StarCraft: Tyranid Empire.

Chapter 203 The Camerian Consortium Board of Directors
When Augustus walked towards the high-end suspension car prepared for him by the Camerians, he could more clearly feel the gravitational pull of Moria compared to other planets, and he would feel a sense of stagnation when he walked and swung his arms. This is why the Morians are generally shorter than the Tyranids and Umoyans, whose parent planets have only 0.96 times the standard gravity.

Augustus stepped into the back seat of the limousine, with Kerrigan and Corporal Faraday sitting to his left and right.Renault, Warfield and others, as well as Augustus's guards boarded other cars. When the convoy started and walked down a circular road, the bronze-colored spiers lined up and countless circular roads with different heights were immediately introduced. eye.

"The Camerian imitates the style of the federal Terra suspension car. The engine and intelligent navigation system are imported from Umoyan. The driver once drove the car for the chairman of the Kailanis Transportation Guild. Everyone here, including the guards, has received professional training. Agent training." Kerrigan leaned closer to Augustus after sitting down, whispering in a voice only the two of them could hear.

"The board of directors of the consortium attaches great importance to you this time. They are willing to provide some help to you, the confidant of the Tyrannian Federation, but at the same time they are also guarding against the rise of the Mengsk family."

"Let's listen carefully to the directors' requests." Augustus sat down and tidied up the hem of his military coat in an orderly manner.

During this trip, Augustus did not have much contact with the de facto independent government of the Camerian Commonwealth. In fact, everyone knows who is the real power in the Commonwealth.

The unified government and trade unions fighting for workers' rights are nothing more than puppets and tricks to confuse the people supported by the capital holders who control the actual ruling power of the federation.Capital holders control wealth, technology, and knowledge. Looking at the history of their ancestors still struggling on the human mother planet Earth, they knew that sooner or later the form of trade unions would appear, so they created the only trade union in Moria with their own hands.

The board of directors of the federation is the actual power holder of the entire Kel Morian federation, which is equivalent to the federal parliament and Umoyan elected parliament in the Tyrann Federation.The members of the board of directors come from the CEOs of dozens of the largest family-owned guild companies and the United Guild. The representatives of the transportation guild have the absolute right to speak.

The Kelmorian Federation is not a republican political body with workers as the core of leadership as they advertise, but is essentially a super enterprise group composed of many guild companies.The Kel-Morian Commonwealth, a political and economic entity with Moria as the main body, is whitewashed with trade unions and an independent government.

The suspended car that Augustus was riding on passed through a section of undulating ring road and slowly opened the wings that were closed on the roof of the car. When the roar of engine ignition sounded, the car was lifted into the air in the spreading shock wave , into the torrent of flying cars and spaceships in the sky.

The ring road, which was getting farther and farther away from them, was located thousands of feet in the air, erected between tall buildings, lacking green plants, and even dots of greenery could not be seen here, and even the wedge-shaped windows on the bronze-colored buildings were brown.

In Moria, people's tastes, philosophies, and aesthetics are stuck in the past two centuries, and their austere buildings have simple appearances, and there are hardly any superfluous ornate decorations.

For a long time, Moria's buildings have been striving to break free from the shackles of gravity and develop upwards, free from the constraints of gravity. The vaulted and geometric early colonial architectural styles have gradually been abandoned. The city of Jacob has four arcs The building height of the spiers that constitute it is getting higher and higher, and it continues to develop higher and more majestic.

To outsiders like Augustus, the spiers of these Moria skyscrapers looked like sharp swords or overlapping arched sails.The exhaust gas and dust produced by the giant industries shrouded the whole city in white smog, and the occupants of the upper floors generally had to wear auxiliary respirators to avoid inhaling the dust into their lungs.

"Welcome to Moria, Marshal Mengsk, I believe you will like it soon." The Camerian diplomat sitting in the front passenger seat of the car said: "Jacob City is not as prosperous as Tasan Nice, but it has its praiseworthy place."

"This is the very center of the entire industrial complex. The blood of metal and refined gas flows underground. Those high-rise buildings and factories are the heart and blood vessels."

