StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

"How was the trip to New Folsom Prison? Private Tychus Finley."

The armory of the Hyperion's cabin numbered 12 was filled with the smell of acetylene, engine oil and high-energy gas. The heavy industry workshop between the decks was replacing a new refined gas engine for a Laser drill tank. Replacing its aging fossil fuel engines.

Between the carpeted gray metal bulkheads on opposite sides, many Revolutionary Army engineers and mechanics stood on each manufacturing platform and operating platform at different levels. Under the blue and white light of the built-in wall lamp in the ceiling above, the sparks of electric welding fall like a waterfall on the transportation track running using electromagnetic acceleration technology at the bottom.

After Major Matt Horner arranged the star-shaped collar badge on the collar of his staff officer uniform, he reached out and handed a Revolutionary Army wolf shield armband with red letters on a black background to Tychus Finley, who was holding a low-quality cigarette. The man was currently crossing his legs on a tall supply box next to the armory shelf.

"How about a big pile of urine mixed with urine?" Tychus took the armband from Matt's hand, took a look at it, and put it on the collar of his work clothes.

Tychus had the thought of stepping on this armband under his feet and walking away, as a way of resisting Augustus Mengsk's severe punishment, and to demonstrate his unrestrained, unrestrained and freedom-loving personality.

However, the wolf armband was the insignia of Augustus' personal guard. In any case, this also meant that he could escape from the boring armory manufacturing workshop and do some interesting work.

Counting it all together, since the last time he was kicked into New Folsom Prison by Augustus to experience life, and last month he was brought back and thrown into suffering under Rory Swann, Tychus Finley It may have been a century since I had been exposed to the colorful and beautiful world.

Moreover, according to military regulations, if Tychus did this, he would have to live in New Folsom for another half month.

"I bet, little brat, your white ass will make you pee if it touches the rusty iron bars of New Folsom Prison." Tychus didn't look at anyone seriously, anyway, in his eyes, Matt ·Rising stars like Horner are not yet considered senior generals in the core circle of the revolutionary army.

"Really? I would like to experience it." Matt Horner pulled on his wide-brimmed felt hat with a gold rim and showed an impeccable smile, without any hint of joking.

"New Folsom was once a place where many revolutionary patriots stayed. The people there were all great fighters who were the most loyal and unswerving to the revolution. Many heroes I know have been imprisoned, and now among them Some of them are still leading the revolutionary ranks."

"I have never seen a fool like you rushing to suffer. Revolution! Revolution! If you are going to be ruined, what's the use?" Tykes was so angry that he almost suspected that this person always had his eyes flashing. The hopeful boy is burying himself.

"He was warning me."

Of course, this kid hasn't seen much of the world yet, and he doesn't have the desire or brains to ridicule others.

A pretty boy, a nerd, full of old-fashioned ideas about revolution and rules and regulations. Although he is still young, his character is even calmer than that of Tychus, who is already 30 years old. Generally speaking, Tychus has always given a wide berth to such people.

Think about it, when Augustus brought this little brat out of Terrador IX, he was like a homeless puppy at a loss as to what to do. Now he is an officer of the General Staff of the Revolutionary Army, while Tychus is getting more and more back.

Tychus said that this is a hero regardless of his origin, while Augustus thought that it was a dog that could not change and eat shit.

"Yeah." Major Matt was noncommittal: "I think that when Red Rock Star signed the peace treaty with the UED, if you didn't just dance in front of Marshal Augustus and completely forget your responsibilities, you wouldn't It’ll make him furious.”

"When the marshal, who usually rarely gets angry, gets angry, no amount of good words we say can help you."

"I'm pretty sure that old dog Edmund Duke was having fun with this all day long, and he's also convinced that bastard Augustus is going to kick aside the old party of the Devil in Heaven and start a new one." Tai Case said.

"Actually, I couldn't help myself at that time." He said quibly: "At that time, I drank a little wine and lay on the body of the Camorian beauty for a while. I don't know what happened after that."

"Although that old boy Augustus Mengsk appears to be tolerant and generous on the surface, he is actually quite petty. Didn't I just laugh loudly at his little skirt joke, and he actually remembers it now." Tychus go on:

"He doesn't think that he is the only one who knows about this, right? Everyone in Hyperion has already known about it? What does this mean? I'm still wearing a skirt now."

