Warhammer, Rogue Trader Notes

All in all, the top management of the ship is now here, and those miscellaneous captains and corporals have not yet had the right to participate in this meeting.

Siegel looked at each of his subordinates with unique skills, and planned to start this meeting.He was about to speak when he suddenly realized why all the senior management of his ship had become women?

What about the previous senior management?Siegel thought for a while, oh, they're all dead...that's okay.

Volume 4 Siegel Foster: Chapter [-] The Golden Voyage

"Everyone is here? Alright, ladies, I can tell by looking at you that you have had a good rest this month. But I hope you don't forget our business, our next trip will start soon." Siegel looked at the gathered partners, and he continued: "Tell me, what everyone has done this month, and see if there is anything missing, we will hurry up and finish it."

"Let's talk about the situation of the 'Golden Journey' first." Gloria was the first to speak out. She was wearing a navy blue armor jumpsuit and a huge night cloak behind her. This cloak was made by Agor's local deep sea Made of bio-skin in , it absorbs almost all ambient light and emits almost no heat.

"The repair and cleaning of the Golden Journey (StayGold) has been completed, and the work of installing the star language choir cabin has also been completed. As for the sailors on board, in addition to those who continue to follow us, about 2 sailors joined us As for the contract workers on the bottom deck, there is still a shortage of 1 people, but I have already talked with the supervisor of the extraction center, and 1 contract workers will be sent to our ship the day after tomorrow at the latest. "

The "Golden Journey" is a Lunar class cruiser, and she took some damage during her previous expedition.Taking advantage of the opportunity of maintenance, Siegel arranged a larger astronomical choir on the ship.

Likewise, Siegel had long been accustomed to the mass recruitment that preceded each expedition and repeated it during the exploration.Only about half of the sailors of the Imperial Navy survived each long-distance expedition, and even more sailors of the Rogue Traders died.

9 sailors of all ranks are required for the normal operation of Lunar-class cruisers.In the last deep space exploration, only half of the sailors on board when it set sail ended up surviving.This is a very good achievement among the group of Rogue Traders. The main reason is that Siegel installed a crew recovery device on the ship and handed it over to the Mechanics led by Father Mel. Transformed into a servitor.

Siegel would feel distressed at first because too many people died, but now he is only numb. He said to Gloria: "Tomorrow you go to the extraction center to bring people back. The work of imperial officials is always exhausting. Wait, is there anything else?"

"I brought some young astropaths from the astronomical court. They are all good children. There are enough people in the choir. The number of Cassia's maids is also enough to support a long voyage." Liz said in this paragraph Both Time and Cassia are busy with this matter. The former is recruiting members of the Star Language Choir, while the latter is a servant to supplement the navigator.After the navigator boards the ship, she will never come out in the navigation room, so someone needs to be responsible for her life on the starship.

As navigators look directly into the warp more and more, they are likely to undergo more and more terrifying mutations, eventually becoming prisoners dependent on the life support equipment in the navigator.Cassia's mutation is not serious, she just needs some maids who can control her eyes.

Siegel then looked at Father Mel. As the technical priest on the ship, she and her team were responsible for the maintenance of the whole ship, various components, and personnel equipment, and sometimes were responsible for manufacturing, such as Siegel's left hand.

"The Machine Soul of the Golden Journey can't wait for the next voyage, but you have to pay attention to her temper, she is still eager to fight. As for me, my monk team has been replenished at the local Mechanicus Temple." The two servo-skulls beside Father Mel circled around her head, and her mechanical arms slid back and forth in mid-air, as if she was manipulating something.

Siegel knew that this was the cloud technology, noosphere, the internal communication and information storage of Mechanicum.He would sometimes secretly call it the mental space in a vicious way. In the eyes of the Mechanics, a holographic HUD interface would appear, which could be directly manipulated by hand, and the information would be sent out directly with the thoughts of the brain.

