Chapter 016: Pretty Bad First Impression

On July 23, 2007, in Miami, Florida, USA, the average temperature in the suburbs of the city was 27.3 degrees Celsius. At 22:41 p.m., a plane that looked a bit like a Boeing C-17 in the night sky with little light landed on a tarmac on the outskirts.

C-17, also known as Globemaster III., is a large strategic and tactical transport aircraft developed and produced by McDonnell Douglas - now Boeing - for the U.S. Air Force in the 80s of the last century. It combines strategic and tactical airlift capabilities and is suitable for strategic transport that can be quickly deployed to major military bases or directly to forward positions, and can also be used for a variety of tactical transport and airdrop missions if necessary. The flexibility and mobility of this old friend will give any force the ability to deploy resources by global airlift.

And now landing on the tarmac in the suburbs of Miami is much more advanced than the C-17. Compared to the C-17's single-wing four-engine structure, today's one has six engines and is a tandem two-wing layout. The engine itself has been completely renovated in terms of software and hardware, and the tandem biplane may seem a little unreasonable for aircraft with other power systems, but it is a perfect match with the technology-unique engine. And its on-board weapons system...... In short, this strategic and tactical transport aircraft is much more powerful than all similar aircraft in the world today.

Of course, with such performance, it is a bit overkill to be used as a transport aircraft. Recently, it has undergone some modifications and refinishes, and while it has been given a new look, it has also been given a new mission - to serve as a mobile position for a special operations team of Hydra. Its official scientific name is the Air Mobile Command Station, which also received a new code name.

'The-Bus' – well, forget it, that's a ...... Let's just use the English word 'Bus'.

Since it is a mobile position and a mobile command post in the air, the internal design of the Bus is naturally not the same as that of the C-17, which is mainly used for transportation. With a larger cabin space than the C-17, the Bus is designed to be three-tiered. In addition to the various supply systems of the main branch at the depth of the first floor and other aircraft components that occupy most of the third floor, the remaining part of the third floor is the office and dormitory of the Commander of Bus; The second floor is the cockpit and main activity area for the team members, including the galley, dining room, accommodation cubicles, command center, enclosed interrogation room, and a bar; On the outermost part of the ground floor is a spacious laboratory, and further outside is a small platform for physical training, several folding seats, and a loading ramp that doubles as a parking area.

Bus used to be the headquarters of Hydra – the headquarters of the air mobile. During that time, the Supreme Commander of Hydra and his staff officers were on it, commanding a series of F-series fighters - there were no Kun fighters at the time - and carrying out countless missions against the opposition, including S.H.I.E.L.D., which was already struggling at the time. The irony is that this mobile command station was originally proposed by S.H.I.E.L.D. and designed and manufactured by Stark Industries. However, by the time the bus was completed after three years, S.H.I.E.L.D. had already rebelled and left, and the river was declining, and I didn't know which pimple it was driven to. Under that premise, Hydra doesn't mind being this pick-up man!

Back in time, as the 'car' of the newly formed Special Ops Squad, its commander is Phil Coulson, an Hydra Level 8 agent who is actually a S.H.I.E.L.D. spy. This is another absurdity.

After talking about the Bus itself, let's talk about the people on the Bus. In addition to the above-mentioned Coulson as the commander of the operation, this special operations team also has Level 7 Agent Melinda May, the pilot and main combat force 1, Level 7 Agent Grantward, the killer, pretender and main combat force 2, and Level 5 Agent Leo Fitz, a rocket expert and high-tech weapon designer and inventor, is also a bit of an otaku young man. and Yerma Simmons, who is also a Level 5 agent, a double doctor of biochemistry and a guest doctor, and a close friend of the opposite sex who has just graduated from the science department of S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy along with Fitz.

As for the sixth person in the squad, this position was supposed to be Rhaegar's, but someone took a leave of absence because he was 'walking the dog' and missed the first mission of the squad. Now, someone has rushed to become the sixth person in front of him.

Skye, female, of unknown origin, is now a master hacker of the Rising Tide Organization. Due to the frequent invasion of the Tide Rising Group, the 'victims' include but are not limited to Hydra, and even S.H.I.E.L.D., resistance groups, etc., and the Tide Rising Group is also considered to be an anarchic and anti-social organization with no sense of honor. And Skye, who came from such an organization, was the candidate that Coulson had hired in order to better infiltrate Hydra after evaluating the composition of the team. Coulson, of course, gave the new member a reasonable identity - Hydra Alternate Agent, as he could be called a 'Cyber Technical Advisor'.

That's right, not even a first-class agent.

Of course, Skye's addition is not as simple as Coulson pulling her out of a list of hackers and saying "it's her". Just after learning that hackers from the Rising Tide organization were hacking into the network of a certain base of Hydra, Coulson planned a raid on the corresponding stronghold hidden by the Rising Tide organization in the city, as the first operation of the team, and as a result, many hackers in it were caught who were doing reselling information under the pretext of freedom of information. Skye wasn't a resident of the Rising Tide stronghold, she was invited to help. Even so, after confirming her identity as a member of the Rising Tide, she deserves to be locked up by Hydra. However, when Coulson's team broke into the stronghold, they saw Skye condemning the other hackers for reselling information. Later, when the hackers tried to resist with force and caused an explosion that affected innocent citizens outside, Skye, who had a chance to escape, risked being injured to save a little girl. After noticing this, Coulson walked up to Skye, who was about to be escorted away, pointed at her, and said the most classic American phrase "I want you".

