"Judge Ada, I have confiscated nearly 3,000 rebel party pamphlets and leaflets, and prohibit the residents of Echo Town from publicly printing and reading these illegal publications. The Echo Town Immigration Police Department is taking all effective measures to avoid
It poisons the minds of federal citizens and protects citizens' right to read correct and legal reading materials."
In the Sheriff's Office of the Echo Town Immigration Police Station, Augustus was still on the phone with the only judge in the Echo Town Court. At this moment, Augustus, wearing a brown federal police officer's uniform, was sitting on his log office chair.
The sitting posture is serious and the expression is serious.
It was already February 2490, and the Hero area had entered a brief rainy season that lasted from a few hours to a few days. Dense raindrops were splashing on the shutters of Augustus' office, and the orange-gray sky was filled with
The dark clouds have cleared, and the rain curtain is like an upside-down waterfall, with heavy rain pouring down.
This office of more than ten square feet is filled with bookshelves. On the bookshelves there are books about the legislation and politics of the Tyranid Federation. There are also a large number of related works about the crystal mining industry. Augustus
There are three flags behind the desk, the red and blue cross stars and stripes of the Federation, the flag of the Mar Sara Settlement, and the conch flag of Echo Town.
This upright and loyal magistrate also hangs a portrait of Marius Tagore, the current Prime Minister of the Federal Cabinet, in his office to express his admiration for the Prime Minister.
"I will deploy police forces to prevent those mobs from storming the town government building and the immigration court - no, I have to do that. As a peace officer, I have to protect the safety of all employees who serve the government. This is my duty."
"You can rest assured that my officers will not prevent you from communicating with the townspeople who are suing...but I don't think you should go too far any further, from Hilo to the Capital District to El
It's a vast area of millions of square miles where people believe they no longer need the federal government. It's sensational, but it's true."
"Okay, I will do what the Governor asks: arrest every rebel and send them to prison."
Putting down the old-fashioned landline phone on his desk, Augustus clasped his hands on the desk and said to Sarah Kerrigan who was standing aside: "Tell my staff and military advisors to draw up a plan to fight in Marseille."
·The Sara Capital District’s plan to attack the Planet Defense Force outposts and destroy the Federation train tracks must allow the Mar Sara Governorate to mobilize the peripheral Planet Defense Forces and militia to return to the capital.”
It was not until February 2490 that the Governor-General of Mar Sara finally realized that the raging revolutionary wave had threatened their rule on this planet. More than hundreds of thousands of people in several autonomous prefectures and municipalities had changed their minds.
Although under the leadership of the revolutionaries, these people who accepted the revolutionary ideas did not attack the government like the Keha people, the federal government could not turn a blind eye to this, especially since so many people had to pay the taxes that had been inherent to them for hundreds of years.
They refused to pay what they considered to be such an "unreasonable" tax in addition to other types of taxes. Of course, the tax officials who could not collect the taxes were furious and complained bitterly against their superiors.
In fact, these are still minor. Governor Ma Sara, who is indulgent all day long, will never ask about these matters, but will just leave them to his officials to deal with. But after the Korhal Rebellion, the terms revolutionary party and rebels
It is enough for the federal government to attach great importance to it and even go to war.
For this reason, in early February, the encirclement and suppression of the revolutionaries, led by the Mar Sara Civil Defense Force and a small number of federal marines, began.
What Augustus has to do now is to deal with the encirclement and suppression by the federal army and at the same time prepare for the next step.
"Our governor is a cowardly, hedonistic person. As soon as he heard that there were signs of rebel activity in Mar Sara, he was so frightened that he fled back to the governor's palace from the social gathering place." He said to Kerrigan: "
All we need to do is give him a scare and he will reveal his true colors."
"Okay." Kerrigan did not ask why Augustus did that. This was not because they had developed a tacit understanding in the nearly a year they had been together, but because Augustus never deliberately concealed himself.
idea.
When Kerrigan walked out of the judicial officer's office and delivered Augustus's order to the Chief of Staff of the Revolutionary Army Marshal Command Post in another Sheriff's Office, Augustus opened Jim Raynor's personal terminal.
"Jimmy? Pull up your pants and come to my office immediately - you'd better take birth control. I don't think Elizabeth is ready to be a mother yet." Augustus changed his position and held the phone:
"Call Tychus here by the way, you know where he usually stays."