As for the Golden Journey, she is a ship from the end of the Gothic War, but unfortunately, she did not participate in that epic battle. According to Father Mel, this is her current machine soul characteristic Causes.This ship was very eager for battle during its service, and the auspicious bird was always looking for its opponents and would actively join the battle.

When Siegel took over the ship, it was battered and needed to go into the dock for extensive repair work.And this work lasted for five full years. Even so, there was a part of the outer armor of the hull that was forbidden to be repaired. Once it was repaired, the entire machine spirit would be very irritable and completely unpilotable.

He looked at the remaining three people. Scarti and Laurentina were in charge of recruiting and training the armed sailors on the ship, while Remulle was helping Gloria in recruiting sailors.

Meanwhile, they have their own business to do.For example, Remulle added a bolt pistol to herself during this period, high-quality craftsmanship, with a few marks of purity attached to it, which she called "the saint's apple pie".

During this period of time, other people have also been buying their own equipment one after another, making up for the items lost in the previous expedition.

After putting everything together, Siegel began to describe his own experience during this time.

"Let's talk about the harvest first. The goods obtained in the last expedition have found buyers one after another. After removing various expenses, the initial estimated profit is about 30 throne coins. If you need your own share, you can buy it at any time. Ask me to get it.” An interesting feature of the Rogue Traders team is that the Rogue Traders will be responsible for all the expenses of their team, from the wages of the contract workers to the equipment of the management personnel, and even the research and development expenses of the technical priests.

"Then let me tell you about the destination of our next exploration, which is to unearth the flagship of the Foster family's expedition fleet, the 'First Arrow'. According to the family records, the First Arrow was lost in subspace during the return journey. Since it is a large cruiser, I deduce that there is an objective wealth hidden in it. If the possible income on the way is counted, the journey should be profitable."

Seeing everyone nodding, Siegel continued: "I will trade the specific position of the first arrow with the other party tomorrow, Liz, Skadi, you two will go to the trading site with me tomorrow. Everyone, wait until the position is confirmed." After that, we'll go."

Volume 5 Siegel Foster: Chapter [-] Captain Frank

Siegel followed behind a naval sergeant. His boots did not directly touch the metal floor of the Void Hive. On the contrary, he stepped on a mixture of blood and mud. The sticky feeling made him feel uncomfortable every time. Every time I move forward, there is a slight sense of stagnation.

This is the paddock and extraction center adjacent to the lower deck of Wandering Port, or to give it a clearer location, this is Wandering Port's prison.

In Port Wandering, space is precious, and the distance between the floor and the ceiling is only enough for an adult man to wield a short metal-wrapped club. The walls and corners are full of instruments of torture, such as whips, chains, and void shackles.The air in the cell was very turbid, and there was a rotten sour smell mixed with blood and other smells.

From time to time, a team of military police from the navy and patrol personnel from the Ministry of Justice passed by. Under the dim light provided by the spotlights on the ceiling, the two parties were clearly in charge of guarding an area.The two have many conflicts over the law enforcement powers of the Roaming Port, which has actually caused their relationship to be very tense.

This is a good thing for rogue traders, they are always walking on the edge of the red line of the empire's law, and lowering their bottom line again and again.

The arrival of the rogue traders attracted a lot of attention. After all, the luxurious clothes on them were incompatible with this environment. Some prisoners locked in the side looked at them with envious or jealous eyes.I don't know which lucky one will get out from here today.

In a physical sense, most of the people in the paddock will go out and become indentured laborers of a void ship until they die meaninglessly in the void.In the Ports of Wandering, officers of the Ministry of Justice are a little more cautious about the application of the death penalty than their colleagues in the Hive.About 10 percentage points lower, maybe 5.Since voidships require a lot of manpower to keep them running, the administrators here naturally try to find every human they can throw on board.

After walking for about 10 minutes, the naval sergeant led them to a cell with a slightly better environment.Siegel looked at a man in tattered clothes and a messy beard sitting on the bed in the cell.

