StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

Chapter 130 Victor V

When the Colossus-class frigate No. 1, the flagship of the Korhal Revolutionary Army fleet, jumped out of the hyperspace channel, everyone felt a sense of dizziness.

An inconspicuous little dim yellow planet appeared on the holographic projection star map in front of the bridge. Some small green triangles represented Augustus' "huge" fleet.

Victor V is a near-Earth planet, most of its surface is covered with desert, and sandstorms that spread for dozens of miles ravage this little-known edge world.

Although the planet is as uninhabitable and unusually violent as possible, there are indeed Federation colonies here. There are about hundreds of thousands of Tyranids living in the oasis farm established by Victor V using groundwater and artificial irrigation systems.

The ancestors of these people came from the Terran Federation colonial spacecraft that crash-landed here due to damage to its power system about fifty years ago. After the initial despair, the colonists found precious underground water systems. Humanity's tenacity and perseverance allowed new cities to rise between deserts.

In the galaxy that is estimated to be about 120 light-years away from the Victor V star through triangulation on the star map, the red light spot is the Delarian Shipyard of the Tyranid Federation. But Augustus had no confidence in capturing the shipyards until more warships, including the battlecruiser Hyperion, joined the fleet.

Augustus knew that he only had one chance, and if he failed, Korhal would never be able to recover.

But Augustus couldn't sit in the Revolutionary Army headquarters in Korhal and wait, so there was this operation of the Revolutionary Army fleet, and he preferred to call it a military training, using Victor V as a surprise attack on Delari. A forward base at An Shipyard.

At this time, Sarah Kerrigan, who was wearing a military uniform instead of a ghost combat uniform, walked in, stood next to Augustus and said: "That's where Ghost 24718 and I set out - we also traveled within three months. They have just been transferred to Victor V from the Ghost Military Academy in Tarsonis, and we knew nothing about this place before."

"Why does this base need so many ghost agents to be stationed, so many psykers - but it is too far away from the battlefield." Augustus looked at the slowly rotating yellow planet.

"Does the Federation want to build a new ghost academy here?"

"I don't know why, and the psychic suppressor doesn't allow me to question the order," Kerrigan said. "We just need to know what to do."

But the location of this military base is indeed very strange. The planet it is located on is too far away from several major systems where the Kaimorian Federation is at war with the Tyranid Federation, and it is far outside the galaxy trade routes. This means that except for adventurers No other fleet will pass here.

At first glance, it seems meaningless to set up a military base on Victor V on the star map, but its location is between the stations of several federal fleets. Rather than saying this was an outpost or a military fortress, Augustus believed that the Tyranid Federation was conducting some mysterious experiment here that must not be made public.

Putting this aside, Augustus believes that he is likely to get the technology to train ghost agents in Victor V. He does not necessarily need these cold agents to work for him, but the research results of federal scientists on psykers are the most important. Really wanted.

This is why Augustus was determined to capture this place.

"We will soon figure out the little secret of Victor V." Augustus said to Renault: "Jim, stop playing cards and drive the ship to low altitude orbit."

"We want to preserve the facilities in this base as much as possible, so this is a landing battle."

"Where are my troops?" Augustus said in the bridge through the communication channel in the fleet: "Fighters of Korhal, draw your guns and load them!"

"Kerrigan, you are following the anti-psionic force, the Steelling Strike Team." Augustus said, "I need you to deal with those ghost agents."

"What about me?" After Tychus collected all the money he won from playing cards, he gestured to Augustus and said, "What is my mission?"

"You come to lead the landing force on the ground to launch an attack." Augustus said: "Tychus, you come to be the commander of this force."

"When you want to destroy something, you can trust old Tychus." Tychus chuckled and left the bridge to put on his CMC-300 power armor.

While everyone inside the battleship was performing their duties and busy with their work, the frigate passed through the extremely thin atmosphere of the Victor V and came to a huge, swirling high-speed tornado.

The holographic projection screen in front of Augustus showed that this unparalleled tornado was 60 miles high and 12 miles wide, and the military fortress of the Tyranid Federation was located in the calm eye of the tornado. Even the local residents Don't know anything about it.

If Kerrigan hadn't told him the coordinates here, Augustus wouldn't have known that there was a Terran Federation military base on this harsh planet, and that it was hidden in a storm that could tear apart a human being. .

"Hey boss, I've repaired the arc tanks in the Hyperion's warehouse. Now you can deploy these 'big tanks', which are all full of top tank drivers." At this time, he was on the lower deck of the frigate. Swann's face in the armory appeared on the screen.

"To deal with these storms, I spent a few days retrofitting these tanks with accelerators."

"You really did it. What's the use of these new devices besides keeping them stable in storms?" Augustus asked.

"That would be a lot more useful." Since Swann couldn't see Augustus's head and could only hear his voice, he didn't know where to look. Only his iconic beard was on the screen.

"The gravity-generating unit, inspired by battlecruisers and high-altitude orbital defenses, can be adapted to the Arclight tank with only a few modifications. The tank driver simply presses a button to increase the tank's own gravity. To 5 to 6 times the original size, these tanks will not be swept away by violent storms," ​​Swann said.

"In fact, power armor can also apply such technology, but so far it is only to allow marines to stand firmly on the deck in space environments and battleships." He continued.

"In the future, combining Umoyan's anti-gravity technology and plasma thrusters, we may be able to realize the possibility of what you call a 'flying tank'."

"Swan, you are really a treasure boy." Augustus praised.

"Oh - although I don't understand what you are saying, you are right." Swann looked at the screen at a loss.

Augustus smiled silently and opened his command channel.

"Repeat the battle plan. The tank force launches the attack first, passes through the storm and destroys the enemy's air defense facilities as much as possible. After this, the landing craft will descend from above the eye of the storm to deliver ground troops."

"Fight for Korhal!"

An uneven but powerful response came from the channel.