From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

But he quickly refocused his thoughts, and the surprise in his heart was quickly replaced by calmness. He replied in a steady tone:

“This is Kennedy.”

"Director Kennedy!"

When the other party confirmed that it was Leon, the female civilian staff member's tone rose slightly. It was obvious that she felt relieved after hearing that her superior was safe and sound.

She then quickened her speaking speed but spoke clearly, "Our stealth-class ships have arrived at Eidu, and we are preparing to send a special operations team to airdrop to the Empire's Death Star research facility to capture all scientific researchers related to the Death Star project, including Galen Erso."

She paused for a moment, as if she was organizing the intelligence, and then continued, "In addition, we will also fabricate the illusion that Galen Erso and others were killed by the Rebel Alliance, in order to confuse the Galactic Empire and make them misjudge the current situation, especially the Death Star project, so as to buy more time for our subsequent actions."

In addition to explaining the matter to Lyon, the female civilian staff also uploaded the relevant action report to Lyon.

A series of brief real-time data appeared in the holographic glasses in real time. Lyon quickly browsed through the reports, checking each one to make sure that no details that might affect the decision were missed.

The most eye-catching one is clearly displayed in the upper right corner:

"Special operations team expected arrival time: 4 minutes."

Seeing this, Leon instantly understood that the Investigation Department and the Intelligence Department had already, based on the joint actions of him, Cassian and others, allowed the Empire to more accurately lock onto the current node of the "One-Seven" Universe, making the actions of their main universe empire more precise.

That's why they were able to lock onto the planet Eidu shortly after they sailed out of hyperspace in a U-wing fighter and dispatch elite armed forces from the Investigation Department to provide support.

So, after quickly digesting the latest information, Leon replied:

"Okay, then once the special operations team completes the airborne landing, I will launch a strong attack on the research facility with them."

"Yes, Director."

After the female civilian staff member finished her reply, she temporarily cut off communications, reported the progress to her superiors, and began to coordinate subsequent deployments.

Leon's fingers gently pressed the safety device of the pistol. With a slight "click", his eyes were more focused on the front, observing the shuttle parking station.

During the few minutes of patient waiting, Lyon did not relax. He knew that every second of change could affect the development of the situation, and he focused part of his attention on the data stream in the AR field of view, especially the radar signal in the upper left corner.

At this moment, a large number of green "△" triangle signs suddenly appeared on the radar.

And each "△" triangle represents the position of a friendly force.

Moreover, these symbols representing the special operations team are rapidly approaching the platform and hangar of the shuttle parking station, indicating that the special operations team's airborne work has entered the final stage. Each symbol is almost following closely behind, forming a tight network formation.

Leon couldn't help but look up slightly, even though he knew that in this thunderstorm, the naked eye couldn't capture the specific trajectory of the airdrop warehouse.

After all, thick clouds almost cover the entire sky, not to mention observing small objects "falling" at high speed from a long distance, so it is impossible to see the "meteor shower" when it falls from orbit.

However, the vision-assisting function of the holographic glasses can help Lyon see through the layers of clouds and outline the outline of the airdrop warehouse and the breakthrough trajectory.

Immediately afterwards, Lyon discovered more than a hundred airdrop bays, which simultaneously ejected thousands or even tens of thousands of cheap decoy drones.

I saw a large number of decoy drones spreading out rapidly like fireworks, rising into the sky, like dazzling beams of light passing through the stormy night sky.

There are even some dazzling spots of light that are vaguely visible to the naked eye through the thick clouds.

This action successfully attracted the attention of the defense system.

In the field of vision of Lyon's holographic glasses, a large number of red warning signs flashed instantly, indicating the anti-aircraft turrets from the research facility, which seemed to have released a locking signal.

Immediately, Lyon heard a sharp mechanical sound. Dozens of anti-aircraft turrets started up almost at the same time. The sharp sound and surge of electric current indicated that they had started working.

Ri~whoosh——whoosh——!

The defense turrets began to pour out "large amounts" of blasting energy beams. The strong energy beams cut through the darkness and burst into dazzling emerald green light.

Those decoy drones flying in all directions instantly became targets of automatic turrets.

