StarCraft: Tyranid Empire.

Chapter 619 Zakul Protector

"Among the warships I have seen, the Hyperion is not considered a small ship."

The Purifier Protoss Talandar visited the Hyperion for the first time.This is a novel experience, stepping on the red-brown felt carpet of a human battleship is completely different from walking on the white and bright flagship of a protoss battleship.

Even though the Hyperion was already the most luxuriously decorated warship among human flagships, undisguised cables and pipes could be seen in the freshly painted aisles.The noise in the engine room also made the sergeants on duty miserable. Compared with it, the humming of the Protoss warship Cadarin Crystal Matrix is ​​simply a beautiful and moving rhythm.

There are many passages leading to other important cabins on the main deck of the Hyperion, which is as intricate as a maze, and the direction can only be distinguished through signs.He had just followed Marshal Jim Raynor of the Tyrannian Empire from the lower deck. He had seen hydraulic engine room, battery room, damage control workshop, armory, food storage room, operating room and other different areas, and heard about turbine engines. And the screeching of the engine room vent fan, impressive.

The hull of this battleship is not small, but a large number of cumbersome mechanical devices occupy the living space of the crew too much, especially the Yamato cannon main gun and shooting center.Such an inefficient use of space is so commonplace in a young race like humans that it should not be surprising.

The Protoss warships are bright and spacious, especially for giants like the Mothership and the Spear of Adun.

"The Hyperion is an old-fashioned warship that is somewhat outdated, but we are still proud of her and her achievements." Reynolds pointed to the imperial emblem on the entrance of the Hyperion Armory while speaking. , the shield-shaped emblem made of polished brass is carefully scrubbed by sailors every day to ensure that it does not get dust on it.

"Although I can no longer feel your emotions, Commander James Raynor, I can empathize with them." Talandar's wide mechanical walking feet stepped on the deck with amazing momentum, and some aisles were even for him. is narrow.

Now the Hyperion is sailing to a distant planet called Zakul, precisely to arrest the leader of the scavenger pirates, Alan Shezar.Along with the humans is the fleet of High Executor Artanis.This is not the first time they have joined forces.

Temporarily, Talandar the Purifier, discovered by humans from the Glacius facility, also remained on board the Hyperion.Before returning to the Protoss of Dalam, it may take some time for him to accept the difference between himself and his tribe and find the direction of life.

The high-level executive Artanis originally planned to directly recover the Purifier Talandar to provide a model for the restarted Purifier project to develop new weapons.But since Artanis' mentor, Archbishop Tassadar, warned him to regard Talandar as the real Protoss, and he was the key to ease the relationship between Protoss and Purifiers, he decided to respect the Purifier's own decision .

"The Tyrann Empire has a well-trained army, and they are the most brave and fearless human warriors I have ever seen." Talandar praised Raynor.

"Yes, we have a great group of boys and girls, without them, the battleship would not work," Raynor said.

At this time, the door of the armory next to it suddenly opened, and a young man wearing a work cap came out of it.He is Milo Kaczynski, younger brother of Viktor Kaczynski, who is currently Chief Engineer of the Hyperion.

It is said that about ten years ago, Milo, who was still a child, had already been photographed by Augustus Mengsk at that time.Although this rumor is dubious, it certainly proves that he is a man of great talent.

With the collapse of the power of the Camerian Commonwealth's board of directors, the people's trust in the government and banks has also collapsed, and the economy has also been close to collapse.More and more Kelmorians are looking for a way out of the core world of the Tyrann Empire, where livelihoods and immigrants prosper, especially capable and skilled craftsmen. base.

For those young people who want to show their ambitions in the Koprulu sector, joining the army of the Tyranid Empire is definitely their best choice.

"Hello, Talandar, I'm Miro." The engineer named Milo Kaczynski looked at Talandar with much more enthusiasm than Renault, and almost handed him a cup of tea. : "My God, what a sophisticated design, you are definitely the most beautiful I have ever seen."

"You can come in and take a look, and then we can do some small inspections for you."

"Oh, I guess that's okay." Talandar was delighted, and it was the first time in his life that he had been complimented like that.

"I heard that you are working on a project to develop a new chassis for Thor's mecha, hurry up and do it." Renault pressed Milo's head and pushed him back, which made the young engineer very dissatisfied.This is a short-tempered young man, but there is always someone who can handle him.

"What's wrong?" Talandar asked.

"If those engineers praise you like that, it's like a client is praising a prostitute's body." Renault said metaphorically.

The Tyranid Empire unearthed many valuable things from the ruins of the Glacius facility, such as the holographic projection device of the protoss mechanical sentinel. degree.Thanks to the research on this technology, the Empire has also made new breakthroughs in the research on holograms.

And if you want to disassemble and study the Purifier, it would be too greedy.

"Forgive me for not understanding what you're talking about." Talandar was puzzled. Of course, he couldn't understand many living habits of human beings. After all, just having a mouth is already weird enough.

Next, Renault took Talandar to visit the technical workshop, the officer's activity room, the quartermaster's cabin, the ordnance staff's workshop and the prison room.They happened to meet the ashen-faced Tychus Finley on their way to the prison cell, who knows what happened to this guy again.

Of course, this was a common occurrence on the Hyperion, and Tychus wasn't the only offender, but he was often sent here.Usually, he either got into another fight or stole something again.

When the doors of the Hyperion's dining room opened, some of the crew were dining in it, enjoying potatoes fried in butter and sweet soda.For the appearance of Talandar, the crew in the dining room were very surprised, this was the first time they saw the mechanical Protoss.

