"Oh?"
After hearing Serena's supplementary report, William suddenly became interested and asked:
"According to what you mean... there may be ruins of the Forerunners in the galaxy where City of Brotherly Love is located, right?"
"Yes, boss." Serena said without denying:
"And based on the power, it can be judged that the ruins of the forerunner are also the size of a celestial body."
"The size of a celestial body..."
Hearing this, William raised his left hand and gently pinched his chin, frowning and whispering.
I was still speculating in my heart: 'Could it be a halo?'
"Shua~."
"Dr."
"Hmm."
At this moment, William heard the automatic door on the first floor of the bridge opening, and also heard the conversation between Halsey and other crew members.
Immediately afterwards, Halsey, still wearing loose casual clothes, used the elevator to reach the second floor of the bridge.
She walked directly to William and said, "William, I have recently carefully studied the information on the Bountiful Star ruins.
Discovered a galaxy named 'Korinth Prior' by the Forerunners, and the Forerunners' artificial celestial body 'APEX' existed in this planet
Although the specific location of this galaxy is only stored in the colonial ruins of Arcadia, I can also summarize it specifically to Star Sector."
William asked doubtfully, "The top?"
"Yes."
Halsey said, then turned around to operate the screen of Central Control Console and brought up the Star Sector she summarized.
"Eh?"
The moment he called it up, Halsey noticed the outer cantilever star map marked by Serena, and the galaxy Coordinates where City of Brotherly Love is located.
Because the Star Sector she summarized is exactly within the area of the outer edge cantilever, which is why she said "Eh".
William and others nearby also discovered this.
William even asked, "Catherine, Serena just discovered that there may be a forerunner celestial body in this galaxy.
Is this what you call the peak?"
"Hum..." Halsey looked up at the star map on the holographic screen and City of Brotherly Love, also raised his hand and gently pinched the tip of his chin, and said:
"According to the information stored in the ruins, the pinnacle is what you called Shield World. Its purpose is not only to resist the attacks of the halo pulse and the Flood, but also to be the star port of the forerunner 'Dreadnought Fleet'.
I think the weapon mentioned in the ruins should be 'Dreadnought Fleet'. It seems that the Covenant directly found the location of Shield World without relying on Forerunner Ruins's guidance."
"Really..." After hearing Halsey's words, William immediately had some ideas.
He remembered that in <Halo Wars 1>, the Star Alliance seemed to have found the location of Shield World one step ahead of time, and also kidnapped Fire Spirit's female doctor, preparing to use her to activate Shield World's weapon.
In the end, Shield World was blown up by a group of Fire Spirit, which prevented the Covenant from obtaining the Forerunner weapons and increased the chance of victory for humanity.
"If the galaxy where City of Brotherly Love is located is also the galaxy where Shield World is located, then City of Brotherly Love will not leave there in a short time." William said softly.
"That's right!" After hearing Halsey's analysis and William's words, Saum suddenly said with high emotion:
"With the characters of those three old guys, they will only drive City of Brotherly Love away after their purpose is achieved!
So Russell, I still propose to raid City of Brotherly Love to prevent the old guys from obtaining the divine Dreadnought Fleet, and by the way, I can also rescue my people!"
"Well..." Mike also nodded lightly and echoed:
"With the Star Alliance's understanding of Forerunner technology, sooner or later we will gain access to Dreadnought Fleet, which will be very detrimental to our situation.
I also agree with General Saum's point of view, and we must obtain the right to use Dreadnought Fleet before the Star Alliance. At the worst, we must destroy the Shield World and Dreadnought Fleet mentioned by Catherine to prevent them from falling into the hands of the Star Alliance.
Of course, we can also rescue General Saum's people and occupy or destroy the political center of the Covenant, City of Brotherly Love."
Saum saw Mike's help and immediately thanked him, "Thank you very much..."
"You're welcome, let's just discuss the matter." Mike said nonchalantly.
"Boss, based on the information provided by the doctor, I think the strategic significance of the raid on City of Brotherly Love is indeed great." Serena suggested from the side:
"If City of Brotherly Love will stay in the Corinth Prior system for a long time, then we can use Warp Engine to attack, so as to avoid being detected by the Covenant.
But the only problem is that the jump voyage will take at least a month, and one month is enough to change the situation of the abnormal war.
And after a month, I think the top management of Sangheili may have been wiped out by the Prophet Clan.
So boss, I hope you can make the final decision rationally."
"Of course." William waved his left hand lightly, then looked at the various information on the holographic screen, thought for a moment and said:
"If we can obtain the Forerunner's Dreadnought Fleet, then the outcome of this war between us humans and the Covenant will be very clear.
And occupying or destroying the political center of the Covenant can also cause a serious blow to enemy morale.
I think it is necessary to conduct a raid, but in order to ensure that our human frontiers have enough fleets and troops to defend, the raid force must be small but refined."
With that said, William looked at Mike and ordered, "Admiral O'Donohue, I am going to lead only Fleet Zero in the raid.
So when Fleet Zero enters Warp Space, you and General Ostrovsky will be responsible for the dispatch of Umbrella's five fleets, as well as the entire UNSC army.
Of course, General Ostrovsky is mainly responsible for Solar System, so the important task of leading all mankind to deal with the Star Alliance will be yours alone...
So Admiral O'Donohue, are you qualified for the position of acting commander-in-chief?"
"Haha." After hearing William's command, Mike smiled confidently, raised his right hand and saluted:
"No problem."
"Please." William also smiled at Mike, and then continued to order Serena:
"Serena, inform Engineering Team to select one COS-class and ten CCS-class that are in the best condition, and focus energy, resources and manpower on these eleven warships.
Tomorrow morning, I want these twenty-two Covenant warships to be in factory-new condition.
Also, let Doctor (049), his research team, equipment, and Xenos, which is still under cultivation, all be transferred to Star Killer."
"Yes, boss."
Serena nodded and replied, and his pupils began to emit blue light, executing the William command efficiently.
Finally, William looked at Saum standing opposite and said in a serious tone:
"General Saum, I hope you can choose your tribe, as well as the elites from the Gurus, Gnoll and other races, to board these eleven battleships to carry out the raid with us.
And... by the time we arrive at the galaxy where City of Brotherly Love is located, your people may have been killed, so I hope you can be mentally prepared for this."