This pirate ship is more than one level better than the Bedford. It is a light cruiser with a wide deck and a majestic and bright bridge. From the appearance, the light cruiser is shaped like a long and flat ship.
Nautilus, the armor on the side of the ship is embedded in layers like threads, and the elongated tail smoke of the propeller is shaped like glassy blue tentacles.
In the interstellar era, non-low-Earth orbit dual-purpose interstellar ships will spend their time in space from the completion of their construction in the orbital shipyard to the completion of their lifetime mission. Therefore, these spacecraft do not have to follow aerodynamics or be bound by the gravity of the planet.
The malleability of the imagination of human engineers has been fully demonstrated.
A spaceship can be an exquisite work of art or a square container with cold lines, it all depends on the designer.
Even from a nitpicking perspective, Cyrus was a beautiful battleship. She was smaller than her cousins serving in the Imperial Navy, and was used more for transport duties than for capital ship duties.
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The Cyrus light cruiser is equipped with an ion thruster, a heated combustion chamber, a Titan nuclear reactor, and a third-generation warp engine. They are all cutting-edge technologies in the interstellar space industry of this era. They are the latest Minotaur-class battleships.
Cruisers cannot avoid these technologies.
But judging from Easter's observations while walking in the corridor inside the ship, the condition of this light cruiser was not very ideal, otherwise the remnants of the Federation that had become pirates would not have been able to fish from the broken ships of the interstellar merchants.
Component.
The hull of the Cyrus has obviously suffered heavy damage. Some of the cabins have not restored energy supply to this day. Burnt cables and screws are floating in a weightless posture. The only way to cause such damage to the Cyrus is
It is a higher level battleship.
Looking out from the side of Cyrus, one can also see more than a dozen Griffin fighter jets (Griffon) flying around the light cruiser.
This highly maneuverable light space fighter is equipped with amazingly powerful Talon missiles, mainly used by Kaimorian pirates and mercenaries. Although Talon missiles are difficult to pose a threat to capital ships, large-scale Griffins still
Not to be underestimated.
It can be seen that the Cyrus once belonged to a fleet of the old Terran Federation, and its crew were all soldiers of the Terran Federation. Now this fleet has probably been completely destroyed, and the remaining ships have become useless. Who can
I thought that the federal soldiers who sang songs of justice and glory in the past turned into pirates.
In any case, the captain, Lieutenant Colonel Marcus Quigoby, is quite satisfied with the current situation. Although the conditions are difficult, it also reflects the perseverance of the revolutionaries.
Augustus Mengsk said that revolution is a long march.
"Forth, we have the great mission of subverting the Empire and reviving the Federation. The Federation, a great democratic system, has dominated the Terran human race for more than two centuries. It should undoubtedly continue to be maintained."
Quigobai led Ister through the hangar and lower deck of the Cyrus, through the life support cabin and the reinforced alloy steel structure: "The beast of Augustus Mengsk will not be too arrogant.
It’s been a long time, I can’t be more sure of this.”
From time to time, pirates wearing light green shirts passed by in the aisles of the Cyrus. They were all muscular, with arms and thighs full of muscles, and shiny bald heads. Apart from their appearance, they seemed to be made from the same mold.
.These pirates all had smiles on their faces, and they only responded to Quigobai's command.
Resocialized soldiers are the evil products of the evil dark age of the old Terran Federation. Emperor Augustus Mengsk ordered the closure of almost all the resocialized factories, leaving only the remaining two for the execution of the most heinous.
Prisoner.
Easter knew that resocialized soldiers came into being in response to the high death rate and low enlistment rate during the Guild Wars, but the sin of the Federation was that they would also brainwash and reform citizens who were not criminals.
The resocialization project is an inhumane and immoral cruel plan, and it has now become one of the evidences of the Terran Federation's inhumanity. If a person loses the memory of the past and is transformed into a resocialized soldier who obeys orders, then the past
The one he actually died.
"Sir, what should we do against the Imperial fleet? Even the United States of Umoyan dare not provoke the Empire." Ever since Ister walked into the Cyrus, the voice that had surfaced in his mind had never appeared again.
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But Easter believed it could never be an auditory hallucination.
