On the outskirts of a certain military port of the Tyran Empire, in the quiet space here, a large number of huge fleets, numbering at least several hundred, are parked, and among them is the flagship of the Royal Fleet of the Tyran Empire!
Because, since Mengsk's flagship Hyperion was kidnapped by the rebellious Jim Raynor four years ago, he needed a giant flagship to replace the stolen Hyperion. After much consideration, he , they chose the giant battlecruiser Bucephalos, which was almost the same model as the Hyperion, but had some slightly insufficient functions.
And right now, the ship parked here is the flagship of Emperor Mengsk's Imperial Royal Fleet!
It was put into service in 2503, with a rated crew of 8239 people. It was manufactured by the Usa Shipyard of Proxion Industrial Group! The 550-meter-long ship's main power is a level 10 giant fusion reactor, and a high-energy crystal engine as auxiliary power; its weapons are equipped with ship-to-ship missile launchers, heavy-duty platoon guns, fixed-point defense systems, shield generators, and more!
It can be said that, apart from being unable to forcibly jump in high-intensity battles, it is not much worse than the Hyperion. It can even be said to be evenly matched to a certain extent?
"His Royal Highness Prince Vilean! Something big has happened!"
On the bridge of the battlecruiser Bucephalos, what is here is not Emperor Mengsk himself, but his son and crown prince Prince Vileian!
When this handsome young man with blond hair was lying next to the military holographic map, checking the intelligence detected by the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft from the orbit of the Zerg home planet Char, a dark-skinned and muscular officer quickly left the ship. Walked in outside the main entrance of the bridge.
This man was the veteran Lieutenant General Horace Warfield who was urgently summoned back to the army by Mengsk during the Insect Crisis, and was appointed as the Imperial Marshal in the critical moment!
"The latest news just came from the garrison in the Terrador sector: Your Moebius Foundation on Planet Terrador VIII has just been captured by the Zerg!"
"Moreover, Dr. Narud led the researchers and related equipment and were robbed by Jim Raynor and armed men of unknown forces during the retreat!"
"Before the garrison fleet could react, Dr. Narud was killed! One of the Foundation's medium-sized battleships and a transport ship were destroyed on the spot, and several transport ships carrying precious supplies, equipment and important research data were all destroyed. They were all kidnapped by that interstellar thief Reno!"
"Right now, the garrison forces in the Terrador sector are conducting strict isolation and review work on Foundation-related personnel who abandoned the ship and fled! Because they discovered strange mutants who were infiltrated by unknown forces? As for the specific report, it is estimated that there are still It will take some time to get feedback..."
After saying this in one breath, General Horace Warfield's voice gradually became smaller, because he saw Prince Villian's incredible and stunned expression.
"General! You must be joking, right? How could Jim Reynolds do such a thing?!"
As soon as Lieutenant General Warfield stopped speaking, Villian immediately screamed, not daring to accept this cruel fact.
"I'm sorry, Your Highness! This report was personally signed by the Terrador Sector Guard Commander, so there should be no mistake!"
Looking at the somewhat panicked crown prince, Warfield sighed and affirmed in a firm and dignified tone.
Some time ago, it was the Imperial Crown Prince Villian Mengsk who found him, Warfield, and persuaded Warfield to agree to assemble half of the Tyranid Empire's entire fleet, preparing to use it to implement the other party's Char plan to invade the swarm's home planet. .
In Warfield's opinion, the Crown Prince's plan was originally a good one!
Vilean wanted to use Dr. Narud's research on artifacts and use the power of ancient artifacts to forcibly rob Kerrigan of the powerful energy, and also directly transform Kerrigan into a human again?
Then, when the swarm loses the crucial Kerrigan and the Queen of Blades who rules the swarm, presumably the scattered swarms fighting on their own will no longer have enough impact on the Tyranids. A threat? Without the pressure of external insect swarms, the empire's internal affairs will never be the same as before, with wars raging and people displaced!
