The 249th Chapter Raid Seavin Star (2)

Keha Star, the birthplace of the sons of Keha, is also the capital administrative star of the Tyrann Empire founded by Emperor Arcturus Mengsk.

And today, in a large conference room at the UNN TV headquarters, Mengsk, the emperor of the empire, will hold a special reception for all reporters here, in this place that he regards as a powerful tool for his own rule, and he Mengsk himself will also conduct a face-to-face live broadcast here and answer some questions from reporters.

The main content of this reception, what will be stated, apart from praising the achievements of the empire since it came to power, the rest is mainly about the newly emerged one, hacking all TV channels without authorization and issuing a declaration of the founding of the country , the Federation of Heroes to attract immigrants, and a series of related issues!

"Okay, everyone, if you have any questions, you can ask them now, I'm very busy! So, you have a total of ten minutes, as long as I know something, I will answer it!"

Before the live camera on UNN TV, Emperor Arcturus Mengsk first gave a long personal speech eloquently, praising his own achievements and the achievements of the empire, and once again emphasizing the achievements he has gained since ascension After countless achievements, he stretched out his hands and gestured to the impatient reporters sitting in the conference hall.

"Hello, Your Majesty Mengsk, I am Kate Rockwell, a reporter from UNN, and I would like to ask you about the fact that in that remote star area, which popped up suddenly not long ago and occupied Star Haven, it was announced as A Federation of Heroes with an independent government, what do you think?"

As soon as Mengsk's voice fell, the female reporter of UNN, who likes to reveal the shady scenes of the empire, couldn't wait to stand up immediately and uttered her first question loudly.

This question is also the theme of today's press conference. Therefore, after seeing her start to ask questions, the other reporters did not feel too much dissatisfaction with her preemptive speech. A news device aimed at Mengsk, looking forward to his next answer.

"Hehe...According to the analysis of our Tyrann Empire think tank: We all agree that the newly emerged Federation of Heroes is actually just a small human force that has immigrated from somewhere! Presumably, before you Know something about UED too, right?"

After asking a rhetorical question, Mengsk continued with a smile.

"We humans, the colonization and expansion of this vast universe, have been getting faster and faster... Four years ago, the UED expeditionary force came to our Koprulu sector, and they also communicated with our humans, Protoss and worms fought a battle... Now, a group of new forces have come here to colonize, don't be too surprised by this!"

"The Federation of Heroes,

They are nothing more than a group of colonists with more than 100,000 people. Compared with the tens of billions of people in our Tyrannian Empire, they are nothing to mention! "

"And what's even more ridiculous is that their head of state turned out to be a little girl who didn't understand anything? So, we didn't pay much attention to their so-called Federation of Heroes, and our huge Tyrannian Empire In comparison, they are just a group of country folks who have never seen the world!"

"That's why we held this press conference today to refute the rumors, and condemn the other party's use of illegal means to seize the channel of the TV station some time ago!"

"I believe that the citizens of the empire will look at this matter rationally, and don't be tempted by the other party's false remarks! The other party is just a small force of more than 100,000 people. The kind of nonsense promises they made are completely It's just an illusion!"

Thinking about the performance of the little girl head of state when the other party delivered that supposedly serious speech, Mengsk was almost amused at that time!

At first, he thought it was an entertainment program on a certain TV station.

In order to attract immigrants, housing, vehicles and jobs are also provided for free? Even Mengsk dared not make such a blank invoice casually!

It wasn't until not long ago that the intelligence personnel of the empire obtained specific information from Haven Star, knowing that the so-called Federation of Heroes of the other party actually only had one basically unarmed colonial ship and five heavy old-style battlecruisers It’s just a small group of forces, except for the larger number of troops and the fact that they may be stronger, they don’t seem to be any stronger than those flooded interstellar pirates or mercenary organizations!

Therefore, Mengsk really looked down on the other party from the bottom of his heart.

This kind of small force dares to come out and make any declarations casually, if the other party is not within the territory of his own empire, and is too close to the territory of the Protoss, and has not expressed any thoughts specifically aimed at his Tyrannian Empire. , he already sent a fleet to clean up the opponent!

"But as far as I know, they are the UED, the second group of criminals exiled by the UPL of the former United Earth Government. The ancestors of the colonization can be said to be from the same source, what is your attitude towards their arrival?"

Originally, according to the usual practice, a reporter could only ask one question, and then another person had to ask the question.

However, Kate Rockwell, a female reporter who likes to criticize and tell the truth, did not care about the dissatisfaction and angry eyes of the people around her, and continued to stand and ask questions on her own.

