Containment Control Starts With the Umbrella

June 5, 2024, 21:20 Atlantic Time.

At this moment, Umbrella's First Fleet was moored over the wine sea colony.

Looking down from the perspective of the endless-class flagship, one can see an AT energy shield emitting emerald green light, covering the sky above the wine sea colony.

Under the shield is the giant dome that protects the colony.

Through the dome, one can vaguely see the flames and smoke of the explosion in the colonial city. It seems that the riots in the Jiuhai Colony are intensifying.

At this time, more than a dozen Pelicans carrying heavy ground armored vehicles were quickly flying away from the wine sea colony and returned to the flagship's hangar.

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In the fourth area of ​​the hangar of the flagship of the First Fleet.

The layout here is the same as that of the Infinity, and under the guidance of the ground crew, the dozen or so Pelicans first removed the heavy armor at the tail, and then parked at the designated position.

The rear hatch opens.

Forty Spartans belonging to the First Fleet walked out, as well as a large number of Paratroopers, and the important people protected by this group of soldiers, Ivan, Yelena, Shia and Nova.

Waiting on the hangar deck for a long time was Mike in the uniform of a general, and two heavy guards equipped with black-painted CMC power armor.

"call…"

Seeing that Ivan and others walked out of the cabin safely, with his hands behind his back and an extremely serious expression, Mike finally heaved a sigh of relief, and his face eased a lot.

Mike is one of the hidden stakes arranged by Grandpa William in the governments of various countries, and he is a veteran who is extremely loyal to the Russell family. Mike, who is concerned about the future of the Russell family, absolutely cannot tolerate any mistakes made by Ivan and Yelena.

Immediately, Mike led two heavy-armored personal guards, and quickly walked towards Ivan and others guarded by Sparta.

approach.

"Uncle O'Donahue." Ivan took the lead in thanking him, "I'm sorry to trouble you, but I asked you to dispatch the first fleet to pick us up."

"What's the matter, you are the future of the Russell family." Mike replied indifferently.

Then Mike noticed Nova who was following Ivan, and said with a puzzled face: "This is..."

"Nova Terra, it's an honor to meet you, Lieutenant General O'Donahue, my father told me a lot about you."

On the contrary, Nova seemed to be very familiar with Mike's appearance, and introduced herself to Mike with a smile.

"Tyra?" After hearing Nova's words, Mike was also familiar with this surname, and asked Nova:

"Is your father Constantine Terra?"

"Yes." Nova responded with a faint smile.

"Oh—~" Michael said with a long voice: "I know, I did know your father quite well back then, I didn't expect his daughter to be so old, hehe."

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After hearing Mike's words, Ivan, Yelena, and Shia were all confused about the relationship between Mike and Nova's father.

"Lieutenant General, let's talk about homework later. What we should talk about now is the current situation." Ivan suggested.

"Well, indeed." Mike nodded.

The veteran waved his hand to signal the Spartans to go to their respective posts to stand by, then turned around and took the four of Ivan and two heavily armed guards towards the rail car station in the fourth area of ​​the hangar.

And said to Ivan who was beside him in a low voice: "The Zero Fleet led by your father entered the jump channel and went to the uv galaxy of Cetus. It is estimated that in two and a half hours, we will be able to establish an alliance with your father again." got engaged."

"Cetus uv?" Ivan asked suspiciously.

"That's right." Mike continued: "According to the information I currently have, there are a large number of UNSC rebels gathered in UV Cetus.

Moreover, the information provided by the doctor (049) also pointed to UV Cetus, indicating that there should be the source of the incident. "

"Wait..." Ivan suddenly frowned and asked: "Lieutenant General, you mean...it's a clue that we found on our own initiative, and the source of this clue is UV Ceti?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Mike asked.

"Lieutenant General." Ivan analyzed in a deep voice:

"What if the mastermind behind all this wants us to focus on UV Cetus? What will happen?"

"Hum..." Mike groaned for a moment and said, "I really don't want to let go of this possibility."

And Ivan continued: "Lieutenant General, after my father entered the leap space, the wine sea colony fell into a full-scale riot, isn't it too coincidental?

Also, one of the main purposes of the behind-the-scenes mastermind to cause turmoil in the sea of ​​wine was aimed at Yelena and me.

so…

Lieutenant General, just imagine, what would happen if Serena and I were normal human beings without superhuman help like Shia and Nova? "

"That gray-skinned orc alone is enough to wipe out the entire armored company escorting you. If you retreated by air in the first place, the other side must have been prepared.

There is a high probability that...you and Yelena were captured by each other. "Mike replied in a deep voice.

"That's right." Ivan's face became more severe and he said:

"Lieutenant General, once Yelena and I are taken prisoner, and my father is in the slippage, there will be at least four hours of inability to command the company's troops.

With this time difference, the other party has hostages in their hands, so the other party can achieve all goals...

Coupled with the mutiny of more than half of the UNSC warships in the solar system, and the company's fleet deployed in the solar system is reduced by half, the electromagnetic gun array in the earth's low-earth orbit is useless in the case of hostages. "

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After hearing Ivan's analysis, Mike suddenly realized: "Ivan, what do you mean, the target of the other party is the solar system? Not UV Cetus?"

"Yes, Lieutenant General." Ivan did not deny it: "The solar system is the political center of mankind and has the largest population. As long as the solar system is occupied, the opponent's goal of overthrowing the UNSC regime can be easily accomplished.

After all, the earth is the homeland of the vast majority of soldiers, and their family members have become hostages. Even if they don't want to rebel, they have to rebel.

As for our Umbrella fleet and soldiers, after losing the logistical support from the earth and the solar system, no matter how loyal the soldiers are to my father and the company, their morale will suffer a huge blow. "

"..."

At this time, Mike looked at Ivan from the corner of his eye and didn't say anything, and the look on his face was less sad and more relieved.

After all, as William's eldest son, Ivan is already an excellent heir in all aspects, and now he is also very sensitive to the transfer of troops.

Take it easy.

Only then did Mike recover his stern face, and said to Ivan in a deep voice: "Well, what you said makes sense, Ivan.

If your analysis is really followed, then there will be a large number of UNSC rebel fleets in the solar system. "

"Yes, and until now we don't know how the other party manipulates the human mind. We have to assume that 90% of the UNSC has been controlled." Ivan added.