The northern hemisphere of Char, the landing point of the revolutionary army.
A golden-red shuttle lowered its landing gear on the vast land known as Mirror Plains by early colonists and federal officials, and its buffer propellers kicked up a burst of dark gray debris and ash.
This shuttle is just like other spacecraft that travel between the surface and space of various fringe colonies all year round. It has become obsolete due to its long use life, and people are always worried that it will suddenly fall apart.
Perhaps twenty or thirty years ago, the people of the edge worlds of the Tyranid Federation and the miners of the Kaimorian mining family were using these aircraft. Their history is as old as the rise of certain colonies. Today, this model
The shuttle is still a very reliable flying vehicle.
The spaceships of the Revolutionary Army are either new ships built during the Korhal IV period, or they are obsolete products that Angus and Augustus painstakingly bought from other sources, but their performance is fully worthy of renovation and reconstruction.
price.
Amidst the squeaky start-up sound of the hydraulic device, a gangway that looked a bit old was slowly lowered. The lights in the crew cabin where Augustus was located came back on, and the soldiers lifted their heads one after another under the orders of the noncommissioned officer.
The backpacks on the shelf are ready for departure.
The female voice's intelligent mechanical adjutant is reporting to the Revolutionary Army soldiers the humidity, temperature and radioactive material content at the landing site. It must be said that these data are quite outrageous.
In Char, the highest temperature areas can even reach 800 degrees Celsius during the day, and the hot air can even burn a person alive if he inhales the air without any protective measures. It has been attacked by the Tyranid Federation and the Kemorian Alliance.
The area bombarded by the fleet's nuclear weapons was filled with deadly radiation that even power armor suits could not protect against.
Corporal Faraday, who was walking on the left hand side of Augustus, took the lead in walking through the long and narrow passage in the shuttle and exiting the shuttle. A team of fully armed elite guard members followed closely behind. Their crimson CMC-300 powered armor and armor
The shining golden wolf head badge is the reason why the soldiers feel extremely proud and proud.
Augustus confirmed their status on the communication channels of multiple landing forces before he stood up and followed several Red Devil Firebats from the revolutionary army in huge armor to the gangway.
Because Tassadar's protoss expeditionary force contained a large number of zerg in the high-altitude orbit of Char, the human landing force did not suffer serious casualties when entering Char's almost non-existent atmosphere. This is also the reason why August
All are expected.
In the cargo compartment at the rear of the shuttle, several squads of Revolutionary Army soldiers and mechanics were untying the chains tied to two arc-light siege tanks and opening the spare hatch.
As soon as he stepped into the land of Char, Augustus' legs were sunk deeply into the extremely thick volcanic ash. The deepest part may have exceeded five feet. The air was distorted by the extremely high temperature.
Exposed to the light of Char, a sub-white dwarf and irregular variable star binary system with extremely strong radiation, the landing gear of the shuttle was hot enough to boil an egg.
The Mirror Plain was once a smooth, mirror-like lowland plain, but its current appearance is far removed from the past. Spider-web-like red magma rivers separate the white plains that became fragmented under the bombardment.
Opening up, orange-red flames flowed from the lava rivers flowing on the surface.
Once a human soldier falls into such a magma lake, there is no chance of survival.
Farther away is a scorching world composed of huge black rocks, craters, volcanoes and magma lakes. Some fiery red flashes rise from the ash layer, like sparks in the embers.
In addition to the magma lakes, there are also large and small holes on the ground. These holes emit gray smoke columns, and sometimes spit out a burst of gray smoke like oysters spitting out fine sand in their shells, like smoke rings from a pipe.
Most of the cave entrances are quite dangerous, and the heat coming out of them can burn people to death.
Hot and desolate.
Augustus believed that some of the holes were dug by zerg, because in front of those holes there were small mounds of ashes and dug-out soil. To a certain extent, the zerg's habits were like digging in the soil.
There is no difference between the prairie dogs.
Observe the surrounding scene in Augustus and use the built-in sensor scanning system inside the power armor to draw a three-dimensional map of the surroundings, marking several pre-selected marching routes on the map.
He took a deep breath of the air inside the armor and felt that he was sweating. The condensation device in the power armor was still working, and its cold fusion core could provide inexhaustible power for the armor's life support system, causing the internal temperature to change with the internal content.
Circulating air quality can remain stable for up to several weeks.
The ground is shaking, which indicates that a terrible volcanic eruption is coming. The flowing magma lake will reoccupy the low-lying areas of the Mirror Plain, swallowing everything there.
