Warhammer: I am the Hammer of the Empire.

Chapter 86

Kane once killed a mutant Leviathan on an active volcano in a dead world, and that behemoth that had been attacked and crippled by the fleet still dragged half of the battle group into hell, whether it was Kane or Qi Fan. I don't want to believe this news. Although there are many bugs in Damocles Bay today, it is the first time to see a fleet of this number and scale outside Damocles Bay.

"Most of the swarm fleet is surrounded by the loyal Imperial Navy, keeping them from attacking the human world, but where did this come from?"

Qi Fan asked the question, because the empire has already made basic discoveries, such as when the size of the swarm is ridiculously large, the subspace signals and electrical signals around them will disappear inexplicably, and the empire completely relies on the huge fleet size and tragic The cost is to limit most of the bugs to a controllable range.

The high official of the Tau clan replied. "Two hills ago, about twenty months of human time, an exploration ship was wrecked on Coreval de Marches (the fallen Imperial world, probably in the Tau territory of Damocles Bay), This is the last message from the delivery drone."

At this moment, the screen in front of everyone shows the basic construction logic of the drone. It is an introduction to what it is, and it is carefully marked in Gothic. It seems that it is equipped with a simple low-intelligence AI system, thrusters, and information storage equipment. , the size of a person.

Because the Tau have no astropaths, they can only rely on such means to communicate, and so do their communicators escape the will of the Great Devourer, since they are physical means of transmission.

In addition to such letter drones, the Tau tribe also has special letter ships for information communication, but there is no doubt that such means are sufficient for their current size. If their scope of activities continues to expand, splits will inevitably occur , sailing time and information transport would allow them to begin to exist on worlds that have not been patrolled for decades, centuries, thousands of years.

But at present, it is absolutely barely enough. The Titanium still has confidence in the ability to develop ultra-long-distance communication, and the deep dive engine is the existence they are proud of.

And the massacre on the big screen is still going on. The horror scene of the scientific research ship at the first time looks like a highly realistic sci-fi short film, with trembling cameras, electromagnetic fluctuations that appear from time to time, and screams.

The light of the star illuminated the monstrous beast, Kane soon realized. "Why didn't the screen move?" As expected of a staff officer, he immediately thought of why he didn't run. It is difficult for normal people's brain circuits to rotate like this, but he did ask the point.

"According to the recovered data, the engine was running at full speed at that time." Al'Hasay said seriously. "We're guessing that the ship was held in place in some way, either tense tentacles or clenched claws, based on the pressure on the hull."

Qi Fan nodded. "I've seen it happen a few times. They ram a ship, grab the ship, and send those killer bugs in there to wipe out the crew."

The hologram was filling the hologram with the swarming swarm of bugs, and the image was getting more and more terrifying, and Alan Byer must admit he was slightly relieved when the image finally disappeared in a puff of static.

The senior Tau official continued. "Actually, we recovered this drone two months ago. Relying on ranging calculations, the swarm invasion force would arrive at Mocles Bay from "Ream" (the eastern edge of Damocles Bay), and then Eat all the way along the road... we are now at this place, and then look for the next target..."

He switched to the star map, which marked the imperial world in red, blue as titanium world, and green as neutral, that is, without an owner. Of course, there are many problems in it, such as some worlds that belong to the empire but have turned blue Alan Baier could almost hear Commander-in-Chief Qi Fan's toothache, he was gnashing his teeth.

"If the Tyranid fleet keeps moving at the same speed, they will enter the border area within a few weeks."

"According to this line, it extends itself, repeatedly cutting the tortuous border between our two forces."

"This is equivalent to putting a dozen inhabited worlds at risk." Qi Fan's tone seemed determined to announce all the bad news in one go.

"If the Tyranid fleet managed to absorb this much biomass, it would become unstoppable."

"Therefore, we propose to put aside the current dispute between you and us." Al'Hasay nodded solemnly. "This is the requirement of the highest good way."

