StarCraft: Tyranid Empire.

Chapter 643 Empire Ruler

Auguste Grad Palace, Throne Room Morai Hall.

Moirai is the goddess of fate in Greek mythology, so the Throne Hall is also called the Hall of Fate.The name comes from a saying by Arcturus Mengsk: The Mengsk family is most interested in creating their own destiny.

The Hall of Destiny was the place where Emperor Augustus had an audience with the cabinet, and it was also the apex of the power of the Tyrannian Empire. After all, only a few people could be seen under the throne.Surrounding the entire hall, a thousand flags representing the territories of various empires hung high, guarding the central throne.

The throne is backed by the staggered statues of eagle heads and wolf heads, which are made of pure gold, with silver crystals inlaid on their eyes. The two characters of order and law are embroidered on the thread.There is no doubt that it was the work of Prince Arcturus.Of course, he didn't think there was such a thing as a god in the world, but this was a common method to strengthen the emperor's authority and consolidate his succession rights.

The great Emperor Augustus I of the Tyranid Empire sat on this throne and ruled the largest empire in the Koprulu Sector. He was the head of the empire, and once his signature landed on a decree, it became law.If it is finalized, no one can question his authority.

This is also the White Hall. The four walls and the magnificent pilasters are all cut and carved from pure white Luria marble. Many major events of the Lun Empire.This is a majestic picture scroll, carved by hundreds of Kalai artisans with outstanding skills in the Protoss Phrynax tribe for a year. Its exquisiteness and precision are rare in the world, and the scenes depicted are like myth Holy and solemn.

Rich curtains of silk and velvet fluttered in the wind, and the noonday sun of Augustgrad was pouring down from the huge windows, shining brightly on the gilt stucco and gold-leaf tassels on the walls.

The clear sky outside the window was as clear as blue, and the jagged skyline of Augustgrad city buildings could be faintly seen in the distance.

Today, most of the areas on Keha are inhabitable, only certain restricted areas are still very dangerous.Whenever Augustus thinks back on all this, he is proud of what he and his friends have accomplished.

Those subjects who have never met before are repeating their day-to-day lives under the protection of the empire. Most people will not think of who is guarding their peaceful and peaceful days, but the threats of Zerg and Protoss will remind them.

"The navy has submitted a new budget, and Admiral Warfield believes that twenty new Gorgon-class battlecruisers are urgently needed to deal with the new threat posed by the swarm in the eastern border of the empire for nearly a year." Liberty said .

But Doni Vormilian is a bit special. He didn't make rainbow farts on the UNN channel to win the emperor's favor, but he was a loyal fan of Emperor Augustus.

But in order to get to this point, too many people have buried their bones in other places.Augustus still remembers the warriors who fell into the magma lake of Char and died in the underground cave temple of Aiur. Whether it is their heroic spirits or ghosts, they are now accompanying and correcting the emperor who has passed the age of [-] .

Some lawless pirates even attack small worlds with weak defenses, plundering population and resources, which will undoubtedly weaken the confidence of the people of the empire in the emperor and government.

In other words, this is nothing more than bullying the countrymen of the Tyrannian Empire for not reading enough books on Earth.And, stripping away the plagiarism, the original part looks like the diary of a terminally ill chuunibha.

"Mike, who taught you to call me that?" Augustus chuckled, "You're still so humorous, but I won't allow others to follow suit."

Among the gregarious upper-class aristocrats of Tarsonis, this attire would undoubtedly associate them with extraterrestrial bumpkins, but in a group of revolutionaries founded by a series of local nobles, sons and illegitimate sons of farmers and café owners In the Tyrannian Empire, this outfit might be just right.

"No money." Augustus took the list that Liberty took out, his face clouded: "Let them go."

Of course, that was all in the past, and since Augustus had brought Liberty into the cabinet in a fit of rage, they had become quite acquainted now.

"Please don't do that." Augustus changed the topic: "Let's get down to business. In an hour, I have to go to the Usa Ghost Military Academy."

In fact, the Hall of Destiny was not just a place where Emperor Augustus met his ministers. He was not very constrained by the original purpose of the many halls and suites in the palace.Occasionally, the emperor would also summon the senior generals of the Imperial Navy and Imperial Marine Corps here to reduce their various conflicts about military expenditures, so as to prevent these vulgar people from fighting in public again.

