Typhon is considered a remote planet, with barren land and sparse minerals. It is not an ideal choice for colonization. Only prospectors and adventurers occasionally visit here, and no one else cares about it.
There is no record of the time when the Tal'darin protoss occupied Typhon. By the time the Tyranid Empire's detection spacecraft arrived here, protoss altars and temples built of huge rocks had already stood on the barren plateau and huge cliffs of Typhon. These fanatical protoss
Tal'darim regards Typhon as a holy place and will never tolerate any desecration.
On the eve of Whitsunday, Emperor Augustus Mengsk of the Tyranid Empire ordered an offensive against the Taldarin protoss of Typhon.
Under the orders of the Emperor, up to four Imperial fleets including Sons of Korhal, Antiga Squadron, Nova Squadron and Red Squadron, approximately seventy battlecruisers and affiliated fleets of destroyers, frigates, supply ships, armored transports, etc.
Various types of ships are approaching the Typhon star system.
(Note: The Destroyer, which appears in the short story Acid Burn, is a large ship equipped with strong firepower but insufficient armor. It has high attack and low defense.)
The battle started from a small-scale friction and exchange of fire between the scout fleets of both sides, and soon turned into a large-scale fleet battle and a brutal battle around the satellite. Tal'darin and the Empire each invested their main fleets, from Typhon's high-altitude orbit to close
The shining light of naval gunfire can be seen in the earth's atmosphere, and the wreckage of destroyed warships is countless.
Typhon's Tal'darim realized before the war broke out that they were at an absolute disadvantage. The number of warships was less than one-tenth of the Imperial fleet, and the number of warriors was far less than that of humans. The Tal'darim protoss warships had superior firepower and
The plasma shield is much more advanced than that of the Empire, but it is still not enough to make up for the disparity.
After all, these Tal'darim are just a lone army separated from the mainstream world of their race, and their executive officer Niang is just a paranoid lunatic. He is not powerful in the first place, and it is difficult to get the support of his home planet Slane.
When the war broke out in the seventh standard, under the command of Imperial Admiral Horace Warfield, the dominant fleet defeated and smashed the Typhon Taldarin fleet, destroying twelve protoss aircraft carriers, small and medium-sized spacecraft
countless.
The heroic Imperial Navy also paid great sacrifices. Many Imperial battlecruisers such as the Norris, Hera and Antigone were destroyed, and about 20,000 naval soldiers died in the battle.
Among them, the Imperial soldiers on the Inchar performed extremely bravely when they were boarded and raided by the Tal'darin Protoss. During the fiercest battle, the Pan-Talani Party political commissar and key officers took the lead in counterattacking, and finally regained control of the battleship.
right.
Many naval officers and soldiers were promoted during the war and awarded the Order of the Silver Tower with Oak Leaves and the title of Hero of the Empire. They only had to return to Korkha Augustgrad to be awarded the honors.
This Behemoth-class battlecruiser was built in the Antiga Starport and served in the early days of the Empire. In just a few months, it has made many military exploits. Its name is in commemoration of a loyal steward who died for the Mengsk family.
In the tenth standard, the Imperial fleet occupying Typhon's high-altitude orbit used Apocalypse-class nuclear bombs to destroy many Tal'darin cities on the surface. Dr. Narud and Imperial Xel'Naga engineers installed small warp engines on the nuclear bombs.
, detonated directly in the center of the Protoss city, so the Tal'darin Protoss could not intercept it.
——The Empire discovered about 1,300 Apocalypse-class nuclear bombs and about 10,000 tactical nuclear bombs of different levels in Tarsonis's federal physics laboratory, nuclear arsenal and nuclear bomb silos, enough to turn Tarsonis upside down.
A dozen times.
It is said that Prince Arcturus personally led the army when the nuclear bombs were confiscated. His eyes looked at those nuclear bombs a thousand times more passionately than women.
Nuclear weapons are still the most deterrent force for mankind in the interstellar world, and the nuclear bomb madness started in the Federation era.
After occupying absolute air superiority, General Warfield ordered the landing at Typhon and attacked the last protoss city after the bombing. It was a temple city located between brownstone canyons (2011 Ladder Map Red Stone Gulch), and was also the city of Sar
The location of the Ernaga Shard.