It was precisely because of this that after he felt that this plan was very feasible, he, Horace Warfield, the veteran lieutenant general and imperial marshal, was persuaded by the other party and agreed to mobilize half of the imperial fleet without telling Emperor Mengsk. Come to obey the arrangements of Crown Prince Villian, and be ready to launch a beheading operation against the Zerg, and eliminate the Queen of Blades Kerrigan in one fell swoop?
If it succeeds, perhaps, it will really be possible to reverse the current decline of the empire in one fell swoop?
Of course, these are things in the past!
Recently, many things have happened that even Horace Warfield could not have imagined. Facing the seemingly glorious but about to collapse Tyran Empire, he could only let out an unknown sigh in private...
Until now, things have changed so fast that even Dr. Narud himself, who was in charge of artifact research and coordinate search work, is dead! The research data and equipment were instead used by Jim Raynor, who they hired to find the artifact, and took advantage of them all?
Now, all the previous plans and efforts of Crown Prince Valian have been completely destroyed by the worms and the freedom fighter Raynor in the just-concluded battle on Terrador VIII...
"How could this happen? Jim Renault, what reason does he have to do such a thing? Is there any misunderstanding in this?"
Keeping shaking his head, Prince Villian still couldn't accept this cruel fact.
His original plan was all good: first use the Moebius Foundation as his agent to release the news about the artifact, then hire the Ranger force sent by his father to infiltrate to find the artifact, and finally, use the power of the artifact Purify Kerrigan and conquer the unruly Jim Raynor directly! Or, if you can't be subdued, just turn against him and secretly find an opportunity to let your father arrest him? !
Look, how perfect is this original plan?
Externally, it can give the Tyranids a break from the threat of the insect swarm; and internally, it can eliminate the largest reactionary force for the empire's regime? Can he still leave a significant mark on Vilean's own political achievements and military exploits? And remove all obstacles for his future accession to the throne?
He, Vilean, always felt that there was no better or more perfect plan than his previous one!
But now? When his plan was about to succeed, when the artifacts were about to be collected, when Prince Villian was about to meet Jim Raynor in person and convince him to believe in him, when they were about to launch a raid on the Zerg home planet of Char, and completely When the threat of the insect swarm to mankind was ended, something like this happened?
Not only was Dr. Narud, the most important person in the plan, dead, but even Jim Raynor completely fell out with the Moebius Foundation? !
I don't know why, but he still subconsciously doesn't want to believe this, and he doesn't want to believe that Jim Renault is like that...
"You'd better take a look for yourself first, Your Highness the Prince!"
After saying that, General Warfield took two steps forward and called up the report he had just received and the battle video at the time on the holographic combat platform on the bridge.
In this edited battle video, only the noise of the conversation between the Hyperion and the new unknown warship was played. Then, the warship opened fire and destroyed the Moebius Foundation warship and another transport ship. ! As for the battle between the Hyperion and the enemy in the middle, it was completely edited out!
When the opponent pursued the damaged warship and began to bombard it indiscriminately, the Hyperion not only watched from a distance, but after the battle, against the background of the mushroom cloud of the planet's nuclear explosion, it forcibly After capturing a few transport ships, they fled!
This report, sent through the commander of the sector defense fleet, has pictures, evidence, videos and calls, and is extremely credible!
Although the voice during the call is sometimes noisy due to interference, it is absolutely correct that the other party knows each other! Coupled with the fact that the Hyperion was shown in the video to have been watching the battle and abducting the transport ship after the war, these circumstances indicate that Jim Renault definitely conspired with the unknown battleship and took advantage of the evil to kill him. Dr. Valerian and robbed his property!
This is absolutely unmistakable!
"So, Your Highness the Prince! I have told you before: Jim Raynor, their kind of interstellar thieves and reactionaries cannot be easily trusted!"
Horace Warfield snorted angrily. He had actually been dissatisfied with Jim Reynolds for a long time!
You know, Warfield has been very angry and puzzled about Renault's various sabotage and splitting actions in the rear of their army during his fight against the insect swarm from a long time ago!
As for Mengsk's nature, in fact, he, a veteran who should have retired and enjoyed his old age, is very clear about it!
However, in the face of the great right and wrong, when the swarms invaded the Tyranids again, and when the fate of mankind was at stake, he resolutely put on his shirt again at the call of Mengsk, returned to the front line to command the imperial army, and tried his best to deal with the swarms. pressure and invasion.
During Warfield's previous five battles against and crushing the invasion of the Tyranid Empire's core sector by zerg swarms, that bastard Jim Raynor, even if the enemy was just living in the rear, he would often sneak attack the Empire's military ships or Is it a transport and supply fleet? And, they still have the nerve to claim that this is a fight for freedom? !
Warfield has long been disgusted with this kind of behavior that drags down human beings! He believed that Jim Reynolds was nothing more than doing things against humanity and satisfying his own selfish interests under the glorious name of fighting for freedom!
Anyway, in the eyes of Warfield, a professional soldier who values honor, that Jim Renault is no better than Mengsk!
If the other party hadn't had a Hyperion that was good at escaping, he would have sent out heavy troops to encircle and completely eliminate the so-called Ranger thugs!
"How could this happen...it shouldn't be like this..."
After watching the battle video, Vilean murmured to himself with dull eyes, wondering why things developed like this?
Seeing that he is about to complete his great plan, seeing that he is about to become a capable and accomplished crown prince of the Tyran Empire, and use this to prove to his father, Emperor Mengsk, and to His subjects see: He, Villian Mengsk, is a future king who has accomplished something and dares to act!
But what he never expected was that at this critical moment when his plan was about to succeed, something like this would happen?
"Your Highness, what should we do now? Do we need to order the fleet to return immediately?"
Seeing Villian's lost look, Warfield thought for a while, then stepped forward and asked in a low voice.
Now, since Jim Raynor has turned his back, the original plan to purify Kerrigan, Queen of Blades, is definitely dead!
Therefore, he felt that without the artifact and Dr. Narud, it would be meaningless to lead half of the empire's fleet to Char, the home planet of the Zerg! With no way to fight against the Queen of Blades Kerrigan, these seemingly powerful fleets would only die if they were forced to confront the boundless swarm of insects!
Moreover, he wanted to quickly send the fleet back before Mengsk noticed that they were mobilizing the fleet privately. Maybe it was not too late?
"No...don't go back yet! First, let me think carefully..."
Covering his forehead with a slight headache, Villian waved his hand to signal veteran Warfield not to disturb him yet.
He may need a day or two to think carefully and consider carefully. Now, how can he save this matter? Anyway, he would never go back in despair and let his father laugh at him mercilessly, no way! !
"..."
Seeing that His Highness the Prince was still hesitant, Warfield nodded and walked out gently without saying anything.
Actually, he thinks this is quite good. Young people should have more setbacks and more training, so everything can't go too smoothly!
Otherwise, if everything goes smoothly and satisfactorily without any setbacks, it will not be very good for tempering one's character, especially when the other party is still a country's crown prince, then it should be tempered more!
It's a pity that no matter how you look at it, the goddess of luck is not on the side of the crown prince. Even if there are no such changes this time and Prince Vilean succeeds, what will be the point in the end?
It's like the gorgeous nebulae in the starry sky. It looks beautiful from a distance, but once you get close, it's all in vain.
well……
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At the same time, on the bridge of the Federation of Heroes' battleship Head of State, little Annie, who had eliminated Narud's clone of the bad guy Xel'Naga and completed her mission successfully and easily, was talking to Kerrigan, the queen of the swarm. Post-war communication conversations were going on.
"Head Anne... Now that Aemon's minions in the main material world have been wiped out by us, my swarm is also gathering its troops and preparing to conquer the edge planet, the birthplace of the zerg - Zerus!"
"It is expected that in a month, I will be able to gather a powerful insect swarm force and prepare to launch an expedition against Eamon! This must be completed as soon as possible before Eamon has other plots!"
"So, Your Majesty the Führer, where are your troops? Are they ready?!"
