The gin handed over by Stukov has a strong smell and an attractive aroma. Considering the distance between the earth and the Koprulu sector, it should be difficult to drink such a wine.
When tasting the spicy wine in the cup, Augustus naturally thought of the earth where it was produced, the ancient home of mankind. The current earth must be completely different from the one in Augustus' memory, and the country has become history.
Whether ancient cities and even place names will still exist 500 years later is still unknown.
The Green Bar finally became quiet, and even the boss and bartender were gone. Augustus drank comfortably while checking the peace agreement repeatedly. When he read it for the third time, the wine in the glass was already gone.
Arcturus and Kerrigan were standing on both sides of Augustus. The former was looking at Stukov with some hostility, but more with curiosity, while the latter's gaze almost covered the ued officer.
Entire penetration.
After a while, Kerrigan's brows gradually frowned. She was not sure whether Stukov himself had psychic powers or whether he used some advanced anti-psionic equipment. In short, no matter how hard she tried, she could not find out.
the other person’s thoughts.
Stukov also noticed the gazes of the two people, but paid no attention to them.
"Well, this agreement isn't bad." Stukov took out a cigarette and lighter from the pocket of his thick general's coat, lit the cigarette and looked at Augustus with squinted dark eyes.
"Did you plan it?" Augustus chuckled.
"Part of it is." Stukov did not say which part it was: "I was originally only responsible for technology-related research and did not participate in decision-making in the military."
"In addition to these sectors in the agreement, I also need Adena, Sutur5, Vygoire..." Augustus named a series of planets and
The names of the galaxies, these areas are enough to connect the scattered revolutionary army territories together.
There was no map with the names of the places in this agreement. Augustus spoke these words entirely from memory, and he suspected that Stukov might not have known these areas before.
"Then... Heimdall 4 (the Norse god), Helios (the sun god), New Sydney (the sun god) and its moon Hermes (the god of commerce and theft)
)." He then said the names of several worlds. The first two of them are main star worlds close to Tarsonis, while New Sydney is an edge world.
The history of these colonies is still relatively young, but their strength and development potential cannot be underestimated.
At the same time, on the star map, although these main stars are in another direction of Tarsonis, they are not far away from the main star world currently controlled by the UED expeditionary force. From a strategic point of view, it is almost completely
border.
If Augustus was smart enough, he should choose to leave a sufficient buffer zone between the revolutionary army and the UED-controlled area. But in fact, Augustus' move was just to test the UED's bottom line.
"Your appetite is too big." Ristokov fell into silence for a while, but Augustus on the other side just put the drained wine glass in front of him.
Stukov glanced at Augustus, poured a drink for Augustus himself, and continued: "Those edge planets are not a problem, but Admiral Dugar has already sent Helios and Heimdall.
garrison."
The importance of these two planets is second only to powerful main star worlds like Bronte. Helios has a huge naval port, which is home to the Federation's main shipyards and weapons laboratories. And Heimdall is known for its incomparable
Famous for its vast coastline, golden beaches and stunning blue ocean, there are nearly inexhaustible natural resources buried under the seabed.
"In this case, I will not make any concessions to New Sydney and Hermes." It only took a short while for Augustus to drink up the wine in the glass and empty the glass again.
placed it in front of Stukov.
New Sydney is a major arms production world. At the same time, like one of its satellites, Hermes, it is a planet with prosperous commerce and advanced technology as its pillars. Tourism is its third most important pillar industry.
Hermes is even more famous than the planet it orbits. It does not attract tourists with its beautiful scenery, but with its huge casinos, dazzling commercial cities, super star ports and commendable "tolerance".
"Sex" is well-known in many colonial worlds of the Terran Federation.
In Hermes, as long as you have money, no matter what identity you have had in other parts of the galaxy, whether you are a serial murderer or an upright police chief. Even if you are not an individual, you can change your appearance here and start a new life.
Live with your identity.
Hermes is also a world where civil society favors martial arts. Hermes prefers to use pistol duels rather than legal means to resolve conflicts, even if the other party just soiled his tie while drinking in a bar.
The Guild War caused great damage to Hermes, but they quickly recovered their strength afterwards. The first full-scale war failed to affect Hermes, which allowed the world to greatly preserve its strength.
