From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

Chapter 92 "Let's land on both feet!"

Miles Quaritch, who issued the order on the communication channel, was the original RDA member from Universe Zero-2.

In October 1994, Quaritch selected 10 veterans from AECS and 15 veterans from ARS to form a special operations team.

In November 1994, Quaritch was ordered to lead this team across the space gate and stationed in New Paris on Earth Zero-11.

Afterwards, Quaritch received a direct order from the owner of Atlas:

"Colonel Miles Quaritch, please use this unnamed special operations team as the basis to create a company-sized "airborne" force.

Member requirements: Must pass the most rigorous gravity-bearing training, and possess skills such as in-depth surveillance, long-distance reconnaissance, and wild survival.

Nature of the force: A highly mobile special operations force that can directly face the area with the densest enemy firepower, carve out a safe landing zone for follow-up troops, and can also bypass the enemy for raids, infiltration, reconnaissance, etc.

Unit name: Orbital Drop Shock Troopers, ODST for short. "

After receiving the order, Quaritch began to implement it. In May 1995, the company began to take shape, with a total of 5 members. The members came from different establishments of the company, and even different universes.

In July 1995, the Accra Park began producing exclusive individual equipment for this company.

now.

In the airdrop warehouse;

The "soldiers" wearing black one-piece combat uniforms are ODSTs.

Although their equipment is far inferior to the advance team's hazardous environment protective clothing (HEV), when the helmet and combat uniform are airtightly connected, they also have a pressure-maintaining function and an internal air circulation system.

This means that even if they are unfortunately exposed to the space environment, they still have ten minutes to fight or complete self-rescue.

Qi-!

Along with the sound of gas surging, the helmet's screen gradually lights up, providing an ODST with comprehensive data and real-time status.

And the name of the ODST was also displayed on the screen, "Carlos Oliveira".

Di-!

Suddenly, the lights in the airdrop compartment switched to dark red.

"The airdrop will be carried out in thirty seconds, everyone be prepared." Quaritch's reminder also came from the communication.

Hearing this, Carlos checked his mechanical skeleton again to see if it was firmly connected to the slot of the fixed bracket.

After confirming that everything was correct, Carlos began to count the seconds silently in his mind.

twenty seconds;
  Through the observation window of the airdrop warehouse, he found that the airdrop dock outside had been completely plunged into darkness.

ten seconds;

The window lights up again, but the light source is not artificial light, but natural light coming from below.

zero seconds;

Click-.

There was a sound first from the top of the airdrop warehouse.

boom--!
  Immediately afterwards, the noise of the top engine starting was transmitted into the airdrop compartment through vibration.

At this time, everything outside the observation window was "moving" upwards rapidly, indicating that the airdrop pod Carlos was riding in was actually falling rapidly.

The scene outside the window instantly switched from the dim and narrow airdrop dock to the vast expanse of space and the Earth, which Carlos could not see in full.

It didn't take long.

Boom-boom-.

The trembling of the airdrop warehouse became more and more obvious.

"Attention all personnel, we are about to enter the black zone, be prepared... Boo... Boo!"

Before Quaritch could finish his reminder, he was interrupted by a noisy busy tone.

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Carlos frowned when he heard the busy signal and closed his eyes tightly.

Because the gorgeous scene outside the window has long been replaced by "ferocious fire", and what's even more "terrible" is that the shock and shaking of the airdrop warehouse has also reached its peak.

Carlos only felt that his body was clearly being "pulled down" hard, but his brain was "floating up" hard. In addition, the violent shaking seemed to turn the world upside down, and his consciousness gradually became confused, almost on the edge of coma. And these are the various phenomena brought about when breaking through the "black barrier zone".

The airdrop capsule enters the atmosphere at an extremely fast speed, causing friction between the two parties to produce a high temperature of more than 2000°C.

Without the thermal insulation coating on the outer wall, the airdrop capsule would have been destroyed by the Earth's atmosphere before reaching the target location.

It is called the "black barrier" because the high temperature above 2000° causes the thin air around the airdrop cabin to form plasma, which in turn blocks the electromagnetic waves of communication.

And when breaking through the black barrier area, it will also lead to blurred vision in the physical sense.

The violent shaking lasted for a full three minutes.

When the flames outside the window quickly dissipated, the scenery was no longer the dark space of the universe, but the deep blue sky.

"Forehead…"

Carlos' head was swollen, and it took more than ten seconds to finally calm down.

The comrades beside him were also shaking their heads, looking like they were just waking up from a hangover.

"Stop dreaming and launch the bait machine immediately!"

"Yes!"

Hearing Quaritch's order again, Carlos, who had regained his energy, responded in unison with all his teammates. At the same time, he freed his left hand and reached for the red lever placed aside.

Pull hard.

Bang~bang~bang.

The bait machine popped out of the airdrop pod.

However, due to the angle and height, Carlos, who was in the airdrop cabin, could not use the observation window to witness this situation.

boom-! boom-!

Soon, he heard sparse explosions outside that didn't last long.

It seems that thousands of decoy aircraft successfully interfered with the enemy's few interceptor missiles.

After another ten seconds, Carlos could look through the observation window and see lakes, forests, rivers and other landforms 10,000 meters below, as well as a medium-sized city.

"Meet the collision in forty seconds! Don't forget what your responsibilities are!"

"Let's land on both feet! Sir!" Carlos and the ODSTs roared in unison.

"Very good! After completing the landing, the third and fourth groups will be responsible for cleaning up the debris, while the first and second groups will follow me to capture the target... In twenty-five seconds, the airdrop pod will automatically slow down, and we are all ready!"

"... "

Hearing this, Carlos took a deep breath and adjusted his condition as much as possible.

Boom--Boom--.

The airdrop warehouse decelerated several times in a short period of time, which made Carlos experience the feeling of his head falling but his body slumping upward, which was comparable to the "turbulence" of entering the black zone.

Fortunately, twenty-five seconds flies by.

Boom! !

The heavy object fell to the ground causing a violent shock.

Qi-! !
  Then there's the rush of air when the hatch opens.

A series of movements showed that the airdrop warehouse successfully landed.

The moment Carlos and his nine comrades saw the green light, they released their immobilization, rushed out of the warehouse with their respective firearms, and launched drones to provide them with more comprehensive vision assistance.

"Go! Go!"

"There are enemies at three o'clock!"

"Capture the whereabouts of the mission target!
  In the drone's overhead view, the hiding place of the leader of the Niya organization has been "surrounded" by six airdrop pods.

To be precise, they were surrounded by forty ODSTs, four special mechas, and six Tyrants equipped with heavy armor and heavy artillery.

(End of this chapter)