StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

The planet Gist, which became the zerg homeworld, was turned into a giant stone that was slowly cooling under the attack of the Tassadar Protoss fleet. The huge combined fleet of humans and protoss immediately changed course and headed towards the federal edge world of Helsain.

So far, starting from the core world of Vadona Prime, the combined fleet has crossed half of the territory of the Tyranid Federation and witnessed the great escape and final destruction of more than a dozen colonies.

The fleet also destroyed or drove away the insect swarm Behemoth and the Leviathan fleet wandering in human territory, buying precious time for the people in the colony to evacuate.

A rumor about a huge savior fleet circulates in many edge worlds - they always arrive in time when a world is in the most critical moment to save people from disaster.

But unless they see it with their own eyes, few people will believe such rumors. Believing that a fleet composed of humans and protoss is saving lives and healing the wounded in the Koprulu sector is no different than someone hearing about cats and mice walking together.

Augustus's flagship, the Hyperion, has also entered an unbearable state of time and space jump. In addition to enduring the insomnia caused by the alternation of time and space, the crew on the ship must also complete the maintenance work and training on the warship as usual. .

In addition to the crew, there are two battalions of the Guards Division on board the Hyperion to deal with the landing battle that may come at any time. Some recently recruited recruits are also receiving training on this battleship to ensure that they can enter the battlefield as soon as possible.

This is also the case for Carolina Davis, who has just joined the Korhal Revolutionary Army. She is also training with some recruits from Haji and Antiga Prime, as well as some refugees that the Revolutionary Army fleet accepted on the way.

According to the recruit instructor's report to Augustus, Carolina Davis performed outstandingly from the beginning, and she was definitely not a pampered aristocratic lady. Augustus gave his own evaluation on this document - wait and see, Carolina Davis's military achievements are by no means limited to this.

At 14:00 on the ship, Augustus left the captain's room and set off to inspect the armory of the Hyperion. Only Sarah Kerrigan and Jim Raynor followed him, while Guard Captain Faraday was ordered to go to the ship's technology laboratory to deal with an accident caused by an experiment. The young apprentice Egon Stetman caused a fatal accident due to a mistake. Exploded the pancreas of the explosive infected body.

When Augustus walked into the armory with Kerrigan and others, Swann was welding a new model of power armor with the former Heavenly Demon armor technician Hiram Fick. This new power armor looks somewhat similar to the Firebat armor, and the thick stainless steel plating makes it look taller.

The Hyperion was once a battlecruiser of the Tyranid Federation Navy that crashed due to a navigation system failure. Most of its internal facilities still retain their previous appearance - old but solid and reliable.

The dome of the armory leads directly to the upper platform. The wall is welded with thick pipes to connect fans and cables. From time to time, a lifting platform falls from above with the sound of a cable winch. The cable is smelted from an alloy using a mixture of Mar Sara's industrial catalytic elements. It is harder than diamond and is often used to tow anchored space cargo ships.

Some spider-shaped intelligent machines, not much bigger than a puppy, with blade-like alloy appendages, were walking around on the metal deck, as if they were patrolling sentries. They are all the masterpieces of Victor Kaczynski, the second engineer of the Revolutionary Army. They look very lively and active. When Augustus came in, he even saw two spider-shaped robots fighting.

The wall of the armory facing space has a porthole that occupies the entire wall, and outside is the dark space-time channel. In it, the dimensions of time and space are indistinguishable.

Nuoda's armory is filled with all kinds of square parts supply boxes, spare parts and some damaged vehicles and small fighter planes. Revolutionary Army engineers and technicians wearing dark gray and bright orange uniforms are walking around, immersed in repairs. Damaged machinery or checking supplies against a list.

Because they are always busy, engineers cannot always keep their clothes neat and tidy like the professional soldiers of Alpha Squadron or Nova Squadron of the Revolutionary Army. Their clothes and overalls are either skewed or stained with dirty oil.

The engineers of the Revolutionary Army come from all over the world - Korhal IV, Cha Sara, Mar Sara, Umoyan, Moria, Port of the Dead, and Haiji. Most of them are not very young anymore, and many of them have white temples. .

Some of these engineers were technical experts employed in the Korhal IV Foundry, and some were chief engineers on a long-voyaging trade starship. There are high-achieving students who hold senior engineer certificates, as well as skilled workers who originally worked as plumbers on space stations or shipyards for many years.

Young people are not uncommon in the Engineering Corps of the Revolutionary Army. Some of them are college students who graduated from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, while others are mechanics who have not received higher education but have been working in the dirty oil of factories since childhood. .

Without exception, these people chose to respond to Augustus Mengsk's call and contribute their part to this glorious and great cause.

"Hi! Guys, our unparalleled wise and powerful Tyranid Light Augustus Mengsk is back! Salute to you, leader." Rory Swann, the chief engineer with a thick beard, raised his hand to Augustus. He raised his wrench, and the engineers and soldiers also saluted.

Next to Swann is a Vulture car with a skull and flames logo on the windshield, which is obviously Hanak Hank's "car".

The chief engineer of the Revolutionary Army has always criticized this kind of unruly and extreme hoverbike. Probably the mining families of the Camorian Federation prefer reliable and stable equipment. The new weapon Sidewinder Chariot makes Swann very happy. Satisfied, I think it is a tank that can shine on future battlefields.

"Hats off to you," others said.

"The pressure has doubled." Augustus walked up to Swann and leaned against the console on the ground in the mechanical warehouse.

"How are the people in Gist? I heard there were people who escaped before the bugs defeated the militia there." Hiram Fike asked Augustus.

"Later we learned that some people survived. They fled to the nearest colonies, but those colonial planets did not survive." Augustus sighed: "I believe there must be Gist people. They survived, but lost their homeland, like plants they lost their roots.”

"Swan, Fick, how's the research on new weapons going?" He didn't want to discuss the topic any more.

"The progress is encouraging, sir. You remember that I was the prototype designer of the Firebat Powered Armor." Hiram Fike was happy to show off his new achievements in front of the old commander. With so many outstanding people around him, it was inevitable that Marshal Augustus would forget about his old love when he found a new one.

"You need heavily armored soldiers, a fulcrum on the battlefield that can keep moving forward. Our ordinary soldiers can hide behind these heavily armored soldiers and protect themselves from spike bullets, Hydra Hydralisks or protoss Direct attack from particle weapons."

"Very good. What I'm more concerned about is when will my army be able to use these new power armors." Augustus said: "The Wolf Warrior prototype is amazingly powerful, but I can directly use a large number of T -280 space engineering vehicle transformed into a powerful combat mecha."

Augustus had to admit that when the stubby and stocky Kemerian consortium Mrs. Meinho, Swann, stood with the even shorter Fick, it always made people feel like dwarves and hobbits. The personalities are also very similar.

Swann is open-minded and cheerful by nature. As long as he is around, he will never be indifferent. And Fike always has a good temper, he is very kind, and this kind of kindness is so pure that there is no impurity.

"The birth of a new weapon is always accompanied by repeated deliberation, drawings and constant knocking, and finally continuous improvement. If you are a perfectionist, then this matter will never end."

Swann took his big, round cup from Augustus' elbow on the console and took a sip of Moria beer: "The armor is already there, but the most important thing is that we What kind of weapons should be equipped with this new armor? If it is a Gauss rifle, it is overqualified, and the arc tank's gun is too heavy."

"How about a howitzer? A large-caliber howitzer." Augustus suggested to Swann: "This howitzer should have extremely powerful firepower, capable of destroying the protective panels of the Presteel bunker and injuring the thick thickness of the Zerg Thunder Beast. The tissue under the chitin plate poses a threat to the protoss' shields that cannot be ignored."

No matter how good his relationship with Tassadar and Zeratul was now, Augustus always insisted on treating the protoss as the imaginary enemy of humanity. Augustus knew very well that Tassadar and Zeratul were not enough to represent all the protoss, and there were by no means only two protoss in the universe, the El Protoss and the Sagulath Protoss.

"A genius idea? Yes, why can't we throw those heavy and heavy artillery pieces onto the new armor." Swann immediately assured Augustus: "We will be able to carry out the project in a few days. New experiment, but how to solve the problem of recoil? Where should the howitzer be mounted? On the shoulder, on the arm or under the crotch?"

"I guess it must not be under the crotch." Renault said.

