From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man - Chapter 450

“That group of guys have been assigned to the protected area.”

Hearing his brother’s question, Horus answered without hesitation.

But the next moment, the Primarch of the Luna Wolf reacted and realized his brother’s intention to ask him, and then said:

“Brother, do you mean that group of things, will they be puppets of the warp debris? And manipulate them to create chaos?”

“It’s just possible.” Magnus nodded slightly, and then said:

“However, with their current technological level, coupled with the lack of assistance from Eva’s will, even if they are bewitched by the evil gods and demons of the warp, it is not enough to cause any major waves.

If they are really targeted by the forces of the warp, they are just bait to attract the attention of you and me brothers, thereby distracting the defense of the patrol team.”

Horus nodded slightly when he heard this, and his expression gradually became solemn, realizing that the evil gods and demons who are used to playing tricks are very likely to bewitch the Na’vi and try to let the “blue things” disrupt the integrity of the defense system.

“You’re right.”

When Horus responded to his brother, a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes, and he raised his hand slightly, using the holographic device in the airship to summon the hard light screen.

Soon, the screen showed the image of the captain of the 2nd Company of the Moon Wolf.

The other party saluted Horus respectfully in the light screen, and asked in a serious and steady tone:

“Father, what do you want?”

Horus’ eyes were like torches, and he said in a deep voice: “Increase patrols outside the Na’vi Sanctuary, especially focus on monitoring any possible abnormal activities.

And”

Before he finished speaking, his eyes were on Magnus opposite him, as if seeking his brother’s approval.

“.”

And Magnus immediately understood his brother’s intention through Horus’ tone, and nodded tacitly to indicate his approval.

After getting Magnus’ support, Horus gave further instructions to the captain of the 2nd Company:

“Also, if you find any abnormalities, especially those related to the warp, you will be killed without mercy. Do you understand?”

“Yes, father.” The captain of the 2nd Company responded without hesitation.

“Well, go and prepare.”

“Yes.”

The call ended.

Horus dissipated the hard light screen, and the airship returned to peace.

As the order was issued, Horus’s eyes gradually deepened, and so did Magnus.

Both Primarchs knew very well that this warp invasion might be a great opportunity to “eliminate” the Na’vi.

The two of them could solve those potential threats “once and for all”.

Horus’s previous look at Magnus was a silent question to his brother, “I want to kill all the Na’vi, do you agree?”

Magnus, who has a close relationship with Horus, naturally supports his brother’s decision. Moreover, Magnus maintains the principle of “better to be wronged than to indulge” for most of the aliens.

It is better to die a thousand in vain than to indulge one.

The “Avatar” universe is the second universe explored and involved by Atlas. This expansion made Pandora an important colony in the early days of the empire.

Under the construction of the engineering department day and night, the area centered on the space gate quickly developed into a colony network suitable for permanent human habitation, with all kinds of facilities.

Long before the official establishment of the human empire, Pandora had a population of nearly 10 million.

Most of the initial colonists were family members of Atlas employees. While responding to the company’s call, they also moved to Pandora to settle down because of generous benefits and high salaries.

The original intention was to facilitate the balance of work and family life for employees, and encourage employees to bring their families from the main universe and other universes to Pandora.

Following closely behind were refugees from other universes.

The most prominent groups come from the Doom, Eternal and Pacific Rim universes, where the ecological environment of the Earth has been severely damaged and cannot provide sustainable living conditions for a large population.

The environment of the Doom universe is relatively good, and most of the infrastructure remains intact. Only renovation and moderate reconstruction are needed to allow local humans to return to normal life.

However, the Earth in the Eternal and Pacific Rim universes is too harsh, so in this context, Pandora, as a colony that has been initially improved, gradually assumed the task and responsibility of accepting refugees.

With the rapid increase in population, the Pandora colony has completely acquired the ability to be self-sufficient, not only to meet its own needs, but also to export a large amount of resources.

It is with the support of Pandora that Horus has greatly facilitated the comprehensive conquest and integration of the entire Avatar universe with the Moon Wolf Fleet.

