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Chapter 173 Hive Capital Raiders
After the knight hunter of the Thorndike family died, Fu Qinghai carefully inspected the shield fixed on his left arm.

Mirror Shield, a rare personal shield black technology, is a product from the Necromunda Hive Capital Fanshaor family. The core components are a kinetic energy converter and a power charging battery. The specific principle is unknown, but the function can be Absorbs energy attacks and kinetic energy and transforms them into their own energy attacks.

This is an analysis from "Tony Stark Electronic Soul Backup".

However, through actual combat tests, it was found that the upper limit of absorption was too low.Moreover, like all the products produced in the broken STC system of the Van Shaw family, the mirror shield will have a very strong radiation when it operates, which is far beyond the background radiation of the bottom hive. "Tony Stark electronic soul "Backup" determines that the shield is completely damaged and has no repair value.

Yes, as a reincarnator, Fu Qinghai knows a secret that many people in Necromunda's Hive City do not know-a certain noble family has hidden a set of incomplete STCs that have not been handed over to the Human Empire and the Mechanicus.

As soon as Fu Qinghai saw the mirror shield, he immediately thought of the Fanshaor family of Necromunda's Hive Capital. Cromonda: The Battle for the Hive.

Because everyone has played a lot of real-time strategy games, but they haven't seen such interesting things in the hive capital, especially the members of the gang of killer hot girls in the lower nest.

If it was the incomplete STC system hidden by the Fanshaor family, Fu Qinghai might still be a little interested. If it was a fake product produced by the incomplete STC system, forget it.

Fu Qinghai pouted.

Now we are also people who have so many technological lines in our hands. We are not poor and white, and we have to do some research and judgment when we encounter black technology. Black technology with too many side effects is not so fragrant.

In the setting of Necromunda Hive City, accompanied by the incomplete STC system for a long time, and affected by intense radiation, the short-lived Fanshaor family members had to live in survival suits all their lives. Some elderly family members Even as soon as the life support suit is taken out, they will die on the spot.

An incomplete set of STC can determine the prosperity and decline of a thousand-year-old family in the hive capital. This is the power of the "standard construction template (ie STC)" left over from the dark age of technology.

Fu Qinghai put down the mirror shield in his hand, stood up, inserted the blue blade back into his waist, clapped his hands, and said:
"Come to collect the corpse."

A few members of the Spartan Gang rushed out of the shanty, stripped off the whole body of the noble boy lying on the ground, and then dragged the body away skillfully and swiftly.

For these gangsters in the nest, the power sword alone is already considered a windfall, and the cost of power weapons is so expensive that not everyone can equip them even in the Space Marine Corps.

It's just that the Thorndike family crest engraved on the sword may bring death to the holder.

But it doesn't matter, Fu Qinghai no longer intends to keep the existence of this family.

……

This time the noble hunting activity was huge. In order to win the position of the planetary governor, the five major families almost all adopted the tactics of crowds, mobilized the young side descendants who were beating around the bush and hastily armed them, and sent them all to the bottom nest Come.

Before meeting this young aristocrat from the Thorndike family, Fu Qinghai had met five groups of similar aristocrats.

As Koshwito said, their equipment is very advanced, black technology such as "mirror shield" is not uncommon, but their combat awareness and combat skills are very poor.

Fu Qinghai subdued them almost without paying any price.

Through the torture and interrogation of these noble children, Fu Qinghai learned the details about the five major families of the Schwerin Nest Capital. At the same time, without alarming the nobles, he learned more and more about the world of the Schwerin Nest Capital. more comprehensive.

The development of a planet into a hive city does not happen overnight, it needs tens of thousands of years of long evolution... Or the process of degeneration, the world of hive capitals in the empire in the 40K period is overwhelming, but any one that becomes a hive city at the time of 31K The capitals or worlds showing signs of hive capitalization are all ancient hive capitals left over from the dark age of technology. The history of these hive capitals may be longer than the human empire.

This is confirmed by the giant machines that Fu Qinghai saw on the way from the bottom nest to the next nest.

The Schwerin hive is such a hive.

Before the expedition fleet discovered this hive world and took it under its rule, there was already an inherent ruling pattern in the area. The arrival of the Space Marine Corps broke this pattern, but thanks to the rapid surrender of the ruling class to the Human Empire and their submission This kind of "breaking" is not very thorough.

