StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

Chapter 92
Stilling is liquid quicksilver, and thousands of panes of glass glisten in the sun.The silver and black Mengsk Sky Tower towers over the center of the city, surrounded by skyscrapers like stalagmites of steel and glass.

Looking down from the private luxury airship of the Mengsk family, the dotted streets are dotted with verdant green, the traffic flow is like a black line, and the commercial spaceship shuttles between the buildings and the clouds with bright trails.

Augustus sat in his exclusive seat, overlooking the street view of Stilling and the tall buildings that still looked majestic from a high altitude through a circular window.Even though the government of the Tyranid Federation is still trying its best to exploit the people here and plunder the wealth on this beautiful planet, Korha IV is still so prosperous, and it has never been lessened by the Battle of Kailian.

This is also the reason why Keha IV is known as a jewel of the Tyrann Federation.

However, the federal red and blue star flags still fluttering in Stilling and the federal military barracks at the northern end of the city close to the mountains made Augustus clearly realize that the true controller of this planet is still the federal government.

The senators standing at the pinnacle of Korhal IV's power and fame and the chaebol group behind them all have the same master, that is, the federal parliament that dominates the entire world in the distant Tarsonis and the powerful creation families.

When the airship passed through the hemispherical energy shield that descended like a curtain from the top of the Mengsk Sky Tower and landed on the runway with green plants on the edge, more than a dozen people in black uniforms, flat hats and goggles of the same color The security personnel immediately ran to the airship. Except for Augustus and the security captain Acton, all the entourage must accept the strictest inspection.

"This energy shield is the latest addition." Acton pointed to the light blue energy shield, which is as thin as a veil when viewed from the tarmac, and said: "Lars Technology's new technology can resist large Part of the energy weapon and the ballistic weapon, it shields the detectors and satellite cameras, and at the same time, it also blocks the wind at [-] feet in the air."

"Very good design. I need its detailed information, including defense level, endurance limit and other upgradeable options." Augustus nodded to the security guard who bowed to him, and then walked into the elevator on the apron .

"If it doesn't meet my requirements, I think we should switch suppliers."

"Aren't you satisfied? This energy shield cost us a lot of money." Acton followed Augustus. He was older than Angus, but his body was still as strong as It's a bull.

"Dear Field, if the fleet of the Tyrannian Federation holds a giant sword, and we only try to resist it with eggshells, no one will pay you a salary soon." Augustus said half-jokingly.

"I'll talk about this later. I just came back from Meinhof, and I'm going back to the army in two days. Tell me about how earth-shaking changes have taken place in Keha during the six months I've been away."

"A lot." Acton said to Augustus as the elevator began to descend slowly: "Your father gave 46 speeches on the Korha independence movement in six months in various places in Korha, of which There were 33 speeches with an audience of more than 5 people."

"In October, workers in the Confederate city of Ballik took to the streets at Angus' call to demand an explanation from the federal government for increasing working hours and corruption. The local government called out all the police, using Tear gas and batons were used to disperse the crowd," he said.

"It turned out to be a catastrophe. When someone ordered to shoot down, tens of thousands of furious people overwhelmed the laxly trained police before they could empty their magazines."

"The demonstrators occupied the police station, the municipal building and the UNN studio building. They tore down the Confederate flag and replaced it with Korha's blue three-star flag. Thousands of demonstrators and policemen were involved in the uncontrollable riot. Injured, hundreds killed in stampede and shooting."

"So, someone is going to be in bad luck." Augustus guessed the reaction of the federal government.He had seen a report on this matter in the UNN Evening News, but there were only a few pens from beginning to end. Obviously, the federal government tried its best to downplay the impact of this matter.

"The new Governor of Keha removed several people who had little to do with this matter, and then announced that it was all due to the instigation of Angus Mengsk." Acton was talking, and the elevator was An upper floor stopped.

"There's nothing wrong with what he said." Augustus shrugged noncommittally, and walked through the open elevator door into a corridor lined with security personnel on both sides.

"Last month, an outpost in the north of Stilling was attacked by terrorists. More than [-] federal soldiers were killed in this attack." Acton said as he walked.

"I know who did it without thinking about it." Augustus looked at the smooth walls on both sides of the corridor and the camera at the corner, but he didn't feel much security.

"I guess you've done a good job and haven't missed a beat."

"Federal officials are struggling because all the evidence points to an accident -- an explosion caused by a leak from a high-energy gas line," Acton said.