Different from the imperial military's immediate investigation of the opponent's military intelligence, the UNN reporters also used their own methods and channels to obtain those updates from the Heroes Federation from Haven Star. Meticulous first-hand information.

You know, news is time-sensitive, so at this time, Kate took it out, and in this live broadcast, directly used the opportunity of His Majesty Emperor Mengsk to answer reporters' questions, and published it directly!

In this case, presumably, that damn Downey wouldn't just cut off or block her speech, right?

"The Krupp star area is very large, and there are many habitable planets... So, for any new humans who come here to colonize, no matter where they come from, no matter who they once belonged to? Our Mengsk Empire welcomes attitude! We welcome them to join our big family of the Tyrann Empire, and they can enjoy the protection of our empire's powerful army!"

After a pause, Mengsk suddenly accentuated his tone and stretched out a finger.

"However, there is a premise here: they must announce the cancellation of independence, cancel the security forces that exceed the necessary scale, and agree to merge into the empire's territory and pay additional taxes to the Imperial Finance Bureau every year! Only in this way, the army of our empire, Only to protect the citizens who abide by the laws of the empire!"

To put it bluntly, that is, Mengsk can accept the opponent, but the opponent must disband the excessive army or hand over the heavy military equipment!

Like the remote and barren planet of Haven, where even pirates don't bother to patronize, five heavy battlecruisers are too much, even the old models! Mengsk will never allow any autonomous planet within his country's territory to have a heavy fleet of this size!

If the other party really wants to join his Tyrannian Empire and obtain the protection of the Imperial Army, then he must hand over the five battleships and reduce the size of the army, and at the same time accept the supervision of the Imperial Army!

Since joining the empire and becoming an autonomous planet, it must have the appearance of an autonomous planet. Training a little marine corps to maintain law and order is so-so. A large-scale army of the standard is absolutely not allowed! He, Mengsk, doesn't want another force to repeat his old path, and then come to rebel against him!

"Your Majesty, Emperor Mengsk, I'm sorry to interrupt you!"

When Mengsk still wanted to say something, Kate interrupted him shamelessly.

"Although you keep saying that the army of the empire will protect the citizens of the empire, as far as I know: those refugees on the planet Haven who have joined the Federation of Heroes and accepted their asylum were originally Agri who were destroyed by the swarm. Inhabitant of a sub-agricultural planet!"

"At that time, because the soldiers of the Empire abandoned them and fled first, those helpless Aglians had to turn to the interstellar bandit Jim Raynor, and then, with the help of Jim Raynor, they I was able to escape from the venomous mouth of the swarm and leave the planet Aglia, and evacuate to settle on the more remote planet Haven..."

"His Majesty the Emperor, may I ask if this happened? Do you know about this? How do you feel about the actions of the imperial military at that time?!"

Regardless of the increasingly angry eyes of the other reporters and the increasingly impatient expression of Mengsk, the female reporter Kate continued to pour out all the inside information she had obtained and asked questions.

Wow...

At the press conference, there was a burst of noise soon.

Hearing this, the other reporters, who were originally dissatisfied with Kate, turned on their various devices like sharks that smelled fishy, ​​and once again aimed at Mengsk on the rostrum and the audience below. A female reporter standing there asking questions.

Such explosive news is much more interesting than what they originally planned to ask!

The Agria planet was captured by the insect swarm. They already knew about this matter, but they only knew the set of rhetoric put forward by the military. They always thought that that unlucky planet was the same as the other ones captured by the swarms!

And now, if the new news and questions and answers from both sides can be recorded and brought back, surely it will definitely attract the attention of the audience more than their original questions that moaned without illness?

In that case, it will be of great help to their major TV stations! Therefore, at this moment, they each could not bear their original dissatisfaction with Kate's breaking the rules, and looked forward to the next dialogue between the two sides.

"No! That's a rumor! The soldiers of our empire will never abandon any legal citizen easily! Absolutely not!"

Hearing this, Mengsk's face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost. The originally dissatisfied expression immediately cooled down instantly.

While staring angrily at the female reporter, he was also secretly dissatisfied with those bastards in the military who did more than accomplish nothing. Those bastards who know how to do some stupid things, are greedy for life and are afraid of being useless, and make it difficult for them to step down now!

From Mengsk's point of view, those cowards, those bastards who eat and get paid and don't work, even Jim Raynor's small group of wandering criminals can do things, they don't even dare to fight, and they don't dare to fight when they see bugs. Just run away?

