StarCraft: Tyranid Empire.

Chapter 240 Federal Resistance Army

At first, only the sparse sound of gunfire was heard in the restaurant.The Tyrador people don’t have the habit of setting off fireworks at this time of year. It sounds like officers from the immigration police station in New Canaan are arresting heinous criminals, or two local nobles are imitating the ancient chivalry and drawing their guns to shoot each other. .

The sound of gunshots sounded far away from here, and the sound was so small that it was barely audible mixed with the strong melody of the melodious string instrument of the restaurant band's cello, and was drowned out by the sound of music and people talking.

Even if someone noticed the gunshots, they didn't care much. Ever since New Canaan became the most prosperous metropolis on Tyrador IX, there have been continuous shootings.

There is no shortage of desperate or hopeless contract laborers who have taken risks and tried to rob a spaceship at gunpoint to escape this miserable world. Local criminal gangs and gangsters established by dock workers are also fighting each other. The crime rate and the number of shootings in New Canaan are also high. s reason.

Everything is still going on as usual, and while Augustus and others are listening, the service staff in the restaurant also served them local delicacies of Tyrador as usual, including some golden and crispy Tyrador gourmet. Chicken chicken, narwhal skin and vegetable salad.
"It's gunshots." Sarah Kerrigan was the first to point out the crux of the matter.

"This is probably the last sound I want to hear right now." Renault calmly put his hand on the Colt military revolver in his black windbreaker coat, and several other Revolutionary Army guards made similar moves. action.

Years of experience on the battlefield has given them the habit of always maintaining a high degree of vigilance. Even in the most comfortable environment, the federal assassins may secretly kill the supreme leader of the revolutionary army.

"I didn't authorize any raids against the local armed forces. Has our people been discovered?" Augustus said with a frown.At this time, he could already hear the sound of the siren and the screams of the women, and the gunshots became more and more dense in a short time, even overshadowing the sound of the music.

"Probably not one of us." Corporal Faraday stood up and walked to Augustus, blocking the gap between the marshal and the glass window next to him.

"Probably pirates," Augustus speculated.

"It's unbelievable. Not only is this place in the center of New Canaan, but also" he looked out the window at the headquarters of the Tyrador Knights.

"Have they forgotten that this is also the territory of the Tyrador Knights?"

"It's pathetic." Raynor said something Tychus Finley used to say.

Only then did the people in the restaurant get nervous, and the band's performance stopped abruptly after a stop.It's all New Canaan's upper-middle class and tourists from other planets, and their poise is only maintained for a relatively short period of time, especially since these people have been unable to dial the communication channel of the New Canaan Police Department. after.

At this moment, everyone could clearly hear the screams and gunshots outside getting closer and closer.

When the first person in the restaurant to start screaming bursts out the door, the tendency to flee is inevitable.

"Sarah, your telepathic ability can sense who is shooting? They should have walked into the detection range of the limit of your telepathic ability." When the people in the restaurant were almost running away , Augustus is still as stable as Mount Tai.

"My telepathy tells me it was probably the same group that fired the shots." Kerrigan pressed a hand to his temple, seeming to be aching from the superficial emotions of panic and panic in the streets outside.

"I can only feel their superficial thinking. There are about four or five people in this group, and their minds are full of hatred for the founding family of the Tyrann Federation." She rested her left elbow on the table with a painful expression: "These Someone from an outside Resistance organization."

It will be at least a few more years before Kerrigan can rein in her overpowering telepathic abilities.When she reads the thoughts of too many people on a large scale, the thoughts of the human surface will inevitably be poured into her mind.And usually these superficial thoughts come from the most primitive and dirty emotions of human beings and the most violent outbursts in a moment.

For a long time, high-level psykers have been plagued by this powerful telepathic ability.

And those younger high-level psykers often hear "non-existent voices" because they cannot control this ability, and show mysterious "divinity". prevalence and inducement of religious fanaticism.

Usually, joining a psychic project is the best choice for advanced psykers, because such people are destined to be impossible to be ordinary.

"They are assassinating a descendant of the founding family, who has been hiding in the space station on Tyrador's synchronous orbit before."

"He's the son of Keha." Renault said in disbelief.

"No, it's impossible." Augustus said firmly: "The sons of Keha will never massacre civilians for no reason."

"It's not our people, it's probably other federal resistance organizations." Kerrigan said, clutching his forehead: "Their organization name is the Federal Resistance Army, and the leader is a man named Cliff Nathan. Man, I have no way of knowing more than that for the time being."

In the vast territory of the Tyrannian Federation, the resistance army that dared to resist the tyranny of the Federation has never been the only one of the Keha people.The history of some rebels is even much earlier. For example, the Abram rebels on the main planet of Antiga appeared as early as 2480, and the history of some rebels may be as long as a century.

The nature and organizational forms of these resistance forces are also varied. There are many bandits or pirates who raised the banner of overthrowing the decadent rule of the Federation to commit crimes. example of.

Other rebels are small but elite rebel organizations formed by the most cynical and hateful people in the federation. The more famous ones are the mysterious Fist of Redemption and the Freedom Knights. A good reputation for revolutionaries.

As for the last type of federal rebels, it is difficult to tell whether they took up arms in order to rebel against the federation or to retaliate against society to vent their hatred of injustice. This group of rebels usually absorbs a large number of poor people from the bottom of society , to control the thoughts of members of the organization by promoting hatred or approaching religion.

This type of rebel army will drive members to assassinate members of the federal founding family and government officials in the form of suicide attacks, and use the most brutal means to achieve their goals.After the Kailian War ended, more and more ruined people joined these rebels. Their only goal was to see the Federation destroyed or perish with it.

