StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

"We also invited a new friend," Reno said.

In the sound of Renault's whistle, more majestic Purifier warships jumped out from the vortex of blue arc light at the exit of the hyperspace channel. The high-grade Cybros-made plate armor and powerful armaments demonstrated unparalleled deterrence and power. , the muzzle of the giant cannon was looming in the golden-orange sun matrix flash.

The smooth lines and fine craftsmanship are the embodiment of the Purifier Protoss's pinnacle in technology and engineering.

In a short period of time, thousands of Purifier carriers, storm battleships and void glow ships arrived in the outer orbit of Chiron III. To the surprise of both Augustus and Artanis, three years after the end of the Second Total War, the Purifier Protoss even had a mothership.

In fact, the Purifiers have been strengthening their weapons and upgrading their war technology since their awakening. The automated factory of the Sebros was operating day and night, the furnaces roared and the lights stayed on. As time went by, a large number of new warships and mechanical warriors were created that combined the traditional weapons of the Protoss and the assembly line construction techniques of the Purifiers.

Under the instruction of Executive Officer Coralion, the Purifiers have integrated the newly emerged protoss units after their slumber into the data network, and have reprogrammed programs and optimized protocols.

Although they are a product of military technology created by the protoss, the Purifier protoss themselves are not without creative abilities. They have even developed intelligent mechanical disruptors equipped with solar arsenals. This kind of war is designed and built specifically for destruction. The weapons had impressed the protoss of Dallam.

From the new generation of mechanical sentries, apostles and dark templars to the phoenixes, prophets and void glow ships in the sky, the Purifiers quickly developed their own mechanical versions, and their efficient replicating capabilities are the Tadda Lin Xingling was also far behind.

The intelligent programming of these new-age automated combat machines is sufficiently advanced that they are almost the same as ordinary protoss warriors in terms of intelligence, and can select the optimal combat plan from a series of complex combat responses. As second-generation Purifiers, they are precise and efficient.

But let alone the Durham Protoss, even humans have doubts about these mechanical protoss warriors.

Machines never make mistakes, but they don't understand the value of life and the meaning of fighting. This is the divide.

"Transmission completed."

"Calibration protocol."

"Testing is complete and all system operations are complete."

"I am Executive Officer Colorarion." Along with the announcement of the operation of the data network, the Mechanical Purifier Executive Officer Colorarian appeared on the main screen in front of Augustus: "The war will never end, the Purifier responded. call."

The shining bridge could be seen from behind Coralion, the light from the solar matrix as bright as a star.

"I have never doubted this." Augustus said immediately: "Your support is very timely, Executor Cororarion."

At this time, Coralion's Purifier fleet was still arriving at the coordinates of the assembly point preset in the Chiron system, and the huge shadow of the ship was enveloped in the brilliance of the sun. It can be seen that the scale of this Purifier fleet is also unusually large. Even if you don't count the Void Glow Ship, the main battleships such as aircraft carriers easily exceed a thousand, which is larger than Artanis' fleet. huge.

Since the Purifiers were awakened much earlier, their current strength is far greater than when they were sealed on the Cybros. Driven by a sense of crisis, they never stopped expanding their already extremely intimidating fleet after waking up.

By 2503, the Purifiers had occupied several mineral-rich worlds and established their empire around Bellum IV, the giant planet orbited by Edion.

Due to the mechanical characteristics, the Purifier Protoss can adapt to a wide range of planet types.

Around the towering solar core matrices on these planets, majestic Purifier Protoss hubs, central control centers, communication towers, Purifier Floating temples and other buildings have risen from the ground.

The manufacturing process of the Purifier Protoss is highly advanced and efficient. Countless Purifier alloy furnaces that are highly integrated into the data network process thousands of tons of crystal ore every day, smelting, rolling, cutting, grinding, and forging it into The body of a Purifier warrior and the planks of a battleship.

The Purifiers work with mechanical precision, tirelessly, and never stop, and their war potential is formidable.

The unrestricted Purifier Protoss is extremely terrifying in terms of expansion speed and strength. If the main body of them were not legendary protoss heroic personalities with noble character and no ambition to dominate the galaxy, they would most likely transform into A terrible mechanical disaster.

