Turasis II, low Earth orbit, bridge of the destroyer Enforcer.
"The Enforcer" is a dual-structure battleship, shaped like two short-handled sabers placed side by side with the blades pointing upward. There are eight connecting bridges between the "blade blades", and the overall appearance is dark gold.
During this year's defensive battle, it and some other small frigates, together with some frigates, received supplies and support from the star gate leading to the Emmadar star field several times under the cover of the fortress guns. Minmatar
Fang once considered destroying it, but decided to give up after trying it several times and being blocked by fortress guns. After all, the cargo capacity and personnel carried by a mere destroyer were very limited. As long as the Terran Federation did not have a cruiser as its main combat force to penetrate
After passing through the star gate, there is no problem in letting it go for now.
Therefore, the Minmatar fire network that blocked the planet tentatively fired a few shots at the "cooked ship" that broke out of the atmosphere, but to no avail, and then let it go.
On the bridge, the staff running around were coming and going in a hurry with serious expressions. The messages and annotations as well as the orders being distributed were scrolling rapidly on the screens like a rushing river. During this period, when someone passed by the command podium,
He would raise his hand to salute Renault, but turn a blind eye to the higher-ranking officer who was enclosed by a silver "frame".
"James Reno! You are defecting!" Lieutenant Colonel Javier Vanterspool, whose movements were restricted by the restraint device, angrily rebuked.
"Please think carefully, Lieutenant Colonel, who would defect with his commander? And the direction of the defection is the area controlled by our own side." Renault was not going to refute this ridiculous accusation at all: "You can see for yourself what will happen later.
good."
"Of course it was because the fortress fell because there was no commander in charge!" the lieutenant colonel continued angrily: "All our efforts for more than a year were ruined in your hands! Why did you do this!"
"Hey, old man, we have photographed the evidence on your face that the Federation intends to stab us in the back, and you still pretend you haven't seen it?" Tychus stood aside and asked, "Do you want me to help you think about it?"
"That's ridiculous! How could the Federation destroy its own city wall? We are not Korhal's moles, we are the Federation's iron wall!" Lieutenant Colonel Vanterspool disagreed with this at all.
"That...Commander..." The captains of other special forces spoke tentatively. Seeing that Renault had no objection, he said: "The 'Devils of Heaven' have always been famous for their high mission completion rate and low casualty rate. In other words, they never do
It’s not a sure thing, and the nuclear bombs that were planted are genuine——”
"Yes! Didn't their defection this time be very successful? They also deceived you fools!" The lieutenant colonel's nose was almost crooked with anger.
"..." The captain of the special forces team, who had been scolded innocently, no longer defended himself, shrugged and turned to leave.
This was indeed the case. Except for Lieutenant Colonel Harwell, almost everyone in Fortress Hawe believed it.
After all, if Renault wanted to defect or betray Fortress Howe, he could just find an opportunity to slip away and detonate the deployed tactical nuclear bombs. Why bother making up the story "The Federation wanted to abandon Fortress Howe, so it sent ghosts to destroy the fortress."
With the Minmatar rebels wiped out in one fell swoop, I saw through this conspiracy and prepared to take away all the natural people before they took action." Such a story with very low credibility?
More importantly, this story was told after Renault led the "Demons of Heaven" special force, descended from the sky on an "orbital airdrop", and controlled all the high-level officials of the fortress in a very short period of time, and showed irrefutable evidence.
He has the ability to kill everyone, but he doesn't kill anyone and instead tries to be reasonable. This only proves that he is indeed reasonable.
Click——click——
The bridge door opened and closed, and Angela walked in wearing a light blue and white ship's doctor's uniform and holding a record board in her hand.
"All the injuries caused during the raid on the fortress have been treated," she said to Renault while looking at the lieutenant colonel in the restraint device: "The few who are very stubborn and distrustful of us have already taken sedatives and fell asleep."
Scanned by Angela's gaze, Javier suddenly trembled and turned his face to the side. There was no doubt that if he continued to argue with Renault, he would really be forced to "sleep" by the medic.
"No, we have to use this ship all the way back to the Amarr Star Territory. Lieutenant Colonel Vanterspool's strength is indispensable." Renault shook his head and continued to command the ground troops on the AR sandbox.
"Ha! Why do you think I would help a traitor?" the lieutenant colonel mocked in the silver frame.
"There is such a thing as a traitor—" Before Renault could finish his words, the fortress walls that could barely hold up began to collapse section by section, revealing a large number of Minmatar ground troops behind them.
"Did these guys really not realize anything was wrong?" Renault instead arranged for the troops in the fortress to shrink the defense line, and all returned to protect the general headquarters in the Howe Fortress.
"If the clone troopers had their own minds, they would never be deceived by you." The lieutenant colonel was still chirping.
"That would be troublesome. I'm afraid I have to get an industrial ship to take them away with me," Renault replied casually, his eyes never leaving the sand table. After a moment, he couldn't help but cursed: "These idiots!"
Renault could clearly see on the AR sandbox that after destroying the outer defenses of Howe Fortress, the Minmatar ground troops found that the defensive forces withdrew very quickly. They still hesitated for a moment, probably to report, but soon they
Relaunching the charge and quickly occupying important areas, it was obvious that their commander would rather take some risks and expand the results as soon as possible.
"Who are you calling stupid-"
Boom - boom!
At the same time as the huge explosion sounded, the virtual sandbox on the AR command table completely disappeared, and the explosion was only interrupted halfway. It was not until the virtual sandbox was switched to a larger scale that the remaining half of the sound was heard.
It was late, and on the larger-scale virtual sand table, an unusually huge mushroom cloud rose up where Howe Fortress had originally been.
"We have completely lost control of the clone soldiers in the fortress, although some are still alive," Renault looked at the lieutenant colonel in the frame next to him: "I hope your command center is strong enough to convey some truth."
"...There should be no problem." No matter how stubborn Javier was, he could not blame Reno for the nuclear explosion. If Reno had not forcibly taken away the natural people in the fortress, he would be the one trapped in the command center now.
"Sir! We are being locked, and a large number of Minmatar warships are approaching us!" The crew monitoring the enemy's movements shouted a warning.
"Oh, the ground command is a bit stupid, but the fleet command is okay. They realize that we are the key figures." Renault untied Javier's restraints with his backhand and turned the key panel leading to the star gate towards him: "Lieutenant Colonel, now
It’s up to you.”
"James Renault, you are defecting." Lieutenant Colonel Harville gave Renault a meaningful look, said the same words in a completely different tone, and then entered the key to pass through the star gate.
