The time has come to the end of 2491 before we know it. The soldiers of the Revolutionary Army spent a simple but ceremonial Christmas on a battleship drifting on the edge of the Char galaxy.
It turned out that the supplies brought from Antiga Prime were not enough to make the soldiers far away from their homeland feel the festive atmosphere, but the supply ships of Nova Squadron relieved the urgent need. Renault even loaded six ships with full boxes of food, medical supplies, and tea.
, the wine and cola supply ship found several Christmas trees, which made the soldiers who missed their families and hometown overjoyed.
In addition to nine Behemoth-class battlecruisers and seven destroyers, Augustus's forces also captured more than 200 CFA-17 Wraith fighters, more than 390 APOD-33s and five scientific ships.
There are nearly a thousand ships, other shuttles, near-Earth spacecraft and small and medium-sized transport ships.
Three-fifths of the Nova Squadron fleet ships have been integrated into the combat order of the Revolutionary Navy. They once fought for the eternal glory of the Tyranid Federation, but now they only obey the command of Marshal Augustus.
The coatings of these spaceships are also different from the past. In addition to the Shining Star logo on their bright purple ships, the Revolutionary Army's Ring of Grip emblem is added to their bright purple ships. This means that they are now fighting for an era that is completely different from the past.
Fight for lofty goals.
As for the soldiers on it, Augustus kept the establishment of all resocialized soldiers intact, but replaced their commanders with officers from the revolutionary army. The number of resocialized soldiers was about 3.5,
This is an amazing ratio.
The remaining 22,000 are regular soldiers who enlisted in various ways. In other words, they are just like Augustus when he joined the Federal Marine Corps. They are the group of soldiers who enlisted for various reasons and have their own personality and personality.
Conscious ordinary people.
Most of these people did not enlist voluntarily, and their attitude towards the federal government was similar to that of Shiloh farm boys like Reno - they were disappointed with the federal government and hoped that the government and Congress could take effective measures to save the malaise.
A sluggish market economy and a world on the verge of collapse.
The federal soldiers were more or less affected by the federal's overwhelming smear propaganda against the rebels and the forced ideological education in the army. They did not think that Augustus's revolutionary army was a good person, or believed that they were just a group of displaced rebels.
Kazakhstan IV refugees as well as unscrupulous traders, pirates, private security guards and colonial militias formed a militia without paying attention to why their own army kept experiencing soldiers.
Out of caution and other considerations, Augustus could only imprison these non-resocialized soldiers in prisons converted from the living quarters of various battleships, and only those who swore allegiance to him and the revolutionary army could be spared.
The equipment gain was also the largest. More than 40,000 sets of CMC-300 power armor and AGR-14 and C-14 electromagnetic rifles from the Nova Squadron were installed in the Augustus army.
The more than 200 arc light siege tanks, Goliath robots and vulture vehicles in the arsenal of these battlecruisers are also unexpected blessings. Augustus will soon be able to fully equip an entire Revolutionary Army armored division with these.
And that would allow the Revolutionary Army to compete with the Zerg or Protoss forces on a frontal battlefield.
Augustus's ranks continued to grow, and this was by no means the end.
On the last day of 2491, Augustus, who did not feel much joy for the arrival of Christmas, summoned his generals on the Hyperion to hold a memorial ceremony for the war dead and prepared to leave before the arrival of the new year.
Char galaxy.
Those warriors who died in battle and were brought back were lucky enough, but those who were torn to pieces by the zerg and hastily buried in the deep ash of Char faced an even more tragic fate.
If one day, people who are still alive return to Char again, they will find that their friends and comrades-in-arms who have been forgotten deep in their memories will reappear in front of people as part of the Char swarm with a hateful appearance.
.
The previous battles in the Char Galaxy caused thousands of brave Revolutionary Army soldiers to lose their lives forever. On this day, Augustus, who was standing on the bridge of the Hyperion, was watching the dispersed Revolutionary Army officer Dark Brown.
Or while staring at the orange lava flowing on the screen between the dark gray uniform epaulettes, Char couldn't help but start thinking about this question.
If there really are souls in this world, then are the people who died in Char and other planets lingering on the battlefield unwilling to leave. With so many dead people watching Augustus, how could he
Stop.