Their strength on the planet Aglia at that time must have been stronger than that of Jim Raynor, right? A little resistance, even helping those civilians escape? !

Look, now that the mess they left behind, they still want to wipe their butts, the emperor of the empire?

It's really unreasonable!

When he returns after finishing this mess, he must remove the military officer at the time for investigation and pull him out as the culprit!

"However, we now have tangible evidence to prove this matter, as well as relevant video evidence: At that time, the imperial army of the entire planet Agria indeed abandoned them immediately, without even a notice of withdrawal Let the bugs encircle their colony! In the end, the rangers of the passing interstellar bandit Jim Raynor went to help them and temporarily resisted the bugs, so that the Aglians could retreat in time and avoid The swarm is poisonous!"

"Excuse me, do you know about this matter? How do you explain this matter?!"

After seeing Mengsk's face getting worse and worse, the female reporter Kate Rockwell became more and more excited, and her tone became higher and higher.

After telling what she knew and asking two questions, she even directly took out a device and played the scene of the imperial army first abandoning the people and fleeing alone on the spot.

"..."

Seeing that the other party was clearly prepared and that there was evidence in the picture, Mengsk took a breath slowly, stared deeply at the female reporter for a while, and then took his time. He opened his mouth and explained:

"I am here to emphasize one point again: the army of our empire will never abandon any imperial citizen easily!"

"This matter, after all, is a military secret. I didn't want to say more at first! But since this Kate reporter brought it up, I might as well explain a little bit to the fight: the reason why our empire's army retreated at that time was because, Those people on Planet Aglia are all mobs!"

"They have an affair with the thug Jim Raynor, and they often provide weapons and other supplies to each other. Therefore, our army has to retreat in order to avoid being flanked by internal and external attacks and unnecessary losses!"

"And now, I think you all know that apart from the interstellar bandit Jim Raynor, the Aglians have hooked up with the Federation of Heroes of unknown origin! This is blatant treason!"

"So, what our army did at the time was very correct! Here, let me reiterate one more point: our empire's army will only protect those law-abiding citizens of the empire!"

After finishing speaking, Mengsk's complexion improved slightly.

Now, he scored an eight for his quick wit! Although the explanation seemed a bit forced, in this way, he finally succeeded in changing the image of the imperial army among the people, and directly poured dirty water on the mobs. There is no better way to say it!

Presumably, these reporters will no longer ask any tricky questions, right?

"I'm sorry, but as far as I know: the army of the empire at that time abandoned the residents of the Agria planet first, and those Agria people sent out a distress signal for help! At that time, many people received I got the signal from the other party! At that time, only the wanted criminal Jim Reynolds who happened to pass by came to rescue them! I even have their communication records at that time!"

"This is contradictory to your explanation just now: the statement that those people had contact with Jim Raynor earlier!"

"We seem to be more willing to believe that at that time, it was the army of our empire that fled shamefully first! Then, the villains who were wanted by the empire and reviled by the people did what the military should do. I don't know you How do you explain this?!"

This news, these video surveillance and communication videos at that time were obtained by her Kate through a special channel, and the other party reluctantly gave this information away for free because Kate was willing to tell the truth. gave her.

So, at this moment, she took out all of them at the stand of the live broadcast!

After seeing Mengsk's face that had just recovered on the rostrum turn sour again, Kate knew that her goal for today might have been achieved?

Today, she successfully exposed another shameful crime committed by the imperial military. Under the threat of the swarm, she took the lead in fleeing and abandoning the people of an entire planet!

"Huh! Military secrets, no comment! Well, today's press conference is over here, goodbye everyone!"

Mengsk waved violently, turned away from the rostrum and terminated the live broadcast of the press conference early.

When he saw that the female reporter named Kate came prepared, there were not only pictures and evidence, but also the video of the army fleeing at that time, the time when the Agria issued the distress signal and the record of the conversation with Jim Raynor. , Mengsk knew that today, it seems that there is no way to get round again?

So, he decided to end this damn live broadcast first! After they think of a better way and excuse, just send a broadcast to clarify!

Anyway, the UNN TV station covering the entire Koprulu star area is under the control of Mengsk, and the power to dominate public opinion is also in his hands, so he is not too worried about what will happen!

At most, at that time, the garrison officer of Planet Agria at that time would be pulled out to shoot targets and use it as a scapegoat for the people to vent their anger. Today, apart from being a little shameless, he didn't have much loss. It's just a little bit of dislike.

If that female reporter just now wanted to get herself into big trouble with these things, then she is still too young!

