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Chapter 439 Inventory of the harvest
The Chapter fleet is on its way home.

After solving the private issue of the captain in charge, Aoyama Khan began to formally take stock of the gains from this battle.

Not to mention a large amount of industrial raw materials, among which the batch of fine gold ore is the most valuable.The Tiefutu battle group continued its excellent style. All the Titans killed by the "Broken Army Golden Armor", regardless of size, were disassembled and packed away. It is also a fortune to recast the body skeleton and armor shell forged from fine gold.

Adamantite is the natural metal with the best indicators in the Warhammer 40K universe, and its strength, hardness, plasticity, and toughness are all very high.There is rarely a metal material that can achieve the four major indicators without outstanding shortcomings.For example, synthetic metal ceramic steel has high strength and hardness but poor toughness and plasticity.Adamantite armor can only be torn apart by Adamantite weapons unless energy-dense hotmelt and plasma are used.

In contrast, adamantine is particularly expensive.

In the entire human empire, there are only a few mining worlds with fine gold veins that can produce fine gold.

In addition to industrial raw materials, there are also valuable STC.

The STC of the vulture-type intelligent control machine soldier is already in the bag.

After some research on the other STCs, Fu Qinghai also figured out their specific production uses.

The four STCs are:
1. Kraken Assault Claw Airborne Pod.

2. Sikaran battle tank.

3. Kratos Assault Tank.

4. Space Marine Landing Craft.

The harvest is full, and Khan is delighted.

Among them, Fu Qinghai's favorite is the Kraken Assault Claw airborne pod. As we all know, ordinary airborne pods are disposable items and cannot be recycled immediately after being smashed, but some special models can.The Kraken Assault Talon airborne capsule is a special type of airborne capsule that can be recycled. It can not only be recycled, but also has a larger transportation space. The missile launcher and hot-melt cutter on the bulkhead can also carry out the selected landing area in advance. A wave of fire covered the field.In addition, the Siren Assault Talon Airborne Capsule can also be used for naval battle jumping in addition to orbital airborne, which is completely sufficient to replace the jumping torpedo.

The Kraken Assault Claw airborne pod was only developed at the end of the Great Crusade, and according to the Warmaster's consistent urgency, it was naturally given priority to the Traitor Legion.In the 41K period, due to the loss of technology, the Astartes battle group was useless. Only the Chaos Space Marines had a cut corner and weakened version of the Kraken Assault Talon Airborne Pod - the Dread Talon Airborne Pod.Although the Dread Claw also has the function of recycling and can be used in naval battles, but its space, armor and firepower cannot be compared with the Siren Raid Claw. There are obvious similarities in the appearance of the two airborne pods. The so-called "technical loss", lost It is self-evident where it is.

At least for the imperial camp.

The Kraken Raid Talon Drop Pod is unique.

The latter two special tanks for the Astartes armored forces, in the 41K era, are out-and-out sacred relics, but there are still some differences between the two tanks.

The Sikaran battle tank was born at the end of the Great Crusade. This is a main battle tank jointly developed by Fenus Manus, Robert Guilliman and the Mechanicus. The god religion has a high technological content. Later generations of human empires could not manufacture the Sikaran battle tank, more because of the loss of technology, rather than unwillingness to manufacture it.

The Kratos assault tank was born in the early days of the Great Crusade. It is the main battle tank that has been replaced by the Predator tank. The reason why the Predator tank replaced the Kratos assault tank is the same as the reason why the Thunderhawk gunship replaced the Stormbird gunship— —Although the former has weaker firepower, thinner armor, and smaller size, the cost of the former is lower. After a comprehensive calculation, it is more cost-effective to manufacture small tanks and small gunboats, so the former replaced the latter.

Sikaran Battle Tanks are Chapter Relics housed within the Chapter Astartes stasis fields.The Kratos assault tank was eliminated because it was not very cost-effective.

The Imperium of Man can still manufacture Kratos assault tanks, but the Astartes battle group is no longer the Astartes army, and no longer serves as the main offensive mission on the frontal battlefield, but has become an elite special infiltration force, which has no financial resources and no need to continue to use it This kind of frontal assault main battle tank with thick armor, strong firepower, and high cost-for a space warrior, the latter reason may be more unacceptable than the loss of technology.

If we simply compare firepower, the order of tanks in the Star Warrior armor sequence should be: Scimitar > Flying Blade > Sikaran > Kratos > Predator.Scimitars, Flying Blades, and their various variants are all super-heavy tanks, and all indicators are a little stronger than the latter three as main battle tanks.As for Sparta and Mastodon, they are called "tanks", but they are actually armored personnel carriers, so I will not participate in the comparison between tanks.