Immediately, the light beam intersected with the drone and exploded in the air, with flickering fire and thick smoke spreading rapidly.

Boom. Boom——!

Violent explosions continued, and the crackling flames and lightning in the clouds illuminated Leon's slightly "speechless" face.

For the decoy drones in the airdrop bay, any level of anti-aircraft firepower should be completely expected.

Their mission is to act as targets, stimulate the enemy's air defense system, share firepower for actual airborne operations, and ensure that airborne troops can land smoothly.

These drones do not have overly complex technology. Instead, their cheap and efficient design makes them a key tool for directing enemy firepower and confusing air defense systems.

Therefore, what made Leon speechless and even surprised was that he had never expected that the anti-aircraft firepower of the "17" universe was so backward?

The current firepower density and intelligence level are obviously unable to cope with higher-level tactics and troop coordination.

He had thought that around such a critical facility, the Galactic Empire's air defense firepower should be highly sophisticated and powerful, capable of making efficient interceptions in a short period of time.

But the fact is that compared with the air defense system of the main universe empire, such a response seems too simple and primitive.

Apart from anything else, at least there should be close-in defense guns to form a barrage of bullets.

Like the six-barrel 40mm Gauss close-in defense gun commonly used by the main universe empire, it can pour spike bullets into the interception area within one minute.

Moreover, when these spike bullets sense heat sources, they will automatically detonate and continue to eject a large number of condensed fragments with extremely low equivalent into the surrounding airspace or space, thus forming an absolute barrage network.

However, the hundreds of blaster beams fired at the decoy drone by the research facility's anti-aircraft turret were simply a drop in the bucket and were completely unable to effectively intercept the continued landing of the airdrop pod.

Huh~——Hoo——!

At this moment, a sharp and piercing engine roar, like a blade cutting through the air, caught Leon's attention.

Lyon turned his head and looked towards the source of the sound, only to see a group of specially shaped fighter planes pouring out of the hangar of the research facility like a tide.

These fighter planes have a unique appearance. They are in an inverted "I" shape, like two side-by-side three-dimensional frames, and they look a bit clumsy when flying in the wind and rain.

As Leon's eyes were fixed on these rapidly appearing fighter planes, his holographic glasses immediately performed an analysis and automatically popped up brief information about these fighter planes.

According to the data provided by the holographic glasses, these fighters are not ordinary fighters, but TIE//titanium fighters with the largest number and models in the Galactic Empire.

This type of fighter has a simple and efficient design

To be more precise, the lack of hyperspace engines is due to cost control, so they must be placed or deployed in base hangars and large ships.

There is no life support system in the spherical cockpit, and its firepower only includes two beam cannons and proton torpedoes.

Therefore, the TIE fighters usually act in groups, relying on overwhelming numerical advantages to gain victory, and then become one of the core forces in the Galactic Empire's air battles.

However, the TIE fighter relies on human operation, and the pilot must personally drive the aircraft, which lacks safety and firepower support, into the battlefield and take huge risks.

However, in Leon's eyes, this tactic is not as cost-effective as the drone fleet of their main space empire, or the aerial and space hunters.

After all, the TIE fighter needs a pilot to operate it and act as a consumable "parts".

In contrast, the Main Universe Empire's cherishment of life obviously excludes it from this "abandoned pawn" tactic.

In Lyon's mind, using a large number of pilots to control such simple and fragile fighter planes is not only extremely inefficient, but also an extremely wasteful of life.

Of course, considering the nature of the Galactic Empire, human resources are the cheapest resource.

For the Galactic Empire, the lives of soldiers have long been regarded as insignificant consumables that can be replaced at any time. It is precisely because of this that the tactics of the Galactic Empire appear so cold and crude.

It even made Leon feel that the tactics of the Galactic Empire were similar to those of the First and Second World Wars in the main universe.

now;

Even though the research facility dispatched a large number of TIE fighters, with their heart-pounding engine roars and machine gun roars, they could no longer stop the landing of the airdrop bay.

What's more, the pilots of the TIE fighters all focused their attention on the decoy drones that were obvious "targets" and did not pay any attention to the more than 100 airdrop bays that had already started the landing procedure.

soon--

Boom—boom—! !