"Ha! I like that girl reporter! What's her name? Kelly?"

Jim Raynor, who was drinking in the bar of the Hyperion, laughed out loud when he saw Mengsk on TV hurried away with a black face.

"Sir, her name is actually Kate Rockwell! She is a reporter who dares to tell the truth and expose all the evils of the empire."

Matt, who was standing by the side, also smiled rarely after watching TV.

It's just that he was a little puzzled, why is this female reporter who often confronts the officials of the Tyrann Empire still alive and well? According to Mengsk's nature, shouldn't he have sent ghost troops to kill the opponent secretly, let him disappear, or simply find a crime to imprison him permanently and put him in prison?

Why are you still letting him hang around outside and often speak ill of the empire? Mengsk shouldn't be so generous, right? Could it be, what background does that female reporter have?

"Ha! No matter what her name is, if we have any breaking news in the future, why not give her a copy?"

Renault suddenly thought of such a good idea.

"Sir, I don't recommend you to do that, it will only kill her!"

Matt thought for a while, and immediately rejected Jim's idea.

Although I don't know why Mengsk didn't let people lay hands on the female reporter, but if I and others, who are wanted criminals, really go to contact the female reporter secretly, then the other party may really be dead!

At that time, Mengsk can even blatantly send someone to arrest the other party, and even the reason Matt can think of right now: contact privately with the most wanted criminal of the empire, intending to plot rebellion!

Then, waiting for her end, apart from being executed or imprisoned forever, there will be absolutely no other better!

"Well, well, you're right!"

After thinking about it and feeling that his idea was not that good, Renault sighed in frustration.

"That's right! Calculate the time. At this moment, that bastard To Xu should be almost ready to raid Haiwen, right? Tell me, will he succeed in the end?"

Apart from mentioning this matter with Matt, Jim didn't even mention it to his old friend Tychus Finley!

After all, he can be regarded as cheating on that promise once, so the fewer people who know, the better!

In case the other party escaped from Haiwenxing by chance and knew that he had tipped off the news, wouldn't he be retaliated by the other party? !

"According to the time, it should be almost the same? How about we send a message to ask?"

Thinking about what his chief had done before, Matt secretly felt sorry for that unlucky Tosh.

He couldn't find anyone to cooperate with, but he bumped into the Huberian! Wouldn't the other party ask more questions? The Hyperion just helped Hai Wenxing, and the friendship with the Federation of Heroes is not too bad. Why didn't he even do a lot of basic investigation, so he rushed here to find the cooperation of his chief Make a fortune?

This is great, he just said his plan, and then he was sold out by his chief, and he used the information that the other party was going to rob Haiwenxing in exchange for the promised three thousand standard units High-energy crystals, even Matt secretly applauded this deal!

It would be even better if that boy, Federation of Heroes, could kill Tosh directly!

"Ha! Don't worry about it! At most one or two days, Dr. Han Sen will send us a message! Now, the colonel of Olan should have almost completed the deciphering, right? Go and ask! Then give us a reminder? "

Renault, who took another sip of wine, suddenly mentioned to Matt the matter of deciphering the old Tyranid Federation adjutant robot.

Now their Hyperion has been staying outside the Port of the Dead for more than two days, they can't continue to waste time here like this, and they dare not stay here for a long time! In that case, if you are not careful, you will be targeted by the empire's fleet, and then you will be in big trouble!

"Yes, sir! I'll go now."

Haven, the planet occupied by the Federation of Heroes, has not changed much except for the construction of a new city and the re-planning of the colony of the Aglians.

Now here, it is still in the busy construction period. Whether it is in space or on the surface of the planet, countless projects are under intense construction. It will be a long time before the League of Heroes completely controls this place.

At this time, in the basically completed City of Hope, near the two ground warehouses, a large group of staff and SCV engineers are secretly installing various hidden anti-stealth equipment in the name of maintenance equipment. instruments in order to target the impending threat of interstellar pirates.

"Hey! Galen, tell me, that fellow interstellar pirate, why hasn't he come to rob us now? I've been bored to death recently!"

In the residence of the head of state, under the root of a native broad-leaved tree on Star Haven, little Annie was sitting on a swing tied to a tree trunk, a little bored, and glanced at Galen and the others who were serving as the head of state guards.

They are now fiddling with some skewers on an electric stove, and the guest chef is preparing today's lunch.

"Uh... if bored? Maybe we can go on hunting and relax?"

When the interstellar pirates will come to rob, how does he know Galen?

