StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

Bronte Garden is the undoubted political and economic center of Bronte Prime, with a dense population and developed industry. In less than twenty years, the city completed its transformation from a small colonial settlement to a megalopolis, and has continued to grow and expand ever since.

Raw materials from the entire planet and even more than ten other mining planets and newly established colonies are gathered here, metallurgical forging, and manufacturing machinery. The products are exported to the world of the Tyranid Federation. It is the most important industrial base besides Tarsonis.

Under the bright blue-gray high-rise buildings with the luster of steel and glass, there are large areas of gray metal buildings and bright lights that are connected to the soil. Thousands of flying cars, floating airships and spaceships are busy, and large transport ships carrying goods and raw materials are rising and falling.

The city is like an island made of steel blue and steel gray on the broad green plains of Bronte.

If we want to dominate the Koprulu Sector, Bronte Prime is crucial.

At this moment, in the humid early morning fog in the center of Bronte Garden, the surging crowds were like towering buildings that could not be seen to the end. Everywhere was buzzing, with ecstatic crowds waving homemade red revolutionary army flags and spray-painting the gold star symbol of the revolution.

Ten minutes ago, Revolutionary Army Marshal Augustus Mengsk delivered a speech in the Senate Chamber of Bronte Garden. He faced the parliament seats filled with Revolutionary Army soldiers and dozens of holographic projection cameras and announced to the world:

Bronte Prime has been liberated by him. From now on, the Tyranids no longer have to be enslaved by the evil earth, and they can preserve their own culture and language as a matter of course.

This speech was immediately shown on huge holographic screens and billboards in the city centers of Bronte Prime, and spread throughout the world controlled by the Revolutionary Army at extremely fast speeds.

As early as when Marshal Augustus signed the peace treaty with the people of Earth, wise analysts pointed out that this false peace would not last long. Between the Korhal Revolutionary Army, the old Terran Federation and the UED invaders Unable to maintain a stable balance, one of them is destined to compete for a final winner.

However, none of them expected that this treaty would only be in effect for less than two standard weeks.

Today, Brontë's people view Augustus's revolutionary army as the liberators of freedom. Before the revolutionary army achieved an inspiring and comprehensive victory in Bronte, the Bronte people were still looking forward to the return of the Terran Confederacy, but now they have long abandoned the Federation.

As a hero praised by the people of Brontë, Augustus had already left the Senate and set off to establish a UED science station on the edge of the city, allowing the official spokesman of the Revolutionary Army to deal with the agitated people.

This is mainly because Arcturus and others believe that being visible on a planet that has just returned will give UED or Federation killers an opportunity to take advantage of, although Augustus believes that he is protected by Kerrigan and the Dark Templar. I don’t have to worry about assassination at all, but I don’t think now is the time to celebrate victory with the people.

Under tight protection, Augustus flew to an abandoned UED science station in a Bravo Wraith Squadron fighter plane equipped with a stealth module.

This is a pyramid-shaped building with a convex curved facade, which originally belonged to Bronte's Terran Federation Research Institute. It has a solid frame, vertical walls and an egg-shaped oval dome. The outer shell is welded with silver and ivory aluminum and synthetic steel shells that shine in the dim light of the morning.

The Science Station is a highly confidential research facility of the Terran Federation, which houses high-precision equipment including high-energy particle accelerators and quantum collider. According to the statistics collected by the Revolutionary Army alone, every Terran Federation science station has a large number of scientists who are forced to work for the Federation.

At the same time, the science station is also a very large building with a vast area and complete living facilities. The length of its inner corridor alone is more than 6 miles long.

In the science station, countless scientists live in isolation, working hard day and night to develop more powerful weapons and defense systems to make up for the huge scientific gap with alien races like the protoss. Technology gaps, eliminating internal rebellions and the terrorist threat of zerg.

Every time the revolutionary army captures such a federal research facility, it will release the scientists there, allowing them to return to their long-lost hometowns to meet their families who believe they have been unfortunately killed. However, these scientific research facilities will never be wasted. Many scientists rescued by the revolutionary army continue to conduct their original research here, and their treatment was very different in the past.

