StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

Chapter 276 Antiga Independence Day
After finishing the communication with Swan, Augustus hurried to the UNN Broadcasting Building in Ansardar City, preparing to announce the arrival of the revolutionary army to the whole Antigua.

He walked through a dilapidated garden and several rickety suspension vehicles. Along the way, there were cranes cleaning up collapsed buildings and wreckage of tanks and busy T-280 space engineering vehicles.

Teams of Revolutionary Army soldiers are taking the public suspended bus in Ansardar City to the city's four defense lines, because the swarms of Gum bugs outside the city have begun to launch tentative attacks from all directions, the purpose is to find Exposing the weaknesses of human defenses.

Even the residents of the city center began to come out of their homes, either to clean up the garbage at the door, or to discreetly exchange information about the incident with their neighbors.People were discussing and speculating whether this was a signal of the downfall of the Tyrannian Federation or a flash in the pan.

When Augustus walked in front of the UNN building, the gate of the building with bullet marks on the wall had already been replaced by a revolutionary sentry.

Compared with the hundreds of meters high sky tower in Tarsonis, Antiga's branch broadcasting building is just a low, ordinary skyscraper with irregular pointed vaults.

This is a reinforced concrete and glass curtain wall building built according to pragmatism. It is very different from the sky tower that the founding family pursues gorgeous decoration, grandeur and unconventional style, because the shareholders and investors behind UNN Universe News Network do not want them to spend money In pomp and display art.

Augustus led dozens of revolutionary troops in crimson power armor into the empty hall from the gate on the first floor guarded by soldiers.Only a few UNN employees with work permits came out from the elevator in the front hall from time to time, holding piles of paper files in their hands.

These files are all from the original press releases printed by Antiga reporters, which are parts that have not been added or deleted by the headquarters.The manuscript described in detail how the troops of the Tyranid Federation dealt with the mob who dared to launch a rebellion, executed the leaders and sent the rest to Cha Sara or New Folsom Prison.

Even so, the writers of these manuscripts could not describe the bloody massacre with words.On the main planet of Antiga, where rebellions broke out almost every year, there were many such things.

Kerrigan walked up to Augustus as he glanced up at the expensive Bangalore sofa in the hall.

"The Marshal's command received the latest report that the ground troops of Nova Squadron and Delta Squadron have landed and established a base on a high ground sixty miles outside Ansardar." Kerrigan said: "... Set about clearing out the zerg around the landing site. However, the Federation troops are clearly on our way, and I guess they're trying to retake the city of Ansardar."

"I think they don't just want to take back Ansardar, a city that will fall sooner or later. Without our people, I'm afraid they won't be able to survive much." Tychus, who followed Augustus, raised his eyebrows when he heard this. A wrinkle.

"The army of swarms is overwhelming, and the Federation still wants to get rid of us first." Renault said.

"Multiple swarms of Nydus Worms have also appeared outside Ansardar City. I think the Garm Swarm will attack us soon." Kerrigan continued to report.

"We're under attack." Renault shook his head, "At the same time, there are two groups of people who are anxious for our lives."

"They're killing themselves," Tychus snorted.

"Dealing with the Zerg and the Federation at the same time is not an easy task. It is best to deal with one of them first, and then concentrate on dealing with the other," he said.

"Sarah, can you contact the Navy Squadron of the Union?" Augustus asked.

"You can try it. The Nova Squadron of the Tyrannian Federation has contacted us." Kerrigan took out a portable projector from her backpack and tried to connect to the communication channel of the Nova Squadron's landing force.

After 1 minute, the commander of the Nova Squadron ground force agreed to the connection application, and the other party's picture was quickly transferred to the fleet commander Colonel Jackson Hole.

"I'm Colonel Holle." The other party had a common army-style cropped cut, with a serious expression: "Have you thought about it, are you ready to surrender?"

"No, I will never surrender to a tyrant," said Augustus.

"I'm just making a suggestion to you: Maybe we should work together to wipe out the zerg on Antiga first, and then resolve our differences. What do you think of that proposal?" he said.

