The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

2117, escaped prisoners

In the territory of the Principality of Dawn, the capital Endor galaxy, the outer orbit of the Endor gas giant, the Glory mothership.

Now this mothership carrying the biggest secret of the Principality of Dawn has been sailing in the low orbit of the gas giant for a long time, using the atmosphere of the gas giant to cover its whereabouts.

The atmosphere of the gas giant Endor is full of electromagnetic fields, which also blocks other people's exploration of the mothership. In fact, the mothership has not appeared in the eyes of others for nearly ten years, and those foreign spacecraft entering the Endor galaxy will not find the mothership that is very well hidden.

In the past, some of the most advanced parts processing was completed on the mothership, and the Supreme Command occasionally held meetings on the mothership, but later even such functions were replaced. The Glory mothership now has nothing else to do except carrying frozen embryos and sleeping talents of various levels.

Therefore, the fact that there is a mothership here in the Principality of Dawn has been almost forgotten.

But today, a shrill alarm sounded inside the mothership!

A large number of Marines stationed inside the mothership immediately assembled and entered their respective defense zones under the leadership of the defense commander. The Glory mothership is the biggest secret of the Principality of Dawn, so almost all the Marines stationed in the mothership are equipped with CMC-300 power armor, and all are painted in light yellow - this is the special color of the mothership guard force.

Not only that, each of them has joined the rebirth plan and dedicated their entire lives to this mothership.

There are a total of 20,000 Marines and 150,000 combat robots in the mothership. And their commander Li Bo, and his most elite troops - the first and second guard companies, are all composed of soldiers from the Fourth Legion!

However, the Marines who completed the assembly in less than 1 minute were still confused because they didn't know where the alarm came from.

Li Bo, the commander of the defense force stationed on the mothership, picked up the communicator and shouted loudly: "Who sounded the alarm?"

"I don't know. The alarm sounded by itself. We are conducting a system self-check to see if it is a false alarm or there is really an intruder." The bridge replied.

"Investigate as soon as possible." Li Bo said, waving his hand to the back and said: "Drive out the Wolf and Giant mechas! Send out drones to conduct a thorough search of the mothership!"

"Yes!" The soldiers who were armed to the teeth responded loudly.

The drone hangar hidden inside the mothership unfolded, and tens of thousands of drones flew out and began to search every corner of the mothership.

But this search was not very difficult, because the results were obtained in less than 5 minutes.

Li Bo received the news from the bridge, "Colonel Li Bo, we have confirmed it. The alarm was issued by the mothership's main brain, and the location of the initial alarm was in the hibernation chamber."

"Hibernation chamber?" Li Bo was shocked, "That is the area with the highest defense and security level of the mothership! Why did the alarm come from there?"

But there was no time to think about it at this moment, he immediately issued an order, "Guards Company 3, 4, and 5, go to the hibernation chamber area immediately! Block all passages leading to the hibernation chamber!"

"Ah, actually, it's not necessary." The commander on the bridge had a strange tone, "Come to the bridge."

"What are you doing on the bridge?" Li Bo was a little surprised.

"Because our great master... is there." The bridge commander said strangely.

"What happened? Colonel Johnson! Tell me! What happened!!" Li Bo roared loudly, he found that something was wrong.

But there was no movement on Colonel Johnson's side, he just hung up the communication directly.

"Damn it! There must be something wrong with the bridge! First and second companies, follow me! Zhao Heng, you take command of the rest of the troops! Immediately send the highest-level rescue message to Dawn Planet, block the entrance and exit of the entire mothership! Cut off the energy supply to the engine compartment!" Li Bo immediately issued a series of orders.

"Yes!" A commander with the rank of lieutenant colonel next to him saluted.

There are 500 soldiers in the two guard companies. They are not equipped with CMC-300 power armor, but the most advanced Armax combat armor (Armax). This is also the style of the Fourth Legion. They don't like bulky power armor, and this type of combat armor produced by Citadel Standard Light Industry from the technology of "Mass Effect" is their favorite protective gear.

