1831, Shepard and tasks
The SSV-Normandy-class Frigate, numbered SR-1, is 176 meters in length and is equipped with cutting-edge equipment such as advanced detection systems, stealth systems, and extreme environment adaptation systems. It is one of Duchy of Dawn's Mega-corporationss - a new generation of exploration frigates independently designed and manufactured by Citadel Standard Light Industry.
At this moment, on the bridge of the spacecraft, a red-haired woman wearing an N-7 combat uniform and holding a full-coverage helmet in her hand, with a majestic appearance and a heroic appearance, continued to report to the communicator, "According to our scan, this strange signal should be a detection device. In other words, the asteroid in front of us should be an outpost."
Her brows are furrowed and her eyes are sharp, her cheeks are slightly square, and overall she is a very beautiful woman. But the aura emanating from her body makes it difficult for people to think anything wrong about her. Even if her whole body is covered in combat uniforms, she can still see the explosive muscles on her body from the lines of her body. If nothing else, you definitely have six-pack abs.
Shepard——The name of this red-haired woman. He is a Legendary Class hero who awakened from the hibernation cabin of the mothership after Tang Xiao launched the Unknown Regions exploration plan and asked Citadel Standard Light Industry to complete the construction of Normandy-class Frigate.
She comes from the world of "Mass Effect", has a series of legendary experiences, and is also the superhero who saved the entire galaxy. Also awakened at the same time were some Legendary Class members of her exploration team, while other members were still in "insufficient conditions".
Originally, Tang Xiao planned to directly appoint her as Commander of Unknown Regions Exploration Fleet, but she declined, expressing her hope to start from the frontline exploration team. So Tang Xiao granted her the rank of captain, but still ordered Commander of Unknown Regions Exploration Fleet to agree to all plans proposed by Shepard as much as possible.
In front of Shepard, there was no picture displayed on the communication side, only the sound, "Will Normandy be discovered?"
"Currently, we have activated electromagnetic interference, and the other party did not send out any abnormal signals. They probably did not detect us. Next, I will activate the cloaking device and log in directly to investigate." Shepard said in a deep voice.
"Agree. But please be careful, Captain Shepard. Our purpose is to explore. Don't rush to attract the other party's attention and cause unnecessary disputes." Explore Fleet Commander said.
"If this thing is really an outpost, then it means that we are approaching the control range of a brand new cosmic force, and we really need to be careful." Shepard nodded, "Then, I will set off immediately."
She performed a military salute meticulously and closed the communication.
Then, Shepard said to the battleship pilot, "Moro, locate the direction of the star closest to us, activate the stealth device, go around to the star, and approach the asteroid in the direction of the star's radiation."
"Okay, sir." The driver is a man wearing a peaked cap and a light stubble on his mouth. He is the driver of Normandy, Jeff-Moro (Jeff Moreau), nicknamed Joker (Joker). "I promise, we will never be found over there."
"Very confident, Moro." Shepard smiled.
"Well... how should I put it? Judging from some of the tests I conducted carefully just now, this thing shouldn't be too advanced. Anyway, it didn't respond to the little interference signal I sent out." Moro shrugged, and then started to push the joystick.
Normandy flexibly made a large circle under his control. At the same time, his figure quickly faded and disappeared into the cosmic space. The place seemed empty.
Shepard also straightened up, turned around and walked towards the maintenance deck. As he walked, he said without looking back, "You should also be prepared, Senluo, Reaper."
A gloomy voice came from the air, "As long as you don't let me use a sniper rifle, you can do anything."
"Pointless persistence, Reaper. In everything, complete the mission first." A hoarse voice came from the air on the other side.
Then, on both sides behind Shepard, a subtle current flashed, and two warriors wearing black combat uniforms and full-coverage helmets appeared. Their electronic tactical eyepieces and the energy nodes on the combat uniforms all lit up with an unsettling red light.
These are clearly two Ghost Agent!
