Warhammer: In the Name of the Emperor

The shining light of the subspace is dancing outside the bridge window. The shining and unpredictable space exists outside the ship. It is like a rushing sea wave flowing from both sides. Countless lines and energy waves converge into one A passage, a star gate that allows ships to travel from one end of the galaxy to the other.

Vito stood behind the hanging window of the bridge and looked at the subspace passage outside. The shining blue light shone on his face and also illuminated his gray and black straight navy uniform. On his arms were symbols symbolizing the Federation Navy. The soaring eagle holds a planet under its feet, and there is a circle of anchors surrounding the planet's ring. A military rank badge composed of five gold stars matches Vito's shoulders.

Straight and straight lapels surrounded Vito's neck. He stood by the hanging window with his hands behind his back. A small human figure suddenly appeared on a console next to him. She had her hands behind her back and was wearing a tight-fitting black and gray tights. Her short hair, which is as close to her body as skin and made of gloss, makes her look young but very capable.

"Sir, we are about to arrive at Nocent." She said. Vito turned his head in front of the window and looked at her and nodded slightly. He then looked at the subspace passage outside the window again, but he did not remain silent.

"Helen, how is the situation in the outer ring assault?" Vito continued to hold his hands behind his back, the blue space tunnel light projected on his face, and the shining light slid from both sides of his body to the inside of the bridge behind him.

"The situation is going well, sir. The Sixth Fleet, the Seventh Fleet, and the Tenth Fleet reported that they have broken through the western defense line of the Trade Federation. The Marine Corps has captured the Valorian Star. General Speke and Colonel Prok are organizing a follow-up attack. They guarantee that they can capture the Ildaco Ring Corridor within a month.”

Helen said and waved her hand, and a holographic star map randomly appeared in front of her. On it were countless advancing light points. They were like daggers piercing the heart of the outer ring intensively. The tip of the blade was gradually penetrating deeper. , drain the giant's blood until it dies of complete blood loss.

Vito glanced at the star map out of the corner of his eye, and nodded with satisfaction, "Where's Yulayang's side? I remember saying at the last briefing that it was difficult to fight like that."

"This was the case last time, but Captain Kate seems to have found some way to break through the automated defense line of the Yurayan Alliance. The artificial intelligence on Captain Kate's flagship reported to me that their fleet has arrived at the Yurayang Alliance. The attack will begin as soon as possible."

Vito nodded slightly, and he moved closer to the hanging window. He almost walked in front of the glass window cut out of the steel beams. Vito's fingers were gently pressed against the window, as if he wanted to touch the light wall of the subspace. Same.

"Tell Kate that the combat robot factory must be completely destroyed. If FAN's information is correct, a large part of the factory is in underground permanent fortifications. Tell her to send the Marine Battalion down to completely destroy everything in the factory. I don't want to I saw a robot coming out of nowhere."

Helen turned to Vito. A series of data flashed across her eyes. The command was transmitted quickly. The quantum entanglement communication array equipped with the Archon allowed the command information to be transmitted to the other corner of the galaxy instantly. Helen's eyes flashed in a short time. It turned green in an instant, and she raised her head and looked at Vito's side face.

"Sir, Captain Kate's artificial intelligence adjutant asked if the star destroyer weapon can be used to destroy the star itself." "No, tell her no." Vito immediately said sideways, pointing in the direction of Helen and giving the order with certainty.

"Tell her that the factory must be destroyed, but Geonosis itself cannot be destroyed. After ordering the follow-up fleet to repair the planet's star port and ground facilities, all reinforcements transferred from the Federation must be supplied through Geonosis. Only in this way can we join the outer ring battle, which is our key logistics hub, and we will also need a base to station in the outer ring in the future. "

Helen nodded slightly, her eyes flickered again, and the light disappeared after a brief moment. She also raised her eyes and looked at Vito, "The order has been issued, sir."

Vito also nodded, and walked back inside from the hanging window of the bridge with his hands behind his back. He walked along the central walkway of the command deck of the huge bridge and came to the huge holographic imaging instrument at the back.

He walked between countless naval members who were busy on both sides. Countless operating platforms, terminal instruments and control areas were neatly arranged on both sides. This was the brain and nerve center of the entire Executor. All parts were With the assistance of various officers and intelligent programs, it was carried out in an orderly manner, and the neural network was woven into a truly efficient brain.

When Vito walked to the holographic projection table, Helen also flashed over. The little lady with extraordinary artificial intelligence appeared on the table. As she gently raised her hand, countless holographic icons and data floated up. The huge but But everything in order gathered in front of Vito's eyes, as neat and clear as everything here.

