From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man - Chapter 426

c415 15 situation

Chapter 415 Situation of “15”

The “Alien” universe numbered “15”;

“15” The human colony town of Lethe has been successfully transformed into a solid outpost of the human empire through the joint efforts of Gary “Xiao Qiang” Sanderson’s joint reconnaissance force and the 14th Company of the Space Wolves.

However, the aliens lurking in the depths of the dense primeval rainforest still pose a huge threat to this planet with four million colonists.

Before the mechanical army and biological weapons are fully cleared, the local colonists can only temporarily hide in towns with auxiliary troops and wild wolves to ensure their own safety.

According to the current prediction of the advancement speed of the mechanical army and biological weapons, the complete clearing of the primeval rainforest can be completed in about three to four Earth months–

After all, they don’t know what fatigue is.

Since the space gate was opened in Lethe, two Earth months have passed to this day.

Although the Joint Reconnaissance Force and the 14th Company of the Space Wolves chose to “take action” quickly when the aliens were rampant, effectively controlling the situation and blocking the communication of the entire colony, the “One Five” Earth still noticed the abnormality of the Moon of Oblivion.

As a behemoth of the military-industrial complex, the Weyland Tangu Company is obviously more concerned about the situation and situation on the Moon of Oblivion than the Colonial Marines.

Because it was their scientific research team that used the ancient civilization relics found on the Moon of Oblivion to successfully extract a large number of facehugger eggs in a “hibernating” state.

At the same time, they were also conducting experiments on human bodies and aliens in the company buildings and underground facilities in the town, which undoubtedly laid the hidden danger of the outbreak of the insect plague.

In order to cover up the truth of the experiment and to have an organization to take the blame for their company in the event of an accident, Weyland Tangu deliberately controlled a local cult.

And Weyland Tanggu also bribed the cult’s high-level officials and deceived the believers with lies, claiming that the aliens and face huggers, which are horrible creatures, are actually “messengers of God”, making them believe that once they are possessed by face huggers, they are people who have been recognized by God and can ascend to the “Kingdom of God”.

This information spread quickly within the cult, and thousands of cult members almost went crazy and sacrificed their lives to provide Weyland Tanggu with a lot of experimental data.

However, in the scientific research team, there are actually very few people who firmly believe in the theory that “the aliens are the creation of God”.

In the eyes of these extremists, the aliens are not only perfect life forms that can adapt to various extreme environments, but also their vigorous vitality makes them envious.

Although the average life expectancy of “15” humans has been greatly extended, and even most terminal illnesses have been overcome, there is still an insurmountable “natural moat” between them and immortality.

You should know that Peter Weyland, the founder of Weyland before the merger of Weyland and Tangu, used all the company’s technological means to pursue immortality, and barely extended his life to 105 years old.

But in the end, Peter Weyland died at the hands of engineers.

With such a boss, it is natural that the senior executives and researchers under his command also have a desire for immortality to a certain extent.

Moreover, they are extremely envious and jealous of the cyborgs created by the company.

The positioning and concept of Weyland Tangu’s cyborgs are almost the same as those of Atlas’s synthetics. They are all products that serve humans wholeheartedly.

They are also divided into military, civilian, and even “companion” series.

However, the two are worlds apart in terms of technological content.

The most important thing is that in the past few years from the research and development of synthetics to the listing and the sharp increase in sales, there has not been a single case of “malfunction and injury” at all.

On the other hand, the cyborgs of Weyland Tanggu have frequently injured people and had malfunctions, causing considerable fluctuations in the company’s stock price.

Fortunately, as a behemoth like the military-industrial complex, Weyland Tanggu can use money to eliminate the crisis and use financial resources to eliminate the crisis;

If it cannot, it will directly “solve it physically in private” and cooperate with its own media to publicize it, or use other events to divert attention, so the overall impact on the company is minimal.

Although cyborgs have various defects and it is difficult to obtain the title of “perfect”, the company’s senior executives and researchers are still full of yearning for the “immortality” ability possessed by cyborgs.