"But it's not very clever." Augustus stopped at the door of a room guarded by two security guards with live ammunition. After the detector scanned his retina, a spacious office appeared in front of him. in front of.

A gray-haired but still tall man was facing away from Augustus and facing a huge glass wall.Angus Mengsk, wearing a black square-collar jacket and baggy trousers, gazes at the UNN building across from Mengsk's Sky Tower.

This scene made Augustus feel familiar.

Angus Mengsk, as a highly respected and popular senator of Korhal Council, he always did things against his own class, making speeches and parade speeches to criticize the insider corruption of the federal government, Leading Korhal's raging independence movement.In other words, Angus was a staunch revolutionary, and a demagogue in the news who held people against the federal government.

In the federal UNN holographic news program that has been corrupted and controlled by money and power, the host will call his many public speeches against the federal government on Keha as inflammatory false statements.In some of the more radical columns, contributors unabashedly denounced Angus as a rebel and a rioter.

To Augustus' surprise, he saw many photos of his family members in the office, including a promotional poster of him in military uniform. According to his knowledge, it was from a certain issue of Cosmos Fashion Magazine. cover.

As one of the battle heroes jointly promoted by the federal government of Tarsonis, the military and the UNN universe news network, the aristocratic education received by Augustus, the identity of the founding family of the model version, and the handsome appearance are the reasons why he was selected one.

Among them, UNN editor-in-chief Handy Anderson's spare no effort to tout always made Augustus feel embarrassed, because most of the records were made up and scrutinized, which was totally untenable.

However, UNN's board of directors and the founding families behind the federal parliament are the promoters behind the scenes. They packaged some combat heroes as invincible "war gods" to improve the public's confidence in the war.Let them spend their money with peace of mind, stimulating an increasingly depressed economy and a near-collapsing stock market.

Augustus had never been here before, and he didn't expect that his father, who always seemed to be against him on weekdays, was actually paying attention to him.

This made him suddenly think of what his sister Dorothy would often mention in her letters: brother, we are watching the news every day, looking for your name on it, but we are worried that it will be on the list of the dead.

They say you killed many Kel-Morians, down to every number in every battle.Brother, we won't be elated by how many military exploits you have achieved, we are only worried that you will die in the next battle.

Those letters are the bonds of family affection and strength.

"You are back, Augustus. My son." Angus did not turn around to hug Augustus, and the gap between father and son still existed.

"Yes. I'm back, father." Augustus was not afraid of his father. In the past, they only had quarrels because of very different ideas.

"Catherine just told me." When Angus turned around, Augustus was surprised to find that his father was much older than before, but his eyes, which were so similar to his own, were shining brightly.

"I support your idea of ​​sending them to Umoyan. The minions of the Federation are watching us in the dark, and they will not give up any chance to blackmail me."

"For now, Umoyan is indeed the safest place." Augustus nodded: "The ghost agents of the Tyranid Federation will arrive at any time, and the security measures here must be raised to another level."

"Don't you think that's enough?" Angus frowned. "In the beginning, I didn't want to turn our family home into a fortified fortress, or hire ten times as many people to maintain it. Because this is extremely unfavorable to me in terms of public opinion, people generally believe that only big chaebols will spend a lot of money to buy weapons to protect their property."

"And I should have been a fighter for freedom, a leader leading people to the light, not Cromwell surrounded by troops. Then the federally controlled news media would have branded me a usurper and a tyrant."

"No matter how they slander, I think Keha must have an army that can compete with the Federation." Augustus said to his father.

"I don't care about fame. But they'd better call me the Washington of Keha, the Napoleon of a Tyranid empire."

"You and I have never thought the same way, kid." Angus was not angry at Augustus's words, he was very happy: "I'm very happy that you are finally on my side."

"I never tell anyone that I'm exhausted. I'm surrounded by enemies and onlookers. Allies of the Mengsk family waver like weeds in the wind. Augustus, I'm glad you're back with me side."

"Is this a dream? Augustus, since you grew up, you no longer call me father."

"Angus, it's more real than any wall or city you've ever seen," said Augustus.

"Oh, come on, sit down and have a drink, let's have a good talk." Angus smiled, and took out a bottle of red wine worth thousands of dollars from the wine cabinet in the office.

Angus hadn't had a good word with Augustus since the coming-of-age ceremony.So, his last conversation with his eldest son, Arcturus, turned out to be an unhappy quarrel.

Arcturus has never been able to agree with his father's revolution, which is Angus' greatest regret in his life.Angus originally thought that his second son would follow the same path as his elder brother and stay away from this arbitrary father, but Augustus not only returned to him, but also recognized Keha's revolutionary cause, which made him feel more and more. Old old Mengsk was overjoyed.