Not only that, there are two ghost agents next to Li Bo. There are not many ghost agents, so most of them are used for external tasks. It is already a luxury to have two ghost agents to guard the mothership.

"Can you feel any danger?" Li Bo asked the two ghost agents as he walked.

"No feeling." A ghost agent answered.

"No... the whole mothership is conveying a peaceful atmosphere to us. It seems that it is very safe here." Another ghost agent tapped his temple through the helmet.

Li Bo frowned and said, "Things are strange. Since the alarm started from the hibernation chamber, why did Colonel Johnson let me go to the bridge?"

"I think the situation just now, his tone of voice is different from usual." The ghost agent said, "Maybe he was held hostage."

"Or the worst case. He was controlled." Another ghost agent said.

Li Bo was suddenly shocked. He suddenly stopped and raised his hand to make a gesture. The 500 soldiers of the Fourth Legion from two companies dispersed almost instantly and entered the surrounding combat area to prepare for battle.

"What happened?" asked a ghost agent.

"Enemy!" Li Bo said in a deep voice, and then he was startled, "Wait a minute, didn't you see it?"

The ghost agent shook his head, "No."

"What about you?" Li Bo asked other people in the combat channel, but all he got was this answer - nothing!

They are currently in the passage on the 946th floor of the Glory mothership. This passage is very spacious, about 40 meters wide, with machining areas on both sides, numbered H. This is a sophisticated industrial processing plant.

However, from Li Bo's perspective at this moment, he only saw seven figures floating in the air 7 or 8 meters high in front of him!

These seven figures have slender limbs, especially the disproportionately long legs. They are almost over two meters tall. They are also very thin and do not look human. They were all wearing black cloaks. Under the hoods, a pair of eyes without any emotion were looking towards this side.

"Who are you!?" Li Bo immediately raised the Valkyrie assault rifle in his hand, turned on the safety, and asked sternly.

However, around him, other Fourth Legion soldiers looked at each other because they saw nothing at all.

Li Bo also understood that the current situation was quite strange. He raised his gun and approached slowly. At the same time, he said in the combat channel: "Stay alert! Follow the direction of my finger and use all detection methods to detect!"

After a pause, he said to the two ghost agents: "Grey Thorn! Red Blade! Use telepathy and try to see if you can feel anything. There, in the direction of my finger, I saw seven people! No... they Not human!"

However there was no response.

Li Bo was horrified and quickly turned around, only to see two ghost agents who had fallen to the ground and were motionless!

"Grey Thorn! Red Blade! What happened?! What happened!!" Li Bo was shocked and shouted loudly. He yelled almost crazily in the combat channel, "What happened! What happened just now?! Why? Something happened to Gray Thorn and Red Blade!"

However, the company commander of the company next to him asked very strangely: "Sir, Gray Thorn and Red Blade? Who are they? Are you talking about some kind of code name?"

"You...what did you say?!" Li Bo suddenly felt goosebumps all over his body! What happened?

"What about you?! Don't you know them too? Gray Thorn! Red Blade!! Didn't you complain to me yesterday that these two guys are boring?!" Li Bo looked at the second company commander again.

"Sir, I swear I didn't mention anyone else except Colonel Johnson to you during training yesterday." The commander of the second company replied with a puzzled look.

"What's wrong with you??" Li Bo was about to collapse. He pointed at the two ghost agents who fell on the ground and roared loudly, "Here! Two people fell here!! Are you all blind? Yet?!"

"Sir." The commander of the first company put his rifle back into the slot of his combat uniform and opened his hands to try to calm Li Bo down. "Listen to me, you need to calm down now. Let's not move forward for the time being. We will be on alert and confirm later. Let’s talk about the situation.”

"Be alert? Be alert for what?!?! The enemy is right in front of us!! And the two ghost agents Gray Thorn and Red Blade have been killed! Right in front of us!! Right here!! Then you told me to calm down, Want to be on guard?" Li Bo roared.

