StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

Taurus galaxy, Taurus. (Torus system)

Taurus is the sovereign territory of the Tyranid Empire and is located within the scope of the core world.

Although Taurus can meet the minimum needs of human survival, it is always not the best choice for settlers compared to other nearby planets. Taurus's uneven solar radiation, special magnetic field and thick atmosphere are the main causes of its extreme climate. The huge storms that continue to form on those vast oceans threaten the residents of the continental plates and independent islands at all times.

In addition, the imperial government has already terminated the directional immigration to Taurus. By 2499, there were only less than five million residents living in Taurus, and the cities and settlements were mainly concentrated in the central part of the main continent.

Citizens of the Tyranid Empire all know that the planet Taurus has the largest military base in the entire empire. There are countless military camps located on the islands far away from the continental plate, and its freezing polar regions are home to the empire's famous reapers. The location of the training camp Icehouse.

The most outstanding reapers in the empire all come from Toros, and even though they have already forged a steely will in previous wars, they never want to return to the ice cave again in this life.

Few people know that the Imperial Cerberus Engineering headquarters was secretly moved here at some point after the founding of the Empire.

Compared to the Ice Cave, which is well-known to all new recruits in the Empire, far fewer people know about this plan, and even those who know about it are very secretive about it. There were once sensational news media baselessly speculating that the Empire was conducting zerg experiments on Taurus, and used holographic synthesis technology to falsify evidence in large quantities to spread fear.

They happened to be right, and the prize was a long-term meal ticket to New Folsom.

The Cerberus Project was originally a small and medium-sized biotechnology company, but now it has become a large-scale project involving thousands of people due to the injection of large amounts of funds and talents. The people from the original biotechnology company have long been replaced.

It turned out that the Cerberus plan was to use artificial neurotechnology and mechanical implant stent technology to form an army of neuromechanical zerg that could be remotely controlled. After the empire's first cerebrate was captured, it turned to create an army controlled by it. The name of the controlled swarm in official Imperial documents is the Cerberus Swarm.

This fearsome army also has another apt name, the Dogs of War.

Today, Dr. Rudolfo Subsourian, the general director of the Cerberus project, received news that Emperor Augustus had arrived in Taurus and wanted to see the research results of the project in person.

It was no wonder that Dr. Sabsorian was not nervous because the emperor did not notify him in advance that he was coming. He was always tolerant towards others but extremely harsh towards things. The people of the empire believed that Emperor Augustus was a benevolent monarch, but the people who worked under him did not fare so well.

So far, the Tyranid Empire has invested a large amount of credit coins in the Cerberus Project. Obviously, the emperor who ruled the empire with an iron fist did not want to invest so much money just to hear a sound.

Korhal was not easy to deal with. Although the far-sighted emperor was very patient, his patience would eventually run out.

If you dare to fool the emperor, it is considered a light thing to marry Ma Sara.

That afternoon, the resolute Emperor Augustus arrived at the Maguro Islands where the Cerberus project was located, giving Sabsorian little time to prepare.

The emperor traveled with great pomp, but there were almost no accompanying officials, but he brought half of the royal guard.

After all, Dr. Sabsorian is a management elite with a higher education background, and it only took him a few hours to prepare the Cerberus Industrial Park for inspection. Considering that the emperor still had the possibility to stay here, Sabsorian still had time to prepare a high-end suite and high-end ingredients, even for his entourage.

Thinking of the recent accidents and casualties in the Cerberus Project, Sabsorian felt uneasy, but this was during the war between the Tyranids and the Insects, and the Emperor would not worry about these things. When the matter comes up, the troops will be called upon to investigate.

After once again confirming that everything was ready, Dr. Sabsorian rushed to the star port of Maguro Island to wait for the arrival of Emperor Augustus.

Although this star port is much smaller than Augustgrad and Tarsonis City, it still has the specifications to welcome the emperor. Sabsorian not only immediately summoned the core members of the project, but also hung banners full of slogans in the most conspicuous places of the star port:

"Your emperor demands your loyalty!"

“Unite together!” “We will overcome the difficulties together!”

"It's time to show your absolute loyalty to the Empire and the Emperor! Glory awaits you!"

