The Emperor’s Angel of Death

Update: The oppressive atmosphere in the Hulk continues, it even makes the air seem stale and boring, the stomping of power boots is especially loud in the silence, and the microgravity environment makes the joint locks rattle.

Looking at the mess on the road, Beria said sadly:

"This place of loyalty has become a grave."

They stopped in front of a pair of huge plastic-steel doors, every inch of which was carved in gold with bits and pieces of the Holy Emperor.

The Deathwings stopped before it, marveling at its beauty, murmured their prayers quickly, and held up their weapons before them, to let their blades touch their mouths, in deference to the Emperor. respect.

The Deathwing Terminator's armor is huge and bulky, and the limited range of movement makes it unsightly for many wearers, but Belial manages to remain graceful.

Soshyan was not in the mood to pay attention to these. He finally finalized this as the forward base, and asked the soldiers to weld the eight air vents to death and deploy a small tarantula cannon inside. Its armor-piercing projectile can make any attempt to Creatures moving through the pipes are daunting.

Soshyan then contacted the Tech Sergeant Squad, which consists of Tech Sergeants from several chapters and is currently below them.

"...Soshyan Chapter Commander, we find Geller's position intact."

Thorin Fleming, the casting master of the White Sanctuary, who is also the leader of the technical team, sent a message.

"The thermal signal at the same time shows that both reactors are active."

"What about the circulatory system?"

"It's not destroyed yet, its machine spirit is still there, we found a reading of a central meditator array, still, but alive."

"Can you wake it up?"

"of course can."

The Master Forge's voice trembled with the interruption of cutting from the outside of the Hulk.

"It has only lain dormant for a few centuries, all organic parts have died, and the mechanical systems have come to a standstill, but the machine soul is still waiting patiently for contact with faith."

"There are system degradations that extend here and there, the machine souls are unresponsive, and getting them back to full speed requires more prayers to the Emperor and Omnisiah."

Tech Sergeant Nestor Gul of the Ascetic Chapter also expressed his opinion at the right time.

"We might be able to use an alternate machine soul."

But Roglis was a little impatient. He was the youngest in the team and sometimes couldn't stand the slow pace of other casting masters.

"This is a sacred ship, bro, more sacred than most, and we have to wake it up without making any mistakes, and it must be known that the power network of this ship needs repairs, and many parts are done in the work One or more critical systems are missing.”

"We have gravity now, but we need to circulate air and lighting, which is very important for subsequent operations. After all, it is not ruled out that mortals will be dispatched to it."

Soshyan made his demands.

There was a moment of silence on one end of the communicator, and Thorin Fleming finally gave a reply.

"I will do my best to facilitate your journey, just wait."

The master foundry switched his voice channel, he turned and shouted to another channel to communicate with one of the tech sergeants, followed by a chanting sound softened by electronic transmission.

After about a minute, the news came.

"Captain Soshyan, we have made some progress."

The next moment, light flashed in the temple with a crackling sound, and after a long period of inactivity, the ancient lighting tubes shone in white sparks as energy flowed through them.

The other fighting brothers immediately raised their weapons instinctively.

Fewer than half of the tubes were lit, many gleamed on the brink of failure, and the space hidden in the dark was wider than the light illuminated.

The space was too large to be fully illuminated, and the shadows had shrunk behind the pillars on either side of the hallway, but refused to give in more.

At the same time, air came out of those vents again, and there was a sigh that didn't stop until the air pressure equalized.

As the darkness faded, more horrific details were revealed.

At the rear of the security center, where the lights were no longer functioning, they were illuminated by the filthy grease from the cones of skulls.

The floor was littered with debris - rags, broken machinery, relics and bones.

As far as the eye can see, there are so many bones, like a whole carpet of bones, as high as ankles, and then trampled to powder by the heavy boots of the Terminator.

"What happened here..."

Beria walked among the corpses with anger.

"What made the people of the empire slaughtered!"

In the wrath of the Grand Master, the Deathwings began chanting prayers of requiem for the dead.

Finally, in the bones of the ground, the censer on Deathwing Grand Master illuminated a terrifying skull.

It wasn't quite a human, though the facial skeleton had the characteristics of a human child, with a malformed bulge in the back of the head.

Soshyan walked to Beria, stared at the alien skull, and said solemnly:

"These aliens will pay a price."

After speaking, he turned around and said to the technical priests:

"Within half an hour, establish a communication node here that can cover the entire ship! And deploy large-scale sensing facilities, and set up detection instruments and defense equipment at major intersections."

After explaining this, he looked at the chapter leaders and company commanders of other chapters.

"According to the previous plan, we will first establish a safe area around, and everyone will be assigned to the corresponding position, and it needs to be thoroughly cleaned up. If you encounter an impassable place, you need to mark it and set up induction mines or automatic turrets. The scope of this area is centered on this place, covering the surrounding area of ​​two kilometers. After the deployment of the safety zone is completed, everyone will return to this place, and we will take the next step."

Having learned from the empire's famous hulk exploration experience, Soshyan was not in a hurry this time, and chose the most secure plan. Anyway, the strength of the other two chapters is not enough to break through the layers of obstacles, so don't worry that they will get there first.

In this operation, he wants to minimize the loss and not give the alien any chance to cause trouble-Beria has provided him with a lot of guidance, such as the gene stealer who likes to let people pass by, and then use the pipeline to maneuver , sneak attack from the side and rear, forming a deadly double-team situation.

Another point is that Gene Stealers will also use their own kind as bait, introduce the attackers into wider terrain with a small amount of sacrifice, and then submerge them in numbers. In fact, the narrow terrain is more unfavorable for them. After all, they are actually in terms of individual strength. Far better than Space Marines.

And Beria personally believes that pure-blood gene stealers are actually weaker than hybrids in frontal combat, because their attack methods are very simple, they can only drown their opponents by numbers, and they cannot use human weapons like hybrids. The compound troops do not have the various biological weapons of the real Tyranids. There are very few psionic individuals who can launch psionic attacks~www.readwn.com~, so they are highly dependent on the combat environment and terrain.

In response to the tactics and habits of gene stealers, Soshyan's response is to take every step, adopting a point-controlled line and demarcating the area with the help of the automatic turrets and battle robots provided by the Mechanic to advance little by little, and while advancing, let the fleet move forward. Cut the excess parts of the hulk with laser cannons, deploy sturdy small unmanned outposts, and prevent the aliens from having the opportunity to maneuver and attack sideways, and then use tugboats to hold the hulk in place to prevent it from drifting into the warp rift again.

As long as the detour space is lost, these aliens who like to lurk in the dark have to face the firepower of the Space Marines. Once their number cannot exceed the firepower threshold of the Space Marines, it will only be one massacre after another.

This kind of tactic Soshyan has seen in a book that records the military warriors of Gutera. The commander at that time used it to deal with the highly mobile rebels. It can be summed up in one sentence - build a strong fortress and fight a dull battle. .

This tactic may not be beautiful, but it must be the safest and most effective. Anyway, Soshyan now has sufficient manpower and material resources, so why not do it?

As the plan was issued, the soldiers immediately fought separately according to their respective divisions.