By the end of December of this year, Queen Sarah Kerrigan and her daughter Louise took off from the August Grae Bennett starport on a special plane and flew to the Sky Shield Orbital Defense Platform located in Korhal's high-altitude orbit.
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The bright lights of Augustgrad gradually blurred into a gorgeous sea of light. This great city has been expanding over the past eight years, with the metropolitan area occupying the entire continent, as seen from orbit
It is also extremely huge.
Now this exaggerated momentum has finally come to a halt, the aggressiveness has been restrained, environmental improvement projects have gradually been put on the agenda of the imperial government, and little greenery can be seen all over the city.
When the special plane broke away from Korhal's gravity and entered orbit, what greeted Kerrigan's eyes was the extremely spectacular bottom structure of the Sky Shield. A large number of space transport ships were entering or leaving the anchorage below it. Each one
They all carry tons and tons of military supplies.
Here, there are far more fighter planes patrolling around than anywhere else in Korhal. Occasionally, larger light cruisers and destroyers can be seen. The Hercules transport ship is mainly used to transport Imperial soldiers. The number of soldiers on it
More than thousands.
When viewed from above the Sky Shield, the scene is even more spectacular.
The Sky Shield is a metal wasteland hanging high above the Empire's first star, shrouded in an astonishing artificial atmosphere. The light blue shield force field isolates the deadly radiation in the universe, creating a blue sky-like
Sky dome.
A huge pentagonal shield-shaped symbol covers the central area of the Sky Shield. In this symbol, the sharp sun is rising from the orbital platform above Korhal, shaped like a crown.
So far, the Sky Shield is the largest single facility in the history of the Tyranids. The other orbital defense platforms on Korhal combined are less than one-tenth of the size, and the Umoyan mobile base platform is compared.
It's just a slightly larger outpost.
The Tyran Empire's military engineering has always pursued practicality and simplicity, maximizing the manufacturing of standardized military equipment, modular forging, and assembly line production, without excessively pursuing the ultimate in quality.
On the Sky Shield, there are imperial flags flying everywhere, towering control towers and fusion reactors stand among the metal buildings, and countless straight domes cut the sky into pieces. The giant star port is embedded in the orbital defense like a giant's eye socket.
On the platform, deep-space containers full of munitions piled up like a mountain, and the huge vertical doors of the automated hangar were filled with rows of medical transport aircraft. The technicians walking back and forth during the period seemed like groups of black ants walking around.
Kerrigan remembered how excited Augustus was when he decided to build this orbital defense platform, which he named the Skyshield and prided himself on his talent for naming.
But Kerrigan doesn't think that Sky Shield can protect Korhal forever as the people generally believe, just like the fortress that is said to never fall will never escape the day of fall.
The Korhal Rift incident has also proven that enemies do not necessarily launch attacks from the outer solar system like conventional warfare. They can cross the void, "grow out of the ground", appear out of thin air, and disappear out of thin air.
The empire can completely build several more orbital defense platforms of the same size, but even the extremely insecure Imperial Prince Arcturus thinks it is better to invest all these resources in the construction of fleets. These fleets can not only deter Xiaoxiao, but also
Can be used to guard more empire planets.
Another significance of the existence of Sky Shield is to make the Korhal people believe that they are under protection, so that cross-system complex enterprises from other planets can confidently and boldly invest and place assets in the heart of the Empire.
Korhal is one of the worlds with the most stable order in the empire. This is not a fringe world. No one would hang rows of black-hearted entrepreneurs on street lamps. People who want to take advantage of the coming war to make a fortune are people of all eras.
There won't be any less.
Even if a world falls, they still have other places to go. Even if humanity perishes, money cannot be wasted.
After arriving over Sky Shield, a squadron of Viking fighter jets took off to escort the Queen's plane through controlled airspace and arrived at Gemini Port.
The Twin Starport is one of the many starports on the Sky Shield. It is actually a complex building connected to a technology laboratory. Its area is five times that of an ordinary starport, and it has the capacity to accommodate Minotaur-class battlecruisers.
The ship's large dry dock.
The current star port is very busy. Three-quarters of the parking area above is full of fighter jets. Two imperial warships undergoing repair work are docked in the brightly lit dock. Thousands of engineers and mechanics,
Warp engine technicians were walking up and down in oil-stained work clothes, while military supply personnel were methodically delivering food, ammunition and equipment to the battleship to replace lost fighters and personnel.