"Just because of this, Augustus threw me into New Folsom, saying that I would go in sooner or later anyway. Then he asked me to work for Rory Swann. Doesn't he know that I can't deal with that dwarf? Okay. Asking soldiers to do embroidery, is this something a human being can do?"

"You have to work hard and be at least a colonel or even a major general now." Matt sighed.

"You don't understand at all. If you don't have some fun and excitement in your life, how can you know that you are really alive?"

"You know, this is the world that the marshal wants: no continuous wars, no conflicts... no excitement - my teachers at Umoyan University told me that they would call that, peace." Matt. Just looking into Tychus's absent-minded blue eyes.

"When we were still in the Federation Marine Corps, Augustus liked to write letters to his lovely little sister and tell some childish and ridiculous fairy tales. Why, could it be that he really lived in such fairy tales before?" It's hard to say who knows the real Augustus Mengsk better than Tychus.

"Oh~ the little prince of Keha..."

"That's the world he dreamed of, the starry sky and the peaceful age." Matt immediately retorted: "You haven't really read those tender letters at all."

"Mr. Finley, you are a respected hero, not a sneaky gangster. Do you know how many people are chanting Tychus Finley's name, waiting for you to save them."

"Heroes are very busy." Rarely, Tychus turned red. But with such a thick skin, this can be completely ignored.

Matt said as he took a set of gold and red military uniforms from a marshal's guard next to him, and handed it to Tychus: "Now I should call you Second Lieutenant Tychus Finley."

"Wow, it looks good. The Marshal's Guard has issued new uniforms." Tychus was a gentleman with finesse and taste after all. He even rubbed his hands when he took the uniform. ——Even though it looks like a fly.

It can already be seen from the marshal's guard soldier next to Matt that the new uniform is a red uniform and dark blue trousers, equipped with gold buttons and V-shaped and varying numbers of gold star epaulettes representing military rank.

Compared with ordinary uniforms, the uniforms of the Guards are much more gorgeous. The lace, tassels and golden wolf logo on the cuffs and shoulders of the uniforms are all pure gold. Even the two sides of the flat cap have intertwined golden laurel leaves. .

"The new uniform design was proposed by Deputy Chief of General Staff Arcturus Mengsk. I heard that he used a private high-end tailor who originally worked for the Tagore family for this purpose. The style is modeled after the Royal Guards uniforms from the ancient Earth nation era." Matt has now reached the upper echelon, and he can be considered to know a lot of inside information.

Although he is incredibly young, Matt is indeed a rare talent. In just two years, Matt not only became an experienced captain through actual combat, but also fully spent his rest time studying, and finally passed the graduation examination of the Umoyan National Naval Academy recently.

"Royal Guards? It seems that what those old guys said is true. They are planning to make Augustus Mengsk a dictator emperor." Tychus clicked his tongue: "This is different from what was originally agreed. , can those who are working for the revolution buy it?"

"They feel that the republic is not reliable at all. Rather than waiting for a group of noisy members to waste time arguing in the parliament, it is better to let the really wise people take control of the power. That is to say, when the Korhal uprising was announced to the world The Mengsk family wants to be a royal family, so how can they respond to everything at once?"

"Where are we now? The Earth and the Federation are still alive, and these people want to appoint a new king. This is freedom, this is revolution."

The old guys Tychus refers to mainly refer to the gang of Horace Warfield and Arcturus Mengsk.

"This is the opinion of Chief of Staff Arcturus, and the marshal has been strongly opposed to it." Matt doesn't think so: "But I have to say that there has been a lot of voice in the army recently, and many people think that only Augustus ·Mengsk deserves this title. After all, Augustus is originally the title of emperor."

"Since the history of the Koprulu Sector, there has never been an empire or emperor here, nor has it been oppressed by an autocratic system. On the contrary, they extremely hate the so-called democracy and parliamentary system represented by the Terran Federation, and Totally disillusioned with the federal system of the past," he said.

"For the people here, it is just the history of the earth that has long been forgotten. Most people in the edge world don't even know what an emperor is, but at least they know that it is an extremely respectful word... They probably think that That's cool."

"That's right, it's just a title. In my opinion, there is actually no difference between an empire and a republic. As long as the people below are living better than before, what else is there to be dissatisfied about?" Tychus is a very shrewd person:

"Don't the Star Spirits also say that they are some kind of Star Spirit Empire? If we don't build an empire, our momentum will be much weaker."

