The UT-47 drop-down shuttle landing craft lined up in a row were filled with almost all the elite Marines of the Normandy II, including Shepard and the others, a total of more than a hundred people, divided into ten groups. This team took a total of ten landing crafts, using almost all the landing crafts of Normandy II!
They are now approaching the ground very quickly, preparing to parachute to the largest Turian military base on the Menel satellite, to inquire about the whereabouts of the other party's leader and discuss cooperation matters... This is also something that can't be helped. Some major events, God The Turian ambassador in the fort couldn't make the decision, and those who did had lost contact due to the war. This was the real reason why Shepard and the others needed to come here.
They could clearly see through the window: the large and small turrets, machine gun bunkers, fixed security robots, floating cannons, and a large number of sentry guns and Turian infantry in the Turian military base below were fighting with those seemingly endless of reaper monster monsters shooting at each other.
boom!
Rumble...
Artillery shells, missiles, mines, pulses, red particle beams, and roaring artillery shells fiercely clashed between the attacking and defending teams!
Da da da!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The powerful turrets of the Turians are concentrating on attacking the giant Reaper spider war machines in the distance, while the smaller sentry guns are also frantically shooting and suppressing the Reapers with thick supernatural barriers. Monster soldiers, mass effect rifle bullets and energy pulses from both sides left frontline defenses riddled with holes...
As for those corpse puppets that are also rushing forward madly, I don't know which unlucky race they are made of, then the Turian soldiers hiding behind sandbags or metal barriers can only use firearms to suppress and shoot.
However, it may be that there are not too many Turian soldiers in this base, or they may be almost dead... Therefore, countless corpse puppets are now swarming up the cliffs that were originally easy-to-defend areas, constantly rushing in In the Turian base, there was a melee with the scattered Turian soldiers and the sentry guns inside the base.
'Report sir! '
'The Turians discovered us, and they sent a message asking for help. Could you please reply? '
At this time, the voice of a driver in the cab came from the combat channel.
"..."
"Tell them: We are coming from the Citadel to have an important conversation with their clan leader. We will land on the flat land outside the northwest corner of their base. Let them not accidentally attack!"
After Shepard looked at the situation outside the window for a while, he spoke calmly on the channel.
Just now, through the window of the landing craft door, she also saw several large-caliber turrets pointing their muzzles towards them, but fortunately, she might have seen the conspicuous Star Alliance emblem spitting out of their landing craft. mark, so the Turians quickly turned their guns and went back to deal with the endless Reaper army.
Their group of landing craft is much easier to identify than those monster aircraft flying around in the sky and dropping Reaper soldiers!
"It really scared me. I thought they might shoot us down just now!"
Of course, Miranda had seen the twin defensive turrets heading towards the landing craft they were leading before. She was almost frightened enough to not kick open the door and jump out of the plane... Fortunately, Those Turians were finally not blind, and in this chaotic battlefield, they could still barely recognize the badges and logos of their Star Alliance. If the other party came up with a bombardment, they would really have nothing to say.
"What nonsense are you talking about!"
"Our Star Alliance is still an ally with the Turians, and we are also members of the four major councilor races in the Citadel. How could the Turians attack us at this time?"
Shepard first checked the C-14 Gauss rifle in her hand, and after confirming that there were no problems with the loaded bullets and the mounted light grenade launcher, she glared at Miranda who was talking crazy.
He even shot him down with artillery... Fortunately, the other party could say it out loud!
They are here to reinforce the Turians. Although there is no prior notice, it is impossible for anyone to open fire on them after seeing the blue and white markings on both sides and bottom of their landing craft, right? Those Turians, they are not those color-blind or color-weak races!
Moreover, their Star Alliance's UT-47 drop-down shuttle landing craft is so recognizable that it looks exactly like the strange semi-biological aircraft of the Reaper monsters flying in the sky. How could the Turians possibly Will you admit your mistakes casually?
"Ha! That's not necessarily the case!"
"We were in the Citadel a few days ago. You also saw the hostile attitude of those turian soldiers towards us. If they are vindictive, what's so surprising about taking the opportunity to take advantage of us and shoot us?"
Miranda shrugged and checked the P-45 rapid-fire Gauss pistol in her hand.
