Warhammer: I am the Hammer of the Empire.

Chapter 85 The Demiurge Conference Behemoth Fleet
Demiurge, the name of the abandoned shipyard, the lieutenant colonel looked at the tablet in his hand, which described the tragic experience of this thing that once belonged to the empire, and the Demiurge platform had been affected by it during the thousands of years she was still standing in the void. Countless blows, but what made her fatal was the offensive and defensive battle with the Tau during this period.

The Tau used overwhelming firepower to destroy the Imperial Guard soldiers stationed on the platform, but when the Tau ground forces approached and attempted to take it, the xenos found themselves underestimating the Imperial Guard's courage and determination to sacrifice.

The Loyalists detonated the bombs, destroying most of the empire's technology, bunkers, and weapons on the platform, so that the Tau suffered heavy losses and at the same time ensured that the platform would not become a short-term fire springboard, prolonging the war for a long time.

The embarrassing place is here. The place that was once guarded by loyal soldiers has now become a place for peace talks. In the transport plane, Alan Bayer looked at the people around him dumbfounded.

The planetary governor of Quadra Vidia, a pot-bellied imperial nobleman, with one eye and a mechanical right hand, separated by the fat, the server in his stomach is constantly roaring, and the inside may have been almost replaced.

Damocles Bay Imperial Navy Fleet Commander, Admiral, Technical Sage of the Imperial Navy Flagship, Mechanicus, Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Guard, Qi Fan, and the Great Hero Kane Staff Officer.

Now it seems that he is the lowest in this group of people, an officer of the Star Boundary Military Academy, a young man who has barely stepped into the field of power, is equivalent to a wolf falling into a lion's pride, and he is the only one wearing a bulletproof helmet guy.

The uncomfortable trembling brought by the landing of the transport plane, the sizzling sound of the air valve opening on the platform and the sound of the mechanical piston gear turning, when the transport plane opened, the hangar was ridiculously large, and the visual calculation can be calculated according to kilometers, except for a few Outside the Tau transport planes and fighter jets, there was nothing, making the sense of size and silence even more obvious.

There were only a small number of Earth clan personnel in combat uniforms moving things up and down, and the first feeling Alan Byer came here was the cold, the vacuum of space far away from the light and heat of the stars, which made Alan Byer instantly recall him His hometown Skadi.

He exhaled hot air, feeling a little nostalgic for such an environmental reaction, after all, there is no such cold in Gundwa VI.

Staff Officer Kane showed his kindness to the nearby soldiers, and the soldiers responded with a salute, but Alan Bair could read his heart, such as estimating the safety factor here.

Although he knew that there was little danger of violent conflict before they got there, these senior stormtroopers assigned to Zifan's private guard were well-trained and powerful, and the Tau rarely violated the treaty head-on, but he was worried For such a thing, Kane is Kane.

If his soul can last forever, then if his personality can be changed, it will probably take the heat death of the universe.

A group of people moved forward slowly, and Alan Baier couldn't help but find the strangeness of the buildings of the Tau family, such as the thick and dark metal buildings of the empire, which are completely different polymers, the smooth walls that look like plastic but are very strong, and the walls that make Ai Lambier felt like a strip light from another world.

Entering the titanium family building, the temperature began to rise, and soon reached a livable temperature.

"Are you Kane's staff officer and commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard, Commander-in-Chief?" A young human woman in a pale gray robe was waiting for Kane, a carefully braided lock of scalp hair. (A scalp lock, the lock of hair that Native Americans keep on the crown of a shaved head, was seen as a sign of defiance to the enemy.)
Hang halfway over the back.If anything, her appearance contrasts uncomfortably with the surrounding interior. "Currently other Tau Empire representatives are waiting for you in the conference room."

Although her language still had a touch of the tau lisp, on the whole the man spoke Gothic very well.

Staff Kane nodded with his tall body, as if he was the master here. "I still need to apologize for being late."

The staff's politeness is already surprising, after all, most of the residents of the Empire, especially the Imperial Guard's attitude towards traitors, but obviously the Commander-in-Chief and Alan Bayer are not among them.

And Alan Bayer's scrutinizing gaze made the woman in front of him look sideways, and the staff officer raised his hand. "Let me introduce to you, he is the commander of the Skadi Fourth Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Alan Bair."