These slogans can be seen everywhere in the recruiting world and in military camps, not just in Taurus.

However, even though Sabsorian had rehearsed the scene of meeting the emperor countless times in his mind, he was still shocked when he actually saw him.

When a gray military transport plane landed on the parking platform of the star port, Emperor Augustus was seen holding a brainworm wearing a red top hat with his left hand, followed by the queen of insects with elegant steps.

The Cerebrate's head-high posture was particularly eye-catching, while the Queen looked much more reserved. Counting the towering bony skull, the Worm Queen is not much larger than the Imperial soldiers wearing power armor, but her huge body and huge belly really add to the beauty in comparison.

High Queen (Overqueen) Zagara, this title makes the brainworm jealous.

"Hello, Dr. Sabsorian, the weather is really nice today~" The brainworm walked past Sabsorian with its head held high, a collar hung around its non-existent neck, and the other end of the collar was connected to the emperor with a rope. hands together.

Sabsorian knew that brainworms could read minds, so he did his best to avoid associating this appearance with a white caterpillar on a dog leash. Based on the courses the Doctor had taken at the Ghost Military Academy of Khawsa, he tried his best to imagine a purple elephant in his mind.

But judging from the threatening sound of the brainworm and the raised inverted triangular eyes, Sabsorian clearly failed.

"Hello, Mr. α." Sabsorian extended a hand to the Cerebrate ceremoniously.

He has met this brainworm many times. As a core member of the Cerberus Project, it is impossible not to know about it. It can be said that if it were not for this brainworm, the Cerberus Project would have been almost aborted.

"Are you laughing at me for not having hands?" Unexpectedly, Brainworm didn't play according to the routine at all. He squinted at Sabsorian's hand, jumped up and bit his wrist.

The scene immediately became chaotic. Sabsorian was in pain and couldn't help but want to withdraw his hand, but the brainworm refused to bite him. Cerberus Project personnel and the Royal Guardsmen worked tooth and nail to get the brainworm to relent.

If Augustus hadn't calmly injected the brainworm with a powerful sedative with the built-in syringe of the remote-control collar, causing it to lie down like a dead fish, it would have continued to cause trouble for a while.

"Sorry, doctor. It is indeed restless. You must bring a rope with you when you go out, otherwise you will be in a hurry." Augustus raised his eyelids and threw the rope to the captain of the guard, Faraday.

The emperor still looked the same as before, wearing a straight military uniform, a P-45 pistol on his waist, and standing with his hands behind his back.

"I've frightened you, Your Majesty." Sabsorian took out his hand that was covered in saliva and red marks, feeling that he had been completely humiliated in front of the emperor. There are many people in the Cerberus Project who want to see him make a fool of themselves so they can replace him.

The bite force of this brainworm is amazing. If it hadn't known how to hold back its force, Sabsorian's entire arm would have been lost.

"Don't worry, this brainworm is not poisonous. But be sure not to anger it again." Emperor Augustus showed no signs of being frightened. It was said that a ferocious Alhydra Hydralisk was just a stone's throw away from him. Even then, his expression remained unchanged.

"But you might have to do some disinfecting because its mouth is full of bacteria."

"Nonsense, I brush my teeth every day." The brainworm lay on the ground unable to move. The queen next to it kept spitting on it, but it could still protest with the language of its mind.

"There is no need to mobilize forces like this, let's go back to work." Augustus took a few steps and waved to the Cerberus Project members who came to greet him to leave.

The Cerberus Project members who arrived were unwilling to leave. After all, it was not easy to see the Emperor in a place like Taurus. But it was another matter to disobey the emperor's orders.

Then he went directly to the topic: "Today I am here to see if the Cerberus swarm is really put into actual combat as you said. The situation on the front line is not optimistic, and the empire needs to invest new combat forces."

"The actual combat testing has entered the final stage, and as the report says, everything is on track." Sabsorian replied immediately.

"Very good." Augustus expressed satisfaction: "Take me to see the zerg you breed."

Sabsorian immediately took the emperor into a special car, but the entourage was easy to arrange, but the huge insect queen could only arrange a small truck. After stuffing the brainworm into the back seat, the convoy slowly moved forward along the road built on Maguro Island.