I-want-you, that poster of the U.S. military recruitment during World War II?

Well, it's not that old-fashioned, but it's pretty much the same.

Back to the point. From the moment the bus landed, to the evening of the next day, a total of more than 20 hours have passed. Now, counting Coulson, and May, who came back from the cockpit, the six members of the team are meeting in two groups in the second-floor cafeteria—a denunciation meeting against someone.

"Sir, let's not say whether he should ask for leave when the team is called, and don't say how absurd the reason he gave for taking leave, today is the day he promised to return to the team, it's almost eight o'clock in the evening, and he hasn't shown up yet!"

Here are the words of Grant Ward. Compared to his own talent in combat, this guy is simply scum in interpersonal relationships, and when he speaks, he is usually more direct and ugly. However, he has always had something to say. For example, this time, someone is indeed a bit of a pit.

"Oh, I thought you were talking about Skye." Coulson said abruptly. Previously, Ward and May had very opinions about the addition of Skye's third guy who had no combat effectiveness in the team, so Coulson used the topic to play this way.

And presumably from the Hydra Academy's operations department, May and Ward had an opinion: "Since you decided to give Skye a chance, then Skye is not our problem - at least not for the time being." Now, Malik is the most important thing we should deal with, the first thing we should do. What's more, he didn't even communicate with us, and he didn't answer the phone! ”

Here again, I would like to mention one of the common denominators between the two men from the War Department. Like Ward, May is not the type to be talkative or easy to make friends with. She doesn't usually say much, and when she says a long sentence, you have to pay attention to it - either it's going to be a bad word, or she's going to make you unlucky.

"Okay, tell me what we should do with him?" Coulson threw his hands at the two of them, "You know who he is, you know his uncle who is a member of the Super Council. As you know, our Special Opstakes squad was approved by the Super Committee. While nepotism is rare within Hydra, it is also not present at all from time to time. I suspect Malik is the Ombudsman sent by the people of the Super Committee who are not worried about our team. Once I forced him to leave, the best outcome would be for our Super Council to send someone more difficult to deal with, and at worst for the team to be disbanded. So, even though I'm an Eighth-level agent, and even though I can assign you to be a doorman for the Native Winnibago Indians, I can't do anything harshly with him because of things like this. So tell me, what else can I decide in this situation? ”

Ward and May were silent for a moment.

At the same time, on the other side of the restaurant, the three youngest members of the line were engaged in a conversation with essentially the same entry point. The difference is that the atmosphere here is much more lively than the depression over there. Also, the focus here is a little different.

"So, the guy who was originally ostracized and suppressed by his uncle was suddenly reused and sent to this plane?" After listening to some of the introductions of Leofez and Yema Simmons to Regamalik, Skye said with a strange expression, "Could there be another explanation, such as that he is still under suppression, and that this plane and your special operations team are not as important as you think?" ”

"You're kidding (how could this be)!" Fitz (Simmons) spoke at the same time.

Skye looked back and forth between the two, she hadn't found a knack for communicating with Fitz and Simmons for a while, and she didn't know which one to listen to. However, the two on the other side also tacitly avoided the trouble of her decision-making - Fitz listened with a smile, occasionally making additions, and Simmons was the 'keynote speaker'.

"Although Hydra is the largest intelligence agency in the world, there are more and more opponents against it."

"Yes, especially after the recent revelations of several Hydra killing superpowers."

"Indeed, Hydra has always been relatively simple and crude in its approach to dealing with superpowered people. This is often criticized, and it also offends many superpowers who have no malicious intent. In order to restore the public's perception of Hydra and re-establish the rational and fair side of Hydra, some high-level officials proposed to try a more moderate way of doing things. ”

"That's where our Special Ops squad came in!"

"So, do you still think we don't matter? What we carry is the future of Hydra! ”

Looking at Simmons and Fitz's excited looks, Skye tilted his head.

"Maybe you're right, but I want to make two points clear. First of all, the Hydra's abuse of superpowers is not fake news, but a member of our Rising Tide Organization who hacked into your system. Less than twenty-four hours after the video was released, the members of the Rising Tide group disappeared. Almost everyone in the organization knows about it. Second, the rational and just side of Hydra? Please, this side disappeared from the label of Hydra back in the nineties of the last century, okay! ”

This time, it was Fitz and Simmons' turn to stare at Skye—just like Skye's face had when they had spoken of Hydra's movements.

Although the three of them have different philosophies, they are essentially kinder and soft-hearted. After glaring at each other like this for a while, the three of them spoke in unison under the idea that they couldn't bear to get off the stage.

"Why don't we go get some food first (it's rare to come to Miami or let's go out for a stroll / I'm a little hungry guys)?" Fitz (Skye/Simmons) said. Then the three of them looked at each other twice, and they all laughed in harmony.

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