New Sydney and Hermes have never clearly sided with each other since Korhal's uprising, but recently, the two planets have sided with Augustus.
"Whatever you want, Admiral Dugar is not planning to control more planets." Stukov shrugged his shoulders and simply handed the bottle of gin to Augustus: "This was originally given to you by the Admiral.
of."
Augustus could see that Stukov had a very good relationship with his immediate boss, and he simply attributed all the good things to Dugar: "This wine is really good."
Immediately afterwards, Augustus picked up the wine bottle and began to show his amazing drinking capacity. The Mengsk family had surprisingly good drinking capacity.
In the revolutionary army, Augustus rarely drank alcohol and only drank a few drinks at celebration banquets. But for truly precious wine, Augustus had no decent resistance.
"——Drink less." Arcturus suddenly coughed.
"That's right, you can help me drink it." Augustus handed Arcturus the half-bottle of wine that was left shortly after.
"..." Arcturus accepted it calmly.
"I can see that you like drinking very much." Stukov suddenly took out two bottles of transparent bottled wine from his large pocket: "I still have some private collections. Don't worry, in my hometown
, it’s just water mixed with some alcohol.”
"Son of a bitch Dugar, he would never have thought that I had hidden a lot of good things." As he said that, Stukov, who was carrying vodka, glanced at Captain Ued next to him.
"You must not let him know about this. You know what to do."
"This is also good wine." In Augustus' eyes, Stukov, who handed him the wine, almost said: Comrade, vodka.
"General Stukov is from Earth?"
The ued expeditionary force includes not only earthlings, but also many soldiers from other colonies.
"Yes." Stukov said matter-of-factly: "That's my hometown. That beautiful land means mother to us. Every time I go on an expedition, I always miss the green mountains and green waters of my hometown.
.”
"Earth is the undisputed homeland of all mankind." Augustus declared: "There is no essential difference between the Tyranids and Earthlings today."
"No, it seems to me quite different," Stukov replied.
Before long, Augustus and Stukov drank a lot. After that, they chatted more happily. While talking and laughing, they divided the vast territory of the Terran Federation, like
It's as easy as cutting a piece of cake with a knife.
After losing Tarsonis and most of the core worlds, the Terran Federation world, which already lacks control over the edge worlds, will hardly have a chance to make a comeback. Even the embarrassed Federation government-in-exile was founded by the surviving founding families.
Yes, those high-ranking people in the Federal Parliament were either imprisoned by the UED Expeditionary Force or died in large-scale assassinations.
The large and small founding families and the old local nobles who supported them are still looking for opportunities to regain everything they lost and restore the glory of their ancestors, but their enemies have become stronger than ever.
After talking for a long time, Augustus and Stukov were generally satisfied with the divided power map, and their faces flushed after drinking.
"Sign?" Stukov asked.
"Sign, you can sign anything." Augustus answered as cheerfully as he did when drinking.
Augustus could guess Stukov's eagerness to avoid fighting with the revolutionary army.
First, the UED expeditionary force caused countless casualties and immeasurable economic losses when it attacked Tarsonis, making it difficult to stabilize its rule. If it cannot win the hearts of the people, it must be strict with the decree and send enough troops to suppress it.
.
If Dugar decides to fight the revolutionary army, the battle line will inevitably be stretched, and the rear area that lacks sufficient troops to suppress it will be unstable and vulnerable to attack.
If Stukov had investigated Augustus, he should have known that he was good at guerrilla tactics. He directly abandoned his home world of Korhal and launched a guerrilla campaign with the Federation. Such a ruthless character would be more difficult to deal with than the powerful but internally corrupt Federation.
Secondly, right now, the main force of the ued expeditionary force has probably left Tarsonis and set out for Char to capture the zerg master.
Even if they had set out immediately after taking Tarsonis, they would have reached Char by now.
Stukov must hide this intention. If he had enough troops, he would even be willing to fight Augustus on two fronts to ensure that the "Black Flag Plan" to control the Zerg Overlord could be implemented smoothly.
But now it seems that he did not.
But Stukov has an advantage that he can take advantage of, that is, the UED's information technology far exceeds that of the Terran humans, and their fleet can even bypass the radar array. The most important thing is that he is convinced that Augustus cannot know the top secret.
Black Flag Project.