Easter guessed that it should be an Imperial ghost agent. Regardless of how the Imperial ghost got on the ship, it at least meant that the Empire had noticed the situation here.
Suddenly, a new sentence appeared in Easter's mind: Child, I am ghost agent Theodore Pierce X20991N, and the empire is with you.
Hearing this, Easter felt confident again.
In the name of Emperor Augustus I, cadet Istor Voss of the Stillling Military Academy swore allegiance to the Empire to the death.
Hearing what Istel said, Quigoby's thick brush-like eyebrows twisted, and his small eyes below glanced displeasedly at this young man who couldn't see the situation clearly: "There are so many Koprulu sectors, how can the empire manage them?"
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By this time, the pirates had emptied the Bedford and were preparing to return home. These poor and crazy pirates simply plucked the feathers of the geese and even pulled out the solar panels on the ship.
All the crew and passengers on the Bedford were driven to Cyrus and locked in a dark cabin. The strong young men and women among them were the new recruits of the pirates. As for the rest,
It’s unknown.
Abandoning the Bedford, which lost power, the Cyrus soon started up again and prepared to leave. The Tyranids Empire has a police force specifically responsible for protecting the route, and the Empire's forces may appear on such important waterways at any time.
Patrol ships. The most important thing is that if these policemen feel that they are no match for pirates, they can also call the Imperial Navy fleet.
Each Imperial star province has at least one fleet organized by a naval squadron, and each fleet is equipped with weapons capable of destroying the planet.
By the time Ister followed Quigobai to the control room of the Cyrus, the light cruiser had already entered the hyperspace channel.
"Is there any movement?" Quigoby asked the operators as soon as he entered the control room. Everyone in the control room was wearing federal brown military uniforms with their past military ranks.
Quigobai is a man who pays great attention to details to the point of pathology, and is accustomed to adhering to every rule and regulation of the old federal army word for word. He is not only strict with himself, but also not lenient to others.
Therefore, the pirates on the Cyrus still abide by the troop regulations as in the past - at least in appearance, this is still the federal army of the past. The Federation has perished, and this place is like the fragments of its dead soul.
On the ship was another small society, the small kingdom of Marcus Quigobai. The son of the former Federation admiral was still living in the past years. At that time, he had a bright future and would not be like a lost dog like today.
"Sir, the sensors have locked onto three Imperial Waterway Law Enforcement Officers' heavy gun cutters, and more Imperial spacecraft are on the way." An operator replied: "There are still 300 kilometers away from the Cyrus.
mile."
This distance is already extremely close on the scale of space, but Cyrus's advanced jump engine is enough to escape before these law enforcement ships catch up with him.
Imperial law enforcement officers are almost the most troublesome figures for bandits and pirates. They are either imperial veterans or locals recruited from colonies near the routes. Many local law enforcement officers who were not recognized for their talents in the federal era have also been reused.
"You can't catch them even if you give them a lifetime." Quigobai said this, but still urged them to start the jump engine quickly.
The heavy gunship is a slender and rough-looking spaceship. During the development period of the Wraith fighter, this type of ship was a competitor to the new fighter jets. Although the heavy gunship is not as good as the Wraith fighter in terms of performance and lacks firepower, it can cope with it.
Ordinary pirates and law-breaking interstellar traders are more than enough.
Many of the new weapons and equipment in the development stage only remained on drawings or were not prepared for large-scale military preparations for other reasons, but some were mass-produced to equip colonial militias, police stations and other departments.
For example, the Wyrm, a fighter that can transform into a land-based mecha, appeared earlier than the Viking. They have more powerful firepower, but lack the Viking's strong armor and rapid transformation capabilities.
Later, the Imperial Equipment Department was redesigned and canceled the Ice Dragon's transformation mechanism, focusing on air-to-air combat. Today, this type of fighter is widely equipped in the Imperial Navy to supplement the lack of superior air-to-air firepower.
As the Cyrus entered the hyperspace route state, the control room became quiet again.
Marcus Quigoby took off his power armor and pulled out a blue cane from somewhere, acting like an old federal aristocrat. He first ordered someone to make a cup of hot tea for Ister.
