From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man - Chapter 462

Colonel Jaynes Thompson?

Charlie, behind the helmet screen, showed a look of surprise when he heard the commander introduce himself in the communication.

The main reason was that the colonel standing not far in front was an old comrade of his father Rod Hoynd, and also the “Uncle Thompson” he had known since childhood.

Memories came to Charlie’s mind, and Charlie clearly remembered that this uncle was an indispensable existence in his and his sister’s childhood.

Jaynes Thompson and his family were “locals” of the universe numbered “04”, that is, the “Underworld” universe.

In Charlie’s memory, his father and Uncle Thompson participated in many cross-universe combat missions side by side.

And before AECS (Emergency Countermeasures Force) was disbanded and integrated, his father and Thompson became members of the special forces of AECS due to their outstanding performance.

In the end, after a boarding battle against the Reaper reconnaissance mothership in the main universe, the two old friends were forced to “part ways”.

However, that separation did not damage their deep friendship.

In fact, this was entirely the choice of Charlie’s father.

At that time, Rod was seriously injured and exhausted from years of fighting. He decided to retire and return to family life.

Rod was worried that if he continued to serve, he might not only die in battle, but even a short time with his children would become a luxury. Even if the Empire and the company took care of the future expenses of the two children, it was far less important than raising them personally.

As for Jaynes, whenever he had a holiday, he would come to the New Accra City in the main universe to “visit” and have dinner and play with their family.

However, despite the close relationship between the two families, his father never revealed to Charlie the specific organization and unit of Uncle Thomson, and even avoided mentioning his core position in the army.

This was not only due to the strict confidentiality of secrets among soldiers, but also because Rod always adhered to principles and never thought of trying to use the relationship of friends to seek convenience or shortcuts for Charlie in the imperial army.

In Rod’s view, soldiers should rely on their own abilities and efforts to fight for everything, rather than relying on personal connections.

Of course, in the current stage of the Empire, the original possibility of “taking advantage of loopholes” has been completely eliminated.

The promotion system of the Empire is cold and fair. The promotion of military rank and the change of position depend only on personal military merit and years of service. Any external relationship is useless.

It is the strict implementation of this rule that can maintain the key to the efficiency of the Empire’s huge military system.

In the short moment of hearing Janes’ words, Charlie’s mind flashed through all the warmth of the past.

But at this moment, Charlie would not reminisce with “Uncle Thomson” directly on such an occasion.

He quickly straightened his back and responded loudly through the communication channel like other comrades:

“Sir! Yes, sir!”

The communication in the helmet instantly resounded with neat responses.

After hearing this huge response, Jaynes Thompson laughed out loud as usual:

“Hahaha! This is the spirit that an imperial soldier should have, very good!”

However, Jaynes quickly changed the subject, and his tone became low and serious:

“But everyone please note that according to the original plan, the fleet will sail out of the current jump space in forty minutes and reach the border area of ​​the chaotic star field.

But our next mission will be adjusted. As soon as we leave the jump space, we need to transfer to a Diana III type stealth-class ship and leave the main fleet.

And our mission is to serve as a guard for a group of agents.”

Guard?

Agent?

Before the voice fell, a whisper sounded in the communication channel, and the most prominent one was from the captain in charge of commanding the ODST battle company.

His tone was filled with obvious displeasure and doubt, breaking the brief silence:

“Colonel, we have come to this chaotic star field across the universe and galaxies, not to be bodyguards for those spies! Don’t they have their own armed forces?

Or, which department do they belong to? Why do we need to protect them? We are here to annihilate the enemy, not to escort those guys!”

Although these words seemed a bit reckless, and even “disobeyed the superior’s orders”, they also expressed the voice of most ODSTs.

After all, ODSTs are hell paratroopers, combat maniacs, and elite forces known for performing high-risk and cutting-edge missions. For them, escort missions are not “glorious” enough.

Originally, all members were full of expectations and were ready to charge into battle with the main force of the fleet to completely annihilate those stubborn and ignorant bastards.

