The Emperor’s Angel of Death

The third type is the exploration ship, the most commonly used warship by the Far Traders. These ships are usually no larger than destroyers, and their function is as their name suggests: to carry Far Trader teams or salvage teams from the Commercial League to distant areas to carry out missions. These ships are fast, very flexible, and have extremely advanced sensors, but their firepower is relatively weak, only enough for self-defense, and their defensive capabilities are also average.

The fourth type is the Oathsworn warship, which is the closest type of warship to the definition of a "navy." They are the absolute main force of the Votann Commercial League's naval warfare, mainly used and driven by the Oathsworn. They are also the only ships in the Votann League that are graded, divided into Ranger-class, Warrior-class, Longbeard-class, Butcher-class, and Ironhammer-class. Votann warships are not classified according to human standards, and these levels are not entirely based on tonnage, but rather on firepower. For example, the Ranger-class and Warrior-class have almost the same tonnage, but the Ranger-class's main weapon is a railgun battery, while the Warrior-class's main weapons are conversion beam cannons and torpedoes. There is a certain gap in firepower between the two. However, the Ranger-class also has a hangar, while the Warrior-class does not.

Among them, the largest tonnage is actually the Longbeard-class. This type of ship has a tonnage similar to that of the Empire's large cruisers, but because it mainly undertakes ground attack and personnel delivery missions, its positioning is closer to a battle barge. Its firepower is not as good as the Butcher-class and Ironhammer-class. The latter two have a slightly lower tonnage than the Empire's standard heavy cruisers, but they have extremely exaggerated firepower.

Taking the Ironhammer-class as an example, if the given data is correct, the overall shape of this ship is a semi-circular warship, with eight sets of triple-mounted heavy conversion beam turrets on the left and right, four sets of double-mounted heavy ion beam turrets at the front, another 12 sets of heavy railguns, 36 sets of rotary laser turrets, another sixteen sets of torpedo and missile launchers, and hundreds of point defense weapons, and its firepower is comparable to that of the Empire's battleships.

From here, we can also see the characteristics of the Loane Votann warships. Due to their high degree of automation and compact design style, coupled with the fact that the Loane Votann are indeed space-saving in size, their ships generally tend to be smaller than human ships, but their firepower and defense are far superior to human warships of the same tonnage.

After reading for more than ten minutes, Solzhenitsyn finally had a basic understanding of the Loane Votann ships, and then he looked at Walker.

"Master Walker, is it okay to show me these things..."

The other party waved his hand with a smile.

"In the Votann League, there are very few things or information that cannot be bought with money. You are the League's most important trading partner now, and this is not even considered a secret. Don't worry."

"That's good, what I mean... the Longbeard-class is not bad. The main task of this battle is to destroy the Tyranid constructs on the planet's surface. If there is a way to lure away the Tyranid fleet, and then use the Longbeard-class's gravity slingshot to launch a surprise attack, and I personally lead the team to the ground to deploy the destruction weapons, there should be no problem."

"Longbeard-class, hmm."

The old Loane Votann pondered for a moment, then tapped his pipe on the ashtray.

"For the sake of safety, how about three Longbeard-class plus one Butcher-class and one Ironhammer-class?"

"If possible, that would be even better."

"Since you've asked, there's no reason not to help. I'll arrange for the League's Ironclad Oath Fleet to go to the war zone as soon as possible."

"Then I'll have to trouble you."

After finalizing the matter of renting Loane Votann warships with Old Walker, Solzhenitsyn returned to the Cardinal World from the royal court. Now the battle plan needs to be changed. Not only must he defend, but he must also find an opportunity to attack, but this matter is easier said than done.

During this period, Solzhenitsyn also waited for the Ecclesiarchy's Silent Fleet.

When he saw this huge fleet slowly entering the planet's orbit in space, the scene was indeed extremely magnificent, and the Ecclesiarchy's warships were decorated extremely extravagantly. Although there were often ignorant aliens who ridiculed the Empire's ships as mobile cathedral foundations, they at least admitted that they were ships, while the Ecclesiarchy's warships were really cathedrals flying in space. Taking the Emperor-class as an example, their superstructure was twice the size of the Navy's Emperor-class. It can be said that the entire upper deck was occupied by magnificent golden-domed cathedrals.

But don't think that the Ecclesiarchy's warships' firepower is weakened because of this. In fact, in the face of strong financial resources, the Ecclesiarchy can install any weapon on their warships, and will not be subject to any interference from the Adeptus Mechanicus. Although I don't know which Forge World helped the Ecclesiarchy modify their warships, their mouths must be very tight, because these Ecclesiarchy Emperor-class are actually stronger in firepower than the normal Emperor-class. Their broadside macro cannons have all been converted into plasma macro cannons. Although many buildings have been built on the upper bridge, the lance turrets have not been affected. Those weapons are directly integrated with the buildings, and the number of weapons has even increased by a third, showing extremely high design skills.

However, considering that he might have to fight a tough battle next, Solzhenitsyn did not rashly send this fleet out, but just let them stand by in the Cardinal World first. Then he met with the commanders of the Markbane Regiments. It can be seen that these people were carefully selected by the Ecclesiarchy. Each of them is an absolute fanatical believer, and at the same time, they are experienced and battle-hardened. Once the Markbane Regiments leave their home world, few can return. These officers also expressed their desire to make their final contribution to the Emperor here.

For them, all Solzhenitsyn needed to do was to promulgate several decisions that had been discussed with the Ecclesiarchy, such as allowing veterans to become grassroots officers of the Faith Wardens, etc. As for the rest, Veiletz would take care of it.

However, the Tyranid's affairs had to be dealt with, and the bastards in the Howling Vortex could not be allowed to go unpunished. Solzhenitsyn took some time and temporarily disappeared from public view.

Returning to Drazak's Bone Dynasty again, Solzhenitsyn transformed into a streak of blood color floating in the sky above the planet. He was thinking about countermeasures. Although he had decided to use the power of the Flayer to teach Salpethon a lesson, the problem was that he had just tried it in the Flayer Shrine, and it seemed that he could not accurately locate the Howling Vortex. This was probably because the spatial nature there was similar to the Eye of Terror, a region between reality and the warp.

Warp power is considered a weakness of the Star Gods. If the Flayer Shrine cannot reach it, then the entire plan can be said to be completely useless.

During the thinking process, he almost circled the planet. This tomb world is a vast blank world, a sphere formed of alabaster-colored lifeless stone. Apart from the faint clouds that can be seen deep inside, there are no undulations. The planet's core has no temperature, and there is not a drop of moisture in the thin, inert atmosphere. Occasionally, some low hills or valleys blocked by rubble will emerge on the surface.

Apart from this, there is only an endless expanse of smooth white stone, under the boundless starry night, without the slightest breeze to disturb it.