Warhammer, Rogue Trader Notes

Siegel frowned and thought for a while, as if something flashed in his mind but he couldn't grasp it.

He looked at the projection of the frozen planet below on the hologram, such a colony probably wouldn't be able to eat such a large group of people.

These slaves captured by the Chaos Marauders from various planets will not be purified in the physical sense, but most of them can only do the work on the bottom deck, they are not of much value, and the fleet has to bear the risk.

Siegel thought for a while and temporarily put this question on hold.

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On the Predator light cruiser, in a hall, the decorations that were originally used to worship the evil gods have been smashed and burned, and this place can still be called "clean".

Laurentina leaned back on the chair, her two long legs stretched out straight, resting on the corner of the table.She carefully inspected the leather grain and metal charms on her ankle boots.

On the other side of the hall, those who would have been Chaos Marauder officers were currently strapped to metal tables as the Deep Sea Hunters interrogated them.

The "blessing" of the subspace often brings some unexpected troubles to the interrogation work, but the deep-sea hunters have also figured out a set of their own methods.

That is, what kind of blessings should be used for what kind of torture, if they become arthropods, try to dismantle their legs; if they are mutants similar to octopuses or other amphibians, don’t use waterboarding; if they don’t understand the mutations, just shoot them collapse; if it is obvious that the other party has the possibility of subspace mutation, but the other party still maintains a human appearance, then only the holy flame can purify him.

The room was filled with shrill screams, and the horrific criminal laws that would be silenced were imposed on these human traitors.

The saw blades of the shark teeth moved back and forth on the traitors, tearing their skin, and the potion applied on the teeth amplified their nerve sensations.Some traitors couldn't bear such "scraping" service, and the wound that had stopped the blood burst open again, and soon there was no sound.

Laurentina turned a deaf ear to this, and simply turned her attention from her boots to her beautiful long fingers, her nails were painted with navy blue nail polish, and some blood seeped into them, affecting the color of the nails, It seems that when I go back, I will have to take care of it again.

Finally, a man who looked like an officer succumbed. They really didn't know the location of the Faceless Lord.The star map information is on another ship. They are raising sacrifices for the faceless lord's ceremony, but they don't know the time or content of the ceremony.

"It's been such a long time for this little thing, why should I have to suffer so much, and give him a good time."

After receiving the information, Laurentina stood up and prepared to return to the Golden Journey to submit the task.

Volume [-] Siegel Foster: Chapter [-] It's Time to Collect Protection Fees

The battle in space was over, and the Fleet's top brass knew they'd just torn to shreds any leads they might have gotten.

Siegel stood in front of the porthole, looking at the snow-covered world below.They originally wanted to leave here after collecting enough rewards from the colony below and go to the next target galaxy, but Mel and Armengard's technical priest hoped that the fleet could temporarily station on the planet for a period of time. For this reason, they hope that the fleet can organize an exploration team to go to the surface of the planet to find out.

"The signal does not come from the colonies below." Mel explained her discovery to Siegel. "Most of these signals are rescue signals from the early colonies of the empire, and most of them are driven by emergency systems. Something must have happened on this planet, In theory, the thick ice sheet is not enough to hinder the transmission of distress signals."

"So you want to go down and check?"

"Yes."

There is an early empire colony under the ice layer. Naturally, such a good thing cannot be let go. Siegel immediately decided to park the two Lunar ships in orbit, and the frigates took turns to guard and perform duties near Mandeville Point.

"Gloretia, you are in charge of negotiating with the person in charge of the colony and collecting the fleet's reward."

"Skadi... Forget it, Priest Remulle, you go and get in touch with the people in Armengard. We will organize several expeditions. On the one hand, we will search for the wreckage that fell on the surface of the planet, and on the other hand, we will explore under the ice cap. possible ancient ruins."

"As for the Indomitable-class light cruiser... Let it be dealt with by Armengard." Of course, a starship should not be abandoned like this, but as the journey continues, there will likely be a series of space battles.Siegel didn't want to deploy officers and sailors to another ship at this time, which would reduce the combat capability of his flagship, so he had to hand over the light cruiser to the Armengard dynasty with more sailors.

"It just happened to train the technical priests under me. I asked them to lead the efforts to repair and purify the light cruiser, and then hand it over to the Armengard dynasty." Mel made a suggestion and helped Siegel Solved this trouble.

"Then arrange it like this." Siegel agreed with Mel's suggestion, and turned around to gather the relevant exploration team.