This is the second main weapon she is equipped with. It is also from the arsenal of the Federation of Heroes, and it still uses the crazy U-238 'hot gun' bullets!
Basically, it only takes two shots to take out a Reaper soldier with a shield or barrier, as opposed to the Mass Effect pistol she wears at her waist, which requires at least one round of bullets to knock down the enemy's shield. , and then add several more rounds to successfully and completely destroy an enemy.
However, this P-45 rapid-fire Gauss pistol also has a big shortcoming, that is: she cannot carry too much ammunition, because it will seriously affect her flexibility and ability to run fast... So, except for this P- 45, she also has an X-5E 'Phalanx' heavy pistol on her waist. When necessary, after the high-speed pistol ammunition in her hand is exhausted, she will directly throw it away and replace it with one that can be used at any time. This is an all-purpose tool for replenishing ammunition.
"..."
"Everyone, prepare to land!"
Shepard turned his head and continued to tell everyone to check their weapons and equipment one last time.
She didn't want to get too entangled with something about the Citadel. It was just a misunderstanding after all! Therefore, she firmly believes that as long as they can successfully save the Turian home planet this time, they will definitely change their views on the Star Alliance, humanity, and Shepard and be grateful!
'Report sir! '
'A large number of enemies were discovered at the planned landing point. Do we need to temporarily change the landing place? '
At this time, in the cockpit with a wider view, the pilots discovered something was wrong with the landing site. A group of Reaper soldiers gathered below had affected the safety of their landing site.
However, before these landing craft with the conspicuous Star Alliance logo could approach the ground and successfully land, the Reaper soldiers below suddenly raised their guns and fired into the air, and the pulse energy beam hit the shell of the landing craft. Their landing craft began to tremble and shake... Then, the pilot controlling the spacecraft loudly reported in a panic.
Fortunately, the Star Alliance's UT-47 drop-down shuttle landing craft 'Kodiak' and 'Combat Cockroach' have always had thicker armor, and the sporadic Reaper ground troops' shots were not able to successfully shoot down ten of them. any ship! Otherwise, once they are really shot down, the fourteen elite Marines crowded on each landing craft will be in danger!
"Ignore them!"
"Open the hatches on both sides of the landing craft and prepare to force a landing. We will help suppress them!"
Click!
Shepard loaded his rifle, then put on his helmet with a cold face, stood up and walked to the hatch, and directly opened the button of the hatch, allowing the hatch of the landing craft to slowly rise upward from both sides. The landing craft has no weapons, but that doesn't mean the crew members don't have weapons!
What can I say, the dozens of reapers below are actually nothing to their elite marines with more than a hundred people.
Da da! Da da da! ! !
With just one strafing shot, Shepard easily beat several Reaper soldiers gathered below to pieces. Then when the landing was about to land, while the team members on the other landing craft were shooting at the ground, she took the lead. Jumped from a height of several meters.
"Okay! Everyone, follow me, fight in, and find the Turian leader!"
"Remember! Don't be wary. We are not here to fight the Reapers. Our mission is just to find the Turian leader and make him accept the terms we negotiated with the Citadel!"
Of course, as the commander, Shepard has not forgotten their mission until now. She also knows that the hundreds of them will definitely not be able to influence the battle situation on this satellite. Therefore, when she jumped down, , while charging forward, they loudly stated in the channel the most important mission of why they came here to fight this time.
Da da da! !
A large number of elite Star Alliance N7, S1 and other elite Marines rushed out from the opened hatches of the landing craft. They held various weapons and fired fiercely at the surrounding Reaper monsters. Forgot formed a battle formation, surrounded Shepard and pushed forward.
"snort!"
instigate! instigate! !
Miranda and Annie, who finally jumped off the landing craft, had just landed on the ground when three ferocious reaper corpse puppets rushed towards them with their teeth and claws bared! Then, Miranda raised her hand and fired two shots. After the pistol made two low sounds, the two monsters rushing towards her lost their heads in an instant. Their ugly, headless semi-mechanical bodies rolled directly onto the rocks. above the surface of the planet.
But the other one rushed towards little Annie, but she didn't care...
Because she wanted to see how well this little guy was able to shoot at close range. Would he be frightened to the point of panic? She did it on purpose. Who asked the other party to carry that long 20 mm caliber sniper cannon? She has said many times that the little guy should bring a short gun for self-defense, but that one is still too heavy?
