Umbrella's Containment: The First Line of Defense
Chapter 49

Project Heading Dawn

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It's unclear how much time had passed.

"Ugh..."

William let out a low groan from the headache, his left hand instinctively rubbing his temples.

Slowly opening his eyes, he found Halsey kneeling beside him, staring at him motionlessly.

Seeing William finally out of his daze, Halsey squinted and smiled, "Boss? You're awake~"

"I..."

William sat up, about to say something, when he saw the makeshift bed they were on 'floating' in the air. His eyes widened, cutting off his words.

"Hee hee~"

Halsey, also sitting up, poked William's cheek with her hand and chuckled, "I didn't expect you to be such a timid boss.

Don't worry, you won't fall, so don't faint again."

"Whoosh-"

William closed his eyes to calm his racing heart before looking at Halsey and saying with annoyance:

"I say, do you have to make the office like this? Aren't you afraid of getting a heart attack?"

"Heart attack?"

Halsey stood up, put on her shoes, and walked behind the glass wall, shrugging as she said, "I don't feel like it. On the contrary, it gives me a lot of inspiration.

Otherwise, how could your aerospace carriers possibly start construction on schedule?"

William also got off the bed, cautiously taking steps to walk beside Halsey.

Upon hearing her words, his acrophobia instantly vanished, and a smile he couldn't hide spread across his face as he asked:

"Halsey, did you really create the aerospace carriers?"

"Hmph~" Halsey let out a delicate snort.

Then she turned and walked to her desk, opened a drawer, took out a stack of documents, and handed them to William, saying, "Here, take a look for yourself."

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William took the documents and began to read.

Project Heading Dawn.

Five Paris-class heavy frigates.

Paris-class heavy frigate, cost per ship is 21 billion.

Scheduled completion and launch on August 8, 2008.

Specific data as follows:

Length: 580m.

Width: 200m.

Height: 170m.

Engines: Six Nuclear Fusion engines.

Jump Drive: None.

Hull Armor: New Titanium Alloy Armor.

Hull Armament:

1 Hector-class Hydrogen Bomb x5.

2 Tomahawk Missile Launchers x30.

3 220mm caliber turrets x2.

4 120mm caliber twin-barreled turrets x6.

5 Close-in Weapon System array.

6 Magnetic Accelerator Cannon (Main Cannon) x1

Hangar (Full Load):

1 D77 Pelican Dropship x8

2 F-X Carrier-based Aircraft x16

3 B-65 Short Sword Bomber x2

4 M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles x4

5 M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tanks x4

6 Various Troop Transport Vehicles x20

7 Single-Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicles x64

Crew (Full Capacity):

Ship Crew: 60

Maintenance Crew: 40

Aviation Personnel: 50

Vehicle Personnel: 70

Combat Personnel: 750

Appendix Files:

I. Hector-class Hydrogen Bomb.

Hector was a prince in Greek mythology and the foremost hero of Troy.

An improved hydrogen bomb developed by Dr. Halsey based on existing nuclear bomb and hydrogen bomb experimental records, as well as various related data.

Yield (Adjustable): 1 megaton to 70 megatons.

Shelf Life: 70 to 120 years.

Note: The Tsar Bomba's yield was 50 megatons.

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II. Magnetic Accelerator Cannon

An improvement on existing electromagnetic cannon technology by Dr. Halsey, and a proprietary technology of Umbrella.

Utilizes capacitors to accelerate a tungsten projectile to one percent of the speed of light.

Length: 120m.

Projectile: 30-ton tungsten projectile.

Range: 14,000km.

Note: Earth's diameter is 12,700km.

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III. D77 Pelican Dropship (Dropship77-TroopCarrier)

One of the byproducts of Dr. Halsey's research into hydrogen engines.

Powered by hydrogen engines, the D77 can break free of gravitational constraints and travel into space on its own.

Length: 34m.

Width: 24m.

Height: 10m.

Maximum Payload: 180t.

Engines: Four sets of hydrogen engines.

Armament: Can be equipped with machine cannons depending on the situation.

Crew: 3.

Troop Capacity: 30.

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IV. F-X Carrier-based Fighter.

A multi-role fighter developed by Dr. Halsey after Umbrella acquired core technologies from Lockheed Martin, such as those for the F-22 and F-35.

Equipped with a dedicated hydrogen engine, it can break free of gravity's shackles and theoretically travel into space independently.

Its appearance is similar to the F-22 and F-35.

Crew: 1.

Length: 14m.

Width: 9m.

Height: 3m.

Armament: Can be equipped with various missiles and machine cannons depending on the situation.

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5. B65 Short Sword Bomber.

The B65 Short Sword is a small bomber developed by Dr. Halsey based on data from various bombers and designed to complement the Paris-class frigate.

It also uses a dedicated hydrogen engine.

Crew: 2.

Length: 27m.

Width: 35m.

Height: 5m.

Armament: Various bombs / Two Hector-class Hydrogen Bombs.

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6. Single-Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle

This insertion vehicle allows the combat personnel inside to break through the atmosphere and land directly from near-Earth orbit.

It prevents the transport aircraft carrying combat personnel from being shot down by anti-aircraft weapons, thus avoiding the embarrassing situation of total annihilation.

Because its atmospheric entry method resembles that of a meteor, it also possesses excellent 'stealth' capabilities.

All types of vehicles and weapons will be loaded onto five Paris-class heavy frigates before August 8, 2008.

"My goodness..."

After William finished reading the documents, his hands trembled uncontrollably.

He had read many web novels before his transmigration.

Most protagonists relied on 'cheat systems' to make themselves or their factions gradually stronger.

And him?

He did have a system.

If his experiences were written into a novel, he would definitely be a protagonist archetype.

But the things Halsey gave him were actually more than what the system provided.

What the heck is this??

The specifications and schematics for the Paris-class heavy frigate, for example, were just an upgraded version of the frigate from the Halo series.

There were also electromagnetic accelerator cannons and controllable hydrogen bombs.

Major world powers were secretly researching this kind of black technology, but they couldn't put it into practical use.

But Halsey had achieved it...

Then there were the new aircraft models like the Pelican, Short Sword, and F-X, some of which had prototypes in Halo, while others were her original creations.

The most important thing was the insertion vehicle!

William had only considered this possibility half a year ago.

After all, besides the Spartan forces, the most famous in Halo were the Helljumpers.

But William had never mentioned it to Halsey.

Yet this girl, as if she could read his mind, had actually made it.

"Hehe~"

Seeing William's shocked expression, Halsey put her hands behind her back and walked up to him with a playful gait.

Then she spread her arms, which had already recovered to snow-white skin, and hugged William tightly.

With a happy expression, she rubbed her head against William's chest and murmured softly, "Boss... How is it~ Did I give you a lot of surprises?"

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