Liberty is not the kind of old revolutionary army who followed Augustus to fight in all directions a long time ago, because the emperor also needs people with both management skills and experience to assist him in ruling the empire, and many people in the revolutionary army only know fight.

He thought of the Augustograd Square Gate, which was still invisible at the moment, vehicles, spaceships, and pedestrians from the suburbs and other imperial worlds were converging into black trickles and pouring into the glorious imperial capital.In the sky, the slowly falling metals are the cargo spaceships traveling between Yukha and the surrounding galaxies. Although they look only a little bit big, they weigh at least several thousand tons.These unparalleled giant cargo ships will transport back high-purity crystal blocks from worlds like Redstone and Cha Sara, and then repackage industrial products such as vehicles and spaceships to be transported to various parts of the empire.

This is a middle-aged man with thin cheeks, a clean-shaven mustache, and a head of neglected blond hair that always curls up slightly disobediently.Although he was obviously not the kind of old federal official who would spend two hours looking in the mirror when attending a meeting, at least he could not find any mistakes in his appearance as an imperial official.

Just as Augustus was recalling the past, two royal guard soldiers stationed at the door of the Hall of Destiny opened the towering door, and an imperial government official in a gray tweed suit and a red tie walked in quickly.

"No, let them meet me here now!"

Augustus almost regarded these Quotations of the Great Emperor as black history, and every time he saw them, he even trembled from being too ashamed.But it’s hard to die, Faraday, the captain of the royal guard, still couldn’t understand the hint in the eyes of the emperor, and desperately promoted this "the greatest work of Tyrannic humans since the 26th century" in the palace, leaving Augustus speechless explain.

Augustus paused: "What else?"

"Minister Dunn has confirmed that the Imperial Transportation Department has opened up the sea route with the Sigma sector." Liberty said to Augustus: "The new voyage starts from Raydin III and goes directly to Kalu In Charybdis, several outposts have been established in the galaxy along the way to ensure the safety of the route, and a new batch of colonial fleets are ready to set off."

With the current financial resources of the empire, it is enough to maintain such a large fleet, but if the Minotaur class is converted into a Gorgon, it is another matter, this is not a warship of an order of magnitude at all.Every Gorgon can be counted as a flagship in any current imperial fleet.

Mike Liberty has a special position in the government of the Tyrannian Empire. He is responsible for both diplomatic work and coordination among the various ministries of the empire, supervising the emperor's courtiers.At some point, he also had to act as a mediator.

"Very good, very good." Augustus said two times in succession.

Standing in front of this powerful imperial emperor, even an imperial official like Liberty, who is used to big scenes, would inevitably be overwhelmed by the aura of power in his hands.This kind of person is often used to giving orders, and everything he says and does seems condescending to others.

At this point in 2500 AD, there may still be people who don't know Augustus Mengsk, but have definitely seen the Imperial flag and the influence it wields.

"It's always easy to talk about wars on paper, but that's nothing more than using black and white to describe a distant and abstract war." Liberty paused for a while before he could speak.

The Sigma sector is adjacent to the Koprulu star sector. This distant and dark star sector may be deeper and wider than the Koprulu star sector. The stars there are sparse, and it is cold and chaotic.But in such a vast world, after all, a planet suitable for human habitation can be found, which will bring precious resources for the further development of the empire.

"Holy Majesty, God-blessed Emperor, Augustus Mengsk the Great, Mike Liberty is here to see you." As soon as he came up, the man used a series of exaggerated names to make Augustus turn from the window come.Then, he bowed slightly to the emperor, and did not straighten up until he got a reply.

"However, there is one thing you must know. The Sigma sector has also found traces of the Tadalin protoss." Liberty poured cold water on Augustus: "Our scientific ship team that went deep into the Sigma sector once discovered These eccentric protoss are performing rituals on their temple-filled colony."

Affected by the invasion of the swarms, it was difficult for the Tyranid Empire to expand to the east and south. Therefore, the plan to develop the Sigma sector was gradually put on the agenda by the ministers entrusted by Augustus.

Thousands of ships of various types gather on the central waterway of the empire across the Koprulu star sector, full of countless goods and the hopes of hundreds of millions of imperial people.The prosperous waterway network has accelerated the communication process and population flow in various territories of the empire, making those originally closed and backward worlds increasingly shrouded in the glory of the empire.On the planet where the fringe world has multiplied for several generations or even more than a dozen generations, people's impressions of Tarsonis, the birthplace of Tyrannian humans, and even the home planet of human beings, Earth, may have long been blurred. Brought to these distant places at once.