At 14:22 on the ship, the senior officers of the Revolutionary Army who participated in the mourning ceremony had dispersed. Only Augustus was left staring at the Koprulu sector and even the larger constellations, star fields and the Milky Way on the main screen.
Star map along the entire spiral arm.
On the other side of the Milky Way, the solar system and the Earth on the spiral wall of Orion are just small points of light shining with little gleams.
The areas that humans have explored are still insignificant on the scale of the entire galaxy, but the enemies they have encountered are already so terrifying. This young race that thinks it has an outstanding civilization is still clamoring to conquer the huge galaxy, just like
It's a bug that just explored a bunch of mounds and says it wants to conquer the world.
Both the zerg and the protoss are enemies that are completely different from humans. The human civilization of Koprulu is as fragile as a candle in the wind. Augustus has long given up any hope for the Tyranid Federation - although the Federation is still
powerful.
At this time last year, Augustus was still working on resettling Korhal IV refugees in the agricultural colony Agria, but now he has come to the other side of the sector, fighting with him in this remote system that is extremely dangerous and full of zerg.
The Zerg fight to the death.
At this time, Augustus was still standing next to Reynold, Corporal Faraday and Jackson Holler. The latter had changed into a gray-blue Revolutionary Navy uniform, wearing a shirt with a ring of grips, a panda and a hammer emblem.
Military cap and badge.
Augustus also had to admit that Holler was the kind of person who looked upright and majestic as soon as he put on his uniform. No one would have thought that he was a young man who thought about overthrowing the Federation all day long.
At some point, a list folder popped up on the home screen in front of Augustus.
That is the list of ghost agents in Nova Squadron. As a federal naval squadron that is particularly good at special operations and covert infiltration, the number of ghost agents in Nova Squadron is much larger than that of other squadrons. This is why they were dispatched to Char.
Reasons for setting up psionic emitters.
Including those on the Nova Terra, the flagship of Nova Squadron, which had been reduced to scrap, there were a total of sixty-four federal ghost agents on the list. This surprised Augustus, because he believed that these psykers had more potential than becoming cold.
Killer for greater value.
Augustus ran his fingers across the list on the screen, looking through the names and accompanying photos bit by bit.
They are all young.
The oldest is only twenty-five years old, and the newest is only seventeen. Every photo is a recent photo updated in real time, wearing a ghost uniform or an officer, but without exception, no one has a ghost on their face.
Smiling.
Most of these ghost agents have pale skin and cold or sinister expressions. They are killers, and they are told that they should be born like this.
"Once Dr. Francois proceeds to remove the psychic inhibitors from their brains, these ghost agents will turn to us without hesitation." Holler said as Augustus reviewed the list: "I can confirm that,
The Ghost agents all deeply resented the federal government and the Ghost Academy for changing their lives forever."
"How many people among them can bear the resurgence of their lost tragic memories...Beware of the possibility that high-level psykers among them will lose control after surgery, and not all psionic agents are
They are all willing to believe in a rebel organization that has become famous in recent years." Augustus only had the most cautious and lowest expectations for everything, and two-thirds of the ghost agents could join his revolution.
His career is enough to make him happy.
Fifty-three of the sixty-four Nova Squadron ghost agents have a PSI index between 5 and 6, which means that they have reached the minimum standard to become a ghost agent and possess sensitive telepathic abilities, that is,
They can read minds, but this doesn't give them any abilities beyond that.
Ten of them are level 7 psykers, who are obviously stronger than most ghost agents, but limited. Only one female ghost agent with long black hair is a level 8 psyker, which means she can not only read minds.
, and can also use mental power to discarnate and control objects.
On those planets with progressive ideas, she might be regarded as a person with super powers, but she might also be regarded as a freak and be alienated or persecuted by her fellow humans.
Psykers of level 8 and above also have a certain chance of gaining special abilities, such as Holler's mind control ability that can temporarily distort other people's thoughts. Some unique performances are more like something similar to magic, such as using a
A deadly psychic blast or the creation of fire.
Augustus clicked on and began to read the information about this female ghost. The childhood of this girl with beautiful dark brown hair was as miserable as ever - she was abandoned by her parents in the slums of Tarsonis because of her weird behavior. She was a
The butcher at the Famous Meat Shop fed the child, but after the people from the Ghost Project found her, the butcher disappeared.
