The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2602 New Power
2602: New Power

After the Phoenix Fighter, the Protoss also showed off their most powerful warship at present - the Protoss Aircraft Carrier.

This warship is 1370 meters long and 533 meters high. Its main combat force is the Protoss' swarm drones. Each aircraft carrier can carry 500 to 800 swarm drones. In addition, a purification energy cannon is installed in front of the aircraft carrier. However, this energy cannon has a short range and is generally only used for orbital bombing of planets. It does not have the firepower output capability during fleet battles.

Moreover, the swarm drones carried on the Protoss aircraft carrier are official models, with a length expanded to 5.9 meters. Their maneuverability and firepower have been greatly enhanced, which is a qualitative leap compared to the Swarm II drones used on the Archon-class aircraft carrier.

Therefore, although the number of drones carried is only 500 to 800, in fact the firepower of the Protoss aircraft carrier can even exceed that of the Archon-class aircraft carrier which is more than 3000 meters long.

Only the most outstanding high-ranking Templars can operate Protoss aircraft carriers, and only one high-ranking Templar is needed on each aircraft carrier to complete the operation, including the movement of warships and the combat of drones.

There is also a huge hangar inside the aircraft carrier. If the number of drones carried is reduced, the aircraft carrier can also carry Phoenix fighters, transport planes and other spacecraft.

By the way, the Phoenix fighter is 22.5 meters long and has a wingspan of 18.7 meters. It is a heavy air superiority fighter.

In addition, there is an automated production line inside the aircraft carrier that can assemble more drones at a very fast speed. Therefore, in many cases, the Protoss aircraft carrier will first carry Phoenix fighters into the battlefield, and then quickly add more drones to join the battle after releasing the fighter formation.

However, the Protoss carrier is not manned by only one person. Some phase engineers are needed on the carrier to maintain the warship. In addition, the operation of the built-in production line and the operation of the purification energy cannon also require people to operate. Given the sparse population of the Protoss, they handed this part of the work over to the Geth Purifiers.

The energy of the Protoss aircraft carrier is provided by a huge cluster of Kyber crystals. Kyber crystals have been proven by the Protoss to be a perfect substitute for Khaydarin crystals, and have now become the core material of the entire Protoss civilization.

Fortunately, the Kingdom of Dawn has already controlled a large number of Kyber crystal production areas. The planets Christophsis, Dantooine, and Ilen are all providing Kyber crystals for the Kingdom of Dawn's arsenal. Even the planet Lothal, which has recently been rebelling, has been found to contain Kyber crystals in its underground rock formations.

Therefore, the Kyber crystal has also become an important means for Tang Xiao to strangle the Protoss.

At present, the Protoss's technological research and development and utilization of Kyber crystals have far surpassed other races in the galaxy. Even the Galactic Empire's utilization of Kyber crystals is only at the beginner level compared to the Protoss.

The biggest difference is that the Protoss can use Kyber crystals to power their warships, while the Galactic Empire can only use Kyber crystals as weapons to destroy dwarf stars. As engine power, it needs to provide output in a peaceful and stable manner, and the technical content is of course much higher than directly bursting out energy and shooting it out.

Tang Xiao held two days of talks with the current Protoss Archbishop Zerakas and the Twilight Council.

According to the results of the talks, the Protoss planned to send 10 of the 8 aircraft carriers to participate in the war, plus 300 Phoenix fighters, 2000 Zealot warriors, and 100 single-person armored vehicles such as Dragon Knights and Immortals. The Dark Templar, who had long been working for the intelligence department of the Kingdom of Dawn, were not included in this separate discussion.

At the same time, the Protoss will also provide 5000 Sentinel drones to assist in combat, as well as 10000 Observer stealth reconnaissance aircraft and 10000 unmanned transport aircraft.

除了星灵之外，桀斯净化者也将参战。他们将派出一支由50艘800米级别无畏舰，400艘300米级别巡洋舰和400艘80米级别护卫舰组成的自动化舰队。

The design of the Geth Purifier's warship was modified by Protoss phase engineers based on the characteristics of the Purifier, and its combat effectiveness far exceeds those warships produced by the Geth themselves.