The last one, the Space Marine Landing Craft, is a more versatile cross-orbital lander.Just looking at its appearance, it looks like an elongated fishbone-shaped Thunderhawk gunboat, and its technical principle is not too different from the Thunderhawk gunboat. The only difference is that the former is bigger and longer, and can carry six main battle tanks or six While a single armored personnel carrier travels between orbit and the surface, the Thunderhawk gunship can only carry one armored vehicle at a time.It's more efficient to deploy armored units using Space Marine landing craft, that's all.

There are four standard building templates, some are unique, some are rare, some have been eliminated, and some are more common.But for Phaeton Foundry World, there is nothing to choose, but any STC is welcomed with both hands.

The Iron Buddha battle group came to the steel belt this time, bringing a total of nine imperial transport ships, not only that, but also captured five transport ships belonging to the Dark Mechanicus.Fourteen transport ships kept going back and forth between the surface and orbit, scraping the ground three feet, and finally transported all the materials into space.

There was also a small episode during this period.

The Planetary Governor, who had run away, was arrested and detained by Marshal Huxlow. The Planetary Governor’s family, accompanied by the political commissar of the Imperial Guard, took a shuttle to the cruiser and passed by the landing site. The Planetary Governor pointed to the clean area. The blank area asked the political commissar suspiciously:

"There was a war here?"

Several political commissars were speechless.

They are only Guard Commissars not Chapter Chaplains.

They have no right to interfere with the actions of the Iron Buddha Chapter.

The wreckage of the traitor titan can be reworked, and even the body of the black machine oil guy was taken away.Qingshan Khan believes that if the data storage element in the black machine oil guy's body is removed for analysis and reading, there may be new discoveries.

This is similar to the dealers selling bulk USB flash drives under the overpass. What they sell is not the USB flash drive, but a blind box. Who knows what is in the USB flash drive, the prison design drawings or more than 100 GB of learning materials?Strive to extract every last bit of value.

Based on this principle, the two battlefields outside the hive city were as clean as if they had been licked.

Shockingly clean.

…………

The mighty battleband fleet sails in the void.

Prepare to return to the Forgeworld of Atal Median.

The Iron Buddha Squad seized a lot of transport ships and cruisers this time, and the number of crew members was a bit stretched, so many crew members were transferred from various battleships to barely allow the fleet to sail.

Fortunately, the characteristic of Mechanicus ships is that the number of mortal crews is very small.For example, the Goliath-class factory ship and the Goliath-class casting ship brought by Master Quinto from Mars. The former is the size of a battleship, and the latter is the size of a cruiser, but the number of crews is only a few thousand and a few hundred. , The remaining positions use a large number of machine servants and automatic equipment.

If we compare the degree of automation of the ships of the major forces of the human empire, then it is probably:
Mechanicus > Space Marines > Imperial Navy.

The Adeptus Mechanicus dislikes uncontrollable human crews and prefers stiff and stiff servitors.Space Marines often use servitors simply because they are few in number, after all Chapter servitors are also valuable candidates for potential recruits.

The Imperial Navy is the most exaggerated. A small ship has tens of thousands of crew members, and the degree of automation is very low.The reasons are more complicated. There are not only the consideration of preventing the enemy's electronic attack, but also some factors of the Imperial Navy itself: the engine family, torpedo family, and artillery family inside the naval warships... form a bunch of technology monopoly groups with intertwined interests, and occupy the corresponding cabins for generations. Multiplication makes it difficult for the navy to promote the iteration of warship technology.

The Imperial Navy is a large and conservative force.

There are so many internal rules and regulations.

In sci-fi IPs such as Halo, Dune, and Star Wars, hundreds of people can control a giant spaceship. It is not impossible for the Empire of Man to do it.

……

After the Iron Buddha fleet jumped out of the warp, a single transport cruiser entered the galaxy alone, and the rest of the fleet entered the warp again to continue their voyage.

Orestes Knight World.

This transport cruiser hovers in orbit.

On the boarding deck, huge cross-orbit landers are arranged neatly. These are landing devices specially used to transport knight mechas. Now the inside is empty, and none of the Draconis family's knight mechas survived.

Zofia, Janiko, and a tall space warrior wearing a black-gold power suit stood side by side, silently waiting for the cross-orbit lander to start.