Speaking of which, the two pistols Miranda carried, together with the ammunition, were probably not as heavy as the exaggeratedly long weapon that the kid was carrying on his shoulders, right? Seeing as the opponent is not having any trouble carrying it, what does it matter if he brings another weapon? Besides, she knew that the kid had some kind of magic method to hide things, which was no worse than their all-purpose tools!
'Howl~ roar! ! '
The hideous and ugly semi-mechanical skeleton monster, like a zombie, suddenly rushed towards the little human with his back facing it! It planned to use its strong hands to directly tear the opponent apart, just like the turian soldier it tore apart before.
Buzz!
Uh-huh! !
A red light blade about half a meter long lit up on the arm guard of Annie's ghost suit, and then she didn't even look at the zombie monster that rushed towards her from behind. It was just a short movement, and then a bright light Flashing on and off, the corpse puppet was directly cut into two diagonal halves with its head by her diagonal attack.
"Why!"
"Why is it this kind of monster again? Can't they, the reapers, change their appearance?"
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Seeing that the monster that was neatly cut in half was still not giving up and was pulling the ground with one arm, trying to get to her feet and bite her with its teeth, Anne curled her lips angrily and stepped forward. With his feet, he directly kicked off the opponent's skull head, causing it to roll and fly away like a ball...
She felt that it was really pointless to fight this little monster. If she really wanted to fight, she should find a bigger one?
In the distance, there was a huge reaper spider monster. It was at least ten stories tall, almost the same as one she had killed on earth! However, it was a pity that the opponent was suppressed in the distance by the Turian turrets and could not get closer in a short time, and the weapon in her hand was somewhat out of reach of the opponent.
"If it's not this kind of monster, what else do you want to encounter?"
Miranda is already familiar with all the Reaper units. There are just the same types that come and go: zombie puppets who are extremely powerful and run very fast, zombie puppets that can self-destruct, and fierce Asari women with special powers. Monsters, ordinary Reaper soldiers who can shoot, giant monsters who can charge, bastard pioneers who can open shields, and troublesome guys who can spit out supernatural powers, etc.!
Of course, there are also the huge steel spiders and those bigger octopus spaceships in the distance! !
"That's right, little Annie!"
"What is that weapon in your hand just now? It looks very powerful?"
The versatile tools on the left hands of Miranda, Shepard and others can also activate light yellow or golden mass effect energy blades. In melee situations, they can easily break through the enemy's energy barrier or mass at low speed. Effect shield to kill enemies easily!
However, they would not choose to do that unless they had to...
Because those who like to do that, those superpowers known as pioneers, have the highest death rate in the entire galaxy, bar none! Therefore, if they can use guns to deal with enemies from a distance, they will never choose to fight in close combat. Just like the war blade in her hand, it is just the last tool of self-defense.
"I want to fight a powerful, ferocious, and big monster, like the one over there!!"
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Annie stretched out her hand and pointed directly to the farthest point!
There, there is a huge reaper spider monster that is resisting the Turian bombardment, constantly firing red eye-particle beams, violently bombarding the front line of the Turian position. Over there, it seems that now It was a lively fight!
"that……"
"Forget it, I'd rather it stay there forever!!"
A big guy like that has terrifying fighting ability!
Anyway, Miranda is definitely not willing to face their scary things that will kill people if they are targeted! She would rather fight a hundred or even a thousand corpse puppets than face that kind of giant strategic war machine.
The red laser beam on the opponent's head can be shot down even if the main battleship approaches. How can she, an ordinary infantryman with some special powers, dare to risk her life and get close so easily?
'Miranda! Anne! '
'You two guys, hurry up and catch up, don't fall behind! ! '
At this time, before the two of them could continue chatting for a while, Shepard's roar came from the battle channel.
It turned out that at this time, their group had already rushed to the front and was about to reach the gate of the turian core position. Now only little Annie and Miranda were left, standing alone at the end, still confused. Talking nonsense.
"I'm coming!"
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Hearing Sister Shepard in front of her start to urge angrily, and seeing that there was really no one around, except for a few empty landing craft parked on the ground, little Annie quickly ran away and started shouting. Run forward quickly.
