Travel to Warhammer 40K with Gray Wind.

Chapter 112 Biological Engine
"When the Horus Rebellion broke out, Lion King Ryan led half of the Dark Angel Legion to fight in the starry sky and destroy the home planet of the rebel legion."

"The other half of the Dark Angels' troops, which are mainly logistics managers and recruits, are stationed in Caliban, the home planet of the Lion King."

"When the disheartened Lion King left the Second Empire and led his dark angels back to the home planet, the conflict broke out."

On the way back to Falla, Russell told Gray Wind and Coronial about the shit about the Dark Angel and the Fallen Angel in as short a sentence as possible:

"Among the half of the Dark Angels who stayed behind on their home planet Caliban at that time, they can be roughly divided into the following factions:
"1. Before the return of the Lion King, the Dark Angels of the First Legion belonged directly to the Emperor of Humanity and recruited directly from the Holy Terra.

After the Lion King returned and took over the First Legion, these Terran veterans had a lot of prejudice against the Lion King.

They disliked the ruthless behavior of their own Primarchs in exchange for a large number of civilian casualties in exchange for strategic benefits. They believed that this barbaric act had no honor at all and betrayed the ideals of the Great Crusade.

The veterans of Terra believed that their Primarch did not have the majesty of the Emperor. They were eager to get rid of the Lion King, let the First Legion return to the Emperor, and regain their ideals and glory.

This faction is the 'Tara faction', or the 'Emperor faction'. "

"2. After the return of the Lion King, Caliban, the home planet he grew up in, also surrendered to the rule of the empire and became the new conscription planet of the Dark Angels.

However, the empire’s rule over Caliban was very brutal. The Mechanicus cut down Caliban’s forests in large numbers, drove countless people into factories to work continuously, and provided logistical materials for the Great Crusade.

The Dark Angels who were born in Caliban were very angry at the unfair treatment of their hometown. They believed that the Empire was a brutal regime that exploited and squeezed Caliban regardless of the lives of the people. They were betrayed by the Lion King.

They longed for Caliban to break away from the brutal rule of the Empire and return to the harmonious state of the Knights.

This faction is the 'Caliban faction'. "

"3. There is a local belief totem called Ouroboros on Caliban, and this totem is something similar to the will of the planet.

The belief in ouroboros has also spread to the dark angels, and has been influenced by chaos to a certain extent. 'it' has its own purpose, so people who believe in this totem can be called ouroboros faction, and can also be counted as heretics , or Chaos faction.

The Ouroboros Faction knows the fact that there is chaos pollution in Caliban. They are afraid that if the truth is revealed, their homeland will be destroyed by the empire, so they also hope that Caliban can escape the control of the empire. "

Gray Wind and Coroniai sat beside Russell and listened quietly, but when he said this, he suddenly sighed softly:
"In addition to these three major factions, there are also a large number of dark angel recruits who don't know anything about Caliban. They don't know anything about the complex relationships and chaos within the legion, and they got involved in this ignorance. Legionary Civil War, I call them the Innocents."

After the civil war broke out and Caliban was destroyed, the space-time vortex that suddenly appeared sucked the dark angels into it and randomly threw them to various time points in the future; The new recruits who don't know anything are all dubbed the same title by the dark angels of later generations-fallen angels.

"The fallen angels who led Mirak into the flare, if they really wanted to deliver the news of the resurrection of the undead to the empire..." Gray Wind crossed his chest with one hand, put an index finger in front of his lips, and said in thought: " So they are supposed to be Terran veterans loyal to the Emperor of Humanity? Or are they innocent recruits who were somehow involved in the civil war?"

"That's true, but it's also possible that they were the loyal Dark Angels who followed the Lion King. After all, the people on Caliban were not the only ones who were drawn into the time-space vortex." Russell added.

"Huh?" Hui Feng was confused: "The Loyalists are also Fallen Angels?"

"That's right." Russell casually picked up a strand of long pink and white hair hanging from Coroniai's shoulders, and said, "Whether it's loyal or betrayal, chaotic or innocent, as long as anyone who participated in and witnessed the civil war, They are all fallen angels. There is no difference for the Unforgivables, just catch them, because they don't know much about the civil war."