When the other party saw Siegel, he jumped from the bed to the door of the cell, stretched out his arms to grab Siegel, and said in a chaotic manner: "I have a clue about the 'First Arrow' here." Do you know the Foster family? It is the Foster family who was extremely heroic in the last century! Their family flagship location! There is treasure inside! Treasure! As long as you get me out of this damn cell, give me A frigate. No! A transport ship! A transport ship will do, and I will give you the clues I have."

Siegel leaned back and avoided the dirty hands on the opposite side. He frowned and looked at the other party's filthy nautical coat. The gold thread and ornaments on it had been completely removed, and the technique was rough. The clothes were full of cuts left by sharp objects.

"Let him calm down..." Siegel said to the naval sergeant.

The non-commissioned officer drew out the short stick at his waist and slammed it hard on the metal door of the cell, making a loud noise.The prisoner inside finally calmed down and retreated to the corner of the room.

The sergeant opened the cell, Siegel walked in, stood straight in the open space in the middle of the cell, folded his arms, and squinted at the "captain" in front of him.

"What's your name?" Siegel made his voice as strong as possible without overwhelming the other party, so as to take the initiative in the next transaction.

"Brian Frank."

"I heard Lieutenant Colonel Horn (Victoria) say that you have information on the location of the 'First Arrow'?"

"Yes... I have the astronomical memory stone of the 'First Arrow' in my hand, and there is a message from them on it." Frank looked at Siegel in awe, and said softly: "I need a ship to let I'll make a comeback, otherwise I wouldn't have given you the Memory Stone."

"He's not a psyker." Liz's voice came from his mind, and after getting this information, Siegel began to think about it, and he continued to say to Frank: "Yes, I can give you a dropship, but I want to see the Memory Stone."

Frank hesitated for a while, he took out a small box from the lining of his coat, and opened it to Siegel.

Inside the box lies a black smooth stone, which is the astronomical memory stone, which records the information received by the astropath. Only people who are also psykers can read this stone by touching it.

Frank then closed the box and locked it again. He swallowed twice and said to Siegel hesitantly: "I need a frigate. You must know what's on this ship! Otherwise, you wouldn't come looking for it. mine!"

"Yes." Siegel agreed without the slightest hesitation, and he saw a joyful expression on Frank's face. "However, you know, the property needed to buy a void ship is not a small sum. We will go through the formalities of getting out of prison first, and then find a priest to be the witness of our contract. You can go on my ship first, When we have completed this exploration, I will hand over the frigate to you, Captain Frank."

"Okay! Okay!" Maybe he was about to leave the cell at last, maybe he saw the dawn of a comeback, Frank stood up, "Let's go through the formalities!"

Siegel watched the other party rushing to the door of his cell, but suddenly stopped.

"Ah... that... no, I won't go to explore that ship with you, as long as you can keep the agreement, sir..." Frank spoke to Siegel in a panic, and then kept himself close The memory stone was handed over to Siegel, "I believe in the vision of Lieutenant Colonel Horn."

Siegel looked down at the memory stone in the opponent's hand, and took it out without any politeness, and put it in his coat pocket.

"Well, good luck to you, Captain Frank." After finishing speaking, Siegel walked out of the cell from his side, leading Skadi and Liz to the outside.

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"Are you really planning to give him a frigate?" Skadi looked at Siegel's back. Except for her own equipment, she basically didn't spend much money on things, but she still knew that a frigate was expensive, and an exploration The income is far less than the price of a frigate.

"Perhaps, if he comes out with me and survives this expedition..." Siegel weighed the memory stone in his hand twice, then handed it to Liz.

"But now, I'm afraid there is no Captain Frank anymore... Tsk, it seems that this time it's really going to be half and half." Victoria appeared in front of Siegel's eyes, and she was really a dangerous woman.

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The naval sergeant who led the way watched Siegel gradually walk away, and reopened the closed cell door. After a while, the naval sergeant walked out of the cell, leaving a blood-red footprint...

Volume 6 Siegel Foster: Chapter [-] Vraks

"I found the position marked by this astrology stone on the star map, Captain Siegel. I will keep this little secret for you as agreed, and I also hope that you can abide by our agreement and send some of my little secrets to you." Small 'personal items' sent to port of arrival."

