StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

The Scar of Vengeance asteroid belt, the assembly point of the Tyranid Empire fleet.

This is a dangerous star field composed of millions of asteroids with extremely high density. At the same time, there are many large boulders and debris flying aimlessly at speeds of tens or even thousands of miles per hour. Among them Only a small portion of its orbit has been accurately measured by Imperial astronomers.

When sailing in this dangerous star area, if you are not careful, the ship will be destroyed and people will be killed, and there will be no return.

With just one precise scan, countless spacecraft wreckage scattered in the Trace of Vengeance asteroid belt can be discovered. The owners of these ships were interstellar gold diggers who came for the crystal mines that were shattered by the impact in the asteroid belt, but greed, stupidity and bad luck cost them their lives here.

But this is the risk that must be taken when mining in dangerous areas. There is nothing to say. There are places with more risks than here.

"Why does Moebius's secret base have to be built in a ghostly place like this?"

Amidst the sound of the servo transmission, Tychus lowered his power armor helmet, revealing his fierce face with flesh and wrinkles.

Tychus's right cheek bore an obvious burn mark from his rescue mission on Jera's surface. He single-handedly killed more than forty Moebius rebels, and rescued several civilians from a mall that was about to collapse, and he was properly Captain Tyron.

In the past, Tychus was just a bastard whose life and death had nothing to do with me. Now, under the influence of Augustus and Renault, he can do some human affairs. After all, even Tychus has to face some shame.

"Otherwise why is it called a secret base?" Renault asked.

"I've wanted to ask before, damn Jimmy, are you still a genius?" Tychus slowly lit a cigar.

The mission of the Moebius Corps is to search for the Xel'Naga ruins outside the known boundaries of the Koprulu Sector and search for the holy relics and artifacts in them. At the same time, they also shoulder another responsibility, which is to find the hidden hybrid factory and hunt for it. These terrible monsters.

It is conceivable what kind of risks the Moebius Legion has to take, so it is understandable that they will get better equipment and better treatment. As long as they can survive the dark age of the final battle, their identities will be made public and they will become heroes.

For this reason, the Moebius Corps has many such secret bases, but this one in the Scar of Vengeance asteroid belt is the largest and most important one among them.

Renault stared at a huge rock that was much larger than a space engineering vehicle passing by at high speed from the observation window of the Hyperion. His eyes flashed with the bridge lights reflected from the ice crystals of the huge rock: "Thank you, Tychus. , I have never met someone as selfless as you in my fucking life.”

"Meeting a good person like me has already used up all your luck in your life, so you always lose money at the card table." Tychus exhaled a puff of smoke and said.

"Hank, Zander and Ward will tell you, I always win." Reno shrugged.

"." Tychus snorted and glanced at a boulder that flew past the right observation window: "I bet the rebels from the Moebius Corps will set up an ambush among these damn asteroids."

"It's hard to tell," Renault said. "Unless they're crazy."

"We are all well aware of their mental state." Tychus clicked his tongue: "Some people feel that they are still loyal to the empire, while others have become real murderers."

"You know, they're lunatics, lunatics are capable of anything. I'm sure they'll launch a surprise attack before we get to their lair."

He continued: "I saw a lot of these lunatics in Gela, they were completely crazy."

At this moment, in the three-dimensional scanning image on the Hyperion star chart platform, a huge asteroid belt has appeared.

The Trace of Revenge asteroid belt is the remnants of a planet named Revan II after it was shattered. It is located at the edge of the Milky Way with sparse light spots, dark and mysterious.

Traveling through the dense asteroid belt is very dangerous, especially for large battlecruisers. The asteroid passing by at high speed is no less than a giant cannonball. The terrifying relative speed between the asteroid and the battleship makes the Hyperion The ship's route turned into a near-death adventure.

If you want to pass through this asteroid belt, generally speaking, you can only proceed along a known safe channel that has been accurately measured and positioned with coordinates. This channel is also too narrow for a large imperial army, making it difficult for each battleship group to expand on a large scale on a cosmic scale, and making their formation too dense.

This Moebius secret base was originally built by the Tyranids, so this only safe route is public information for both Renault and the rebel Moebius Corps.

If Raynor orders the fleet to move along this safe route, it is likely that he will have to face a large number of space mines and electromagnetic pulse weapons, and the Moebius Legion rebels and their hidden allies in "Scar of Vengeance" may destroy the Empire. The fleet is surrounded here.