This is the planet with the harshest environment that Augustus has ever visited in his life. In the future, it will be difficult for any planet to surpass Char. Char is completely different from planets like Brysis and Sigma, which are covered with solid glacial plates all year round.
The opposite extreme.
The air in a part of Char is safe to inhale, but it does not include the Plain of Mirrors. Augustus must be protected by two layers of helmet visor in order to look directly at the world he is in, otherwise it will not be long before Char becomes extreme.
The circumstances were enough to kill him.
The landing site of Augustus's shuttle was the spacecraft of Renault, Tychus and others. About forty APOD-33 transport ships and shuttles landed nearby.
More high-spirited revolutionary soldiers with Goliath armed robots with red background and gold badges, arc light tanks, Sidewinder maglev tanks, heavy tanks and rail gun heavy artillery were dropped on the ground in an orderly manner, only in a few
Within hours, the number of troops who landed reached 8,000.
This elite force is enough to challenge any planetary defense force on the edge of the Terran Federation, but it is still not enough to face the Zerg on Char. Char has evolved into the Zerg base camp in the Koprulu sector.
, the number of zerg here is far greater than any other planet invaded by swarms in the past.
Half of the engineers from the Revolutionary Army Engineering Corps were driving T-280 space engineering vehicles to build bunkers and forward fortifications at the landing site. A simple field hospital tent was quickly set up. Other transport spacecraft brought sufficient supplies.
Supplies and water are much more precious on Char than the Adeen Crystal.
When Augustus looked towards the gray sky of Charles, he happened to see an extremely shining sun. The light and heat it released was enough to kill a man. From the ground, he could see a planet shining with golden light.
It should be the companion planet closest to Char.
"Corporal Faraday." Augustus called the captain of his elite guard on the channel. This young man, who was quite ordinary in appearance and family background, followed him loyally and was the guardian of the Mengsk family.
"Marshal." Corporal Faraday was ordering his guards to equip themselves with shotguns and grenade guns. These equipments are magic weapons against the Zerg's sturdy carapace.
"The detectors did not detect any zerg life signals nearby. They may be underground or further away in the main hive area." He said: "This is really strange."
"It has only been a few months since the fall of Char, and the zerg should not have completely ruled the planet yet." Augustus was not surprised by this: "The environment here is also harmful to the current zerg, so summon
My guards, once we discover the underground lair, we will set off."
"Hey, Augustus, guess what we found at the landing site? A few mushrooms... What a strange nature. It looks like we can have mushroom soup tonight." Jim
·Reno walked toward Augustus from the direction of another shuttle, holding several gray-white mushrooms in his hand.
"I'm thinking that if we were stranded on Char because our supply lines were cut off, we would be able to survive on these native fungi."
"Well done, Jimmy, Elizabeth is really lucky to have a husband like you." Augustus smiled, and there was no other meaning in his words other than praise: "But I hope your crow mouth doesn't
It will be confirmed.”
At that time, although Renault had lost his comrades, his family was still very happy and his parents were still alive. His consistent optimistic spirit and happiness always allowed him to maintain hope for everything in the most critical moments.
With Augustus' help, his wife would not have died of depression because of her son's accident in the Terran Federation's ghost project, and his parents would not have died of the heavy work and diseased cheap food on the farm.
"There's an old saying in Shiloh, nip it in the bud." Renault shrugged - even though this action was not easy for a man wearing alloy power armor.
"It's hard not to support it." Tychus came over from the other side: "If I am very hungry, I can eat several tons of roasted insects and use their blood as strong wine."
"Forget it then. Take the Allosaurus as an example. Its blood after death is about the same as sulfuric acid." Augustus shook his head.
"How is it, Tychus, are you satisfied with Char?" Raynor asked Tychus.
"I couldn't be more satisfied." Tychus's voice almost leaked from between clenched teeth: "I have been to many places in my life. The bare moon planet is full of metal and scraps.
Iron outer space habitation station, desolate desert planet and ocean world with only a few land spots left, but I have never been to such a place."
"The magma in Char is about to burn my ass to perfection... I hope the harvest here will be worth the price, and we won't do a loss-making business."
Augustus no longer had any hope of finding the previous Dark Templar ship on the surface of Char.
"It's possible that the planet where Zerg creatures were first born was like Char from the beginning..." Augustus said.
"If there is a hell, Char is it."
This world, whose surface is covered with orange-red magma rivers and thick volcanic ash, can be called a forbidden zone for life. It is a true lava world. Even the red stone star of the Camorion complex cannot compare to the extremely harsh nature of Char.
environment.
