StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

Chapter 245 Alien Threat
Telador Ⅷ (8), the base of operations of the Revolutionary Army under construction.

The orbit of this planet shares a common orbit with its notoriously touristy sister star Tyrador IX(9).The two dark blue planets are close to each other under the gravitational attraction. This unique orbit of the double star has brought magnificent tidal landscapes and unique but vibrant natural ecology to the two planets.

Star Tyrador VIII was also one of the colonized planets of the early immigrants. This planet has always been famous for its orderly streets, tidy campuses, and strong academic atmosphere.Like the Tyrador IX, the climate of Tyrador's various dimensions varies greatly. It is not uncommon for the latitude and longitude junction to be icy tundra on one side and tropical rainforest on the other.

The urban styles of different regions are very different. The modern city on the plain, the red industrial city on the Gobi desert, the science city with a high green coverage rate, and the military steel fortress in the ice and snow can all be found in Tyrador Ⅷ. turn up.

The operational base of the Keha Revolutionary Army, which is under construction, is close to the equator of Tyrador Ⅷ. The temperature here is stable above [-] degrees Celsius all year round, and the temperature is even higher when it is at perihelion.The air is stuffy and extremely humid, and all building materials must be rust-proofed.

Rory Swan's Revolutionary Army First Engineering Regiment was solely responsible for the construction of this base of operations, and his deputy, Kelmerian Victor Kaczynski, was personally in charge of the construction.In addition to a two-battalion Revolutionary Army Engineer Corps and a logistics support department, there is also a full-stack Revolutionary Army Marine Corps battalion stationed here.

Augustus' temporary marshal's command center was set up here.From this base of operations, the Revolutionary fleet can rapidly project forces to the planet's surface.Judging from the current defense posture of the federal garrison in the Telador galaxy, the revolutionary army only needs a strong blitzkrieg to destroy and occupy these planets within two to three days.

The huge revolutionary army fleet is still moored at the edge of the interstellar, keeping a relatively stationary orbit on the dark side of a giant gaseous planet a hundred times the size of the earth to avoid the search of radars and detectors.As long as Augustus gave an order, it would be effortless to take down the loosely defended Tyrador galaxy.

However, the problem is that even if the Revolutionary Army can take Tyrador galaxy, they can't hold it here.This galaxy belongs to the core area of ​​the Tyranid Federation, and the Tyrannian naval fleet can quickly rush to quell the rebellion.

Therefore, Augustus still adopts basically the same strategy as the Mar Sara uprising. The revolutionary army will control the Tyrador galaxy through gradual infiltration and political propaganda against federal tyranny, but will not launch an uprising for the time being.The hatred of the Tyranid Federation and the upper class of the people at the bottom of the Tyrador galaxy, which accounts for the majority of the population, will become a fertile ground for nourishing the revolution.

And when Augustus's army and the main fleet of the Tyranid Federation fight on the other side of the Koprulu sector in the future, the Tyrador galaxy will immediately change its flag and become a star that Augustus nailed to the Federation's chest. The nails made the federal army mess up.

Now Augustus is standing in the command center of the base of operations watching the reports from the Sara Galaxy Revolutionary Army guerrillas, most of which are images of the Zerg invasion of the system.

In Cha Sara, millions of zerg flying creatures surround the planet, covering the sky and appearing as a black halo to the other Mar Sara orbiting telescope in the system.

The Zerg Creep that Augustus once saw at the Victor V Federation Alien Research Station has covered the northern hemisphere of the Cha Sara galaxy. The dark purple, sticky creep vine-like tentacles-like protrusions go deep into the ground , as if sucking up the life-sustaining nutrients of this planet.The once lush planet was barren, and the emerald green planet turned a gray and sickly brown, and all life forms on it had been devoured by the swarm.

This is the law of survival of the Zerg race. If all creatures cannot provide them with the genetic material for evolution, they can only support the entire swarm and make it stronger.

At this moment, in front of Augustus was an LED 2D screen, on which was the image sent back from the capital of Zecha Sara.There is an underground organization of the Keha Revolutionary Army responsible for organizing propaganda work.