Approximately 280,000 people from the 5th, 8th and 10th Imperial Marine Armies, equipped with a large number of armored vehicles, tanks, railguns, laser cannons and other siege vehicles, were ordered to carry out this mission. They were commanded by General Zander. There were
Half of them were former Federation soldiers, but after joining the Imperial Army, they became much more heroic than before. A considerable number of them were resocialized soldiers.
Although Emperor Augustus had ordered the closure of all Confederate resocialized soldier manufacturing factories except Norris and Knaff II, there were still approximately 7 million Confederate soldiers who had undergone this kind of transformation.
Even though the society was in turmoil at the end of the Guild War and the crime rate remained high, the number of prisoners was still not enough. The answer was that the Federation resocialized refugees and even legally recruited recruits.
Some transformations were slight, instilling only the knowledge of combat, while others completely changed their perception of themselves. The damage to the human brain caused by resocialization is irreversible, and Augustus could only allow these warriors to continue their allegiance.
In the empire.
At this point, the Typhon Tal'darim, who had been defeated in less than a day, had to admit the fact of their disastrous defeat. Although they knew that once they were defeated, they would surely face the cold anger of the Executor and the fate of death. Some of the Tal'darim protoss
Or because of fear, he fled Typhon in a high-speed spaceship.
This was naturally a great shame and humiliation, but they finally understood one thing, at least the humans of the Tyran Empire were not to be trifled with.
While knowing that victory was certain, Augustus knew that Typhon's victory only weakened the strength of the Tal'darim expeditionary force and was not enough to finalize the outcome.
The Tal'darin Protoss entrenched in the Sigma Quadrant of the base camp is still a powerful force. According to the available intelligence and the comparison of the enemy's and our own forces, even a victory for the Imperial Navy may be just a tragic victory. Moreover, the environment of the Sigma Quadrant is complex, and it is difficult to enter it rashly.
You will definitely suffer.
Augustus had to re-evaluate this war. While he ordered the generals and chiefs of staff of the headquarters to repeatedly discuss the plan to attack the Sigma Quadrant, he personally interrogated the prisoners in the command cabin of the flagship Hyperion.
The subject of the interrogation was a Tal'darin fleet commander. According to the Ascendant named Hal, he was a high-level Ascendant in the Chain of Ascension. He was the chosen one of the God of Darkness and had a respected status.
Hal remained arrogant even after being captured, and it didn't take long for him to understand that no matter how high his status was among the Tal'darim, he was worthless in front of the stern-faced Emperor of the Tyranids.
"You said that in the Sigma Quadrant, your executive officer Naion also holds a Tal'darin Mother Ship."
Emperor Augustus in a navy uniform stood in front of the high-level upgrader who was tied to an alloy chair. The latter only wore a blood-stained gray robe and was so weak that his spiritual language was weak: "This
Where did the Mother Ship come from?”
Standing next to him are heavily armed Royal Guard soldiers. Their brown and gold power armor can withstand psychic shocks and is specially designed for psychic assassins.
Outside the observation window in the distance is the planet Typhon, which is bathed in the blue sun's rays. For example, the sun she orbits has not yet erupted. The Imperial Fleet has built many supply stations in the small star belt on the edge of the galaxy to handle the logistics of the huge fleet.
"Ah, if you know it, let me go as soon as possible, and then beg for mercy at the feet of Master Naang, you bug - ow -" Hal, the promoted person, had just yelled a few words when his whole body twitched due to the blue arc surging on his body.
Get up. He was so weak that he couldn't resist at all.
I saw Sarah Kerrigan behind Augustus put away her hand with arcs still on her fingertips, stretched out her hand to brush her fiery red hair and said: "In my opinion, your appearance is so dignified.
He is the real bug. Answer your Majesty’s questions well, little star spirit.”
"Sitting upright and being beaten, you Tal'darin don't understand this." At the same time, even a real man like Tychus, a bohemian and unruly man, has a deeper fear of Queen Kerrigan. This is probably the most common thing in this world.
One of the few women he kept at arm's length:
"When did you learn this trick?"
"Why, I learned it from the Protoss." Kerrigan rubbed her fingers, and sparks actually came out: "When I was in Aiur, I used to learn from the senior students of the Velari Templar School.
The Templar masters asked for advice on several techniques, and I was the only human they taught."
She said with a beautiful spark: "I have been happy for a long time because of this. When I came back, I often practiced how to discharge electricity like high-level templars."