If someone exclaims loudly that they look like they have never seen the world, but they will be contemptuous, after all, the people on the Hyperion have never seen anything.

"This is the central restaurant, which supplies food for most of the sailors. We have several such restaurants, open to everyone throughout the day, and the bakery bakes the required bread five times a day." Renault introduced to Talandar Say:
"Once the battleship has to enter a long time-travel voyage and cannot replenish, it will be difficult to eat fresh bread."

The central dining room is large, clean and bright. The tables and chairs are made of warm white teak. The walls of the restaurant are hung with silver-rimmed portraits, which show the idyllic scenery of a certain planet or the horizontal knife of Emperor Augustus. Immediate oil painting.

"The protoss also have similar places, such as the meditation room in the battleship, where the Templars will practice and discuss, and share their views on Kara." Talandar suddenly realized sadly that he had lost Kara, and after restarting There may be only one person in the Purifier project, which means that he has become an increasingly weird existence.

Under such circumstances, it is not easy for the solitary Purifiers to integrate into the original society. The expected fear, incomprehension and discrimination of the tribe people are really unbearable.

What will the Supreme Council, which once regarded the Purifier as a dangerous weapon, do with him?Although the Supreme Executive Artanis claimed that the Supreme Council had been expelled and now the leader of the Durham Protoss Templar, this was really difficult for Talandar to accept for a while.

Talandar could hear whispers in the central restaurant, presumably this was the result of Renault telling these people in advance that he would come to visit.

He is not afraid of others' slander, but he doesn't think he deserves such insult.This may also be the reason why the ancient Purifiers rebelled. They went to great lengths to protect their people, but what they got in return was slavery and oppression.

Templars fight for glory, but glory does not belong to a group of dead that should be forgotten.

"Brother Reynolds, sometimes I always feel lonely." Talandar said to Reynolds when he walked out of the restaurant.

"Losing Kara is an unbearable pain for the protoss. Only connecting with other protoss is the best medicine for relieving loneliness. Protoss has never felt lonely from birth to death."

"Now we know that even a mechanical protoss like you has sentience." Raynor said, "I heard you have electronic karaoke, just like our network, only much more advanced."

"Yes. The Purifiers don't have Kara, but they have something like that. The data network connects all the Purifiers together, and everyone can express their opinions. That's why when the Purifiers decided to rebel against the enslavement of the Supreme Council so united at times," Talandar said:

"When deciding on a certain matter, the Purifiers always vote to resolve it. The time to count the votes determines their efficiency, and the Purifiers are always extremely efficient."

"They have their own forum," Renault said figuratively: "If someone posts, everyone else can leave a message."

This is easy to understand. When a purifier spouts at the Supreme Council in the data network, the entire network explodes.This is exactly the same as Kara, except that Kara shares emotions and data directly, while the Purifier is just cold data and information.

The Purifier's technology is also of great help to the research and development of the artificial intelligence of the Tyranid Empire, helping to pass the operational efficiency of drones and intelligent machinery.

When Raynor and Talandar came to the Hyperion Bridge, the warship hadn't left the state of hyperspace navigation.On the star map on the bridge is projected a planet shrouded in darkness, Zaqul.

Zakul is the archive world of the protoss, a heavily guarded forbidden place of literature.

In ancient times, Zakul was once a planet belonging to Nagar, on which countless magnificent lost temples stood.Zakul is very important to the Protoss Empire, and all the documents and artifacts since the cataclysm are preserved there.

Three ancient and learned protectors are in charge of the planet, and they may only be surpassed in status by the legendary supreme protectors.In addition, there is a powerful army guarding the planet and its lore and monuments of immortality.

It is hard to imagine how a group of human pirates found this mysterious forbidden place for literature.

"It seems that the shadow of Orega has already encroached on this mysterious forbidden place of protoss literature. When did this happen?" Renault saw Augustus standing silently in front of the star map:

"If, as Artanis said, Zakkul is heavily guarded, then how could we humans know the news of Zakkul's attack before they did?"

"Artanis doesn't understand this either. If Zakul is attacked, the protoss defenders above will definitely ask for the support of Sacoolas' golden fleet as soon as possible." Augustus said.

At this time, a brilliant flash of light shone on the bridge of the Hyperion. The flagship of this majestic battlecruiser was leaving the hyperspace channel, followed by a whole huge fleet.

"The fleet has arrived in Zakul." Matt Horner's voice came: "We have never set foot in this star field, so we must be careful."

On the star map, the holographic image of Zakul's planet has also been fully updated, with various data of the planet listed next to it.

"The communication signals on this planet are silent. Normally speaking, the guardians here should have questioned how dare we trespass on the forbidden land." Renault felt a little bad.

"We're here to capture Alan Shezar, can't even detect human communication signals?" Augustus stared at Zakul's holographic projection, with a bad premonition in his heart.

"Artanis, what did you find there?" He connected the communication link with the Protoss flagship Purification:

"Zakul, this planet looks like a pool of stagnant water."

"The templar guarding the protector of Zakul did not respond to us." Artanis looked very anxious, and his hands and feet seemed to be cold.

"Prior to this, the communications between Zakul and Sacoolas were all normal." He said: "Although this is unbelievable, someone must have betrayed the Council of Light and Shadow and concealed the truth. Among our clansmen, almost It's an impossible thing."

"It appears that Aurega has finally found our Temple of Lore. We should have known, since the mad Dark Archon began hunting among the stars for his precious Protectors, that he would find it sooner or later."

"But what is it that makes the protoss on this place so corrupt and depraved?"

(End of this chapter)