Angus is the parent of a typical autocratic family. He believes that his decades of experience and experience can help his son avoid going astray, avoiding them being hurt or regretting one day in the future.In the future route Angus planned for his son, Arcturus would inherit his position as a senator, while Augustus would manage the family's huge property.

But Augustus is not. He is tired of and even hates that his life is controlled by other people, even if that person is his father.

"How do you think we should achieve the final victory of this revolution." Angus, Augustus, and Acton poured wine glasses for them at a set of rattan tables and chairs in the office.

"There is only war." Augustus replied: "Angus, I believe you are already ready to fight an all-out war. The peace that comes will not last long.”

"We need an army, a fleet, a general who can win."

"Of course, we have a revolutionary army." At this time, Acton said: "We have recruited 12 people and sent some of them to the military academy in Umoyan. They will graduate next year, and we will You can have a reliable army of officers and generals."

"Not enough, not enough." Augustus looked at Acton with cold gray eyes without blinking: "We need at least 100 million people to take this planet, and several times or more people to defend it."

Explosive soldiers.

"This is what we want to do, but 12 people is already the limit. All of these people are volunteers to fight for the revolutionary cause. They are connected through underground organizations on weekdays and receive training secretly." Acton said.

"Then abolish the government and the senators, form a new parliament, introduce new laws, change the system of recruitment. Once we control Stilling, then draft the city, and once we control the industrial cities of the South, we will Let all the young men of the right age wear steel helmets and hold long guns." Augustus said loudly.

"I have joined the Federation Marine Corps and personally killed many Kel-Morians in a brutal war. I know more about the horrors of the Federation Army than you."

"When the riots and terrorist attacks on Korhal intensify, the Federation Marine Corps will definitely intervene. Therefore, we urgently need a strong revolutionary army. Politically, we should fight for other planets and even a part of the Tarsonis creation family. support to get more aid and distract the federal government."

"I don't know if you don't understand or don't want to admit that in the war launched by the nobles and those in power, this generation must be tied to the rumbling wheel of war until it dies."

long silence.

"If we had to fight a war, Keha would win," Angus said. "But at the end of the day, I hope it's a peaceful evolution, a return of power from centralized power to the people." handover ceremony."

"I know what you want to say. It is of course a daydream to expect the dragon to hand over its treasure and gold willingly."

Augustus was not surprised to hear such words from Angus.Angus is more like a pure revolutionary leader than an ambitious man who controls power through revolution. He wants to establish a clean and honest new government and rebuild Keha IV into a free and peaceful world.

Just like in the old days.

Angus is a great and selfless revolutionary, he is even willing to use his own death to warn all the Tyranids.

"We all know that war is inevitable." Acton also spoke at this time: "I have talked to your father many times, and I no longer have any hope for peaceful evolution. Where there is an uprising, suppression will follow To. Countless men will die for it in the coming war."

"Even so, we have to fight to the end!" Angus said firmly: "In the past, I always had a little illusion about the federal government, but now I understand that it is hopeless."

"The body of the giant of the Tyrann Federation is full of ugly pustules. It must be cut with a sharp sword before the wound can heal again."

"Compared to Ke Morian and Umoyan, the Territory and planets of the Tyranid Federation are already too large. Their bloated and corrupt government can only use force to oppress the people in the colonies, and all the oppressed Already dissatisfied with it," he said.

"Now, as long as the first planet to blow the horn of rebellion appears, those who wait and see will rise up. Korha will not be the only planet to rebel against Federation rule, and it will never be the last."

"Father, how many years do you think we will fight this war?" Augustus asked in a low voice.

"Ten years or more." Angus said, "When I'm gone, you will inherit my business, your son and Valerian."

"Augustus, although I don't want to admit it, most of the Keha Revolutionary Army are young people who have not received military training. Qualified officers can only be recruited from retired federal veterans, but I can't guarantee that they are Loyal. We also lack generals, because the Korhal are not always good at fighting."

"This revolutionary army, with all its reason and ambition, is really nothing more than a hastily assembled group of sons of peasants, workers, and company employees. They are willing to die for the independence of Korha, but they have not yet become a disciplined and forbidden army. soldier."

"Augustus, you are a hero, you are the person I trust the most. You will be the leader of the Keha Revolutionary Army, because you are the most suitable candidate I can think of."

"Perhaps, it will be up to you to lead this group of rabble."

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