However, reality was like “a basin of cold water” poured on their heads.

Before arriving at the battlefield, they received an order to leave the battle and perform escort missions instead.

This change made many ODST soldiers dissatisfied.

They have always been proud of carrying out combat missions with extremely high casualty rates, so such an arrangement undoubtedly weakened their own value in their eyes.

Because of this, the ODST captain openly questioned the orders of his superiors in the communication channel, and even risked violating discipline to protest directly to Jaynes Thompson.

However, Jaynes did not show any anger at this.

He always remained calm, and his tone also revealed a kind of majesty that was difficult to disobey: “If you want to disobey orders, or think that having your entire company be punished or even be expelled from the military is a worthy price, Captain, then you can Choose to refuse this mission.”

“.”

Hearing this, the captain immediately lost his temper.

No matter how “crazy” their ODSTs are, they will not refuse to carry out the transfer order after receiving it.

Seeing this, Jaynes looked around at the people who had finished gathering and asked:

“Who else wants to accompany the fleet on the annihilation mission? You can put it forward now and I will personally apply to my superiors for you. How about that?”

After the words fell, the helmet’s communication channel completely returned to silence.

And the Marines didn’t have any overreaction like the ODST.

The new recruits, including Charlie, felt that this mission was “novel”.

For them, the nature of the mission does not matter as long as they can participate in the action.

Whether it’s clearing or escorting, being able to engage in actual combat is the greatest satisfaction.

“very good.”

After confirming that there was no objection, Jaynes regained his calm tone:

“Now, please all units check your weapons and equipment again. After fifteen minutes, board the vehicle according to the designated vehicle provided on the helmet screen. Do you understand?”

“Yes! Sir!”

“Well, let’s all disperse.”

After saying that, Jaynes waved his hand to signal everyone to get ready.

Charlie’s team, on the other hand, was resting in place, or opening private communication channels with each other to chat and pass the time.

But at this moment, a private communication application prompt suddenly popped up on his helmet screen.

Moreover, the reminder bar also displayed “Private/Nalita Lothrian”.

Charlie was not much surprised by this.

In fact, in his previous chat with Nalita, he had already learned that this female elf belonged to the same marine battalion as him.

In addition, it was rest time and private chat was allowed, so he directly passed the communication request without any hesitation.

“Charlie, can you guess what kind of situation and what kind of enemies we will face in this mission?”

The moment the communication was connected, Narita’s slightly deep voice came over.

“What are you facing?”

Charlie frowned slightly and carefully reviewed the other party’s tone, but did not pay too much attention to the changes.

After thinking briefly, he replied: “At most, they are miscellaneous soldiers such as Jiralhanae and Jackal.

But in the final analysis, the most difficult thing is the mystery behind those agents. After all, we don’t even know which department they belong to, let alone what mission they are performing.

We have to wait until the actual encounter breaks out to understand the whole thing. “

“I always have a bad feeling.”

Nalita, who was usually cheerful and confident in her speech, seemed extremely worried at this moment.

?

It has always been difficult for him to respond directly to such remarks, so he could only remain silent.

But he also knew that the special status of the elves in the empire was not empty talk.

Although the elves will lose their so-called “magical” abilities after leaving their homeland of Terraela, which is full of unique magnetic fields, their psychic talents are still extraordinary, especially in sensing supernatural threats.

Perhaps it was this talent that gave Narita some ominous intuition before the mission began.

Sensing that the atmosphere was a bit tense, Charlie tried to ease the other party’s worries with a relaxed attitude:

“Perhaps you are overthinking. Besides, our current mission is to escort agents. Even if there is an emergency, the main force of the fleet should be able to arrive as soon as possible. We just need to complete our duties.”

Narita didn’t respond immediately, as if she was thinking about something.

After a moment, she added in a low voice: “I hope so. But, Charlie, you should be more careful. If you really find an abnormal problem, don’t hesitate and choose to open fire as soon as possible.