While speaking, the gray Gu mothership passed through the L-star gate.

The icon of the guide carrying the lantern was left behind, and outside the porthole, a beautiful blue-green planet was getting closer and closer.

It's Falla.

It took Gray Wind a lot of effort to digest the logic in it, and finally looked at Russell with an aggrieved expression: "These human thoughts are not very easy for me to understand, how can I describe them? They are very awkward and twisted." , and...too extreme."

"The human empire has always been extreme." Russell smiled, and hung the pink hair in his hand back behind Coronial's ears - its ears were as long and pointed as the Eldar's, and it was easy to hang on the sideburns.

Coroniai did not express any opinion on the origin of the fallen angels and the division of factions that Russell described, because it was just a bug, and it had no interest in the short stories of the parents of the human legion, but simply liked to listen to what its master had to say.

After his soul has completely sunk into the abyss and merged with the void, for Coronial, every syllable the master uttered can stir up emotional ripples in his soul, and every touch of his body is It can make waves in the deepest part of consciousness.

Its current body has more sensitive perception and psionic potential than that of the Aeldari, which doubles the sensory stimulation that fascinates it, making Coroniai feel like just sitting here. Every inch of her chest was filled with overflowing happiness.

After returning to Falla, Russell took Colonial to the underground research base in the southern continent, where the missionaries who were ready to go had been waiting for a long time.

The gray Gu mothership turned around without delay and sailed to the urban planet Embra, which was not far from Falla, which had become busy again, and docked beside the orbital dock outside the artificial atmosphere.

"The hull of Gray Wind carries a large number of important ship components manufactured by anti-entropy, as well as the biological engine that you can shape that can distort the curvature of space, and Embra's orbital dock has enough battleship frames. It is very A large number of finished swordfish frigates and a small number of sailfish research ships can be assembled quickly."

Russell walked towards the center of the underground research base accompanied by Koronie and the director of scientific research, and quickly said: "We need to organize enough boarding teams as soon as possible to investigate the alien relics in the destruction flare..."

The director of scientific research heard what he meant: "Leader, don't you plan to go there yourself? The owner of this ruin seems to be a civilization with extremely advanced science and technology..."

"I have more important things to do next. I authorize you with full authority for this inspection mission. Don't let me down," Russell said.

"...Yes." The director of scientific research had no choice but to nod.

"Don't frown." Russell said with a smile: "I can vaguely foresee that this investigation will be dangerous for you, but it is not a fatal threat."

With that said, the two of them entered the core section of the research base together with a bug disguised as a human.

Entering the research base this time, Russell was not greeted by intelligent control servants in overalls, nor researchers in white coats, but fully armed female warriors.

They are generally more than 2 meters tall, and their bodies are slender and light. They are Eldar banshees and rangers brainwashed and trained by Coronial.

It's just that today's spirit clan banshees don't wear spirit bone battle armor shaped by bone singers anymore, but are wrapped in platinum metal armor that fits the body curve.In his hand, he held a straight spear that was slightly longer than his height.

The first generation of practical power armor jointly designed and developed by theoretical monks and strong artificial intelligence anti-entropy:
"Lobbyist" type I light power armor.

"Argument" Spear.

"The design of the lobbyist-type power armor is inspired by the belly scales of snakes. It has no large plates like the Mark-type power armor worn by space warriors. The entire armor is assembled from 1024 small components made of pure gold. , the joints are connected by living metal, which not only has excellent ductility, but also provides a certain self-healing ability..."

There was not much time, so the director of scientific research briefly introduced to Russell the armed parameters and cost of the Eldar banshees:

"In order not to let the heavy fine gold armor affect the high-speed maneuvers that banshees are best at, I tried to make the armor components as thin as possible while ensuring the defensive performance, and built a spiritual circuit covering the whole body for this armor , greatly enhance its own strength and agility by absorbing the wearer's psionic energy."