Then let him sit down in an unused driver's seat.
"Where are we going? Lieutenant Colonel." Easter didn't understand why Quigobai was so friendly to him. He could see that he was an arrogant man with an arrogant temper.
Very harsh.
Then Ister thought of those resocialized soldiers and realized that Quigobai might want to train himself. Resocialized soldiers lacked autonomy, which meant that they lacked necessary judgment on the battlefield. In this way, training
Officers who can command these soldiers are very necessary.
"You'll know when you arrive." Quigobai couldn't help but show off. He didn't think that Ister would reveal this secret: "Of course you don't know that our base is near the Veridia route.
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The route of the Cyrus' jump was constantly changing, as if it was going in circles. The correct route would only be entered after it was confirmed that no one was following it.
"In my father's time, the Terran Federation had countless military bases." Quigobai lamented: "Since the empire has wiped out all of us, there have been fewer and fewer bases."
Then, Quigoby talked to Easter about his time in the Federal Marines, but he spent a lot of time talking to himself.
This paranoid former federal officer mentioned the glory of the federation over and over again. Such words must have sounded to the ears of other people except Ister. And as long as Ister said, "Your Majesty, you are right, Quigo"
I feel very satisfied.
The days of hiding in XZ seemed to have stifled Kui Gebai. He used to be a vain and show-off person, and he always had a lot to talk about.
He doesn't allow others to not know his achievements and what he has been doing in this hellish place all these years.
When Quigobai talked about his wise and mighty general father for the seventh time and how he tragically died under Jim Raynor's gun, Cyrus finally left the hyperspace channel.
An asteroid located in the asteroid belt at the edge of an unknown galaxy appeared on the control panel. It was much larger than Cyrus and was rushing towards the edge of the galaxy at a speed of nine miles per second.
When the Cyrus landed on the asteroid, Easter realized that the Zionists had almost completely hollowed out the inside of the asteroid, and now a fine steel structure supported the huge
internal space.
This military base is filled with all kinds of materials collected by these bandits. They have their own military factories, heavy factories and shipyards. Thousands of Federal Zionists are living and working here.
The Federation Restoration Movement has a large number of supporters within the Terran Empire. They are either blind patriots or have inextricable connections with the privileged classes of the past. Among them, there are people from all territories and planets.
, the Tarsonis are not the most numerous among them.
Many people think that the Tarsonis hate the Empire the most, but this is far from the truth.
The Tyranid Empire destroyed the aristocratic system at the top of Tarsonis, and the wealth of those classes accounted for 99% of the entire planet, and Augustus made these nobles spit out all their wealth.
During the Imperial Age, the lives of the people of Tarsonis were much better. Monopoly capitalism was swept away, and the people at the bottom had further opportunities. The influence of decentralization made Tarsonis become a satellite world of Korhal.
A prosperous economic center.
"That damn woman would never have imagined that we were hiding under her nose!" Quigobai stood up and invited Istel to visit the base:
"This is the starting point for us to rebuild the Federation. It gathers the Federation elites from all the planets near Veridia."
Easter probably guessed who the woman Quigobai was talking about was, she should be Grand Duke Dorothy Mengsk, the ruler of the Veridia Star Province, the biological sister of Emperor Augustus.
Dorothy Mengsk, the flower of the Empire, is known to the people of the Terran Empire for her beauty and awe-inspiring skills, and people love her like her brother. Ister also collects photos of Duke Dorothy.
, he had to emphasize that this was common in any adolescent imperial male.
Only when Istel actually steps into the artificial gravity field of the asteroid will he be able to better understand the hugeness of this federal base. At this moment, captured people are constantly walking out of the gangway on Cyrus' side, and there are far more people.
People on board the Super Bedford.
Why did they arrest so many people?
"This is the largest military base I have ever seen!" Ister exclaimed, his appearance as a countryman who had never seen the world made Quigoby very satisfied.
"Very good." Quigobai nodded very helpfully, and said to Ister: "I want to raise you as my child, Foss, you will become a federal hero."
"Before that, you need to be tested by telepaths. Over the years, the empire's undercover agents have also been pervasive, and we have executed many people." He patted Istel and said: