Chapter 289 Extermination Order
There is no place for the weak-willed and hesitant to hide. Only quick action and firm belief can save humanity. No sacrifice is too great, no betrayal is too small.
——The Dogmatic Book of the Inquisition, Chapter 28 "Order of Extermination"
Sitting on the chair, Duanmu Huai fiddled with a small obsidian box in his hand. It looked simple and unpretentious, with a pattern of the Inquisition and a motto printed on it. It seems to be just a small, ubiquitous seal.
Often times, however, the problem isn’t the thing itself, but the value it represents.
Just like in many games, the things that NPCs use cautiously in the background settings are basically cabbage for players to use casually.
The same goes for extermination orders.
In the game, it has almost become a habit for players to use Extermination Order, just like playing a fighting game and then using a big move after a set of combos. This is not because the players have fallen into heresy, but simply - the background of the times is different.
In the past era of the Human Empire, humans occupied almost the entire galaxy. Every planet was the property of Holy Terra, and every soul belonged to the Emperor. The biggest enemy that the Inquisition has to face is the chaos and heretical rebellion that is eating away at the empire. In this case, they must be cautious when using the Extermination Order.
But things are completely different now.
The development of mankind is almost starting from scratch. A large number of aliens occupy interstellar space. They even built huge fleets and launched ruthless and cruel attacks on mankind. During the human empire, it might have been difficult to find large galaxies where aliens gathered, but now, such galaxies abound.
Using the Extermination Order on these planets will put no psychological pressure on players. Even in the game, many players' favorite thing to do is to lead a fleet to directly attack the opponent's home planet through various methods, and then throw an extermination order over to perform a decapitation attack. Wait until the opponent's home planet is extinct, and then add insult to injury to deal with the alien legions whose morale has plummeted.
Cruel, ruthless, and efficient.
This is the Inquisition.
But now, Duanmuhuai wants to go one step further.
He picked up the seal in his hand and placed it heavily on the parchment in front of him.
"Due to the ruthless killing of humans by aliens, there is no need for them to exist. Therefore, in the name of the Inquisitor, I am here to issue the No. 1 Extermination Order against the Covenant Urs System. Let these aliens feel the ruthlessness of the Inquisition. Fury, and repent in destruction.”
Duanmuhuai raised his head and gave the order.
"Deploy Wan Yi's giant ship."
Standing on the deck, looking at the burning stars in front of him, Commander Hood remained silent. In the end, he accepted Duanmuhuai's invitation and brought a team of senior generals to the flagship of the Tribunal. On the one hand, this was to express friendship. , on the other hand, they are also curious about what method the Tribunal will use to eliminate the Star Alliance.
But now, they were extremely shocked.
The reason is very simple, that is the elusive way of movement of the Inquisition fleet.
Whether it is the UNSC or the Covenant, most of their technologies come from archaeological excavations of the Forerunners' ruins, so their technology trees are actually very similar. It's just that the Covenant started earlier, so they ordered more, while humans started later, so they ordered less.
However, both sides use hyper-light engines for space navigation, so some kind of space fluctuations will inevitably occur. As long as you can master this spatial fluctuation, you can lock the opponent's location. This is also the reason why the Covenant fleet was discovered by the Earth's defense network when it arrived on Earth. Similarly, if humans want to launch an attack deep inside the Covenant, they will be captured by the Covenant using similar means.
However, the Inquisition's warships appear to employ an entirely different method of movement.
They are as elusive as ghosts, and the Covenant's surveillance network is completely unable to capture the Inquisition's fleet, so much so that they have even penetrated deep into the Urs system!
This is no ordinary galaxy in the Covenant. This is the home of one of the elites of the Covenant’s high-level races!
There are a total of five star systems occupied by the Covenant.
These include the Hawthorne galaxy where the high-ranking prophet family of the Star Alliance is located, and the Urs star system where the elite family that represents the absolute force of the Star Alliance is located. Next are the soldiers of the Star Alliance - the hunter "Lekgoro" and similar The Udeo star system inhabited by insect Amerians and Jackal beasts. As well as the Domsak system where the Jiralhanae family lives and the Barao system, the home of the Grunt family.
Among them, the Hawthorne Galaxy is naturally the core area of the Covenant Alliance, and its importance is equivalent to the human solar system. However, the importance of the Urs Galaxy is not weak either. After all, it is home to the elite clan of the Star Alliance who command the military forces. Their military tactics and quality are naturally needless to say.
