Pirates and traitors are the two worst things in this galaxy.
It is rumored that the government of the Kemerian Federation is hiring pirates and mercenaries to seize resources in the sector for itself. If this is true, then the purpose of these pirates is not simple.
If they were really instructed to disrupt the empire's trade, they were really provoking trouble. With the style of the Emperor of the Tyranids, if someone punched him, he would have to punch that person down.
Who gave the Camorians their confidence?
The Kaimorians have always been an outlier in the Koprulu Sector. They are the best prospectors and miners, as well as the most hopeless mineral gluttons and resource locusts.
The consortium they established is actually a super trust country where the government and capital enterprises are integrated. There is no clear distinction between the government and the guilds. The country is the enterprise and the enterprise is the country. The leader of the consortium is the heir of the family based on bloodline theory.
.Moria is a paradise for the rich and elite, and a hell for the poor.
The problem is that the Kaimorian people are no match for the Tyranid Empire. The Kaimorian Federation has lost almost everything in the past four years of war with the Tyranid Federation, and it has not recovered yet. What do they have to fight against the Tyranid Empire?
Easter couldn't help but recall all the rumors about the Kaimorian pirates. He heard that these pirates possessed powerful plundering warships and formidable electric field weapons.
The Kaimorian pirates are inextricably linked to the government of the Kaimorian Federation in Moria, and there are even reports that the Guild Guards of the union have become established and have become pirates. The Kaimorian
They were known for their madness during the Guild Wars. It is said that their spies would plant small nuclear explosives on themselves, and once exposed, they would detonate and kill the enemy together.
Regardless of the Kaimorian pirates of the Federation, the Chimera pirates of Umoyan, or the New Trinidad pirates of the Federation, they are all a group of crazed thugs.
The Terran Empire's crackdown on pirates has increased year by year, which has only temporarily suppressed the arrogance of pirates. As trade routes continued to expand in the Empire era, newly mapped interstellar routes have reached as far as the farthest end of the Koprulu sector, and trade
There are so many and long routes, it is impossible for the Imperial fleet to defend them all.
The prosperous trade allowed pirates to make a fortune, and more and more people took risks with the dream of making a fortune.
"Kim, the Camorians have come in from the pod!" The second officer rushed into the captain's cabin at this time. He was a tall man with a red nose, wearing a wrinkled blue sailor suit.
"Let me deal with these pirates." The captain picked up a notebook from the small table on the side of the ship, turned to Easter and said: "You follow Owen to the engine room now, if they only care about money.
I don’t care about embarrassment for ordinary crew members when I’m trying to transport cargo.”
"This is close to the core world of the empire. As long as a cruise ship receives the distress signal, we will be lucky. Remember, unless you are really smart, don't play tricks with pirates."
Ister hesitated for a moment and immediately followed the instructions. Unless he was a Tyranid superman, he would not think that he could deal with the vicious Kemorian pirates or fool these desperadoes with just a few words.
Jin is not a likable guy, he cares about everything, is stingy and noisy, but he does not harm others.
He nodded and followed Jin out, but he didn't expect two Camorian pirates in black power armor to rush over from the aisle next to the captain's cabin.
As a student of the Stillling Military Academy, Easter could certainly recognize that this was at least model 300 powered armor. The armor was all blacked out and there was no identification mark on it.
Today's pirates are so rich that during the Guild War, the Kaimorian Federation couldn't even afford to wear powered armor.
However, Istel had seen the armor styles of the Kaimorian pirates in the past. They liked to add various illegal weapons, including large-caliber railguns and long spears that could pierce people. But the power of these two men
The armor, apart from being slightly damaged, looks too clean.
"Who is the captain?" asked one of the Kaimorian pirates.
"Me." Jin pointed to himself and then to Ister: "He is just a young man taking a boat, there is no need to embarrass him."
"Very good, our boss wants to see you."
Now, Easter could only follow Jin to meet the pirate leader.
Easter and King were driven into the bridge of the Bedford together. Sure enough, the pirates had taken control of the operating system of the spacecraft - in fact, they were actually starting to dismantle it from the old cargo ship.
Parts come down.