Even if it’s accidental injury or manslaughter, you can still save your life, do you understand? “

“Okay, if there is something abnormal, I will take your suggestion.”

Charlie agreed, and although his tone was a little relaxed, his words were also a little more serious.

“Well, that’s good.” There was some relief in Narita’s voice, and then she smiled softly and said:

“After the mission is over, let’s find a chance to have a good chat or have dinner together.”

After saying this, she took the initiative to cut off private communications, leaving Charlie in silence.

And Charlie just shrugged and closed the dialog box on the helmet display.

He knew very little about psychic related fields, so naturally he could not fully understand Narita’s keen feelings, but in any case, the other party’s words did make him more vigilant.

While checking his weapons and equipment, he thought in his mind that maybe this mission was not as simple as he thought.

As for Jaynes Thomson, he has not tried to have a private conversation with Charlie, probably out of consideration of avoiding suspicion.

Although Jaynes, as the commander-in-chief of this mission, must have briefly read the list of operational members, Charlie’s military rank is only a second class private. Perhaps Jaynes did not even notice that there was such a “nephew” in his team. “.

Time flies.

Fifteen minutes passed quickly, and everyone followed the guidance on the helmet screen and boarded the designated Pelican and Luna transport boat accordingly.

Moreover, when Charlie followed the company into the cabin of the Luna transport, he also found that the large transport was also undergoing a comprehensive inspection by the ground crew.

The most important thing is that a large number of containers are continuously receiving the transfer of Hex robots and transport-type hunters, and entering the large transport in an orderly manner.

It seems that among the “members” who are transferred to the Diana III Stealth-class ship with them, there will be a large number of biological and mechanical weapons, as well as clone soldiers.

Charlie thought about this in his heart, and then sat down in the designated position.

His eyes swept around, and his thoughts could not help but return to the previous words between him and Narita.

But he repeatedly pondered for a long time, until the hatch of the transport was closed, and even until the Phoenix-class support boat they were in and the fleet sailed out of the jump space, he still could not guess a clear answer.

In fact, Narita’s doubts and worries were not without reason, but with the current military ranks and authority of Charlie and Narita, they had no way of knowing that the Empire would face a large-scale Chaos invasion.

Their real duty is to act as a “bodyguard” for a group of agents, as Jaynes Thompson said.

This group of agents is composed of elite frontline personnel from the Investigation Department and the Inquisition, and they are all experienced in battle and are responsible for handling various tasks related to the subspace, chaos and related hidden dangers.

As for the location of this mission, it is an abandoned planet that has long been “burned into glass” by the Covenant.

According to intelligence, there may be remnants of the Covenant that have not been completely eliminated on this planet.

In addition, the ecological environment of the entire planet has been severely damaged, and because it is “located” at the junction of the Empire and the Chaos Star Region, the star region under the charge of Mortarion has not spared any extra forces to start reconstruction.

This means that the actual situation of the planet may be quite different from the intelligence they currently have.

Therefore, the joint force led by Jaynes Thompson will accompany this group of agents on the first reconnaissance mission to investigate potential threats and collect key intelligence.

The greater risk is that if an accident occurs during the mission and the agents are the first to bear the brunt, they will have to stay where they are and wait for the support of the main fleet.

However, what even the commander of the operation, Jaynes Thompson, and the entire 36th Fleet did not know was that the Primarch of the Dawn Raiders, Mortarion, had personally led his elite troops and secretly arrived near the Chaos Star Region.

Together with Corax’s Raven Guard, the 4th Fleet with a unique number was also dispatched to secretly deploy to the frontier planets of the Dawn Raiders.

Whenever the reconnaissance team of Jaynes, Charlie, Narita and others, or the 36th Fleet was blocked by Chaos, the Dawn Raiders and the Raven Guard could respond and provide support in the first time.

Moreover, there was a Primarch in charge, which was enough to ensure a certain advantage in the conflict.