The scientific research base of the Chimera Pirates is about 450 miles away from the entrance to the Ridge Plains. The main building of the base is underground. There is only a mining base station on the ground that seems to have been abandoned. The base station has the km mark of the Camorion Consortium.
This mining base station looks as if it has been idle for many years. The bright yellow rectangular steel frame shell is covered with a thick layer of rust-colored dust, and one-third of the wall is buried in red sand. From the broken glass
It can be seen that its interior is piled with sand and gravel and miners' abandoned materials, and a broken cable on the crane's boom is hanging in the sky, swaying with the strong westerly wind in the purgatory corridor.
It is the dark night of Marsala. Different from the scorching heat during the day, the temperature plummets to below zero, and the heat wave immediately turns into an icy cold wind.
In the darkness, the 1st Company of the 1st Battalion of Steelling Wolf Hunters under the command of Sergeant Tychus Finley of the Revolutionary Army was marching westward along the Purgatory Corridor one mile away from the abandoned mining site. One hundred and twenty men wearing dark clothing were marching westward along the Purgatory Corridor.
Revolutionary soldiers in red power armor formed a skirmish line, with two arc-light tanks rumbling forward in the middle, and four Wraith fighter jets hovering in the sky dozens of miles high.
One-half mile to the rear of Tychus's department was Reno's Rangers, with less than a platoon.
The Rangers are a special tactical unit. They hold the most sophisticated weapons in the entire Revolutionary Army. Each squad has a heavy machine gun, two Firebats, two grenade infantry with reinforced and thickened power armor, and one
A rocket soldier, a medic carrying a multi-functional medical kit, and three soldiers responsible for operating the Mark 1 railgun.
The mission of the Reno Rangers is to use heavy firepower to provide fire cover for the vanguard and serve as a communication point between the vanguard and the following main forces. The logo and representative colors of the Rangers are delineated by the Marshal Command of the Revolutionary Army, which is between sky blue and freedom.
Wing. This unit is the first to recruit troops from Mar Sara, because Renault himself has a good impression of the Mar Sara people.
"Order the Tychus troops to run forward immediately." Augustus led the other two main companies of the Revolutionary Army Marine Corps to the finale. He was wearing a power armor command armor.
"The Renault Division is responsible for covering the right wing of the Tychus Division and waiting for the front troops to fire before firing. The Faraday Division continues to advance along the left ridge to block the Chimera Pirates' westward retreat."
Since this is the area with the strongest band interference, all means of communication using electromagnetic waves are ineffective. Augustus can only command his subordinates by shouting. Each platoon has resumed its position as a communications soldier, responsible for reporting to the entire company and even follow-up
Troops deliver orders from their commander.
At this moment, the sky was dim, and a very thin dark red light appeared on the horizon of Mar Sara. Two huge round moons four times the size of the Earth's moon hung in the sky. Even though the moon's light had covered most of the
The light of the stars, the stars still shine above Augustus' head.
Next to Augustus is the ghost agent Sarah Kerrigan, who holds a canister sniper rifle, and four Revolutionary Army sergeants wearing CMC-300 power armor. The former's powerful psychic powers are enhanced by Umoyan's advanced equipment.
With assistance, it can cover a one-mile radius, and no telepathic fluctuations can escape her perception.
The first gunshot rang out at 0:56 local time, followed by a fire that lit up the sky in front of Augustus, and the guns fired in unison, like thunder.
The arc tank behind Augustus began to fire, and the power armor blocked most of the noise. The roar of the artillery fire was still noisy to his eardrums. A few fleeting light spots fell on a few steps in front of Augustus.
Miles away, a dazzling fire broke out.
Since the available communication equipment had failed, Augustus had no way of knowing what was happening ahead, but he knew that what he should do now was to advance quickly.
Chimera's scientific research base is not an impregnable fortress, and the pirates inside cannot be opponents of Tychus's troops. Even if Tychus's attack is blocked, Renault's rangers can immediately provide fire suppression.