Qi Fan also nodded, he was still trying to suppress his anger of wanting to kill the alien. "I think you're right." He finally agreed.

Strangely, Qi Fan's vision and attitude as the commander-in-chief of the empire are very similar to Alan Baier's handling methods. The state of the swarm.

In the final meeting, part of the discussions and judgments on how to deal with Quadravidia were conducted. In the end, Qi Fan decided to return to the flagship command of the battleship group and the staff on the ground to discuss this matter with General Braddick.

"We can't just give up on Quadra Vidya." General Braddick leaned back on one of the chairs around the pile of data displays, hysterically emphasizing his proposition.

Facing Zivan's luxurious private residence and the existence of the supreme commander of the Eastern Defense Force himself, the general remained unmoved at all, and still chose to speak out.

After all, he fought hard in that world for several years. The stragglers of bugs, titanium and rebellion were all solved by the imperial guards. It is of course impossible for him to give up this world now. Born officers are even more personal experience.

But now a group of imperial officers and men are gathered in the combat command room of the imperial flagship. The messy, randomly welded pipes and emergency assembly cables make the whole room messy.

Before the renovation here, it was obviously a cargo hold or an arsenal. Commander-in-Chief Qi Fan's flagship choice was like this. He would choose the largest warship in the fleet, and then randomly occupy the largest space, but for the Navy, this It is easy to manage, and not every imperial navy can have such a good relationship with the captain of the Bordello and Alan Bair.

But the reality is that the design and requisition here are both practical and comfortable for the veterans of the Star Militia Army. Generally speaking, if Alan Bayer came to this position one day, he would do the same.

"No, no, of course we're not giving up on Quadravidya," the commander-in-chief assured Braddick at this moment, admiring, as usual, the soldier's straightforward manner of speaking. "But you can only stay with a token garrison."

Braddick smiled wryly. "Then the situation has not changed."

"You don't forget that the Tau will be withdrawing too," Kane reminded him, and now the hologram in the command room was wobbling in the usual Imperial way, blurring, though not clearly.

The mechanic in charge of it blessed it in a low voice and punched the dented instrument panel with the mechanical arm, allowing the star field displayed in the image to refocus.

Qi Fan nodded to him, expressing his thanks. "In general the Tau are diverting resources to strengthen the defenses of the three star systems belonging to them on the edge of Damocles Bay." When he pointed out the location of those, the corresponding icon flashed a rather ugly green light lovingly.

Compared with the technology of the Tau tribe, the holographic images and tactical instructions of the empire are simply too... Alan Baier is hard to describe, but he believes that the holographic images of humans in the Dark Ages must be lifelike, after all, he is now experiencing that kind of combat. Aim assist as if the game is open.

"So they are preparing to pack up and leave now?" Mr. Braddick's tone was a bit subtle. After all, he had been fighting titanium on the ground for so long, and he suddenly told him that those blue skins were going to leave without any conspiracy?

After all, in the tone of the empire, the highest goodness can be translated as great good, or become better. If the aliens want to become better, will the people of the empire be in pain?
In the end, it was the commander-in-chief's explanation that interrupted Alan Baier's thoughts. "The titanium people are full of pragmatists." Qi Fan said.

"For them, if they continue to spend precious war resources here, causing them to fail to block the Tyrann's offensive and lose the other three galaxies, then it is meaningless to continue to stick here."

"El'Hasayi envoy assured us that their forces will complete the retreat well before we are ready to evacuate this galaxy." Qi Fan said.

But the reality is like this, the titanium is taking away all their power in a storm. It can be said that all the fleets stationed on the ground and in orbit are planning to mobilize. After all, they know the information two months earlier than the empire.

In the next world, the Astral Army only needs to be responsible for the small Tyranid troops that appeared due to the invasion, but those things are just probes, and there are no node creatures. Such troops are very common in the empire. Many, it will take hundreds or even thousands of years after the eradication is complete to have the main force of the Tailuns come over.

