From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

Boom——Boom~——!

In the violent storm, the U-wing fighters carrying Leon, Cassian and others were struggling to shuttle between the steep cliffs, trying their best to avoid the "sudden" steep terrain.

The heavy rain hit the hull of the fighter plane, making a dull metallic sound, and the fuselage was shaking from time to time in the fierce airflow, as if it could lose control at any time.

The planet they are on now is Eidu, which is home to the Galactic Empire's Kyber Crystal Refinery and the Death Star research facility.

If you look down at Eidu from low-Earth orbit, you can find that the entire planet appears extremely "gloomy" and "depressing".

The thick clouds were like an opaque gray carpet, completely covering the surface.

Moreover, countless flickering lightning flashed in the clouds, as if there were invisible giant beasts roaring among them, and the thunder was continuous like war drums, echoing in every corner of the planet.

This harsh environment is one of the reasons why the Galactic Empire chose Edu to build important factories and facilities.

The dense clouds and endless storms provide a natural barrier for the Empire's facilities, making it difficult for any hostile forces attempting to spy on it to find an entrance in this chaos. They may even think that the galaxy is not suitable for exploration and colonization, and actively ignore its existence.

As for Leon and others at this moment;

"You're not an Imperial pilot? How far do we have to go before we fall?!"

Inside the cabin, Cassian's voice was filled with obvious anxiety and uneasiness.

He stared at the data on the dashboard, asked Bodhi questions quickly, and sat in the driving seat with K-2SO, holding the joystick tightly with both hands.

But except for K-2SO who was a machine, everyone in the cabin, including Leon, looked extremely tense because of the predicament they were facing.

I thought it was going to be a smooth "infiltration" and "raid" mission, but I didn't expect that the flight conditions would take a sharp turn for the worse after entering the atmosphere of Eidu.

This made Lyon start to wonder if it was because of him that the U-wing fighter was in danger?

After all, the "special treatment" he received from the company and the empire, as well as the frequent traffic accidents that occurred whenever he was present, all gave Lyon reason to question himself.

From receiving the notice from Ada to taking the hovercraft he bought himself to reaching the Imperial Palace without any obstacles and directly carrying out the mission, Leon was a little slack.

It seems that as long as you travel, you must never take chances.

"I don't know! How should I know?! I've never come in from this route!"

At this time, Bodhi Luke stood behind them, waving his hands helplessly, trying to answer, but his words were incoherent due to nervousness.

His voice was mixed with panic and regret. Obviously, as an Imperial pilot who defected in the middle of a battle, the current situation was far beyond his ability.

Bodhi's eyes kept wandering between the dashboard, the storm outside the window, and Cassian, trying to find even a trace of useful reference information, but the result was in vain.

Cassian gritted his teeth, beads of sweat oozing from his forehead. He turned his head and glared at Bodhi's panic, and couldn't help but complain:

"You should be thrown into an Imperial prison cell."

K-2SO, who was also sitting in the driver's seat, interrupted in his usual calm, robotic tone:

"Based on current flight tracks and storm intensity assessments, the failure rate is 36 percent."

"Will you shut up?" Cassian shouted angrily, "Your 'encouragement' is really reassuring!"

Hearing the "failure rate is 36%", even the usually calm Leon and the indifferent Bates couldn't help but check their seat belts.

'Emperor, please don't let these heroes be innocently implicated because of my special fate.'

At the same time, Leon closed his eyes slightly and prayed silently to the Emperor in his heart.

Boom - boom!

Suddenly, a violent vibration came from the left side of the fuselage, and the entire U-wing fighter shook violently, almost throwing the passengers in the cabin out of their seats.

Bodhi was frightened by the sudden impact and took a step back, grabbing the handrail on the bulkhead with both hands, his eyes full of fear.

Through the porthole, everyone could see the fire coming out of the left engine spreading rapidly, accompanied by thick black smoke.

"Stop the left engine," K-2SO turned his head, his tone still calm, and even added deliberately:

"The failure rate has risen to 73%. According to this trend, we will crash in the next minute."

These words instantly brought the tense atmosphere in the cabin to a climax. Cassian slapped the dashboard hard and roared:

"K-2SO! Stop talking nonsense and find a way to solve the problem!"

