Inside the top-floor suite.
Hicks and the elite Marines were all dressed in somewhat businesslike winter clothing, such as slacks and turtleneck sweaters.
All the Dome Cities in the colonies followed the seasonal changes of Earth's Northern Hemisphere. Since it was winter in the Northern Hemisphere in November, the Marines had also put on winter clothes.
The main purpose of this group of lieutenant-level Marine elites coming to Sirius-4 was to provide backup for the local agents.
While investigating a corporation called "Hozette," the local agents had discovered that it was the true power controlling Sirius-4.
Most of the officers in the UNSC Army Corps stationed here, including its commander, had accepted bribes from Hozette Corporation to varying degrees.
In terms of its nature, Hozette Corporation resembled Umbrella. It was an international arms company, but it was also involved in many other fields.
Of course, those other fields merely served to embellish Hozette Corporation. Its real profits still came from selling weapons.
It was said that Umbrella had secured eighty percent of UNSC arms contracts. Of the remaining twenty percent, this Hozette Corporation held seventy percent.
According to the various pieces of information held by the Umbrella Agents and Artificial Intelligence, Hozette's roots lay in Britain during World War I. It had then made its fortune during World War II, the Vietnam War, and other conflicts.
At the same time, some records indicated that Hozette Corporation had participated in Britain's "anthrax" experiments during World War II, giving it extensive experience in biological warfare.
Simply put, Hozette Corporation was an arms dealer resembling Umbrella in every respect, only several orders of magnitude smaller.
Compared with other companies and corporations, however, Hozette was still a behemoth.
According to intelligence from the agents stationed on Sirius-4, Hozette Corporation had considerable ambition. This forced