Senluo and Reaper are their code names. As for their names, they've been dropped, well, not entirely. Because on the chest of Ghost Agent, codenamed Senluo, hangs a soldier dog tag that normally can only be used by visible soldiers but not used by special combatants such as Ghost Agent. It has a line of Morse password on it.
If you decipher this line of password Morse, you will know that this password is a name - Xie Jun.
"We went to investigate, not to blow things up to pieces." Shepard said, "This time you two will go with me."
As she spoke, she raised her wrist and said in the communication module of Omni-tool: "Let the maintenance bay prepare a set of stealth combat equipment for me."
"You have the final say, boss." came the response from the other end of the communication, "Do you need to prepare an all-terrain vehicle?"
"No, use a stealth landing ship. We will complete the rest of the journey on foot to ensure concealment." Shepard said.
"Okay."
The two Ghost Agent over there are still struggling with the trivial matter of a sniper rifle... "You obviously don't know, Senluo, using a sniper rifle to kill people prevents me from feeling the fear of the other party's death in the nearest place, which makes me very... frustrated." Ghost Agent named Reaper said.
"If you have any behavior that may interfere with the mission, I guarantee that you will not get another chance." Senluo said coldly in his hoarse voice.
"Oh, I'm not here to fight with you. Hahahaha..." Reaper laughed dryly.
Shepard shook his head secretly, but there was nothing he could do. She knows that many people in Ghost Agent are not mentally normal. It's not that they are mentally unstable and easily lose control, but they often have some very strange quirks and their tempers are unpredictable.
Just like now, they can actually argue all the way over this trivial matter of whether to use a sniper rifle or not. Reaper obviously has excellent marksmanship, but he doesn't use a sniper rifle. Sometimes he would rather use an assault rifle for burst shooting than switch to the C-10 sniper rifle they were equipped with.
Although Senluo seemed to be normal, it didn't seem so normal for him to be at odds with Reaper for several minutes over a small matter like a sniper rifle.
The three of them went all the way to the preparation deck, only to see a square landing craft ready.
In the equipment area, there were still a few people chatting there. Shepard walked over and said to two of them, "Kayden Alanco and Ashley Williams, you will not participate in this operation for the time being."
While talking, she walked to the equipment rack and took off her N-7 combat uniform in front of everyone. Wearing a corset and shorts that are convenient for movement, her bare arms and long legs are full of tight muscles, which are full of explosive power at first glance, and on her abdomen, the six-pack abs are clearly visible.
Next to him, a man in his 30s who was also wearing a combat uniform, Kaiden Alanco exclaimed in an exaggerated manner, "Wow! Captain, are you giving us benefits?"
Shepard casually took down a set of black tight-fitting combat uniforms from the equipment rack, turned to look at him and said lightly, "Oh? Benefits? Want to try it?"
"Haha! That's not necessary. You crooked the bridge of my nose last time, and I just healed it a few days ago." Kaiden Alanco waved his hands quickly.
Another female soldier next to her, about 27 or 8 years old, with a determined face asked, "Captain, are you sure you don't want to take us there?" As she said this, she looked at the two Ghost Agent who were still chattering over there.
"This mission is just for reconnaissance. Even if the opponent is hostile, I will try my best to avoid fighting." Shepard said while skillfully putting on the tight-fitting combat uniform that was originally very troublesome to put on, showing very good body flexibility.
"Ah, Ashley Williams, that woman is as afraid of us as ever." On the other side, Ghost Agent Reaper was obviously aware of the thoughts in Ashley's mind.
Although he could not sense more detailed information like Ghost Agent, he could still clearly feel Ashley's inner fear.
"If you continue like this, then I think she might be more willing to kill you with one shot." Senluo said coldly.
"Don't worry, before that, I will blow her head off first. Haha, haha." Reaper let out an unpleasant laugh. He looked at the gun rack and finally chose the AGR-14 assault rifle.
"Look, that's it." Senluo said coldly.
Ashley Williams frowned and glanced at Ghost Agent, then said to Shepard, "Don't worry, I will be ready for everything."
