StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

Altera is the two extremes from a warm and pleasant place like Tarsonis. It is a stone planet whose surface is densely covered with dangerous cracks and canyons. Its atmosphere is filled with red dust, which seems to be a layer covering its surface. Ugly oil film.

This closed planet is just an inconspicuous red dot on the star map. It deviates from the interstellar route, is isolated and isolated, and the locals rarely communicate with people from other federal colonies.

Most of the population in the northern hemisphere is gathered in a town called "Oasis", where all kinds of people can be found.

People from three religions and nine schools, those who harbor evil intentions may be poor people who live here.

Criminals who were temporarily detained in Altera to be transported to the Norris Guard VI Resocialization Center, wanted criminals who escaped here, smugglers, thieves, beggars, and fraudsters. Altera is a place even more chaotic and chaotic than the Port of the Dead. A disorderly place where even the most hopeless human scum in the universe would want a piece of the pie.

Dark and gloomy, closed and depressing.

This was the feeling Augustus had when he first set foot on the land of Altera. The Oasis Town in the distance is shrouded in red mist. The tall square pillars in the mist are the crowded and chaotic central settlement. A large number of single-story buildings made of hoods, iron sheets and prefabricated panels are centered around it. extend.

Augustus put one foot on a gray rock and used a telescope to observe the environment around the landing site, but after a while, the strong wind covered Augustus' armor and telescope with a handful of red soil. This sticky soil is firmly embedded in the gaps between the telescope barrel and the power armor, as sticky as chewing gum.

A bright white light shines through the swirling red dust behind Augustus. A 16-foot (4.8-meter) tall bipedal steel giant is striding through the deep pits, ravines and chaos of Altera. The stone land advanced, and the sound of walking feet rumbling on the ground.

It was a walking mecha modified based on the T-280 Tarsonis space engineering vehicle. It was a heavy-duty walking mecha prototype designed and developed by Luo Rui, chief engineer of the Revolutionary Army, under the instruction of Augustus. It is made of new alloy steel and ceramic steel, which is strong enough to withstand the fangs and claws of the Zerg. It is positioned as a heavy-duty mecha that can provide strong fire support for anti-armor and anti-vehicle vehicles.

This mecha is still far from the later Wolf Warrior mecha (seven meters high) that Augustus wanted. The revolutionary army just used the technology they mastered to create a larger spacecraft with multiple engines. An engineering vehicle, it is loaded with battlecruiser-level ship armor, heavy artillery and missile launch bays, and its firepower is astonishing. Similar types of modifications are not uncommon in many areas of the Terran Confederation.

But correspondingly, the modified space engineering vehicle also needs to burn more high-energy gas fuel - the cost of maintaining it is also terrifyingly high, many times that of an ordinary space engineering vehicle. At the same time, because it is a mecha that has not yet been modularized and mass-produced, all components need to be specially built and cannot be replaced by ordinary engineering vehicles.

This means that if it is severely damaged on the battlefield, engineers have no way to repair it immediately. It is also too heavy. Once it breaks down or is destroyed, it will cost more to recover it.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, that's so exciting, for damn justice, for Augustus! Go forward! Watch me chewing gum to teach those bugs a lesson!"

Augustus could clearly hear the shouts of the pilot Tychus Finley on the communication channel in the cockpit of this walking mecha. The latter was as happy as a child who got a new toy.

Tychus drove this huge mecha called Wolf Warrior I forward in stride, leaving a huge footprint on the ground with every step. The leg structure of this mecha is designed for the rugged planet surface, while another revolutionary army engineering masterpiece currently in the experimental stage adopts a crawler design.

"What happened to Tychus? After he boarded this mecha, he already said four nonsense words in the time it took me to say one sentence." Reno looked at the giant mecha driven by Tychus. Rushing into the red mist ahead, two Revolutionary Army Goliath armed robots and a Marine assault company followed closely behind.

"This is exactly the cuteness of Tychus." Augustus said, raising one of his hands and brushing off the red dust on his helmet's visor.

"Cute - I thought this word would never be associated with Tychus." Raynor said as he checked his Gauss rifle and found that it had been dyed red by Altera.

