StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

Augustus' order was immediately passed through the fleet's command system to the flagships of Nova Squadron and Alpha Squadron. At that time, the commander of Nova Squadron, Jackson Holler, was eager to prove his loyalty to the Revolutionary Army through a war, and Du Ke Ze was very happy that the marshal was still reusing him.

"Augustus Mengsk"

An old voice came from Augustus' ears, and the Dark Templar Zeratul appeared beside him from a spreading black mist. During his time on the Hyperion, Zeratul spent most of his time studying the prophecies on the Xel'Naga stone.

"Elder, seeing you at this time makes me feel a lot more at ease." Augustus looked for his voice.

"This trust is really valuable." Zeratul walked towards Augustus.

"Here is Haji, Zeratul." Renault, who was sitting on the command chair, turned his head: "Captain Jim reminds you, we have arrived at the station and I said, I am so happy to see you wearing a new outfit.

At this time, Zeratul had put on a dark purple ascetic robe and a new long veil, but it still looked old. The outfit looked dim under the lights from the Hyperion's bridge, as if it could absorb the light.

Their sun-worshiping Aiel brethren favored gold and blue, while the Dark Templars who lived in the twilight land of Sagulath preferred darker colors because they came from a race from a shadow planet.

"Thank you, James Raynor." Zeratul also knew Raynor's name. In his opinion, this pure and righteous human being was indeed a likable guy.

The reason why Raynor did not become the leader of this human army was not because he was not good enough as a leader, but because Augustus Mengsk's light shined too brightly and Raynor voluntarily succumbed to others.

In fact, Renault has never thought about becoming a real leader, he has not even had the slightest thought. Especially when a leader like Augustus, who shines with the brilliance of a great man, is beside Reno, he has no such idea.

He was a member of the Demon Platoon of Heaven, and he followed Augustus in the revolution with passion. As for how to revolutionize and how to truly change the corrupt political system of the Terran Federation, Renault has never considered it.

It is enough to leave this kind of matter to Augustus. What he has to do is to shoot the revolutionary marshal's enemy in the head - if he/it has one.

"Augustus, I feel the existence of the brainworms Carlos and Nagar. Their tribe is raging on this planet like a storm." Zeratul's thoughts were directly conveyed to Augustus. In the mind, this is a direct spiritual communication between the stars, and it also comes with a strong expression of emotions and thoughts.

"Since the two brainworms are still here, it means that the worms have not found the agent they want in Haji." Augustus said.

The zerg that appeared in Haiji are temporarily named the Fenrisian group. They have bright green carapace and are extremely aggressive and predatory. As for the other group, they have not yet appeared.

"We still have a chance."

There are currently six advanced giant science ships in the Revolutionary Army fleet. Each science ship is equipped with extremely sensitive sensor arrays. They are not only mobile laboratories and supply centers, but also provide qualitative detection for the Revolutionary Army. Means, these scientific ships are the ears and eyes of the revolutionary military fleet.

"If we focus all our efforts on finding that swarm agent, there should still be a chance."

Raynor suggested: "But we still have many people to save. Damn, judging from the distress signals from various places, Haji's federal government, planetary defense forces and federal garrisons have completely abandoned the areas outside the city, the mines, and the gas refinery. , factories and the towns near the archaeological site add up to a lot of people.”

"Finding a person on a Zerg planet does not mean that there are more people." Augustus said: "We cannot ignore the people who have been ravaged by the Zerg."

At this time, Tassadar's flagship star shuttle connected to the communication channel with the Hyperion. He was wearing a fine silk high-level templar vestment with a shimmering blue light, which seemed to have been cut from Aiur's. blue sky.

"Augustus Mengsk, my fleet has detected large-scale zerg activity signals on the surface of Haji." Tassadar said.

"I am in the process of ordering the fleet to deploy orbital bombardment to clear out the main administrative areas and settlements infected by the zerg. There is no possibility of saving those areas. All Terran Federation humans have either been killed or infected."

"The two zerg hives that invaded Haiji are better at infecting, and their speed and sense of smell are also quite keen."

"So, they are the hounds of the Lord." Renault heard what Tassadar said: "After all, there are specialties in the art."

"Just do it." Augustus thought for a moment and said: "I have no objection to this. We will fight side by side again, and humanity will always be grateful for your righteous deeds, great Executor Tassadar."

"And there are still a certain number of Terran Federation defense forces left in these locations. If you decide to send support troops there, my Templars will immediately provide assistance." Tassadar continued.

Immediately afterwards, the scan of the entire Haji was uploaded to the Hyperion's main screen. There were also several red dots marked with human text annotations, which were the last defensive locations of the Tyranid Federation garrison.

The Revolutionary Army has so far been unable to intercept or decipher the communications of the protoss. It is a transmission method that they cannot understand at all. On the contrary, human communication is still quite primitive to the protoss.

The technology of the Protoss is extremely advanced, and this is despite the extremely conservative technological development of the Protoss Empire. In an era when technology and civilization have reached an extremely high level, the protoss' technological development has stopped for many years and has placed many restrictions on their own war technology.

By comparing the scans of the protoss, Augustus confirmed that the only remaining defensive positions of the Hegitelan Federation garrison were the cities of Grande and Mathera on the subcontinent of Hegimorise and Hagrid on the main continent of Rand. city.

In addition, there are more than a dozen locations where distress signals are still being sent to the outside world, and the Haji people are holding on. After thinking about it again, Augustus handed over the task of supporting these areas to Duke and Holler's Alpha Squadron. With Nova Squadron, their troops are already gearing up and ready to go.

"The Revolutionary Army's 1st Guards Division, 3rd Army Division, and Hogg's Armored Brigade will land five miles outside Grand City. Considering that the Federal garrison is not very friendly to us, if any Federal troops shoot at us, Fight back immediately." Augustus issued orders one after another.

"Tell the port that all shuttles and landing craft will be ready by the time I arrive on the Hyperion's bridge."

"Are you going to personally command this army?" Renault asked.

"It's not time for me to step back yet." After announcing his order, Augustus looked around in the broad and bright bridge of the Hyperion and said.

"Where is Tychus?"

Whenever Augustus, the Marshal of the Revolutionary Army, was preparing to send an army or wanted to go to the battlefield in person, his first words were probably to ask people around him where Jim Raynor was now.

If Renault is around, then this target will become high-ranking commanders such as Harnak Hank, Tychus Finlay and Lundstein. No matter what, only the people from the Demon Team of Heaven are August. Those people who come to mind and mention immediately.

"Oh - I saw Tychus Finlay when I was passing by the bar. He was playing cards at that time." Rory Swann, who was playing with cables nearby, replied.

"It's up to you, you know, I don't have any objection anyway." Renault spread his hands.

Renault did not have nothing to do. He had to coordinate the personnel transfer of the Hyperion's various cabin crews, the soldiers on board the ship, and the entry and exit of the ship's spaceships. After Augustus left, he was also the commander-in-chief of the entire fleet.

"Very good. Jimmy, now I need you to take full command of this fleet and provide support for the landing force." After Augustus finished speaking, he walked towards the air valve at the entrance to the Hyperion bridge.

Two soldiers standing guard at the door immediately saluted the approaching marshal. Their CMC-300 power armor with a golden red background was brand new and bright, and their C-14 Gauss rifles were equipped with bright bayonets.

Corporal Faraday, the commander of the Marshal's Guard, was standing outside the bridge door. As soon as Corporal Faraday saw Augustus coming out, he immediately followed him. As the most trusted guard officer of the Revolutionary Army Marshal, Corporal Faraday will appear anywhere according to the needs of the commander, including kitchens, restaurants, bars and battlefields, because he is supposed to be all-powerful.

Zeratul also followed Augustus, but he remained silent, as if he had been thinking about something. The dark patriarch always thinks carefully before giving his opinions, and spends most of the day meditating and thinking quietly.

The Shadow Master of the Dark Templar practiced caution throughout his life, and if Augustus asked Zeratul for his opinion on a war, Zeratul would remind him that he should hide himself before initiating one. attack.