At this time, a deafening roar suddenly came from the sky. A magnificent super active volcano erupted. The volcanic ash was spewed thousands of feet into the air. The volcanic ash covered the sky and even blocked the sun, and the land beneath it was destroyed.
Under a whole shadow - this is an eruption close to that of Mount Vesuvius that once wiped out Pompeii.
Fortunately, it is still far away from where Augustus is, but volcanic eruptions of this scale are always very common in Char.
"Send out scouts to detect all the zerg main nests, including those hidden underground." Augustus issued an order to his officers.
There is a third-level main nest and three sub-level main nest hatcheries on the Mirror Plain. The large number of mutalisaurus spiers shows that this main nest area mainly hatches the air force of the insect swarm. This is why Augustus chose to
The main reason for landing here.
The purpose and positioning of Augustus's trip are very simple. Helping the protoss attack Char as much as possible can greatly reduce the pressure on the edge worlds of the Federation, because he always regards those worlds as the basis for his rise.
In addition, Augustus was convinced that he was just a pendant on Tassadar's fleet. It was also true that the powerful Protoss Empire expeditionary force did not actually expect the weak and backward humans to contribute much.
However, the experience of fighting side by side with Protoss Executor Tassadar on Char will undoubtedly become some kind of political capital for Augustus in the future. As long as Augustus and other humans are the same in the eyes of Tassadar and other protoss.
Different, that's enough.
The Protoss Empire is a force worthy of Augustus' unity, but currently it is just a luxury to hope to form an alliance with the El Protoss who are in power in the Supreme Council to jointly fight against the Zerg. The Protoss Arbiters in the Supreme Council are undoubtedly the most arrogant and most arrogant among this race.
A stubborn group of people.
For a long time, in the Protoss Empire they have been leading, decadent and conservative ideas have also spread among the members of the Supreme Council, and the Arbitrators are by no means ignorant of politics. Even with Kara, political struggles are among those with deep and unknown thoughts.
The Arbitrator class exists because hiding one's thoughts is a skill that rulers must learn.
"Use those spider-type detection robots sold to us by the Yumoyan people. Now is the time to use them."
Augustus was not completely unprepared. After fighting against the zerg for more than half a year, a variety of weapons against the zerg were introduced one after another, including the Federation's biochemical virus weapons.
Taking into account the complex habits of the zerg that like to nest underground, Augustus customized a spider-shaped robot with a certain amount of artificial intelligence from Umoyan, which could be remotely controlled through other devices invisibly to reduce the chance of being detected.
Just the foreign trade version of AI has surpassed several machine servants of the Terra family, the creation family of Tarsonis. Its unique algorithm and programming can keep it performing most reconnaissance tasks perfectly, even if it is damaged, it can still use it.
Reboot the system by routing loop.
Merely 2 feet wide, these spider-like detection machines can use their flexible mechanical limbs to easily network through the zerg's intricate underground tunnels.
Redesigned by Viktor Kaczyński, the spider booby designer of the Kaimorian Federation, this spider-type detection machine is equipped with detonating devices and chemical explosives, and external alloy resonant digging claws. Once it is attacked by the Zerg
Once the sentry catches them, these new devices made of several pieces of metal and titanium alloy blades can kill their enemies together.
In other words, these spider-shaped AI mines no longer need to be deployed by soldiers or riders driving vulture vehicles. They can sneak into the main nest of the Zerg or the military base of the Federation Army on their own, giving the enemy a surprise.
At present, Victor has registered a copyright in the United States of Yumoyang. Whether it is the National Guard military, black gold merchants or mercenaries, they are all very interested in this new weapon, but most of them want to use it against their own people.
.
At this time, the revolutionary army's camp had begun to take shape. Fortification walls built with alloy protective plates separated the landing site into a square position. Orbital satellite base stations and anti-aircraft missile towers were erected to provide a defense for subsequent landing troops and defenders.
fulcrum.
"Marshal, I received a signal from a protoss ground force." At this time, Corporal Faraday came over carrying a portable projector. The projector was wrapped in a layer of white protective insulation.
, to cope with extreme environments for such equipment
"Open it," Augustus said immediately.
When the holographic projection screen was unfolded in front of Augustus, a protoss templar wearing a golden crown appeared on the screen. This templar looked much older than Tassadar.
, the wrinkles on its skin look like frozen sea surface.
The Protoss Templar's head is immersed deeply in the blue nutrient solution, and his shrunken limbs show that he is a dragon knight hero who was thrown into the carapace after being seriously injured.