In the end, the car with its beeping engine hovered over the top floor of a black main tower that was even more magnificent than the Tagore Sky Tower in the main city of Tarsonis, and drove into the mooring platform through the energy shield like an open light curtain .

As soon as the car came to a stop, Augustus was greeted by guards in berets and the guild manager of the directors. Hundreds of people surrounded Augustus, but there was no news media among them. reporter.

As Augustus expected, although he did not mind a public appearance in Moria, turning this meeting into a formal diplomatic event and a meeting between the leaders of the two regimes, it is clear that the rulers of the Commonwealth He didn't intend to recklessly annoy the Tyranid Federation, which was suffering from the successive rebellions, in the year just after the Battle of Kailian ended.

Although rational political analysts believe that the Tyranid Federation will not launch a second Kailian war, no one dares to guarantee this. The Federation Council that dared to directly destroy Korha IV regardless of the pressure of public opinion will endure Kymerian The Commonwealth and the Revolutionary Army mingled together.Even the United States of Umoyan, which has been vigorously supporting the Keha rebel forces, did not dare to do so.

It is quite funny that Sarah Kerrigan, who is petite, stood in front of Augustus with her chest out, and Corporal Faraday, who was wearing a large-brimmed military cap, was busy standing beside the Revolutionary Army Marshal , with one hand on the pistol holster at his waist.

When led into the meeting room on the top floor by managers in suits and leather shoes and guards with live ammunition, Augustus's subordinates were asked to hand over their weapons to them for safekeeping, but the generals were allowed to carry their own guns.

Augustus and many guides entered the interior of this giant spire named the top of the union through the lifting platform on the mooring platform, and walked into the hall with a relief dome, immediately impressed by the magnificent decoration and gorgeous carvings inside. And look sideways—gold and silver utensils and luxury goods from Umoyan adorn this extremely luxurious hall.

The entire hall is magnificent and magnificent, with polished marble walls and square stone pillars hundreds of feet high inlaid with rose-colored and azure-blue gemstones excavated from the ground of Moria. The statue stood motionless.Wearing armor and tasseled helmets, these towering giant statues stand with huge cross swords in both hands, with pure and flawless white wings behind them.

On the dome of the hall is a huge scroll depicting mythological scenes from the Bible, including white angels and black demons.These are supposed to be the work of a master artist whose name is unknown.

This majestic sight almost made Augustus think he was in a church, but he had never heard of the Kel-Morians having a firm Christian faith.

"It is said that after the end of the four-year war, the economic collapse of the Kelmorian Commonwealth is imminent. The people at the bottom are starving. Moria's food supply has long been dependent on imports from several nearby colonial worlds. The workers who starved to death even the sands of the great valleys of Jacob." As he walked through the hall, Kerrigan whispered, "But here"

"Moria does not produce bread. There is only endless sand and inexhaustible ore here. The reason for the food shortage is that the Tyranid Federation has occupied our only few agricultural worlds." Has been following Augustus The Kel-Morian diplomat of the capital said: "We will empty Moria's mineral deposits in a few centuries, but these will not be traded for food."

"Those who starve to death because of this, their death will be counted on the head of the Tyranid Federation, and the Tyranids stole the food." He explained.

"Then why don't you use the food reserves to help those who are about to starve to death?" Since joining the Revolutionary Army, Kerrigan has begun to examine the Kelmorian system from an almost great standpoint under the influence of revolutionary ideas.

"After the war ended, the government was unable to repay the national debt that it started the war. The unscrupulous printing of money led to terrible inflation and skyrocketing prices. While people lined up to buy a limited supply of bread, food factories were concentrated on a large scale. Destroy meat and milk."

"That's all rumors." The diplomat pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose and reminded him.

"People in the guild will not want you to discuss these non-existent things in Moria. The economy of the union will never collapse, even if the Tyrannian Federation is destroyed."

As the diplomat said, Augustus led the people who surrounded him through the hall and into the corridor leading to the conference hall.It turned out that many people surrounded Augustus and led the way in front of him. They were numerous, as if to sweep away the dust on the road ahead for Augustus.

But gradually, Augustus has walked in front of everyone, and others followed behind him unconsciously.