Even this information was conveyed through that Ariel Hansen. It is said that the other party is a group of invisible ghosts? Whether it is true or not is still to be discussed, and we will not know until the other party actually comes to rob.

"don't want……"

Recently, those delicious or edible animals on this planet of Haven have basically been a serious disaster, and they have eaten them almost once. Therefore, during the recent period, Little Annie didn't think much about it. Go out, and don't want to go hunting in the name of collecting animal information anymore.

The main reason is: those animals are already tired of being eaten by her...

"How about we go fishing after lunch?"

Galen, who was on duty today and served as a bodyguard and accompaniment, quickly gave another suggestion.

"No...the yacht was not repaired...Aunt Doug also transferred all the transport ships..."

Not long ago, when Little Annie and the others went out to sea for fun, the newly built yacht dedicated to the head of state almost sank because she insisted on attacking a huge sea creature from the star of the sea. , until now they are still lying on their stomachs in the repair shop!

Thinking of this, Annie felt annoyed for a while!

Even she didn't expect at the time that that big guy, which was almost like a whale, was so strong and had bone spurs on his body? She made a big hole in her new yacht all at once, but fortunately, her yacht has its own flight function, so it didn't sink into the sea in the end...

Now, if you drive a transport ship, it's not impossible.

It's just... Adjutant Doug, who is guarding little Anne like a thief, has already dispatched all the transport ships to transport supplies during this busy period, and not even one idle ship was left behind!

"Then let's change the game? Use the Wraith Fighter to fight that dinosaur-like monster?"

In the sky of this star Haven, there are often dinosaur-like creatures that fly and hunt with their huge wing membranes. Their meat is very delicious. Galen, who has eaten it once, has long thought of trying to get another one or two. It's time to eat meat!

However, the number of them does not seem to be very large. After killing some of them before, the Federation issued a decree to list them as rare species, and it is strictly forbidden to kill them at will!

If he went to poach by himself, he might not dare to go, but if he fooled his little head of state, no one would dare to make irresponsible remarks, right?

The highest official eats a car of rare animals, forgive those government officials who dare not come out and make irresponsible remarks, right? At most, they will eat it secretly when the time comes, so as not to let those people find out!

"No! Flying dragons smashed by laser or electromagnetic shells are not tasty at all! You guys can't fly!"

After casting a disdainful glance at the flattering Galen, little Annie snorted coldly and turned her face away.

This bastard actually wanted to trick himself into catching the flying dragon again!

She also knows that wild flying dragon is delicious, but it can fly, so it's hard to catch! If you kill it directly with anti-aircraft weapons or rifles, the blood will coagulate in the muscles, which will seriously affect the taste!

Last time, she flew directly out of the armored transport ship by herself, captured one alive with magic, and tasted the deliciousness.

Although their meat is delicious, it is also very tiring to grab...

Even thinking about it felt troublesome, so she didn't want to go!

"Huh?!"

Little Annie, who was dangling in a princess dress on the swing, suddenly sensed something, raised her head, blinked, and looked at the sky above her head.

There, she seemed to perceive a hint of malice that seemed to be absent? That kind of feeling is very light, there is no threat... But, there must indeed be some villains playing their own ideas?

"What's wrong?"

Seeing the reaction of his head of state, Galen also looked up at the sky.

Then, he felt very puzzled, there was only blue sky above, and there was no cloud in the sky... Today's weather is very good, it is suitable for barbecue picnics in the courtyard, and getting together to drink, chat and brag, what's so good about it surprised? !

"Well...you go and call Auntie Doug, and say: Tonight, that scoundrel is coming to rob us! Tell her to get ready quickly!"

Finally, little Annie, who was idle and flustered, discovered something from her perception, jumped off the swing excitedly, and gave orders to Galen who was bewildered.

This is really good!

Just when she was bored, a group of desperate villains came to her door to play with? So, tonight, maybe she will have something to watch?

"real or fake?"

After being stunned for a moment, Galen quickly put down the skewer in his hand, and then kept looking up.

The sky is still the same sky, Haiwen is similar to the earth, and it also has a blue sky; the clouds are still those clouds, and he didn't see any difference? How could little Annie be sure that those villains would definitely come tonight? Is the humanoid radar of a magician so powerful?

"Hello? Sir Doug? I'm Galen! It goes like this..."

Although he was also very puzzled, Galen honestly took out his communication equipment and directly contacted Doug who was working in the command center of the military base outside City of Hope.

"Yes, it should be the group of ghost pirates I mentioned earlier. I'm not sure...Anyway, it was Head Anne who asked me to inform you...That's right, it should be like this!"