To the relief of all races in the Koprulu Sector, the Purifier protoss only stopped expanding after occupying hundreds of uninhabited worlds. The conflict between the Purifiers and other races is only over resources, but if the Purifier protoss confirms that the external threat has been eliminated and there is no need to launch a war, they will not plunder resources endlessly.

——Otherwise their neighbor, the Terran Empire, will jump on the bandwagon.

During the past period, the only things the Purifier Protoss were interested in were expanding their military strength and burning bugs. Just like clocking in to work every day, the purifier protoss will go out every once in a while to sweep the home world of the dominant insect swarm and perform purification tasks.

People in the Tyranid Empire believe that the time when these purifiers go out to clean the Brood World is extremely regular and precise, even down to the second.

It is true that the existence of the Purifiers has greatly reduced the pressure on the imperial territories near the Purifier world, indirectly acting as a protective umbrella.

If the Terran Empire fleet calls the Purifiers for support, the Purifiers won't mind helping, since they are idle anyway. To put it simply, the Tyran Empire invited a door god.

Because of this, Augustus didn't care so much about the mines dug up by the Purifiers.

perhaps.

He is not a stingy person.

The Purifiers are always very cheerful. When they heard that they were going to fight the zerg, they would be there soon. He said he was going to drive over Eamon and call him, and he would come when he had some business with him.

"Executor Koralion, to this day, your deeds are still sung by the Templars and make people yearn for you." Artanis is also in the channel, and I almost grew up listening to your legendary stories. of:

"I am Artanis, High Executive of Duram, and it is an honor for me to fight alongside the legendary heroes from thousands of years ago."

"We have rested for too long." Coralion said lukewarmly: "This time, the Purifiers will dominate their own will, and no one can control us anymore!"

Fortunately, thanks to Tassadar's efforts, the relationship between the Purifier and Durham has eased. Otherwise, when Coralion had just woken up, Artanis would have been choked.

However, although the relationship has tended to ease on the surface and the possibility of another war between the two sides is not high, Durham and the Purifiers are still secretly wary of each other.

They occasionally share scientific and technological achievements with each other, but that's about it. They are still always wary of each other.

For the Durham protoss, the machine-like body and lifestyle of the Purifier protoss is really a strange existence. Some of them sympathize, some are curious, some are sad, and some are secretly wary, but these emotions are without exception. All sting the Purifier.

Although the Purifier has a data network that can replace Kara to a certain extent, it is not Kara after all.

And if they cannot integrate into Kara and have no emotional and ideological resonance, the Purifiers will not be understood and recognized by the El Protoss faction. In this regard, the experience of the Nerazim Protoss is similar.

This is the gap between the protoss kin and the kin.

"You are right." Artanis said in a humble tone: "The will of the Purifier is free, and free will should never be restricted."

"We hope to make amends for our past mistakes. The Conclave once guarded against you, but they are no longer here. I know that you are true Templars, just like us." He said:

"We were as one in the past and we will be as one now."

"We choose to fulfill our duties, and all we seek is the respect we deserve." Coralion may not be a talkative person, or he just doesn't want to talk to people of the Templar class.

Anyway, he quickly exited the communication channel: "Keep this in mind, time will tell."

"Praise you for your tolerance, praise you for your kindness." Artanis bowed and said.

"That's a good point, Artanis." After the image of Coralion disappeared, Augustus nodded and said to Artanis: "Urna may be more dangerous than any place we have ever been. With one heart and one mind, Only by working together can we defeat our enemies.”

"Has no one told you that you are very eloquent?" Renault blinked: "This is called leadership temperament."

"Stop complimenting me, James Raynor." Artanis said: "This is an executive who was active countless centuries ago. In front of such a great warrior, all impassioned speeches seem to be rhetoric."

"Can you hear it as a compliment?" Renault saw what Artanis said and teased him: "Atanis, I thought you protoss couldn't hear it at all."

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After some time, the Ultarian Rift.

The location of the Otarian Rift is a chaotic dark deep space. Until now, humans have been ignorant of its existence and location. The Otarian Rift cannot be found on any navigation map.

But if you actually come to the Ultarian Rift, it's hard not to be attracted by its astronomically astonishing size and breathtaking beauty.