Maguro Island is located in the Taurus Ocean and is the product of an active volcanic eruption. The meeting of warm ocean currents and cold air from the north creates a climate surrounded by light rain and smoke.

The island consists of two islands, the east and west. The two islands form a beautiful environment covered with green plants and a variety of different ecological landscapes under the influence of altitude, water source and wind direction. Sabsolian built this island beautifully and retained most of the natural landscape, but this was not to protect nature, but to study the applicability and changes of Zerg in different environments.

This is a rare place to live in Taurus. Tall palm trees and ferns dominate all the land beyond the road, and the green ocean sparkles in the sunlight.

If he hadn't known that there were at least 100,000 zerg here, Augustus might have used this place as a vacation spot in the future.

Not only that, millions of insect eggs are stored in Cerberus Engineering's factories and hatcheries, and the frozen eggs are neatly stacked in icehouses like bundles of kelp. As long as the existence of the fungus carpet is maintained, it is extremely difficult for the larvae to die due to their tenacious vitality.

There are mainly two types of zerg species in the Cerberus Project. The Cerberus zerg species that are now hatched have undergone varying degrees of mechanical nerve transplant surgery and have removed the influence of the main hive mind. The main console can Command these zerg via remote control.

This technology has now become perfect, and the latest Cerberus assembly project has been able to transform the Zerg in an assembly line manner, which both reduces costs and improves efficiency. Not related to security work, this part of the zerg is mainly prepared for new recruits in boot camp.

As for the Zerg Guards, which are specially designed to protect the commander, the Cerberus Hounds are made of forged titanium alloy blades, jet-powered spike launchers, support alloy brackets and carbon fiber nano-weaving technology. Their combat effectiveness is far better than that of ordinary aliens. Worms, comparable to elites.

The other species are captive-bred rat-type zerg without excessive modifications, mainly to test the power and defensive capabilities of the empire's new weapons. The Cerberus Project specializes in raising a type of zerg nest called Maguro Brood. It has a complete hatchery, splitting pool, and evolution chamber, and can start producing eggs at any time.

After calculation, investing a large number of Cerberus zerg can greatly reduce the casualty rate of Imperial soldiers.

But the problem is that even though the Cerberus Project thinks it has eliminated the main hive mind, it has not yet been put into actual combat. If something goes wrong, it is undoubtedly sending troops to the master.

Therefore, Augustus must have his own brainworms or motherworms command the Cerberus swarm, and multiple insurances must be installed for everything.

The special car arrived at a huge building complex composed of alloy steel, electrified fences, tempered glass and bolted iron doors. Each building was airtight and equipped with powerful Gauss cannons, sentry turrets and Cluster rocket launch bay.

Guarding here are Cerberus security forces. They are wearing red power armor and green Y-shaped mask helmets. They look imposing.

Project Cerberus security forces are composed of resocialized soldiers who have previously served as death row inmates, political prisoners, pirates, and members of vicious terrorist organizations. All in all, these people died badly, but the emperor gave them the last mercy.

As the car drove into one of the giant structures, Augustus realized he was on a bridge thousands of feet above the ground. Below is the animal pen separated by steel walls and shield force fields. Inside are thousands of springtails, and occasionally hydralisks with their thorns removed can be seen.

These zerg are without exception branded with the insignia and barcode of the Empire.

"Quoting the words of a Dark Templar master, when a zerg colony loses the leadership of a higher individual and becomes isolated from other colonies, they will gradually succumb to the need for survival. The stronger the individual's self-awareness, the more difficult it is to survive. The desire becomes stronger." Sabsorian introduced to the emperor.

"The stronger the need for self-survival, the weaker the control of the Overlord and Cerebral Worms over them, and the swarms return to their instincts. That is the feral zerg."

"The Cerberus swarm, which has been isolated from the main hive mind since birth, can accept the leadership of Cerebrate α at any time."

At this time, the brainworm who was lying in the back seat pretending to be dead was already lying on the window staring at the swarm of insects outside. The comedian switches roles in the blink of an eye and now looks like a true swarm master.

"Wake up! My swarm!"

It roared, and the zerg below also roared, the roar deafening.

Pushing down my friend's book, here is the jump door: