StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

The scientific research base of the Chimera Pirates is about 450 miles away from the entrance to the Ridge Plains. The main building of the base is underground. There is only a mining base station on the ground that seems to have been abandoned. The base station has the KM logo of the Kaimorian Consortium.

This mining base station looks like it has been idle for many years. The bright yellow rectangular steel frame shell is covered with a thick layer of rust-colored dust, and one-third of the wall is buried in red sand. Through the broken glass, you can see that the interior is filled with sand, gravel and miners' abandoned materials. A broken cable on the crane's arm hangs in the sky, swaying with the strong westerly wind in the corridor of purgatory.

It was the dark night of Mar Sara. Different from the scorching heat during the day, the temperature dropped sharply below zero, and the heat wave immediately turned into an icy cold wind.

In the darkness, Revolutionary Army Command Sergeant Tychus Finley's 1st Company of the 1st Battalion of Steelling Wolf Hunters was marching west along the Purgatory Corridor a mile from the abandoned mining site. One hundred and twenty Revolutionary Army soldiers wearing dark red power armor formed a skirmish line, with two arc-light tanks rumbling forward in the middle, and four Wraith fighter jets hovering in the sky dozens of miles high.

One-half mile to the rear of Tychus's corps were Reno's Rangers, less than a platoon strong.

The Rangers are a special tactics and rapid strike force. They hold the most sophisticated weapons and fastest vehicles in the entire revolutionary army and can resolve the battle before all friendly forces arrive on the battlefield.

At the same time, each squad of the Reno Rangers has a heavy machine gun, two Firebats, two grenade infantry with reinforced and thickened power armor, an infantryman using a single rocket launcher, and a medic carrying a multi-functional medical kit. .

The mission of the Renault Department is to provide fire cover for the vanguard force and serve as a communication transfer point between the vanguard force and the following main force. The emblem and representative colors of the Rangers were designated by the Marshal of the Revolutionary Army and are sky blue and the Wings of Liberty.

This army was the first to recruit troops from Mar Sara, because Renault himself had a good impression of the Mar Sara people because of his girlfriend Letty Elizabeth.

"Order the Tychus troops to run forward immediately." Augustus led the other two main companies of the Revolutionary Army Marines. He was wearing a power armor command armor and was surrounded by many fully armed Revolutionary Army soldiers. sergeant.

"The Renault Department is responsible for covering the right wing of the Tychus Department and waiting for the front troops to fire before firing. The Faraday Department continues to advance along the left ridge to block the Chimera Pirates' westward retreat."

Since this is the area with the strongest band interference, all means of communication using electromagnetic waves are ineffective, and Augustus can only command his men through shouting. Each platoon has resumed its position as a communications officer, responsible for delivering the commander's orders to the entire company and even subsequent units.

At this moment, the sky was dim, a very thin dark red light appeared on the horizon of Ma Sara, and two huge round moons four times the size of the Earth's moon hung in the sky. Even though the light of the moon had obscured most of the stars, the stars still shone above Augustus.

Next to Augustus is the ghost agent Sarah Kerrigan, who holds a canister sniper rifle, and four Revolutionary Army sergeants wearing CMC-300 power armor. The former's powerful psychic powers are enhanced by Umoyan's advanced equipment. With assistance, it can cover a one-mile radius, and no telepathic fluctuations can escape her perception.

The first gunshot rang out at 0:56 local time, followed by a fire that lit up the sky in front of Augustus, and the guns fired in unison, like thunder.

The arc tank behind Augustus began to fire, and the power armor blocked most of the noise. The roar of the artillery fire was still noisy to his eardrums. A few fleeting points of light fell a few miles in front of Augustus, setting off a blinding burst of fire.

Since the available communication equipment had failed, Augustus had no way of knowing what was happening ahead, but he knew that what he should do now was to advance quickly.

Chimera's scientific research base is not an impregnable fortress, and the pirates inside are unlikely to be Tychus' opponents. Even if Tychus' attack is blocked, Renault's rangers can immediately provide fire suppression.