Siegel stood on a transverse channel on the second deck, followed by several armed sailors, and below was the docking platform of Wandering Harbor and Golden Journey.

The sailors, contract laborers and all kinds of goods on his ship will enter the cabin from here, and then follow the long and depressing cabin road to the various cabins where they work.

Siegel dressed himself in a rich and majestic way. Under his gorgeous captain's coat, there was a set of carapace commonly used by officers, which made his already burly figure even more majestic. A cloak made of alien leather is draped over his body, and the terrifying head of the alien predator is on his shoulder as an ornament.

He watched the sailors and indentured laborers line up loosely to board the ship. Rather than saying that Siegel was inspecting the sailors on his own ship, it was better to let them see how the boss of the ship is. rich and successful, to make them as useful as possible on board.

Most of the Rogue Trader's ships are people from the lower hive or even the bottom hive. This group of people may still have faith in the emperor, but most of the time their belief in the throne coin will be more devout.These people can't be as loyal and dedicated as the Imperial Guard, so Siegel needs to use various means to strengthen their morale.

The problem is, the gear is heavy and hot to wear.

In the passage on the other side, the servants moved various supplies to the designated cabins.The exhaust system in the cabin had already been operating at full power, but Siegel still felt stuffy and hot, so he could only think about the deal he made with June, the chief scribe of the Golden Chamber.June is the master cartographer of Port Wandering

, but also a "knowledgeable" scholar.As the content of the transaction, he will provide Siegel with a star map about the location shown on the Astronomical Stone, and keep it secret; and Siegel needs to send some of his "personal items" to the port of arrival, hand over Give him a contact person in the port of arrival.

These "personal items" are some banned books and other collections such as Wenwan. Although the contents above are not heresy, the state religion's purge movement is intensifying. In order not to be affected, June hopes to put them in A safer place.

The last ones came up were two companies of deep-sea hunters, led by Skadi and Laurentina. They also wore their own attires. Two-handed sword.

And Laurentina is holding a chain saw axe, the workmanship is very beautiful, and the three-layer chain saw ring ring set looks like a flower.

As for the other deep-sea hunters, most of them wore black or navy blue uniforms, accessories made of materials from monsters in the Agor deep sea, armor commonly used by the Imperial Guard, and carried laser carbines and their favorite melee weapons.They are the elite fighting force under Siegel.

Siegel has a total of five companies of armed sailors, the other three companies include a company of military police, and the remaining two companies have members from the miscellaneous hive worlds, and their combat effectiveness can only be said to be so-so.

But their equipment is not bad. When most of the armed sailors of the Rogue Traders are of no use, Siegel unified the armor and weapons of his men, and his arsenal is full of Imperial Guards. Carapace armor, personal heavy weapons, shotguns, laser carbines, automatic guns and various ammunition.

These items all come from a well-known armory world in the Empire - Vraks.There hoarded a large amount of supplies to deal with the Chaos invasion.There are huge bunkers and hangars built underground in Vraks, which are used to store weapons, ammunition, fuel, clothing and other materials. The Ministry of Military Affairs is responsible for the import and export of goods in Vraks.

This is where the future siege of Vraks took place and where Saint Leonis is buried.Siegel had been there before, and when he saw the great fort that took nearly ten thousand years to build, he sincerely wanted to do something.So he did it too, and the siege of Vraks itself was the one thing he was most likely to intervene in.

Now that the new bishop of the Scarus sector, Savan, has taken office, perhaps he has also met Deacon Marmon, and has begun to be induced by his slander.But Siegel didn't care, he never planned to report these two people to the trial court.He is well aware of this. To deal with Chaos, any method that wants to achieve it overnight is full of risks. Not only will it waste the advantage of his prophet, but it will also bring about a greater crisis.

Whether it is the Four Gods, the Emperor, or the Laughing God, they observe and feel all things in the physical universe through the subspace, as if they are watching a stage play. When their believers decide to perform for their masters, He can stand on the stage to fight, but he can't overturn the table, otherwise the four gods will overturn him.