"Advance at full speed! Charge!" Augustus's order was passed to the company and platoon by the messengers, and all the revolutionary soldiers wearing red power armor began to run.
These soldiers still use the badges of the Mar Sarashiro Autonomous Prefecture Civil Defense Force (militia force) and the Echo Town Police Department. Therefore, the Chimera pirates are likely to regard enemies attacking the scientific research base as an open siege by the Terran Federation.
Not other forces.
Augustus had reported the operation to the Office of the Magistrate of Hiero and received official approval, so this was only an official military operation - although the firepower of this militia was comparable to that of the Tarsonis Army.
When Augustus' troops advanced at full speed, the fighting fires on the surface in front quickly disappeared. In less than a minute, Tychus led his men into the underground of the Chimera pirate research base.
within the building.
By 1:16, that is, 20 minutes after the Tychus forces exchanged fire with the Chimera pirates, Raynor's rangers entered the underground part of the scientific research base building.
Augustus had no way of knowing the real situation inside, but by the time he arrived at the abandoned mining base station, Tychus had already arrived in front of him with a Chimera pirate leader in hand.
The main building of the mining base station has been blasted to pieces by arc tanks. Under the shattered wall is a circular entrance with a diameter of only twenty feet. The bloody bodies of Chimera pirates one after another were removed by Revolutionary Army soldiers.
Which was transported up.
These Chimera pirates can't even find a complete power armor on their bodies, at most they just have energy armor pieces sewn on their clothes.
There were no more than ten corpses. Immediately afterwards, the Chimera pirates holding up their hands and wearing purple turbans and ship-shaped hats walked out of the scientific research base in neat lines. Obviously, these pirates' fighting will is far less than that of those who fought against Augustus.
The Kaimorian army collapsed at the first touch.
"These pirates are very famous, but they are not as good as the Camorians. They are really vulnerable."
"Like I said, you can get rid of these rotten fish and shrimps in just a nap." Tychus grabbed the Chimera pirate leader by the collar and came to Augustus, pulling the Chimera pirate leader with his hand.
The forehead of the famous Chimera pirate forced him to look at Augustus.
The Chimera Pirate is wearing a dark purple long-sleeved windbreaker, lined with a white shirt, and a dining scarf around his neck. He has a Chimera tattoo on his right cheek. He is a mythical monster with the head of a lion, the body of a sheep, and the body of a snake. He has a golden head
He has long hair and a high nose, and has an obvious Umo Yang accent when he curses loudly.
"What are you studying here?" Augustus waved: "Don't be so rude, Tychus, be friendly to our pirate friends."
"Captain Zambu's fleet will arrive at Mar Sara soon, and you will soon know how much trouble you have caused!" After spitting at Tychus, the pirate stood up and threatened Ogu.
Stu said: "The ghost of the Chimera will find you..."
"But you can't even send out a distress signal. Even if they figure out what happened here in a few months, they won't come to Mar Sara for you." Augustus did not lower his power armor.
Mask, although Kerrigan can read other people's memories, the pirates who manage this scientific research base still have value worth using:
"Actually, you and I both know very well that this low-level threat is meaningless. If you know anything, please tell me."
"Otherwise, I will hang you bastard up and expose you to the sun of Mar Sara, and then I will whip you severely and rub salt on the wound." Tychus came over and stared at you fiercely.
Looking at the pirate who dared to spit at him.
"Do you think you will end well? In just one day, the sun will dry you out."
"Study the strange phenomena here." The pirate leader still gave in. He knew that he was finished: "I don't know whether to call you a commander or a police officer. We are just doing scientific research here."
"The Terran Federation and the Kaimorian Federation have been fighting each other, and we are the only ones who are still contributing to the progress of all mankind."
"Did you find anything?" Augustus asked him with a smile.
"Yes. In fact, we already have an idea of the cause of the band anomaly." The leader of the Chimera pirates did not realize that he had become a prisoner at all.
"I will tell you everything I know, but you must promise to let me go."
