Cyberpunk: Spartan Walker

Where are the rest of the Red Team, sir? the Master Chief asked.

Whitcomb shook his head, The last time we talked to them was when they said they were going to retreat.

He walked over to the table, unfolded an old paper topographical map, pointed to Mount Minazit and said: Here. The location of the Military Intelligence Castle Base. He paused, But the Covenant troops are on a stone, Digging that mountain stone by stone. I wanted to convince myself they were still there but we did the math and there were at least a dozen teams of Covenant troops there. They had air support, they had low orbit patrols, they had armor on the ground. This place is heavily fortified, will anyone survive?”

The Master Chief looked at the terrain on the map carefully, and then said to the general confidently: They are underground, in the castle base. We have conducted a lot of training there. The Covenant search team may not be able to check all the tunnels.

So you think they still have a chance?

Yes, sir, there's more than a chance, I guarantee they'll be there. That's where I'm going.

The general placed his fingertips on the location of Mount Minazit, tapped twice, thought about it, and then suddenly raised his head, You entered this canyon in a Covenant ship, right? A ship Warship?

Yes, sir. John didn't tell him that. Although the general looks like a rough guy, he is actually an expert in the military.

Then let's go find them, kid.

Sir! Lieutenant McKay said, With all due respect, sir, our first priority should be getting back to Earth. The intel we collected on Halo, the technology we captured on the enemy flagship. Kota alone. Na's calculation method on the slip space can make the war situation greatly beneficial to us.

I know all this. The general replied forcefully, You are absolutely right, Lieutenant. But- He tapped the map again with his fleshy index finger, I will not put any man Or for women to be left on this planet for the Covenant forces to destroy for fun. No way. Even more so to save the Spartans. Let's go now.

Rebecca, who was leaning on a rock, looked at General Whitcomb and smiled. She felt that this general was not bad. She was willing to listen to his command because she was willing to listen to the command of anyone who took the lives of his subordinates seriously. .

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In the Epsilon Eridanus galaxy, on the backlit surface of Reach, a noble team is capturing the Covenant force's Banshee fighter.

Elite pilots ran in panic in the sea of ​​​​fire. Its helmet was lost somewhere in the process of escaping. Blood was leaking out of its bare head, and it felt piercing pain when it flowed into its eyes.

It wiped a handful on its face indiscriminately, and looked back with wide eyes from time to time, as if it was being chased by a beast. There were flames all around. Thousands of hectares of forest and land were now a sea of ​​flames. Hot black coals were crushed beneath their feet, and the air was filled with a pungent smell.

But it has no time to care about this at this time.

During this air mission to investigate suspected human heretics, the Banshee fighter group it was in was suddenly attacked. Several grenades exploded around them. It was temporarily deafened by the violent noise, and what followed was The electromagnetic pulse paralyzed its fighter planes.

The Banshee fighter planes fell like birds with broken wings in the burning forest. When other pilots were pulled out of the fighter plane and shot, it escaped by virtue of its own good luck - just such good luck. It seems to be running out.

In order to convey the message, it ran desperately, even though its body was covered with wounds from the scorching fire, it did not dare to stop. It inhaled so much smoke that its lungs were burning as if they were about to explode. .

The footsteps of those devils were gradually approaching. It knew that it could not escape no matter what, so it jumped behind a tree trunk that had not been burned by the flames, raised its plasma rifle and fired a series of random shots in the direction of the footsteps. The plasma beam had to stop until it screamed in a low voice when it was burned by the overheated gun body.

Did it hit? It cautiously poked its head out, and before it could see clearly from the dark smoke, the crackling sound of firing projectile weapons suddenly sounded, and then the energy shield on its body erupted with a dazzling flash, and finally it I felt a pain in my chest, my vision went dark, and I fell to the hot ground with a pop.

Only then did a Spartan warrior wearing blue Thunder Hammer armor walk out of the smoke. Carter came to the elite soldier's body, confirmed that it had lost vital signs, opened the communication channel and said: Confirm kill.

Copy that, that's the last one, Catherine replied.

Emil also walked over with a shotgun. He muttered something, stared at the body of the elite, and then fired several shots at it. In the sound of gunshots, the bones, flesh and internal organs of the body were blurred before he stopped. Down.

The stench of minced meat and blue blood made Carter look sideways.

Okay, Emil, the game time is over. Carter looked up at the sky shrouded in black smoke. The rising smoke column was shifting. Let's go, the fire will come later.

Emil's status light flashed green. They were about to leave here when the communication channel was opened with a bang, and Catherine's voice came from inside.

A Banshee fighter jet is flying towards you. It's flying very low. I guess it's here to find the missing pilots. Catherine said hurriedly, Shoot it down and don't let it reveal our whereabouts.

As soon as she finished speaking, the roar of Banshee fighter jets in flight came from above their heads. Emil replaced the shotgun, took out the M319 grenade launcher hanging from his back, estimated the arrival time through the scream, and then fired a grenade into the sky.

When the grenade flew into the air, the Banshee fighter jet just arrived near the grenade.

Emil released the trigger at the same time, and the grenades exploded around the Banshee fighter. The powerful electromagnetic pulse paralyzed the Banshee fighter. Its fuselage burst out with blue electricity, then lost power and headed into the distance. Gliding away through the woods.

Carter and Emil set out to run towards the crash site of the Banshee fighter. Along the way were charred trees and plowed soil that were destroyed by the Banshee fighter plane. When they arrived, they saw that the scarred fighter cockpit had been opened and the pilot inside was missing.

Carter knew that the stealth Pelican troop carrier driven by Catherine was hovering above, so he opened the communication channel and ordered: Report position.