Containment Control Starts With the Umbrella

When: November 21, 2026.

Space Domain: Corinth Prior Galaxy

The combined fleet of humans and elites arrived in the galaxy on October 21, and it took only a few hours to deal with the armada defending the city of fraternity.

At the same time, they successfully executed the Prophet Clan headed by Truth, Mercy and Sorrow, and avenged the Sangheili Clan, the allies of mankind.

After that, Serena edited the individual video of the Prophet's execution, and then used the communication equipment of the City of Fraternity to broadcast it to the Star Alliance in the galaxy.

A few hours after the execution video was broadcast, Mike, who was temporarily in charge of the command, sent a battle report saying that nearly 50% of the Covenant forces had been routed and mutinied on their own.

After all, the current commanding class of the Star Alliance is the Brutes, whose race is cruel, sadistic, and cruel, compared to the Sangheili race.

In addition, the Sa'om persuading the surrender video a month ago, the video proving that Athena is a descendant of ancient humans, and the massacre of the Sangheili family by the prophets.

And so on, the Grunts, Jackals and other races have questioned the Star Alliance led by the Prophet.

Now, the city of fraternity has been occupied by humans, and the prophets of the leading class have also been executed by humans. With the 'demon' effect brought by the extreme legion and the influence of the 100-meter-high god body, these weak races immediately scattered and fled.

Even if the ghost beasts try to suppress it by force, they cannot resist the determination of the weaker races to escape from the Star Alliance, and they will unite to fight against the ghost beasts.

You must know that the rebellion of the Grunts alone almost caused the collapse of the Star Alliance, let alone the joint escape of multiple weak races.

The remaining 50% of the Star Alliance fleet and troops suspended their offensive on the colony.

According to Mike's report, William learned that the remaining 50% were the elite of the ghost-faced beasts. Relying on their numbers and powerful combat power, the ghost-faced beasts successfully suppressed the weak race that wanted to escape.

But this mutiny significantly damaged the remaining 50% of the combat power, so the offensive on the human colony was suspended, and before the combined human and elite battleships arrived, they withdrew from the territory of the Orion Cantilever.

At this point, because William personally led the troops to raid the city of fraternity and successfully occupied the city of fraternity, the Star Alliance, which should have been the hegemony of the galaxy, disintegrated instantly.

Except for the threat of the elite troops of the ghost beasts, the Star Alliance can no longer shake the pace of human expansion, and the fate of various races being gradually swallowed up by humans.

but…

While Mike led the human-elite joint counterattack, the battle in the Corinth Priel galaxy was not over yet.

According to William's order, it took nearly a month for the ground troops headed by Corax and Saom, with the assistance of the divine body formation led by Ivan and John, to wipe out the ghost-faced beast troops in the city of fraternity. .

Complete control of the city of fraternity represents William's next goal, which is the dreadnought fleet inside Shield World 0459.

And what blocked William's footsteps was the Flood on the surface of Shield World.

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The time has come to the present.

November 21.

09:21 Atlantic time.

At this time, the city of fraternity has been controlled by human elites, and it is protected by the CAS-level and CCS-level of the United Fleet.

The twenty warships of the Zero Fleet are parked in the low-earth orbit of the shield world, as if they are preparing for orbital bombing, or preparing to send ground troops to the surface.

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Inside the bridge of the Star Destroyer flagship.

"Captain, after scanning, we know that the surface pollution level below the fleet has reached more than 80%."

"Captain, tactical missiles and rail guns are at the ready."

"Yeah." Hearing the report from the crew on the first floor, Carmen, who was sitting on the second floor, nodded slightly, then turned to look behind her, and asked:

"Boss, the surface is covered with infected bodies in the form of the Flood. Would you like to carry out orbital bombing immediately to clear a piece of pure land for the ground troops?"

Looking towards Carmen's line of sight.

Just look at William, Serena, Halsey, and Rebecca standing next to the center console, and William and Serena's outfits are just 'ordinary' commander uniforms and civilian military uniforms.

"Hum..." William frowned slightly when he heard Carmen's question, and replied after a moment of pondering:

"Captain Ibanez, inform the captains of all the battleships for me that they can only fire after receiving my order."

"Yes, boss."

Carmen, who was instructed, turned around and continued to assist William in commanding the crew and the entire Zero Fleet.

"Boss." At this moment, Rebecca took her eyes off the screen and looked at William and asked:

"We now have absolute orbital control, why not just carry out orbital bombing?

Even if our advance force is alien, it can carry out a wave of orbital bombardment, which will help us occupy the landing zone. "

Before William could answer, Halsey, who was standing beside Rebecca, spoke first:

"According to the data of the ruins of Harvest Star, most of the celestial-level forerunner creations have a group of artificial intelligence called 'Temple Defenders'.

They are responsible for simple maintenance of the facility, as well as destroying any targets that attempt to attack the facility.

If we try to orbital bomb...

Even if the target is the Flood on the surface, I think these artificial intelligences will still regard our actions as bombing the shield world, and then attack us. "

"That's right." William didn't deny it either: "I don't want to provoke a swarm of bees."

Until now, William still vaguely remembers an official novel he read when he was in high school. A shield world called 'Austar' was the training base for the third phase of Sparta.

Moreover, the surface structure and even the overall structure of this 'Austar' are all assembled by the defenders of the temple.

If the Star Destroyer class bombs the shield world 0459, the result will be the same as the CAS-class aircraft carrier in "Halo Wars 2", that is, it will be cut off by the endless defenders of the temple with suicide attacks .

Slowing down, William looked at the screen of the center console again, and the displayed content was inside the Star Destroyer hangar.

Just look at a large number of dark red aliens with exoskeletons, under the control of Elizabeth Green, entering the one-time airdrop warehouse in an orderly manner.

The appearance of these airdrop pods is similar to the airdrop pods dedicated to Biastarte, but they are two circles larger in size.

There is no buffer injection function at the bottom, only a parachute installed on the top for buffering, and the outer heat insulation coating of the airdrop pod is also a cheap disposable material.

After all, the aliens are destined to be consumable combat creatures from the moment they are artificially bred, so there is no need to spend money, manpower, and energy to research exclusive airdrop positions for them.

Afterwards, William ordered quietly to Serena, who was standing on his right hand side:

"Serina, inform the doctor (049) in the hangar to let him and his team prepare the alien troops and immediately carry out the airdrop."

"Yes, boss."