"I'm solving the problem." K-2SO continued to control the U-wing fighter without looking back, "But statistics show that getting angry like you don't actually help solve the problem."

However, after they barely dodged a cliff and turned the angle of the fuselage, the lighting in the distance appeared in everyone's field of vision.

It was a man-made facility located in a deep canyon.

The cold-toned lights swayed slightly in the storm, casting sharp shadows.

Even in this harsh environment, those lights still silently proclaim the order and majesty here.

The towering buildings are surrounded by layers of fortifications, and ground-based anti-aircraft batteries form a tight line of defense, making the facility look heavily defended and seemingly isolated from the world.

!

"That's it!"

Through the porthole, Bodhi recognized the target at a glance, and then slapped K-2SO's metal shoulder fiercely, with a hint of urgency in his tone:

"Right now, land quickly! If we go any further, we will miss the shuttle docking station!"

“The view is limited.”

However, K-2SO still answered in his robotic and calm tone.

As K-2SO spoke, he controlled the fighter and tried to adjust the angle to avoid the increasingly dense fog ahead.

After the fighter plane flew through a thick fog, the newly restored vision made everyone's heart fall to the "bottom" again -

"Cliff! There is a cliff ahead!" Bodhi exclaimed.

Cassian immediately tensed up and shouted, "K, be careful!"

The steep rock wall was almost head-on with them, leaving K-2SO with almost negligible time to react.

But this time "he" did not answer, but controlled the joystick steadily with both hands, compressing the rescue time to the minimum.

Then, the U-wing fighter suddenly turned at an extremely dangerous angle, allowing the nose and fuselage to barely avoid the rock wall.

However, the right side of the fuselage inevitably collided violently with the rock wall the moment it brushed past it.

Boom! !

With a loud bang, the engine on the right side of the fighter plane was immediately torn apart, and strong flames and debris splashed outside the cabin.

"All engines have failed." K-2SO calmly reported the current situation, "Estimated crash time: ten seconds."

"What do you mean by ten seconds?! Why don't you think of a solution?" Bodhi shouted in horror.

But their fate seemed to have been determined.

'May the Emperor bless you. May the Emperor bless you.'

“The Force is with me and I am with the Force.”

As for Leon and Chirrut, one was praying in his heart while the other was constantly muttering to himself.

Next, the fighter plane completely lost its balance in the violent airflow and fell downward in a mad spin.

Cassian grabbed the joystick with one hand and held the handrail beside him with the other, trying to stabilize the machine, but it was all in vain.

“Hold on!” Cassian shouted at the top of his lungs, but his voice was swallowed by the roar of the storm.

boom--! ! !

Finally, the U-wing fighter fell on its back and crashed directly into a flat cliff in the canyon.

The huge impact force caused the entire body to leap up, and then continued to rub the ground with its back, dragging out sparks and debris.

The violent vibration caused the equipment, seats, tools, and other parts in the cabin to be piled up randomly.

The fighter plane slid for dozens of meters until it finally stopped after hitting a rock.

now.

There was dead silence all around, with only the sound of heavy rain hitting the fuselage and the occasional crackling of sparks coming from the wreckage.

Inside the wrecked cabin;

"Is everyone alright, Cassian?"

K-2SO's mechanized voice rang out in the silence, sounding especially clear.

As a robot, K-2SO would not feel any discomfort from the forced landing.

"His" metal arm gently shook the unconscious Cassian, trying to wake him up: "Now is not the time to sleep."

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

At the same time, Lyon had unbuckled his seat belt and moved his shoulders to check if there were any serious injuries.

Although his hair was a mess and his butt was aching, it was obviously not a big deal for him.

He stood up unsteadily and glanced across the cabin.

Seeing this plane crash, not everyone can be as safe and sound as he is.

Chirrut and Baze both fainted in their seats, their heads slightly lowered, as if they had not yet recovered from the impact.

Qin was leaning against the other side of the bulkhead, her brows furrowed, and she was obviously injured as well.

The worst is Bodhi.

Leon's sight was fixed on the tail end of the cabin. Bodhi's body was lying on the ground in a strange posture, face down, motionless.

A beam of electric sparks in the cabin occasionally swept across his back, reflecting the numerous scratches and bruises on his skin.