Augustus walked resolutely through the corridors, cabins and elevators in the ship that were crowded due to various orders. In the corridors between the crew cabins, there were dozens of people wearing dark gray uniforms and headscarfed every few minutes. Revolutionary troops wearing flat caps with gold emblems holding a braided ring walked past him and rushed to the armory to receive their armor and weapons.

Most of them are young, some are still boys with freckles, but they are already brave warriors and veterans. They still felt nervous and shy when meeting Augustus, and admired his icy wartime seriousness.

There are more than 6,000 crew members in the Hyperion. In addition to the ordinary crew, it also carries two full battalions of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Guards Division of the Revolutionary Army, about 1,800 people. The rest are surrounded by large-scale ships. The troop carrier was escorted by a large number of warships and fighter planes.

When Augustus entered the bar of the Hyperion, Tychus Finlay was sitting on a high stool rubbing his hands and preparing to drink in violation of the prohibition. When Tychus quietly pushed the bottle under the table, Augustus had already grabbed him by the collar.

Although Tychus Finley has always been a tyrannical and rampant character, now he can only mutter about being unlucky but dare not fight back. Tychus has always been submissive to those who are much more domineering than him.

"Put on your armor, Mr. Finley." Augustus' aura was very strong: "I'll only say it once, don't expect me to forgive you every time."

"The butt is moving, it's moving, Marshal." Tychus reluctantly put on his cigarette and followed Augustus.

After passing through several opening and closing air valves, Augustus walked onto the noisy bridge of the Hyperion. One APOD transport ship after another was sailing into space through the open hatch of the dock.

A platoon of the Marshal's Guard and an army company of the Guards Division were ordered to follow Augustus aboard the transport ship Imp. ——The performance of this transport ship is as reliable as its crew members. It and the Heavenly Demon Team accompanied Augustus through the most difficult years at the beginning of the uprising.

There were several sets of commander-level power armor in the spacecraft. Augustus put on one of them with the assistance of Corporal Faraday, sat on the alloy bench in the crew compartment and fastened his seat belt.

These pieces of power armor were all made by Heaven's Magic power armor technician Hiram Fick, who was also Augustus's personal armor technician. As a soldier's second life, the reliability and safety of power armor are very important.

Being given the power to maintain the Revolutionary Marshal's power armor meant that Hiram was deeply trusted by Augustus himself, almost as much as his personal butler.

When Augustus confirmed that the leading troops, mainly the 1st Battalion of the Revolutionary Guards Division, had left the port on transport ships, he ordered the Little Devil to take off. At this time Zeratul was sitting on the right side of Augustus, and Tychus was sitting on the other side smoking.

Since Augustus hated others smoking around him, Tychus was one of the few warriors who dared to smoke in his enclosed armored helmet, so much so that Colonel Finley was always described as having an iron lung.

"Elder, I believe you and your Dark Templar are vital in the search for Hagi's swarm agent," Augustus said to Zeratul.

"Of course, the Dark Templar will help you." When Augustus turned to him, Zeratul said to him: "We fight together, so our destiny is closely linked."

The Imp accelerated out of the Hyperion's dock and merged into a large number of transport ships and Wraith fighter planes. These transport ships were loaded with fully armed revolutionary soldiers, arc-light siege tanks, Goliath armed robots, and vulture vehicles. There are spider booby traps.

Hundreds of spacecraft departing from the transport ship headed towards the surface of Haji, away from the huge fleet, and gradually disappeared into the planet's atmosphere.

After a period of turbulence and navigation, the Little Devil transport ship entered the sky above the Morrisai subcontinent. At this time, Augustus was able to see the continent's narrow coastline and green coniferous forests through the spacecraft's external detector. The core area of ​​​​the subcontinent was covered with dark fungi, as if it were a pool. Disgusting thick paste.

"Prepare to land at the predetermined location." Augustus ordered over the command channel.

"Wait a minute, Augustus, I feel the residual traces of psychic impact near here, which seems to come from a powerful human psyker." Zeratul said to Augustus at this time.

"We should go take a look."