Soon, the airdrop pods "smashed" onto the platform or "drilled" through the ceiling of the hangar one after another.

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

Bang~bang~!

Then, with the crisp sound of the warehouse door popping open, members of the special operations team wearing nano combat uniforms and equipped with Gauss firearms appeared in Leon's field of vision.

Ta-ta-ta! !

Then, there was the "pleasant-sounding" sound of gunfire, echoing throughout the entire canyon.

Just look at the special operations team members of the Investigation Department. After pouring out of the airdrop cabin, they began to work in groups of two or three to coordinate and launch an attack on the still somewhat confused stormtroopers.

It is true that the armor of this group of "infantry" soldiers can effectively resist blast and light beam attacks, but it is not very effective when facing Gauss spike bullets that "specialize in penetrating armor."

According to information provided by the Intelligence Department, the armor of the stormtroopers can actually be considered a "low-profile version" of power armor.

Each member of the stormtroopers wears a "power shirt" similar to a black tights. After wearing armor and a helmet, it has the function of automatically adjusting the internal temperature and humidity, and filtering toxic gases.

This makes the Imperial Stormtroopers capable of handling almost any harsh environment.

But unfortunately, faced with the "long-itching" special operations team of the Investigation Department and the unexpected airborne attack, the stormtroopers' defense line was defeated.

Moreover, along with the special operations team, there are four Tyrants equipped with heavy armor helmets and rotating Gauss cannons, as well as a Cyclops mecha with a micro missile launch bay.

Puff——bang——!!

Faced with the sudden and fierce attack, the stormtroopers responsible for guarding the research facilities were simply unable to resist.

Spike bullets of various types and calibers penetrated their armor and power suits, and their bodies were "crushed" and "torn apart".

"Retreat! Retreat!"

"We need support!"

"Ah~!"

Then, because of their helmets, the stormtroopers let out deep and textured shouts and roars of pain.

By the time the pilots flying the TIE fighters came to their senses and prepared to support the stormtroopers, it was too late.

Brush——brush——!!

Several missiles launched by Diana 5 stealth-class ships also broke through the thick clouds and "automatically disbanded" in front of everyone's eyes, then ejected hundreds of small missiles.

Then, the group of "sub-" bombs released by the mother bomb accelerated, breaking the speed of sound almost instantly, and rushed straight towards the TIE fighters that they were locked on.

Boom—boom—! !

The next moment, the TIE fighters performed a magnificent "fireworks show" in the sky for everyone.

Seeing this, Leon immediately put all his strength into it, quickly walked towards the shuttle parking station and climbed over the cliff.

After arriving under the research facility, he used the ladder to reach the platform of the docking station at an extremely fast speed.

At the same time, Leon also saw the special operations team responsible for the response.

One of the members is Rebecca, who wields an intelligent Gauss machine gun.

Without waiting for the other party to speak, Leon headed towards the entrance leading to the interior of the research facility and ordered:

"Locate Galen Erso immediately before the Galactic Empire sends more troops."

"Yes, sir!"

Next, Lyon and his team started searching the research facility almost at a reckless pace.

The stormtroopers who tried to stop them along the way were either ruthlessly killed or voluntarily laid down their weapons and surrendered, and then were "physically anesthetized" by them, that is, knocked out by brute force.

"This is Team 014, sir. We have successfully captured all key targets."

Not long after, a report from the captain of Team 014 came over the communication.

Hearing this, Leon, who was already in a similar archive, immediately replied:

"Escort the target to the shuttle docking station, and call the ship to send a transport fleet to pick it up. At the same time, send another transport boat to the crash site of the U-wing fighter to pick up Captain Cassian Andor and others who are stranded there."

"Yes, sir."

Upon receiving the order, Captain 014 immediately cut off the communication.

Rebecca and others who followed Leon here began to collect all the storage modules that could be taken away without Leon's orders, and handed them over to the researchers of their main universe empire for analysis.

When they completed all their tasks and evacuated the research facility, the female civilian staff member's report came over the communication again:

"Director Kennedy, we have detected multiple hyperspace fluctuations emerging in Eidu's low-Earth orbit."