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When looking at the Wilder 3-8 satellite in orbit, they can still see the ice caps and various buildings on it, but when they enter the interior of the planet, they find that the day and night changes here are seriously affected by the gas giant planet next to it, and the colony is ready. Lots of lighting.

But fortunately, there were no drastic changes in the topography of the planet's surface, and those burning wreckage were also conspicuous in the dark night.

Gloria and Armengard's boatswain led the armed sailors and came to the surface of the colony in a heavy transport plane. The two expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that the colony had not yet completed the mobilization of the war against the Chaos Marauders, thinking that this was an act of dissatisfaction. Imperial disloyalty.

Loyalty is not absolute, it is absolute disloyalty!

This is of course an excuse, even the chivalrous Ofe will charge some fees from the colonies or forces that accept his help.

Traveling in the rivers and lakes, being a chivalrous hero requires money!

The administrators of the colony expressed their loyalty to the empire, the emperor could see it, and thanked the two dynasties for their help in a critical moment. A small repayment is not a respect.

After speaking, he handed over the life-buying money that he had prepared to hand over to the Chaos Marauders as a thank you gift to Gloria and the others.

This is a standard container container, which is filled with precious metal ingots and rough gemstones after simple processing after opening.

This is the product of mining in the colony for the past two years. There is no hard currency such as promethium on this planet. The main industry of the entire colony is to send various standard metal ingots to the empire.The governor knew very well that, except for those rogue traders with huge warehouses on battleships, they usually looked down on those common industrial metal ingots.Only precious metals and gems can touch their hearts as hard as adamantine.

The colony manager looked at the ferocious boatswain and Gloria, who stood calmly by the side, and then glanced at them, who were wearing heavy winter clothes and standing neatly behind them.

Lie, a soldier in full armor, wiped the sweat that was constantly emerging from his forehead.

Forget it, after all, this matter is the colony's fault. According to the requirements of the empire, they should now prepare to resist to the end, pull out the explosives for mining and prepare to kill the invaders.

If someone catches you, you have to admit it. Even if the Rogue Traders orbit bomb the colony now, no one will say no.

The manager asked someone to move out another standard container container, which also contained precious metal ingots and raw gemstones. Only then did the boatswain of Armengard smile, saying that you are indeed a loyal minister of the empire.

The subordinates commanded the servants to move the two containers back to the transport plane. Due to the heavy weight, everyone except the driver had to continue to freeze in the colony, waiting for the return flight of the transport plane.

For the empire, a non-stop war machine, any resource will find its place in the empire.The easiest way for a colony to start is mining, and as long as the empire's technology can extract metals from the planet, the colony can usually continue to operate.

The value of these precious metals and precious stones is indeed high, but it is just that when you look closely.

The wealth in the ore is gratifying, but the added value of those heavy metal ingots is too little for Rogue Traders.Most of the empire's planets are desperately mining, and there are also many mining facilities in deep space.If there is no distinctive product in a colony, it will not be able to make any waves in the empire's resource market, and the navy will not pay attention to it.

Why did Aspis and Caligos confront each other on Lucian's Breath? Isn't Nephinn attractive enough to the Mechanicus?

Precious metals such as gold and precious stones are more attractive, after all, the value of these things is stable enough that they can really be used as money.

Watching the transport plane disappear from view, Armengard's bosun and the colony administrator chatted aside.Although they were friendly on the surface, the two of them were constantly scolding each other in their hearts.After all, in a sense, the colony prepared two boxes of property for the Chaos Marauders, but only one box was given to the Rogue Traders at the beginning.

Gloria turned her head to look at the starry sky.The light from the tail flames of the fleet ships was clearly visible. She reckoned that the fleet's exploration team had already been formed. She felt a little regretful that she didn't participate in this exploration operation. I hope they all go well.

Volume [-] Siegel Foster: Chapter [-] Ruins

In the mid-air of Wilder 3-8, the exploration team composed of the fleet is sitting on the transport plane and rushing forward.According to the situation of the wreckage of the chaotic light cruiser, the fleet organized a total of 5 exploration teams.The two dynasties respectively organized two exploration teams, mainly responsible for exploring the wreckage on the ice; and then at the most critical place under the ice layer, the two dynasties jointly organized an exploration team to discover the specific situation inside.

Skadi and Laurentina are each in charge of a Foster Dynasty exploration team.

The transport plane landed on the thick ice, and Siegel got off the transport plane with four people, Mel, Remulle, Liz, and Karoo, as well as 20 veterans of the deep sea hunter.