"Advance at full speed! Charge!" Augustus' order was passed to the company and platoon by the messenger, and all the Revolutionary Army soldiers wearing red power armor began to run.

These soldiers still use the badges of the Mar Salahiro Autonomous Prefecture Civil Defense Force (militia force) and the Echo Town Police Department. Therefore, the Chimera pirates will only regard enemies attacking the scientific research base as an open siege by the Terran Federation rather than an open siege by the Terran Federation. other forces.

Augustus had already reported the operation to the Office of the Magistrate of Hiero and received official approval, so this was only an official military operation - although the firepower of this militia was comparable to that of the Tarsonis Army.

When Augustus' troops advanced at full speed, the fighting fires on the surface in front quickly disappeared. In less than a minute, Tychus led his men into the underground of the Chimaera pirate research base. in the building.

By 1:16, that is, 20 minutes after the Tychus forces exchanged fire with the Chimera pirates, Raynor's rangers entered the underground part of the scientific research base building.

Augustus had no way of knowing the real situation inside, but when he arrived at the abandoned mining base station, Tychus had already arrived in front of him with a Chimera pirate leader in hand.

The main building of the mining base station has been blasted to pieces by arc tanks. Under the shattered wall is a circular entrance with a diameter of only twenty feet. One after another, the bloody bodies of Chimera pirates were removed by Revolutionary Army soldiers. Which was transported up.

These Chimera pirates can't even find a complete power armor on their bodies, at most they are energy armor pieces sewn on their clothes.

There were no more than ten corpses, and soon after, the Chimera pirates wearing purple turbans and ship-shaped hats lined up neatly out of the scientific research base. The fighting will of these pirates was far less than that of the Camorion army that had fought with Augustus, and they collapsed at the first touch.

"These pirates are very famous, but they are not as good as the Kaimorians. They are really vulnerable."

"Like I said, you can take a nap to get rid of these rotten fish and shrimps." Tychus grabbed the Chimera pirate leader by the collar and came to Augustus, and pulled the Chimera pirate leader with his hand. The Chimera pirate's forehead forced him to look at Augustus.

The Chimera Pirate wears a dark purple long-sleeved trench coat, lined with a white shirt, and a dining scarf around his neck. He has a Chimera tattoo on his right cheek, which is a mythical monster with the head of a lion, the body of a sheep, and the body of a snake. He has long blond hair and a high nose bridge, and has a distinct Umoyan accent when he curses loudly.

"What are you studying here?" Augustus waved: "Don't be so rude, Tychus, be friendly to our pirate friends."

"Captain Zambu's fleet will arrive at Mar Sara soon, and you will soon know how much trouble you have caused!" After spitting at Tychus, the pirate stood up and threatened Ogu. "The ghost of the Chimera will find you," said Stu.

"But you can't even send out a distress signal. Even if they figure out what happened here in a few months, they won't come to Mar Sara for you." Augustus did not lower his power armor. Mask, although Kerrigan can read other people's memories, the pirate leader who manages this scientific research base still has value worth using:

"Actually, you and I both know very well that this low-level threat is meaningless. If you know something, please tell me."

"Otherwise, I will hang you bastard up and expose you to the sun of Mar Sara, then whip you severely with a whip and rub salt on the wound." Tychus came over and stared at you fiercely. Looking at the pirate who dared to spit at him.

"You think you will have a good end? In just one day, the sun will dry you out."

"We are studying the strange phenomena here." The pirate leader still gave in. He knew that he was finished: "I don't know whether to call you a chief or a police officer. We are just doing scientific research here."

"The Terran Federation and the Kaimorian Federation have been fighting each other, and we are the only ones who are still contributing to the progress of all mankind."

"Did you find anything?" Augustus smiled and asked him.

"Yes, in fact we already have a clue as to the cause of the band anomaly." The leader of the Chimera pirates did not realize that he had become a prisoner at all.

"I'll tell you everything I know, but you have to promise to let me go."

"It depends on how much truth you tell." Augustus pointed to Kerrigan beside him: "She is a psyker. I have a way to figure out whether you are fooling me."

"If you don't cooperate," Augustus replied, "I will hand you over to the United States of Umojan."

"Don't worry, there is no death penalty for Umoyan."

"It must feel good to go home." The pirate leader looked at the Federal Civil Defense Force logo on Augustus' armor: "I thought you would shoot me directly or send me to a federal prison - I never knew the federal government The government will send the Chimera pirates back to Umoyan."

"Now you have heard," said Augustus.

Four-fifths of the Chimera Pirates' scientific research base is underground, with laboratories and living spaces excavated sixty feet below the ground.

The architectural style of the scientific research base is similar to that of Umoyan. The plates are made of smooth blue-white alloy, and each room is connected by a passage that can accommodate two people passing through in parallel. Here, both living and entertainment facilities are available. It looks more like a scientific research base built by Umoyan's official scientific expedition team, and most of the people living inside are scientific researchers.

Augustus took the lead in walking in the passage leading to the main laboratory of the scientific research base, followed by Typhons, the leader of the Chimera pirates, and Sarah Kerrigan. Dr. Francos, who is responsible for the research of alien creatures in the Revolutionary Army, followed them wearing a CMC-200 power armor, followed by a team of Revolutionary Army sergeants lined up in two lines.

"We have discovered the remains of a mysterious alien civilization here - because it is impossible for our poor brains to understand the civilization of an intelligent race that conquered the Milky Way ten billion years ago, so in the end we also I can't figure out where those fragments came from." Typhons, the leader of the Chimera pirates, understood his situation.

"Relics." Augustus said as he walked out of the passage and came to a large laboratory of the Chimera pirates.

A several-foot-long prismatic crystal hangs from the ceiling of the laboratory. This crystal emits a bright light green light and is obviously not a common Adeen crystal.

"I have seen this crystal. There is a small amount of green crystal in the geological layer of the Purgatory Corridor. I suspect that this crystal can resonate with psykers." Francos pointed to the crystal: "It can regenerate, and it can also Absorb energy.”

"This is indeed a strange crystal that contains some strange energy, but now it can only be used as a decoration. Along with this crystal was discovered a stone slab full of patterns and symbols." Typhons said as he handed Augustus a fluorescent green crystal made into a pendant.

Augustus rubbed the pendant in his hand, feeling the coldness from the void, and thought to himself that this should be a Xel'Naga crystal: "What can we do with it?"

"We can't use the energy in this crystal for the time being." Typhons shook his head and said, "But the cooling effect is quite good."

"Okay. How did you do in deciphering the text?" Augustus then observed the internal structure of the laboratory and found nothing out of the ordinary.

"The answer is obvious, there is no progress." Kerrigan crossed her arms on her chest and finished the next words for the hesitating Chimera pirate.

Augustus came to the glass container with a stone slab placed on it and observed the spiral patterns and extremely regular hexagons on it. The Protoss is very similar to the Xel'Naga texts, but in Augustus' impression, the Protoss seems to have no connection with the planet except for purifying Mar Sara with a Star Destroyer Cannon.

"Put it away, maybe this is a prophecy left to future generations of races." Augustus couldn't understand it either, but he believed that someone would understand what was written on it.

"That's all you found?" Augustus asked him as two Revolutionary Army sergeants carefully took the slabs out of the glass container.

"Only these." Typhons said: "The race that left this stone slab did not establish a city in Mar Sara. It seems that it was just placed here casually."

"It is not this stone slab that causes the abnormality in the Purgatory Corridor band. I believe it is a creation from another ancient race. And the signal source is under our feet." He pointed to the ground under his feet.

"Dig deeper and deeper until you reach the source of the intense electrical pulse."

"You can start digging." Augustus said to Kerrigan beside him.

"Inform the Revolutionary Army Engineering Corps and Construction Team that I need them to establish a mining outpost at this location within a week's time."

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