StarCraft: Tyranid Empire.

Chapter 286 All Tactical Switchers
At the beginning of October 2491, the last Zerg lair on the main planet of Antiga was cleared by the Protoss Expeditionary Force, and the renovated Governor's Mansion in the main city of Ansardar also ushered in its new owner.

On the vast red platform of Antiga, the dark purple zerg creep is slowly receding, and the ravaged land has been exposed to the sun again.When the vegetation was extinct, and even the creep could no longer bind the sand on the ground, the red desert spread like a flame in the wind.

Those lands that have been covered by creep will still be barren for a long period of time. Antiga's already fragile ecological environment has long since ceased to exist, and the planet has been completely reduced to a reddish-brown stone planet.

The threat of the swarm is getting farther and farther away from the people of Antiga, and even though their homes are destroyed and their families are massacred, the pain and sorrow still torment those who are still alive, and life must go on.

Reconstruction work was carried out around the four existing cities. With the help of the Human Revolutionary Army, the surviving people cleaned up the broken rubble and began to build new homes on the land that had been fallen several times.

Fearing that the main planet of Antiga would become the main battlefield in the years to come, the residents of all small and medium-sized settlements, including small towns and villages, were placed near cities with strong fortifications.

At the beginning, there was a serious shortage of water and food, and the nearby colonial planets were affected by the invasion of insects, unable to provide support for Antiga.All the Antiga people can rely on is themselves, and they can only rely on synthetic food, groundwater, and food from hydroponic farms to maintain their livelihoods.

More people joined the Revolutionary Army's garrison in Antiga to defend their homeland. People all over Antiga recognized the Revolutionary Army's dominance on the planet, which was de facto independent from the federal government.

Amid the cheers of the people of Antiga celebrating the victory, Augustus Mengsk became the new Governor of Antiga - although he himself did not recognize this title.The Revolutionaries have taken over the administrative and judicial functions of the Antiga federal government with ease, and they have done better than their predecessors, and the sheriffs and sheriffs who came from the Revolutionary Army are the most popular in Antiga people.

The red and blue star flag symbolizing the authority of the Tyrann Federation was thrown into the fire, and the new flag replaced a symbol of people's authority and due functions of a government.People in Antigah would not have talked to other people about being a Confederate 20 years ago, and they are much less likely to do so now.

Antiga is a part of the Tyrannian Republic. If you want to say where the capital of the Republic is, it is of course Keha IV.

The Tyranid Federation that once ruled Antiga no longer has much energy and interest in dealing with this planet that has openly rebelled, and the Federation Council also believes that the main star of Antiga, which is sandwiched between the Zerg and the Protoss, will definitely usher in a new era. With the same ending as Cha Sara and Ma Sara, the rebels in Antiga will definitely lose too many people for rescue as in the past.

The Federal Parliament has realized that the threat of Zerg is not as simple as the accident of one or two planetary alien experiment projects, because more than 4/13 of the federal territories have reported the discovery of Zerg.

The outer interstellar trade routes are almost paralyzed, and some marginal planets that are the main food producing areas have been severely damaged, making the core world of the Tyrann Federation a precursor to a food crisis.

Six standard months after the zerg invaded the human world, several Tyrannian federation planets fell one after another. This terrible disaster even extended the territory of the Kel Morian Federation, forcing Umoyan to withdraw the scientific expedition team far away from the mainland.Countless people died, and the lives of billions of people were affected.

In less than half a year, the damage caused by the Zerg to the Tyranid Federation has already surpassed the sum total of the Kailian War.Even if the members and nobles in the Federal Parliament have any illusions that aliens will stop after invading a few planets, they have to face the fact that alien invasion is a bigger threat that is enough to subvert their rule. threaten this fact.

This catastrophe forced the Tyranid Federation to summon their fleets to strengthen the defenses of the core sector and try to rescue those worlds they believed were still valuable.

However, on the detection radar of the Revolutionary Army, Omega Squadron and Delta Squadron are still hovering in the star system near Antiga to monitor every move of the Revolutionary Army—even when several surrounding colonies are invaded by Zerg .

