StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

"Tell me more specifically, Warfield, how much has changed on Antiga Prime." He looked at Warfield when he let go of Kerrigan.

"In addition to Abaddon, we also rescued Maltair IV, Miranar, and Adena, and defended many towns abandoned by Federation garrisons during the zerg invasion. Warfield motioned for Augustus to follow him to the shipyard under construction and take a look: "Let's talk as we walk. Some things need to be seen with your own eyes to know."

When Augustus followed Warfield, a group of senior generals of the Revolutionary Army and guards with golden wolf symbols on their bodies surrounded him and followed him. Wherever he went, Augustus was surrounded by stars.

"On those planets, the combat effectiveness and fighting will of the militia is much higher than the small number of federal garrison." Warfield said to Augustus when boarding the ramp of the shuttle.

"When we arrived at Martell IV, Mirana, and Ednar, the zerg almost completely destroyed the weak defenses there. However, the Abaddons had already eliminated a zerg reconnaissance force that invaded their homeland. The zerg there Anti-Federation ideas were also widespread, so Lundstein’s troops received a warm welcome as soon as they landed.”

"Abaddonians? I heard that they are a well-known separatist faction, but their xenophobic ideas are also very serious. My father tried to gather supporters there in the past, but the response was mediocre." Augustus and Warfield were there together Shipyard dock berthing port walking.

"They thought they could resist the Zerg attack and were unwilling to evacuate with us. Fortunately, during the time when you and the Tassadar fleet raided Char, the Zerg slowed down their attacks on Abaddon and Martell. The planet was attacked and even evacuated there for a time," Warfield said.

"The zerg have not completely destroyed those planets, and most areas have not been affected yet. I am planning to recover these planets and have troops stationed there."

"We can't take too big a step. We don't have that many troops to guard too many planets right now. Once the Zerg suddenly attacks a planet, the garrison troops in other areas will inevitably fall into the dilemma of dispersed forces when rescuing." Augu Stuart gave his own different opinions.

"Now, concentrating our forces to defend Antiga is the safest choice. We can first establish mining stations and outposts on Edna, a planet that contains mineral deposits, and then consider the possibility of re-establishing the planet's administrative district."

"Well, we still have to proceed slowly and don't rush." ​​Warfield thought for a while and said in agreement.

Not counting the 40,000 soldiers of Alpha Squadron and the 90,000 soldiers of Nova Squadron, the number of active soldiers in the Revolutionary Army has expanded from the original 100,000 to the current 450,000, including 22 Korkha descendants. There are 12,000 man-made divisions, two Sarah-born man-made divisions, a 60,000-man Port of the Dead Army Group and three Antiga divisions, with more than 3 million people in various logistics departments and reserve soldiers.

The coverage rate of power armor among these soldiers has reached 2/3. More than 300,000 people have standard power armor, of which 200,000 are orders for the Tearer power armor delivered by the Kaimorian Consortium, which will be black paint It was changed to crimson with gold rim and then re-dressed for Augustus's revolutionary army.

The Tearer powered armor in the later stages of the Guild War was mainly an armor designed by the Kaimorian Alliance to compete with the CMC-200. In this era when the CMC-300 was fully installed in the army, it seemed to be lagging behind, but the powered armor was still capable of defeating the CMC-200. The epoch-making equipment that distinguishes them from ordinary armies.

The remaining troops are mainly CMC-200 and CMC-300. The latter is mainly equipped with the Guards Division and the first ten divisions. More than 4,500 tanks also make the combat effectiveness of the revolutionary army the same as that in the early days of the uprising. Times are no longer the same. The Revolutionary Army is also currently working with the Umojan Protectorate to produce its own enhanced version of the War Pigs to equip Augustus' elite guards.

This huge army can already compete with the regular army of the Tyranid Federation and even launch a war against a certain main star world, but when facing the Zerg, no matter how many people and weapons it has, it is obviously not enough.