During those periods when the large orbital shipyards were operating at full capacity, a battlecruiser whose hull integrity was approaching scrapping could return to the front line every two weeks on average.
The Imperial Engineering Corps is a group of people based on the Korhal Revolutionary Army and the Sons of Korhal. In addition to his own people brought out from Korhal, Augustus could only work in ports, docks, construction sites and even bars in remote worlds from the beginning.
Recruiting people.
Many of them do not even have qualified professional qualification certificates, but it is these people who have resisted everything in previous battles. Many of them have now retired and turned to cultivate the next generation of talents for the empire.
The current Imperial Engineering Corps can be said to have gathered the best people in the Empire. Swann later brought in all his old acquaintances. This group of people can repair bunkers, siege tanks, Thors, etc. under enemy fire.
Even a battlecruiser. There's nothing these guys can't repair. Their famous saying is give me a lever and I'll give you a tank.
Thanks to the team efficiency of the engineering team and countless people working around the clock, the empire's warships can often be saved even if they are severely damaged. The extremely high production capacity and maintenance efficiency allow the empire to maintain more than three very large fleets at all times.
Even if Augustus lost all his fleet in Ayr this time, the Terran Empire would still be able to build a larger fleet within two years.
But in the final analysis, no matter how powerful the industrial capacity is, it cannot withstand the emperor's crazy gifts.
At this moment, Kerrigan was leading Louise down the ramp of the special plane. She was wearing a knee-length dark green woolen coat and was dressed very simply.
The special plane is surrounded by Imperial Marines and Royal Guards who are waiting solemnly, and there are also mechas and missile vehicles patrolling around. There are also sunrises and sunsets here, and the sun of Kohal is rising from the horizon of the Sky Shield, spreading all the light.
Above rows of Viking fighters.
However, strictly speaking, the Queen of the Empire does not actually need these people to protect her. In terms of combat power, Kerrigan may be needed to protect these people.
Louise had never seen so many people before, so she found it very strange. When she was very young, her parents tried to reduce her chances of contact with other people as much as possible. This was mainly because Louise's psychic talent was too high.
Rather than being afraid of others hurting her, she is more afraid of her hurting others.
In addition to the workers employed by the imperial military, there are soldiers on the Sky Shield, and they are all her father's people, the people Augustus calls my people.
And Louis could clearly "hear" the thoughts of these people. Some were still thinking about the breakfast they had not finished eating, some were criticizing their clumsy colleagues, and some had a blank mind and just wanted to go home from get off work early.
Many people have been working on the Sky Shield for several years and remember the position of every screw here. They have built battleships and made ammunition, but they have never killed a single zerg or seen a planet.
spirit.
Behind every Imperial Marine stands many unknown logisticians. Any army cannot fight without ammunition.
It was these marines who went on to fight against the insect tide and the protoss. The Tyranid Empire was built on mountains of corpses, seas of blood and countless heroic souls.
But Louis knew that they were just ordinary people.
Master Selmos said that every vigorously growing life is heading towards final death. The Dark Templar are not afraid of death because they believe that death is void. But the Dark Templar will never ignore life or ignore it.
The power of the individual.
A person is weak and pitiful in front of a battleship, but no matter how majestic a battleship is, it is built by many people.
From this we can see that human beings are both small and great.
Augustus reminded Louis that he should never think that he was above the people. People could overthrow a decadent federation and they could also overthrow a brutal empire.
Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it.
"God bless the Empire, we finally defended the Mengsk family's legacy from the insects and protoss."
Marshal Horace Warfield also arrived at Gemini Port not long ago. He learned that Kerrigan was coming and came specifically to greet him.
"Hello, my little princess." He said to Louise.
"Hello, my general," Louis said.
The old general's hair is now completely white, and his face is full of weather-beaten marks. His face is tanned by the scorching sun of Char, but he still looks like a majestic ram that can be killed with one punch.
lion.
To be honest, with Warfield's status, even if Augustus came to visit him, he did not have to get up to greet him. Warfield had the idea of retiring a few years ago, but in the end he was invited back by Augustus.
Gusdu said that we built this empire together, and now you can't leave this mess to me alone.
But the old general is a respectable man who hates privileges and has always been down-to-earth.
