An Unscientific Mechanic

"What's wrong with this..." Ian smacked his mouth. Looking at the lively surface of the shield world that looks like Al during the Brood War period.

The creeps are boiling, the infected are running around, the fighters are roaring, and the ghouls are barking their teeth and waving their claws to scold their mothers.

When the first Covenant warship crashed on the surface of Shieldworld, Gravemind woke up from a sleep that had lasted hundreds of thousands of years.

Although most of them are dead, there are always lucky ones who fall to the surface of this shield world in a controlled manner with the still powered cabin.

The Flood of this world escaped from the containment facility about 100,000 years ago, and after devouring the biological communities left by the pioneers on the surface of the shield world, the Flood began to starve...

One hundred thousand years...

The Flood demons here are forced to evolve...or degenerate the plant community—the biological tissue similar to the fungal community, spread on the surface of the shield world, and use the chloroplasts in the fungal community to absorb the little sunlight and the surface Moisture, absorbs nutrients from the soil.

Then, down to the Infected and up to the Gravemind Beast, they are all vegetarians...

This eating is one hundred thousand years... one hundred thousand years!

When the Covenant fleet arrived on Shield World two months ago, even the tips of the infected's tentacles were glowing green.

That is engraved in the flesh and blood, programmed in the genes, the meat-eating genes, after being forced to seal for 100,000 years, the reaction of seeing food again.

The Gravemind's happy hunting on the surface of the shield world only lasted until E1103 fired the wave cannon.

After that, a large number of Star Alliance ships were damaged, and countless fragments were attracted by the shield world's gravity and fell towards the shield world. In addition, a large number of Covenant ships whose main reactors failed or whose propellers were damaged made an emergency landing on the surface of Shield World.

For the Hong Mo, this should have been a joyous and crazy gluttonous feast.

But it turned into an all-out war between the Covenant and the Flood.

By the way... The wreckage of the starship that was attracted down in low-earth orbit bombarded the surface of the shield world just like a random orbital strike. Considering that the Star Alliance now only has a few small-scale landing sites based on a few cruisers with relatively complete structures that have been forced to land on the surface, the wreckage of the starships that have fallen into the atmosphere of the shield world are basically heading towards the Flood. Let the corpse brain beast hurt endlessly.

"Keep the line of fire! Keep firing! Suppress them! Drive the revenants out!" A golden-armored Sangheili brandished an energy sword in one hand, and fired a plasma submachine gun at the rushing Flood with the other.

"I saw two anti-aircraft wraiths in the cabin that crashed over there. I will cover you and rush over to drive back. The rapid-fire plasma cannon on it is a good weapon against ground troops." It's a human contradiction, I have no interest in being parasitized by that weird creature.

The three Sangheili armed with photon submachine guns and rifles nodded to indicate that they were ready.

The ghost-faced beast activated the gravity hammer and smashed it to the ground. The red shock wave blew away most of the nearby Floods, but also affected a few Grunts who were infected and mutilated.

"Let's move forward!" The Brute shouted, and a nearby Sangheili in white armor heard it. He arranged some of his subordinates and led another part of his men to follow the Brute towards the ship's cabin where the anti-aircraft wraith was parked. .

"The Grunts and the Gnolls are working together to build a firepower network. You guys drive the stalker support vehicle to find the firepower loopholes and make up for them." Several Grunts, Gnolls, and Sangheili officers nodded and chattered to their own Subordinates assign tasks.

"Wolf man, you send some snipers to the commanding heights, and focus on cleaning up those guys with glowing heads and self-explosions. They are too much of a threat to our position." The wolf man officer nodded and called a few snipers over to let them They went to the commanding heights to defend themselves.

"Hey, how long has it been since we fought in such a united battle?" The golden-armored Sangheili patted another companion on the shoulder. "It's been a long time since they've exploded with such unity."

"It's so long ago that I can hardly recall what happened at that time." The white-armored Sangheili spread his hands. "Gulu people, follow the waves, flee against the wind. Gnolls, there are businesses everywhere, and hunters, no one knows what they are thinking... The ancestors are above us, and we have no civil strife so far. It's all luck."

"I don't know if it's luck, but what I know is that the San'Shim can be pulled down from the altar. The midpoint of the pilgrimage is the giant space station of the forerunner. I can bear it. But this giant space station There are a large number of unknown creatures on the surface, which is very puzzling.