To this day, the Tyranid Federation is still doing its best to block the news of the Sara galaxy, and any reports about the catastrophe have been cut off. Only the revolutionary army left by Augustus intermittently sent back some image.

What was displayed on the screen was a picture recorded by a farm surveillance camera using an infrared detector. The densely packed dog-like alien creatures were moving towards the silent farm in the dark night.Those swift and furious alien creatures were leaping across the withered land of Cha Sara like a tide, their eyes glowing orange and red in the dark reminded Augustus of Korhal in the middle of the night pack of wolves.

At first glance, this is no different from the wolves in winter, except that the number of these zergs is even larger, so huge that the camera is full of dense red heat sources, like a red river that is constantly moving.

The zerg sea soon overwhelmed the entire farm.

In the final image, huge, pulsating organic lumps of meat, tumors and pulsating tendons gradually cover the farmhouse in the farm, and the hideous creatures mutated by local creatures, humans, dogs and other domestic animals are like wandering zombies. Wandering like a ghost.

"What the hell are these things? The thing we found on Victor V is just a few 'babies' of Zerg." Jim Raynor looked at the hideous alien creatures on the screen with a serious face.

"I'm afraid so," Augustus said. "They come from outside the Koprulu sector, and the zerg that invaded Cha Sara are probably only a small part of their vast population."

"This video came from more than a month ago, and now Cha Sara's situation can only get worse. And we also have reasons to believe that Mar Sara has also been affected, and has even fallen."

"Zergs, or in other words, they are a huge group of countless individuals - so we will call them swarms." Dr. Francis, an expert on the study of aliens under Augustus, was in the midst of a group of generals and colonels And behind the head of the Special Tactics Strike Force.

"According to our research, the social structure of swarms is more like a colony of bees. They have an unusually large group, and each individual has its own identity and status in the group. The lowest individuals follow a strict hierarchy and The division of labor is subordinated to the higher-level Zerg, and eventually these higher-level conscious individuals will converge into a single, huge collective consciousness.” The doctor’s research has limitations from this era, but it is generally consistent with the actual situation of.

"Layers of control, tight-knit. This is the zerg, this is the swarm. The collective consciousness of the swarm uses brainwaves, or telepathy similar to Ghost, to remotely control their swarm, making them the swarm of the swarm. Organic extension," he said.

"The Zerg group is mainly composed of 'workers' and 'combat bugs'. The former are almost non-aggressive and are responsible for collecting and building organic buildings, while every organ and limb of the latter seems to be designed to kill the enemy as much as possible and exist.”

"You really think so?" Sarah Kerrigan, who was accompanying Augustus, frowned.She thought of the zerg she had seen on Victor V in the past: "The workers of the zerg have sharp mouthparts and a pair of sharp giant claws, which can bite off a person's head with one bite. They can even spray The poisonous thorns are like catapulting crossbow bolts."

"Uh" Dr. Francois was embarrassed for a moment: "I mean, it's very difficult for Zerg workers to bite through the CMC power armor."

"To be more precise, it only needs a few more bites to pry open the marine's armor." Kerrigan knew what Dr. Francos was thinking: "It's hard and relative."

"The good news is that the C-14 Electromagnetic Rifle can penetrate the zerg's tough chitin carapace." Dr. Francos changed the subject.

"The bad news is that other more primitive firearms are almost impossible to cause fatal damage to these creatures." Kerrigan did not save any face for the other party, she has always been so outspoken. —unless Kerrigan deems it necessary to be tactful.

"The civilian automatic rifles sold on the market can kill the Zerglings, but it's hard to say when facing the Hydra Hydralisk... At least Cha Sara's people still have the ability to resist." The doctor explained.

"Our understanding of this swarm—the Jormungandr swarm is still very limited. Now it seems that the Jormungandr swarm is probably the one responsible for reconnaissance and ground combat in the entire swarm. The ground troops are mainly composed of Hydra Hydralisks and Zerglings, and they are quite large." He continued pointing at the screen.

"You call the millions of bugs scouting troops?" Hanak Hanke, who was standing aside at this moment, couldn't bear it anymore.

"You mean we might not be able to stop a scouting force of the zerg? I promise by the hair of my hair that can't be true."

