While Kerrigan was talking to Warfield, a large number of technicians wearing khaki uniforms flooded into the starport. Transport ships loaded with boxes of parts lined up and fell from the sky, like a large group of returning soldiers.
Nest of giant birds.
Directly above them, an imperial fleet was leaping out from the exit of the hyperspace channel. The separated space-time vortices seemed like a colorful oil film on the water. Rows of black behemoths lined up, each one
The portholes of the ship reflected thousands of golden lights from the sun, and the muzzles of the murderous main guns and coupled laser cannons shone with a cold light.
No matter from which angle you look at it, this scene is very spectacular.
Kerrigan noticed that the flagship of this fleet was a super-battlecruiser, which was almost an enlarged version of the Gorgon-class battlecruiser prototype Vulcan, much larger than the Gorgon and
Augustgrad's Pride classes are larger, have thicker armor, and have stronger firepower. They are equipped with doomsday execution cannons, plasma torpedoes, and serpent laser cannons, capable of raining destruction on the planet's surface from orbit.
The super battlecruiser can hardly be called an independent battlecruiser class because its number is very small. Since its construction began, its number has not exceeded double digits.
Building such a battleship also requires an astronomical amount of money. From marines to battlecruisers, nothing is free.
The Imperial Navy hopes that this kind of battleship can become the Tyranids' own protoss mothership, and has high hopes for this. However, except for the promising size, the current super battlecruiser's various indicators are far from the mothership.
The shipbuilding director in charge of ship design was a top student who was sent to Umoyan by Augustus for further study during the Revolutionary Era, and is now an indispensable figure in the Imperial Shipbuilding Bureau.
And Kerrigan still remembered that when the first and second super battlecruisers Typhon and Python after the Vulcan officially started construction at the Seros Shipyard, she went to visit them with Augustus.
However, multiple sections of the hull began to be constructed simultaneously, and countless engineers, forgers and riveters were involved in this massive shipbuilding plan.
These skilled workers were accumulated during the empire's many shipbuilding projects and came from all over the empire, including even people from Earth. Without them, the empire could not conjure warships out of thin air.
The huge state machine of the Tyranid Empire will not stop once it starts operating at full capacity. This tenacious and tenacious race has experienced countless wars at the turn of the new century. They have neither warriors nor scientists and engineers.
"It's the fleet of Epsilon Squadron. They used to be stationed in the western border of the Empire to guard against the primitive zerg and Tal'darin protoss." Warfield pointed to these huge warships and said to Kerrigan.
The logo of Epsilon Squadron is bright yellow as warm as the sun, which is easy to identify. They once belonged to the old Federation, and their original duty was to be stationed at the borders and strategic locations of the Federation world to monitor and control those who were not "safe" enough.
colony.
Augustus retained this army and ordered them to serve him.
It is unusual for a border force of the nature of Epsilon Squadron to appear on Korhal. Since they were not sent to the Aiur battlefield, they have become one of the few Imperial fleets whose organization is almost unscathed. Now
It also received support from super battlecruisers.
Now that the Empire has recalled this fleet, it means that they now urgently need powerful combat power to deal with threats far more terrifying than the primitive zerg and Tal'darim.
This is obviously incompatible with the jubilant scenes of victory celebrations in various human worlds. Various media and military experts are more convinced than anyone else that humans have won this battle, which they call the Second Battle of El. Of course, the people
I also want to believe that the war is over and will never happen again.
Another point that ordinary people of course have no way of knowing is that the empire's warship construction plan is still expanding. Once they are all completed, even if future plans are not taken into account, the number of capital ships in the empire's fleet in three years will be this time.
Four times the size of the Imperial fleet at the Battle of Aiur.
Their enemies before were the Golden Fleet, the Insect Swarm, and the Hybrid Legion, and even people from the Imperial Navy believed that unless they were marching towards Earth, Zerus and Slane at the same time, there was no need to act so urgently.
Build battleships.
It is foreseeable that they still have a more brutal battle to fight than the Battle of Ayr. But except Augustus, no one knows when, where and under what circumstances this battle will begin.
"Augustus told me he thought the Swarm would soon come back and attack again," Kerrigan said. "They left billions of corpses and rivers of blood on Aiur, but they didn't.
It’s a stretch. We’ve destroyed Eamon’s most important hybrid factory, but these horrific monsters continue to appear.”
"His judgment has never been wrong." Warfield hummed: "It won't be long before the Empire and the Insect Swarm start war again."
Augustus emphasized to all his marshals and generals that Amon was the ultimate mastermind behind the scenes, especially in the void where he also had Narud, the dog-headed strategist, making suggestions, and their ultimate goal was to
Destroy the world they live in.
One day, Amon's power will return again, like the Pharaoh mummies in the Egyptian pyramids, commanding the army of the undead and returning to the world. The war will continue in a more cruel way until either of us or them is completely destroyed.
Even if the Empire unites with the Protoss to defeat the swarm of insects and does not kill Amon in the Void, the Doomsday War will never be called over.
Louis on the side did not understand the complex internal and external situation of the empire very well, and could not say anything. When it came to Amon and the war, even Augustus was sometimes worried.
At this time, another fleet from other star regions of the empire arrived. The huge imperial flag on the bow of its battleship was like a shadow in the half-dark starlight. Countless pilot lights were lit at the same time, making the crowd roar.
The harbor shines like daylight.
This fleet did not return from the Aiur Battlefield, but came from the distant planet Taurus IV (the planet in the novice tutorial), which was a world abandoned by the Protoss Empire.
At some point during the Second Total War, an Imperial scientific expedition team went to Taurus IV to unearth alien artifacts, but contact was quickly lost. An Imperial Governor in the surrounding system sent marines to search for it.
Only then did this scientific expedition team realize that they had been infected by a swarm of insects.
The Marines found that they were unable to deal with the huge swarm of insects, so they called in the Imperial Navy and the Ghost Troops. At the same time, the Dalam Protoss also discovered signs of infection on the planet and immediately sent troops to purify it.
Seeing that the situation was not right, the insect mother on Taurus could only seek support from other hive worlds, and alarmed more than one insect swarm master.
So soon, all races started the popular mode of fighting each other. Edmund Duke of the Tyranid Empire led the Alpha Squadron and rushed over. According to his style, he beat up the zerg and protoss unceremoniously.
Once. This incident caused such a big fuss that Augustus had to run through the Xel'Naga portal to make Sagulas wipe Duke's butt.
In short, this is another tragedy caused by an alien artifact.
In the end, the Terran Empire won the war and took the Taurus IV into its own hands, planting it under the imperial flag.
After the end of the Second Total War, Taurus became an imperial colonial world because of its livability. A group of poor people from Antiga and the Port of the Dead set out to open up their homes in the New World. With the help of the Imperial Immigration Bureau,
Large power stations, automatic mining stations, and high-energy gas refineries were built.
By the end of 2503, the number of immigrants on Taurus had exceeded 500,000. Because of its high-quality minerals and important location, there was an Imperial fleet stationed on the planet for a long time. The fleet just came from there.
.
After the fleet from Taurus arrived, the guard fleet of Mistaff IV, the imperial military production center, also joined this massive gathering. After that, these fleets may be organized into a new imperial combined fleet.
Under unified command, we are always ready to fight against the enemy who invades again.
This is also due to the need for rotation. The battleship that has just experienced a war needs repair and maintenance, as well as a new batch of crew members.
Anyone who sees this scene will understand that the empire is about to make big moves recently, and it has only been two months since the Second Battle of Aiur. Almost everyone thought that there was peace for all eternity.
"His Majesty has arrived." Suddenly, Warfield said.
A huge Sovereign-class battlecruiser jumped over. The copper-clad metal rams and the giant blades on the side torpedo tubes gave the illusion of bayonets on the battleship.
Following this battlecruiser were a large number of science ships, Vagory frigates and a large number of Griffin fighters. Most of the ships looked like they had experienced a fierce battle. And those battleships that had suffered heavy damage had long since
On the way back to the Empire's territory, it went to several giant orbital shipyards such as Delalion for overhaul, and it would not be able to support the day of returning to Korhal.
