StarCraft: Tyranid Empire.

"Tassadar is also in a state of distress right now, internal conflicts, Orega, and the Purifier."

"It's none of our business. It's good that they all die, and the universe will be clean."

In the Dominion High Command (Dominion High Command) located in Augustograd, Emperor Augustus summoned all the Imperial generals who are still in Korha to discuss the threat of the Purifier Protoss rising on the border of the Empire today. Call a council of war.

Even though all the senior generals from the headquarters of the Imperial Navy and Marine Corps were present, the conference room was very simple, with only a circle of tables and chairs and a holographic projection screen occupying the front wall.

What was projected on the holographic screen was Niflheim, the frozen planet shrouded in thick fog and snow. The glorious protoss city on its endless ice sheet was already in the midst of raging war.The huge fleet of the Purifier Protoss has occupied the high-altitude orbit of the planet, and the ivory-like Cerbros-made battleship armor is becoming more and more pure and flawless in the flash of the solar matrix, and it is releasing golden beams of light towards the surface, pouring out undisputed mighty power .

"These Purifier Protoss are dangerous. Protoss are not to be trusted, and neither are the robots they create."

General William Wachowski of Imperial Marine Headquarters dropped his business and hurried to the scene.As the head of the Imperial DMC Operational Development Command, he also has a lot of administrative chores in his hands.

In a bad mood, General Wachowski was impatient when he saw the imperial navy generals, but when the emperor arrived in person, he immediately became as quiet as a chicken.

"From the point of view of intelligence, the main guns of the Purifier Protoss mothership can even completely destroy a planet. This shows that they are fully capable of launching a war against the Empire." Naval Chief of Staff Doug Michael Graham (Doug Michael Graham) on the table in front of him was a thick stack of reports with the Imperial coat of arms and the DIS logo of Imperial Intelligence on the cover.

Graham was the standard imperial soldier, handsome, resourceful, and cautious, meticulous in campaign planning and combat planning, always spending a lot of time perfecting the plan and filling in all the details.He was originally a staff officer under Edmund Duke, but was kicked back to Augustgrad by the quick-tempered general on the grounds that the battlefield was changing rapidly and the plan could not keep up with the changes.

"Well, I'm here to tell you about your research results, Rory." Augustus gestured for Swan to continue.

"Oh, cowboy, how are you doing lately, are Litty and the child okay?" After drinking, Swan pulled a chair and sat down, but turned around and saw Renault next to him, and suddenly smiled. The thick eyebrows stretched out immediately.

"Fortunately, the Purifier Protoss has not shown much interest in our planet at present, but it does not mean that war will not break out in the future." He explained: "Since the first batch of Purifier Protoss appeared in Lorkadi Ya, in less than half a month now, they have destroyed and occupied seven Dalam worlds. The war tendency of the Purifiers is worrying, and their attitude towards humans is not yet clear."

"You can't take the initiative to provoke the Purifiers." Augustus' next sentence determined the next direction of the meeting: "The empire is colonizing the Sigma sector on a large scale, and there are not so many people involved right now."

"I suspect that the Purifiers also have their own scientists and weapons developers—or in other words, their data network itself is a collection of countless supercomputers, capable of developing technology with infinite computing power."

"If the Purifier has the ambition to rule the world." Augustus mused.

"I..." the respected imperial general blushed immediately: "I really don't know much about this, but I don't think their output will be so amazing."

"You talk too much, Hank." General Jim Raynor was just listening quietly, but now he winked at his old friend frequently: "No one here cares about your opinion!"

These two men belonged to the Imperial Marine Corps and the Navy respectively, but they hit it off when it came to dealing with the protoss, and they worked hand in hand.

As soon as the words fell, Rory Swan, chief engineer of the Imperial Engineering Corps, was invited into the meeting room.The stocky Mrs. Mainholt stomped in, rattling the wooden floorboards under her feet.

"Haven't seen John's kid in a while, and I hear they're moving to Mar Sara now," Swan said.