But no matter what, the size of the revolutionary army is enough to make the federal dignitaries of Tarsonis stare blankly. The more the federal army pursued and intercepted them, the more the Revolutionary Army grew in number and the area they controlled became larger and larger.

Excluding those colonies that are still under construction, Agria, which has a population of four million, and Antiga Prime, which has a population of more than 12 million, can already be counted as the base of the revolutionary army in the Koprulu sector.

This is not in the core area. If the Tyranid Federation wants to defeat Antiga's revolutionary army, it must mobilize a larger fleet, but that will inevitably leave a huge gap in the defense of the core world, leaving Tarsonis exposed to In front of the terrifying zerg.

In the unfinished assembly center ahead, hundreds of workers wearing orange-gray work clothes and hard hats are laying decks, pipes and cables. Their work clothes have the multi-triangular combination of the Aeneas Star Construction Group of the United States of Umojan on their work clothes. and a white swan logo. On the steel frame under construction stands the red flag and slogan of the revolutionary army: Fight for freedom.

The vast majority of these workers are Marta and Mirana, skilled workers from the foundries, shipbuilding factories, and steel smelting plants on their homeland.

After the zerg invaded the homes of these workers, a large number of farmland, infrastructure, and factories were severely damaged. Prices soared. People who became refugees almost overnight suddenly lost everything.

It was Warfield's army who saved the Federation army when they were defeated. Food and relief supplies brought by transport ships from the Revolutionary Army's agricultural planet Agria and the United World of Umoyan prevented the refugees who flocked to Antiga from suffering. Hungry and cold.

Millions of refugees joined the construction of Antiga, volunteering to serve the cause of the Revolutionary Army. They believed that the Terran Federation had abandoned them, and that the Korhal Revolutionary Army was the only one protecting them and their families.

At this time, people on the elevated began to descend to the platform through engineering ladders, and walked towards the workers' restaurant located inside the attached ecological park. Behind them was an atmospheric stabilization device that was almost completed. At the same time, another group of workers on a bus took their place.

Although these workers who were walking towards the restaurant were still hundreds of yards away from Augustus and were very tired after working for a long time, they saw Augustus' dark gray cloak from a distance. He still stood still and took off his hat to salute, and then returned to the path he was going to take.

"They are able to stand here all because of you." Warfield said to Augustus with a smile.

"It shouldn't be like this, that's because you still have those soldiers who died or were disabled due to injuries." Augustus shook his head and did not accept the honor that had actually been bestowed upon him: "We We can continue to stand here because of the protection of the sacrifices. Only through all this can our families and children live a good life."

"No matter how many lofty ideals we give to what we do, my dream is only one, that people can live happily without fear of oppression from tyranny and alien threats. Children There is no need to be afraid, and they can find jobs when they grow up."

"Nothing will be worse than the current Tyrannic Federation. You will definitely be able to do a good job. Your father and brother both believe that you can do it. This is why they trust you without reservation. " Warfield said.

As he spoke, a small, shabby-looking gray-brown transport ship was stumbling through the dock entrance of the shipyard into the parking area, smoking, and two Wraith fighter jets with the Revolutionary Army logo on their wings were following it and Escort it.

"Every day, people from other colonies fled to Antiga. Some were families who fled in a hurry when they heard the news of the imminent invasion of the zerg. They pooled their money or found other ways to find spaceships that could cross the galaxy." Field said, pointing to the transport ship that was moored at the lower berth in the distance.

"Antiga was originally one of the first planets to be invaded by Zerg, but now it is the safest. After we rescued many immigrant settlements, more people learned that Antiga not only did not fall, Instead, it drove away the zerg."

"We are the light of humanity, General." Hanak Hank said carelessly.

"The people who came are also very determined. After all, we are the rebels that the Tyranid Federation calls murderous." Warfield said.

"The refugees' civilian spaceships cannot fly too far without refueling, and Antiga is their only choice." He continued: "This is the only planet known to have a large number of troops stationed and is relatively safe. Many people found their way here by mistake and originally wanted to use Antiga as a transit point.”