As the ready-made living alien samples were obtained, the senior executives and researchers of extreme companies in Wangchuanyue gradually began to have different ideas.

The half-human, half-alien statues standing in the ruins of ancient civilizations further stimulated the fantasies of these extremists. They actually firmly believed that controlling the power of aliens would enable them to transform themselves into “immortal gods.”

(The ruins did not originate from the Engineer civilization, and there are many “inferior” civilizations in the Alien universe)

However, when the extremists carried out more radical and more inhumane live experiments, they also allowed the soldier bees, worker bees and other adult aliens to successfully find an opportunity to escape.

This series of events eventually led to the full outbreak of the insect plague on the Moon of Oblivion.

So the headquarters of the Weyland Tanggu Company has always maintained a clear understanding of the situation on the Moon of Oblivion.

But they not only know that the research is out of control, but also plan to secretly use this crisis to gain greater benefits and technological breakthroughs.

Because the core executives of the headquarters and the major shareholders did not contact the Colonial Marines directly, they used their connections to suppress the information.

For the core executives and major shareholders of Weyland Tanggu, the Moon of Oblivion and its four million colonists are undoubtedly the best place to “raise poisonous insects” and four million experimental materials that can be consumed at will.

As long as the experimental materials are abundant, they can obtain a large amount of experimental data.

In this way, the development of biological weapons based on aliens will bring huge profits to the company and make a lot of money. At the same time, they also hope to take this opportunity to allow this group of privileged people to successfully break through the shackles of life.

Therefore, Weyland Tanggu only sent two private armed ships and more than 600 elite mercenaries, that is, the company’s task force, to the Moon of Oblivion.

Two armed ships, plus 600 elite mercenaries

This scale and number sound small, even worse than the Atlas armed department in the main universe at the end of the 20th century, but for the “Alien” universe, it can be said to be a very strong space armed force.

For example, in Alien 2, the organization of the Colonial Marines was unable to obtain rapid supplies of materials and troops due to years of fighting and assisting the colonies in dealing with high-risk creatures.

There were only a dozen Marines who rescued the survivors of the colonies and responded to the invasion of unknown creatures.

If Atlas encountered a similar incident, it would definitely mobilize enough armed security forces, or send more professional emergency countermeasures (ABCS) or rapid response (ARS) forces to deal with it.

From this comparison, it can be seen that Weyland Tangu Company attaches great importance to Lethe Moon.

These two armed ships and 600 elite mercenaries have sufficient firepower and combat capabilities to fully crush the Marine Corps combat company stationed in Lethe Moon.

In addition, Weyland Tangu also sent more professional core researchers and biochemicals to accompany them.

The mission goal of this private army is very clear, that is, to use the identity of the company’s senior management to obtain control of the Cerberus system (an unmanned space station with a large number of nuclear bombs) in order to continue to implement a comprehensive blockade of Lethe Moon.

The task force’s duty is to escort researchers and cyborgs to the surface of Lethe Moon in Cheyenne landing craft, to observe the aliens’ massacre of colonists and marines, and how the aliens will develop and evolve after becoming the masters of a planet.

However, in the Alien universe, human space vehicles, whether military or civilian, need to travel in months or even years.

If you go to those distant colonized galaxies, or planets with scarce resources that have not yet achieved large-scale colonization, it may take more than ten years to go back and forth.

Therefore, this is why the ships and even lifeboats in the Alien universe are equipped with cold storage.

The crew must enter a “hibernation” state to cross different galaxies and planets.

When the two armed ships and more than 600 members of the task force were ready, it took more than 50 days from leaving the moon to arriving at Lethe Moon.

During these long fifty days, the joint reconnaissance force and the 14th Company of Space Wolves have already built Lethe Moon into an important outpost for the Empire in the “One Five” universe to be responsible for integration matters.

The aliens are no longer a threat, and the colonists have begun to return to normal life.

Moreover, the Cerberus system is also under the control of the human empire, and the fleet of the 14th Company of Space Wolves has also completed its deployment during this period.

The main force of the 14th Company fleet consists of four Paris-class frigates, eight Fedes-class frigates, and four supply ships transformed from Selune.