With the classic urban structure and social classes of the spire, the upper nest, the lower nest, and the bottom nest basically fixed and unchanged, in each hive city world, the specific composition of the ruling class is actually in constant dynamic change. That is to say, the so-called "Five Great Families of Schwerin's Nest Capital" are not static. Families continue to disappear in the bloody struggle, and families continue to rise up in the bloody struggle.

The latter has replaced the former's ecological niche in the food chain of the hive city, which can be called big news in the hive city, but it is also normal.

The biggest change and biggest request of the Terra government to Schwerin's Nest is the tithe, and the rest are ignored.On the other hand, in order to meet the requirements of the tithe and avoid the wrath of the imperial fleet for failing to pay the tax, Schwerin Nest has gradually developed and formed the current political structure:

The Sommerfeld family, the first family in the Schwerin Hive to express their submission and allegiance to the expedition fleet, controlled the electrician union, water union and gas union among the eight major merchant unions in the Schwerin Hive, lighting, drinking water and air. , it can be said that most of the lifeblood of the main hive city is under its control, and was awarded the position of planetary governor by the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Ministry of Interior for its first surrender.

The Bentham family and the Schwerin Nest are families that have mastered biochemical transformation technology and prosthetic body transformation technology. They control the Corpse Union and the Slave Union. The former is responsible for the recycling of corpses in the hive, that is, the manufacture of corpse starch. The owner is responsible for the slave trade, providing necessary consumables to mines and factories, and providing private customization services to high-end customers.

The bounty hunters and gangsters in the hive capital, who want to become stronger, have to go to the operating room under the Bentham family for transformation.However, the technology of the Bentham family also has many flaws. Some drugs can make people's canine teeth elongate, and they have a habit of eating human flesh raw.

The Cronin family, in charge of the Promethium and Iron Unions.The former is responsible for extracting millennium biogas from the ancient bottom hive wastewater to produce promethium.The latter is responsible for prospecting and mining. Whether it is digging available resources in the waste residue of the wasteland, or continuing to destroy the few natural environments on this planet, it is the function of the miners' union.

The Cronin family has the largest private armed force in the Schwerin Hive, a huge mine guard team, and an endless supply of flamethrowers.There was quite a bit of friction between them and the Sommerfeld family, because the Electrician Union and the Promethium Union happened to be competitors. Regardless of energy or lighting, the power of the two ebbed and flowed, which determined that the residents of the hive city would mainly be Fire or electricity.

The Thorndike family was once a rogue trader. The thin blood of the Navigator family flows in the veins of the Thorndike family. After multiple generations of inbreeding marriages, a Navigator may be born. Relying on this, plus the license issued by the expedition fleet, The Thorndike family became the Rogue Traders in this star area. Some people speculate that their ancestors may be a blinded or rebellious family in a navigator family. The blood of the navigator has degenerated and become what it is today.

The Thorndike family has not had a navigator for hundreds of years, but the fleet of privateers in their hands and the spaceport controlled by them are still an important guarantee for the external communication of the Schwerin Nest.

The outbreak of the Horus Rebellion led to a slump in business and trade. The Thorndike family returned to Schwerin and became merchants. Through a series of bloody battles and political compromises, they snatched money from the Sommerfield family. The control of the trade union firmly holds the power of currency and trade routes.

Unlike the bumpkin nouveau riche nesting in the spire of the hive capital, the Thorndike family has a boat in their hands, travels around the star field and has a wide range of knowledge. In peacetime, they can travel to various worlds within the empire. They have a lot of rare things in their hands. It was they who brought back the novel way of playing "Lord Hunter" from Necromonda's lair.

At the same time, it was they who brought back drugs such as reflective tablets and necromancers.

Drug trafficking is a felony under the laws of the empire, and it is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice. Especially these two drugs that are contaminated with the subspace, even the court can intervene, but this is not the reason why Fu Qinghai sentenced him to death.

The main reason is that, as an interstellar warrior, Fu Qinghai doesn't like the feeling of warships parked in space orbit and can launch orbital bombing on him at any time. The Thorndike family honestly did not engage in these small tricks of drug smuggling, and Fu Qinghai also had to find a way to control the frigate in his hands.