Can anyone tell me what exactly these things are? "

"God knows what these are. We can't contact the Prophet of Sorrow now, nor can we find the passage to the inner space of this world. The Kamikaze Martyr hasn't given any further instructions yet."

"It doesn't matter, anyway, compared to humans who can speak, those creatures that can infect our compatriots and can only howl look more like enemies. Call more ground troops. Let's stabilize this place first, otherwise the defense line will collapse. have to die."

"As you order, Commander."

"Grand Commander, the spaceships of the Covenant Alliance are breaking away from the line of fire with us. They have released a large number of carrier-based aircraft and landing ships to the surface. Many ships in the fleet are also lowering their altitude to carry out ground support bombardment."

"Cooperate with the Star Alliance ship and get out of the firefight. Send a landing force equipped with the "Crazy Ivan" module. Considering the characteristics of the Flood, artificial intelligence is prohibited from directly neurally connecting the battle robot, and the control method is converted to "F2A." Yi Ann pondered for a while. The purpose of coming this time was not to destroy the Star Alliance, but to arrest the three senior prophets of the Star Alliance, stop the war, and then control and destroy the Flood. If you have the energy, help solve the 7-year madness problem of intelligent AI.

In addition, beware of the Prometheus Legion, the AI ​​rebellion, the awakening of the missionaries, the ancient corpse-brained beasts who do not know where they are, the pioneers who are suspected of hiding in the Large Magellanic Cloud, and so on.

"By the way, a few fire-breathing soldiers are deployed for each unit. The small individuals of the Flood seem to be very afraid of fire." Thinking about it, Ian's face became bitter. "Linda, how is the production of strategic bombers going?"

"It has been offline, and now it has been carried by a large aircraft carrier Uraga-class to start combat testing on the other side of the planet. But why did this kind of large strategic bomber suddenly be produced? This has never appeared in the previous combat carrier system. Something..." Linda's profile picture appeared on the communication screen.

"Because the combat objectives and combat purposes are different, our previous battles were all reverse asymmetrical battles... We can't even guarantee the air supremacy of the combat airspace, how could we invest in such a large amount of ammunition but poor survivability? The body entered the battlefield." Ian was looking at the battle in the shield world from the holographic podium.

"But... To be honest, if I ignore the Uraga-class aircraft carrier flying in the sky, it looks like it was during the Cold War in the 20th century..." Linda glanced at the aircraft carrier on the ejection deck outside the window. large bomber.

"ha?"

"Anaheim Electronics has done a classic fighter re-enactment project, you know?" Linda took off her glasses and wiped them with the corner of her clothes.

"I know, it's the project I started." Ian recalled the days when he was designing VF-35 in Macross World. To be honest, that kind of airframe is really good-looking, deformed, heavy firepower, high maneuverability, high speed, jackknife variable forward-swept wings...

Now Ian will sometimes take it out for an upgrade, just like Iron Man who has already had hundreds of improved models...

"The 20-ton strategic bomber you requested this time was picked up from this project, oh... only the B-70 bomber is not the Anaheim project, that is the hypersonic speed that is still being installed in the UC world bomber."

Out of curiosity, Ian clicked on Linda's strategic bomber project.

Tu-22R (reset) 3, Tu-160R, Tu-95R, B-1R, B-52R, B-70H (from UC Universe).

Escort fighter, VF-35F, F-12 hypersonic interceptor, F-108 hypersonic interceptor, F/A-37 Talon fighter-bomber (from top secret flight), MiG-31 heavy interceptor, MiG-37 Fighter, MiG-39 (prototype MiG 1.44)

Except for the F/A-37 inspired by the top-secret flight of the movie, the B-70 Valkyrie bomber still installed by the UC World Earth Federation, and the newly developed heavy-duty variable fighter VF-35 in Anaheim, all of them are derived from the Cold War on Earth. The era of fighter re-enactment...

This made Ian feel moved and disobedient...

When the "Classic Re-enactment" project was launched, Ian just wanted to see with his own eyes a series of "monsters" called doomsday fighters developed by the two poles of the world during the Cold War and fly into the sky again.

Of course, the weird thing is...

When the Tu-22 and B-1 bombers are in the same formation, there are F-12 interceptors and MiG-31 interceptors born out of the SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft to escort them...