"It depends on how much truth you tell." Augustus pointed to Kerrigan beside him: "She is a psyker. I have a way to figure out whether you are fooling me."
"If you don't cooperate," Augustus replied, "I will hand you over to the United States of Umoyan."
"Don't worry, there is no death penalty for Umo Yang."
"It must feel good to go home..." The pirate leader looked at the Federal Civil Defense Force logo on Augustus' armor: "I thought you would shoot me directly or send me to a federal prison——
I never knew the feds would send Chimera pirates back to Umoyan."
"Now you have heard," said Augustus.
...
Four-fifths of the Chimera Pirates' scientific research base is underground, with laboratories and living spaces excavated sixty feet below the ground.
The architectural style of the scientific research base is similar to that of Umo Yang. The plates are made of smooth blue-white alloy. Each room is connected by a passage that can accommodate two people passing through in parallel. Here, both living and entertainment facilities are available. It seems that
It is more like a scientific research base built by Umo Yang's official scientific expedition team, and most of the people living inside are scientific researchers.
Augustus was walking in the passage leading to the main laboratory of the scientific research base in powered armor, followed by Typhons, the leader of the Chimera pirates, and Sarah Kerrigan. Dr. Francos was wearing a CMC-200 powered armor.
Following them, a group of Revolutionary Army sergeants lined up in two lines followed.
"We have discovered the remains of a mysterious alien civilization here - because with our poor brain capacity, it is impossible to understand the civilization of an intelligent race that conquered the Milky Way ten billion years ago, so in the end we have
I can't figure out where those fragments came from." Typhons, the leader of the Chimera pirates, understood his situation.
"Relics..." Augustus said as he walked out of the passage and came to a large laboratory of the Chimera pirates.
There is a prismatic crystal several feet long hanging from the ceiling of the laboratory. This crystal emits a bright light green light and is obviously not a common Adeen crystal.
"I have seen this kind of crystal. There is a small amount of green crystal in the geological layer of the Purgatory Corridor. I suspect that this kind of crystal can resonate with psykers." Francos pointed to the crystal: "It can regenerate, and it can also
Absorb energy."
"This is indeed a strange crystal that contains some kind of strange energy, but now it can only be used as a decoration. Along with this crystal was discovered a stone slab full of patterns and symbols."
Typhons said and handed Augustus a piece of fluorescent green crystal made into a pendant.
Augustus rubbed the pendant in his hand, feeling the coldness from the void, and thought to himself that this should be a Xel'Naga crystal: "What can we do with it?"
"We cannot use the energy in this crystal for the time being." Typhons shook his head and said, "But the cooling effect is quite good."
"Okay...how did you do in deciphering the text?" Augustus then observed the internal structure of the laboratory and found nothing out of the ordinary.
"The answer is obvious, there is no progress." Kerrigan crossed her arms on her chest and finished the next words for the hesitant Chimera pirate.
Augustus came to the glass container with a stone slab placed on it and observed the spiral patterns and extremely regular hexagons on it. The characters of Star Spirit and Xel'Naga were very similar, but in Augustus' impression
, apart from using the Star Destroyer Cannon to purify Ma Sara, the protoss seems to have no connection with this planet.
"Put it away, maybe this is a prophecy left to future generations of races." Augustus couldn't understand it either, but he believed that someone would understand what was written on it.
"That's all you found?" Augustus asked him as two revolutionary sergeants carefully removed the slabs from the glass container.
"Only these." Typhons said: "The race that left this stone slab did not establish a city in Mar Sara. It seems that it was just placed here casually."
"It is not this stone slab that causes the abnormality in the Purgatory Corridor band. I believe it is a creation from another ancient race. And the source of the signal is under our feet." He pointed to the ground under his feet.
"Dig down deeply until you reach the source of the intense electrical pulse."
"You can start digging." Augustus said to Kerrigan beside him.
"Inform the Revolutionary Army Engineering Corps and Construction Team that I need them to establish a mining outpost at this location within a week."