The sword-class frigate that was eliminated from an expedition fleet and has undergone many repairs, the Lady Luck, is moored at the spaceport of the Hive Capital of Schwerin.

The biggest reliance of the Thorndike family.

Although the Jian-class frigate is a bit larger than the Broad-blade frigate, the Dagger that Fu Qinghai once boarded (1.6 kilometers long vs. 1.4 kilometers long), it is still a frigate after all. The planet was undergoing orbital bombing, Fu Qinghai lay on the ground and let him bomb it for ten years, and he might not be able to bomb himself.

But both Fu Qinghai and Koshwito are superstitious people who believe in air supremacy. They hold warships and are easy to talk. .

The above is the basic information of the four major families except the Zedu family.

Looking at the political structure of the Hive Capital of Schwerin, one will find that it is different from the stable power structure of the Hive Capital of Necromunda - the Hemar family is the only one, and all other families belong to the Hemar family. vassal.There is no obvious difference in strength between the five major families in Schwerin Chaodu. Everyone is similar. This kind of structure is the most unstable. Sooner or later there will be a fight.

……

Fu Qinghai returned to the shabby hut, looked at the two men and a woman who were tightly bound and kneeling on the ground side by side, ordered Hulda to tear off the seals on their mouths, and asked:
"Why didn't I see anyone from the Zedu family?"

Fu Qinghai used mutant girls to fish and enforce the law in the ruins of Shuize. He has already captured five batches of knight hunters. The others have already been executed. These three are noble children of the Sommerfeld family and their lives were spared.

One of the women answered:
"Respected Lord Astarte, before the Lord Hunting event was about to start, the Zedu family suddenly announced that they would withdraw from this Lord Hunt and give up the fight for the position of the planetary governor."

Ok?
Fu Qinghai was taken aback.

He actually voluntarily gave up the tempting governorship?

What are you doing?

Seeing the space warrior in front of him bowed his head and said nothing, seemed to be lost in thought, one of the men interjected:

"My lord, I guess they are avoiding suspicion."

"Avoid suspicion?" Fu Qinghai raised his head, "What do you mean?"

The young man quickly explained:
"The planetary governor Odis Sommerfeld who died unexpectedly was a member of our family. When the incident happened, we immediately inspected the site of the governor's mansion. Although we didn't understand the cause of death, the older members of the family Everyone believes that it is likely to be related to psykers."

He took a breath and continued:

"Although the Zedu family is the weakest among the five major families, they manage the large library in the nest capital of Schwerin. The nobles at the top of the tower know that they have close contacts with illegal psykers in private, but they don't evidence."

"But this time, when we announced the speculation on the investigation of the death of the planetary governor, many people pointed the finger at the Zedu family, thinking that they killed the governor. I think they suddenly announced their withdrawal from the hunter and gave up the competition. It is based on the reason of avoiding suspicion."

Is that so...

Regarding the young man's deduction, Fu Qinghai was noncommittal, so let's just listen.

Fu Qinghai sat in front of the three of them, tapping his fingers rhythmically on his knees. The huge body of the space warrior was filled with a suffocating sense of oppression.

The silent atmosphere froze the dirty air in the bottom nest. After waiting for a long time, seeing that Fu Qinghai remained silent, another boy who seemed to be only fifteen or sixteen years old moved his sore knee, summoned up the courage to raise his head, Carefully looking at Fu Qinghai's visor, he stammered and said:

"Ah... Lord Astarte, we are all legal citizens of the empire, I don't know why you... why you want to imprison us."

legal citizen?Then the residents of the nest are also legal citizens, is your act of hunter legal?
Fu Qinghai is too lazy to argue with these idiot nobles. Although the empire has laws, as long as the tithes are paid on time and the amount is paid, the empire allows the planetary governor to interpret the laws of the empire in any way he likes, and talk about this with the hive nobles is useless.

He snorted disdainfully and said:
"Then do you know the purpose of my coming to the Hive Capital of Schwerin?"

After finishing speaking, he turned his head away, ignored these three people, and concentrated on thinking about the next steps.

As a result, the woman kneeling in the middle suddenly spoke:
"I know, my lord."

you know?
Fu Qinghai looked at her in surprise.

