Cyberpunk: Spartan Walker

No matter how high-sounding her reasons were, she knew that she had killed these children, which was no different than shooting them with her own hands.

There is one last file in the S-III folder.

As Dr. Halsey opened it, Kalmiya said, This is just a fragment of a file. It was deleted earlier, but I managed to restore it from the memory chip.

Dr. Halsey studied its contents carefully. The file contains the abbreviation CPOMZ, followed by a string of 512 letters and numbers. That's all. The longer part is related to the navigation chart of a planet. Kalmia whispered.

Yes, doctor, but no base in UNSC-controlled space has this as a destination.

What on earth did Exxon do? It's no use at all, she muttered to herself, running her finger across the first word in the document: CPOMZ.

Her brain was running rapidly, and suddenly, like a flash of lightning flashed across the sky - the noble team! She connected the name of S-III with the unknown warrior and George in the noble team, and gradually came to an incredible conclusion.

How many things did that bastard from Exxon do behind her back?

I'll have to deal with that later, she said, downloading the files to a nearby tablet. Let's see what else this good colonel has done. They opened a folder called The King Under the Mountain.

There are only three files in it.

The first was the original architectural blueprint for the base, which appeared on her desk. Dr. Halsey discovered that the base was much larger in the hologram than she originally thought. Although she had the highest security clearance the government could issue to a civilian, it was clear that she had only seen about a third of the research center, even though she had been working here for the past decade.

Dr. Halsey opened the second file. It is a copy of the mission report given at Camp Hasakuk on August 12, 2552. The content is to investigate John's destruction of the city of Côte d'Azur and the alien artifact Hugh the Covenant forces tried to use to invade it. interesting.

The third document is an analysis of the information John received from alien artifacts. From Exxon's annotation, it appears that it is also part of the planet map. Dr. Halsey returns to the planet map in the Spartan files. Useless. This orientation has nothing to do with that picture.

The planet map in the alien man-made object is. Her brain quickly calculated——

Oh my God, she muttered.

In order to verify, she called up the planet map and navigation records, and then checked the calculation results again. That's right: it's the Epsilon Eridanus galaxy.

Right here.

Now it's not just fun. Exxon is hiding a big secret—and a very dangerous one. Look at the way he plays with fire and you know we're all going to get burned.

Additional documents detail the seizure of Covenant excavation equipment, as well as a new set of blueprints and geological surveys. The new maps look like a network of blood vessels and arteries.

What do I see, Kalmiya?

According to the coordinates of these attached maps, Doctor, this research center was built on top of an abandoned Chin mine. Prior to that, the site was determined to be an extinct volcano. These are now marked as a series of lava tubes.

I wonder if they are using these natural passages to help them build mines and build this research center. Dr. Halsey took off his glasses, wiped them clean, and continued to think about the problem, It's not as simple as that, Eh. Why is Keson so interested? And why is this data classified as X? What is the connection between this and the alien man-made objects in the Côte d'Azur City?

I can't tell, Kalmiya replied, but maybe there's a back door you could use to escape.

Yes, yes. Dr. Halsey downloaded all of Exxon's secret files onto her PDA. I'll think about those questions later. Now we have to focus—

Increasing seismic activity detected, Doctor.

Dr. Halsey was stunned. She felt it without looking - a series of subtle rhythmic thumps, like thunder in the distance.

Dust fell from the tiles on the ceiling, and the ground shook. The light emitted by the holographic system was dispersed and became as dazzling as a planet exploding.

They're coming, Dr. Halsey whispered. She opened the communication channel with the Spartans and said, Get back to the lab as soon as possible. I may have found a way out!

A powerful explosion shook the room and she stumbled to the ground. The metal squeaked under heavy pressure, and the beam above her head loosened, shifted, and fell, crashing onto her desk.

The lights went out.

****

The closed door of the storage room opened almost silently, and the fluorescent lights overhead flickered on. Fred noticed something strange—but it was just his own reflection on the stainless steel walls of the room, polished to a mirror-like shine. Will stepped in, looked at the top, then looked back down the hallway.

The room is three meters wide and five meters long, with an arched top and walls, floors and ceilings made of steel. They heard few footsteps as they entered, so the floor was at least a quarter of a meter thick.

On the right and left walls stood a locked locker from floor to ceiling; on the opposite wall were two metal boxes. Every surface of the room is stain-free, and every gap has been precisely milled to be vandal-proof and prevent the penetration of acids.

Please wait, Kalmiya said to them, I am trying to open the lock. Please rest for a while.

Will stood in the doorway, watching what was going on behind them, but that didn't make Fred feel any more at ease. In a way, this abandoned MI base was more threatening than the Covenant invasion force directly overhead.

He had walked these corridors a dozen times during his training on Reach. The base was always packed with people then, but now it was empty, making it immediately clear that the Covenant forces were in sight of victory.

The Far Colonies were destroyed first, now it's Reach's turn. How long until humans are forced to retreat all the way back to Earth? What after that? By then we will have no choice but to win or perish.

enough. Thinking like this will not help him complete his current task. Long-term strategies should be left to the generals and commanders to consider. At this time, he should focus on doing what he does best.

Sorry, there is another cyberpunk-themed book at the same time as me.