At first glance, the Otarian Fissure seems to be located between a faint nebula, but that is not because the brightness of the interstellar dust itself is too low, but because the ribbons of light emerging from the fissure are too bright. In fact, as long as humans cast their gaze here, they can easily observe this strange celestial body that is as colorful as a kaleidoscope.

The Otarian Rift was so huge and so bright that the two Imperial fleets parked near it seemed like small black flying insects on a white light bulb at night.

But in fact, these two fleets are quite large, with a total of more than two hundred main battlecruisers, and an even larger number of small and medium-sized attached warships. Looking at the logos and numbers, these two fleets are obviously the Nova Squadron and the Alpha Squadron that were established in the old Federation era. They are Jackson Holler's and Edmund Duke's respectively.

As one of the few veteran squadrons, Nova Squadron is approximately five times the size of an ordinary squadron, while Alpha Squadron has an even larger number of battleships.

And the empire's deployment here obviously doesn't stop there. From where these imperial warships are parked, you can also see hundreds of imperial mobile space stations that have been jumped here or built on the spot, and orbital defense turrets equipped with destructive air-to-air weapons. Tower of Strips and large starport. These large space facilities are enough to provide large fleets with all the services provided by large military ports, and are fully capable of dealing with a large-scale interstellar war.

At a certain point in time, after a flash of light, the Imperial flagship White Star was the first to jump into the assembly point. After a while, more jump signals appeared on a large scale, like stars shining.

"This is the Otarian Fissure." Standing on the bridge of the White Star, Augustus glanced at the huge crack that occupied the entire porthole, and then looked at the dense Imperial space station and ancillary facilities below it:

"Hole and Duke did a pretty good job."

Nova Squadron and Alpha Squadron below have also discovered the incoming Imperial fleet, and when the Purifier and Durham Protoss fleets appeared, the weapon systems of these two fleets immediately locked onto these unmarked warships.

Augustus had no doubt that they were indeed ready to fire.

If they were really not alert at all and were lazily indifferent, then Duke and Holler should be sent to Blackheath to grow potatoes——

No, go to Char and plant trees.

"This Otarian Rift is much more beautiful than I thought before." Raynor looked out the window and said: "But it looks like we are preparing to jump to the center of a thousand suns. Is this really okay?"

Now, the cosmic rift marked as a high-risk celestial body on the White Star's star chart is shining brighter and brighter, and its overflowing terrifying void energy causes the battleship's sensors to sound frequent alarms.

The legendary Urna, the hometown of the Xel'Naga, is located in the Otarian Rift.

"Then let me change the question." Augustus looked at Renault and said, "Brother, who will jump first."

"Then it has to be me." Before Renault could finish his words, the communication channel on Durham's flagship, the Spear of Adun, picked up.

"Emperor Augustus. I am Artanis." Artanis's shining helmet like a crown appeared on the main screen: "My warriors hope to be the first to join the battlefield."

"Since you said so." Renault spread his hands and said, "Okay, you go first."

"I have no objection." Augustus also nodded and said: "My fleet will follow closely and cover your flanks."

In every battle, the Templars never allow themselves to fall behind others, such is their arrogance.

"Selandis, assemble the fleet and prepare to attack." Artanis immediately ordered.

Now that they have arrived at the Otarian Rift, the Durham Protoss does not intend to waste any more time and is determined to find out.

Immediately afterwards, Artanis' flagship, the Spear of Adun, took the lead in sailing into the brilliant light pouring out of the Ultarian Rift, followed closely by six huge protoss motherships.

At this moment, the assembled Imperial fleet and Purifier fleet were lined up on both sides behind the Durham fleet, waiting to enter later.

From Augustus' point of view, this was just right.

With them holding the line behind the Durham fleet, they can respond immediately if there is a problem with the fleet under Artanis.

All signs indicate that Eamon's recovery time has been advanced. In the eyes of Augustus, this also means that Kara of the El Protoss may be corrupted by Eamon at any time. And crossing the Otarian Rift means that you are closer to the real void and more susceptible to Amon's influence.

Ever since he knew that Amon's will was recovering, Augustus had always been on guard against changes in the Durham star spirit.

Calling the Purifier over is to make two preparations. One is to ensure that we have enough combat power for the trip to Urna. The other is that the Purifier, as a mechanical protoss, will not be affected by Kara. Once Artanis' fleet is corrupted, Able to react immediately.