A Camorian pirate who looked like an engineer opened the entire operation panel and searched for the parts and equipment he wanted among the colorful electronic circuits and solid-state electronic components. His disassembly skills were very skillful, and he dismembered the operation console in a short time.
Jin couldn't help but have a distorted face. Perhaps only he knew how much effort he had put into and how many people he had begged for this old ship.
"We have to take over this ship now. It will be used for more important and more urgent tasks." Standing in the cab was a helmetless Kaimorian pirate. He was a middle-aged black-haired man with sunken eyes.
, with a blue beret on his head and a pipe in his mouth.
"This generation is not peaceful." He seemed to be talking to himself, and finally let out a long sigh:
"This was not the case in the era of the Terran Federation."
Two years ago, the remnants of the Terran Federation were still the biggest threat to the Imperial Government, but that was before the Federation completely lost the Saluset and Jaandara systems.
By this year, only the former landowners and squires of Helsain were still nostalgic for the past Terran Federation.
"Friends of Camorion, I will give you all the goods, as long as you don't embarrass my crew." Captain Jin said bravely.
"Maybe you don't understand." The man in the beret stuffed some tobacco into his pipe - to this day, only the old aristocrats who pretend to be noble and elegant use this pipe in a pretentious manner.
"We have to commandeer this ship and everything on it."
"As for you, unfortunately, my ship is short of manpower. Call all the people out, I need to know their occupations and specialties immediately." He stared at Jin and said: "I understand, do it now.
"
"Do you think I'm negotiating with you? You are a despicable businessman. I wouldn't look at you in the past, and it's the same now. Even in twenty years, you won't be able to turn around."
Immediately, the pirate leader asked people to push Jin out, leaving Easter alone.
"What do you do?" the pirate leader asked.
"Take the boat, sir, I just want to get rid of the poor life and seek a way to survive in the core world." Ister opened his mouth.
When the zerg invaded Helsain, Ister was only a twelve-year-old boy and killed several springtails with a gun. Anyone who underestimated him would definitely regret it.
"What are you doing in Korhal?" The pirate leader looked at his men who were working and became interested.
"Visiting relatives." Easter replied: "I have a sister who works as a clerk in Korhal's trading company."
"Visiting relatives? Korhal was still in ruins a few years ago." The pirate leader shook his head and snorted: "Kohal's land and factories belong to the emperor. What is the way out? Augustus Mengsk is the largest landowner.
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He murmured to himself again: "The Tyranids are finished, there is no hope."
"Now it seems I'm afraid I won't be able to go." Easter followed the other person's words and said, "I miss her so much."
"Boy, what do you think of Augustus Mengsk and his Tyranid Empire?" The pirate leader picked up a few more tobacco and put them into his pipe.
"My family used to run a farm, but now we can no longer do it." Easter did not answer the question directly: "The world is difficult."
But no, the whole family has gone to Korhal, and the farm has to be sold. Halsain is full of great plains, and the land is fertile and suitable for large-scale mechanized farming. Many immigrants have also poured in over the years.
He could probably tell that this group of people might not be Kaimorian pirates at all, but more like a local gang using their name to scare people. It seemed that they were still dissatisfied with the Tyranid Empire.
It's probably hard to be satisfied.
The Tyran Empire's punishment for pirates is as severe as that for drug traffickers, traitors and human traffickers. The highest punishment is hanging, and the lowest punishment is being sent to a resocialization factory to be brainwashed and reborn. Even though the pirates are rampant now, they still cry when they go to the execution ground.
Father calls mother.
"Look, what has become of the life of the Tyranids now. I have said before that Augustus Mengsk is still the landowner of Korhal at heart. He is just a thief who tells lies." The pirate leader looked around.
He looked at his men and lamented the dire straits of the people.
"Well, you come and work with me for a while." The pirate leader thought for a while and decided that Easter was a good prospect.
"Be a pirate?" Easter showed a scared expression: "I can't use a gun."
"How many Tyranids can't use guns?" The pirate leader smiled: "This is a just cause, kid. Only by overthrowing the tyranny of the Tyran Empire can you save your hometown."