"Let's go and take a look." Augustus looked at the civilian transport ship that seemed to be about to fall apart, and noticed that the pilot of the spacecraft was operating the propeller to turn.

"These refugees are likely to be mixed with people carrying the Zerg virus or agents infiltrated by the Tyranid Federation, pirates or other organizations. We must be careful. We suffered a big loss at the beginning." Destein finally spoke, becoming even more taciturn after nearly everyone in his family died in the Korhal War and the Zerg invasion.

"I have full confidence in the warriors who protect me." Augustus waved his hand, and no one would raise any objections.

The berth where Augustus was located was more than a thousand feet away from the civilian berths below, and required an engineering elevator ride. The elevator was large enough to accommodate Augustus and his officers and guardsmen.

Only then did Augustus truly realize how massive this shipyard was. Its walls seemed like cliffs, and the small spaceships flying through them were as small as birds. The platform under construction in the distance and the platform above are like black spots, and dense black pipes extend along the section to be constructed.

The outer walls that are being pieced together and the rows of ten-inch alloy steel plates that will be laid are exposed to the space environment, so the workers there must wear thick space overalls.

The lower platform seemed a bit crowded, with all kinds of transport ships and galaxy hoppers filling the berths, connected end to end, with no end in sight. Most of the transport ships are old models from the colonial era, tattered and patched like scrap metal. They may still be the spaceships flown by the grandfathers of these colonists.

There are several teams of Goliath armed robot guards here, and there are fully armed Revolutionary Army soldiers everywhere. There are also multiple military medical teams on standby to deal with emergencies.

The rusty hatch of the transport ship that had just landed in the docking port opened with the sound of the air valve deflating, and a middle-aged couple and a blond little boy stepped out.

They were obviously frightened when they first came down, with panicked expressions on their faces. They seemed at a loss when they were inspected and interrogated by several revolutionary soldiers who ran past.

"They were frightened." Kerrigan next to Augustus sighed: "There are 'rebels' everywhere here, or in other words, soldiers in uniforms make these people subconsciously afraid."

"Look at the badge on the spacecraft, it's someone from Taymar IV." Warfield said.

When Augustus led dozens of senior officers and soldiers towards the couple, they were obviously even more frightened.

"This is the dock of the Revolutionary Army. You are safe." When Augustus walked towards the couple, the soldiers around him stood and saluted him.

Augustus had a friendly smile on his handsome face, which seemed to have strange magic power and immediately calmed down the uneasy couple. If it was Tychus Finley who came, the other party would probably think that he had entered an interstellar relay dock operated by black traders and pirates.

"General, we are from Taymar." The husband of the couple suddenly felt courageous when he saw his family.

"I heard that the zerg and protoss were going to destroy Taymar, so I ran away on the unloading ship I used to transport goods. These aliens are terrible. They have destroyed Cha Sara and Mar... Sarah, Taymar will soon be burned to stone by the Protoss—"

"Have the zerg invaded Taymar?" Augustus did not correct the man's misunderstanding of the protoss.

"I don't know, sir, there's talk of the zerg emerging in Taymar, and panic spreads from town to town, and then the city falls into chaos. There's a serious riot at the air launch port in Taymar, I heard The troops were still massacring those who stormed the airport before withdrawing."

The middle-aged man with a haggard face became more and more excited as he spoke, as if he was fighting evil zerg and federal soldiers who were massacring civilians.

"I don't know what else there is. Sir, what I said is true. Taimar is going to be over. Everyone wants to escape there quickly, but many people not only don't have a spaceship, they don't even have a vehicle." There are no decent cars.”

"Sergeant, take them to the living level and arrange them. In two days, they will be sent to the Antiga star port to take a spaceship flying to the surface." Augustus said to a revolutionary who was inspecting the transport ship just now. said the military officer.

Then, Augustus walked up to the couple's son, who looked like he was only six or seven years old, and stared into the other's ignorant and frightened eyes with his cold gray eyes.

"We are the revolutionary army, you are safe."