The protoss also helped the empire tow back many battlecruisers that were stranded in the orbit of Aiur. Today, the empire's major shipyards and ship repair yards are full of battleships that are in urgent need of repair, and the damaged alloys that have been removed are
Stacked steel plates could fill a sea of radiation on Korhal.
As a blessing and a curse, for the crews of these warships, they can get a long vacation before being sent to other warships. They will be arranged to vacation on planets such as Terrador and Haven,
Experience local customs and food.
They narrowly escaped death from a tragic and horrific battle, and the long voyage back to the human world intensified their fear. When they closed their eyes, they saw the grotesque and evil face of the hybrid. Many of them needed to see a psychiatrist.
Compared with the old Federation era, the reputation of Imperial soldiers is much better. As long as they can prove that they have killed zerg and resisted protoss, they may be able to have a few drinks with beautiful local girls.
"He should have come back a long time ago." Kerrigan said this, but her face was shining brightly, clearing the clouds and seeing the sun. She was indeed very happy and couldn't help but rub Louis' head.
Not long after, several Royal Viking fighter jets landed in the Gemini Port in mecha form, and a transport plane painted with the Demon of Heaven landed smoothly under the guidance of landing lights.
Augustus lost some weight, but could still hold Kerrigan firmly.
Marshal Matt Horner was following Augustus. When the emperor told him: Matt, you are too tired from work, and you should take some time off recently to spend the night with Mira, but he said that he preferred to work overtime.
Feel.
"I miss you every minute and every second in Ayr." At this moment, Augustus' thousands of words only condensed into one sentence.
"I miss you too, Dad." Louise was very happy. She was still a child, and her happiness was written on her face.
"And you, Louis." Augustus kissed Louis' forehead: "Haggie's wizard said that you have the appearance of a heavenly being. I never worry about you."
"You shouldn't have left me in Korhal." Kerrigan noticed with distress that Augustus had more white hair. If he hadn't shaved, he would have looked more like his brother Arcturus.
Already.
Prince Arcturus, brother of the current Emperor of the Empire.
Prince Arcturus has mixed reputations even in the imperial political circles. He is tough-minded and only cares about results. He is a person who does not care whether his hands are stained with blood. At the same time, he has also been bluntly criticized for lacking the ability to empathize.
He is considered a political giant and an emotional dwarf.
Arcturus regarded the imperial institutions and even the people within them as cold tools serving the rule, and believed that the equipment of soldiers was more valuable than the soldiers themselves. Augustus was much more humane, but this did not prove that they were essentially
Just not the same kind of person.
"I would rather die than see you put yourself in danger again." Augustus sadly realized that if he had to enter the void, Kerrigan would have to become a Xel'naga to kill Amon.
will come.
Augustus then explained the reason for his late return to Korhal: "I had to deal with some remaining issues with the Daraam protoss."
"The Golden Fleet almost burned Haiwen to ashes. It took many of us dying to lure them away."
"Now Tassadar and his people are back, but what about our dead people, those lush forests, those rich fields, those respectable people." He said: "I know they are not to blame.
, but people always have an object of resentment that I can’t control.”
"Some people say that human beings always fail to learn the lessons of the past, but they hold grudges very much. Historians will not forget these, and neither will those who lost their homes."
"Cha Sara has been destroyed by the Protoss for many years. Those people are still trapped in the past and cannot get out. They formed Dante's Circle and vowed to avenge their enemies." Warfield said: "They will strangle every one to death.
Protoss, whether it's Tal'darin or Dallam."
"But at this point, it is impossible and should not come to war between us and the protoss."
"Don't let them see the protoss," Kerrigan said. "The protoss have a bad enough reputation now."
"We also have too many people to bury, and someone needs to tell the families of the victims this sad news." Augustus continued: "There is a large cemetery in Ayr, which is full of crosses and white lilies.
Phoenix swore that they would guard it as they guarded the heart of the Council."
The Terran Empire usually has officers or comrades come to the door to inform the families of martyrs of the tragic news, rather than coldly informing the victims.
There was an officer who was awarded a medal by Augustus himself and was one of the only survivors of the battlecruiser Asteria. The enemy did not defeat him, but when he faced the families of his former comrades, he collapsed.