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Getting everything into the Condor was a bit tedious, especially with Agent Fenja rocking the suitcase every now and then, I couldn't exactly blame her, but it still wasn't exactly a good idea given the fact the oxygen tank I gave her only last for about three hours and all that panicked movement is definitely going to use it all up.
I'll check on her once I'm back aboard my only Assault Carrier, hopefully she doesn't die from the lack of air that she used all up or something serious due to her silly panicking, but again, I can't exactly blame them, she must be absolutely terrified.
Thankfully, the flight to my Carrier didn't take long as I stationed all my combat vessels in the next star system over, ready to jump to Shanxi once the Turians came in force.
I still wasn't sure how well the upcoming battle will go, the Turians were going to be faster than my ships, their point defence is also going to be very good, even though my forces will be firing an overwhelming amount of anti-ship missiles, plus my MACs are far more powerful than their peashooters, sure they'll shoot faster and more often but I have the firepower given the standard MAC on the Frigates fire a 600-Ton Ferric Tungsten or Depleted Uranium Shell, but those rounds are fired out of Mark II type Light Coil which back in the Halo-verse it only took two to three shots to break through the shields of sub-Capital Covenant ships, the UNSC Commonwealth demonstrated this fact clearly, only needing two MAC rounds on the Zanner-pattern light cruiser Unrelenting, the first round striped the shields while the second breached through the hull of the vessel.
But fact is Covenant vessels are far superior to anything the Turians have, given how the Covenant reversed engineered Forerunner tech into their Navy and every other facet of their life, and while the kinetic barriers will stop the mass of the attacks it doesn't stop energy, but I'm not the Covenant, however I am confident that my ships at their current tech base will be more than sufficient to handle the threats in this galaxy and once I'm able to finally level up and upgrade my forces, I'll have little reason to feel threatened aside from the Reapers.
My flying bricks of guns on thrusters will defiantly be able to tank hits with the Titanium plate which were built for Halo-verse MACs in mind, they will be able to dish out the damage they receive as well with barrages of missiles followed up MACs nor will there be any contest against my Nukes, yes I'm using Nukes in my first engagement, well that's if they survive the Hornet mine field my Prowlers will lay out once the expedition force returns or doesn't.
And after that, they'll send another strike force or the diplomates will take over and all I would need to do was disappear, wait and quietly expand my influence beyond the Relay, I was looking forward to leveling up, but the fact I needed to kill thousands upon thousands of good soldiers who are just following orders makes me a little bit disappointed, I'd rather my indirect first kill be that of pirates and slavers which were unfortunately plenty of on the other side of the Relay.
But just you wait, once I begin my operations, those degenerates will be a thing of the past, just you wait.
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I arrived on the bridge of the Orion, the lead ship of her class and current flagship of my Black Fleet.
I wheeled the suitcase containing my guest and placed it upright and began to unlock it, once the buckles were off I opened the case door, there all tussled up in bandages and secured with ropes was Agent Fenja who looked utterly defeated, her hair was messy and eyes bloodshot, I feel guilty now, she is definitely traumatised from this.
But once our eyes met, I could see that her expression started to change, giving a look of hatred and fear, so I took the breathing mask off which allowed her to breathe freely, checking the oxygen tank I see it was close to empty.
"I'd like to say welcome aboard the Orion, but you're not really feeling accommodated given your current condition." I only got silence and a glare.
I just sighed.
"You know, you're not going to believe me but I'm not some nefarious person apart of a pirate group seeking death and destruction, it's very much the opposite, but given what I've done to you, I'm less likely not going to make you any more willing to believe me, but in farness you did point a gun at me and you did say you were going to make me 'sing'" the woman just scoffed.
"I'm going to free you, just don't try to fight me, it won't end well, I'll allow you to question me, and I'll try to answer them to my best, deal" it took a bit of time, Fenja was thinking it over from what I could see in her facial expression.
Eventually, she nodded her head, without further ado, my finger glowed a dark gold and a small little energy blade extended from my pointer finger, and I began cutting away the binds that held the Intelligence Officer, who looked at my display with little bits of fear, awe and a calculating questioning gaze.
With a few strokes, the ropes and bandages fell to the steel floor and out of the suitcase Fenja wobbled out, she didn't say any 'thank you's', but she definitely looked appreciative to be freed.