"Sir, first of all, there is nothing on the ground you are pointing to." The first company commander said, "Then, ghost agents will not be deployed in our defense force. In fact, you have been talking to yourself just now, I thought you I'm talking to Burns from the second company. Now, if necessary, I suggest you go for a check-up, and then we let the combat robot troops go to reinforce the dormant warehouse instead of us."

"Reinforce the dormant warehouse?" Li Bo could no longer calm down at all. "We are going to the bridge now! Go to the bridge! There is a problem with Colonel Johnson!!"

"Sir, our goal from the beginning was to go to the sleep cabin. Colonel Johnson told us that the alarm was sent from the sleep cabin." The first company commander said, "That's why you led us down through Elevator No. 13 and went there. Sleeping cabin. If we are going to the bridge, we should take elevator No. 9."

The commander of the second company was also persuading: "Sir, there is something wrong with your mental state now. I suggest that the operation be terminated immediately."

"Asshole!" Li Bo finally couldn't bear it any longer. He cursed angrily, suddenly raised the Valkyrie assault rifle in his hand, pointed it at the seven motionless figures floating in the air in front of him, and was about to pull the trigger!

"Sir! Calm down! Sir!" The company commander was shocked. He rushed forward and hugged Li Bo's arm. At the same time, the commander of the second company also rushed up from the other side and snatched the assault rifle from Li Bo's hand with a lock.

"Sir! Don't do this! Let's go back first! Okay?" The first company commander grabbed Li Bo and said loudly and earnestly.

"Let me go! Didn't you see those seven people? They are right there! Those are the intruders!!" Li Bo yelled hysterically. He pointed forward and tried his best to break free from the grasp of the company commander. .

However, he was stunned the next second.

Because there was indeed nothing in the direction of his finger. He lowered his head suddenly, and sure enough, the bodies of the two ghost agents disappeared without a trace.

While he was stunned, the two company commanders rushed over to catch him again, "Sir, would you like to go to the hospital first?"

Li Bo was in complete confusion at this moment. His mind went blank and he didn't know what to say or what to do.

At this moment, he suddenly felt something in his heart and looked up.

Only those seven strange figures were seen floating above them! !

…

Planet Dawn, the Supreme Military Command.

Qi Jian, Ling Liang, Francis Underwood, Helmut Zemo, Matt Horner, Xian Hui, Adele Ulan, a total of seven people sat around the conference table. In a holographic projection, the image of the priestess is also projected here.

"I have just given a secret order for the entire army of the Dawn Principality to enter a state of secret combat readiness. According to the combat readiness plan, all armies will enter the highest combat readiness while ensuring confidentiality." Qi Jian said in a deep voice.

"This result is too incredible. Do we have to enter a state of combat readiness just because of a vague induction? Then under what circumstances will it be lifted?" Francis Underwood was a little dissatisfied, "His Excellency the Grand Duke is currently in an unknown state. Star Territory, we all know that the hyperspace over there is very complicated. Maybe his fleet encountered fluctuations in the hyperspace and lost contact. "

"Mere hyperspace fluctuations are not enough to block the induction of the Force." The priestess participating in the meeting remotely shook her head, "I will leave for the unknown star field immediately, and you must be prepared for the worst. What I am most worried about is Yes, Palpatine also felt Tang Xiao's loss of contact."

Ling Liang nodded and said, "That's true. If Palpatine can really sense the Grand Duke, then he will almost certainly seize this opportunity to take action against us."

Francis Underwood sighed, nodded and said: "Indeed, this possibility cannot be ignored. Then, immediately organize a rescue team to go to the unknown star territory. For the Principality of Dawn, we need to elect a temporary leader , to make decisions for us.”

He looked at the people around him and said: "I am currently the highest-ranking person in the Principality of Dawn, so I will serve as the temporary regent next."

"I object." came a cold voice, it was Helmut Zemo.

"What bad things do you want to do again!" Francis Underwood said through gritted teeth.

Zemo smiled coldly and said: "I don't think the Dawn Principality is democratic enough to confirm the temporary regent through election."

Today I went to try the waxy lemon tea, which is very popular in porridge bars recently. emmmmmmm……

Let's get a bottle of Coke...