Seeing this, Leon immediately activated the scanning system of the holographic glasses.

A blue pulse wave spread across his field of vision, clearly showing the entire situation inside the cabin.

After just a few seconds, the scan data was fed back.

"call"

After seeing the feedback data, Lyon finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The data interface showed that everyone had only suffered injuries of varying degrees, but their lives were not in danger.

Although he had not spent a long time with this group of people, Lyon had already sensed their uniqueness from their words and actions.

Whether it's Chirrut who is persistent in his faith, Bates who is loyal and reliable, or Jean who possesses tenacious perseverance, each of them shines with the brilliance of idealism.

Therefore, Lyon does not want this group of valuable talent resources to be sacrificed in vain because of his "traffic accident physique".

Then he took out a bottle of bio-foam from the storage bag on his waist and half-knelt beside Bodhi.

The mouth of the bottle turned slightly, and the nozzle immediately released white foam, covering Bodhi's wound.

Then the foam spread rapidly and flowed slowly along the edge of the wound, like an invisible liquid film wrapping the wound.

These bubbles are not ordinary medicines. They contain disposable nanorobots that can quickly penetrate into the cellular level of the wound, "combine" with human tissues and promote local self-healing process.

Immediately afterwards, Leon performed similar treatment work on Chirrut and others in turn.

After using up the entire tank of bio-foam, K-2SO picked up the empty tank, looked at the wounded who were breathing steadily, and said:

"Agent Kennedy, do you have any more medical equipment like this? I'm suddenly curious and want to do some research."

"Are you still curious?"

Leon, who was packing his equipment, asked back.

"I am simply analyzing the data to learn more about the theory of bioremediation." K-2SO responded seriously.

Hear the words.

Leon did not reply immediately. Instead, he confirmed that the guns, ammunition, and various props were in good condition before looking at the funny-looking K-2SO and saying:

"Once the threat of the Galactic Empire is resolved, you will have time to do what you want.

And, K, you stay here and look for them, and see if you can get in touch with the support team coming."

"Yes, Agent Kennedy."

After receiving the instructions, K-2SO began to check and repair the U-wing fighter's communication equipment.

After Lyon finished speaking, he stood up and left the dilapidated cabin, coming outside where heavy rain was pouring.

Before the U-wing fighter was about to enter the heart of the Empire, Cassian successfully uploaded key intelligence about Galen Erso to the Rebel Alliance on Yavin 4.

The other party also gave the latest instructions in a timely manner, which was to convert the original assassination plan into "attempting to capture."

At the same time, Yavin 4 also dispatched a special team to support Cassian and others who were "fighting alone".

According to the plan, the special forces team is already on the way and will arrive in Edu soon.

And now, except for K-2SO and Leon, everyone is unconscious due to the crash.

So Leon planned to go to the shuttle parking station of the research facility alone to conduct preliminary reconnaissance.

Moreover, he was secretly lamenting that the hyperspace engines in this universe seemed to be too common.

Even small flying units like U-wing fighters have the ability to fly faster than light at any time. According to his communication with Cassian, the special forces team on Yavin 4 will also come to support them in three U-wing fighters.

This immediately aroused the [plundering] attributes of the people of the empire.

Of course, the main cosmic empire will not rob by force, but will absorb more cosmic technology to make humans stronger.

After leaving the crashed U-wing fighter, Leon showed the physical fitness of an Investigation Department agent, crossing and climbing the steep cliff at an extremely fast speed.

It didn't take long for him to reach the top of the cliff where he could see the shuttle station.

With the help of the visual assistance, pulse scanning and other functions of the holographic glasses, Lyon can clearly capture the guards' posts and the entrances and exits leading to the interior of the facility.

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Seeing this scene, Leon's expression became much more solemn.

It is not as easy as it sounds to storm such a facility and capture key figures from it.

He didn't know how powerful the rebel special forces were, but if there was a tactical team of the Thousand Sons or a combat company of the Hell Troopers, there should be no problem.

"Hey Director Kennedy, please reply."

Just as Leon was hesitating whether to risk sneaking into the facility and trying to get Galen Erso's exact location, a female civilian staff member called him over the communication line.