Hydra had already reverse-engineered Exoskeleton technology.
Although the gap between it and Osborn's equipment was like the gap between a pager and a smartphone, it was still enough for Hydra to easily take this Aircraft Carrier.
So easily that news of the battle here had not even made it off the carrier—by all rights, by the time S.H.I.E.L.D. noticed this Helicarrier, it should have already vanished.
Unfortunately, Harry had always remembered this Aircraft Carrier, and now they had run into trouble.
"What do you think is happening outside?" Agent Barbara asked her companion.
The blonde agent was both beautiful and capable. In the original story, she had led a group of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents to successfully defeat Hydra aboard the Aircraft Carrier.
But now, every Hydra operative had an Exoskeleton, while S.H.I.E.L.D. could only fight with their bare bodies. So they lost.
"No idea. Maybe World War Three has already started." Chief Engineer Mike was a huge Black man, and the upheaval of the day had completely stunned him.
Many Hydras had once been their closest friends, yet when the moment came, they had opened fire on them without hesitation.
Brothers who had once trusted each other with their lives had suddenly turned against one another, leaving him lost.
They had suffered a crushing defeat aboard the Aircraft Carrier, so he held only a pessimistic view of the situation outside.
As for why Hydra had kept them alive, perhaps it was for intelligence, perhaps recruitment, or perhaps they simply intended to brainwash them. None of that mattered anymore. He had lost the will to fight.
Seeing Mike like this, Barbara knew she could not count on him and could only look for an opportunity herself...
Suddenly, every electronic device erupted in sparks and flames—
It was an EMP!
Boom!
Before she