"If the Empire is overthrown, who will lead the Tyranids?" Ister asked.
"Of course it's the Tyrannic Federation." The pirate leader said anxiously: "How many years have passed, and people today don't remember the Tyrannic Federation?"
"Federation? Are you from the Federation?" Easter showed a delighted expression: "My father was a Federation Marine. When he was still alive, he often told me to serve the motherland.
That's weird.
After solving the case, these people are likely to be supporters of the Federalist Movement or terrorists who oppose imperial rule.
The current remnant forces of the Federation have long since ceased to exist.
Istel had studied the cases of the War of Unification and the Battle of Salouset.
It was a brutal battle between the Tyranid Empire and the remnants of the Federation. The Empire's side gathered stars, including Warfield, Raynor, Duke, Mira Han, Martin (Martin, mentioned in the scroll below of Wings of Freedom UNN News
However, he was a retired Imperial General.), and the Old Federation had concentrated a capital ship of over forty battlecruisers.
This battle was the last swan song of the Tyranid Federation, spanning forty-seven star systems and lasted two months. The details of the battle were not reported by newspapers, but its brutality was probably the most brutal at the end of the 25th century. Millions
Federal soldiers were captured, and more than a dozen federal generals, including Marshal Gather Duke and General Quigby, either committed suicide by drinking bullets or were captured.
After this battle, the Tyranid Federation has completely become an inferior force, and the rest are stragglers. But it is undeniable that their influence still exists, and the predecessors of many imperial resistance organizations today are these surviving federal forces.
"Your father is a respectable soldier." The pirate leader looked at Easter and felt a little more friendly.
In fact, regardless of whether what Easter said is true or not, the pirate leader is determined to capture the young man.
It's not easy to make a revolution these days. You can't recruit people. If you tell people you want to be a pirate, that's fine. Otherwise, you'll probably die. The crime of treason is serious, unless he doesn't care about his family.
Times have changed. Except for those colonies that did not want to be incorporated into the empire and planets where war maniacs emerged in large numbers, people cherished the hard-won peace. No one wanted to fight, and everyone wanted to live a good life.
Compared with the Old Federation, the Terran Empire is the real beacon of humanity. Although the emperor of the empire, Augustus Mengsk, was born into a noble family, he truly understood the hardships of the people's livelihood and sympathized with the people.
"Are you even becoming pirates now?"
"Funds are tight, and the provisional government is not well-off either. Since the empire issued new currency, it has been a lot more troublesome for the bank accounts of the old federation to circulate." The pirate leader complained, and revolution also requires food:
"No matter how just a cause, someone must sacrifice. And we are just robbing interstellar traders and imperial lackeys who betrayed the Federation."
"Okay, why am I telling you this?" The pirate couldn't help but sigh, thinking that he was also a member of the privileged class that benefited from the federal system in the past, but now he had to do this kind of business.
"Guys, after dismantling this ship, we have to return to port." He shouted: "How about radar monitoring?"
"Sir, there is no trace of government troops." one of the pirates replied.
"Bullshit, we are the government forces!" The pirate leader jumped like a lion whose tail was stepped on, his face red with anger.
"He, Augustus Mengsk, is now the emperor, but back then he was just a new recruit in the military camp. At that time, I could use the pointer to whip that Augustus's ass so hard that he would look like freshly pooped shit.
lie on the floor!"
"That was almost eight years ago, Major Quigoby. At that time, you were just his boss's boss and didn't know him at all. You still regarded Augustus as your lucky star. If it weren't for the Devil in Heaven,
"You have made a meritorious service," a pirate who knew the true history said:
"Everyone knows that you only got to where you are today because you had a general father!"
"Damn it, just say a few words...forget it." Quigoby's face looked ugly: "After getting the parts, go back to the ship. The people from the empire will come at no time. These bastards are as slippery as loaches."
"By the way, what's your name?" he said to Easter:
"Easter Foss, sir." Easter said quickly.
"You come with me, newcomer." Marcus Quigby shouted: "I will train you to be the most heroic federal soldier!"
Easter's heart tightened.
"Do as he says." At this time, a voice in his heart suddenly said.