Vito stood by the table with his hands behind his back and reviewed the information on it. It was the battlefield situation compiled from various galaxy battlefields during this period after he left the Harvest Star Command. There were countless briefings, information and requests for instructions. of arranged.

It’s hard to believe that Vito has to deal with such huge, complex and confusing information, but it’s not as difficult as he imagined. After all, Helen is there to help him handle it all. Most of the non-important information, such as logistical and administrative issues, will be handled by Helen. It is automatically processed after analysis, so Vito does not need to deal with so many things.

But even so, before Vito's eyes, there is so much military information like stars. Since the beginning of the peripheral offensive, the respective military information has been like pieces of paper. Helen may be able to handle most of the logistics, dispatch and administrative issues, but these are really The war decision-making needs to be made by Vito himself.

"On Earth, is there any result about the increase in military spending?" Vito's fingers slid across the holographic interface. Data files were opened and then opened in front of him. His eyes quickly reviewed the contents, and his brain Working with amazing efficiency.

Helen also put her hands behind her back. She looked at a lot of information above her head, "The parliament is still quarreling. Colonel Amira said that the parliament is now in session." Helen stopped abruptly in the middle of her sentence. Vito noticed this strangeness and immediately asked Helen looked in the direction she was looking at.

At the entrance of the bridge, Kenobi, the old bastard was walking in, but as soon as he walked in, he was stopped by two tall battle robot military police. There were no bionic faces on their diamond-shaped heads, only a small flashing indicator. lights, but they can apparently see the person in front of them even without eyes.

The military police robot stepped forward to block him. The machine's arm pressed the ion pistol on its waist according to the program. "You are not authorized to enter, please leave immediately."

It was obvious that Kenobi had no intention of leaving. His eyes seemed to know that Vito was there, and he looked over very directly, and the meaning couldn't be more obvious. Vito sighed helplessly and rubbed his forehead, while Helen stood aside. He looked at Xiang Vito with a puzzled expression rarely seen on artificial intelligence.

"Your friend, should I allow him to board the bridge?" Helen asked. Of course she had to ask herself. After all, she was the one who brought that guy on board. She also told the officer on duty and Helen that he was her friend. If not necessary, He could wander around the ship and take a look, just to pass the time.

But Vito didn't expect him to wander here. Vito sighed helplessly, and nodded to Helen, "Grant him permission, he's here anyway." "Yes, sir."

As always, Vito's order was executed within a few seconds in the artificial intelligence network. The indicator lights of the military police robots flashed and then moved to both sides. Kenobi looked at them and smiled before walking in. Bridge.

His eyes looked at the busy but orderly bridge of the Executor. Vito looked at the helpless hands of Kenobi approaching and sighed, "What are you doing here at my bridge? These dozens of kilometers Have you finished shopping the long flagship?”

"Compared to other parts, I want to see its brain. I think this is the most important part of a ship." Kenobi said and came to the table. He smiled and nodded to Helen.

He looked at Helen kindly, and Helen responded to him with the same kind smile, although that was most likely an automatic feedback from the etiquette process. Why? Because Helen usually didn't bother to smile at Vito and mostly talked to herself expressionlessly, so yes, that was definitely automatic feedback.

Kenobi may or may not know, but he still acted politely, "Hello, I believe you are Helen, right? Vito told me many things about you."

"Hello, Mr. Kenobi, the commander has told me a lot about you. I believe you are old friends." Helen said while Kenobi looked at Vito with a smile and glanced slightly. " Did he tell you how old we are?"

"Sir." "A very old friend, an old bastard." Vito interrupted Helen. He crossed his arms and looked at Kenobi at the table. The latter also touched the edge of the holographic table and looked around. On the bridge, his eyes gradually narrowed as he observed.

"There are a lot of artificial intelligence and robots here, Vito. There are already as many robots on your ship as there are people." Kenobi said, and Vito shrugged helplessly.

"After the Eldar War, the entire Federation was in dire straits. We lost a lot of population and labor force during the war, but society will not stop functioning because of this. So yes, robots and artificial intelligence have replaced those positions. In fact, they do The ones are not bad, they are very efficient under Helen’s control.”

As Vito said, Kenobi personally witnessed the efficient scene. In the bridge control area on the side, a robot very efficiently helped a human crew member complete the data loading, and it took almost only one day. It's done in an instant, just insert the mechanical finger into the card slot, and then the complex data is logged in and calculated.

