Terrador No. 8 (8), a revolutionary army operating base under construction.
The orbit of this planet has a common orbit with its sister star Terrador Galaxy 9 (9), which is famous for being a tourist resort. The two dark blue planets are attracted by each other's gravity and seem to be separated from each other. This unique binary orbit brings magnificent tidal landscapes and unique but vibrant natural ecology to the two planets.
Terrador 8 is also one of the colonial planets colonized by early immigrants. This planet has always been famous in the galaxy for its orderly streets, neat campuses and strong academic atmosphere. Like Terrador 9, the climate in Terrador's various dimensions is extremely different. It is very common to see icy tundra on one side and tropical rainforest on the other at the junction of longitude and latitude.
The urban styles in different regions vary greatly. Modern cities on the plains, red industrial cities in the Gobi desert, and military steel fortresses in the ice and snow can all be found in Terrador 8.
The Korhal Revolutionary Army Operations Base, which is under construction, is close to the equator of Terrador 8. The temperature here is stable at above 30 degrees Celsius all year round, and the temperature is even higher at perihelion. The air is hot and humid, and all building materials must be rust-proofed.
Rory Swann's 1st Engineering Group of the Revolutionary Army was solely responsible for the construction of this operational base, and his deputy, Victor Kaczynski, a Kemorian, personally came to the site to take charge of the construction. In addition to a two-battalion Revolutionary Army Engineering Corps and a logistics support department, there is also a fully-equipped Revolutionary Army Marine Battalion stationed here.
Augustus' temporary marshal command center was located here. With this base of operations as the center, the revolutionary fleet can quickly deliver troops to the planet's surface. Judging from the current defensive posture of the Federation garrison in the Terrador system, the Revolutionary Army can destroy and occupy these planets within two to three days with just a powerful blitzkrieg.
At present, the huge revolutionary army fleet is still parked at the edge of the interstellar world, staying relatively stationary in orbit on the backside of a giant gaseous planet a hundred times the size of the earth to avoid search by radar and detectors. As long as Augustus gives the order, it will be almost effortless to capture the lax defense of the Terrador system.
However, the problem is that even if the Revolutionary Army can take over the Terrador system, they will not be able to hold it here. After all, this galaxy still belongs to the core area of the Tyranid Federation, and the Tyranid naval fleet can quickly arrive to put down the rebellion.
Therefore, Augustus still adopted basically the same strategy as the Mar Sara Rebellion, but he had learned lessons and was different. The revolutionary army will take control of the Terrador system through gradual infiltration and political propaganda against Federation tyranny. The hatred of the lower class people in the Terrador system, which accounts for the majority of the population, for the Terran Federation and the upper class will become fertile ground for the revolution.
And when Augustus's army and the Tyranid Federation's main fleet battle in the future on the other side of the Koprulu sector, the Terrador system will immediately change its flag and become a flag nailed to the Federation's chest by Augustus. The nails caused chaos in the federal army.
Now Augustus is standing in the command center of the operations base watching reports from the Sala System Revolutionary Army guerrillas. Most of them are images and scenes of zerg invading the system.
In Cha Sara, millions of flying zerg creatures are surrounding the planet, covering the sky and looking like a black halo to another Mar Sara orbiting telescope in the system.
The zerg carpet that Augustus once saw at the Victor 5 Federal Alien Research Station has covered the northern hemisphere of the Cha Sara galaxy. The dark purple, sticky vine-like tentacle-like protrusions penetrate deep into the ground. , as if it has sucked away the nutrients that support life on this planet. The once lush planet was barren of grass, and the emerald green planet turned into a dark and sickly dark brown, and all living things have been devoured by the swarm of insects.
This is the survival law of the Zerg race. If all creatures cannot provide them with genetic material for evolution, they can only feed the entire Zerg swarm and make it stronger.
At this moment, there was an LED2D screen in front of Augustus, and it was the image sent back from the capital of Zecha Sala, where there was an underground organization of the Keha Revolutionary Army responsible for organizing propaganda work.