The woman looked at him as if it were furniture, vases, foils, etc., but Alan Baier didn't care, after all, on the battlefield, he would deal with such a traitor by himself.

"Nice to meet you, Lieutenant Colonel." Alan Baier was sure that the woman didn't remember his name at all.

"Hello, may I ask your name?" Alan Baier asked back.

The woman answered. ""O" Rhys Fried, external coordinator of the Tau Empire."

"Interesting names, Titanic surnames and Imperial ones?" Staff Kane asked.

"O" Rhys Fried replied. "In my hometown, such names can be seen everywhere."

"Where is my hometown?" Kane tried hard not to make his question sound like he planned to bomb there with a virus.

Apparently the time for her homeland to be liberated was long past the time, and heresy had become deeply ingrained in the minds of all the residents, and Alan Byer wondered if such a world could ever return to the embrace of the Emperor.

"Cal'lai'as," she said before realizing that I had no idea of ​​the name. "Our ancestors called it Dawnholm."

Alan Baier is not a local. Although Commander-in-Chief Qi Fan only listened to the conversation between Ti and Kane, he has been stationed here for a period of time and has already figured out the situation in Damocles Bay. He also carefully discovered the lieutenant colonel's do not understand.

Commander-in-Chief Qi Fan explained to Alan Baier. "This is an Imperial world annexed by the Tau as a result of the Damocles Crusade, after 250 standard Tara years."

"I still have no impression of this world." Kane commented bluntly. After all, the empire is vast, and there are dozens of worlds in Damolix Bay that have been swallowed up by titanium.

"After all, the human empire is vast." She was not angry, but responded calmly, but these words caused all the humans here to smile sincerely for the first time since they met.

Everyone imagined that most of the inhabitants of the Tau Empire must not know how small the territory they occupy is compared to the huge size of the Empire, otherwise they would not have dared to challenge us in the first place.

When you continue to move forward in such a pleasant atmosphere, you will arrive in front of that door after walking tens of meters. The Japanese mashup of square characters, katakana and Chinese characters feels like coming to the Japanese cyberpunk world.

But this does not make him feel warm or nostalgic, after all, everything here reveals an alien feeling that people are not used to all the time.

This room, which O'Ris called the meeting room, was different from the meeting room Alan Baier had ever entered.

Of course, he also recognized some of them, such as the holographic image suspended in the air and emitting a soft light, but the content it displayed was very clear, unlike the things used by the Empire that he had seen in the past that were always shaking, And the edges of the image form a perfect sphere, rather than spread out into a hazy mass.

Without the empire's tangle of cables and optical lines and the tech-priests responsible for debugging them, it took Alan Bair a moment to find the projection equipment among the other mechanisms in the room.

It’s too (titanium) clean, and he’s not used to it. After all, whether it’s on the Bordello battleship or other command rooms or conference rooms of the empire, there are messy things, wires, and fuzzy star maps and complicated signals and conferences. The crew or communicators shouted all day that it was different from an attack. The place was orderly, and there weren't even many people responsible for processing the information.

It's kind of ridiculous that he's struggling to get used to the holographic projectors that require constant tweaking, oiling, and the occasional godly kick to keep it steady.

Next, flat and smooth devices were installed at a certain angle on a circular podium, and the luminous runes attached to them flickered in an almost random manner.

But what impresses Alan Bayer the most is that there are no tables or benches in this place. There is no huge table with star maps or strategic maps in the imperial conference room, but flat equipment placed on the ground, and the seats...

The cushions are the kind of damn cushions that are very Japanese. The high-ranking officials of the Shui clan and the hostage Feng Shi who were once kidnapped by Alan Baier, they put on brand new robes, which have the feeling of kimono, which is different from the gorgeous noble costumes of the empire. , looks easy to wrestle.

It's full of complicated symbols like flowers and clan crests, but overall it's a pretty good aesthetic.

There are four other unknown members of the Tau tribe who have "sat" there. Alan Baier recalled this word that has been sealed for a long time, what is it called... Yes, the right seat!
It's just abnormally pressing my thighs on my calves, rolling them up like a quilt...

In order to ensure fairness, there are six seats on the left, six on the right, six humans, and six Tau people. .