This obviously saves a lot of trouble for the human crew, but he obviously doesn't appreciate it. In other words, why does a machine need so many complicated emotions? So he just waved his hand and told the robot to leave. Faced with the arrogant attitude, the machine didn't complain at all and just left silently.

"Do you like these robots? Vito, and artificial intelligence." Kenobi's eyes were still scanning the surroundings, but he still asked his own question.

Vito looked at Helen beside him and smiled. He shrugged, "I quite like Helen, but the others are not habits, but now we do need them."

"Sir, I told you, please don't flirt with me. It's meaningless. My program has no relevant part to respond to you." As expected, Helen's expression immediately dropped when she faced Vito, and she was expressionless. He said in a cold tone.

Vito chuckled and waved his hand. He reached out to touch Helen's head, but as expected, the body made of light was penetrated in an instant. Helen's upper body penetrated the back of Vito's hand and floated on the back of his hand. She looked at him expressionlessly.

"Sir, it's also pointless for you to do this." "Don't be so boring, Helen, we can find you a bionic robot body. I heard before that it can be customized! How about I customize one for you?" "Sir? , please allow me to refuse, as this will delay a lot of my work.”

Kenobi looked at Helen and narrowed his eyes slightly. He glanced at Vito again. He was thinking about a question in his heart. Is artificial intelligence really just a simple machine? If Helen can already flirt with Vito, will the robot who was treated roughly just now also hold a grudge like a human?

"What are you looking at? Don't stare at my girl. Find one yourself." Vito shouted decisively with his head raised. Kenobi was amused by his sudden move. He shook his head and walked to the other side of the holographic table. aside.

"I'm looking at your bridge. I have to say that your ship is very monotonous from beginning to end, lacking decoration and artistic embellishments." Kenobi said, looking at the various data floating in the air.

"I call this pragmatic aesthetics. I'm sorry that all my fleets have this style. I don't have the luxury to mess with your gothic decoration habits. I would rather use the money to buy two more cannonballs." Vito Kenobi retorted directly, and his tone was quite sarcastic. Kenobi didn't get angry after hearing this. He just smiled and looked at the star map in front of him.

"I wonder what you were talking about before I just came in, don't let me interrupt you." Kenobi said very naturally, as if he was the captain of this ship, which made Vito raise his eyebrows. Looking at him confused.

"You really don't regard yourself as an outsider. What secrets are you telling me in front of you? If you want to hear it, you can join the army first. I can give you special permission to go to the Executor's logistics department to clean toilets or something like that." Vito Continuing to wear his provocative smile, he looked nothing like a marshal leading the largest armed force in the galaxy.

"I'd rather be your superior, Vito. How about your immediate boss?" Kenobi said with a smile, while Vito rolled his eyes and held his head against his head with one hand like a pistol. .

"Being your subordinate? Even if I, Vito Constantine, shoot my own head off and jump off the bridge, I will never help you fight!"

Kenobi touched his chin and smiled. He smiled and sighed softly, "The days are long, old friend, anything is possible."

"You two, if the bickering between you old friends is over, I have to interrupt you. We are here." Helen said, turning to look at the window of the bridge. As Helen looked, the subspace channel suddenly reached the end, and the starry sky Suddenly appeared in the passage, and then the battleship jumped out of the subspace with a burst of impact.

The Executor suddenly appeared from the starry sky. It suddenly flashed out from the subspace channel, as suddenly as it was pulled out from a small gap that was folded and cut in the galactic background. As the Executor completed its jump, in its The other two battleships also jumped and appeared behind him.

"The Oak and the Iron Cross have also jumped out. They are finished, sir, waiting for your orders." Helen looked at Vito and said expressionlessly, while Vito leaned sideways and put one hand on the table. He stared at The huge planet suspended in the starry sky outside the window is completely like a snowball. Apart from the pale color on the surface, only some gray mountains can be seen dotted on it.

"Can you contact the federal power on this planet? Any part will do." Vito asked, looking at the surface of the planet, and his question was answered immediately, quite quickly.

"No, all channels are disconnected." "Where is the smart network on this planet? Is it also disconnected?" "I told you, sir, all channels are disconnected."

Vito frowned as he looked at the planet. After a moment of silence, he turned to look at the holographic projection screen. He swept away all the information windows in front of him and stood up, holding his chin, "This planet, Nossen , is there anything worth noting?"

Helen also turned around and moved her fingers slightly in front of her. The digital sphere of Nocent was instantly projected in front of her eyes, and a lot of information appeared next to the rotating pale planet.