It was midday in Ansardar, the sky was clear and the sun was shining brightly.This was a rare time of peace since the Garm swarm and the Sutur swarm invaded Antiga. The revolutionary army also had enough time to rest and send the wounded back to Umoyan.

Augustus is entertaining his new friend, Tassadar, the executive officer of the Koplu Expeditionary Force of the Protoss Empire, in the banquet hall of the Governor's Mansion on the main star of Antiga.

The hall still has the magnificent furnishings of the past, with expensive Tarsonis pinta wool blankets, and famous oil paintings and sculptures on the walls.In the past 20 years, this place has always been the place where the pleasure-seeking Governor of Antiga entertained guests. Every day, celebrities dressed in velvet and silk and officials in suits and leather shoes enjoyed the joy here.

And Augustus has nothing to entertain Tassadar, because the protoss rely entirely on their skin to rehydrate and draw energy from the light of the stars, and their long and narrow faces have no mouths, which means that the protoss will not to ingest human food.

Then, Augustus, who didn't have much sense of humor, could only open the curtains of the hall to entertain Tassadar with the pure sunlight of Antiga.

There were very few people in the huge hall, only a long mahogany table and chairs depending on the number of people.On the human side are Augustus, Kerrigan, and Raynor, while Tassadar just brought Zamara, the protoss protector who went out with the expeditionary force.

Tassadar sat across from Augustus, still wearing his elegant high templar robes, golden armor studded with beautiful blue gemstones.

The protoss protector Zamara next to the executive is wearing a gorgeous dress. The dark blue robe is like a night curtain, full of crystals and gems.The teardrop-shaped pendants on the sides of the head of this female Protoss glisten in the sun. This costume must have something to do with the etiquette and traditions of the Protoss.

"The warriors I sent to Char felt a terrible psychic signal there. Even at a glance, its power far exceeds any creature that the Protoss Empire has encountered in the universe." Tassadar brought A disturbing piece of news, which is why he's coming to see Augustus.

"The master of the swarm, when this terrifying creature landed on Charr, the psionic scream echoed in the universe. Its power far exceeded my expectations. In the long history of the Protoss Empire, we have never encountered such a creature. enemy."

"This is unfortunate news. If I want to say that I have said that the Federation should not be thrown to Char, the Congressmen and political commentators of the Federation should say that I am an afterthought." Augustus shook his head.He hasn't received a specific report on Char's recent situation, but he doesn't feel any surprise.

Although Augustus also sent more than one detection fleet to Char, the precise and fast leap technology of the protoss is still much stronger than that of humans.When the protoss had arrived at Char, Augustus's detection fleet was still halfway.

"I have to tell you, even though it makes me sad." Tassadar continued to Augustus: "Your human colony in Char has become a paradise for zerg, and the rest of you have become A hideous monster."

"...This is the meaning of our battle." Augustus said dully: "If you give up resistance, human beings will be assimilated by the Zerg sooner or later and become a part of them."

"Stand up to fight, or perish, this is the destiny of all races, including Protoss." Tassadar agrees with Augustus: "The arbitrators of the Protoss Empire Council always ignore it and bring the empire It is not arrogance that has reached this height, but the followers of Kara who work together. If the threat of the zerg is underestimated, even the empire will perish."

"The cerebrates will regenerate, which means we will never be able to completely eradicate the zerg. To underestimate the zerg is like underestimating the storm on the vast ocean of Aiur, and even the Ark will seem extremely small in the raging sea."

"Sath is resurrected on Char, and its people are reunited under its command." His sky blue eyes burned with psionic flames like candles flickering in the wind.

"In that world of lava and ash, where the intense radiation of the Char binary star system would be fatal to most life in the universe, the zerg thrived on that planet, which made me wonder Is the world of the original Zerg also such a purgatory planet?"

"There is no living thing that cannot be killed. I believe that even the gods will die one day." Augustus didn't think so.

"I just haven't found a way to completely kill the brain worm Sass, executive officer, have you noticed the light rising from Sass' body after death?"

"It is undoubtedly a kind of psionic power, but it is completely different from that of humans and protoss." At this time, Sarah Kerrigan, the red-haired female ghost standing beside Augustus, joined the conversation.

"That energy gives me the feeling of extreme coldness, like the scorching heat of templar psionic power and the plasticity of human psionic power." She said, shaking her long fiery red hair.

"Our leader suspects that the ability of cerebrates to be resurrected is related to this psychic power."

"The void, the origin of the universe, the figurative system of the cold and dark space, the other side of the real universe." Tassadar raised his head and stood up from the uncomfortable human seat: "Today we rarely mention The void exists, but I can feel that the spiritual energy of the brain worm comes from the void."

"However, since Cass established the way of sublimation, Kara, my people no longer draw energy from the void. Maybe I should return to Aiur and find a way to kill the brain worm in the Templar Archives in the Floating Fire Islands. "He says.

"It may be that only the renegade Dark Templar have mastered the method of using the energy of the void, but it is not known whether their legends and their existence are just fiction."

"You want to ask the traitor for help?" The protector Zamara's cold voice sounded like water about to freeze under the glacier.

"My education tells me that the dark templar are traitors, and I hate them just like other Kara believers." Tassadar said: "If the dark templar really existed, we didn't meet them opportunity, I think we have to find other ways."

"." Tassadar continued: "Marshal Augustus, your people have been saved, I think we must leave this planet now. Too much time was spent in Antiga to make the Protoss Empire supreme The wise men of the council are disgruntled, and more worlds are being threatened by the zerg."

"If we purify Antiga immediately and rush to other planets to eliminate the Zerg there, the spread of the Zerg swarm will be effectively curbed." Protector Zamara couldn't hear anything Emotional fluctuations, as the recorders of history, the Valari family of the Protoss Empire has always recorded everything that happened with absolute calm and reason.

"You don't need to explain to humans why we did that, they don't understand what you did for them, because to protect the humans here, the controversy you caused in Ayr is enough for the council to select from the Akiri Templar Get a new executive to replace you," she said.

"Sacrificing a small number of people to save more people has always been a question worth pondering." Augustus said.

"You don't understand, and I don't expect you to understand." Protector Zamara said: "In the Protoss Empire, there are differences between the arbitrators of the Supreme Council and the Templars in the fleet in dealing with the invasion of Zerg. Great disagreement."

In the social system of the Protoss, some tribes rule the Protoss Empire as an arbitration class, another part fights for the Empire as Templars, and the rest of the tribes are craftsmen and other professions.The path and future occupation that each protoss will take after adulthood are fixed, which means that the future of a child is doomed from the moment of birth.

Generally speaking, the Templar class cannot resist the authority of the highest-level arbitrators, just like the civilian Kale class must bow to the Templars, which shows that Tassadar has suffered a lot during his time in Antiga. pressure.

"The Supreme Council believes that there is no need to save the 'lower humans' infected by the Zerg, and must be burned with fire, while Tassadar believes that the expeditionary force should uphold the teachings of Dawu to protect the weak race."

"Who won in this debate?" Augustus was more concerned about this question at the moment: "Thank you, the benevolent and great executive officer Tassadar."

"Let's say I won, thanks to those elders in the council who are still wise and kind." Tassadar learned some human humor from Augustus.

"I reported to the Supreme Council what I had seen in Antiga and I decided to lead an expeditionary force to attack Char. The Zerg's rule in Char is not yet stable. Once they gain a foothold, there will be a swarm of insects invading humans. A launching pad for the world and Al," he said.

"If we can make the Overmind feel threatened, they will definitely withdraw their troops in the Koprulu Sector and return to defense."

"But Aiur's coordinates have always been a secret, and the Zerg can never know." Zamara said.

"Throughout history, we all know that often times things that were thought to never happen, have happened," Tassadar said.

"Prepare for a rainy day." Augustus sensed Tassadar's intentions.Surrounding Wei and saving Zhao is also the usual trick of Augustus.

"I will send a fleet to fight side by side with you, no, I will personally lead an elite division."

(End of this chapter)