I thought to myself that I was teleported from the networkway node for no reason, even I don't know the purpose of my coming here, why would you know?
The helmet covered Fu Qinghai's expression, and the three of them didn't know what he was thinking at the moment. The woman's hands were tied behind her back, she looked at Fu Qinghai fixedly, and said:

"That's right, my lord, I know the purpose of your coming to Schwerin Hive Capital."

"Oh?"

Fu Qinghai laughed and said, "Then tell me?"

The woman said firmly:
"You are a Space Marine loyal to the Emperor."

"Really, continue."

"You came to Schwerin Hive this time to regain this place."

"Why the word 'recovery'?"

"Because the astropaths in the Great Library tell us the Warmaster has won."

what?
Fu Qinghai's eyes widened in surprise.

No wonder, no wonder Schwerin Chaodu has not expressed its position so far.

"How dare he say..."

Fu Qinghai said with emotion.

What Fu Qinghai was referring to was not the astropath, but Baron Zedu.

"Then what do you mean?"

Fu Qinghai looked at the woman playfully.

The woman gritted her teeth and said in a deep voice:
"And the real truth is that it was His Majesty who won, not the traitor Horus."

Well, the name has been changed.

Fu Qinghai asked lightly:
"Why don't you believe the words of the astropath?"

The woman said seriously:
"Because you killed all the baron hunters of other families, leaving us alone. Our Sommerfeld family is the family of the former loyal planetary governor. Unless His Majesty the Emperor wins, there is no reason for you to do this .”

The woman is very smart and bold. For this reason alone, she dared to guess the outcome of the siege of Terra.

Although it is suspected of over-analyzing and interpreting, it is undeniable that there are still some smart people among the nobles of the hive capital.

The reason why Fu Qinghai killed the knight hunters of other families was not only because of these people's swaying on the fence, but also because this was a deal between him and Koshwito:
There are too many vested interests in the hive capital, and there are too many vultures pecking at this piece of rotten meat. Many nobles have to die to make room for Spartan soldiers to take over.

The cake is so big, if we don't get rid of a few unsightly spire families, how can the Spartan Gang grow bigger and stronger, and create another glories?
Fu Qinghai hadn't spoken yet, but the woman thought she had guessed right, so she immediately lowered her head and said loudly:
"Lord Astarte, the Sommerfeld family has been loyal to the Empire, Terra, and His Majesty the Great Emperor for generations. Bewitched by heresy, they failed to express their loyalty in time. It is helpless to participate in the hunt Please learn from this move! No matter what the punishment and anger from the empire will be, I implore you, I implore you, for the sake of the loyalty of the Sommerfeld family...Leave it alone!"

This……

Fu Qinghai couldn't help laughing.

This woman is thinking too much.

Obviously, in her mind, it is very unreasonable for a space soldier to appear alone in the hive world.

Naturally, the Space Marine Legion would not send a single space soldier to deal with an entire hive world.

She took it for granted that Fu Qinghai was just an interstellar soldier who sneaked into the Hive City quietly and was in charge of reconnaissance in the early stage, and that heavy vehicles such as dreadnoughts, Land Raiders, and Sikaran battle tanks would enter the Hive City world soon. On the surface, the strike cruiser is on standby in orbit, the Stormbird landing craft roars out, and the orbital bombing and orbital airborne are ready...

This is how Schwerin Hive was conquered.

Surrendering directly without much resistance, being scared out of your wits belongs to yes.

Invisible brain supplement, the most deadly.

Women's brain supplements are not without reason.

There is no way for a space warrior to conquer a planet, especially a planet like a hive world, where the technological level is basically the same as the average level of the empire.

The heavy firepower of the planet's local troops is enough to kill space fighters, and a single space soldier does not have the ability to fight guerrilla warfare and law and order warfare with the entire planet.

But Fu Qinghai is here.

The individual combat ability of the space fighters is very strong, but it has been exaggerated by many unscrupulous creators, making people who don't know the truth think that the emperor relied on this group of people to fight alone and conquered most of the galaxy.

The huge armored cluster and space fleet behind the space fighters were all ignored.

Fu Qinghai has received training in driving all ground armored vehicles of the imperial army. He can command armored units to fight. Not only that, he can also drive gunboats, fighter planes, and warships, and he can also command a small space naval battle.

