Five Thousand Ships...

In Halo Wars 1, the Forerunners built a ruin on Bountiful Star, and this ruin could point the way to the existence of Shield World 049.

Of course, there was no way William could have remembered these details after twenty years, but he still remembered the Forerunner Ruins on Bountiful Star.

As long as he brought Halsey, that cheat, along, William believed there was no problem she could not solve.

DR-7 Transport Boat.

It was the latest-generation Transport Boat developed using technology acquired from the Federation, with The Hive's researchers using the DR-4 Transport Boat as its prototype.

The overall hull retained the DR-4's appearance, but it was nearly twice as large and had become much flatter.

It had added many aerodynamic streamlining features to increase its maneuverability and speed when flying within an atmosphere.

Its interior was spacious enough to transport eighty fully armed Marines, Helljumpers, or Ghost Agents equipped with Biochemical Power Armor in a single trip.

It could also transport fifty fully equipped Astartes, or twenty-five Astartes equipped with Terminator Power Armor.

However, the Terminators did not need to ride in Transport Boats or transport aircraft. They could carry out transportation or boarding operations through "teleportation."

At this moment.

Three DR-7 Transport Boats flew in a triangular formation under the escort of six Aerial Strikes.

As for the target, the Forerunner Ruins—

Long before William arrived at Bountiful Star, he had notified the commander of the Fifth Fleet, who had already arrived, to use the Infinity-class Flagship to conduct a comprehensive scan of the entire planet.

Within a few hours, the Fifth Fleet's Artificial Intelligence discovered a non-human-built ruin located within the glaciers at Bountiful Star's North Pole.

After all, Bountiful Star was not even as large as Mars. Combined with the scanning capabilities of