However, with the exception of the Korha Revolutionary Army that has swept across multiple Federation galaxies, the other Federal Resistance Army uprisings occurred on a planet or even a city, and they were all swiftly and forcefully suppressed by the Federation Army without exception.

At this moment, compared to the calm veterans of the Revolutionary Army, the young Matt Horner is much more nervous. There are rarely such dangerous moments in his life: there are a group of gun-wielding terrorists who hate the Union on the street. The terrorists started killing frantically, and his side was full of rebels.

"Ah~ pony~" Mira Han, who was opposite Matt, sensed his nervousness—in fact, her gaze had been focused on the evasive Matt from the very beginning.

Not even the gunfire outside could make Meera take her eyes off Matt's face.If Mira Han is a playful and elegant cat, the worst-case scenario is that she's probably just had catnip.

"Don't worry, they can't hurt my favorite pony~" Mira said aggressively, "I will pry open the heads of each of them and hide behind me."

Since this is the most prosperous business district in New Canaan, there are still dense crowds on the streets at this time, and the shooters are firing at the crowd recklessly, screaming and screaming one after another.

"What are the local police and the Tyradore Knights doing?" Augustus kept staring at the Tyradore Knights headquarters opposite the restaurant, and found that there had been no movement on the opposite side since the shooting started a few minutes later. , not even a Tyrador knight opened the gates of the castle to save the civilians who were at the gunpoint of the gangsters.

It was as if all the knights were not inside the castle, and only some servants were guarding the huge fortress.In contrast, this group of rebels must be crazy to launch an attack near here, or they never thought about going back alive.

Augustus thought that the terrorist attack would be resolved quickly, but the inaction of local law enforcement agencies and the garrison refreshed his understanding of the lower limit of federal agencies.

"Jimmy." Augustus' expression remained unchanged, and he calmly took out a C-30 electromagnetic pistol from under the hem of his long windbreaker.

Renault and Augustus have been partners for many years.When he was still on Turaxis II, Renault was Augustus's most trusted deputy, and the undisputed number two of the Demon of Heaven.In many battles fighting side by side, the tacit understanding between them has already reached the point where they can understand each other's intentions with just a look.

"Perhaps the city government of New Canaan should award me a good citizen medal to reward my contribution to this city." Renault stepped to the door of the restaurant first, leaning sideways on the glass door, hands tightly Clutching the revolver engraved as a gift from Augustus Mengsk.

On the street outside the restaurant, people were still running in the opposite direction of the shooting scene. From time to time, brightly dressed people fell in a pool of blood, including the elderly and children.The sound of shooting came closer, almost in sight.

At this moment, a man holding a Fermaro-21 submachine gun and wearing a plaid casual shirt was chasing a young couple. He was wearing black goggles and passed by the main entrance of the restaurant silently and coldly. , didn't notice that Renault who was beside him was starting the flight without saying a word.

A bullet emblazoned with the word "Justice" fires from the chamber of this military-style Colt.Renault's marksmanship was very accurate, and he shot through the head of the rebel with only one shot, and the rebel immediately fell to the ground like a sack stuffed with cotton.

Immediately afterwards, another rebel with a submachine gun in his arms walked past the restaurant, and Renault quickly and steadily dropped his head.

"There are two more." At this time, Sarah Kerrigan walked past Augustus and Matt. She said, shaking her fiery red hair in a long ponytail, and lifted her long skirt to reveal Those white and round thighs pulled out a dagger shining with silver light from her crotch.

Shocked, Matt Horner had just averted his staring eyes from Raynor when Sarah Kerrigan, with her bright red hair, stepped out of the front of the restaurant.

Where Matt couldn't see, Kerrigan swam through the crowd like a fish in water, stepping on every floor tile with dance-like precision, retrograde at great speed, and shot at the crazy Two of the rebels ran away.

Kerrigan first used his mind control ability to control the body of a rebel, causing him to turn his gun and shoot at his thigh, and then used his mental power to deflect all the bullets that were aimed at him. Insert the dagger into the opponent's chest.

In the past, Kerrigan was indeed a ghost agent who brought death, but now she rarely performs assassination missions.Even so, Kerrigan remains the deadliest killer in the entire Koprulu sector.

By the time Kerrigan pulled away, the police and the Knights of Tyrador arrived late.They will definitely interrogate the rebels who are still alive, but they will never believe that a red-haired woman easily killed this group of terrorists.

"Where did you learn this craft?" Raynor teased Kerrigan as she walked back down the hall.

"Tal'darine." Kerrigan's answer was simple and crisp.

"Good job," Augustus said to Kerrigan and Raynor.

"Jimmy, it seems that your marksmanship has improved a lot during the time I haven't seen you."

"I have long been the best marksman in the Revolutionary Army." Renault laughed loudly: "Even a sniper cannot be as accurate as me. I am no longer the Shiloh boy I was yesterday."

"I am sharpshooter Jim, the savior of mankind."

"Let's go, we have to get out of here quickly." Augustus said immediately: "Although we have the documents to legally possess these weapons, I don't want to be questioned endlessly by the federal police."

"Come on, Matt, we'll take you home first."

"I heard from you that they are also the rebels." Matt asked Augustus puzzledly as he followed Augustus out of the restaurant.

"Why are you doing this?"

"The reason is obvious," Renault said in a matter-of-fact tone.

"They're shooting at unarmed civilians."

"And we're not going to do that," Augustus said to Matt.

"The Keha Revolutionary Army is completely different from these so-called rebels. We carry out our justice. We are the protectors of the people. Our resistance is for all the people. We will never kill innocent people indiscriminately. This is what we stand for. The difference between the federal government and the rest of the resistance."

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