However, Renault has never been a person who plays cards according to common sense.

At present, the huge ship shadow of the Hyperion is rapidly sailing into the Scar of Vengeance asteroid belt, following another darker and more dangerous route deep into it.

Every time it travels a certain distance, more and more asteroids pass by the porthole window, and some asteroids can reach dozens or hundreds of miles in diameter. Although it was still far away from the Hyperion, as if separated by a galaxy, it was really not worth mentioning on the scale of the universe. The navigator might make a fatal mistake if he was not careful.

Even if a huge ship like the Hyperion collided with it, the consequences would be no less than if the Titanic hit an iceberg.

The asteroid trajectories in this area are more disorderly and unpredictable, so from time to time asteroids collide with the Hyperion, but the sizes of these asteroids are expected. As the Hyperion's moving combined turrets erupted with tongues of orange-red flames, they were immediately reduced to powder by the terrifying firepower of the battleship, and the remaining debris was not enough to penetrate her shields. .

At the same time, three rows of Gorgon battlecruisers, arranged in a row of twelve ships, followed closely behind the flagship Hyperion, using the powerful firepower they were proud of to clear out the asteroids blocking the way. Large swaths of interstellar dust that turned the city into fog.

Behind this is a large formation composed of more than 400 conventional Minotaur-class battlecruisers, followed by another 30 or so Gorgons. The warships in front clear the asteroids on their way, and the warships that follow do not have to waste energy and bombs to deal with these dangerous huge rocks.

These crushed interstellar dust can also interfere with the detectors of the Moebius Legion fleet to a certain extent, making it an excellent fog. Before the Moebius people could react, Renault's fleet must have arrived at their doorstep.

"I like this move," Tychus said. "It's direct enough."

"Open the way with artillery fire." Renault nodded: "When we started the revolution, I had already wanted to do this."

Unknowingly, the Korhal Revolutionary Army, which started out as a Hyperion, has transformed into the most powerful armed force of a vast interstellar empire. The current Tyranid Empire has sufficient power to fight against threats from alien forces. In the face of this powerful force, the past Federation Renaissance Movement organizations have become clowns.

Renault has not forgotten that during the most difficult time, they could not even afford to repair Hyperion, so many facilities and systems had to be decommissioned.

Renault understands this very well.

Waves of dazzling flashes from the explosions impacted Hyperion. Along the road opened by the artillery fire, the Tyran Empire fleet with the Hyperion as its flagship sailed all the way to the depths of the Scar of Vengeance asteroid belt without encountering any To the battleship of the Moebius Corps.

But thinking about it, as the Imperial fleet is getting closer and closer to the core of the Trace of Vengeance, they may have noticed it now based on their reaction speed.

At this time, Renault could vaguely see the huge black shadow of the Moebius base of the Trace of Revenge, which was a huge rock covered with platinum gold and bronze metal.

On top of the giant rock, buildings glowing with fluorescent blue lights and intimidating turrets continue to extend outward along its irregular surface. The new steel structure stretches upward from the central core, like a giant's hand taut. Its fingers are firmly grasped on several smaller asteroids surrounding it to serve as ports and platforms for the base.

The Mobius base in Scar of Vengeance is a military facility transformed from a natural celestial body. It is extremely majestic. The concrete and steel used to build it are enough to build a thoroughfare between Augustgrad and the main city of Aurora.

Not only that, the Scar of Vengeance base is also a large-scale movable man-made platform. Its main structure is hidden in the asteroid with a diameter of more than a hundred miles to connect to the wide mobile platforms. Although most of the time these platforms are fixed in place, according to safety protocols, they can be moved at any time to areas rich in crystalline veins and high-energy gases.

I have to say, this is a genius initiative.

When the Hyperion was closer to the Mobius base, Renault could see the three huge energy cores located between the majestic buildings, and feel the nuclear fuel reactors, heat exchangers and thousands of The terrifying power surging out from the tens of thousands of alloy pipes.

"It's really spectacular." Tychus rarely commented on these boring facilities: "It would be better if there was a swimming pool in there - these bastards really know how to enjoy it."

"Sir, rebel warship detected!"

Suddenly, the Hyperion's sensors frequently issued early warnings. At the same time, a large number of Moebius battleships jumped in. The towering bows of the extremely oppressive ships were like mountains pressing down on them. The mountains were stacked on top of each other, and they were majestic.