"There is nothing worth mentioning in general. Northen has always been a very inconspicuous planet in the Federation. It was only developed for mining a century ago. There are only some loose settlements on the planet, and most of the population They are all miners, and the industrial structure is very simple.”

Helen summarized everything worth mentioning for Vito and Kenobi. Indeed, there is nothing noteworthy about this planet. It is the most inconspicuous and least important place among the Federation colonies.

"Can you scan the location where the enemy ship crashed?" Vito held his chin and looked at the planet. His eyes were fixed on the snow-white planet, trying to find something. With a flick of Helen's finger, the size of the planet quickly enlarged. Then he quickly zoomed in to locate the crashed location of the battleship.

It was an ultra-high-definition scan, with such clarity that you could clearly see every piece of debris from the shattered battleship scattered on the ice sheet, as well as the numbers on each piece of debris, and the body of the battleship hit a mountain range. , its surface is almost completely covered with snow, and only a few steel remains are still exposed.

"According to the scan results, the battleship has been completely damaged, but there is something strange." Helen said with a slight tilt of her head. Her strange look was a bit cute. Vito wanted to talk to her about this now, but he knew Now is not the time.

"What's weird?" Vito asked, turning his head. Helen looked at the wreckage of the battleship and held her chin up, thinking about something with a thoughtful expression.

"I scanned the battleship and found some abnormal energy spectra on it, which are not within the scope of any federal data. I can't tell what that thing is, but its power is very strong." Helen said, pointing to the wreckage, a ball of red A halo of light appeared on the wreckage, and the flashing light made Kenobi prop his support on the table. He leaned closer to the wreckage and frowned, looking at it. Then he suddenly stood up and approached Vito and whispered.

He came close to Vito, folded his arms and looked at Vito from the corner of his eye, "I think that's the stone tablet, it's inside." "Then it looks like we know where to look for the broken stone."

Vito said and looked at Helen, "At the same time, the commandos, let them prepare to go down with us." Before Vito finished speaking, Kenobi grabbed his arm. Vito looked at him, and the latter shook his head silently. .

"We need reliable people. Mortals are unreliable at the moment." Kenobi whispered, looking at the sailors beside him. Vito also took a look and shrugged.

"There are also commandos of combat robots. Their firepower and technology are equivalent to a reinforced platoon." Vito said. Kenobi shook his head again. He looked at the robots walking by and frowned, his eyes Move with the passing robot until he is out of sight.

"No, I don't believe in these things that only have programs in their heads. This time you and I will go down." "Are you praising yourself for being reliable? Are you trying to save face?" "No, I think we two are very reliable. Spectrum, so yes, if you think it's shameless, what about your face?"

Vito and the guy next to him looked at each other up close and laughed. He patted him on the shoulder and turned to look at Helen. The artificial intelligence lady was also waiting for orders with her hands behind her back.

"Kenobi and I are going down. I don't know how long it will take to come back, but if I contact you and ask you to bomb somewhere, don't ask questions and execute it immediately. Can you do it?"

After Vito's words came out, Helen remained silent. Her shimmering eyes looked at Vito's silence for a few seconds. Vito smiled and leaned on the table, leaning sideways in front of Helen, "Don't worry, little girl. I'll be fine."

"I'm not worried about you, sir, I'm worried about the operation of the weapon system." Helen said expressionlessly, while Vito chuckled and patted the table gently before standing up. He patted his own Pantleg looked out the window at the starry sky, squinting slightly at the planet's atmosphere.

"Except for the friendly targets that I contacted you directly to indicate, anything launched from Northen will be destroyed. Even a piece of space junk will be blown to pieces by me. Nothing will be allowed to leave this broken ice ball. Do you understand?" "Understood, sir."

Vito looked at Helen and smiled one last time, then patted Kenobi on the shoulder and walked towards the bridge door. Kenobi also nodded politely to Helen and followed Vito.

Helen watched the two people walking towards the bridge exit in silence. Miss Artificial Intelligence turned to look at the huge snow sphere, her expression showed a complex expression that was difficult to see from the Artificial Intelligence's face.

She heard a sound, a sound that was impossible for humans to hear and could only be heard in the data network of artificial intelligence. When she connected to the intelligent system of the planet, the sound appeared, a chaotic data flow. The violent, distorted, and hoarse mechanical electronic sound seemed to be some kind of special interference noise.

As soon as it appeared, it was ready to attack Helen and invade her system, but it was also instantly isolated in the subsystem by Helen, who was an excellent artificial intelligence.

Helen opened her palms and frowned at the red halo in front of her eyes, "Who the hell are you?"