He changed the topic: "What do you think? When the time comes, those who are in favor of it will stand on one side, and those who oppose it will stand on the other side."

"I neither agree nor object. As long as the people can live better under the new political system, it doesn't matter. On the other hand, if Marshal Augustus will become a completely different person in the future and abandon the current If he commits to whatever vision he pursues, then I will definitely stand up against him."

"Then you can rest assured, at least Augustus cannot be worse than the Federation." As Tychus said this, he had already taken off his coat and put on the gold-red Royal Guard uniform.

"Okay, tell me what new tasks he has for me."

"Marshal Augustus has decided to re-activate you as a squadron leader in his guard." Matt said.

"You also know that we just started another war with the UED not long ago. Now the fleet is attacking the core world Bronte Prime controlled by the UED." He said:

"The UED fleet in the Brontes system has been completely defeated, and a landing battle is about to begin. Before the Marshal arrives at the Governor's Mansion on Brontes Prime to deliver a speech, you must be prepared to command a guard force."

"I have to say that old Tychus is an expert in this field. The private security companies in this sector are not even worthy of carrying my shoes." Although there are many complaints, Tychus really does not dare to offend Augustus now. .

"He still can't leave me...but I always feel that it won't be that simple."

The gray-haired boy always meant what he said, whether it was bad or good.

"How about it, we have already reached Blount, and we will be able to invade Tarsonis soon." Tychus could already imagine the prosperous scene of Tarsonis.

Blount is one of the earliest main star worlds to form the Tyranid Federation. It is also a prosperous world with a stable social order and a developed economy. It plays an extremely important position among the planets that form the Federation.

Now, Blount is also one of the most important planets controlled by UED, with a considerable number of fleets and ground forces stationed there.

"It's not that easy. According to intelligence, Stukov once again strengthened Tarsonis's orbital defense system and began compulsory recruitment." Matt shook his head and said:

"He may also have an unknown number of hybrids in his hands. The destructiveness of a large-scale hybrid to our army is unimaginable."

"Where are the protoss? They can't just sit idly by." Tychus also knew a lot about hybrids.

"Sagulas, the home of the protoss, has been invaded by the zerg. Now I'm afraid they can't help us much." This voice was Augustus. He was still wearing a dark blue military uniform, and was only accompanied by a red-haired man. Sarah Kerrigan.

"Augustus?" Tychus opened his mouth slightly because he was too surprised when he turned around.

"Are you talking bad about me again?" Augustus chuckled.

"No," Tychus said immediately.

"He said you were petty," Kerrigan said, one hand on her hip.

"I hate mind-reading psykers!" Tychus wanted to spit, but swallowed it wisely.

"Hey, boss, oh no, Marshal, come and see our newly built main battle tank." At this time, Chief Engineer Rory Swann, who was walking up the stairs from the lower deck of the armory, inadvertently answered The siege of Tychus.

This does not mean that the relationship between Swann and Tychus is very good. In fact, although Tychus is by no means a clumsy and stupid guy, he just broke Swann's newly invented high-energy gas collecting wireless device last time. There was a big quarrel between man and machine.

Both sides called many people from the Marine Corps and the Engineering Corps to prepare for a fight, but in the end they had to give up due to the intervention of the military police.

"Look at that big guy. It weighs 170 tons and has 200mm of armor at its thickest point. It has no shortcomings except the possibility of crushing roads and bridges - fuel is one aspect, but compared with its awesome destructive power, that But it’s not worth mentioning.” Swann walked down the armory with Augustus, who came to visit, and stood on the platform above a heavy tracked tank.

It was a heavy tank that was even larger than the arc light siege tank, and the diameter of the muzzle was so large that it was terrifying.

"We prefer to call it the Draken siege tank - it uses the chassis of the Zeus battle tank, and the main gun is the Draken laser drill. The maximum energy output can reach 174 billion watts. Considering the cost, it is also It can be replaced by Camorion’s BDE-1600 mining drill, which of course is much less powerful.”

"Considering the cost and craftsmanship, the production of this tank is very limited, but it can be used as a mobile weapons platform against fortresses."

"Wow - this is concentrating the power of the sun on your fingertips," Tychus joked.

"Well, you really love the Draken drill to death." In any case, this caliber still satisfied Augustus: "I knew this a long time ago."

"The battle of Blount is the best time to test him - Tychus, you do it."

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