This space soldier's face was serious and even bitter, with dense black prayers branded on his bald head.He held his helmet, its visor in the shape of a skull, in one hand, and in the other hand held a power scepter, ending in a metal ornament of spikes, skulls, and eagle wings.If you are familiar with space warriors, you will know that this helmet, this weapon, is the symbol of the Chapter Priest.The warrior's shoulder armor also bears a personal coat of arms - a golden embossment of an open book.

Tristan, the hidden slender leader of the Iron Buddha Chapter.

"Captain Zofia, Mrs Janiko."

Tristan broke the silence:

"Khan sent me here this time to take away everything worth taking away from the Draconis family. This act itself has not been authorized by Mars or Terra, so we need to act as soon as possible to end it as soon as possible. I also know that Russia Restes is the place where the Draconis family has survived and multiplied for generations. You have a great bond with this land, but I hope you can make up your mind to break this bond, ma'am, there is a brighter future for the Phaeton Forge world. The future awaits you."

Zofia shrugged and said nothing.

She didn't care, the biggest bond between her and this knight family was her mother, and she didn't know anyone else well.Moreover, both Zofia and Tristan are reincarnators, and the two of them have passed their anger in private, so the move must be done quickly.

"I understand, my lord."

Mrs. Janiko nodded:

"I grew up in Orestes. This land is not only my hometown, but also a place of sadness. I don't want to see things that bring back memories. Stay away from here, and the family can reborn."

"It's good that you understand."

Tristan nodded approvingly.

The civil wars and conflicts in the knight world are still going on, and the ruling sage forcibly transferred away a loyal knight family, causing the situation in the region to become more unstable. The fleet of the Dark Mechanicus visits here from time to time and is encouraged. Riots and uprisings have become more frequent, and other knight families are working hard to suppress the riots and maintain local order.

But this is not the task of the Iron Buddha Chapter.

They just took the remnants of the clan along the way.

……

Draconis family fiefdom.

The familiar ebony fortress towered over the hill.

The cross-orbital lander lands on the Bastion platform.

The place was already full of people, and the women and children of the Draconis family were looking forward to it. The women held bouquets in their hands, and the children waved clockwork knight toys.They were full of anticipation, waiting to see the castle master knight leading the family knights out with their heads held high.They guessed that, as usual, the armor of the Imperial Knights was covered with bloodstains and charred bullets, but their banners were still bright, and their guns were hung with trophies and souvenirs captured from the enemy...

The hatch opened slowly.

A team of interstellar warriors wearing black-gold power armor escorted two women, one tall and one short, with guns to walk out.

The look in the eyes of the female relatives.

Slowly from anticipation to shock.

Not a single knight mech came out.

The interorbital lander is empty inside.

"Ja... Janiko, what's going on?"

An old woman threw herself in front of the chief knight, tightly clutching the gold-plated cuff of the chief knight's uniform with both hands, staring at the woman in front of her with wide eyes, and asked tremblingly:
"Tell me, what's going on?"

Janiko closed her eyes and shook her head in pain.

The old woman suddenly understood, she collapsed and sat down on the ground, her expression dull and gloomy.The people around also knew what had happened, and their speculations became reality, as if the sky had fallen suddenly. The family members stared blankly at the empty cabin door, some covered their mouths and sobbed, and some slowly collapsed to the ground.

Some children who don't know what's going on, seeing their mother like this, also raised their heads and cried loudly along with "Wah-wah-wah".Among the crowd were pregnant women holding their stomachs and babies waiting to be fed, and the whole platform was in chaos.

"Ugh."

Even though he had expected it in his heart, the head pastor couldn't help sighing when he saw this scene.

Tristan suddenly remembered a conversation he had with Qingshan Khan not long ago.

At that time, the two were eating in the restaurant, and during the chat about the state religion of the empire, Khan said:

"As far as I know, the State Church is aggressively expanding its sphere of influence in the Sun Starfield, and has already obtained Terra's acquiescence. Perhaps soon, the State Church priests will come to the Obscure Starfield, to the Marquez King Star District, as a warlord Chief pastor of the regiment, you have to be prepared, how to deal with them."

"What kind of power is the state religion of the empire?"

Master Yin Xiu humbly asked the chapter leader for advice.

The chapter leader put down the spoon, thought for a while and said:
"The state religion has done many evils and misdeeds throughout its life, but it has to be admitted that they have indeed done some good deeds. These measures are very helpful to the empire."

"for example?"

"For example, establishing the Faithful Academy."

…………

Orestes Knight World.

A city three hundred kilometers away from the Ebony Fortress.

