Cyberpunk: Spartan Walker

Chapter 150 Prelude to Reach ([-])
"Okay, you two, stop it!" Carter intervened between the two of them and stopped the upcoming quarrel.

George "hummed" and sat back in his seat.

Emil chuckled twice, turned to look at someone who had been silent, "Hey, No. [-], what do you think?"

Six did not answer him immediately. Carter followed Six's gaze and looked at the display screen, which showed a gray sky shrouded in volcanic ash - the Covenant's plasma bombing of the surface of Reach triggered a volcanic eruption, and everyone So he suffered.

"No. [-], no matter how you look at it, you can't save the fact that Reach is finished." Emil said, "Don't worry about your immediate boss. He is indeed a good person, but don't forget your identity. When he makes a decision, There will be no mercy.”

Emil was hinting to Number Six: Colonel Price abandoned him and fled Reach alone with the Pillar of Autumn.

When No. [-] heard Emil's words, he finally had some reaction.He turned his head to look at Emil, tilted his head slightly, and spread his hands - the ace killer of the Military Intelligence Agency was different, even the way he expressed his thoughts was so obscure.

Carter once looked through No. [-]'s information, and most of the content inside was blacked out. Even Carter had to tell the gender from the male armor No. [-] wore.

Seeing that No. [-] was so boring, Emil said "cut" in boredom and turned around to tinker with his shotgun.

"It's so mysterious, No. [-]." George expressed Carter's thoughts, "What's your name? I mean, everyone has a name, and names are used to be called. I don't want to call you all the time. 'Number Six' makes us Spartans look like a bunch of impersonal killing machines."

Carter felt that George's question was inappropriate, because if Six wanted to reveal his identity, he would have done so long ago.

"George, don't make it difficult for the lieutenant. If he doesn't want to say it, forget it." Carter said, he didn't want to cause a rift in the team relationship because of this.

George shrugged, "Well, I don't mean anything else, No. [-], it's just pure curiosity."

Number [-], who rarely spoke, finally spoke, but his voice was a synthesized mechanical and electronic male voice. "It doesn't matter, it's my problem."

Why not use your own voice but use the armor's voice system to speak?Carter was puzzled by this.However, every Phase III Spartan is more or less weird, which is closely related to their tragic childhood experiences. Carter has no idea of ​​going into details.Even he himself has secrets that he doesn't want others to know.

Just as Carter was thinking, his private communication channel was opened with a bang, and Catherine's voice rang in his ears. "Sir, you have to come and see this."

Carter walked into the cockpit and saw Catherine staring at the dashboard of the troop carrier with her arms folded.

"what happened?"

Catherine pointed to a yellow dot on the signal detector, and the identification information marked next to it was: Hell Paratroopers Group [-].

How did they get there?It stands to reason that the UNSC troops on Reach have either evacuated or been wiped out by the Covenant. How could they have the opportunity to send a distress signal?
Carter glanced at Catherine, doubt written on her face.No one would believe that a hell paratrooper would unprofessionally break communications silence and send a distress signal everywhere, not even Carter, but
"Is it possible for the Covenant to forge this kind of beacon?" Catherine thought for a moment before replying: "As far as I know, the Covenant has never done this in the past 20 years. Military Intelligence speculates that this is because they I don’t bother to do such a thing.”

So this means that the chances of the Covenant faking all of this are slim.Carter stared at the coordinates and thought for a while, then pointed at it and asked, "What is this place?"

"Dawnwind Harbor, a little-known town, is common in places like Reach." Catherine paused, "By the way, there are no signs of Covenant activities there, but that won't necessarily be the case in a few hours." Especially when sending distress signals indiscriminately."

Based on the available information, there are only two possibilities: either a rescue equipment malfunctioned and there were no UNSC troops there, or all the troops were sacrificed. Then they could leave immediately after a quick investigation without any loss. ; Or, there really is a hell paratrooper unit there.In this case, the noble team would have to evacuate them.However, according to the marching speed of the Hell Paratroopers, the Noble Squad can completely pick them up and leave immediately. The Pelican troop carrier is more than enough to accommodate them without causing any losses.

So Carter decided, "How soon can we get there?"

Catherine held her forehead and rolled her eyes at him, "Oh, this has been the problem my whole life."

There was no hatch blocking it this time, so Carter had a clear view.

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June 2552, 8 in the military calendar

Epsilon Eridani galaxy, Reach star, Longhorn Canyon.

The steamy clouds were opened like curtains, and several fireballs hundreds of meters in diameter roared over the sky where Jun was.Jun looked back along the tracks left by the flames in the sky, and vaguely saw dozens of Covenant warships staying in low orbit.

He turned on the map system on his helmet-mounted display and sent a blue navigation point to the Delta team.This navigation point is located at the intersection of two topological lines, marking their location: the three security and confidentiality centers of the Military Intelligence Agency buried deep under Mount Minazit.

It used to be a titanium mine 20 years ago, then these abandoned tunnels were used as storage warehouses, and finally three communities took over the mountain and claimed it for their own use.

"The navigation point has been received and we are trying to contact the Alpha team." Will said in the communication channel.

Jun was lying on an inconspicuous peak in Mount Minazit, the camouflage function of his armor allowing him to blend in with the surrounding rocks and gravel.He crawled forward, set up his sniper rifle, and used the armor's computer system to establish a video signal connection with the Alpha Team members' helmet cameras.

He used the movement of his pupils to drag the video window that popped up on the heads-up display to the upper right corner, and then adjusted it to the appropriate size.

In the video window, Will and the Spartans he led were slowly preparing for the arrival of Fred and Kelly - they unloaded the miniguns from the Warthog personnel carrier and placed them Fixed into the temporary fortifications that had just been built.

They then buried the Lotus anti-tank mines they carried deep into the ground near the secure entrance to the castle base, allowing them to blend perfectly with the soil.Jun was sure that even No. [-], who was good at doing this kind of thing, couldn't do it better than them.

(End of this chapter)