"...I'm sorry, but I have no right to cooperate with the rebels. Even if I take the risk of going to court-martial to fight the Zerg with you, Delta Squadron will not agree." Colonel Holle said.

"The order I got is to destroy the rebels on the main planet of Antiga and bring back Augustus Mengsk and his henchmen...or their heads."

"Doesn't include the part of rescuing Antiga?" Augustus laughed at Holle's words just now.The marshals and generals in the entire Tyrannian Federation are looking forward to getting the head of Augustus, which is not only the greatest feat at present, but also the symbol of the highest honor.

"The Federation will not give up the main planet of Antiga, but that is not my mission." The colonel said.

"Smart talk, the usual federal way of shirking responsibility," said Augustus.

"Since you didn't come to surrender, there is no need for us to continue talking." Hearing what Augustus said, Holle still maintained his serious expression, but the communication was cut off immediately. : "Your resistance is meaningless, it is just a waste of our time to save other planets."

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"Where is the radio room here?" Augustus asked Sarah Kerrigan beside him, determined to give up the idea of ​​temporarily cooperating with the Tyranid Federation to fight against the Zerg.

"In the basement, the first two floors are the lobby and employee mall," Kerrigan replied.

"How many people are willing to stay and work for us?" Augustus nodded and walked towards the opening elevator door.

A UNN reporter who was walking out of the door walked out of dozens of Revolutionary Army soldiers wearing tall power armor without changing his expression, as if he had already seen this kind of scene.

"The people who work here are mostly from Tarsonis, except for some Antiga, but they don't hate us very much," Kerrigan said.

"After all, the top managers who can escape have already fled. If the rest of them want to escape from Antiga, they can only work for us. This is what most people here think. Tygar makes a difference."

"I thought they were touched by our revolutionary spirit, didn't you?" Tychus laughed disdainfully.

"Not all desire freedom as you do, Tychus," Raynor said.

As Augustus stepped into the elevator in his heavy power armor, Kerrigan and Tychus Raynor followed.But the elevator couldn't hold the other armored soldiers for a while, so Tychus and Harnak soon had a dispute over who should go up the elevator.

Before the elevator sounded the alarm, the two of them barely squeezed in with face-to-face hugs.

"Can you take off your damn firebat armor and go in again, or you can't bear this rotten turtle shell." Tychus said dissatisfied.

"This sentence can be applied to your body in another way. The rotten fat on your stomach occupies at least half of the area here." Harnack countered.

"What do you think of my beautiful baby abs?" Tychus' eyebrows were almost drawn together. "Even the girls of Tarsonis and Korha love it!"

"To hell with you, Tychus, they only like your money," said Harnak, not without acerbity.

"You fart." Tychus raged.

Although the tempering of the war has made Harnack more stable, he is still a thorn in the end. After all, there is still a rumor in the Revolutionary Army that Harnack beat Augustus' ass when he first entered the boot camp. spread.And Tychus is another ruthless character, whose unique values ​​make him a badass asshole.

When Tychus and Harnack were arguing, Augustus couldn't help but think of Harnack and Josephine arguing in boot camp, which made him feel sad.

When the elevator doors reopened, all the lights in the underground radio room had been turned on, and dozens of staff in the radio room stopped their work at the same time to look at Augustus.

"Keep working, gentlemen," Augustus said to them. "Perhaps you still have doubts about what you are doing, but many years from now you will be told that what you were doing to great things."

"This guy just likes to say these beautiful words. Guess who he learned from?" Tychus, standing behind Augustus, whispered to Raynor next to him.

"Be careful to let Augustus hear. He has always held grudges. Last time Hank mentioned the matter of his wearing a skirt, we punished him to memorize the book of fortitude (a book said to be written by an ancient king in the age of the earth. , about war, diplomacy and art, is a must-read for the heirs of the Mengsk family)." Raynor said: "I have read that book, and the person who wrote him must be a wise king."

"My evaluation is not as good as a fashion magazine." Tychus said: "This must be a nightmare for Harnack, after all, he has a headache when he sees the words."

"Do you have any pictures of our marshal when he was a child?" he asked.