After finishing speaking, Augustus put down the phone and picked up a draft of the "Announcement Warning Town Residents to Try Not to Travel During the Rainy Season" that he had drafted to put in his bag.
At this time, Kerrigan, who was wearing a khaki police uniform, had walked in again. She didn't like to wear high heels, so she wore a pair of leather boots that clicked on the wooden floor.
"Your order has been conveyed to the Revolutionary Army Camp Staff. They will submit a detailed plan to you within a Standard Mar Sara day."
"Yeah." Augustus nodded and stopped talking. He just looked out the window where the heavy rain, lightning and thunder were falling and he fell into deep thought.
"Is there any news about Umo Yang and the six colonial fleets?" After a few seconds, Augustus asked Kerrigan again, but his eyes were on the two picture frames on the desk, one of which was heaven.
A group photo of the Demon Platoon, one framed with a photo of the Mengsk family and the butler.
The dozen colonial fleets that sailed out of the Korhal system were re-merged and integrated into five huge fleets that fled in different directions with Korhal as the center. Each fleet had more than 2 million people, and the largest even had
Three and a half million people, led by Xander Marks, Connor Ward, Amy Brandon, Ilya Kurovsky and Rick Kidd, the former senior generals of the Demons of Heaven.
These colonial fleets are sailing in the universe at super-light speed, and all except the navigators have entered a state of hibernation. It is likely that they will not find a habitable planet until they sail for several years or even longer, and before that, the settlers must face
An unknown and dangerous universe.
Currently, the closest to Mar Sara is Rick Kidd's colonial fleet. This revolutionary general did not enter hibernation, but was always awake and would send a positioning signal to Umo Yang every three months.
.
"Four colonial fleets are sailing in the middle section from Korhal to the edge of the Koprulu sector, and one fleet is about to sail out of the Koprulu sector." Kerrigan replied:
"As for Umoyan, two weeks ago, several conflicts broke out between the Tyranid Federation's Gamma Squadron and Sigma Squadron and the Umoyan Protectorate Fleet at the border of the United Umoyan Republic. Who is the final winner of these conflicts?
, both sides insist on their own opinions.”
"What is the real situation? We should be able to get information that is closer to the facts." Augustus felt urgent emotions in his heart. His family and more than 20 million Keha people were still on Umoyan.
"The real situation is that the Umoyan Protectorate Army did not gain the upper hand." Kerrigan said: "The Federation fleet wandered for two planets in the United States of Umoyan before it was expelled by the Umoyan Protectorate Army fleet.
The combat capability of the national army and navy has been questioned by the parliament, but the people know nothing about it, and they think that their army has won the war."
"If the Federation fleet swarms up, Umo Yang will definitely be unable to withstand it." Augustus' mind flashed with many scenes of the Tyranid Federation fighting Umo Yang: "But the Tyrannic Federation wants to eat Umo Yang in one bite.
It is absolutely impossible for Yang, and it will take at least several years for them to completely conquer Umo Yang. Coupled with the Camorian coalition and local rebels who are unwilling to fail, the Federation Council does not dare to launch a full-scale war for the time being."
"We have been resting for too long. It's time to make some noise." After more than six months of rest, the combat effectiveness of the Augustus fleet has been fully restored. It is also time to re-strengthen the Tyran government's relaxed nerves.
stand up.
"Let the Terran Federation's naval fleet move. When they are exhausted, it is time for us to concentrate our superior strength and defeat them one by one."
Once Umoyan goes to war with the Tyranid Federation, the Revolutionary Army is likely to lose its biggest backing, and there will even be nowhere to dump the crystal mines collected by him and Arcturus.
Just as he was talking, Jim Raynor and Tychus Finley, wearing waterproof cloaks, pushed the door in. As soon as they entered, Augustus could hear Tychus muttering dissatisfied: "What happened?
I should like to know what is worthy of old Tychus' galloping back."
"Are we going to go to war with the federal army?" Reno knew Augustus well.
"Jimmy is right." Augustus glanced at Tychus: "Finley, no one cares how much time you spend on those gorgeous girls."
"Next time you should give notice in advance." Tychus did not dare to lose his temper with Augustus: "Today, all the good things I prepared to increase the fun are of no use..."
"Then let's leave it to next time." Augustus interrupted Tychus, knowing full well that if left unchecked, Tychus would continue to complain for half an hour.