Pandora has now become a strategic fulcrum that can operate completely independently, providing the most solid backing for the continued expansion of Atlas and the human empire.

However, the Na’vi never stopped while the Engineering Department continued to expand the scale of the front-line base and the colonial city.

Although the Na’vi have given up armed resistance, they still block the construction progress of humans on Pandora by sitting and lying in protest.

These guys blocked the construction site with their bodies, trying to delay the development progress of the Atlas Engineering Department, which can’t help but remind people of the “environmental protection” organizations that were suppressed by Atlas before they rose in the early days of the main universe.

Those “environmental protection” organizations were planned by the capital and the aristocracy, just to deceive people and reverse right and wrong on the surface, and to make more profits secretly.

The Na’vi followed the order of Eva’s will and took similar measures to try to curb the development and construction of humans on Pandora.

Faced with such silent protests, the armed security under Atlas would naturally not follow the radical means of the Resource Development Administration (RDA) and directly fire at the unarmed Na’vi.

However, the security forces would never tolerate such obstruction, and used mechas to force them out in an orderly and rapid manner to ensure that the colonization project would not be delayed by “rogue” means.

And before Sui Yang personally solved and [devoured] Eva’s will, many native creatures on Pandora were still hostile to humans and extremely rejected the existence of any outsiders.

Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of the colony, Atlas not only deployed a large number of armed security, but also deployed dense automatic turrets around it.

Since the engineering department started large-scale construction, the sound of gunfire and explosions has almost never stopped, becoming a part of the daily life of the colony.

However, the sound insulation of the local residents’ homes, shopping malls, office buildings and other buildings is excellent, and it will not cause them any major trouble at all.

The edge of the colony is surrounded by towering walls and guarded by layers of defense. With the continuous improvement of industrial production capacity, a large amount of weapons and ammunition are continuously supplied to the front line through local factories and space gates.

Such a thorough defense system ultimately provides security for the residents inside the colony, allowing them to live and work relatively safely on this alien land without having to worry too much about the dangers of the outside world.

Atlas’s strict protection and continuous expansion have undoubtedly laid a solid foundation for colonization on Pandora.

With Eva’s will becoming a “part” of Sui Yang’s psychic energy, coupled with the positive influence of the pure flower, the originally hostile wild animals on Pandora have gradually become docile and began to show a friendly attitude towards humans.

The beasts and vegetation that used to frequently launch raids are now keeping their place near the colony and even taking the initiative to maintain peace with humans.

As for the Na’vi, who have wisdom and self-awareness and have a blood feud with humans, they are still resentful.

The Na’vi no longer launched an open struggle against human construction projects and pioneering actions, but disappeared from human sight, hiding themselves completely in the depths of the vast rainforest, which Horus called the “protected area”.

Moreover, Atlas had taken the initiative to propose a resettlement plan in order to help the Na’vi adapt to the colonial development of the new era under limited conditions, but they still refused to cooperate.

The Na’vi, who have deep-rooted hatred and do not know how to adapt, resolutely reject all contact with humans.

They will not coexist peacefully.

First, there was the brutal cleansing carried out by the RDA to seize resources, and then there was the comprehensive suppression of their civilization by Atlas. These experiences left indelible scars in their hearts, making it difficult to reconcile the hostility between the two sides.

As a result, the Na’vi regarded Atlas and all human beings as enemies, firmly believed that their homeland should not be tampered with by foreign races, and finally went on a path of almost complete self-isolation.

In the constant migration and self-development, the Na’vi knew the importance of ethnic continuity.

They began to imitate the way of humans, attaching importance to reproduction and construction. In order to prevent the tribe from being subject to human influence in the future, they also built a city deep in the rainforest, named “Holy Tree City”.

After nearly ten years of recuperation, the total number of Na’vi in ​​the Holy Tree City has reached more than one million.

But Horus did not regard them as any threat.

