Warhammer Inquisitor - Chapter 591

Chapter 591 Reconnaissance dispatch

The light of the stars twinkles in the distant night sky. Their bright starlight not only represents beauty and vitality, but also symbolizes destruction and death. In the depths of the distant galaxy, there is only war between the universe.

The heavy mechanical arm let go of its own arm, and the Emperor-class battleship that the dilapidated Lunar-class cruiser separated from, with the traction system turned off, its own huge size allowed it to drift away, and finally disappeared in a place far away from the battleship. For cosmic dust, its eventual explosion lights up the starry sky.

With his hands behind his back, Vito stood in front of the circular bridge window, the flickering firelight was reflected on his face, the pupils contracted inward and became a line, but soon as he turned around, the eyes returned normal.

“Is there any trouble?” After the hatch of the bridge opened, Ragnar and his party walked in. They took off the helmets on their heads and gathered on the unique bridge of the Emperor-class battleship.

The reason why it is unique is because this Emperor-class battleship has abandoned most of the useless and wasteful decorative designs, and replaced it with a unique minimalist aesthetic, which is very common on the mountain array. In short, it is a design method that was admired in the golden age.

The former gorgeous statues and useless stone slabs were replaced by more thinkers, computing machine servants and terminal operation arrays. The space of the entire bridge was effectively used. Although it is not big here, but But it integrates a lot of things.

Ragnar walked onto the tactical platform in the center of the bridge. Below, it was hollowed out and designed as a circular operating area. The core data thinkers were placed there, forming a circle in the wall. Their Data is aggregated through cables, some of which are projected onto platforms above.

Beside the holographic projection table, Cole, Anna, Yeta, and Jarick are all here. They stand on the circular platform and the table, nodding to the three space warriors coming.

“Trouble? Not yet, but it will be soon.” Vito responded, he walked over from the shining window, and walked on a small bridge extending from the observation deck, under which ships shuttled constantly. bridge area.

“What’s the trouble?” “It’s not big or small, Yeta, you understand the situation, you tell me.” “Yes, Marshal.” The young adjutant bent down, and the tunic on her back was pressed against her spine, letting Ragnar whistled, and then he was pressed down after being poked with an elbow by Lancelot.

Yeta clicked for the first time, and a planet appeared on the projection. Thanks to the more powerful contemplator engine function of the Emperor-class battleship, the projection of the planet is not a pure single tone, but a richer, true ecological display It showed the appearance of that planet.

Eisenstein frowned and looked at the planet carefully. At this moment, Vito came over unhurriedly, “Earth-like planets, without oceans, presumably have a dry environment.” “Exactly correct.”

It was Yeta who answered him. After she clicked again, the relevant information finally appeared on the side. Eisenstein verified his guess. He was right, this is a dry planet.

“Il Mon Moe?” “You’re so cute, Ragnar.” “Can you pronounce the name? Who got it? You Caliban?” “I know you want to imply, We like to take words that seem wrinkly to you, but, no, that’s not about us, it looks more like a name to me.” “You’re right.”

Vito finally affirmed, and he came to the table, looking at the planet spinning in front of him, “It’s the name the Eldars took, because this was the colony planet of the Eldars, during the time of the Great Crusade, we used to be on A branch of Humanity intermingled with the Eldar has been found here.”

“Mixed?” Lancelot asked in surprise, “You mean.” “Yes, as you thought, the humans here have been mixed with a group of savage spirits for many years, miraculously survived the dark age Come down, of course, and only temporarily, after the arrival of the Imperial Expeditionary Force, the analysis of the Mechanicus showed that their genes had been completely polluted, so the Emperor himself ordered the extermination, and the aborigines on this planet were all wiped out null.”

“Of course, not entirely. I remember that there were still some, the few survivors, who fled into the desert and sand dunes at the end, but there was a forbidden zone of life, and it was difficult for even the Astartes troops to survive in it, so I guess they left nothing behind either.”

Ragnar nodded, folded his hands on his chest, and picked the helmet between his fingers, “Then what does this have to do with us? The local human and Eldar hybrids, brought back to life?” “No, it has nothing to do with them, Ye Ta, it’s your turn.” “Got it.”

Yeta said, stood up after clicking the desktop a few times, there were many displays on the planet, but the most eye-catching one was a huge green leather LOGO, “A green leather army invaded Here, they took over the planet by killing off the descendants of the settlers who later immigrated here after the Eldar hybrids were emptied out.”

“Occupy this place where the birds don’t shit? Why? Eat sand?” “No, it’s for the things under the sand.” Yeta put one hand on her slender waist and pointed to the planet in front of her. A projection shows a meteor coming from a distance and hitting the surface of the planet. “This planet is in the asteroid active belt. On average, every ten years, there will be a meteor shower impact climax. They will destroy the planet’s surface.” Cities, so most of the buildings are underground, and after the meteor shower passes, a large number of asteroid debris will be left on the barren desert.”

Speaking of a holographic projection of an asteroid appeared in front of her, it was peeled off with Yeta’s fingers, showing the ore beneath it, and with a light tick of her finger, a part of it fell off and was enlarged and presented to everyone In front of you, “These asteroids, or meteor showers, contain rich and expensive rare metals inside, which can be used as important raw materials after development. Warships, urban buildings, and even your armor are all extracted from them. made of elements.”

“And the greenskins have taken over here, and also controlled those rare metals.” Vito added, standing by the projection, his eyes scanning the internal structure of the asteroid, “We just destroyed one of the greenskins. The moon, and unfortunately, they occupied this place, so I speculate that there is a high probability that they will use the rare metals here to build the next moon.”