"Sooner or later, the Zerg will become the greatest enemy of all mankind. If the Tyranid Federation has not woken up and understood this, then ordinary people will suffer." Augustus said.

"The Federal Fleet didn't do anything?" The speaker was Lieutenant Admiral Horace Warfield, who had just arrived from his flagship Iron Justice, and his expression was much uglier than anyone present.

"According to previous intelligence, after the Battle of Mar Sara, in order to prevent the resurgence of the rebellion, the new planetary governor's government implemented a strict military control policy that lasted for a year, including curfew and blackout. At least A naval squadron is stationed in the Sara system, and they're just watching?"

"Looking at it now, I'm afraid that's the case." Augustus sighed, with a sad expression on his face.

During the time Augustus stayed in Umoyan, the zerg had not yet invaded the Sara system, and he did not get the news until he arrived on Tyrador IX.What happened in the Umoyan Cerberus polar research station accelerated the speed of the swarm invasion, which made Augustus feel like he was sitting on pins and needles.

It is very possible that the vanguard of the Zerg has already arrived in several star areas near the Koprulu star area, but they are not interested in the humans they have contacted, and focus on plundering the genes and organic biomass of creatures in other star areas.However, the appearance of Kerrigan hastened the process of their invasion of the Koprulu sector, making the first large-scale invasion of the zerg earlier from 2499 to 2491.

Kerrigan didn't know anything about it yet, and Augustus wasn't about to tell her.Whether or not these things happen, the zerg will come sooner or later.

"Now it seems that we are all much more nervous than the Federation." Renault also sighed and said: "Elizabeth and her family are very worried that Ma Sara will suffer the same fate as Cha Sara. There are also quite a few Ma Sara and even Cha Sara people."

"What the hell, is it because Ma Sara rebelled against their Federation that they decided to die? Even so, the people of Cha Sara are innocent, they did not participate in the uprising, and they have nothing to do with it Know."

"Let them not worry." Augustus said firmly: "I can tell them with certainty that if the Federation Army Sara Galaxy ignores it, then we will save the people there."

"I knew you'd say that, Augustus. We can't turn our backs on people who are suffering, needless to say the people there have supported us." Renault said, "Only you will Do it."

"Heh—everything is afraid of comparison." Tychus Finley, who was observing the zerg, had no sense of justice or sympathy at all, these things have always been insulated from him.When Tychus looks at a matter, he is often able to get closer to its level of gain and loss.

"Look, the Tyrann Federation disregarded human life and let those federal citizens who were being massacred to fend for themselves. However, the Keha Revolutionary Army descended from the sky like an angel of justice, saving those Mar Sara people who had completely despaired of the Federation ’” Tychus chuckled in his deep voice.

"Guess what will happen after that? Those Mar Sara people who are chased by Zerg will definitely be grateful to us. By then, the Revolutionary Army will become the savior of the people, and the army of the Tyrann Federation will be a coward who stands idly by." And the Zerg Butcher's accomplice. Sometimes, no comparison, no harm~"

"Damn it, we didn't save those people to make them appreciate Dade." Raynor scolded Tychus and said, "Without us, I really don't know who those poor people can rely on."

"But will we really be able to rescue the people in the Sara system before the zerg completely destroy it?" Kerrigan worried.

"As far as I'm concerned, a bug is a bug, and if you take a shot, you die." Tychus Finley said nonchalantly, "Even if God stands before us, I'll see if he can take a bullet, No, let those bugs eat nuclear bombs!"

"Big one!" Harnack added loudly, his characteristic high-pitched voice sounding like a villain.

"How many of us are still in Mar Sara?" Augustus asked Kerrigan.

"A total of more than 100 guerrillas and four marine brigades, about 2 people." Kerrigan replied.

"In addition, the Revolutionary Army Navy is starting to transfer the Umoyan Protectorate Army to our Far Traveler mobile base and deploy it to the Sara galaxy. Currently, this mobile base carries about 2 Umoyan Protectorate Army soldiers."

"It's not enough," Augustus said. "We still lack ships to move people out."

"Order the fleet to prepare for the jump, we have to help the people in the Sara galaxy."

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(End of this chapter)