Kerrigan had also seen the scene where the opponent successfully killed Narud just now, and she barely recognized the strength of the opponent's warship.
However, entering the void rift to eliminate Eamon cannot be accomplished by just a few warships from their Federation of Heroes! In addition to her swarm, she needs a large number of armies and fleets. The more of them, the better!
"I said, you are really annoying..."
Hearing that the other party mentioned this matter again, little Annie's face was filled with impatience.
"Isn't there still a month to go? Don't worry, it's coming soon! By then, you will definitely be able to see my large fleets!"
There was an outsider here, so in order to prevent her plan from being ruined and causing unnecessary trouble, she didn't say it directly, but just complained angrily to the other person.
In Anne's opinion, the gods in this world are not omnipotent!
Their xel'naga don't seem to have much power besides creating life and being powerful? Otherwise, if the other party knew about her ongoing plan, they wouldn't question the strength of their Federation of Heroes all day long, right?
Now, things in this universe are coming to an end, and she will go home soon, but not before she leaves. She still has to straighten things out here and ensure her rule!
After staying in this big interstellar world for a while, little Annie had a little doubt about her own strength. She no longer relied on individual strength!
Sometimes, she thinks, the power of technology is no worse than magic? For example, that Narud must be very strong. If it were to be a one-on-one battle, it might take a lot of effort for myself and Tibbers to win it?
But in the end... when she ordered a mass-produced fusion bomb to be dropped, the whole world became pure...
"I hope! Remember, one month later, I will be leading the Zerg biological fleet in the orbit of Char, the home planet of the Zerg, waiting for your arrival! I hope you will not disappoint me then, Head of the League of Legends Anne …”
After saying that, Xel'Naga Kerrigan, who was dressed as the Queen of Blades, immediately closed the communication.
"Um... Mr. Head of State, when are we going to launch that 'Stealing the Sky Plan'? I can't wait to lead the large fleet to fight!"
Hearing Queen of Blades Kerrigan mention the fleet, Captain Gangplank finally couldn't help it.
Just before the jump, after seeing those garrison fleets in the Terrador sector that were much larger than the fleet of their entire federation, Gangplank had already become itchy!
A mere local garrison fleet could be of this size, but if it were the fleet of the entire Tyran Empire, how big would it be? Therefore, he wished that his own Lady Anne would immediately order the launch of the previously formulated plan, and then pull those massive imperial fleets under his command to obey his orders?
"shut up!!"
Little Annie first glared at the rotten drunkard, then turned to look at a slightly dark corner of the bridge.
"Come out! Pony-faced star spirit, stop playing hide and seek, I saw you early in the morning!"
Turning her captain's throne, Anne faced the corner with great interest and snorted coldly.
She had already discovered the horse-faced protoss named Zeratul hiding in the shadows before!
However, she never told the other party, letting the other party use the invisibility effect of the shadow to hide there. Just now, whether it was during the battleship fight or when talking to the Queen of Blades Kerrigan, she did not avoid the other party. She deliberately let him hear it.
"Who is it? Come out!!!"
There are actually enemies here, inside the bridge? !
Therefore, after hearing the shouts of their heads of state, Galen and Darius, who were chatting quietly at the side, were stunned for a moment, and quickly took out the guns and inserted them into the holsters of their civilian belts. The electromagnetic short-handled pistol was pointed directly at the corner.
They originally thought that the rumors about ghost agents sneaking into enemy warships and killing enemy leaders were just jokes? But now, they really believe it.
If the other party has evil thoughts, or if their leader Anne is an ordinary person, the consequences...
At the same time, the automatic door to the bridge room opened immediately, and the four fully armed federal marines who had been standing guard outside quickly ran in and used the electromagnetic rifles in their hands. Together they aimed at the dark corner, and at the same time turned on the strong light on the muzzle of the rifle, letting beams of strong light shine into that corner.
"Please stay calm...Everyone from the Federation of Heroes, I actually don't have any ill intentions..."
After the strong light shone in, the light in the corner soon became distorted, and an old star spirit with his face covered and dressed in black robes appeared.
