on the other side of the space gate.

(End of this chapter)