If she were fighting alone, she might just become invisible and grow up, so that she wouldn't get together with those stupid guys who only deceive people and drag her down!
She, the most powerful ADC in the world of Valoran, is actually more suitable for jungle and roaming alone, and she doesn't like to go to laning and team battles! Of course, she doesn't like replenishing troops or anything like that, she just likes to snatch the heads of monsters that look very powerful!
"receive!"
"Sorry, I don't have to take care of this kid...otherwise, how could I be last?"
instigate! instigate!
Miranda also smiled and hurriedly followed the little guy. From time to time, she would raise her hand to shoot the seemingly endless number of ugly corpse puppets that dared to approach them.
She could finally tell that those corpse puppets... seemed to have a bit of a Turian look?
It must have been improvised by the Reapers directly from the corpses of Turian soldiers according to local conditions. For example, the spike transformation tool they had seen used by Geth before?
Although she did not see those weird spikes on the battlefield, it is conceivable that since the geth's technology comes from the reapers, then the original conversion technology of the reapers will definitely be better than the geth's. More efficient!
Thinking about it from this, when those reapers transform corpses into corpse puppets, they don't need too troublesome transformation procedures or those spikes at all?
"I don't need you to look after me. I'm much more powerful than all of you!"
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"You little brat, I just helped you kill several monsters!"
Miranda raised her hand and fired a shot, killing another corpse puppet that was trying to rush to block the road, allowing the two of them to easily jump over each other's corpses and chase Shepard and others in the distance.
"You are obviously trying to steal monsters!"
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As a support, is it reasonable to steal her ADC's soldiers? She had clearly let them come here just now, intending to use a knife to deal with them, otherwise, she, the Head of State Anne, would have shot them away.
"What about grabbing monsters?"
'You two guys, stop making trouble and come here quickly! ! '
Shepard's voice roared in the channel again, frightening Miranda to quickly speed up her pace. She grabbed the little guy's arm with her free left hand and ran forward...
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The Protoss Golden Fleet in the Koprulu Sector finally arrived between the orbits of the Earth and Mars in this mass effect world. Huge golden or blue ships jumped from the space gate into the dark space of the universe. .
The number of this fleet is about 50,000 large and small warships. If we add the more than 30,000 battleships currently owned by mankind, it can be called a combined fleet of 100,000 ships!
The Golden Fleet is the main fleet of the Star Spirits, and those who came here accounted for half of the forces of the Star Spirits of each system! It can be said that in this Hero Federation's expedition to another dimension, the protoss will contribute the most, followed by those insects that will be directly summoned by a certain little guy to the homes of various races in the Citadel to prepare for harm to the reapers and aliens. groups.
The reason why the Golden Fleet has such a name is because this huge fleet was formed by the Protoss Archbishop Artanis with the El faction. Its main battleships are composed of protoss motherships and aircraft carriers with a golden appearance. , so, a long time ago, their appearance was praised and feared by humans in the star region, and has been used to this day.
In fact, in the name of the protoss themselves, it is not the name "Golden Fleet". However, when the protoss and humans established diplomatic relations and exchanged languages, the name of the fleet was translated into this.
The golden fleet is actually not all golden giant ships. In addition to the protoss aircraft carrier, protoss mother ship, storm battleship, warp prism and those large Phoenix fighter planes that are golden or have golden shells, they also have a large number of Void glow ships, restricted battleships, storm battleships, etc...
Although their color is not all gold, after the Brood War, humans and Zerg were accustomed to calling the protoss fleet this way. Until the Federation of Heroes was established, this term has remained like this and has never changed.
And now, the flagship of this golden fleet is a 74.547-kilometer-long giant ship with a golden shell and blue light shining like a huge cosmic fortress!
Its length is longer than the total length of the Citadel space station, the largest and longest direct mass effect, which is 44.7 kilometers, and wider than the diameter of the Citadel, which is 12.8 kilometers! Rather than saying it is a battleship, would it be more appropriate to say it is a giant space station? However, it is indeed a battleship, a spaceship that can fight, move and jump at will!
Its name is—Spear of Adon! ! !