Then as long as it is delayed for one to two months, or even less, the UED will be able to control the Overlord through a surprise attack, and by then they will be able to completely control the entire Koprulu sector.
As for Augustus, in fact, he does not want to maintain peace with the Ued at all. If he can be sure that the Ued fleet will appear in Char, then he will immediately start a war and attack the weakly defended Tarsonis.
The key to the ued's victory was the Overmind and the Psychic Disruptor, and Dugar and Stukov believed that Augustus had no way of knowing their plans.
But even so, Augustus patiently came to sign this treaty with Stukov, precisely because he was not yet sure about the position of the main force of UED.
After that, regardless of whether Stukov had the right to decide on this treaty, he was ready to sign it.
Soon, the new contract was reprinted with the printer brought by Stukov - the nanotechnology of the people on earth is very advanced. If this technology is not very backward in the eyes of the earth, it is because they think this technology is very advanced.
The technological barriers are so high that it is difficult for Tyranids to imitate them.
"Dugar gave me full authority to handle this matter." When Stukov signed, he also produced a letter of authorization from Marshal Gerald Dugar, Marshal of the UED Expeditionary Force.
This scene was completely recorded by the stereo camera equipment next to it. It is expected that this scene will be broadcast in the form of news in the entire Koprulu sector in the near future.
Augustus also signed, and the peace talks ended very successfully. Both parties were very happy, except for the Terran Federation.
"I have one more thing to ask you, Lieutenant General." After ordering Kerrigan to put the contract away, Augustus grabbed Stukov, who was about to pat his ass and leave.
"Everything I know, I will talk about it," Stukov said.
"I heard people say that a terrible monster appeared in Tarsonis. They were killing people everywhere in the city and doing all kinds of evil." Augustus asked Stokov: "I have seen pictures of them and found that these monsters are both
Like protoss and like zerg, but not either creature."
"That's a monster that escaped from the Tyranid Federation's genetic laboratory." Stukov didn't have to think about it and said casually: "While protecting the citizens of Tarsonis from the attack of this monster, my subordinates
We have tried our best.”
"At present, we have completely destroyed this kind of laboratory - maybe you don't know the policy of the United Earth Council. Genetic experiments have always been deeply abhorred by the Council."
"Shouldn't it just be aimed at human genes?" Augustus just showed some curiosity.
At the same time, Augustus was still drinking without any sign of being drunk. This generous drinking method and outstanding drinking capacity left a deep impression on Stukov.
"The Terran Federation has been conducting evil and twisted genetic experiments on humans. Such experiments are definitely not something ordinary people can bear, and there are no volunteers at all." What Stukov said should be the truth, but this matter
It actually has no connection with hybrids, but it sounds very misleading to people who don't know anything about hybrids.
Stukov was obviously not interested in this topic and was very tight-lipped, but after Augustus said the following words, he immediately became very energetic.
"I heard that the Tyranid Federation is also conducting experiments on psychic disruptors. You must have seized their experimental results after taking Tarsonis." Augustus just asked: "Why, they succeeded?
"
"Of course, I know this is confidential, you don't have to answer me at all."
Since the Revolutionary Army used psionic jammers on a large scale, this is no longer a secret. Psychic jammers can protect human colonies from the threat of zerg. This is more important than anything else. The people also know that this device can protect
This is not only the key to the social stability of the revolutionary army planet, but also the guarantee for attracting immigrants.
In this regard, the federal research process has always lagged behind the revolutionary army.
"The federation's scientists have succeeded, but their equipment is definitely not worth mentioning compared to yours. Neither the effect nor the scope can be compared." Stukov shook his head.
The psionic disruptor poses a great threat to the zerg, as well as to the ued expeditionary force preparing to control the overlord and drive the zerg swarm into battle. Now this device has become a thorn in Stukov's side.
Stukov could not have known that Augustus had ordered his scientists to conduct research on psychic crushers.
Further research on Cerebrate Alpha allowed the Revolutionary Army's Zerg Laboratory to advance rapidly in their understanding of the Zerg Hive's mental and psychic connections. At the request of Augustus, they began to design a brand new device.
The Psionic Crusher can corrode the mind of the Zerg's main hive, triggering a devastating chain reaction that is enough to collapse the insect swarm within the range, severely injuring and eventually killing them.
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