Date: October 8, 2010.
Location: Hangar of the Wraith.
Hicks, Hudson, and Gina, still leading the Guardians Marines, were conducting their usual training with Michelle, who led the Helljumpers.
The Marines and Helljumpers, dressed in short-sleeved shirts and shorts, engaged in hand-to-hand combat without wearing any armor.
The ground crew, meanwhile, conducted routine checks on various aircraft, making it seem as if only the pilots were the most 'idle' group of people.
At this moment.
William and Hank, dressed in casual clothes, were sitting on a bench at the very edge of the hangar.
A group of Alphas, also in short-sleeved shirts and shorts, stretched their arms, relaxed their shoulders, and walked towards the Marines and Helljumpers.
From a distance, Hudson saw the group of Alphas approaching them and immediately wailed:
"Hicks! Michelle! Hurry! Quick! Let's stop fighting among ourselves, the Alphas are here! Let's figure out how to save ourselves!"
As Hudson cried out in despair, more than twenty Alphas were already engaging in'simulated' combat with the Marines and Helljumpers.
"Heh heh."
Seeing the scene not far away, William couldn't help but shake his head and smile, then said to Hank beside him:
"The Alphas haven't had any real combat since containing Hydra; it's really a bit unfair to them."
"It's not unfair," Hank said calmly, his expression unchanged. "Protecting you, boss, and the Wraith is our duty. The less real combat, the better."
"Ah, you're still the same," William said.
He then continued to watch the 'playing' soldiers in the distance, waiting for the Spartan Blue Team and Rebecca, who were about to return.
As the person in charge of executing SCP-096, Rebecca naturally accompanied the Ares to Cygnus to ensure the status of 096.
William never expected that humanity's first venture out of the solar system wouldn't be for colonization, but for the execution of a containment object.
Fortunately, Umbrella wouldn't publicize this operation, so on the surface, humanity's 'footprint' remained confined to the solar system.
What surprised William even more was Rebecca's suggestion to 'deal with' 096 using a black hole.
Her theory wasn't just that a black hole could kill 096; it was that a black hole's gravity could even pull in light.
In reality, black holes cannot be'seen'.
This also meant that if 096 entered a black hole, its face could never be observed by humans, because it simply wouldn't be visible.
The gravity of a black hole is so immense that even celestial bodies in the universe can be torn apart and swallowed by it; even if 096 were immortal, it wouldn't be able to escape a black hole.
If it weren't for Rebecca's suggestion, William would never have thought of throwing 096 into a black hole; he would have been thinking about how to kill or eliminate it.
It must be said, this suggestion was highly creative.
It also gave William an excellent idea: the location for a new containment center.
After all, current containment centers are all on Earth; once a containment breach occurs, even if Mobile Task Forces can recover the object, it will certainly cause casualties.
Especially the deaths of ordinary civilians.
Rebecca's black hole execution proposal reminded William that containment centers could also be built near black holes.
The construction process wouldn't be too difficult.
Send Wang Zhaofeng to lead Umbrella's engineering team, and travel by colony ship to the Cygnus η system, which is near the Cygnus X-1 black hole.
Capture a relatively large asteroid, bring it outside the Schwarzschild radius of Cygnus X-1, and have it orbit the black hole.
Then modify this asteroid into a cosmic-level 'containment center' that is many times larger than the four existing containment centers on Earth.
Umbrella doesn't have the capability to make an Earth-like planet 'wander', but they do have the ability to capture asteroids; at most, it would just waste some time and money.
But sending those extremely dangerous containment objects off Earth, then time and money are completely on a different level of consideration.
Moreover, some containment objects, while not hostile to humans, can still cause major disasters.
Take, for example, Center Three, the Euclid-class 'Hydrophilic Slime'.
If it hadn't been contained by the Mobile Task Force and sent to Center Three in the desert, but instead entered the ocean...
That would be interesting.
So, sending these containment objects off Earth, the further the better.
If an irreversible containment breach occurs in a cosmic containment center, then the response plan would also be simple and clear.
The officers and marines stationed at the containment center would escort Umbrella employees and cooperative containment objects to escape in escape pods.
And the containment center would automatically correct its orbit, head towards Cygnus X-1, and then be swallowed by it.
Everything would turn to nothing.
Of course, this extreme measure would only be taken in the event of an irreversible containment breach.
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"Beep-beep!"
As William pondered the establishment of a new containment center, a rather piercing alert sounded in the hangar.
Soon, several ground crew members rushed to a decompression chamber where a yellow light was flashing.
When the hatch opened, a black-painted Pelican was slowly transported into the hangar.
Then, the ground crew used glow sticks to signal the pilot inside the cockpit, guiding the Pelican to slide to its designated position.
Stopped.
Engine off.
Hatch opened.
"Woohoo~! Finally home!" As soon as the hatch opened, Myron, wearing his Mjolnir armor, was the first to leap out, performing some unknown dance to celebrate his return.
Immediately after, John, Carl, and Rebecca also emerged from the cockpit.
"Myron, don't go bouncing around in that Mjolnir armor," William scolded as he approached.
"Yes, sir!" Seeing William approach, Myron immediately stopped his self-invented dance moves.
William rolled his eyes at Myron.
Mainly because the guy's strength was truly immense; he might actually kick through the titanium alloy deck.
Seeing Myron settle down, William then put away his annoyed expression and looked at Rebecca, smiling:
"Rebecca, what's the outcome of 096's execution?"
"Boss," Rebecca said, a smile appropriate for her age appearing on her face, "Even if 096 isn't dead, it certainly won't be able to get out until Cygnus X-1 is destroyed."
"That's good," William nodded with great satisfaction, and then instructed the four: "This mission was tough on you all.
John, take your team members, unload the Mjolnir armor first, and then get some good rest.
Rebecca, you too, and I'm giving you two days of leave; if you want to go back to Earth, go ahead."
"Yes, Boss!" the four said in unison.
They then respectfully followed William's 'orders' and left the cockpit.
"Boss," Hank said, twisting his neck at this point, "I'm going to spar with those Marines too."
"Ah, go ahead," William waved his hand.
He watched Hank join the 'battle' with another light chuckle, then left the hangar and headed to his private quarters.
After all, there was a 'pregnant woman' waiting for him there.
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