A large part of the Foster family's transport force operates around Vraks.He is sincerely grateful that he was born in Sintila, the capital of this star region contributes a huge number of clerks to the Ministry of the Interior and its Military Affairs Department every year.Through various relationships, he obtained a license for the transport of Vraks and the outside world, and he was in Cypra-Mundy (the location of the Star Field Fortress in the Obscure Star Field), Modian (the parent star of the Modian Iron Satellite), ) and Sintila (Precious Items) leased a large number of warehouses.By means of some "Sintilans" (referring to backdoors and rewritten documents), large quantities of ammunition were brought out of Vraks.

This work has been done for several years, but it is not enough and impossible to evacuate Vraks' warehouse, and other industrial worlds are still sending supplies to Vraks, but he believes that the traitors will not There will again be enough supplies to withstand the wrath of Krieg's Death Korps.

This action is undoubtedly a loss for the Foster family, and the annual profits of the family business are wasted here.This operation was also full of risks. If Siegel's behavior was discovered, the trial court would list him as a heretic the next day, but he did it anyway. He put everything next to the tomb of St. Leonis plan well.

Although it may be difficult for him to go to Terra once until he dies, and he cannot see the light of the Astronomican, since he is here, he must do something to make everything different.

[But what are you going to do in Terra, that corpse has tasted enough in the past. 】

Volume 7 Siegel Foster: Chapter [-] The Golden Voyage

"Captain, all personnel and supplies have been boarded." Gloria walked to Siegel's side and interrupted his thoughts.

"Oh, let's go." Siegel looked back at Gloria. She was also fully armed, and a brand new mark of purity was attached to the collar of the night cloak. It was a little inconvenient for the long lance to be on the starship, but Not useless.

Siegel put his hand on the hilt of his sword and walked into the fast passage leading to the top bridge first.

The "Golden Journey" moon-class cruiser is 5KM long and has a pelvic fin width of 0.8KM, but there are not many places for people to move around.The stern of the battleship is where the thruster arrays and plasma engines are located, and the front is where the gun deck, armored bow, and powered ram are located.The armory is stored separately on each deck, and is sealed and reinforced with adamantine hatches, the keys of which are kept by the officer.

The lower deck is home to the cargo hold, sewage plant, cistern, storage tanks, recycling plant, laundry, hydroponic farm, fish farm, slaughterhouse, cold store, galley and many accommodation facilities, where the crew rating is located.It was not much different from the lower hive of the hive capital, with narrow corridors full of pipes and crawl spaces full of steam and pungent smells.How to keep the morale of these people high without letting them get too far is a problem Siegel often encounters on the ship.

The mid-level of the ship is full of accessible pipes and narrow passages leading to remote corners of the ship, a surprising number of pipes and lines, carrying electricity, air and water, and a large number of valves, regulators and junction boxes. must be maintained.In addition, the Mechanics' crew recovery device is also in this position.

Siegel walked on the corridor connected to the bridge on the upper deck. Different from the lower deck and the middle deck, the upper deck is the command center of the fleet, and part of the rooms are used as officers’ dormitories. Commanders at all levels have their own small rooms on the upper deck. Room.The whole building on the upper deck is grand, with long corridors covered with woven carpets, grand staircases and ingeniously constructed, awe-inspiring colonnaded halls.

The interior of the entire upper deck is made of marble, including the bridge, the communication array and the navigation spire on the top, an Anglican chapel that can accommodate all high-ranking officers, and the praise of the emperor by the priest of Lemuel will also be broadcast through the audio player every corner of the ship.Walking on the upper deck, you won't have the slightest feeling of being in the void, and there is basically no difference between here and on land.

He passed the communication array, Liz's newly recruited Star Language Choir had already prepared for communication in the room, and they could still use the communicator to keep talking while roaming the port.

Instead, Cassia should have entered the Navigator Spire.The navigator is the most respected person in the entire ship except Siegel, and any request from her will be fulfilled as much as possible.