The UNSC has been fighting fiercely with the Star Alliance for so long, so it naturally knows how powerful these elites are.
It can be said that the Urs Galaxy is equivalent to the "military base" of the Covenant. If it can be destroyed, it will be enough to greatly affect the combat effectiveness of the Covenant.
Not only that, but the decline of the elite clan that controls the power of the Covenant's military will also cause turmoil and chaos within the Covenant.
After all, wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes.
The same goes for aliens.
But Commander Hood still didn't understand how the Inquisition planned to act. You know, the Urs galaxy is the base camp of the elite family. Of course, there are a large number of fleets stationed here. Humans and the Covenant have ways to destroy a planet. They can use space battleships to emit high-energy beams to the ground to burn it down - commonly known as burning glass. But for both the Covenant and the UNSC, this is a very time-consuming method. Even the Covenant requires several warships to attack the planet at the same time, and it will take a certain amount of time to do so. This is okay on a remote planet, but now in this crisis-ridden Urs galaxy, how does the Inquisition plan to act?
"Du-du-du-!!"
Just as Commander Hood was thinking, suddenly, an alarm sounded, and then, Miana's voice sounded as leisurely as ever, like a tour guide introducing the scenery in a tourist area.
"Please pay attention~~~The Tribunal is about to issue an extermination order~~~Please pay attention~~~"
"Extermination order?"
After hearing this, Commander Hood suddenly became energetic, and the senior generals around him also looked back at the surrounding decorations. Then, they saw a huge warship suddenly appearing not far from the window. It docked next to the star of the Urs galaxy.
This is a long, narrow and huge "I"-shaped battleship. It looks even bigger than the human space station. Right now, this battleship is docked at the edge of the star. Then, Commander Hood and his party saw a beam of light burst out from the core of the battleship's center and injected directly into the star!
"Oh my God! They're actually going to do this!!"
Seeing this, a senior general was stunned and screamed!
"What's wrong? Do you know what they are doing??"
Looking at the general beside him, Commander Hood asked. The general looked pale and took a breath before he spoke.
"Sir, if I guess correctly, the Tribunal is... planning to detonate the star and completely reduce the entire Urs galaxy to nothing!"
"What?"
Everyone was shocked when they heard this.
"Can this be done?"
"Theoretically... there is no problem, as long as there is a strong enough energy supply... But if we don't have it, I'm afraid the Covenant can't do it either!!"
In fact, as the senior general said, it is not difficult to detonate a star, as long as there is enough energy.
Well, the problem lies in this enough energy.
Even the Kabal tribe, the original builders of the Wanyi giant ship, have not solved the energy problem. At that time, if they wanted to activate their Wanyi giant ship, they had to defeat a nearby planet, extract the energy from it, and then inject it into the star to explode it.
But Duanmu Huai doesn't have to go to such trouble. The Ancient Sage's reactor is so terrifying. One is not enough to stack two, and two is not enough to stack four. Is this a problem?
If you install a motorcycle engine on a bicycle, it can run at the speed of a motorcycle.
Of course, whether it can be sustained is another matter.
Just when everyone was stunned, their minds went blank, and they had no idea how to respond, Duanmuhuai had silently connected to the Star Alliance's missionary network.
"Aliens, this is your last moment of survival. As a price for threatening humanity, you will be completely destroyed in the wrath of the Tribunal. Your souls will never escape the purgatory fire of the Tribunal until the final destruction and death. The day of the end...Repent, this is your end.”
After saying this, Duanmuhuai closed the communication and issued the order.
"Prepare to evacuate."
"It has been detected that the interior of the star has reached a critical point and is preparing to evacuate."
The next moment, the heavy deck slowly fell, completely isolating everyone's vision. Immediately afterwards, the Inquisition fleet quietly disappeared into the starry sky and disappeared.
At this moment, the Covenant fleet, which had assembled a large army, arrived in a hurry, but... it was too late.
The star burst out with hot, shining brilliance at this moment, and then completely exploded.
The bright, golden light turned into a huge shock wave, spreading in all directions. All planets along the way were completely destroyed in this stellar explosion like destroyed stones. Their atmospheres were evaporated, their mantles ruptured, and then the entire planet It just fell apart and turned into dust in the universe. As for those Covenant fleets, they were also unable to escape the explosion range of the star. They didn't even have time to react, and were directly swallowed up by the brilliant light - completely disappearing in the dazzling, hot, pure white light.
In this way, the Urs Galaxy, the second largest galaxy in the Covenant, was completely destroyed.
(End of chapter)