“Even if not, these rare metals will be used to build their war machines. I don’t think we have forgotten those huge steel monsters.” Cole put his arms in his arms and said on the other side. Of course, they did not forget those burly monsters. War machines, the size of Titans, built in the astrology of the greenskins’ savage gods.

Eisenstein nodded, pointing to the planet itself next to the enlarged asteroid, “Then we must take it back and regain control of the precious resources there back to the hands of the empire.”

“This is the next trouble, and it is also the trouble before us. We are short of troops. Loken and Reina asked for support. The Necron’s attack was far more intense than they thought. They claimed that the leader of the attack was a man named The Necromancer of the Silent King.”

“They have an entire fleet, a Legion Astartes, and possibly other Space Marine forces, and mortal forces, or can’t they?” “Unfortunately yes, Lancelot, the Necrons The offensive this time is much stronger than they and the Inquisition Chamber expected, and may face more than one necromancer dynasty.”

Cole said, looking at the planet in front of him, “And this is not the worst, the sub-group of Ultramarines has been recalled.” “Recall?” “Yes, Eisenstein, they received an order, it is said that the Ordered by Rieman himself, he ordered all Ultramarines extra-sons to return to Macragge, the forces of Chaos are attacking the Five Hundred Worlds.”

“The army of Chaos? The Black Legion?” “No, worse, it was Nurgle, whose plague army waged war on five hundred worlds, one of the plague fleets led by Taiphas of the Death Guard Legion, and The other is led by Nurgle’s great fiend, the disgusting and sickly Typhus, and that’s no worse.”

Cole frowned, and looked around at the people seriously, “The third fleet is led by Mortarion himself, the demon primarch of the Death Guard. He has already released plagues on many planets, and Nurgle’s walking corpses have tortured them. Throughout the five hundred worlds, the Ultramarines continued to support, and they recalled all troops, including ours.”

“This means that we are seriously short of troops. If we rush to attack the mining world, we may lose more troops, and then we will have to face the main force of the green skins. We have no resources to waste here.” “But it must also be taken here.”

Vito put the coffin on the table with a conclusion, he exchanged shares with them left and right, and looked at the planet again, “The worst case is that we have to destroy this place and execute the extinction order, but this planet is rich in resources, which is harmful to the entire planet. The Empire is very important, it is related to the production of the entire Tempest galaxy.”

“We have to keep this place as much as possible, and even if we want to issue an extinction order, we need to reach the planet’s low-Earth orbit, which means, no matter what, we have to launch an attack, and Cole is right, We can’t afford to lose any more men here.”

“We have to send out scouts. First, we need to find out carefully. The local situation determines how to attack.” Vito looked up, Ragnar and Lancelot nodded, and Eisenstein stepped forward and asked, “I will Send out our best scouts.” “No, not the Astartes, they are too ostentatious, if the greenskins find them, they will know that our fleet is about to attack, so they will take precautions.”

Vito shook his head and pointed to the planet, “We must send out an inconspicuous reconnaissance team that won’t take it seriously even if the green skins find out, and this team must be familiar with the army, navy, and Ashtar at the same time. Special, the combat habits of the Titan Legion, so as to conduct the most efficient reconnaissance.”

“You can’t go.” Cole frowned, and the captain waved his hands. “You are the commander of the expeditionary force, so you can’t risk yourself. Besides, the expeditionary force is weak now, and you need to stay here to command.”

“Then it can only be me.” The melodious female voice said, everyone looked over, and the fiery red-haired Yeta stood aside with one hand on his hip, “I am familiar with all the above units, and I have received ground combat training, and For field survival training, I am the best candidate.”

“Indeed.” Eisenstein nodded affirmatively, and Vito stared at Yeta for a long time in silence, and the latter smiled at him, “Give me this chance, you know, I won’t let you give it to anyone else “It’s true, you won’t, so well, you go, but you have to send a famous person who can be seen at a glance to follow you, so that if there is any remaining imperial power on the planet, you can assist you.”

“I’ll go.” Yarick, who had been silent all this time, said. Vito looked at him and looked at Yarick. The self-healing speed is even faster.

He has been reinstalled with mechanical eyes and mechanical arms, and has become the famous political commissar Yarick. You can recognize him at a glance, and even those who have never seen him will be suppressed immediately. Well, from this point of view, he does meet the requirements, and there is another reason that cannot be mentioned. He is not a member of the expeditionary force, and even if he dies, it will not cause more losses.

“Then, I will add you, and I will give you a fully armed squad.” “Take orders.” “But there is one more problem.”

Cole interrupted them, he raised both hands, “To reach that planet and send the scouting team up, we need to pass through the green skin’s defense line.” “Can’t our spaceship do it?” “Yes, But there is a problem. To safely cross the blockade, a small shuttle ship can easily be detected by the detection system. However, if the stealth and anti-reconnaissance equipment is strong enough, the larger the ship, the more ships it can carry. The bigger it is, the bigger it is, and this brings new problems. The bigger it is, the harder it is to hide. Even if the reconnaissance team can pass through the orbit of the planet, the stealth system will be turned off after the ship lands. With such a big ship, the blind can turn up.”

“Can we solve this problem?” “Unfortunately, no, efficiency, portability, and size are an impossible triangle.” “You can’t say that, it’s just a triangle for us, but for another technology, That’s not it.”

Vito said quietly, Cole looked at him, the latter smiled at him and snapped his fingers, the projection on the table changed again and became a long silver boat.

“Golden Age technology, you deserve it.”

(end of this chapter)