StarCraft: Tyranid Empire.

Chapter 610 Scavenger Pirates

When the Dalam protoss left, the black tea in the silver tea set was still warm, and the ripples from the spiritual energy reverberating in the tea had not dissipated.Governor Harry, who had just recovered from the conversation between the two heads of state, wanted someone to clean up the living room, but found that the cups and dishes were still in the same state as they were before the arrival of the guests, and the red carpet on the ground was not even dusty. fall.

"Protoss is also in a state of distress right now. I thought we had enough mess in our hands." When Renault spoke, he was taking out a cigarette and a lighter from the pocket of his long military coat, and it could be seen from the expression when he lit the cigarette. It can be seen that he is very worried, and it seems that the protoss still brought a lot of bad news.

Some time ago, the Protoss of Dalam just went wrong when they recovered the Al satellite Shalock, which affected Tassadar's reputation.

Now, the evil Dark Consul Orega has returned with an army of dark templars, El bug swarms and human pirate mercenaries to harass the protoss world outside Sacoolas.

At the same time, there are still many contradictions within the Dalam Protoss.The Sacoolas protoss who accepted the Aiur protoss refugees felt more and more that distant relatives with a population far larger than themselves tended to occupy the magpie's nest in their homeland.

The Archbishop of Durham must take into account the differences and estrangement between the two nations, and coordinate internal conflicts. A slight refutation may trigger a new conflict. ——Especially when the extreme Sacoolas Protoss racist Orega is still causing a lot of tragedies.

Therefore, strictly or even harshly adhering to the policy of equality between the El Protoss and Sacoolas has become dull and impersonal, and it has a tendency to evolve into a political correctness.There are not many factions in the Protoss of Durham, but conservatives and radicals can be said to be full of contradictions.

If that's all, Tassadar doesn't have to seek help from the Tyranid Empire.The Dalam protoss are indifferent to things other than Sacoolas, and the folk have no intention of consolidating or strengthening their cooperative relationship with humans.

After the fall of Al, the Protoss Empire, which was severely injured, has not been relieved, and now it is just sweeping the snow.However, Moyo, the executive officer captured by human pirates, is still missing on the human border, and is probably being hidden somewhere in the core area of ​​the human empire.

Considering the safety of Mojo and other captured Protoss, Dalam Archbishop Tassadar, who valued his people and compatriots, immediately thought of his human friend Emperor Augustus Mengsk.

"When is it less, Jimmy." Augustus raised his eyes: "We were all young in the past, thinking that any question would be answered, and any problem could be solved once and for all."

"Things are unpredictable. I never thought that one day I would have to stand in the position of human beings and have a big headache." Renault was originally just a farm boy from Shiloh, but now he has to intervene in military affairs for an emperor.

"You should think better. If you stand tall, you have to see far." The emperor looked at Governor Harry who was sitting obediently next to him: "Harry, in the name of the imperial government and the royal family, I would like to take these fruits on the table. and cakes are distributed to the refugee children who come to Jiggins. I ask all the refugees who come to Brocas Hull to live in comfortable and safe resettlement houses, and they don't have to worry about food, clothing and medical care .Albeit meager, their children deserve candy for Christmas."

Augustus was even more convinced that he had sent Tychus away before meeting Tassadar, otherwise the table would not have looked much better than the pig trough.

"Brocas Hull is like spring all the year round, and this winter will be very warm." Governor Harry immediately complied, and it was really windy when he walked out vigorously.He still had a relieved expression on his face, it seemed that being by the emperor's side was really stressful.

Although Augustus had shown signs of growing self-importance, he did not become an autocratic emperor, always taking advice from court ministers and field marshals.

However, once Emperor Augustus felt that something had to be done, then the vast majority of people could only play the role of listening attentively, there is no doubt about it.

All imperial officials knew that although the Emperor Augustus was gracious, teasing or slighting him was like putting the head in the mouth of a crocodile.In the eyes of his subordinates, Governor Harry is like a lion who is hard to please and hard to get close to, but in front of Emperor Augustus, he is just a belly-turning cat.

"There are enough supplies stored in Brocas Hull. It is not a problem for the refugees who come here to avoid food and drink. But what should we do next? They can't live here forever." Renault sighed:

"It's a good way to divert to other worlds and uncultivated habitable planets, but not everyone is willing to start from scratch in a strange world."

"If there is a better choice. Yes, we don't have to let our people rebuild their homes in pain and blood." Augustus leaned back in his chair, those who suffered and died are still there Haunted him, tormented him.

The southern star field of the Tyrannian Empire was almost destroyed, and some worlds had even completely turned into a world of ashes and a world of death, which could not be rebuilt at all.Even on those planets that were not seriously damaged, the support and time of the imperial government were needed to restore the order of the past.

"In this icy and dark universe, Tyrannic humans have been crushed time and time again, but they have rebuilt everything on the ruins again and again." He said to Raynor:
"It's time for a new home, a new world."

Considering that most of the worlds in the Tyrannian Empire belong to the sparsely populated type, that is, the infrastructure and educational resources are too lacking, and some places are still undeveloped and dangerous wilderness.

The imperial government has spent a lot of resources to relocate the refugees from the war zone and ensure their minimum living needs, and it is difficult to avoid the problems of acclimatization and public security brought about by the resettlement.

But living is the most important thing. The vast Tyrannian Empire will never have too many people.Opening up new colonies can effectively calm internal resource shortages and add new sources of raw materials to the empire.

"Many virgin lands have been discovered in the Sigma sector, but developing there will inevitably lead to conflicts with the Tadarin protoss there." Renault nodded:
"Do you still remember those Tadalins? Even if a hair touches the altar of the Protoss, they will rush up to fight you desperately."

"Then use artillery fire to bargain with them." While Augustus was speaking, a clerk from the Governor's Mansion of Brocas Hull presented a holographic projector.This holographic projector is connected to Brocas Hull's government network, and can retrieve information on the administrative regions and population of the Empire.

As can be seen from the above, Brocas Hull originally had a population of just over 300 million, but now it has grown by about twenty times in a few months.Brocas was originally a world with a lot of supplies, so it was the best choice to resettle nearby refugees.

"The most important thing now is to ensure the safety of the new colonies and transportation routes." Renault agrees with Augustus's words. Which of these imperial generals is not ruthless? , never cowardly.

"We are still fighting bugs at the border, and we can't spare so many people to protect the waterway, so these bastard pirates will take advantage of the opportunity to develop and grow." He said to Augustus.

The Tyranid Empire is the main force fighting against the swarm, and even the scale of the mobilized army is unprecedented.

The war was so horrific that the tables had turned, and now those who were so traumatized at the center of the war with the swarm that they couldn't take care of themselves began to demand resocialization in order to forget the pain and achieve "eternity" of tranquility".

"That Alan Shezar and his scavenger pirates were nothing more than interstellar smugglers when he started out on some unknown world in the frontier. You know, the kind of guy who'll do anything for money. "Augustus found the information he wanted from the control panel under the holographic projector:
"The rumors about Alan Shezar are shrouded in mist. Some people say that he has been active in the fringe world of the Tyrann Federation before the UED invasion. In its heyday, these vicious scavenger pirates even controlled the more than one planet, and become the de facto rulers of those worlds."

The Kel-Morian pirates came from the Kel-Morian Federation, the Chimera seems to have something to do with Umoyan, and the latest scavenger is a force that harmed the Tyrannian Empire.

The Scavenger Pirates are not pirates in the traditional sense, they are a large and well-organized super criminal group.At first it was just stealing, modifying and selling spaceships, and then the scavengers began to engage in kidnapping, plundering and assassination, selling force for wealthy entrepreneurs and interstellar businessmen.

As their power expanded, these scavenger pirates began to intervene in the drug trade.What started out as narcotics, later took control of everything involved in the manufacture, transport and sale, and then expanded into gambling, prostitution, arms, augments and the illegal implantation of prosthetic limbs.

When the Tyranid Federation was weak, the Scavenger once controlled several planets and monopolized all the criminal activities on the planet. From the planetary governor's mansion to the parts factory, from officials to ordinary workers, everyone was closely related to the Scavenger industry.While toiling to fill the pockets of the scavengers, the people of these planets have grown addicted to drugs, boosters, and local competitions associated with bloody racing.

When Augustus Mengsk successively overthrew the Tyranid Federation and UED to establish the Tyrannian Empire, the imperial fleet that was ordered to take back the distant world once wiped out and cleared these pirates, and at that time these pirates were nothing in the eyes of the emperor. It's a group of jumping clowns.

But when the swarm invaded again, the scavenger pirates took advantage of it again.

"This is no longer an ordinary pirate force." Renault lit another cigar, his eyes squinted: "They have touched the bottom line."

"The scavenger pirates won't be free for too long." Augustus raised his eyebrows: "Shezar once created his criminal empire, and now he will see it destroyed with his own eyes."

In the old federal era, the Keha Revolutionary Army was the most vicious anti-government armed force in the Koprulu space, and even the most powerful pirate fleet had to detour.

In the era of the Tyrann Empire, the armed forces of the empire were far stronger than in the past.Over the years, more pirates have been hanged by Augustus than there are bacon hanging on the wall.

Augustus is not afraid of pirates taking over the mountains in a small world. If they just rely on the speed of their battleships to do evil everywhere in the territory of the Tyrannian Empire, it will give him a headache.

"Who did you call?" Renault asked.

"Milla Han, she knows how to deal with these criminals best," Augustus said.

Mira Han leads the most savage and brutal army in the armed forces of the Tyrannian Empire. These war-baptized veterans all come from the port of the dead and the slums with the worst environment in the universe.Today they have long since stopped working in the gray area, but the violent style of behavior has been passed down.

"Mila? I heard that her treatment of criminals is not humane." Renault thought for a while, "I've heard it."

"It's just tying the pirates to the Hellfire chariot." Augustus shook his head: "You just don't understand more cruel methods."

"I've never been against justice," Reynolds said.

"In the final analysis, they are just a group of pirates, relying on outdated weapons and ships looted from the federal arsenal to form a dilapidated scavenger fleet. How did Moyo get caught by a group of pirates?" Augustus said:

"Tassadar won't tell."

It would be embarrassing for the Protoss in Dharam. It's not something to make a fuss about a dignified executive being caught by a second-rate pirate in the Tyrann Empire's records.

"I heard about it from Artanis." Reynolds said, "When the Golander swarm invaded Beshfar, Moyo's fleet arrived and attracted the attention of the swarm. As for why they ended up in the hands of Alan Shezar, it is unknown."

"So, we owe Moyo a favor." Augustus nodded.

"Shezar's scavenger pirates are not weak. I heard that ghost agents are working for Shezar." Reynolds said to Augustus: "What else can I say?"

"I thought that apart from you and me, no one in this world would be willing to believe in a telepath who can read minds."

"Believe and use are two different things. The Federation has also used psionic suppressors to control ghost agents." Augustus said:

"The most troublesome thing is that Shezar got mixed up with the dark consul Orega. I thought that protoss would not trust anyone other than Sacoolas protoss."

"You also said that they are two different things." Renault said, "I'm worried that Mira may not bring enough people."

"Don't worry, it's definitely enough."

At this time, the holographic projector next to it flickered, and a fleet of scientific ships located on the edge of the Koprulu star sector sent back a report, showing that the Dharam Protoss was constantly adding troops to an ocean planet called Glacius.

"Glasius, do we want to intervene?" Renault took a puff of smoke.

"It's next to our turf," said Augustus. "The Empire must intervene."

(End of this chapter)