"That's top secret, Tychus." Raynor said, "Augustus certainly doesn't want everyone to know about this. He will be the Prime Minister of the Republic in the future."

"Come on, how can there be such a prime minister, who read books about monarchs when he was a child, and he won't be when he grows up." Tychus quickly shut up, because he noticed that Kerrigan was staring at he.This meant that his nonsense was likely to reach Augustus' ears in the dead of night one night.

With Augustus' character, he wouldn't give Tychus little shoes to wear, but Tychus would always pay a little price, such as being forbidden to go to bars to drink and flirt with girls.For Augustus himself is not as generous as he appears to be, but no one has yet had any bad luck pissing him off.

"That damned little girl won Augustus' favor because of her beauty—she's just a servile maid," Tychus said to Raynor again, after Kerrigan turned his back.

"You are actually jealous of a woman, hell, who told you that you are a handlebar, and your ass is not as tall as that girl's." Reynolds poked Hanak who was staring at a screen thinking about something beside him and said.

"Shut up, Tychus, and keep your mouth shut."

"Hank, what are you in a daze for?"

"I'm hungry."

"What are you chattering about?" Augustus finally couldn't help it: "Shut up."

Tychus spread his hands and exchanged glances with Raynor, and the three of them immediately became as quiet as chickens.

"We're talking," Raynor said, but his voice visibly lowered until it finally faded away.

Kerrigan clapped her hands, and the crew got back to work.

After Augustus nodded to Kerrigan, Kerrigan took another diskette for storing files from his backpack and plugged it into the interface of the broadcast room's main control computer.

Immediately afterwards, multiple screens were displayed on multiple control screens in the broadcasting room.When several staff members set up cameras around Augustus, the resolute face under the matte mask of Augustus' power armor immediately appeared on the screen in the studio.

"The signal towers in Ansardar can still work normally. If the signal towers in other cities have not been damaged, we can broadcast to the whole world even when the communication satellites have been destroyed by the Zerg." Kerry Gan said.

"It's time to start." She entered the password on the console: "If everything goes well, industrial cities and towns large and small in Antiga will be able to hear what you have to say."

"Can it reach other planets?" Augustus asked.

"Yes, but the Federation will obviously not allow those planets to broadcast these images, but the signal may be received by caravans and private organizations." Kerrigan said.

"Very good." Before the camera pointed at Augustus, he had already made sufficient preparations.

"People of Antiga, I am Augustus Mengsk, the leader of the Keha Revolutionary Army." Augustus's head appeared on the largest screen.

"We already know that the Sara galaxy has been destroyed by Zerg. That's because the Tyranid Federation's alien experiment there has attracted those monsters, and we have absolute evidence to prove this."

While Augustus was speaking, a number of archival data about the alien experiments conducted by the Tyranid Federation in the Sara galaxy appeared on multiple screens, and many of them were secretly in Cha Sara Prison. Records of executions of revolutionaries and political prisoners.

"Now, the alien threat is coming one after another. It is to destroy all human beings. We must unite to defend our homeland." Augustus said: "The revolutionary army will always stand with the people of Antiga .”

"Tracing the history of Antiga's resistance to federal tyranny, I have learned a truth, that is, once all people who defy power are united under the same banner, those rulers who blindly demand and oppress will no longer be the same as before. exploiting his people with greed."

"When a government has failed to fulfill the promise it made at the beginning of its establishment and has become corrupt and depraved, then we should overthrow it and re-establish law and order," he said.

"Today, I want to announce to the world that the main star of Antiga has broken away from the control of the Tyranid Federation and has become a free country. One day, the name of Antiga will shine everywhere."

Immediately after Augustus finished speaking, there was prolonged applause in the radio room, but this time it wasn't just Kerrigan alone.But it's hard to tell how much of those who are applauding are genuinely convinced and how much are out of flattery.

"I believe we will receive good news soon. The support of the Antiga people can make our work on this planet more effective. But before that, we still need to deal with the Zerg and the federal army in Antiga. .”

"It's exciting—just today, Antiga is in your hands," Tychus said.

"Now Antiga is the only place we want, and the Federation can't wait to kick this place out immediately."

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(End of this chapter)