"I'm just quoting the eulogy that editor-in-chief Donny Vormilian eulogized for you." Liberty admired Augustus and was sincerely grateful for his contribution to saving human civilization, but that didn't mean he would be Willingly licking the dog: "Recently, I have memorized a few quotations from the Great Emperor."

"To be honest, I never get tired of listening to good words." Augustus admitted that he was a layman: "But let's put aside the sayings of the emperor's quotations-eight out of ten sentences are not my own, or The author directly attributed the words of Emperor Qin, Caesar, Rudolph, Richelieu, and Bismarck to me."

Since Prince Arcturus led the imperial fleet to sweep the pirate forces entrenched in the Tyrann Empire, the large-scale pirate fleet has been completely wiped out, and the Camerian pirates and Chimera pirates can only return to Camerian. Within the sphere of influence of the Commonwealth and the Umoyan United States.At present, there are only small privateer pirate fleets in twos and threes still harassing the slow-moving single merchant ships.

"." Liberty was silent for a moment: "Do you know the requirements of the Marine Corps? They need 200 million sets of the latest CMC-400 power armor, and [-] sets of Thor and ... Here is a list for you to look over."

Although Liberty had a good relationship with the veterans of the Revolutionary Army, they were not of the same type after all.Some scathing journalists occasionally venomously referred to the group surrounding the emperor as the new meritorious nobles, the very generals who had risen to the top of the empire by virtue of their military exploits.

Speaking of which, Augustus first learned about Mike Liberty in a UNN news column.Among the news reports angrily accusing the Korha Revolutionary Army of raping, looting, and disregarding human life, Liberty's report on the corruption case of Tarsonis city government officials can be regarded as a clear stream.

Augustus stood alone under the rising and falling curtains, looking at the hexagonal green borders of the palace gardens and the soaring silver lighthouse of the Royal Naval College.

In any case, for the current Tyrannian Empire, fighting pirates is always right.

"No matter what, the object of their sacrifice must be an evil god."

In fact, Augustus also admired Liberty, but that didn't mean he liked him.When he was the Marshal of the Revolutionary Army, it was great to hear Liberty criticize the old federal government to clear up the grievances of the Revolutionary Army, but it was another matter when he became the target of the criticism.

Facts have also proved that the rampant proliferation of pirates has threatened the Tyrannian Empire's control over various territories.Because once the normal interstellar trade is affected, it will be difficult for the necessary supplies and necessities to be transported to distant border worlds, and even if they are delivered, the price will be three or four times higher because of the rare goods, which is simply unbearable for the people. Fragile economic systems are also prone to collapse.

"These Tadarins are not to be feared." Augustus said: "But in the early days of colonization, we should try to avoid conflicts with them. Now we can't fight on two fronts. I know that the people hope that we can free up our hands to deal with the Protoss , but this is just a dream."

"He thought Gorgon was a Chinese cabbage, and he said it was made." Augustus gave a sharp evaluation: "This kind of person will not cherish the hard-won Gorgon battlecruiser, I can be sure .”

Simply, Liberty knew that Emperor Augustus was not this kind of person.The emperor of the empire was like a leader of the common people, without the arrogance and indifference common to the nobles of the old federation.

"Many imperial territories have listed the Quotations of the Great as compulsory reading for elementary school students." Liberty said to Augustus: "Whenever someone in the Secretary of State's office makes a mistake, I have to punish them for copying the Quotations of the Great twenty times. Your Majesty , guess what, someone is asking for it."

Fortunately, in the current Tyrannian Empire, fanatical but non-discriminatory personality worship is not the mainstream.

The Marine Corps and Navy in the empire are two independent services, and if they want to earn more resources, they will inevitably quarrel.After all, the generals are well versed in the principle that only when they cry can they drink milk.

This is not the first time that this has happened. In order to compete for military expenses, the Navy represented by Edmund Duke and the Marine Corps led by Jim Raynor fought together last time.

These two famous imperial generals were not ordinary people. They used methods of pulling hair, picking nostrils, poking eyes and throwing lime during the fight. When the passing royal cerebrates joined the battle, General Duke's gray hair Almost almost bald.

　When it really came to the day of shutting down the server, I waited in front of the computer for everything to settle, and found myself more sad than I expected.In the final analysis, this is indeed a very sad thing.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)