Then, Augustus looked at Renault again: "Jimmy, I have to transfer you to Florence to lead the troops there. Take your rangers and set off lightly. I got the exact news, Mar Sara
The governor is preparing to order the defense forces to hunt down the revolutionaries there, and I want you to defeat them."
"The same encirclement and suppression operations will also be launched in Shiloh and other states where we have an advantage. A planned large-scale campaign against us is about to begin."
If you want to ask why Augustus knew so much, it was mainly because he got the news in advance as the local magistrate, and he established a pretty good personal friendship with the governor of Hiero by following his own preferences, and his agents
The intelligence network is also monitoring Ma Sara's backward communication network.
"...It's a piece of cake." Renault hesitated for about a fraction of a second.
"You can't bear to let go of your girlfriend?" Augustus smiled slightly.
"I can't bear to part with her. It sounds like I'm going to leave Hero for a while." Reno was not vague. He was always very honest with Augustus.
"I can understand." Augustus nodded towards Renault, turned on the wooden holographic projector on his desk, and a vertical map appeared in front of everyone present with colorful light and shadow.
The background of the map is the red and yellow land of Mar Sara. This is a map of the southern hemisphere of Mar Sara. This hemisphere is home to two-thirds of the population of Mar Sara. Because there is not even one piece of land on the planet.
In the vast ocean, there is only a sea of dust released like a lake, and the land area occupies a huge proportion.
But compared with this vast land area, the area that can be used as a wasteland for human habitation is very small. Hilo State and several neighboring states still have a hint of green on the map, and there are even more in the Capital District.
Covered by green vegetation. But on the map, this trace of green is wrapped by large tracts of yellow desert. Although the inhabited area is quite vast, the population is scattered among distant towns.
"We already have more than 3,000 party members in the Hiero area, scattered in various towns and cities." Augustus took down the map, unfolded it on his desk, and pointed to the fan-leaf-shaped Hiero Autonomous Prefecture on the map.
: "At the same time, the combined number of the Planetary Defense Force and Civilian Army in the area is less than that of an integrated battalion, and more than half of them are from the Civilian Defense Force in Echo Town."
On this map, Shiloh, New Columbia, Lorenzana and the Capital District form a very irregular polygon. The first two states have turned red on the map, which shows that they have actually
It is under the control of the Revolutionary Army, and the state of Florence is turning from green to red. The capital area has sporadic red marks, marking the strongholds set up by the Revolutionary Army.
Mar Sara is not a completely deserted world. Some areas have very few oases and a considerable amount of green land that can be reclaimed. Several underground river systems nourish millions of Mar Sara and the life on the planet.
High latitudes also have tundra and sparse grasslands, and there are still glaciers at the poles of the planet.
"The situation in New Columbia is almost the same as that in Hilo. Although we did not control the local police station, we drove three mining areas there. These mining areas can assemble a brigade of revolutionary troops. Our troops can be deployed in these areas.
Take the initiative.”
"Which state should I be responsible for?" Tychus looked at Augustus thoughtfully: "To be honest, the rouge fans in Echo Town here have bored me. Maybe the ones in other places can...
..."
"You have to stay by my side," Augustus said. "I need you to charge into battle."
"How can those militiamen of Mar Sara who have never seen blood be our opponents? My people have been through life and death, and they have faced the most ferocious elite soldiers of the Tyranid Federation." Tychus felt proud: "
You can't live without me, Mengsk."
"I really don't know what you would do without me."
"Yes, I can't do it without you." Augustus was happy to joke with Tychus. As long as the other party didn't cause any trouble, he didn't intend to keep a straight face.
"However, although those militiamen can never be our opponents." Tychus became serious: "But once I beat them up, the next time the federation sends out is the Marine Corps. Mar Sara has not been organized.
Marines, so they will definitely mobilize the fleet."
"What are you going to do then?"
"This is exactly the result I want. By then we can ambush them in the synchronized orbit of Mar Sara." Augustus said: "The siege of Tarsonis still makes the nobles of Tarsonis...
With their memories still fresh, they will not send out almost all their fleets like they did against Korhal again."
"I hope it's the poisonous snake Duke who comes, and I'm going to kick his ass hard this time!" Tychus said viciously when the pouring rain outside the window gradually stopped and a rainbow appeared.