There are a large number of servo skulls between the communication array and the bridge. They will record every word spoken by the people here and store it in the ship library.And under the navigation spire is the star map room, where precious star map information is stored.

The research room, pharmacy room, and manufacturing plant prepared for Father Mel are all scattered in the upper deck.

Siegel pushed open the gate of the bridge. The bridge was controlled by groups of grunting servants and ticking thinkers. A large array of thinkers was placed in the middle to monitor the operation of the ship's various functions.Rows of alcoves on all sides are full of mysterious machines and priestly servants, and pipelines connect each machine along the edge of the wall.Officers in uniform stood in twos and threes among the lobotomized slave servants and low-level technical priests. They were the megaphones responsible for passing Siegel's orders to various parts of the ship. Most of these people were Former naval officers or distant relatives of the Foster family, when they saw Siegel coming in, they all stood at attention and saluted.

The navy has been in a state of overmany and few ships for a long time. The main reason for this blame is placed on the head of the Mechanicus. Every year, the Mechanicus sends a large number of exploration fleets to deep space, either to find the lost relics of the Dark Ages, or To dig the ancestral grave of someone else's spare ribs.

In the entire Obscure Star Field, the Imperial Navy only has 600 moon-class ships. This number is indeed too small, which has led to a large number of naval talents being given to the rogues at a low price.

Siegel raised his hand to indicate what they should do, and then walked into the captain's dome.Rogue Trader family members and Siegel himself live in the Captain's Vault, where they observe the ship's progress through a giant array of holographic contemplators, evaluate Aurial data, monitor combat readiness, and map the ship's journey through space route.

Deep Sea Hunter, Liz, Father Mel, and Priest Remulle are all here, and the holographic images of ships, wandering ports, and star maps are constantly switching on the Thinker.

Siegel walked to the console, picked up the communicator on it, and talked to the port staff at the roaming port.

"Please leave the port on Channel [-], and may the light of the Emperor shine on your way forward."

After finishing the call, Father Mel activated the preheated thruster array, and the Lunar-class cruiser broke away from the connection of the port and headed for the distant deep space.

The "Golden Journey" is not equipped with the Jupiter-style 4-stage ion engine that is common in the empire, but the Jupiter-style 4.5-stage "war cruiser" engine, which was originally installed on cruisers that use light spears.

The "Golden Journey" is not equipped with light spears, but replaced by two sets of additional rocket thrusters, which makes her maneuverability very good, even when facing a large number of frigate-level opponents, there is enough pulling space, and the high Mobility can also better play the role of the 20M thick gold armor plate and power ram on the bow (what is the light spear?).

The macro cannon of the ship is a gravity macro cannon produced in the world of Lars. Due to the unique understanding of gravity of the local Mechanicus, different shells can be used to choose between damage and range.This macro cannon has a mediocre reputation in the Imperial Navy, but Rogue Traders like it very much. This macro cannon can perfectly adapt to the complex and changeable tactical environment of Rogue Traders.

The area to be visited this time has been uploaded to the thinkers, and their first stop from Wandering Port is the subspace passage to the Cronus expansion area - the big mouth.

The Maw, also known as the Kronos Passage, is a stable but dangerous warp channel that cuts right through the great warp storm that separates the Calixis Sector from the Kronos Expansion.

"Sailing in the Maw is like gliding on the razor's edge between hurricanes and big waves; even one wrong move can cut you open." -Dronim Halberath, Coxswain.

When Siegel and the others arrived at the Mandeville point of the Ruby II galaxy and were about to enter the subspace and cross the "Maw", everyone noticed an abnormal fluctuation between the screaming vortex and the roar of the void dancer.

Cassia sent a message that a vortex of the highest sky is gathering in the center of the Kronos channel...

Volume 8 Siegel Foster: Chapter [-] The Great Mouth and the Port of Arrival

"Do you want to wait for the subspace storm to pass? Cassia said that the storm will dissipate in about 5 days." Gloria gave Siegel her advice.