This veteran general didn't like Kerrigan much at first, thinking that Augustus deserved a better queen, but later, almost everyone recognized her ability.
Kerrigan is such a leader. Since she can control the insect swarm, she is not an ordinary person.
"No one can defeat the Empire, not the zerg, not the protoss, not anyone." Kerrigan quoted a famous saying of Prince Arcturus, which he recently liked to use in front of the Imperial Council.
Those dove MPs who thought Augustus was too aggressive in using troops roared that the emperor was still too moderate and that he should use nuclear bombs to turn Ayr into a piece of scorched earth.
If possible, both the dog and Eamon passing by on the road would have to eat a few nuclear bombs.
But Arcturus is not in Augustgrad at the moment. He is even busier than Kerrigan. He has to break it into pieces a day, either in meetings to torture imperial officials who are not doing things well, or to
Go to heavy factories and orbital shipyards to supervise production and promote processes.
Warfield's fleet was the first to return from the Aiel battlefield, and also went to the star field that was suffering from the attack of the brainworm Carlos to have a fight with the opponent. The latter was now disobeying the orders of the second-generation master, which was considered a self-inflicted crime.
into a faction.
"People in the empire world are rejoicing, and even the children who have just learned to speak are talking about victory." Kerrigan smiled: "Even if Augustus hasn't come back yet, he has already become the greatest emperor in people's minds."
No one now thinks Augustus is dead.
As we all know, dead men cannot win battles.
This time, news of victory spread quickly.
Earlier, the Umoyan Protectorate Fleet had returned from Aiur to their military port on Icarus IV. The major United States media, which had been waiting for a long time, immediately aimed their long guns and short cannons at the triumphant ship.
Returned National Guard soldiers.
Even though he had just experienced a bloody battle, the uniform of Umoyan Admiral Dodds was still as neat as new. The soldiers behind him polished the white chromium-plated alloy steel power armor like shining silver, and in the flash of light
It's so bright it can blind people's eyes.
On the aft deck of the Umoyan warship, the huge Hydralisk skull, Thunder Beast Blade and Brutal Beast fangs were all publicly displayed as trophies. No matter how they got it, they even had a few pairs of Templar armor.
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Therefore, in the TV screen, the excited Umoyan soldiers held a banquet around these trophies. Martin, the famous talk show host of the Terran Empire, immediately intercepted this scene and ridiculed it in his program as——
It looks like the scene of a cult sacrifice being held, implying that the Umoyan people are a group of country bumpkins who have never seen the market. Of course, the imperial military is not good with him. He even dares to hack the emperor. In these years,
He was not dragged away by the Royal Ghost Agent to be re-socialized, which makes people doubt that the background behind it is really amazing.
As for the Camorians, they have even more things on display.
Compared with the Umoyan Protectorate Army, the troops of the Camorion Alliance were simply robbers. They took away all valuable things, even the life-saving capsules of the Immortals were ripped off, which was almost as good as other people's.
Dragging the coffin back makes no difference.
Even such a good-natured Tassadar was angry. He reluctantly acquiesced to the Umoyan people's behavior. After all, the templars who died on the battlefield would indeed surrender their weapons before death out of respect for the friendly forces fighting alongside them.
Leave it to them, it's tradition.
The Camorians have gone too far. Not to mention the respect for the warriors, they will even shoot black guns at the Durham protoss for the equipment of the protoss, but lie that they did not see clearly. The Camorians are used to being poor.
They respect their ancestors, but this does not prevent them from digging other people's graves.
After all, even if they are trained by imperial soldiers, the quality of the soldiers of the Kaimorian army is far inferior to that of the Tyranids, let alone the Umoyans.
The Tyranids' little hands have never been very clean. In the end, humans are all the same. Humans can be nobler than the protoss, and they can also be despicable than the zerg.
In general, the news of the victory in the Battle of El spread faster in the human world outside the Empire.
The Umoyan leader Jorgensen, who was on the verge of stepping down due to successive defeats in foreign wars, saw his support rate rise and became a hero for a while. According to him, he planned this war with Emperor Augustus.
An unprecedented great crusade, defeating the protoss and zerg.
This is a hearty victory!
Umoyan and Kemerian frightened the people of the empire who were lagging behind in the news. Before they got the exact news, the neighbors opened the champagne. ()