StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

Chapter 456 The Wind of War
Keha Revolutionary Army Territory, Krusas Guard III.

"Very well, the current Terra family has truly become our unwavering allies. Apart from hoping that my revolutionary army can take back the Terra family's property in Tarsonis, Annabella Terra can no longer find to other reliable people."

The complacent Revolutionary Army Marshal Augustus Mengsk was walking out of a luxuriously decorated single-family villa, followed closely by Sarah Kerrigan, who looked angry.

This villa is located in the city of New Babylon. It used to belong to the president of a mining company in Clutas. After the revolutionary army arrived on this planet, he fled here with his family.

Afterwards, someone reported to the Provisional Government of the Revolutionary Army that this person illegally plundered the Krusas xenon crystal mine and forcibly occupied the land of local farmers to build a factory. Then Arcturus Mengsk ordered someone to seize his All assets are ready to be auctioned to compensate the local residents.

Augustus temporarily arranged family members of the Tyra family here and paid for maintenance.

Kerrigan wore a tailored black blazer lined with a smart white silk blouse, a navy blue slip dress and squeaky heels, with red hair flowing down the back.

With a pair of glasses, Kerrigan becomes a sexually aware librarian.

"This is indeed an inspiring booster for the Revolutionary Army—what are you running for?" Kerrigan caught up with him in three or two steps while he was talking to Augustus who was walking in front. Even she is wearing high heels and walking like flying.

Before meeting Augustus, Kerrigan, a former Federation ghost agent, was not used to the high heels that were not conducive to mobility, but it only took her a little time to become comfortable with them.

"Stop it!" She stomped her foot.

"Stop!"

"I'm just in a hurry." Augustus was wearing the uniform of a Revolutionary Army general, with the Mengsk family's sword hanging on his waist.

"The General Staff told me they were going to consult me ​​on the drafting of the General Mobilization Order for the Territories."

"Okay." Kerrigan seemed to accept Augustus' rhetoric, but as a mind reader, she was by no means easy to fool: "Do you think I'm still angry? It's just a frivolous Tarsonis bitch. This bitch, who started hooking young handsome men right after her husband died."

Kerrigan was referring to Annabelle Terra, the legal wife of Constantine, head of House Terra.Today Annabella rushed to Cruzas from the planet she was on, and at the same time brought the full support of the Terra family.

The Terra family has an undisputed monopoly in many industries in the Tyrann Federation. They dominate everything in the fields of robot servants and virtual images, including research and development, manufacturing, supply and sales of manufacturing raw materials, and almost all industry competitors and related companies were incorporated into the Terra family over a long period of time.

This allowed the Terra family to accumulate unimaginable wealth—the Mengsk family was just the ruler of one planet of Korha IV, and their power could hardly affect other planets, while the power of the Terra family spread throughout the Federation.

The wealth accumulated by the Tyra family for 200 years is enough to support this raging revolution. They are one of the de facto rulers of Tarsonis. Just throwing out the flow of liquidity on hand is enough to cause an uproar in the Federation's stock exchange.

And this is why Angus Mengsk was accused by the federal parliament of being an ambitious man. The founding family has divided and dominated all aspects of this federal world.It is really difficult for a rising star in a local colony like the Mengsk family to intervene in a completely monopolized industry. They can only use the name of revolution to overthrow everything and redistribute the benefits.

Not only in Tarsonis, the Terran family's industries spread all over the Tyrann Federation, and their products subtly affected the lives of the Tyrannians.

Take the combine harvester manufacturing factory of Tyrador III of the Terra family as an example. The production line in the factory can completely produce parts of improved arc tanks, sidewinder chariots and mobile electromagnetic guns after being transformed.

There are even many unexploited crystal mines and high-energy gas deposits under the name of the Terra family, and they were donated to the Revolutionary Army and Augustus himself in Annabela, and there are even whole planets .

"...Annabella is now the actual controller of the Tyra family. She is an extremely capable person, and she was able to regain the control of the Tyra family in such a short period of time." Augustus insisted Scalp praised Annabella a few words.