On Armengard's side, there are Offi, Igrein, technical priest Verona, chief armed officer Paxton, and 20 armed sailors from the dynasty.

In addition, there are technical priests under the prospectors of the two dynasties, who will be responsible for the technical support of this exploration.

All of them were wearing heavy winter clothes and proceeded according to the direction indicated by the navigation equipment.

Considering that the ice sheet may become very fragile after being destroyed, they set up a small base of operations 2km away from the ice sheet crack.

With the aid of the Luminous Pack, Dynasty sailors began construction work.

Soon, a simple camp with complete facilities was completed. There were a lot of communication equipment, various machine servants, servo skulls, and camping equipment. The generator was filled with promethium to maintain the operation of various electronic equipment inside and outside the camp.Although it was bitingly cold and pitch black outside, inside the camp, the warm and bright barracks and steaming food and tea were very morale-boosting.

After a brief rest, the sailors of the Dynasty seemed to be setting up the facilities needed for in-depth exploration.

The mechanical priest commanded the servants to further strengthen the ice layer, the ropes for climbing back and forth, and the pulley blocks for transporting goods up and down, and placed warning luminous objects on the edges of the cracks.Sentinel servo skulls floated around the perimeter of the camp.

The first group of exploration team members quickly entered the crack along the ropes. The crack was not as deep as imagined, and there was a platform at a height of about 20 meters that could be used as a settlement point for the forward camp.But along the cracks, you can continue to go deeper into the interior.

The so-called distress signal came from the crack.

After sorting out the equipment, Siegel and Igrein led the 20-person exploration team into the ice layer, and Offee and Remulle were on the top preparing for related work.

The exploration team slowly moved deeper into the planet's interior under the ice layer, and Mel's servo skull was in front to detect whether there was any danger.

From time to time along the way, some traces of the destruction of the wreckage of the warship will be found, and there are more and more traces, indicating that they are getting closer and closer to the wreckage.

According to the instrument of the mechanical priest, they are getting closer and closer to the location where the signal occurred.

But the expedition soon stopped.

"The emperor's lungs."

Siegel muttered in a low voice. He looked at the huge, magnificent, and shocking landscape in front of him. The buildings in front of them, even the most magnificent imperial church, could not be compared with the buildings in front of him. These buildings full of alien aesthetics The buildings are hundreds of meters high and are constructed of various crystals that emit a soft white glow from their walls.

What is the shocking sight?See Egalia's labyrinthine buildings on the ground.What sight is more shocking than this?See the labyrinthine city of Egalia from above.

Not only is an early empire colony buried on this planet, but there is even an Egalian labyrinth city.

As for the so-called early colonies of the empire, Siegel has already found her, and even more. The ruins of the empire's colonies fell on the city of Egalia's labyrinth, and the wreckage of a large cruiser ran through the two cities. center of.

It can be clearly seen that the keel of the large cruiser was broken in half due to the inability to support its own weight and the ruins of the city, and the wreckage of the other half destroyed a large number of buildings in the labyrinth city. A simple passage, so that you can cross the maze city and explore the depths directly.

As for the wreck of the light cruiser, just below the cliff, a large number of crystal fragments were scattered around the wreck.

"God of all opportunities! There really is an early colony of the empire!" Tech Priest Verona looked at his discovery in surprise, "There is even a wreck of a large cruiser, but it is a pity that there is no way to repair it, no Know what we can find in here?"

"I don't know, but I'm sure that if Karadevar wants to hold us back, he will undoubtedly succeed." Siegel didn't forget the business, but he said this sentence more to warn others, everyone There is still a task to do.

"In short, find a way to cross the labyrinth city of Egalia." Siegel looked at Igrain, her hand unconsciously clenched the blade at her waist, "Your sword is formed by these walls. It is not difficult to explore the labyrinth city of Egalia. There are many things in the city that can be taken away for a good income, but..."

"It's extremely difficult to go through the maze of Egalia to reach a designated location. Let's stop here for today's exploration. Let's go back and discuss how to dig out the 'treasure' here."

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"So, we need to find a way to connect the passage with the wreckage of that large cruiser..." Although Ofe was very interested in the wealth inside the city of Egalia, she knew very well that they didn't have the time to explore a Maze city.They can keep this exploration base, wait until the task at hand is over, and then return to continue to explore this alien city.

"First of all, we should check the wreckage of the light cruiser." Siegel reminded Offee.