To this day, the Tyranid Federation is still doing its best to block news of the Sara System. Any reports about this catastrophe have been cut off. Only the revolutionary army that Augustus left there sent back some images.
What is displayed on the screen is a picture recorded by a farm surveillance camera using an infrared detector. Densely dense canine-like alien creatures are appearing in the dark night towards the silent farm. Those swift and violent alien creatures were leaping forward on the withering land of Cha Sara. Their eyes glowing orange and red in the darkness reminded Augustus of Korhal's pack of wolves in the middle of the night.
At first glance, there is no difference between this and the wolves in winter, except that the number of these bugs is even larger, so huge that the camera is full of dense red heat sources, like a red river that is constantly moving, and the bugs are A sea of insects soon flooded the entire farm.
In the final scene, huge, throbbing chunks of organic flesh, sarcomas, and pulsating sinews gradually cover the farmhouse. Hideous-looking creatures mutated from local creatures, humans, dogs, and other domestic animals resemble wandering zombies. Wandering like a wandering spirit.
"What on earth is this? The things we found on Victor 5 were just a few 'babies' of the Zerg." Jim Raynor looked solemnly at the hateful alien creatures on the screen.
"I'm afraid that's the case." Augustus said: "They come from places outside the Koprulu sector, and the zerg that invaded Cha Sara are probably only a small part of their huge population."
"This video came from more than a month ago. Now the situation of Cha Sara can only be worse. And we also have reason to believe that Mar Sara has also been affected and has even fallen."
"Zergs, or in other words, they are a huge group composed of countless individuals - so we will call them swarms." Dr. Francos, an expert on alien research under Augustus, is a kind of general and colonel. and behind the head of the Special Tactics Strike Force.
"According to our research, the social structure of insect swarms is more like a swarm of bees. They have extremely large groups, and each individual has its own identity and status in the group. The lowest individuals follow a strict hierarchy and The division of labor is subject to higher-level zerg, and eventually these higher-level consciousness individuals will converge into a single, huge collective consciousness." The doctor's research has limitations from this era, but it is still generally consistent with the actual situation of.
"Layers of control, tight unity. This is the zerg, this is the swarm. The collective consciousness of the swarm uses brain waves or telepathy similar to ghost agents to remotely control their group, making them the will of the swarm. Organic extension,” he said.
"The zerg group is mainly composed of 'workers' and 'fighting bugs'. The former has almost no aggression, while every organ and limb of the latter's body seems to exist to kill the enemy as much as possible."
"Do you really think so?" Sarah Kerrigan, who was accompanying Augustus, frowned. She thought of the zerg she had seen on Victor 5 in the past: "The zerg workers have sharp With its mouthparts and a pair of sharp giant claws, it can bite off a person’s head in one bite.”
"Uh..." Dr. Francos was embarrassed for a moment: "I mean, it's difficult for Zerg workers to bite through cmc power armor."
"To be more precise, it only takes a few more bites to pry open the Marine's armor." Kerrigan knew what Dr. Francos was thinking: "Hard is also relative."
"The good news is that the C-14 electromagnetic rifle can penetrate the strong chitin carapace of the zerg." Dr. Francos changed the topic.
"The bad news is that other more primitive firearms are almost difficult to cause fatal damage to these creatures." Kerrigan did not save any face for the other party. She has always been so outspoken. —Unless Kerrigan deems it worthy of euphemism.
"All civilian automatic rifles sold on the market can kill springtails in the zerg. The people of Cha Sara at least have the ability to resist." The doctor explained.
"Our understanding of this swarm, the Jormungandr swarm, is still very limited. Now it seems that the Jormungandr swarm is probably the one in the entire swarm that is mainly responsible for reconnaissance and ground combat. The ground forces are mainly composed of Hydra Hydralisks and Springtails, and they are huge." He continued to point at the screen.
"You call hundreds of millions of bugs a reconnaissance force?" At this time, Hanak Hank, who was standing aside, finally couldn't help it anymore.
"You mean we might not be able to stop a zerg reconnaissance force?"