The door of the conference room is tall and heavy, and more than a dozen different identification and warning facilities show how heavily guarded it is. Before entering, the entourage repeatedly confirmed the identity of Augustus through fingerprints and genetic testing. Is it me.

When the heavy door was opened, the luxurious layout inside was not beyond Augustus' expectations. There were more than a dozen members of Moria's guilds in black and blue suits sitting beside the long oval conference table. Chief Executives - These executives may be just a puppet or one of the few elites who rule over the 40 billion people of Moria.

The city of Jacob and the cities of Moria seem to be cities made of bronze. There is no water source or any greenery here. However, there is a huge glass water tank on the wall of this conference hall, which is full of strange aquatic plants and corals. Ornamental fish that simply cannot exist in Moria.The scales of these exotic aquarium fish are a rainbow of colors, and they shimmer beautifully under the pale yellow lights that merge into the conference hall.

Exquisite handicrafts and rare treasures from alien worlds are placed on the conference table, and exquisite snacks and tea are thoughtfully placed within the reach of the participants.

Regardless of the huge aquarium-like water tank, these luxuries alone are worth millions of Ky Morian notes.

Augustus believed that the elites of the Kelmorian guild enterprises were not much worse off than the nobles of the Tyranid Federation.

Some of the tailored-suited chief executives were looking at documents in front of them, others were impatiently flipping through their watches, but in any case, when Augustus appeared, all of them wore formulaic smiles .

"Augustus Mengsk, the people of the Tyranid Federation call you a dirty, fur-knotted lagging dog." The Chief CEO of the Kailanis Transport Guild stood up and shook hands with Augustus.

"But let me say that the wolf of the Mengsk family is a majestic wolf master after all."

"You have accomplished feats that our guild guards could not accomplish. In Moria, I don't know how many people gritted their teeth when they heard the name of the Alpha Squadron of the Tyrannian Federation. If you know their commander Edmund Duke If you have any temperament, you will know that he is a butcher through and through, a deranged genocidalist, and the number of Kel-Morians who died at the hands of Duke is countless."

"What a nightmare." Augustus stared into the brown eyes of this Kel-Morian, thinking of those Kel-Morians who died at his hands in the Battle of Kailian.

"I always believe that the humans in the Koprulu sector should not continue to fight endlessly like this. We should conclude a peace treaty and achieve mutual benefits through trade." Augustus held his hand tightly with the other party.

"When it comes to trade, it's much more complicated. If you're not careful, it will turn into a terrible disaster." The CEO of the Kailanis Transport Association showed a meaningful smile: "None of us wants such a thing to happen. , but the Tyrannian Federation is deceiving people too much."

"At least we are on the same front when it comes to hating the Tyrannian Federation and wanting to destroy it," Augustus said.

"I am deeply sorry for the destruction of Korhal IV." Said the CEO of the Kailanis Transport Association: "I went there when I was young, and I was still an international student at Korhal University. Who would have thought of that piece of grass? The beautiful world of the forest will become a dead radiation wasteland."

"The federal navy has also dropped nuclear bombs on our planet, but they were small and medium tactical nuclear bombs." The CEO's voice was full of regret and regret, and Augustus only hoped that half of them were true .

"Because they know that if we use nuclear weapons to destroy a core world with a large population, we will definitely incur retaliation at all costs. More often than not, you must have a dreadful sword in your hand, even if you don't swing it. "

"Please sit down, Mr. Mengsk. I believe you are as great as Angus Mengsk, both pioneers of the revolution." The CEO said when he asked Augustus to sit down.

"I am not great, not even a thousandth of my noble father," said Augustus. "Rather, I am much more realistic."

"I heard you need help?" asked the CEO of the Kailanis Transport Guild as he sat down with Augustus.He knew the purpose of Augustus's coming to Moria, and he obviously wanted to take the initiative at the negotiating table.

"If you can sell your Ripper power armor and heavy tanks at the market price, then this can indeed be regarded as a help." Augustus knew what these shrewd businessmen were planning.

"The Revolutionary Army is looking for cooperation. What we want to achieve is a cooperation that can satisfy both parties."

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