The Spear of Adun is the flagship of the Protoss Archbishop Artanis. It can be said that it is a great masterpiece created by the Kalai engineers during the most glorious period of the Protoss! Of course, the energy required by such a giant ship is also terrifying! In fact, Kalai engineers installed an artificial star in the core of this giant ship and used it as a power source.
"..."
"It's really unimaginable..."
"Archbishop Artanis, are you really sure that it is really a spaceship of your protoss and not a space station?"
Accompanied by General Galen of the Federation Marine Corps, Archbishop Artanis of the Khalai Protoss, and Thrandis, the senior executive officer of the Khalai Protoss, Admiral Anderson of the Earth Star Alliance was like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden. , I was so shocked that my eyes almost dropped!
Originally, he felt that the human super battleships of the Federation of Heroes were powerful enough, and any one of them could be stronger than the Asari's Destiny Extraordinary! But now, after seeing the protoss' golden fleet, seeing those aircraft carriers, those Mother Ships, and this simply appalling Spear of Adun, he didn't know what words to use to describe it...
If it is to build a space station that flies around a star or planet in orbit, the Star Alliance has been working hard for more than ten years to build such a behemoth, no matter the cost, they can barely build it! But... like the other party, who can directly serve as the flagship of the fleet, and can also fly, fight and jump with the fleet... then they humans may not be able to build it in a hundred years despite all their efforts!
"Of course, humans..."
"The Spear of Adun is the pride of our protoss clan. It was approved and built by the Supreme Council of our Kalai protoss in the glorious era of the early civilization of the gods. This majestic ark ship... These ships, They are self-sufficient, can support the Protoss through the most difficult times, and carry legendary warriors and vast knowledge. It is the most powerful battleship in our Koprulu sector!"
"Even the largest insect swarm, Leviathan, is only five thousand meters long at most!"
At this time, Thrandis, the high-level executive officer of Kalai Star Spirit who was following him, proudly spoke first.
She was very satisfied with this human's admiration for their protoss manufacturing technology and powerful strength. It gave her back the sense of superiority she had not had among the humans in the star for a long time! Therefore, she was happy to explain a few more words to this human being.
"A five-thousand-meter insect swarm battleship?"
"I'm sorry... Even if it's only five thousand meters away, our Star Alliance is still far behind..."
If Admiral Anderson remembers correctly, the length of the largest dreadnought in their Star Alliance seems to be 1880 meters? Yes, it is indeed like this. The unit is really just 'meter', not kilometers...
"You don't have to feel hesitant..."
"Humanity's Anderson... the Spear of Adun is a masterpiece of our protoss. There are only three ships like it. Even if we were asked to rebuild it, we would be powerless..."
Seeing that the expression of the Human Star Alliance admiral seemed a little depressed, Archbishop Artanis comforted him.
"Three ships!!"
"Oh God...you actually have three ships?!"
With a jolt, Anderson almost jumped up from where he was!
He thought that this kind of thing would definitely be the trump card of the protoss race. It would be great to have one. It certainly couldn’t be mass-produced like the aircraft carriers and mother ships outside. But who would have thought that the other party actually actually mass-produced it? After the birth, there are still three ships? !
"certainly!"
"However, currently only the Spear of Adun can be used for combat..."
Speaking of this, Artanis was also a little depressed, because he thought of those heroic Templar warriors and tribesmen who died on Aiur.
"Why is this?!"
Anderson could not see the expression of Archbishop Artanis, and he still asked.
In fact, no one who is not a protoss race can judge the emotion of a protoss from his expression, because most of their faces and mouths are covered by armor, except for a pair of eyes that emit blue light. He recognized nothing.
"..."
"Originally, our Kalai protoss did have three ark ships..."
"The names of the three arks are the Spear of Adun, the Pride of Otalis, and the Memory of Nessin... Among them, the Pride of Otaris and the Memory of Nessin were used when the lord of the swarm invaded our home planet Ai. When I was there, I was shot down by the Zerg because of my hasty takeoff..."
"It wasn't until a few years ago that we started working on restoring them..."
"Even with the support of resources from the entire federation, it will not be able to be launched and put into use within the next few years."
Having said this, even Archbishop Artanis couldn't help but shake his head slightly.
