Chapter XVII: Decisions

"Communication is being received."

An upcoming video conference brings the two melancholy men back into shape, can be an army and a good senior commander, self-restraint is the most basic quality, the two quickly suppress their emotions, Frank knows that some things have to be done step by step, not in a hurry. Although he has been very anxious, he has been able to restrain himself very well, and officially because of this self-restraint, he can release the energy storm.

The two put away their lazy posture and sat down in their positions, and in the communication video, the projections of Phoenix, Celantis, Zeratu and others were impressively listed.

Celerantis was the first to speak, saying, "If the 'Fist of Orega' thought that they would be safe and sound by stealing the Kaydarin Crystal and leaving the El, they were very wrong. Commanders, this is Moyo, the most experienced commander of the pilots in our fleet, Moyo, you give your briefing to the leaders. ”

Frank had long noticed an unfamiliar face in the image, a heavily armored Templar, and he spoke, "The stolen Kaydarin Crystal has produced a powerful source of energy radiation, and we have used this energy source to search the hiding place of this group of Dark Templars, which is where we are heading - Char. ”

"The men of the Fist of Orega seem to be quite aggressive, and they have chosen the most dangerous places, but their commander is bold." Frank said approvingly.

"Trust me, old friend, this group of paranoids will make you realize what it means to be really brainless." Zeratu reminded.

Moyo continued to read the information he had: "In the meantime, our observers lurking in Charr discovered that an unknown human force had established a base on the planet Char. ”

Moyo also released a video message, and Frank watched the video. Char's message from the observer, the unknown human force, "It's them!" Frank was slightly surprised, then relieved.

"Do you know this group of human forces?" Zeratul asked curiously.

Frank nodded, affirmatively, "They call themselves 'Scavenger Mercenaries of Shezar', and the human forces that saved Yurash are members of this organization. They and Orega really have a leg. ”

"I felt that something was wrong, and I had a sense of foreboding." Zeratul said.

"This lowly group of humans, they will regret that in the territory of the swarm, they will be mercilessly slain by the swarm and our army." Phoenix Road.

"It's far from being as simple as it seems." Frank shook his head and said, "The power of this mercenary group is unknown, but since they dare to set foot in this hell on earth, it means that they have this capital." ”

Zeratu nodded slightly.

March 5, 2500.

Kpru Sector, orbiting in the outer orbit of the planet Char, at 20:43 local time.

An Arbiter of the Protoss stays in the orbit of the planet Char in high altitude. And around this spaceship, the entire fleet of the Protoss is silently hidden in the void, and no one notices their existence. Although the arbiter itself cannot be invisible, but with his small size and excellent signal avoidance ability, it is difficult to find him in the vast dark starry sky.

Char.

Frank looked at the flaming planet beneath the ship without saying a word.

"I thought I would never set foot in this hell on earth again, but I didn't expect that not only would I come here again, but also so quickly." Renault came over and stood beside Frank. Clasped his hands around and looked at the blazing planet with each other.

Then. Once again, the Protoss had an urgent message for them. Once again, the top commanders of the Combine Army came together.

Moyo: "The latest intelligence suggests that there is a unit of insects guarding the human base in Shezal. ”

Zeratul was shocked when he heard this: "What? ”

It's not just him, but all the high-level people are all discolored when they hear it, which is incredible.

"Guards? You mean these humans are able to control the alien troops? Phoenix was eager to get a definite answer.

Renault: "That's not good news. ”

Frank rubbed his chin from side to side and muttered, "This is really not good news. The bug's behavior makes me wonder if maybe it's Allen. The conspiracy of Shezar and Aurega. ”

Celerantis said: "Judging from the fact that the people of Shezar saved the 'Fist of Orega' and the others, judging from the base where the Worms are now guarding Šezal, it is clear that they have formed an evil alliance, and it is very likely that this group of mercenaries has obtained our technology through the 'Fist of Orega' and enslaved the Worms to serve them. Orega may have helped Shezar replicate this technique with the Kedarin Crystal. ”

"There's another possibility." Frank said.