Many people, including Augustus, have always thought of Annabella as a woman of dissolute nature, the kind who used to spend most of her life dressing up, buying jewelry and going to the opera. lady, but it is not.

"That's right, but it's not a conflict. It's shameless for her to say such a thing!" Kerrigan's head was throbbing with veins: "Why is Constantine dead, and she's going to marry you again, Ty? The La family and the Mengsk family can be united in a legitimate way."

"Annabelle is such a funny woman." Augustus lied.

Most importantly, Kerrigan knew that Annabelle was telling the truth.

Honestly, Kerrigan doesn't consider herself the most irreplaceable person around Augustus.House Terra has something that Kerrigan doesn't have, and that's the support of a big family.

Annabelle Terra was right, as long as Augustus married her, he could control the Terra family.

"God knows what she thinks?" Augustus couldn't laugh or cry: "Annabella Terra is old enough to be my mother, but I recommended a suitable candidate to her, that is my father Angus. "

"It's a good thing you can say it." Kerrigan knew that this was just a joke of Augustus. This guy would often bury his old father, and maybe he always held a grudge against Angus.

But I have to say, Kerrigan was amused.

"Mother can't let this matter know." Augustus spread his hands, thinking that this matter had finally been fooled.

This is the psychic, it is difficult for you to really enter their inner world after they have a complete and sound worldview. The psychic understands human nature better than most philosophers and thinkers.

Having a mind-reading girlfriend is hard work, especially now that Augustus is so popular.

At this moment, Augustus heard someone calling his name behind him, and when he turned around, he saw Annabella's eldest daughter Clara and youngest daughter Nova walking quickly towards this side.

Beside the huge floor-to-ceiling windows on the second floor of this villa, a lady in a black shawl, a box-shaped double-breasted jacket, and a blue knee-length skirt and a young man in a suit are sitting at the dining table and looking at Austrian with a smile. Gustus.

This is a baroque palace-style three-story building with symmetrical wide porch, steps and light blue dome, harmonious diagonal lines and dignified decoration create a unique sense of solemnity.

In fact, the meal only lasted for half an hour and ended in a hurry. Augustus and Annabella hardly ate a mouthful, but talked about affairs while sipping the high-end red wine from Tarsonis’ cheeks. Talk about how the Terra family will support the Revolutionary Army in the future.

Annabella was a very smart person, and she didn't ask for any support in exchange for Augustus to stay with her for a while.

"Mom has something to give you." Annabelle's youngest daughter, Nova, handed Augustus a small blue box with her face flushed.

Augustus had no way of knowing what was there, because Kerrigan had grabbed it and crushed it first—Kerrigan was as powerful as a chariot engine, and she could easily lift a man in a suit Marines in power armor.

"." Nova was stunned.

"Wow——" Clara on the side covered her red lips in surprise, not knowing what was going on in her mind.

"What's that?" asked Augustus.

"A bottle of perfume is usually a sex toy used to make a man fascinated, how could this bitch ask her daughter to give this kind of thing." Kerrigan replied through gritted teeth.

Although Kerrigan has already equated the women of the Terra family with the stealthy bitch in her heart, her attitude towards Nova is still quite good.It seems that the women of this family seem to be keen on being mistresses.

"Wow." Augustus spread his hands.

"Go back, Nova." He also called her by her nickname like a family member: "Tell your mother, I may not be able to accept her gift because it is broken."

Nova Terra could not allow Augustus to ignore her. She had already been confirmed as a tenth-level psyker of the same level as Sacco Angelini.Good luck for Augustus, another golden legend.

Now Nova Terra is learning how to control psychic powers from Sacco Angelini and Sarah Kerrigan. The former opened a school full of psychic children in Clutas, and the students came from the revolution. All the planets controlled by the Army, who occasionally taught Nova a trick, but it was something that could kill people.