Basically everyone on the bridge knows this protoss!
He was the Zeratul whom we had met once before on Ulan Star and was chased miserably by the swarm of insects! Of course, he is also a master! Neither Galen nor Darius, fully armed, felt that they were no match for this protoss in a one-on-one duel!
"Please forgive me for coming uninvited, because I brought you news about the doomsday prophecy..."
With his mind racing, Zeratul quickly found a suitable interface.
"It's just that it doesn't matter now... If I heard you correctly, you all seem to know it already? Not only do you know the existence of Eamon? You also know its plan to destroy the world?!"
Originally, Zeratul wanted to sneak onto the Führer battleship, and then find an opportunity to rescue the Queen of Blades Kerrigan who was captured by humans!
Because, from when he was on the planet El, from the body of the Overlord, he observed the memory of the other party, and knew that Kerrigan was the key to fighting the evil in the void and fighting Amon!
Therefore, Queen of Blades Kerrigan, the sinful queen of the swarm, cannot die no matter what!
But now, what Zeratul never expected was that during this period of time, he discovered from the conversation between the little human head of state and Kerrigan, the queen of the swarm, that the other party not only released Kerrigan, but also achieved Some kind of partnership agreement? Moreover, they actually want to fight against Eamon together?
Did they all know about Eamonn's existence so soon? You know, Zeratul spent a lot of effort and sacrificed many people. After going through many hardships in the past two days, he could barely learn about Emon and Kerrigan from the tentacles and bodies that dominated death. And the general message of that ancient prophecy...
But now, when he had just learned the true meaning of the prophecy, Kerrigan and the Federation of Heroes were already preparing to attack Emon?
"So what? What do you want to do?"
Anne actually admires this horse-faced old star spirit. The shadow power on him is very pure, and it seems that his thoughts and nature have not been corrupted or affected by the power of shadow?
This seems to be relatively rare.
Although the power of the Void Shadow is powerful, it cannot be used by everyone. People who are not hearted enough to play with the Shadow casually will be playing with fire and burning themselves!
But these are not important. Now, Anne just wants to know what this big-faced protoss wants to do after sneaking onto her battleship and hiding aside for a long time to eavesdrop. ?
"If you are trying to deal with Eamon, maybe our protoss can also help? Believe me, the head of the Federation of Heroes, I have some prestige among the protoss clan, so I will definitely be able to help!"
Although the conflict between the protoss and the insect swarm is very great, there is even a hatred for the destruction of the country and the destruction of the family!
However, in the face of Amon's big threat to the entire universe, in Zeratul's view, it is better to put aside this small contradiction temporarily? If you want to kill someone, wait until Eamon is dealt with, then go back and settle things slowly!
However, Zeratul felt that compared to the ability of the bugs to lay eggs, the growth rate of their protoss population and the extremely long growth time, they could never catch up! After all, the bugs can go to the battlefield immediately after they hatch, and almost everyone is equipped as an army!
And what about their protoss? The growth period is calculated in hundreds of years...
"You also want to participate? It's not possible..."
Annie's eyes rolled around, as if she thought of something more interesting.
"I heard that you were beaten badly by the bugs? Did you lose your home planet?"
Anne thought of the information she had heard recently about various races. It was said that the protoss had been invaded by bugs several years ago and had to retreat to other planets?
And until now, the swarms of insects are still jumping around on the home planet of their horse-faced protoss?
"If you can agree to some of my small conditions, I can let the bugs return all the planets to you! Including that Al!"
"..."
Zeratul was instantly surprised. This little girl could actually make the insect swarm return to all the planets of the protoss? Return Al?
Is there really such a good thing? ! Is she really that capable? Moreover, what is the relationship between her and Kerrigan?
"Please tell me..."
After being silent for a while, Zeratul, who didn't know what the other party was planning, could only force himself to gather his energy and ask cautiously.
"It's Jiang Zi's fault, it won't do you any harm!"
With a naughty smile, little Annie waved her hand towards Zeratul in the distance, gesturing for him to stand closer.
"..."