"I hope this mecha is worth the money." Augustus looked at Tychus who was walking away: "Its cost is worth three arc-light tanks."

"At least it can help Tychus vent his excessive energy." Raynor was saying, and suddenly received a report from the Ranger Scout in his helmet: "Zergs appeared in the southwest, about 17 miles away from us, and the number exceeds 20,000. , is expected to arrive at Altera Oasis Town in 20 minutes."

"Go at full speed, we will be there soon." Augustus immediately ordered over the communication channel: "Be careful of the zerg and locals who may appear at any time."

After saying that, Augustus climbed over a huge rock and followed a revolutionary army company wearing CMC-300 power armor and carrying single-barrel rockets towards the oasis town less than a mile away.

These soldiers are also accompanied by puppy-sized spider-shaped robots. They are composed of mechanical appendages and sensors with a large number of precision sensors. Their heads have a mechanical compound eye that emits red light to observe the surrounding terrain. This spider robot is the latest upgraded version of the spider booby trap. It was designed by Revolutionary Army engineer Victor Kaczynski. It is equipped with Umoyan's cutting-edge AI. It will explore dangerous areas or bury underground at designated locations according to instructions, acting as a The elusive mine.

Although Victor claims that the robot can serve as a bodyguard and pet, no one seems to dare to do so.

When several gunshots were heard from ahead, the crumbling Oasis Town in the red whirlwind was getting closer and closer to Augustus' sight. At first glance, Oasis Town looks almost indistinguishable from the slums of Tarsonis that Augustus had seen. The houses come in a variety of architectural styles, seemingly at the discretion of the people who built them.

Most are flat-roofed wooden houses with slightly sloping roofs, while others are built as tall towers that can monitor the distance and neighbors. Some are solid buildings made of rock or even steel plates, while others are simple prefabricated houses and shacks that can collapse if blown.

The Wolf Warrior I mecha driven by Tychus was parked on the only road in Oasis Town that was in disrepair and was made of slag and stones. The handwriting on the road sign next to it was blurred and could only be read. to a portion of the English letters of Welcome to the Oasis, in which various people have written in terrible handwriting "Umoyans get out," "Slutty bitches," "No psychotic kids here," "Screaming skulls." "Such unclear meaning.

Simple defenses have been established at the entrance to the road leading to the center of Oasis Town - mostly stone and metal garbage, followed by dozens of heavily armed Oasis Town citizens.

Due to the abundance of dust and high-energy gas in Altera's atmosphere, it is difficult for the heat projected by the star to dissipate to the surface, so it is still a very hot planet. The residents of Oasis Town all wear breathable plaid shirts and vests, and some even only wear a pair of shorts that cover their bodies.

If the Mar Sara people are already a model of martial virtue and strong folk customs in the edge world of the Tyranid Federation, then the Altera people are even more fierce. The former are descendants of soldiers and miners, while Altera is home to the most hopeless scum and criminals in the entire Tyranid Federation.

In a sense, Altera is closer to the image promoted by the Federation to the Korhal Revolutionary Army: synonymous with terrorists, full of violence and killing, deception and betrayal.

Altera is a place closer to hell than Mar Sara. It is full of criminals and spies. It is said that the Umoyan, Kemorian and even Earthling spies have been trying to get involved in this resource-rich world.

"Federal Army? You are not welcome here." A burly man with shiny blue hair stood on their simple fortifications. His face exposed outside the vest was covered with purple and black tattoos. The Altera people's first reaction was not that these soldiers came to rescue, but to regard them as a threat as troublesome as the zerg.

Although they are not well-dressed, and some of them are even sallow and thin, almost every one of them has weapons, ranging from electric pulse grenades, electromagnetic pistols, electromagnetic rifles and even anti-tank rocket launchers. Everyone has a weapon hanging on their shoulders. Bullet belt made of green camouflage canvas.

"Damn it, open your eyes and take a good look. Who are we? We are the revolutionary army!" Tychus turned on the mecha's external broadcast equipment.

"Revolutionary Army? Not even the Revolutionary Army." The man's momentum suddenly weakened when he caught a glimpse of an entire company slowly appearing behind Tychus. He was not afraid of pirates and criminals, but he could not stand up to an entire army. Can't get up.

He had heard rumors that the Revolutionary Army had supported several Federation colonies that were besieged by Zerg, but he did not think that they were really such great people. The kind of person who would sacrifice his life for justice or die for others simply cannot exist.

"I advise you to take back what you just said, otherwise I will knock you down right now." Tychus cursed in the driver's seat and raised a sidewinder on the right arm of the Wolf Warrior I. In order to power the railgun removed from the weapon, Swann specially installed a cold fusion battery.

"Shut up, Tychus, we are here to help the people here. Make no mistake, you are neither a robber nor a bandit." Augustus walked out of the huge shadow of Wolf Warrior I, a marshal The Guardsman placed a rustling flag next to it.

"The people from the Federation said the same thing last time." The man regained the courage to face hundreds of Gauss rifles out of anger: "They said there were Camorian spies here and they captured many people. Finally, the oil refinery in the west was blown up.”

"We are not the Federation." Augustus said patiently: "There is no time to chat with you now. The Zerg is approaching the city. If you don't give way, the artillery will use artillery fire to clear the way."

"I didn't say you can't go in." The blue-haired man conceded, not checking whether Augustus's soldiers would shoot him in the head. Under his command, a large bulldozer cleared a gap in the obstruction at the intersection. Tychus snorted and drove his Wolf Warrior I mecha in.

"You're so polite," Reno said as he waved the soldiers on.

"Jimmy, you are right. I always treat myself with courtesy first and then attack with force." Augustus said happily: "Fortunately, it was us and not the Zerg who got here first."

"What do you do?"

As the soldiers behind him ran into the interior of Oasis Town, Augustus found the man who dyed his hair blue.

"My name is Forcetti, and I am a gas bottler," the man answered.

"Canner?" Augustus didn't quite believe what he said.

Augustus had never seen that worker look like this. His tattooed hands were full of needle holes that had been injected with strengthening agents. Most importantly, his hands did not have thick calluses. Anyone who can survive in a place like Altera cannot be simple. Except for those at the bottom, no one has a clean background.

"Sarah." Augustus glanced around, and a slim red-haired ghost agent appeared next to him.

"He didn't lie - except for the part where he was now called Forcetti. But that was only one of a dozen aliases he used."

With the aid of the Ghost suit, Kerrigan is so strong that she can even lift a Gauss rifle with one hand and place the butt on her shoulder. She took out her other hand and wiped the red dust off her goggles, then inserted it between her broad waist.

"Before Angus Mengsk, Augustus Mengsk and Arcturus Mengsk were on the most wanted list, he was a famous arms thief - for selling weapons from the Toros arsenal. (Torus, the hero Warfield once called Torus in Wings of Liberty) - worth hundreds of millions, the Brubaker family was so angry that they almost jumped off the building." Kerrigan said coldly.

"Colonel Horace."

"He is a hero." Augustus laughed when he heard that the members of the Creation Family were embarrassed.

"Tychus has always wanted to do this."

"A mind reader. Damn it." Colonel Horace's face was livid as Kerrigan said it, as if he had suffered from a mind reader.

At this moment, a bright light flashed across the sky, followed by tremors and explosions, setting off an ash cloud composed of dust and gravel on the horizon. It wasn't until a few seconds later that the bright light that tore the sky finally dissipated.

"An orbital bombardment within a controlled range." Augustus repeated what Tassadar had promised himself: "The target is the Zerg main nest on the surface of Altera."

"The Templars of Tassadar and the Dark Templars of Zeratul will also land on this planet. Their target is the Cerebrate Yark of the Jörmungandr Swarm."

"I bet they couldn't find Yark on Altera unless it had a bug brain full of shit," Raynor said.

"Those aliens are going to blow up Altera?" Horace's face turned even greener. If the zerg hadn't arrived suddenly, he would have escaped long ago.

"Don't worry, I bet they won't," Augustus said softly.

Horace's face has turned from blue to black, and he really wants to ask Augustus what guarantee he can give that the protoss will not do it.

I'm a little busy today, and I can't even sort out and send out the manuscript before eight o'clock...

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