Shepard nodded and boarded the landing ship with the two Ghost Agent.
Soon, the landing ship took off and immediately turned on the cloaking device, flying down from the flight deck of Normandy. The landing spacecraft directly approached the asteroid with a diameter of about 90 kilometers, found an area with relatively complex terrain, lowered its height, and began to land.
[The target is in an area 36 kilometers south of your location. I have sent the full scan of the asteroid to your Omni-tool.] The voices of Jeff-Moro came from the communication.
"Okay, keep the communication silent next. Let's talk about emergencies." After Shepard finished speaking, he turned off the communicator.
"If there is an emergency, kill them all." Reaper said while activating the stealth device of the combat suit, and the whole person disappeared.
"Don't worry, captain, I will keep an eye on this guy." Senluo said, and also activated the cloaking device.
Shepard nodded seriously and activated the invisibility device of his combat uniform.
Invisible spaceship, invisible landing craft, invisible three people... Although it looks empty on the surface, this 90-kilometer-diameter asteroid is already filled with a chilling atmosphere.
Shepard The three of them moved forward, always keeping their bodies under the cover of the surrounding terrain. Although there was no exchange of words during the whole process and they could not see each other's position, as the top warriors, they naturally had a tacit understanding and knew that the other party would definitely do everything they should do.
After about three hours, Shepard came to a small hillside 800 meters away from the target, lay down on the ground and began to adjust the focus of the electronic tactical eyepiece on his full-coverage helmet to view the base from a distance.
The base consists of three buildings, with the middle building being the tallest, more than 60 meters high. This requires very high construction skills and strong building materials to stand on this asteroid with extremely low gravity. On this tallest building, there is a long antenna.
Soon, she felt someone tap her shoulder lightly, and it was Ghost Agent who came over. They have telepathy and can know the location of Shepard even if they can't see it.
Ghost Agent was also using the electronic tactical eyepiece to zoom in on the base opposite. Senluo said in a deep voice, "There are no living people in the base."
"There are robots, and we can see 7 of them." Reaper said.
"Although the shape of this robot cannot be said to be strange, it is obvious that they made it like this deliberately." Shepard also said.
Those robots were all on four legs, shaped like a dinosaur, with a turret installed on the back.
"What's the difference?" Senluo asked.
"If it is a firepower platform, then the crawler type is obviously more stable. If you want to be more flexible, a bipedal walking mecha is enough... Therefore, the four-legged structure of those robots, and the load on the forelimbs is obviously not high. To be honest, there are flaws in the robot design. So I think this is the other party's unique aesthetic." Shepard said.
"Robots, let the other side build them however they want. The B-1 combat robot also has big flaws." Reaper said on the other side.
"Use EMP grenade to solve it." Shepard made a decision. "In this way, we will not destroy these robots after we complete the investigation. The owner of this base may just think that these robots are being attacked by cosmic electromagnetic radiation."
"Okay. Let's go." After Reaper said that, he rushed over quickly!
Senluo and Shepard followed closely, without even any communication between them. The two Ghost Agent can naturally know Shepard's action plan through telepathy, and then they will provide assistance.
Shepard was very fast. He rushed over and threw EMP grenade at two of the robots. At the same time, one rolled to the feet of the third robot and detonated another EMP grenade!
At the same time, the other four robots were all solved, and the whole process took no more than 10 seconds!
After dealing with the remaining robots, they entered the central building directly, destroyed the monitoring system, and then entered the main control room.
Looking at the completely incomprehensible text on the computer screen, Shepard frowned, "This is not any language in the known galaxy... It seems that we have encountered a new race. Moreover, it is a race that is very technologically advanced and has mastered interstellar navigation technology... Take the entire terminal apart and take it away, and take it back for analysis."
"Then they will immediately think that we are attacking this outpost." Senluo said.
"There is no other way. The language is blocked and the operating system is completely different. We can't even copy the data and can only disassemble the machine. The worst is, after establishing the connection, we will lose money." Shepard said.