Like a violent storm, as soon as they appeared, these crazy Moebius Legion battleships opened fire on Renault's Imperial fleet without hesitation. The forest turrets kept spewing out terrifying tongues of flames, and the dazzling flames splashed between battleships instantly disappeared. Together they are reminiscent of the red clouds sweeping across the sky and the flames sweeping across the earth.

Groups of Viking fighters, Ice Dragon fighters, and Wraith fighters took off from the star port of the Scar of Vengeance base, guarding the larger transport ships and landing craft with thicker armor.

The Moebius Legion's attack is crazy and reckless, and its terrifying determination and will to fight are chilling. At all times, a large number of Moebius fighters and transport ships full of Marines were smashed to pieces by dense barrages before they even tried to get close to the Imperial warships, but they still tried desperately to board the enemy ships.

"Abandon your own warship and board the ship directly to fight?" Tychus was not surprised at all: "Very good, let them come to the Hyperion."

"Even if these bastards kneel down and beg for mercy, I'll beat their faces to a pulp."

The cruel scene of Gera left a deep impression on Tychus. He saw with his own eyes the crazy Moebius army slaughtering civilians wantonly on the streets burning with raging fires, whether they were old, weak, women, children or livestock, as long as they were They won't even spare a living creature, even a dog.

Even Tychus felt that this was really beyond human ability, and he was very angry.

In other words, when those Moebius Legion soldiers truly surrendered to the will of the hybrid, they would no longer be considered human beings.

"A hybrid of a new breed?" Renault raised his eyebrows.

"It's getting uglier," Tychus said menacingly.

Mixed among these Moebius Legion battleships is an unprecedented hybrid. They look somewhat similar to the rotten flying insects of the insect swarm, but they have protoss heads and bodies that emit a faint blue light. Light Wings. This hybrid can fly in the universe, and can also spit an annihilation beam that can corrode the armor of battleships, and its destructive power is astonishing.

"Marshal, enemy warships are sending communications to us through unencrypted channels." A communications sergeant on board the Hyperion reported to Renault.

"Listen to what they're saying?"

A communication signal loaded with interference noise was connected to the communication channel, and many crazy roaring sounds were transmitted to Renault's ears.

"Shadow Spread!"

"Die in flames!"

"Eamonn has woken up. He has awakened us from our dreams."

"In Eamonn's name!"

"Die!"

"They have fallen deeper." Renault sighed: "Compared to these people, Roberto Lamas is still normal."

"Let's end the suffering of these people as soon as possible, and then we have to settle an account with Emil Narud - he betrayed the empire, and the corruption of the Scar of Vengeance is the evidence."

In addition to clearing the Moebius rebels in the Scar of Vengeance, Raynor also received a secret order from Augustus before leaving the Otarian Rift, which was to arrest Narud for colluding with Amon to betray the Empire.

However, Augustus specifically warned that this was not a violent arrest, but that Narud would be brought back to Augustgrad for trial. This couldn't be simpler. Calling Narud back actually only requires a transfer order. Calling them there is just to prevent him from leaving the empire early.

Apart from Renault, only a few people including Tychus knew about it. At least their job is actually very simple. All they need to do is call Narud a buddy and follow us back to Augustgrad.

They also couldn't understand why they couldn't just let the soldiers shackle Narud, but had to escort him back to Augustgrad like a mysterious but dangerous alien artifact.

When they first received this order, Renault and Tychus were both shocked, because everyone knew that Dr. Narud was loyal to the empire and had made extremely outstanding contributions.

But Augustus did not say how Narud was exposed. The relationship between the Trace of Vengeance and Narud was actually deduced by Reno based on the answer derivation process.

But in fact, Narud was not involved in this matter. He had always been cautious and Augustus did not catch it.

But Augustus didn't care at all. Anyway, it's time, the surplus value has been exploited, and it's time for you to get your box lunch.

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With Tychus's brain circuit, he was obviously stunned when he heard this, and the question in his mind blurted out: "We have just taken down this base, where is the direct evidence?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Tychus showed an "I understand" expression and a strange smile: "This matter does not require evidence."

No matter how much he does, if you want you to die, you have to die.

Raynor has never liked Narud very much: "Since I first met Augustus Mengsk, he has never let a bad person go, nor has he wronged a good person for no reason."

"I've known for a long time that he's not a good person."

"It's up to you to say so." Tychus also answered, with a bit of public and private revenge in his words: "We must check Duke. I think he also has problems."