"Come, let's talk." I walked towards the windows on the bridge, which gave a perfect view of the bow of the Orion along with a good look at the combined fleet all around the Assault Carrier.
Agent Fenja took her time taking in her surroundings, finding it extremely strange how there was absolutely no one around aboard the bridge, the design of the command room was also far different compared to regular Alliance ships, but some things seemed the same, like the holo table and captain's chair to name a few.
After cautiously reaching the windows her eyes widened upon seeing the amount of differently designed steel grey black warships in the void, there were so many cruisers from her point of view not to mention the just how big the dreadnoughts were, her mind churned at how such a fleet like this could've gone unnoticed for all these decades, the amount of resources needed to construct even a single ship would have never gone unnoticed by her departments head.
So how?
"As you can see, my forces are quite extensive, I even have bases in places beyond the Relays, soon though humanity will see this power in play very soon, and before you go on a tangent on me fighting the Alliance, no they are not my enemy but in few more days you will see what this is all for and who will appear in this system soon, and once I've defeated them I'll let you go to tell your tale, until then feel free to explore this vessel as you'll be here for a bit"
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In the 3 days that Agent Fenja has been onboard the Orion she's been taking notes with keen observations of everything the Assault Carrier has to offer, from the bridge to the prow MAC guns, numerous times she would come to me cautiously to inquire about the vessels capabilities and I complied as I wasn't at all concerned about what she would do with such knowledge.
I didn't care if the Alliance knew every nook and cranny of the ship, fact is I hope they get encouraged to replicate such a build in the future and incorporate what's here into their ship designs, the intel Fenja provides will give them an edge they need in the future, plus it would be nice if they finally built a ship that exceeds 1km.
It is amusing that all my ships above the cruiser rank would be classified as super dreadnoughts, the look on my guest's face when I told her how big my ships could get puts a small smile on my lips, along with the fact that power generation and FTL are void of Element Zero.
Looking at the Agent going through mountains of information on the bridge terminal allowed me to see her expression change a few times, but eventually her questions about how powerful my ships were and how many I had and the amount of bases I had around human space were now replaced by questions about me and what I could do.
The short answer was I could do a lot, but in the future I would be able to expanded upon it, I didn't exactly tell her about my System but what I could explain was that I pretty much take already existing mundane and interesting items from different Universes and bring them here as a litte misdirection from the truth, she didn't really believe me until I bought a X-COM laser pistol from the [Store].
I even talked about the Gacha mechanic, which could give me something completely random like a conceptual influence on the world, magical or anomalous objects, and so forth, to prove my point, I used my single Gacha Ticket to show what random item I would get.
[Results: 1# SCP-686 Class: Safe (Modified Variant)]
I blinked, feeling a little bit confused as a glass container with a Biohazard symbol along with the marks of SCP 686 was printed on it in black thick markings, what was contained in the glass was a white substance which reminded me of milk, as it was too liquid like to be yogurt.
I have no clue what this stuff does, I had no idea what SCP-686 even is, as this is the first time I've ever heard much less seen the anomaly.
However, judging by the fact that it is rated as a Safe class object along with the pretext of it being a modified variant, then that must mean the effects of the anomaly have been enhanced or decreased in some way that may be harmless to the user.
It must have the ability to greatly increase the user's bone strength, as that's one of the effects milk has on the body for children, so it must be that, or it could be something else beneficial to the body.
Fenja looked suspicious at the object in my hands, I don't blame her, after all, the last few days for her have been stressful and filled with bizarre knowledge, she was still asking why the ship was still working when she hadn't seen a single soul onboard.
"Would you like to try some?" I asked my guest politely as I shook the glass lightly in a gesture.
She just stared at the milk jug with weary eyes before responding.
"I think I'll pass, thanks," I shrugged at her decline.
"Welp, bottoms up." I unscrewed the red cap off and placed it on the side of the holo table on the bridge while I began to drink half of the bottle down.
I must admit it was, so far, the best-tasting milk I've ever had.
Screwing the red cap back on I placed the half empty/full milk container to the side, now I bought some simple 10kg weights to see if they weighed like nothing, which I immediately found out that no, it still felt like I was lifting 10kg.
"Hmm, must be a slow effect anomaly," I said out loud.
If this were the case, then all I had to do was wait for a few minutes or hours for it to take noticeable effect.
So, to pass the time, I decided to buy the document sheet for said SCP to see what I had to expect.
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"Oh Shit"
I've made a grievous mistake.
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