In addition to the fleet, the Geth Purifiers will also dispatch 1000 million combat units, including many types of combat arms, from ordinary Geth Purifiers to Geth Fanatics, Geth Colossi, Geth Elites, etc. These units are also built by combining the characteristics of Geth and Purifiers, and their form is already a comprehensive form between Purifiers and Geth.

With the addition of the power of the Protoss and the Geth Purifiers, the Kingdom of Dawn has an extra main fleet out of thin air!
In addition, Tang Xiao and Star Spirit also reached many further agreements. They mainly focused on three aspects - the first was to help Star Spirit expand production and expand more raw material production areas. Help Star Spirit build a neutron star matter decompressor, and then further build a black hole matter decompressor.

The second is to agree that the Protoss will choose an uninhabited planet in the developer zone of the unknown star region for living. The Dray II satellite will gradually evolve into the location of the Protoss Council and the altar, and will no longer function as a population settlement. After the planet is selected, the Geth Purifiers will go there first to carry out preliminary construction.

Third, the Kingdom of Dawn needs to assist the Protoss in the development and construction of the Warp Gate technology. The Protoss' Warp Gate is similar to the Vasari's Phase Gate, but more advanced. Because once the Protoss' Warp Gate is built, its destination can be any Kyber crystal! As long as the Kyber crystal is large enough, it will be fine.

However, the development and construction of the Warp Gate requires not only a huge amount of Kyber crystals, but also a lot of manpower and material resources, including various resources. Currently, the Protoss cannot afford such resource consumption.

Tang Xiao readily agreed to the three cooperation agreements. On the surface, it seemed that the Kingdom of Dawn was paying unilaterally, but if we look at it from a deeper perspective, it actually further bound the Protoss to the Kingdom of Dawn.

In fact, if we look at it from a deeper perspective, this actually further binds the Protoss to the Kingdom of Dawn.

Because there is another clause in the agreement - the Kingdom of Dawn will send a governor to the satellite of Dray II to join the Twilight Council and become a member of the decision-making level of the Protoss. And the principal of the Twilight Covenant, Temperance, will also become a member of the Twilight Council.

In this way, at least the Kingdom of Dawn can express its own opinions on the Protoss' decisions.

In the long run, no matter how arrogant the Protoss are or how much they deny it, it is a foregone conclusion that they will be one of the subordinate races of the Fourth Civilization.

It would take another three months for General Grievous to be treated and reborn. Tang Xiao did not continue to wait, but immediately set off to return to the Dawn Planet after completing the negotiations with the Protoss.

Because in addition to the Protoss who are about to join the war, there is another core race that has also completed preparations for war!
Vasari.

Tang Xiao rushed to Planet Karl, the current home planet of the Vasali people. After the shuttle left the hyperspace channel, it seemed as if he had entered a space city! No, the space city was beyond description. What appeared in front of Tang Xiao was clearly a cluster of space cities! !

An extremely large number of orbital structures have been built around the planet Carl. Although there is no star ring directly built on the planet Carl, the scale of the various orbital structures revolving around the planet has already far exceeded that of the star ring!

Moreover, unlike the sacred, solemn and elegant Protoss, the architectural style of the Vasali people, although they like hollow structures just like the Protoss, goes to the other extreme.

The Vasari people's architectural style is mainly black, and both their buildings and warships are installed with a large number of hideous and terrifying spikes. The tips of the spikes are blood red, like blood-stained barbs!
The spacecraft flew through countless orbital buildings, and those terrifying buildings made people shudder.

Not only that, it's no wonder that the Vasali people didn't get along with the Protoss the first time they met, because they were the exact opposite of the Protoss in every way.

The Protoss have a small population and respect the laws of nature. They develop steadily and never seek quick success. They have formed a very harmonious symbiotic relationship with the Geth Purifiers and the Twilight Covenant. From the perspective of the Kingdom of Dawn, you can accuse the Protoss of being cold and arrogant, but you can never make any comments about them.