"You're right, cowboy." Swann smiled at Renault, and then looked at Augustus: "If this kind of weapon must carry a large number of heavy shells, logistics will also be a problem."

Swann also liked Reno, a young farm boy from Shiloh, and thought he had a great sense of justice. Sometimes, however, Reynaud's highly idealistic and mindless personality is revealed when compared to Augustus. Renault's friends always believed that if he wanted to become a leader like a marshal, he still had to put in a lot of effort.

"Then try to integrate them into a new military branch to provide independent logistics, or find another way to solve this problem." Augustus said: "This is something you should solve. After all, I am not an engineer. The funds are enough, old guys, don’t let me down.”

"Noted, sir," Fike said to Augustus with a smile.

"There's nothing I can't do." Swann thought of the protoss engineers who could build warships like works of art: "Of course, the things I'm talking about must be within the scope of what humans can do. If you want me to build A protoss aircraft carrier or something, then there’s nothing I can do.”

"Perhaps there is no need to build an identical one," Augustus said with a nod to Fick and a shrug.

"I received a report that the new design of the fusion cannon has achieved a breakthrough." This is the reason why Augustus came to the armory to ask Swann.

"I originally thought that the Umoyan Protectorate Army would be the first to make a breakthrough, but I didn't expect that it would be us. I have to say, this is a miracle."

The Korhal Revolutionary Army's engineering corps and prototype weapons laboratory are home to the elites of Korhal IV. Korhal IV is a highly developed technological planet under the rule of the Tyranid Federation. It is already a gathering of elites. Some of them have been persecuted by the Federation or revolutionized. Federation scientists rescued by the military sometimes join their ranks.

"Yes, if you hadn't asked that, I would have found an opportunity to tell you." Swann laughed, obviously very proud of this. Although this new weapon was not an experimental project led by Swann, it was also the result of the joint efforts of engineers.

"This is an unparalleled cannon. Its caliber is rare in the world and occupies almost one-seventh of the width of the bow. This cannon will use the Titan reactor as its energy source and a strong magnetic field to focus the controllable nuclear explosions. A concentrated beam of energy," Swann said.

"The phase technicians of Tassadar gave us a lot of suggestions and ideas. We owe it to them to be the first to make a breakthrough before the Umoyans and the Federation. In the eyes of the protoss, this weapon may not have any aesthetic appeal. , but in my eyes it is truly breathtakingly beautiful.”

Hiram Fike continued: "At the beginning, we installed this huge cannon on an interstellar tugboat - this kind of tugboat is mainly used to transport mined crystal ores, and its power mainly comes from nuclear weapons. fusion reactor, but still requires a whole fleet of generators to power the other components.”

"We opened fire on the wreckage of a Terran Federation Leviathan-class battlecruiser that was about to be pulled into a neutron star, completely destroying it with just one shot."

"It's like a divine punishment."

Fike said: "I believe you have seen the actual recording of the camera. It can severely damage a battlecruiser with one shot, and even the Behemoth-class armor is vulnerable."

"The cannon takes a certain amount of time to recharge after each shot, but compared to its amazing power, that doesn't matter at all."

"My mood at that time was the same as when I saw the explosion of mankind's first nuclear bomb." Augustus nodded.

"When can we use this kind of giant cannon on the revolutionary army's warships?" he then asked.

"Transformation requires a lot of time and money." Swan thought for a while and said: "We can only modify a very limited number of warships, and the combat effectiveness of these warships will be greatly reduced during the modification period."

“The question is, how much do you want to transform?”

"Of course, the more, the better." Augustus said: "Upgrade the Hyperion first, and during this period I will use the Norad II as the flagship."

As the flagship of the Revolutionary Army, the Hyperion is being upgraded and transformed every moment. It is not only the starting point of the Revolutionary Army's fleet, but also considered a symbol of the revolutionary spirit.

"Okay, now this cannon still needs a name, and we finally decided to hand over this right to you." Fick said to Augustus with a smile.

"I'm glad you can say that." Augustus felt sincerely happy.

"Let's call it Yamato Cannon."

"I don't have a clue about this name." Swann scratched his head: "However, if people from the Federation and Umoyan build this kind of cannon in the future, its name and rating standards will have to be according to ours."