The UED scientific station is heavily guarded, with armed and ammunition-laden Revolutionary Army soldiers guarding it. If it weren't for UED intrusion into the security network, there would be a large number of spider-type self-destruction robots and mechanical dogs controlled by AI.

"Artanis, the executive officer of Duram Protoss, has been waiting for you for a long time." A Revolutionary Army scientist named Adam was waiting for Augustus at the entrance of the science station, followed by some young researchers who were either excited or reserved. Both the protoss and the marshal of the revolutionary army are rare to see.

"Thank you, Doctor." Augustus had some impression of this scientist. He was originally an aerodynamicist on the Pride of Water planet, dedicated to developing storms that could condense on the two vast oceans of his homeland. safe traveling aircraft.

When the revolutionary army arrived on the planet, Adam chose to leave his hometown and work for Augustus. Today, he is engaged in research related to the development of a new interstellar main fighter for the revolutionary army.

Under the leadership of Dr. Adam, Augustus was able to enter the interior of this magnificent alloy steel and glass building.

The interior of the science station is entirely a practical steel structure without any grandeur or elegant design. Even the carpets laid on the ground are featureless blue-gray with only numbers and logos on them.

One corridor connects to another, winding around a large number of rooms, as neatly organized as if they were spliced ​​together from containers.

Numerous elevators, ventilation ducts and pale white lights were the most common things Augustus had seen. Only the white dove-shaped logo of the Revolutionary Army's scientific research institution, symbolizing freedom and spreading wings, could dispel the inexplicable discomfort in his heart.

Finally, Augustus met the long-awaited protoss executive Artanis in a laboratory in the center of the science station, as well as two huge cryogenic tubes containing hybrid monsters and multiple closed Psychic launcher.

Although Stukov, who had exhausted all his traps, did not expect that all the Zerg in Char had followed the Overlord, but leaving these powerful psychic devices alone, there was no guarantee that accidents would not happen.

"Marshal Augustus Mengsk, this may be the first time we have truly captured a living hybrid." Artanis, the Protoss executive, wore a simple white-gold battle armor with a special suit made of soft woven fabric. The robe emits a glow between blue, gold and green.

Although they have appeared many times, there are very few hybrids that can be captured alive. They will all turn to ashes after death, just like the Dark Templar will return to the embrace of the void after death.

The same was true of the hybrids that had appeared on Char, the monsters disappearing into the cold twilight before the protoss could attempt to capture them.

These two hybrids are some kind of unfinished experiments at the UED science station. They are obviously special species different from the known individuals. One of them has hundreds of tentacles with spikes on the back, and the other has three pairs of huge claws like crab claws.

In the transparent glass cryogenic tube, evil and hateful monsters are floating in it, with insect-like jointed appendages hanging down. Any human who saw such a strange sight would stand on end and shudder, including Augustus of course.

On both sides of the giant cryogenic tube stood several protoss templar warriors holding solar battle axes. They were protoss empire golden age warriors brought by Artanis to deal with hybrids, and they also used ancient advanced weapons.

"This is a real beast. Just looking at it makes my heart beat fast." Arcturus also made no secret of his disgust for hybrids. Of course, he showed it more to the protoss.

Arcturus doesn't think the hybrids are such abominable monsters. If they can really be controlled, they will undoubtedly be magical weapons that can be used against the protoss and zerg.

He believes that the biggest enemies of the Mengsk Dynasty and even mankind have always been the protoss and zerg, and Arcturus deeply believes that those who are not our species will have different hearts.

Judging from Jim Raynor's reports from Char, the hybrid was far more effective against the zerg than the psionic disruptor.

At the same time, Arcturus also believes that Augustus can deal with the protoss without using hybrids, but not without them.

"I really don't know what kind of evil person created this kind of monster. Compared with the hybrids, the zerg are just cute little animals." Kerrigan stood with her hands behind Augustus, looking ordinary. VIP security.