"Oh, yes, Verona, you go and arrange it."

"The sailors under me said that by making an electric harpoon for hunting giants on their planet, they can nail the rope to the wreckage of the large cruiser." Siegel gave him what the deep-sea hunters suggested to him. method.

"The distance seems to be a bit far..." Offee doubted whether it would be effective. Judging from the information they gave, it might be quite difficult to launch the harpoon so far and fix it on the wreckage of the ship.

The initial velocity of the harpoon is probably quite large.

"This should not be something we consider. The 'sages' of the Mechanicism think this method is feasible, so let them try it."

Volume [-] Siegel Foster: Chapter [-] The Harpoon?Needle!

Meier is trying to modify a rocket, relying on individual bazooka to launch the harpoon and cable.It stands to reason that this work should be done with a more technological sense, rather than using such a crude and aesthetically unsightly method, such as jet packs, such as some unmanned aerial equipment.

There is no jetpack suitable for the interior of the atmosphere in the fleet's warehouse, and the only flying equipment that can undertake this task is Mel's new pet, a False Fighting Eagle.

It's a pity that the intelligence of this thing doesn't seem to be able to meet their needs.

Time passed slowly, and transport planes and supplies continued to be transported from the fleet's warehouses. The two dynasties planned to build this place into a sustainable excavation base to collect the wealth that might exist in the ruins of the city under the ice.

Others are also trying to use servo skulls or other detection instruments to capture various information about the ruins of cities under the ice.

The wreckage of the battleship that fell on the edge of the labyrinth city has been recovered, and the technical priest recovered some materials and data fragments from it, but the navigation spire was not on the ruins.

The exploration team also collected those shattered crystal fragments, which were screened and recast to become the famous Egalia crystal blade.

Looking at the passing of time bit by bit, Siegel has already started to plan a team, trying to find a way to pass through the maze city and reach the ruins in the center.

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A few days later, Siegel, who couldn't drag on any longer, found Mel's research site. The sound of artillery can be heard here from time to time in the past few days.

When he got to the place, he watched Mel teasing his cyber creature pet boringly: the False-type fighting eagle.

A hawk is a large, cyber-altered avian creature that is used to hunt down humans and animals, and capture or kill them.They are armored, equipped with enhanced sensory equipment and a gravity-assisted flight system.

"How's the research going?"

"I think there seems to be a problem with my recent thinking circuit. I should let Bo Ying grab a person and a cable and go to the ruins over there..."

"I also realized it when you teased it, but it seems that the so-called projection tool doesn't seem to have any results?"

"Yes, but it's not without gains..." Mel took Siegel to look at her research results, a common metal armor plate with several large holes cut into it.

"This is?"

"As a result of the research, I found a new idea for the design of ammunition, and even the version of the shell has been designed." A machine servant held Mel's improved shell and showed it to Siegel.

Siegel looked at the thing that the machine servant was holding. For Siegel, this thing looked quite familiar.If he remembers correctly, this thing seems to be called a fin-stabilized shell-piercing shell.

"This thing looks different from the common shells of the empire. Are you sure you can take it out?" Siegel looked at Mel with some subtlety.

"Of course, the research and development of new ammunition has never stopped." Mel said with a strange expression on his face, "I even conceived a paper written in binary language and prepared to publish it. Although the armor-piercing ability cannot compete with melting , plasma, and heavy lasers, but it still significantly improves the armor-piercing ability of the Imperial Guard's conventional armor."

"The design and thesis of the ammunition are easy to pass, but it is unknown whether the foundry world will be put into production, and whether the guards will choose this." Mel stroked the shell casing of the shell, "A new type of weaponry will be used as an eleven tax Handing over needs to take some risks, and once it fails the test on the battlefield, there will be big problems."

"And I'm not sure if Leman Russ' machine-soul likes the shell."

"We happen to have Leman Russ on board, as well as a small manufacturing plant, why don't you try making some during this time." Siegel didn't think it was a big deal, "But most of our Leman Russ are common models .”

"We need common models. Designing a new tank is easy to cause trouble for yourself. If there is not a reliable enough STC template, the design of a tank may have to go through decades or even centuries. If I design a A tank, at least a bunch of STC data fragments are needed to make up random things." Mel felt a lot better when he saw Siegel supporting himself, "Armored vehicles, aircraft, and battleships are the main sources of income for Forge World. The various sages, furnaces, and foundry worlds are keeping an eye on this."