This is the awesomeness of the Star Warrior, and many people only care about whether the Star Warrior can beat Captain America one-on-one.

What is a super soldier serum injector in a large-scale battle?A special vanguard, as good as the sky.

This is why the U.S. government used Steve Rogers as a mascot in the first place and didn't let him go to the battlefield.The key to determining the outcome of a war is the aircraft carrier formation, not Captain America.The US government is well aware of this.

Talking far away, back to the topic.

Fu Qinghai thought this brain-loving woman was quite interesting, so he asked with great interest:
"What's your name?"

"Gladys, my lord, my name is Gladys Sommerfeld."

"Untie her, no, untie all three of them, this young lady is worthy to stand and speak to me."

Fu Qinghai gave orders to Hulda behind the three of them.

Hulda pulled out his saber and sharply cut everything with the tip of the knife, and the binding band that bound the hands of the three people was broken.

The three stood up quickly, the boy rubbed his stiff and purple knees, the woman straightened her clothes, bent her knees slightly, and performed a noble etiquette to Fu Qinghai.

Also an underage nobleman, this Gladys Sommerfeld looks much more mature than others, and Fu Qinghai also tried to learn some more crucial information from her:
"What's the situation with the planetary garrison in the hive world of Schwerin, the mortal auxiliary army?"

The Imperial Guard (Astral Army), the Imperial Navy, and the Planetary Defense Army were all split from the Space Marine Legion after the second founding of the army. The Horus Rebellion began before the Great Crusade of the Human Empire was completely over. At this moment, the second army building has not yet started, so Fu Qinghai can only refer to the planetary garrison on the Schwerin Nest Capital as "mortal auxiliary army".

Gladys replied without hesitation:
"Schwerin Corps, not yet fully formed, has four regiments under its jurisdiction, namely the first regiment of Schwerin' Chariot Regiment, equipped with five Leman Russ main battle tanks and five Chimera armored personnel carriers , a basilisk self-propelled artillery, stationed on the wasteland near the outskirts of the main nest."

"The second regiment of Schwerin, the 'walker' regiment, is equipped with twenty Sentinel walking mechs and is stationed in the No. [-] satellite city."

"The third regiment of Schwerin, the 'Punishment' regiment, is a death-defying infantry regiment composed mainly of criminals from the nest. satellite city."

"The fourth regiment of Schwerin, the 'Arsonist' regiment, is provided by the Cronin family. It is mainly equipped with flame-breathing weapons fueled by refined promethium. It is stationed in the main lair."

Gladys was very conscious of leading the way, and immediately dumped all the information on the planetary garrison in Schwerin Hive Capital to Fu Qinghai.

Fu Qinghai immediately looked at this woman with admiration.

You must know that when he asked about the information of the planetary garrison, nine of the ten noble children couldn't tell clearly. Although Gladys didn't know the exact number of people, he knew the number of main equipment.

Fu Qinghai asked: "Why do you know so well, have you ever served in the Schwerin Corps?"

The woman lowered her head in embarrassment:

"I spied it on my uncle's desk."

Hmm... Although the number of garrisons is small, the armored vehicles are not bad. They are the most classic styles in the Imperial Army. The leather is durable and powerful.

Fu Qinghai then asked:

"When the rebellion broke out, no one called for troops from the Schwerin Hive?"

Gladys said:
"It was conscripted before the rebellion. It is said that it was the Warmaster... Oh no, the transfer order issued by Horus himself took away most of the Schwerin Corps, leaving only this point. Later, the entire Schwerin Galaxy was captured. Covered by warp storms, traffic and communications were cut off, and the planet was never visited by the fleet until the astropaths in the Great Library told us a month ago: Horus had won."

The traitors were the first to transfer the troops away. Fu Qinghai was not surprised. The former commander of the rebellion was the highest military commander of the human empire, and he was qualified to dispatch any imperial army.

Although strictly speaking, the Schwerin hive world is a world that is undergoing hive transformation. There is only one main hive city and three satellite cities. It is not a real hive world with tens of billions of people and hundreds of hive cities. But this amount of troops is indeed too small for the entire planet, even worse than the Earth in the previous life. It turned out that most of the planetary garrisons were transferred away by Horus.