These ships have outstanding performance in technology and performance, and their maneuverability, defense and carrying capacity are also guaranteed, and a small amount of Forerunner technology has been added.

As for the flagship, it is a Late Autumn-class heavy cruiser.

The Late Autumn-class is actually the next generation of the main cruiser of the UNSC, but before it can be fully mass-produced and officially put into service, all the information, files, and facilities of the UNSC and UEG have been owned by the human empire.

The Late Autumn class naturally became one of the main battleships of the human empire.

Its design goal is not limited to front-line breakthroughs and ocean escort, but can also serve as the flagship of a small fleet, with high strategic flexibility.

Compared with the Heroic-class super-heavy cruiser, the cost of the Late Autumn class is nearly three times cheaper, and this advantage makes “her” very popular in various legions.

Especially for those legion companies that are ranked low or have just been established, such as the 14th Company of the Wild Wolf, they have a special liking for the Late Autumn class flagship.

The Late Autumn class ship is 1.5 kilometers long, and the width and height are both about 450 meters.

It is equipped with conventional engines for nuclear fusion, as well as jump engines that have been upgraded and improved by the engineering department, which can lead the entire fleet to sail in the jump space at a speed of 1,200 light years every 24 hours.

The hull armor is still made of high-strength titanium alloy, but the Late Autumn class is also equipped with an energy shield generator based on Forerunner technology.

Theoretically, it can withstand the main gun attack that accelerates a 20-ton needle-shaped tungsten steel bullet to 0.3% of the speed of light, and the “electromagnetic acceleration tube” is about two kilometers long.

In terms of firepower configuration, the Deep Autumn class is equipped with a variety of advanced weapon systems, including electromagnetic main guns, Gauss guns and plasma secondary guns, as well as a large number of tactical and strategic missile silos.

Its powerful firepower configuration, superior mobility, and defensive capabilities that can be called a “little strong” vitality enable it to become the core force on the battlefield.

Therefore, when the two six-hundred-meter-long armed ships dispatched by the Weyland Yutani Company “staggered” from the outer reaches of the galaxy to the low-Earth orbit of Wangchuan Moon,

The more than 600 members of the advance team, accompanying researchers and biochemicals who had just woken up from the refrigerated warehouse were facing a fully-organized and large-scale real space fleet.

The moment they left the cold storage warehouse and saw the data and real-time images provided by various instruments, everyone affiliated with Weiland Yutani suddenly felt chills in their hearts, as if they had fallen into an ice cellar instantly.

Are they going to fight an entire fleet?

What’s going on? ?

Facing the same size and number of colonial marines, they had absolute confidence to crush and win.

But when they read the “enemy ship length: about 1,500 meters” data on the panel, how could they still have the courage to fight against it?

Even the regular army did not have many ships with a length of more than one kilometer, but such a huge warship suddenly appeared in front of them, and it was surrounded by many warships, with their artillery muzzles pointed at them.

The interior of the two armed ships was filled with piercing sirens, as if urging them to make a decision.

In the end, both the major of the task force who was in charge of the operation openly and the research director who secretly held the real power reached a unified consensus——

That is surrender! !

Either to obtain more research information, or to break the shackles of eternal life.

Before completing the tasks assigned by the company and gaining eternal life, they must first ensure that they do not die at this moment.

As for the original mission, they had long since “forgotten” it completely.

Then, the Wild Wolf 14th Company Fleet dispatched two Thunder Raid Boats carrying auxiliary troops, and boarded the two armed ships of Weiland Yutani.

Then, the more than 600 advance team members, researchers, and biochemical people all became prisoners of the 14th Company representing their military exploits.

At the same time, the other party’s actions also made Logan Sigurd, the commander of the 14th company, realize that Wangchuan Yue was about to be exposed to the official organization of the “First Five” human beings.

So without doing anything, Logan directly asked two Paris-class ships and four Fides-class ships to stay at Wangchuan Yue. He personally led the main force of the fleet and went straight to the “15” Earth in the “Alien” universe.