Regardless of the best fire support the fleet has put in, the Marines will always suspect that their naval counterparts are hiding and not doing enough.This is often the case, and perhaps role reversals.

"Then, we must never ignore the enemies that are right in front of us." Jack Brody listened for a long time, although he didn't quite understand what he heard, but he still slapped his thigh and made a decision: no matter whether these Protoss are made of iron or copper, He has long wanted to drive a battleship to fight these aliens.

"Ma Sara is fine too." Swan nodded.

Seeing that all the generals were staring at him in a daze, Harnack felt a little proud.

"In my opinion, there is nothing worth mobilizing. It won't be long before these mechanical protoss will fend for themselves." He pointed out without prejudice:
"Look at what our shipboard intelligent lieutenant looks like now. He can't even balance a toaster, so he has to do it himself."

"Not all protoss leaders are as friendly as Tassadar, and in fact, protoss like him is a minority."

"My parents are not used to living here in Augustegrad. There are too many people here, but there is too little land for farming." Renault shook his head: "If it is too easy to make money, they will not feel at ease."

"Captain Hilson's lads found some scattered parts of the Purifier Protoss from Niflheim, and sent them back to Korhale all the way by 'expedited express delivery'." Swan was carrying a huge box.The box was obviously very heavy, and even he was out of breath carrying it.

"This regulation is in place now." Augustus patted the table, why did I spread out the two of you crouching dragon and phoenix chicks: "Stop talking, let someone who understands machines come!"

"Lorry, do you think our intelligent lieutenant might also rebel?" Hanak, who had already shut up, asked suddenly.

"That's why you toasted bread and wet socks on the heat sink of the Inheritor's engine, and held a barbecue party on the bridge deck?" Emperor Augustus used to just sit and listen, but now he couldn't sit still .

Even after taking a hot shower and changing into court gowns, Swan still smelled of motor oil.But this open-minded engineer was very satisfied with this, but the golden-red uniform was out of place on him.

Harnack is a straight-headed person who always talks about what he has to say, but he always fails to talk about the real thing.Once, Harnack held a meeting at the division headquarters, and the content of the discussion went so far as to which engine oil was better.

"My people and I have studied day and night, and finally have a clue." He said: "If Talandar is not on the side, it may take several years to figure out what these parts do."

"The robots are never tireless, they are always working non-stop. While we are napping, farting and drinking beer, the purifiers are building the foundry." Swan stared into Christopher's eyes, like a raging lion:

"You marines must be scared, I know what's going on. Very good, let us deal with the purifiers this time!" Brody roared.

"This is no ordinary machine, absolutely not, I can swear to it—my beard vouches for it." Swann went straight to the point as soon as he came in, obviously feeling that this boring meeting took up his work time.Swan prefers parts and tools to comfort and grandeur.Swann hadn't changed since Augustus fished him out of the mines at Meinhof.

"If they want to, they can rule the world."

"Chief engineer Swan, you can put these things aside and talk about your research on purifiers." Graham coughed, raised his finger and pointed to the watch on his hand, tactfully expressing the generals' concern. Time is very tight, and I don't have time to listen to him talk about family affairs.

"It's not so much a man-made machine, but a person like a machine." He groped for the hexagonal matrix core, and took another broken shoulder armor from the box:

"It's just an out-of-control machine made by Protoss. After all, it's a robot that runs on its own program. What's the big deal?" General Harnack's prejudice against robots comes from the console of the cargo truck he drove when he was young AI in .

"I don't understand why we have to fight the Purifier Protoss." Raynor thought for a long time: "Listen, the recovery of the Purifier may not be a bad thing for the Empire—especially"

"You coward, you pig!" Brody jumped up immediately, scolding Renault as a pig: "Then what should we do? Are you waiting for those Purifier Protoss to kill us all?"

As he said that, Swan threw the box heavily on the table, and under the shocked eyes of the generals, he picked up a glass of water on the table and drank tons of it.

"It's not meant to scare people."

"It sounds alarmist." General Christopher Bloise looked at Swan.

"Can't your wooden fish brain figure it out? Purifiers, their factories can produce tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of mechanical fanatics, mechanical hunters, colossi and those who will kill us all in a blink of an eye. Things that were burned to ashes." Swan's temper has never been very good, but he has always been right about things and wrong about people.

"No one stipulates that sailors can't do this during rest time." Harnack said aggrievedly: "And this matter was suggested by Tychus, and I was only responsible for eating. For God's sake, every sentence I said is truth."

He pointed to the broken shoulder armor of the Purifier warrior: "Analysis of the age of the material shows that it has only been forged recently. In other words, they are still continuously producing mechanical armies, and this large-scale There is no limit to the construction of the world. One day, the Purifiers will fill the entire world."

"I have to admit, even your brain does have flashes of light once in a while." Wachowski didn't like the protoss either.

"It sounds a bit strange, but I have to say that the structure of these machines is incredible." While speaking, Swan opened the box and took out a miniature golden luminescent crystal, on which the precise matrix engraved lines were clearly visible.At this moment, the purifier matrix is ​​still releasing heat and light.

Although it was once destroyed by the protoss, Mar Sara is still able to live in people, but the environment is still very bad. To be honest, it is not a paradise or a treasured place of geomantic omen.

"I propose that the Dominion Fleet Command form a new expeditionary fleet with the new flagship White Star to sail to Lorcadia, Niflheim and Kayadir." His long The upturned Walrus Hu was shaking excitedly:

"This shows that the technology used by the Purifiers is independent of the current Protoss Empire. They use their own energy and technology, and they can even develop new technologies by analyzing and imitating the existing Dalam Protoss weapons," Swan said. :

"Thanks to you, Swan, they are all fine." Renault also said with a smile.

"What does that mean?" asked Augustus.

"Isn't it the mechanical protoss? There's nothing to be afraid of." Hanak Hanke squinted at the senior imperial officers at the table for a long time, held back for a long time, and finally choked out such a sentence: " Our plasma flamethrowers can melt even steel."

This man, with his vulgar manners and loud voice, had been despised by Edmond Duke as Mar Sara's shrew.Although those who knew them knew that the two generals were practically of the same kind, fond of silencing dissenting voices by raising their voices and yelling, and settling all disputes with a bout of bull-like savagery.

"Don't worry, our intelligent lieutenants are more than a few screws worse than those mechanical protoss." The chief engineer of the empire, Rory Swan, moved the stool to Emperor Augustus and whispered into his ear muttered a few words.

And the matter is very simple, if Emperor Augustus thinks that the issue of the Purifiers does not need to send out the imperial army, then there is no need to call his generals at all.

"Kill them all in one go, it's a shame."

"The Purifiers use the technology of the ancient Protoss Empire, and since the Supreme Council ordered the abolition of all research work on intelligent machines, the technology they use is beyond the reach of the current Protoss."

"Ah, I still think this is an armory." Swan slapped his head: "Well, I will pick up the important ones."

"We have two worlds that are within the range of the Purifiers, and neither the colonies nor the ships sailing are under any attack."

After the Purifier protoss woke up, his brain might still be rusty, and he beat up the surrounding Dalam protoss worlds without thinking.But at present, it seems that the purifier's scope of activities is limited to this, and has no intention of attacking Sacoolas, the leader of Durham.

At this time, with the sound of heavy footsteps, a tall Purifier Protoss walked in, and it was Talandar, the clone of Phoenix's Purifier.

"I believe the Purifiers will become friends of mankind. They don't want to start a war, but just for survival and freedom. - The Purifiers must have mistakenly thought that the Protoss Empire wanted to enslave them." Talandar said: "I You must communicate with the Purifier's executive officer to stop the senseless war between them, the real enemy is not your own compatriots!"

"It's Zerg!"