"Even if the wearer is a mortal with no psionic potential, it can be powered by burning psionic dust."

"Argument spears containing spiritual bone materials can also actively transmit the user's spiritual energy, and can receive energy from spiritual dust to further strengthen their strength..."

Whether power armor or weapons, the best users are psychics, and the co-authors will catch the psykers... Russell groaned, while looking at the fully armed psychics standing in front of him in a neat line Banshee.

Thousands of exquisite fine gold components fit their bodies and are tightly assembled together. The hard edges and corners of metal and the soft curves of creatures fit each other, but are different from each other. It is very sci-fi style and at the same time has an indescribable harmony. beauty.

If Russell were to describe it, it would be: strong and astringent.

The largest of the 1024 fine gold components is the fully enclosed helmet worn by the banshees. A piece of armor engraved with the pattern of unfolded wings covers the face, without leaving any holes for eyes, ears, mouth and nose. A whole piece of armor.

I really want to know what they think of the road, but it’s a bit self-defeating for the star bomber to ask this... Russell endured the desire for knowledge, and asked Coronial to rewrite the self-consciousness of the banshees.

When they were talking, the preachers who had completed the integrated prosthetic transformation had already assembled with all kinds of equipment, 3 people and 1 group, a total of 42 people.

The theoretical monks are weak and unsuitable for field investigations, and they have no part in this mission.

After learning of the existence of high-tech ancient ruins, Muspel's Mechanic Order immediately mobilized manpower and exploration ships to prepare to participate in this excavation, and set off early.

It will take some time before Gray Wind will finish assembling the next ship, but Russell is not in a hurry, the flare galaxy is still quite far from Falla, and there is no L-star gate.With the help of the warp drive, even if they started later, they would arrive earlier than the Mechanics.

Taking advantage of this time, Russell explained some basic information about Necrons to the missionaries who were about to depart, and listed the dangers and types of enemies that they might encounter when exploring the tomb world. no problem.

After finishing what he was supposed to do, Russell didn't delay any longer, and left Falla in a hurry with Coroniai.

The director of scientific research didn't know what was going on with the leader, so he left so eagerly, presumably it was some kind of crucial event.

At the same time, the orbital shipyard of the urban planet Embra is running at full speed, Gray Wind Screen retreated all the technical priests who wanted to help with the assembly work, and countless nano-robots continuously moved sensors, energy cores, and communication arrays Other important components were carried out and installed in an orderly manner one by one on the hull frame that was cast and completed under the leadership of Spangler.

After all the mechanical components are installed and a smooth and dexterous ship like a swimming fish is formed, the last thing to be installed is the most important core component of the entire ship.

A hive engine capable of distorting the curvature of space.

The biological engine, as the name suggests, is a battleship engine made of living organisms. To be precise, it is a specialized brain worm whose body and limbs have degenerated, leaving only a brain and a face. It looks weird It's also terrifying, with many sticky and greasy scarlet tentacles extending around the back of the head, the image is really not very good.

Coronial made himself so seductive, so couldn't he make the biological engine look better...so that they would be happier themselves?Gray Wind thought to himself.

Each hive biological engine has a relatively independent self-awareness. In addition to acting as a superluminal engine, it can also be used as the master computer brain. Their souls are connected to the void. Coroniai wrote the mission given by Russell into these In the genetic code of the special brain worm, as long as these tentacles are connected to the ship's energy supply and information exchange routes, they can be put into use immediately.

The biological engine is easy to use, but there is a small disadvantage. The ship was inspected by the empire, and it was easy to be shot by the court as a heretic.

Furthermore, even for the life-shaping worm who is a top-level genetic engineering master, the biomass consumption of shaping this top-level hive individual that can distort the curvature is extremely huge. In addition, this trip came in a hurry, and Gray Wind only brought With less than a hundred biological engines, it is far from being able to assemble all the ship frames in the dock.

In the end, Gray Wind assembled a total of 21 sailfish-type scientific research ships and 63 swordfish-type frigates.

"Less is a little less, let's make do with it..."

(End of this chapter)