Next is the memory of learning how to use weapons and assassination in the Ghost Academy. The students who use them will be divided into two different teams and compete with each other. It is like an army, and only the strongest can win respect.
"The equipment of this female ghost looks better and cooler than the others." Renault was standing on the right side of Augustus.
"This proves that she is the strongest among these people." Augustus looked at her information carefully: "There is no special ability, but she once lost control, and forty-five people died in 'that accident'
, more than 370 people went crazy or suffered from mental illness."
"This girl looks very exciting." Renault said: "People say you have a soft spot for female ghosts."
"Yes, hot, powerful, dangerous, and can kill you at any time." Augustus warned Renault.
"Colonel Holler, do you know this ghost agent?" he asked Holler.
"In the past I always tried to stay as far away from the psykers in the squadron as possible, because they might be aware that I had psychic powers," Holler said.
"I have learned about her. Before the psychic suppressor and resocialization technology were created, this person killed two instructors. She is extremely dangerous." He said calmly.
"She was considered a madman and a monster until she was implanted with a psychic suppressor."
"In the earliest days, there were a group of psychopaths in the Ghost Academy, big and small, some with obvious symptoms and some with less obvious symptoms." Holler was still reminiscing about the past, but he seemed to be telling another story as a bystander.
story.
"The situation is better now, at least it's like a real college."
"She is dangerous." He added: "Normally, I would advise you to just kill her. But she is a psyker, and I just want all people with psionic powers to be able to live like normal people.
"
"There will never be any future troubles." Renault said: "What a ruthless character."
"You go do this." Augustus handed over the matter to the newly surrendered Holler without hesitation. This was not a decision he made suddenly, because he always thought about everything.
repeatedly.
At this time, Augustus found that he suddenly missed the days when Kerrigan was by his side, and he suddenly couldn't tell who was relying on whom.
"It's great that you can trust me." Holler did not object.
"The reason why I follow you in this matter is because you are willing to give psychics a chance." He then said: "I join the revolution because I believe that human beings should live freely and freely choose the life they and their descendants will live.
way. People can follow democracy and freely elect every government and leader, and they also have the right to overthrow them."
"It doesn't sound difficult to do," Raynor said.
"I originally thought that all psykers were trained as ghost agents in the Ghost Academy. How many ghost agents like you are there who are out of federal control?" Augustus asked Holler.
"As far as I know, there are quite a few, and they are all high-level psykers." Holler thought for a moment and replied: "Captain Buzan of the Chimera Pirates has several ghost agents under his command, and some have become
Mercenaries or professional killers, they can hardly integrate into normal people's lives."
"Chimera pirates? I heard that those pirates are more terrifying than private armies." This is not the first time that Renault has heard the name Chimera pirates. In the Koprulu sector, powerful mercenary organizations and interstellar pirates can even fight against the government
Army confrontation.
At this moment, the Hyperion's lights suddenly dimmed, and the Dark Templar Zeratul appeared in a cloud of mist.
Both Augustus and Renault involuntarily put their hands on the electromagnetic pistols at their waists. Holler did not know Zeratul, and he immediately stood in front of Augustus, trying to use his powerful spiritual energy to drive away this man.
uninvited guest.
Holler's reaction was by no means a show-off. He really wanted to protect Augustus. Like those who had met Augustus, Holler also believed that this twenty-three-year-old man could do something for Augustus.
The decadent Terran Federation brings about fundamental changes.
"I am not your marshal's enemy." Zeratul raised one of his hands to indicate that he was not looking for trouble.
"I said, please take the main entrance next time." Renault straightened his forehead.
"The Dark Templar must remain secretive." Zeratul replied: "I am not opposed to taking shortcuts if necessary."
"Okay, okay, you have the final say." Renault shrugged.
"You have to believe me, Augustus. When I was in Char, I sensed the movement of the swarm. I felt the Overlord and the Cerebrates whispering under the lava. They sent it to a planet called Hegi.
of the swarm in search of a new swarm agent." Zeratul turned to Augustus and said.
"That world is going to end," he said.
"You don't have time to grieve. We have to move on."
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