"Sooner or later, the zerg will become the biggest enemy of all mankind. If the Tyranid Federation has not woken up and understood this, then ordinary people will suffer." Augustus said.
"Didn't the Federation fleet do anything?" The speaker was Lieutenant General Horace Warfield, who had just arrived from his flagship Iron Justice. His expression was much uglier than anyone present.
"According to previous intelligence, after the Battle of Mar Sara, in order to prevent the resurgence of the rebellion, the new planetary governor government implemented a strict, year-long military control policy, including curfews and blackouts. At least A naval squadron is stationed in the Sara system, and they are just watching?”
"Looking at it now, I'm afraid that's the case." Augustus sighed, with a sad look on his face.
During the time Augustus stayed in Umoyan, the Zerg had not yet invaded the Sara system, and he only received the news after arriving on Terrador 9. Augustus couldn't help but suspect that what happened at the Umojan Cerberus Research Station accelerated the invasion of the insect swarm.
It is very likely that the vanguard forces of the Zerg have already arrived in several sectors near the Koprulu sector. They have little interest in the humans they have come into contact with and focus on plundering the genes and organic biomass of creatures in other sectors. However, the emergence of Kerrigan accelerated their invasion of the Koprulu sector, bringing the first large-scale invasion of the zerg to 2491.
Kerrigan didn't know anything about it yet, and Augustus had no intention of telling her. Regardless of whether these things happened or not, the zerg would come sooner or later.
"Now it seems that we are all much more nervous than the Federation." Renault also sighed and said: "Elizabeth and her family are very worried that Ma Sara will suffer the same fate as Cha Sara. There are also many people from Ma Sara and even Cha Sara."
"What the hell, is it because Ma Sara has resisted their federation that they decided not to save her? In this case, the people of Cha Sara are innocent. They have not participated in the uprising, and they have nothing to do with it. Know."
"Let them not worry." Augustus said firmly: "I can tell them for sure that if the federal army ignores the Sara system, then it will be up to us to save the people there."
"I knew you would say that, Augustus. We can't ignore those who are suffering, and it goes without saying that the people there have supported us." Renault said: "You are the only one in Coplu who can Do this.”
"Haha - I am afraid of comparison in everything." Tychus Finley, who was observing the zerg, had no sense of justice or compassion at all. These things had always been insulated from him. When Tychus looks at a thing, he can often get closer to its level of gain and loss.
"Look, the Terran Federation is looking down upon human lives and turning a blind eye to those Federation citizens who are being slaughtered. However, the Korhal Revolutionary Army descended from the sky as if they were born to be righteous, and saved the Ma Sara people who had completely despaired of the Federation." Tychus said cheerfully.
"Guess what will happen next? Those Mar Sara people who are being chased by the zerg will definitely be grateful to us. By then, the revolutionary army will become the savior of the people, while the Terran Federation army will just sit back and watch as cowards. And an accomplice of the Zerg Butcher. Sometimes, no comparison, no harm~"
"Damn it, we didn't save those people just to make them grateful." Raynor angrily said to Tychus: "If it weren't for us, I really don't know who those poor people would be able to rely on."
"But can we really rescue the people there before the zerg completely destroy the Sara system?" Kerrigan said worriedly.
"Simple, if you want me to see it, bugs are bugs. If you take a shot, they will die." Tychus Finley said nonchalantly: "Even if God is standing in front of us, I will try to see if he can take a bullet." , if not, then let those bugs eat nuclear bombs!"
"A big shot!" Harnack added loudly, his distinctive high-pitched voice sounding like a villain.
"How many of us are still in Mar Sara?" Augustus asked Kerrigan.
"More than a hundred guerrillas and four Marine brigades, about 20,000 people," Kerrigan replied.
"In addition, the Revolutionary Army Navy is in the process of transferring the Umo Yang Protector Army to our mobile base and deploying it to the Sara system. Currently, this mobile base carries about 50,000 Umo Yang Protector Army soldiers."
"This may not be enough," Augustus said. "We still lack the ships to move people out."
"Order the fleet to prepare for the jump. We have to help the people in the Sara system."
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