Commander-in-chief Qi Fan and the guy from the Mechanicus sat down without any problems. The former probably had training or had dealings with titanium, and the latter didn't have normal human thighs at all.

Qi Fan said jokingly.After you get used to it, it's still very comfortable to sit on. "

In the end, the planetary governor, Lieutenant Colonel Alan Bair, the admiral and Kane could only sit cross-legged, looking very out of place. When two-thirds of the people here are seated and only you are cross-legged, it feels like Like you're rebellious.

Even so, Alan Baier soon felt his legs go numb... and the military boots were not suitable for sitting like this at all, and the dust stained his trousers gray.

And this kind of embarrassment also made those Titaniums show quite contemptuous expressions towards them. The senior official of the Water clan was paddling a tablet, but compared to the tactical tablet of the Empire, it was thinner and flatter. clear.

Next, several unnamed races brought tea to the meeting. According to the aesthetics of humans and titanium, they were slender and beautiful things, like dolls made of crystal, but there was no doubt that they had a fleshy texture, no The facial features, and not being a silicon-based creature, revealed a strange blue color under the light.

Regarding the matter of enslaving the aliens, the high-level officials of the empire are well aware of the situation of the Tau tribe, and many people even think that they will encounter the betrayal experienced by human legends. There are still clear records on the other side of the clan.

Compared with those beautiful transparent dancers, the tea here makes everyone more excited. "Tanna tea?!" Kane raised his teacup, took a sip, and snorted comfortably.

said a senior Titanium official. "We have a record that you like this special drink, staff officer, so we arranged it." He reached out to shake Staff Kane's hand, but Kane had a bad expression.

"Al'Hasay." He said the titan's name, and commented. "I didn't expect you to be so healthy." The lifespan of the titanium family is only about 60-70. In fact, Kane remembers that this titanium has met him for 60 years, and the last time he (Kane) was almost killed by him kill.

"To each other." Al'Hasay responded politely, gently shook the hand that Kane's staff handed over, and the cautious look made Kane notice that he still remembered his modified fingers Very lethal.

"Commander-in-Chief." Al'Hasay continued without pausing. "Nice to finally meet you."

"There is no doubt that is the case." Qi Fan bowed his head politely, but there was obvious impatience between his brows. "I look forward to what you have to say."

Apparently the Tau has good etiquette, but the Empire is pragmatic, especially the soldiers of the Imperial Guard, who often race against time to deal with the constant wars and have no time to play with the Tau.

Compared to this, Alan Baier picked up Tanner tea and tasted the unique taste. After all, what he drank was the moldy product of his regiment's staff, and then he felt a punch in the nose...

Assam was brewed 50 times thicker and a lot of coffee was added. It was so bitter that it distorted the complexion, and it was so fragrant that it choked the throat. It even made Alan Baier feel that the tea was solid...

It turns out that the bad taste is not because of mold...

The senior officials of the Water Clan were a little dissatisfied when they saw Alan Baier making "grimaceous faces" after drinking tea, but they still picked up the tablet. "Everyone, it's been a long time so far, let's see why you should stay here."

Then when an image appeared on the holographic projection, the expression on the Commander-in-Chief's face changed. "Almighty Emperor!"

"And all his old saints!" Kane added affectionately.

The image was so clear that the horror it depicted seemed to be in the same room as us, though for that to happen, the conference room would have to be bigger than the entire orbital dock.

The scaly skin, which is thicker than the armor of a battleship, has a large number of craters left by ineffective weapon firepower, and the owner of this huge "armor" is sailing out of deep space and approaching us. From our perspective at this time , it is like a rotating biological satellite.

Beyond the horizon of this chitinous "planet," other terrifying creatures of the same kind swim through space, surrounded by clouds of innumerable smaller creatures.

"A Tyranid fleet!" Qi Fan raised his voice so that everyone in the room could hear him clearly.But there was a sudden commotion among the delegation of gasps, whispers, and whispered prayers to the Emperor...

　I can only find one sentence to describe the taste of Tanner tea.

"The political commissar commented that it is clear and elegant, but I don't think anyone would describe the Imperial Baneblade as small and cute, right?"

A digression; about pious kicking, this is mentioned in Kane’s political commissar’s novel, The Supreme Kindness. By the way, when my computer freezes, I will shake it, usually it will not freeze.

　
(End of this chapter)