"Only you would think that zerg are harmless animals." Augustus looked at Artanis: "Thank you for your support, respected Executive Officer Artanis."

"This is what the Protoss should do." Artanis's voice appeared directly in Augustus' mind.

The protoss is a poetic race that uses thoughts to communicate. They never speak. The voices in human minds come from the neural conflicts in their brains due to spiritual energy and the imagination based on this.

"Marshal, this science station contains many technologies brought by the UED expeditionary force, including nano-medical technology and cluster rocket technology." Dr. Adam said to Augustus: "It also contains the UED fleet's voyage log. .”

Usually, a large amount of research data is stored in important scientific research facilities of the Terran Federation such as science ships and science stations. After the UED captured the scientific station, they also replaced its database with their own.

"Is there any information on how to make a hybrid?" Arcturus asked casually.

"It must be destroyed immediately. Such evil must not be allowed to remain in the world." Artanis said immediately.

"Of course it must be destroyed. This is too evil." Arcturus said that he just wanted to ask for Augustus.

"No, this seems to be a top secret that few people know. However, this science station records some images of the UED's laboratory where the Blackxis hybrid was discovered." Dr. Adam said: "Combined with the information of some UED scientists at the science station Interrogation and mind reading can tell.”

"After the UED expeditionary force captured the Tyranid Federation border planet Blackxis, they discovered a laboratory engaged in genetic hybrid research in its cold polar desert. The expeditionary force's Marshal Admiral Dugar thought it was too dangerous and wanted to Burn the fire, and Lieutenant General Stukov, who serves as the Tech Officer, believes that this creature can greatly help them in their fight against the protoss and zerg."

"After this, Lieutenant General Stukov hired Dr. Narud, a native of Blackxis who has great research on the physiology of protoss and zerg, to continue this experiment."

"Then who is the owner of this hybrid laboratory?" Augustus said to himself, Narud, the dog thief, or your tricks are deep.

"It was a former federal scientist who shot himself before the laboratory was occupied by UED troops." Dr. Adam said.

"They dare to use something of unknown origin and something that looks weird anyway." Augustus frowned.

When the UED expeditionary force first arrived in the Koprulu sector, they must have discovered that the situation here was far less optimistic than what the United Earth Council had said before departure. Dugar and Stukov placed their hope in this non-Earth-native weapon with significant effects. Weapons are also reasonable.

However, Augustus clearly remembered that the hybrid was created by Duran (that is, Narud). Combined with the mysterious man discovered on Luria IV, Narud seems to be deliberately creating a villain on the surface, while pretending to be a bystander.

It's a pity that there is only one person in this universe who will regard every move of Narud as a clown's trick, and that is Augustus. Because in the eyes of Augustus, when Narud used the two pseudonyms of Duran and Narud, he had already been exposed.

"In the beginning, they used experimental products from the Black Sith hybrid laboratory, so they behaved extremely violently and uncontrollably during the Battle of Tarsonis." Dr. Adam continued:

"But later, Dr. Narud improved the genetic defects of the hybrids, making them more controllable." He said: "In order to help Dr. Narud complete his research, UED provided him with a large amount of funds, biotechnology and advanced laboratories.”

"This is why Char's hybrid is more controllable." Arcturus nodded:

"This Dr. Narud is a talented person who was able to complete the improvement in such a short period of time. Considering that he was probably forced by the people on earth to join the UED, it is not unforgivable."

"This is very strange. In the view of our Kalai scientists, this extremely advanced biotechnology is difficult for even the protoss to understand. How can humans do it?" Artanis expressed his doubts and explained:

"I have no prejudice against human intelligence."

"Well, I have met Dr. Narud, and he deserves the evaluation of the protoss." Augustus thought that if he had the chance, he would catch Narud and get some knowledge about Xel'Naga from him.

This guy, the only remaining incarnation of Xel'Naga in the real world, may be more valuable than he lets on.

Knowledge is priceless.

My schedule is completely messed up, let’s see if I can adjust it back.