Their imitation of humans is clumsy and lacks substantial changes. Coupled with the racial characteristics of being born inflexible, when the Na’vi enter the steam age, the total population of the human empire may have reached one trillion –

The premise is, can they enter the steam age?

The current Na’vi are at most in the late Stone Age of humans.

The gap between the two sides is not at the same level at all.

There is no way. After the guidance of Jack Sully, the “traitor”, the Na’vi have no idea of ​​the power of humans, and do not know how terrible human civilization is.

In fact, the best time for the Na’vi to continue their tribe has passed.

If they had been able to accept resettlement under Atlas’s persuasion and gradually integrate into the imperial system, they might have received basic respect and protection from humans.

Because of the existence of the Sangheili (elite) race, and the elites still occupy the main composition of the imperial population, the primarchs naturally could not see the alien race and directly slaughter them mercilessly.

Unless there are legal and proper reasons, such a massacre is likely to cause the alien allies to have centrifugal tendencies and cause the Sangheili race who have been integrated into the empire to have estrangements.

The most important point is that the elites who value reputation, honor and loyalty are also worthy of the empire’s wooing.

As for races with different personalities like the Iron Blood Warriors, it is best to win them over, otherwise just “start killing”.

And now.

With the threat of the warp and the reason of “becoming a demon puppet”, it has become the best window to purge the Na’vi.

Even if they did not surrender to Chaos and were not bewitched by demons, Horus would still put the hat of “heretic” on their heads.

Even though the Na’vi posed no threat to the Empire, Horus’s endless obstruction and stubborn resistance to the Na’vi had exhausted his patience.

Now that there was a legitimate opportunity to eliminate them, Horus would naturally not let it go easily.

At this moment.

The airship has carried Horus and Magnus to the surface base of the 2nd Company of the Luna Wolves.

After the airship released its landing gear and landed on the apron with the escorting Thunderhawk gunship, the two Primarchs also left the cabin with their respective Honor Guards and walked to the command building of the base together.

Entering the command room that was large enough to accommodate the Primarchs, Horus turned on the holographic imaging of the center console and presented a star map to his brother Magnus.

The star map shows the Earth, Mars, Europa, Titan in the “Avatar” universe, and the star systems near the solar system, such as 61 Cygni, Alpha Canis Minoris, Centauri, and Alpha Centauri.

Needless to say, the Earth is also the human mother planet in the “Avatar” universe, and Mars and other terrestrial planets in the solar system have been human colonies before the arrival of Atlas and the human empire.

In addition, there are also colonies led by Atlas on the terrestrial planets in the star systems of Cygnus and Canis Minor.

Among them, the second orbital planet in the second planet of the second planet was also developed by Horus, and the 1st Company of the Luna Wolves was sent to station there.

This second orbital planet of the second planet of the second planet is the “top priority” of the UNSC in the “Halo” universe –

Reach.

Although this planet in the “Avatar” universe was not colonized by the Forerunners like the Reach in “Halo” and had a habitable environment before humans arrived, this planet is also in the habitable zone of the second planet of the second planet, with the strongest magnetic field and atmosphere, and sufficient water sources.

In addition to having unique transformation conditions, this planet also has rich mineral resources.

Therefore, while Horus named it “The Luna”, he also prepared to set up a shipyard in imitation of the UNSC and UEG.

Looking at the star map, Horus introduced to Magnus:

“Brother, these are the colonies controlled by my legion.”

Next, Horus described the information of the colonies with a population of over 10 million in detail to Magnus, and discussed with Magnus the best patrol route, so as to confirm as soon as possible whether there are heretics serving evil gods and demons in the “Avatar” universe.

At the same time;

The 2nd Company of the Luna Wolves, which received the order from Horus, has already entangled the 1st Command Platoon and the 2nd Assault Platoon, and approached the Na’vi hiding in the depths of the rainforest at low altitude and on the ground.

A group of Hell Paratroopers and elite veterans belonging to the 2nd Company were deployed to the periphery of the Holy Tree City in advance to prepare for reconnaissance.