"What do the Schwerin Corps think of the news from the Astropath?"

Fu Qinghai asked again.

Gladys said:
"The commander of the garrison is Lieutenant-Colonel Cyril, who currently declares the Schwerin Corps neutral."

"idiot……"

Fu Qinghai shook his head and said in a low voice.

Both sides are not pleasing, and they chose the most stupid way.

Presumably, those who were not taken away by the Warmaster were naturally not outstanding and courageous mortal officers.

Should the planetary garrison be dealt with first, or the frigate on the spaceport first?Fu Qinghai was lost in thought.

The garrison is a bit spread out, and it's hard to catch them all at once if they want to resist, and to take the ship you have to go into the spaceport first.

Times have changed. Before the Horus Rebellion broke out, space fighters could directly command the mortal army, but now, the civil war between space fighters has been going on for so long, and many mortal soldiers are confused and shaken. Know who you should listen to.

Seeing that Fu Qinghai didn't speak for a long time after scolding "idiot", Gladys thought that he was thinking about how to destroy the Schwerin Corps. After thinking about it, she asked tentatively:

"My lord, what are you going to do with them?"

Fu Qinghai said coldly:

"Is there any need to ask, there is no such thing as 'remain neutral' in the creed of the imperial soldiers."

"Ah!" Gladys whispered, his expression fluctuating, as if he had finally made up his mind, watching Fu Qinghai gritted his teeth and said:
"My lord, please take me to the station of the First Regiment in Schwerin. I am 80.00% sure that I can persuade them to surrender. They are just being deceived. Please give them another chance to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor."

Fu Qinghai asked lightly:
"Why do you care so much about the first group, is your boyfriend or some relative in it?"

Gladys lowered his head and whispered:

"Lieutenant Colonel Cyril is a member of our Sommerfeld family, and he is my own uncle."

Fu Qinghai thought for a moment, nodded reluctantly, and said:

"Yes, I can give them a chance to make a contribution, but only if I don't waste too much time."

Both inside and outside the words are implying: I can afford to wait, but the fleet behind me can't afford to wait.

Those with ambiguous attitudes like the Schwerin Corps, put it to the judge, that is, loyalty is not absolute, and they directly ordered execution, but the white scars are different. Jaghatai Khan even launched a rebellion against him. I am willing to give them another chance to launch an expedition of redemption with their sins and meritorious deeds. This is how the Black Coward Xue Terminator came about.

Gladys' brain gave Fu Qinghai an idea.

It is not impossible to use force to force the planetary garrison of Schwerin's nest capital to surrender, but there is a certain risk. After all, the combat power on my side is only two people, although they are strong, they are few, especially Baron Zedu. After the false news of victory, it is even harder to force them to submit by force.

But what if the fox pretends to be the tiger and uses pressure that doesn't exist to force the planetary garrison to submit?
Hearing Fu Qinghai's words, Gladys nodded firmly:
"My lord, they will see the situation clearly, give me an hour, and I will be able to convince them!"

"can."

Fu Qinghai smiled with satisfaction:

"Gladys, you are so concerned about family affairs, are you the direct heir of the Sommerfeld family?"

Gladys blushed, lowered his head and said:

"I'm not."

"I am, my lord, I am! I am much more closely related to the former governor than Gladys."

The young man, who had been unable to get in the way, finally seized an opportunity and hurriedly raised his hand and shouted:

"Odis Sommerfeld is my second grandfather."

"Humph."

Fu Qinghai snorted disdainfully and stood up.

"You are far behind her."

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　Thank you, my name is Yuanshengzi, mnnk, the sky wings of the sun god, the south house and the north place, angels are not human, all the names that come to mind have been taken up, sulfur star sun, a few book friends' rewards.

　　Alas, I am actually not willing to write a popular science article on Warhammer to refute rumors, but too many people have questioned it... But I thought about it, those people who don't understand can't read the chapters on the shelves and give up. I refute the rumors For whom?

　　The Hive Capital of Schwerin is my first original Hive Capital world. It appeared earlier than the original Wargroup. It takes a little more time to set it up. Please be patient.Spoiler alert: the protagonist is going to Terra soon, but Schwerin Hive will appear later.

　　
　
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