"What is it?" Renault asked.

Frank glanced at the crowd and focused his gaze on Renault, "Have you forgotten how the tragedy of Tasanis happened?" ”

Renault was shocked: "You're saying that they have a ghost launcher?" ”

Frank: "Just a speculation. ”

The video conference fell into a brief silence, and everyone was thinking.

Zeratul looked at Celantis, "Executive, judging from the current state of affairs, this is no longer a simple mission to pursue the defectors, the matter has become more serious, and we must crush this alliance of Orega, Shezar, and the enslaved swarm before they threaten us." ”

Zeratu looked at the silent Frank again: "Old friend, you are a good hand at commanding the army, what advice do you have?" ”

Hearing this, Frank paused, carefully looked at the information from the movie, thought for a moment, and said: "I have two ideas, the first is to take back the Kaedalin Crystal, if they really have the Ghost Energy Dispenser, without the Kaedalin Crystal, they will inevitably be overwhelmed by the uncontrollable swarm; The second is to directly destroy Shazal's base on the planet Char. However, from the intelligence point of view, you can see the information from the observers, our main target has been determined, the energy source of the Kaytarin Crystal is in the northwest of this platform mountain, on a small island, and the main control center of the base in Shezar is located in the northeast. ”

Speaking of this, Frank paused, seeing that everyone was thinking, he didn't bother, and after a while, he said: "If you want to fight on two fronts at the same time, it is not impossible, our forces can barely support two fronts, but the danger factor is very high, I don't recommend this." Obviously, there is no doubt that one or the other is the safest option. ”

Frank warns the crowd, 'Don't forget,' The Fist of Orega' is composed of the Dark Templars who are the best at concealment, and so far, we have not found any trace of them except that they have come to Char, but these are secondary, the point is, this is Char, the nest of the swarm, although the current swarm is divided, but it is still our biggest threat, once we take action, it will definitely alarm Char's swarm, at least we can't hide it from the Queen of Blades, we don't know what her position is"

"The analysis is quite incisive and it has benefited." Celerantis said.

"Frank is one of the best commanders I've ever met, he has a lot of experience in actual combat, he is better than everyone present in commanding armies on the march and fighting, this has been proven in actual battles, and as an executive officer of a fleet, I will benefit immensely if I can learn something from Frank. I think you should understand that as Archbishop Atanis's most proud student, he is now asking you to come out and lead a fleet alone, in the hope that you can grow up quickly, be able to truly take charge of yourself, and be able to share his worries in the future. Zeratul looked at the young Celantis and said seriously.

"I will take your teachings to heart, Elder." Faced with Zeratul's admonition, Celerantis said solemnly.

"I believe in you." Zeratul nodded in satisfaction.

Frank on the side was a little embarrassed to see that he was so unsparingly boasted, but his good quality did not show the embarrassment in his heart.

"Obviously, we can't fight on two fronts at the same time at the risk of a huge threat, so what do you think of the two proposals that Frank offered?" Phoenix said.

"He made the suggestion, so naturally we have to listen to the views of the parties first." Zeratul glanced at the crowd, then focused on Frank, and everyone looked at him.

Frank said, "Both methods have the same odds of success, but I'd rather take the Kaytarine Crystal first. ”

Anyway, in addition to saying that the choice didn't matter to Renault, the high-level of the Protoss nodded one after another, obviously, they were also more inclined to recapture the Kaedarin Crystal first, after all, they were the Protoss, and the Kaedarin Crystal was sacred to them, and their unanimous thoughts seemed to be taken for granted.

Phoenix: "I agree. ”

Serantis: "I agree. ”

Zeratul: "Orega's theft of the Kaedalin Crystal is clearly hiding an untold plot, and the sacred Kedarin Crystal may be the opportunity to uncover their plot. ”

The meeting finally decided to give priority to the capture of the Kedarin Crystal.

(To be continued...... (To be continued......)