But the Vasari people only care about efficiency and use whatever means. What environmental protection? What humanity? What nature? What harmony? They don't exist! There is only fear and force!
There were also only a small number of personnel and frozen embryos on the mothership, but the Vasali people had never worried about population issues.

After the Vasali people were awakened, they immediately began to adjust their genes, increasing the number of offspring and the growth rate of their offspring.

The Vasali people have a very complete understanding of their own genetic map. Although they do not have almost perfect bodies like the Protoss, they can modify their genes to enable them to adapt to any environment.

For example, there are breeding populations that increase the reproduction rate of the population, land combat populations that are suitable for land combat, engineer populations that are suitable for engineering construction, etc. All of these are modified at the genetic level, and then bred and cultivated in a targeted manner, and then quickly complete growth and education, and enter the positions that have been preset.

At the same time, although the Vasali also use robots in large numbers, they use them directly as tools, and they never have the confusion of the Protoss about whether they regard the Geth as intelligent creatures.

Not only robots, the Vasali also enslaved other races in large numbers, starting with the indigenous people of the planet Karl.

Like the planet Losar, the indigenous people on the planet Karl also fiercely resisted the Vasali immigrants, but the Vasali simply refused to reason with them and enslaved almost all of the indigenous people within just one year.

The natives were brainwashed and physically modified. Just like the methods commonly used by the Vasari people, some natives were modified to reproduce continuously, and some natives were modified into specific forms that could meet various positions.

Vasari never discussed human rights or freedom with them.

Compared to the Gwens' election of a governor on Losar and their efforts to win over local nobles, the Vasaris acted swiftly, cruelly, and cold-bloodedly. They wiped out all the natives of Karl within a year without riots, uprisings, or betrayal.

All that was left were the mountains of blood and corpses of the rebels, and the tears and sweat of the slaves.

At the same time, the Vasari also applied for an uninhabited planet in the developer star zone. But their development of this uninhabited planet was also very violent. They began to prepare to build this planet into a super densely populated nest city.

Not only that, after learning about the situation on the planet Taris, the Vasari also expressed interest in the planet. They proposed that they had the ability to clear out the billions of Rak ghouls in the underground city of Taris, and then the vast underground city could be used to build another nest city.

The Vasari's hive city is mainly used to breed a large number of warriors and workers of their own race, as well as slaves of subordinate races.

However, the planet Taris has now been surrounded by the Galactic Empire, so Tang Xiao did not agree to their request for the time being.

At present, the total population of the Vasari people has reached 5 million! The slaves of the subordinate races are about million. There are countless engineering robots of various models.

Their extremely brutal and efficient development indeed demonstrated the strength of a superpower empire that once controlled the entire Milky Way. With such cold-bloodedness, brutality and efficiency, the Vasari people were synonymous with terror even within the Fourth Civilization.

If it weren't for the pressure from the Kingdom of Dawn, the Vasali people would have launched a war of aggression against the surrounding areas long ago - yes, even if the surrounding galaxies were all their own, they would still try to invade and expand.

The Vasali people also have a clear position on themselves - they submit to the Fourth Civilization, but the only one they submit to is Tang Xiao. Because Tang Xiao's darkness and strength just meet all their requirements for a hegemon. Therefore, the Vasali people are willing to fight under Tang Xiao's command to conquer this galaxy, and even the entire universe.

And they themselves are Tang Xiao's greatest help.

As for other races? You are just slaves. You are not worthy to fight alongside the noble and powerful Tang Xiao and the Vasali people.

Tang Xiao was trapped in Mortis before, and then he was in seclusion for a long time because he wanted to control the body of his "son". The Vasali people have begun to become unstable. According to reports, they have begun to gather a mysterious and powerful fleet in the Karl galaxy.

There is no doubt that once Tang Xiao's death is confirmed, the Vasari people will immediately embark on their road of conquest -

In their own way!