Obviously, if it wasn't for the warning from Tau, the empire might still feel that it would go on as usual.

General Braddick nodded. He was very worried about the bugs, but he was a defeated general before and now he was victorious, so it was inevitable that his heart would be complicated.

And Commander-in-Chief Qi Fan complained again. "Those titanium made demands before they left, and they need compensation."

Braddick frowned. "They dare!"

Qi Fan noticed that he had used the wrong vocabulary. "No, they want to compensate this world as an apology for invading this world..."

"They asked their business groups and engineering troops to stay here to help rebuild the city, and even distributed food to the residents of the empire."

"It must also include full-time preaching of subversion and heresy." Braddick snorted softly.

Qi Fan, Kane, and Qi Qi nodded, and Alan Baier still felt familiar when he recalled this incident. After all, a certain country starting with M had played this incident.

"Generally speaking, the Tau family proposed to pay compensation, and His Excellency the Governor is willing to accept this proposal." Kane said in his most sophisticated tone.

"Because Your Excellency the Governor is a narcissist and a natural imbecile, he only sees benefits but not harm." Qi Fan added in a tone that was not tactful at all.

This time, all the officers in the command room couldn't help but nod as long as they had seen the planetary governor.

Qi Fan coughed, interrupting the strange atmosphere here. "Talk about the business." He opened the star map.

"There is only one road before us," Qi Fan said.A world on the Imperial side of the border glowed crimson, indicating that it belonged to the Adeptus Mechanicus.

"Fekuendia forged the world, he built most of the ammunition and vehicles in our area in Damocles Bay."

"But the worm probably won't choose this world, because behind her is a world of the Tau clan family. If I were a worm, it would still be a casting world that was almost hollowed out compared to a feast full of biomass. choose."

Kane was instantly interested. "In other words, those titanium will become the empire's gold medal for avoiding death?"

Qi Fan smiled. "It's even better, but we still need to choose a regiment of troops to go to that Tie world for so-called cultural exchanges."

"This is a difficult task, because we need someone to monitor every move of the Tau race, and the Tau needs soldiers from the Empire to hold them in their hands to ensure the so-called peace alliance, and Tau's report to the Empire is too slow. Speakers help them combine information."

"The problem now is that we need someone to go to Fecundia to forge the world to protect the empire's area, and we need someone to go to the world of titanium as a pawn of the empire."

"These two tasks are almost equally important."

Kane said without hesitation. "I'll go to Forge World, though she's very close to the Swarm."

Commander-in-chief Qi Fan expressed satisfaction with Kane's courage and strong motivation. Of course, he hoped that Kane would go to the world of Tau as a reporter, because the communication on Tau's side is too slow, and the astropaths of the Imperial Fleet are also needed.

"Then, who will go to that Tau world?"

Alan Baier is no longer silent at this moment, because where Staff Kane goes, bugs will definitely go there, he is God's choice, with his own enemy absorption physique.

"My lord, in order to express your help to the Bordeaux, and I have served under your command during this time, and have traveled with titanium for a period of time, I think I can represent the empire to enter that world."

With this sentence, all the officers here expressed their salute and recognition to this "little-known" lieutenant colonel (referring to the Terra Star badge), and Commander-in-Chief Qi Fan nodded.

"Soldiers of the Emperor, you really fulfill your duty, so I order at this moment that the Imperial Lunar-class strike cruiser Bordello, the Fourth Infantry Regiment of the Imperial Skadi World, go to the Tau World for diplomatic missions!"

"Kaiphas Kane Empire's senior staff officer and his 597th Valhalla Regiment are heading to the foundry world Fecundia!"

　"Kai~Kai~Caphas Kane! ~Hero of the Empire!"

　　——Everyone's concise summary of Kane's career
　　"I'm a piece of shit! A big liar!"

　　—Kane's succinct summary of his career
　　
　
(End of this chapter)