It is said that part of the research and development purpose of these two Mach 3 high-speed interceptors was to intercept the opponent's supersonic bomber...

Ian shook his head, suppressing the sense of absurdity.

"What about the effect?"

"It's so good that we have to re-evaluate these classic fighters in history." Linda shook her head with a wry smile. "At the same time, the large bomber of Cylas, the VB-6E variable bomber, the variable MS demon angel with a large magazine, and the old-style assault support container are also tested. The bombing efficiency is far inferior to those hundreds of years old. An old antique from before..."

"The size is there, and the original design intentions are different." Ian said, don't worry about it, those things are considered fighter-bombers or aircraft that can carry bombs, especially large flying-wing bombers like Milas. Ian felt that the efficiency of the bomber might not be as good as that of the Mi-24 armed helicopter with aerial bombs.

Then Ian saw...

MI-24PR

MI-28NR

MI-35MBR

Ka-52DR

AH-56R

AH-60AVR

AH-64DR

...

"Linda? Are you still testing gunships?"

"Oh, that's a test request sent by Rita's troops. They lack heavy fire support to accompany their advance. They considered MS at first, but in the end they chose to develop an armed helicopter. If you look down, you can still see LAAT The gunboat's armed upgrade plan. It is a rare large-scale ground battlefield, and it is a waste not to conduct weapon testing."

"You guys continue."

Linda nodded and hung up the communication.

Ian watched the planes take off and land over there for a few more sorties, then turned his gaze back to the holographic platform here.

"Miri?"

"whats the matter."

"Has the Intelligence Department found the entrance to Shield World?"

"Not yet. The interference around the battlefield is too serious, and wide-area scanning is not very useful. We are searching along the coastline based on the cutscene CG of the game."

"...God, according to the game CG..."

"But we still haven't gained anything. Now, UNSC's support ships have also arrived at low altitude and are searching. Their troops have also established a frontline base and fought with the Flood, causing heavy casualties."

The holographic platform to the left of Miri is showing the battle between the marines of the UNSC Spirit of Fire and the Flood that took place next to a certain city wreckage.

"Do they know the characteristics of the Flood?"

"Of course, the basic characteristics can be seen at a glance." Misato swiped twice on the tablet in his hand. "Since you have contacted us, let's talk about it now. We have discovered the distribution pattern of these underground tunnel worms."

The information in Misato's hand was synchronized to the holographic platform in front of Ian.

That is the space structure tens of meters below the surface of the shield world, and the biological tissues that are intertwined and intertwined like roots.

This part of the tissue shows certain characteristics of silicon-based life. The basic composition of the body has changed from carbon-based organic matter to a mixture of carbon-based organic matter, silicon-based compounds, and metals.

"This part of the discovery made Ritsuko and Naoko ecstatic. After their unprecedented enthusiasm broke out, a pattern was discovered." Misato had a little helpless expression on her face. "All organization should originate from this location."

Misato tapped the tablet, and a cubic space about fifteen kilometers square was marked. It is two hundred kilometers below the surface.

"We deduce that the Gravemind is here. But because of the structural problems of the shield world, we dare not easily use powerful orbital bombing to blast the surface."

"Indeed, considering that the things made by the forerunners don't seem to be particularly strong, let's take the conventional route. And there are too many things worth studying in this shield world, which is very valuable for preservation. I remember that there are usually A guide AI, have you found it? Wait..." Ian suddenly remembered something. "How about the exploration of the City of Fraternity?"

"Huh? Oh...well, I'll pick up Dr. Lakshata for you."

"...The exploration of the city of fraternity has been completed. We found that the core of the city of fraternity is the wreckage of an ancient forerunner battleship. This wreck was severely damaged by the Gravemind. We are trying to restore the technology inside the city of fraternity." A look Women who look very Indian appear on the screen.

"Understood, I remember that there is a forerunner AI on it, it seems to be called the monk of hatred..."

"Oh...that, we found it, that AI is called the Prejudice Monk, and is now assisting us with the Dreadnought... oh Dreadnought is the forerunner warship...the exploration of this ship."

"Hello, I am the monk of prejudice, the artificial intelligence created by the forerunner of the great race, nice to meet you." A drone that looks like a Tadarin probe floats in midair.