If the Spear of Adun had not successfully taken off due to insufficient conditions, I am afraid that now, the Ark Mothership of their protoss could only continue to lie there like the Pride of Otalis and the Memories of Nessin. On the ground in Ayr, waiting for a long recovery, right?
"Sorry, I don't know about this. I hope you don't mind my offense?"
Anderson also heard that the other party was not in a good mood, so he quickly spoke out to comfort him.
"Actually, it's nothing..."
"For peace, you must pay a price... It is the disputes and sacrifices in the past that can better reflect the nobility of peace and unity in our sector..."
Sighing, Archbishop Artanis said something that Anderson somewhat agreed with.
"!!"
"Atanis! Is there anything strange here? Why do I seem to feel an evil and chaotic power fluctuation coming from inside?!"
While the four of them were walking around and chatting inside the extremely large Spear of Adon, Galen suddenly stood still and pointed at a door sealed with energy crystals and with several templar fanatics. asked the cabin guarded by the officer.
This is not the first time Galen has come to the giant ship, the Spear of Adon!
Back then, when he was fighting against the UED expeditionary force, he often wandered around on this spaceship. Although he did not dare to say that he had been to every area on this spaceship, he believed that during those years, , he is very clear about most of the main areas on this giant ship, especially this military area!
However, he was sure that this place should have been a material warehouse before...
But first, why was this place transformed like this? It was not only heavily defended and guarded by a team of the most elite Templars, but there were also faint rumors that there were certain things that were obviously different from the Kalai Protoss or the Nerazim Protoss. Abnormal energy fluctuations?
"Galen..."
"It seems that Zeratul is right. Your strength has improved again, and you are one step closer to breaking through to the peak of mortals..."
The archbishop did not explain immediately, but began to look Galen up and down.
Even Thrandis, the high-ranking consul next to the Archbishop, was staring at the Star Alliance Marine Corps admiral with envy.
"It's still early for a breakthrough or something! You'd better tell me quickly, what good things are you hiding in there?"
Galen was not the kind of person who would be fooled by someone else's compliments. Now he just wanted to know what interesting things were locked up in this tightly guarded warehouse.
“…..”
"That was handed over to us by our Protoss Research Base and asked to be brought to the Head of State Anne for inspection..."
"Forget it, it's very troublesome to explain this matter. Let's just let you all come in and take a look... With us people here, the guy inside can't do anything good."
Archbishop Artanis, who originally wanted to patiently explain something, glanced at Galen, and then thinking about the power of himself and Thrandis, he simply took two steps forward and waved to the guards to open the anima crystal, phase. A static stance cell woven together by crystals and energy webs.
When the door made of golden alloy and blue energy crystal partition was opened by the guards with complicated procedures, secret orders and energy, they walked into this not too big warehouse.
"!!"
"What the hell is this? It's very dangerous. How did you catch it?!"
Walking inside, he glanced at the half-human, half-fish monster on the left who was holding a cold weapon and a spear. He was locked in a static force field cage. Galen ignored it and focused on looking at the monster on the right who was also locked in a static force field. The fiery red ferocious monster is motionless in a static cage, but the energy it emits is extremely powerful!
"They...were all captured by our Protoss Secret Biological Research Base on a planet with turbulent time and space. Catching it hurt many of our elite Templars. Until we dispatched the Mother Ship, We just knocked it down... We don't know where they came from, because these two creatures should not exist on that planet at all..."
"Originally, our protoss wanted to dissect them after the research was completed, but..."
After looking at the ferocious red monster with a red light on its forehead and a pair of bloodthirsty eyes that seemed to be staring at him, Archbishop Artanis guided Galen to look at the one on the left A smaller half-human, half-fish monster.
"But this guy..."
"It reacted violently after accidentally seeing the holographic portrait of our head of state, and kept speaking some language that we couldn't translate..."
"So, our Secret Biological Research Institute entrusted us to bring them to this plane together, intending to show it to our head of state who has not been back for many years?"
"I think she might recognize them?"
Yes, that’s probably what happened!
If this fish-man-like guy hadn't reacted abnormally to the image of Head Anne of their Federation of Heroes, both of them would have been dissected by the protoss research base.
"Then you have to wait for a while. Our head of state is not easy to see..."
Galen shook his head and couldn't see anything. After thinking about it, he still didn't make any comment.
