StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

Chapter 12 Week Five

Augustus boarded the T-24 assembly platform of the No. 338 Barracks of the training camp, surrounded by four concave curved walls and a bronze air valve, and the mechanical arm surrounded him to assemble the power armor components in an orderly manner.The whole process took less than 24 seconds, just like the assembly line in a factory producing cans.

When the marines need to take off the power armor to rest, the disassembly process is reversed.In the battles and protracted battles far from bases and barracks, Marines cannot remove their armor by themselves, and the time accompanied by this iron skin may last for months.

There is a specially designed internal circulation system in the armor, so that the wearer does not have to worry about going to the toilet.However, the designers were indifferent to another vital biological need of Marines: tickling.

Augustus seemed to be able to feel the infinite energy contained in the fusion reactor located on the chest of the armor. This controllable, small-scale nuclear fusion technology was still a product of science fiction and movies in his time.

He only needs to lift his hand slightly, and the servo system will respond immediately. He can lift a Gauss rifle with one hand with almost no effort. When the wearer is running, he will not feel tired even if he runs for twenty kilometers .

At the earliest, during the period of CMC-100 and even earlier, the mechanics would use a crane to stuff the trainees into the armor weighing hundreds of pounds.

At that time, the power armor was not so much a power armor as it was a Gundam that used the gas-fueled thrusters on the back to achieve high-speed maneuvering. killed.

Both the basic theory and the experimental level are stuck in bottlenecks, so scientists and engineers pessimistically estimate that humans will not be able to manufacture safe and reliable power armor within 200 years.Until the epoch-making servo system and black technology-like small cold fusion reactor came out publicly.

Ke-Morian power armor is still in the days of parody, and all available Ke-Morian power armor comes from battlefield capture and an unknown amount of smuggled goods.

Rumors that some of the founding families of Tarsonis were secretly selling military supplies from the gray zone to the Kel-Morians at high prices, these "false and treasonous" claims were quickly died down.

The transfer platform then sent Augustus to the transfer platform on the lower level of the barracks. During the movement of the platform, the other two mechanical arms took an E-9 electromagnetic rifle and two high-explosive pulse The grenades are hung on his back and waist respectively.

Nearly two hundred recruits from Company D stood on the transfer platform. They have been repaired and painted by themselves, and the repainted power armor is much more shiny than when they just got it.

Augustus followed the blue steel torrent to a stretch of downward telescopic steps on the transfer platform. The four flag bearers at the front were carrying brand new federal red and blue flags, and every marine in front of him behind his helmet Each has its own number, usually the initials of the battalion, company and shift plus the individual's ID number in the database.

At the end of the stairs, there is a heavy airlock door that slowly opens with the roar of high-pressure gas. The light outside is dazzling, as if it came from the heaven.

Many Marines walk out of the barracks with a strong sense of purpose and pride, and, as the Marine Corps Recruiting Propaganda says, they are truly invincible.

Augustus believes that there is somewhat lack of self-awareness as cannon fodder.

The barracks were built in the superstructure area of ​​the Turasis main base, above the ground.So when Augustus walked out of the barracks, he saw the pure blue sky of this planet, a warm, golden sun shining on the earth, and a faint smell of rust in the wind.

A few tens of yards away from Augustus, two Goliath armed robots walked towards a landing heavy transport plane step by step. The hum of Goliath servo motor and the roar of the spacecraft engine were transmitted through the sound collecting device on his mask. in the ear.

Augustus opened the HUD display panel on the mask and called up the built-in computer interface. At this time, the temperature and humidity inside the base were displayed in the lower right corner. The time was 2488:5 am on May 4, 7.

He can turn on other functions of the power armor through the built-in computer, such as infrared night vision on the mask, thermal imaging and assisted aiming. Augustus can also activate the stimulant unit through the control panel, and the stimulant injector will be activated under pressure. The injection is done in an instant.

Military stimulants are a mix of synthetic adrenaline, endorphins, and a psychoactive drug.Soldiers injected with medicine will greatly improve their speed and reaction ability, relieve fatigue, and allow users to recover to their best condition in a very short time.The side effects of this stimulant are quite astonishing. Because its raw materials are highly addictive, marines are also prone to drug dependence on it.

The duration of stimulants can reach three to six hours, and the side effects of long-term use will include but not limited to insomnia, weight loss, mania/hypomania, convulsions, paranoia, hallucinations, internal bleeding, and brain necrosis.

The use of stimulants is clearly restricted in the military regulations-no more than five times in the same period of battle. Often, marines will fall into great pain after five consecutive doping injections.

But in war, no one would worry about such problems. Whether it was ordinary federal marines or experienced generals, they all held the view that the more you fight, the longer you live.

These operations on the face display are all done by the hands in the armor, and the sliding and tapping of the fingers can be conveyed to the display page through the tactile feedback system, just like a remote control control terminal.

There is also a built-in water tank on the back of the CMC-200 power armor, which can store 2~4 gallons of pure water. out of a hose to drink water.

This is designed for the combat needs of marines in extremely harsh areas. In hot lava worlds such as Char and Redstone, the liquid water exposed to the outside world will evaporate in a few seconds and escape to the thin atmosphere.

The water is kept separate from the liquid cooling and life cycle systems, and while the chief designer doesn't think it's necessary, market researchers say it will convince Marines that the water they're drinking isn't from urine or bile.

"Assemble, line up!" Augustus heard the voice of the commander of Company D of the recruit training camp through the communication channel in the helmet. He stood motionless at the same spot, and all the recruits from the second row and the first squad gathered towards him at this moment. .In just a few seconds, the originally chaotic team of recruits condensed into an orderly queue.

"Go forward!"

"Let me tell you, Boss, the tape is ready. How much do you think Jim will get in shooting today?" Harnack suddenly said on the communication channel of Class [-].

"Three points, no more. A bottle of 78-year-old port wine, produced by Keha San Diego Summer Estate." Augustus replied.

It's hard to associate Jim Raynor with a future Ranger commander when he first gets into shooting, abysmal is an understatement, 10 yards apart without power armor Can shoot crookedly.In Harnack's words, he played better than Raynor with his eyes closed.

"Today will definitely be better than yesterday, my dad always said." Before Lei Nuo finished speaking, the channel burst into laughter, full of joy.He usually used the excuse that he had never touched a gauss gun, but today no one could stop him from laughing.

"Damn it, sooner or later you will all be impressed by my godlike marksmanship!"

(End of this chapter)