The city has gone through wars, and most of the urban area has been reduced to ruins.As night falls, in the gaps of the collapsed buildings, in the pits buried by the wall panels, there are flickering fires, indistinct figures, wild laughter, tearing, and roaring... It seems that demons are dancing, order has disappeared, and only chaos has come.

Inside a large sunken pit.

Surrounded by piles of construction debris.

Two shirtless people are wrestling in the pit. They are covered in blood and sweat. You punch and kick each other. There are no rules in this fight. It is a real "unrestricted fighting". Teeth bite and break fingers and nails Cut into the eardrum and eyeball.They were not human at all, more like two wild dogs.

People stood around the pit.

Waving knives, guns and torches in their hands, they roared loudly, cheered for the players they bet on, and cursed their opponents loudly, spitting and swearing.

A tall figure in a cloak and a hood hurried on his way with his head down. He passed the large hollow and turned his head to take a look. The flames illuminated his face along the edge of the hood.It was a strange face, with a broad face and a broad forehead, but there were no pupils in the eyes, only a white film, the complexion was dark blue, and there were four fleshy tentacles of different thicknesses hanging around the cheeks, and there was a golden gold on each tentacle. The ring is hooped as decoration, and there are raised frontal bones on the forehead around the brow bone.Just looking at this face, he is not a human being.

The mysterious passer-by was wearing a brown and black cloak, but it still couldn't conceal his tall and burly figure, strong shoulders, and bulging chest muscles. It was not easy to mess with.

On the edge of the pit, someone set up an oven and was roasting food. The mysterious passer-by twitched his nose, stopped and looked up. It was a chaotic believer with horns on his head. On the rough iron bar that was cut out... a baby's corpse was worn.

The mysterious passer-by frowned.

A look of disgust flashed in his eyes.

But he took a deep breath, ignored it, forced himself to turn his head away, and walked away from this place quickly.

He walked quickly through the ruins of the city, got into a sewer, turned through an arched door, and came to a secret camp hidden deep in the ruins of the city.As soon as he arrived here, a tall figure rushed towards him, and the mysterious passer-by quickly raised his hand to support him, and then asked:
"What's the matter, Liv, being rash?"

"Brother, you made a move some time ago, didn't you?"

"Yes."

The mysterious passer-by raised his hood to reveal his face.

There are a pair of curved horns on the top of the head.

It was a draenei.

Standing in front of him was Olivia Crofts, the Draenei mage of the Zero Realm guild.

"Didn't I tell you, don't take it lightly, the fluctuation of magic will attract the attention of that person, we haven't found the main context of the major events of the plot line..."

Olivia said eagerly.

"But I had to do it."

The male draenei said slightly annoyed:
"I met a gang of Chaos believers on the outskirts of the city, and they intercepted me. I followed what you taught me, saying that I was a believer in the Lord of Changes, and then raised my hood to show them my face, and they Even more angry, I took up a weapon and wanted to cut me, so I had no choice but to kill them."

"Uh……"

Olivia was slightly taken aback, and asked:

"What do they look like?"

"It's ugly, the skin on the face is red, the eyes are red, and there are some horny spikes on the top of the head, but their bodies are very strong, far surpassing ordinary humans... Oh yes, they all wear a brass collar on their necks."

brass collar...

Olivia covered her face:

"Oh, those are followers of Khorne. If you say you believe in the Lord of Changes, they will definitely kill you."

"Then what should I do?"

The male draenei helplessly spread his hands.

"What magic did you use?"

Olivia continued to ask.

"Flamestorm, and Burning Touch."

The male draenei said coldly:
"To prevent future troubles, I killed the entire Chaos gang. I'm pretty sure no one will survive."

"You're making too much noise."

Olivia shook her head:

"I've heard all about it here. Now the Chaos believer gang in the whole city is looking for you. Everyone is rumoring that a very powerful illegal psyker has come to the city. If this continues for a long time, we may all be exposed."

"Exposure is exposure, it should have been exposed long ago."

The male draenei pouted and said:
"There is nothing worthy of attention in this city. When will we kill all the enemies and leave here?"

"Wait a second."

Olivia said in a deep voice:

"So far, we have only encountered a group of Chaos believers. Space soldiers, imperial knights, and the local Mechanicism sect have all failed. I have to see where the upper limit of this planet's combat power is, and then decide on follow-up actions."

The male draenei nodded:
"You have experience, I will listen to you."

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　There are a lot of pictures in this chapter, wait for me to pass them on.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)