"EnTaroAdun, human commander, I am Taldarin, the leader of the dragon knights, and I salute all warriors." The dragon knight said: "My warriors reported that your landing location is not far from one of my troops.
....If you are in danger, you can always seek help from my warriors."
"May the twilight guide you."
Before he finished speaking, the dragon knight Taldarin cut off the communication.
"How cool, damn protoss aliens." Tychus cursed: "Who needs your help? Don't ask for perfection to save you idiots whose noses are about to rise to the sky."
"It's indeed quite embarrassing. Maybe they thought we were here to help and hinder them." Raynor reminded Tychus: "But the protoss doesn't have a nose."
"Come on, at least they are willing to provide us with assistance." Augustus knew the reputation of the dragon knight Taldarin.
It is said that he is a Templar who has survived from the Age of Adon to the present day, and his name means the Forger of All Thousands. Tal'darin is also the first dragon knight in the history of the Protoss Empire.
It is said that this heroic warrior once participated in countless battles with the great Protoss Empire executive Adon. He was the brave among the brave and the warrior among the warriors. After being seriously injured after a battle, Taldarin became disabled.
The body was placed in a stasis position for centuries, escaping the Fall of Adun event until the advent of the Dragon Knight mecha.
This templar from the golden age of the Protoss Empire should be so proud. During the time when he fought bravely as a templar to kill enemies, even Arden respected him immensely.
"Marshal, Taldarin provided us with the coordinates of the Protoss troops and the coordinates of several nearby Zerg main nests... They also marked the entrances of all Nydus Worms and the patterns of nearby volcanic eruptions." Faraday
The corporal reported.
"That's so sweet," Renault said.
"Just like my mother," Tychus said.
The others had never met Tychus' mother, but they might as well think that Tychus was the kind of villain who would sell his mother for wine.
"The Protoss have always been like this." Augustus said to Tychus: "They are arrogant, but they will always give you a hand behind your back. We usually call such people..."
"There are bugs!" A cry interrupted Augustus.
It turned out that the initial calm was just a sign of an impending tsunami. A large number of zerg were pouring out of the holes that Augustus had noticed before. The huge Hydra Hydralisk used its forelimbs with sharp bone scythes at the front.
After tearing open the ashes covering the entrance of the cave and roaring out of the ground, large-scale springtails appeared one after another.
These zerg are also different from those seen by humans. They have dark brown carapace skin and light golden eyes. It is unknown whether this is a mutation caused by the extreme environment of Char.
"The new insect nest." Renault said: "Who knows what they are good at, rolling happily in the magma?"
"My favorite thing is to grill bugs. The Barbatos Grill can't do it without me." Tychus summoned his Stirling Wolfhunter officers, carrying a heavy machine gun and carrying those with paint on their bodies.
The soldiers with the white wolf badge walked away.
In the distance, the reconnaissance force just sent by Augustus was retreating. Fortunately, they were driving fast Vulture vehicles at an astonishing speed. It seemed that they could no longer test new weapons.
"Get ready to fight, boys, bring out all our 'cannons' and fire a big one at the bugs!" Renault said loudly.
Augustus has a serious expression. He is not without any negative emotions when facing the Zerg, but he never exposes them on the surface. A person should have the fear of terrible things, but Augustus never
no.
Whether he was leading a Marine recruit class on Turasis II or now commanding a revolutionary army of more than 200,000 people, Augustus must remain calm and act as if he is always confident, otherwise
Just the slightest bit of strange emotion would cause panic among his subordinates.
There are a large number of mines laid in front of the fortification walls at the landing site, and it turns out that this weapon can always achieve good results when dealing with the zerg. After all, the zerg does not seem to have evolved a unique species like the minesweeper.
The frontline troops of the Revolutionary Army soon exchanged fire with the zerg. The sound of running was gradually covered by the sound of artillery fire, and the mutalisks and king worms appeared from the horizon.
However, a few minutes later, these angry insects suddenly turned around and ran in another direction. At the same time, a psychic scream that resounded through Char passed over the magma and ashes, even if it was Ogu
People like Stuart and Renault who did not have much psychic talent clearly heard the scream and felt dizzy.
"What happened?" said Renaud, who was beside Augustus: "It sounded painful... like... crying..."
"Brainworm..." Augustus looked towards the direction where the dark brown worms left: "Jimmy, I guess it was attacked."
"Wow, they will all be resurrected anyway." Raynor raised his eyebrows: "I guess it was the protoss who did it... Ah, but it's all in vain anyway, and the brainworms will be in Char soon.
Resurrected.”
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