Nova is absorbing knowledge about psychics at a rapid speed, and her talent has even gained the attention of a protoss dark templar master who secretly followed and protected Augustus.

Augustus had no doubts that Nova would become a psionic master in the future.

"Okay." Nova obviously knew what was in there.

Annabelle was smiling at Augustus when he looked up.Annabella has tea-red hair that is neatly combed back. She is well maintained, and she smiles with the calmness of a mature woman.

Annabella is the current controller of the Terran Consortium, and one of the people at the apex of the Tyrann Federation's power.Although Tarsonis was under heavy siege by the UED expeditionary forces, House Terra was still a loyal ally worthy of Augustus' attention.

At this time, Faraday, the captain of the Augustus Guard, had already driven an armored vehicle, and dozens of guard soldiers were standing guard on the main road in front of the villa.Out of sight, twelve ghost agents and at least two Zratei dark masters are secretly protecting.

Augustus didn't know how many Dark Templars were by his side, he only knew that they must be there.

These taciturn dark templar masters had little desire to communicate with Augustus, except on rare occasions to warn him that someone was trying to assassinate him.No one knows what these protoss are doing in the dark. They may be reading Naganaga literature, or they may be playing cards.

"Let's go." Augustus greeted Clara and Nova, and stepped into Faraday's armored vehicle.

"Annabelle is a very shrewd person. She publicly supports the Revolutionary Army, so that in the future, I won't be able to uproot them like I did with other founding families." Augustus said to Kerrigan who followed him from his seat.

"For two family consortiums, the merger can maintain greater power and easily win more wealth." He said.

"The factories of the Terra family on other planets are continuously providing us with various materials and supplies, and even sources of soldiers."

"Like the Terra family, the Huot family also sent family members to seek refuge from the Revolutionary Army. They have lost confidence in the military power of the Federation." Kerrigan said: "Not only that, like Kusinis and Bruce Buck's family, which is as powerful as the Taila family, is also trying to contact us."

"They also evacuated Tarsonis early?" Augustus asked.

"It seems so," Kerrigan said. "If the swarm attacked Tarsonis, they would have no chance of escaping the sea of ​​insects."

The armored vehicle drove across the mainland along a small road and entered the urban area of ​​​​New Babylon.

This city full of high-rise buildings is still full of vitality, and the roads are endless.Holographic projection screens and propaganda boats above the city are reporting news from the Revolutionary Army TV station, and a host is talking about General Rondstein's victory on the planet Victoire.

Recruitment posters of the Revolutionary Army can be seen in the streets and alleys, and the election of a new member of the Senate in Cruzas is also about to be put on the agenda.

New Babylon was a thriving metropolis, not inferior even to Stilling, the home of Augustus in Korha.Thousands of people are busy with this life in the streets of New Babylon, and it seems that the war has not affected them.

When the Revolutionary Army first took over Cruzas, the local big businessmen tried to make a fortune by hoarding goods, and prices skyrocketed, but now those people were sent to New Fort by the soldiers sent by Arcturus Mengsk. loose prison.

In the past few days, furtive gatherings of supporters of the Old Federation could still be seen in the streets and alleys, but now that has disappeared.That's because the revolutionary military government has resolutely installed cameras on various roads to obtain video footage of various neighborhoods, so that fights and even any crimes can't be hidden.

As early as several centuries ago, the Earth had used monitoring to retrieve traffic violations or to track criminal suspects, but few people in the Koprulu sector thought of it.

In the most prosperous area of ​​New Babylon, military police with mechanical police dogs can patrol around everywhere - mechanical police dogs are designed by Victor Kaczynski and adopt advanced Umoyan AI technology.

When the armored vehicle drove through the city center, Augustus suddenly received a message from the security department of the Revolutionary Army.The message was succinct: they had confirmed that Tarsonis had fallen, and UED forces were attacking the core world around Tarsonis.

"Tarsonis has fallen." Kerrigan also saw the news.

"What shall we do now?"

"Call my generals," said Augustus.

"immediately."

(End of this chapter)