"This is probably because humans other than you don't have that much spiritual power at all. Who are you?" Tychus hesitated to speak.
Tychus couldn't help laughing when he thought that if the couple had a conflict and Kerrigan casually suppressed Augustus and shocked him to death, Tychus couldn't help but laugh out loud - but he knew that Kerrigan was reluctant to fight Austria.
of Gustus.
"A human? A human! Why do you have such a powerful power? It's impossible!" Hal's face turned even darker.
"The truth is always intriguing." As Tychus said this, he was shocked so hard that smoke started to rise from his butt.
"Where did that Virgin Ship come from?" Augustus coughed lightly and continued to ask.
"Of course he came by leaping." Hal, the upgraded person, didn't dare to mutter anything more.
"I'm talking about the source, where and how you forged your mothership." Augustus' voice rose, reminding the other party that he had no extra patience.
"Forging? No, Tal'darin will not waste time on siege and production. Providing weapons and spaceships is the work of the weak." Hal seemed to despise the word forging mentioned by Augustus.
Every Tal'darin protoss is a warrior, and their strength in battle can prove the value of a Tal'darin. Tal'darin despise inventions and creations. There are almost no scientists and engineers in the tribe, or in other words, even scientists and engineers must be able to fight.
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Although Tal'darin always looks down on the creations of his distant relatives, he will still treat the unearthed motherships and colossi as treasures. Anyway, Tal'darin has no moral values and has no psychological burden at all.
"I understand what you mean, of course this Mother Fleet was obtained from the Templars." He said: "It is a waste for them to just bury these battleships in the abandoned colonies."
"Then this is what you are doing." Augustus got what he wanted: "Steal the ships and technologies of the El Protoss, and torture the captured Kalai engineers in the forge every day to interrogate the secrets of technology."
"This is not stealing." The ascendant emphasized angrily: "The Templars talk about morality but they are just hypocrisy. Only Tal'darin knows how to fight!"
"What a shame," Tychus said.
"I know," said Augustus.
"Those El Protoss really didn't cry until they saw the coffin. It took a lot of effort." The upgraded person said proudly: "I always do this quickly and well."
"They are like rough-skinned and fleshy animals that can endure the most severe torture, but as long as they are threatened with the nerve bundles of the El Protoss, they will immediately obey."
In fact, according to the information obtained by Augustus, the Protoss Hub in Tal'darin was also stolen. Not only that, but the place where Kalai was tortured was also stolen.
The Protoss Empire actually knew nothing about this matter. It was common for exploration ships and patrols to disappear, but Tal'darin never pulled the trigger. In addition, the Protoss Empire rarely came into contact with Tal'dar.
Lin Xingling, let alone a war, would have no idea what they were doing.
In places such as Monlath, Sil and Typhon, the Tyranid Empire rescued many El Protoss captured by the Tal'darin Protoss. Due to the friendly relationship between the Tyranid Empire and the Dalam Protoss, Augustus of course
These protoss and the Tal'darin captives were immediately handed over to them.
Of course, this incident caused a great sensation in the Daram Protoss society. Amidst the shock and anger, they finally understood what was going on. The protoss could never tolerate their own people being tortured like this, and the more they understood,
The truth is even more shocking.
Who knows how long the Tal'darins have been doing this, they always steal with confidence, and then break the victim's legs after they finish, saying that they are really aggrieved by using this crap like yours.
"How many El Protoss are there in the Sigma Quadrant that have been kidnapped by you?" Augustus asked again.
"How do I remember?" said the upgrader: "The damaged spaceships and weapons must be repaired by someone. This is a slave's business."
"Did you also kidnap the Dark Templar?" Augustus asked.
"." The Ascended One hesitated for a moment, not sure how Augustus knew about this: "Mostly these Dark Templar warriors invaded our territory themselves - they tried their best to study Thrall.
Naga’s legacy, this of course makes Lord Naion furious.”
Since their territory is built around the Xel'Naga ruins, the Dark Templar scholars wandering the stars are always attracted here. And each time, they confidently believe that they can evade the Tal'darin's detectors.
"I don't know what he is so angry about. Eamon doesn't even care." He pointed to his brain:
"He's not normal here."
"Of course, we have always been jealous of the Dark Templar's space-time technology, which is their family's expertise." Hal continued: "They came just in time."
"Okay." Augustus turned to Kerrigan and Tychus and said: