"Kroot mercenaries." Siegel explained to Liz the source of those aliens with feathers, "Excellent fighters and scouts, the ghost knows which planet they come from, anyway, these things often appear in the Cronus expansion Area, of course, not only in the expanded area, you can always find them on wild planets or in some remote corner of the galaxy."
"They will eat the opponents they kill, and then gradually mutate according to the different things they eat. I have seen ones that look like hounds, and I have heard of Kroots that are the size of mounts and giant beasts. Think about what they are called, oh yes, Knarok and Kroot Behemoth." Siegel and Liz explained.
"Then what did the captain ask Gloria to decide for herself?"
"Deciding whether to hire those Kroot mercenaries, these Kroot people can gain one of the opponent's characteristics by eating the loser." Priest Mel sneaked with a geared power axe, and she used more professional words to Liz explained, "If they eat orcs, they get stronger muscles, and if they eat Eldar, they get more dexterous joints. They also eat humans, which seems to be nothing but low-gothic. Variety."
"You seem to be saying that humans have no special skills, Father Mel."
"There is nothing wrong with what I said. How can a flesh and blood body compare to the creation of the great Om Messiah?" Father Mel's servo skull flew in front of Siegel, and his mechanical eyes blinked at him.
"I think these Kroots can be hired, and the used ones are almost used as experimental materials in the laboratory." As a geneticist, Father Mel did have a deep research on aliens, "A large amount of materials obtained from the battlefield Part of it has been changed by the influence of other races, I have observed that team, they have not yet decided on their future changes."
"It's not that I haven't hired them. If their smell is lighter, I will be happy to hire them in the expansion area to reduce the loss of armed sailors." If it is a game, Siegel will be happy to hire these fighters with excellent statistics .But in reality, many complicated factors need to be considered. He continued: "Let Gloria decide for herself."
Back on the upper deck, Siegel got into the chapel and prayed for a period of time to purify his soul. Although he sometimes slanders the Lord of Humanity, this may be Siegel's only means of resisting corrosion. After all, he doesn't want to become a chaotic bastard.
"Preacher Remulle, won't you go in and listen to the captain's confession?" Liz looked at the missionary guarding the door of the chapel and asked suspiciously.
Remuule shook her head and said: "The captain's confession can only be heard by the God Emperor. I serve the God Emperor, and I also serve the captain. I can't listen to the captain's confession, it will affect his authority. What's more I once made a pilgrimage with him in the Calixis Sector, and since then I have believed that the God-Emperor is watching him, and that he must be one of those saints."
During the conversation, Gloria and Scarti also followed. Seeing Liz and Remulle staring at her, Gloria shook her head and said, "We didn't agree on a price, they think it's useless in space." I may not find what I want to eat in the boat, and I don’t intend to waste too much time on them, so I will follow after loading the belongings on board.”
Volume 12 Siegel Foster: Chapter [-] On the Journey
When Siegel came out of the chapel, the ship had already left the port of arrival, arrived at the Mandeville point on the edge of the galaxy, and was about to enter the subspace channel.He walked back to the captain's dome along the marble stairs covered with red velvet carpet. The iconic bell of the Mechanicum came from the loudspeaker in the passage. Time control of ships.
This should be a no-brainer, there is always an endless loudspeaker on board, and ship-wide commands and signal tones form part of the ship's environment.On board, even simple concepts like "day" and "night" must be manipulated.
Each captain has different preferences in the transition signs of "day" and "night". Angels beat drums to tell the time.And it is said that after an unknown rogue trader, Traver, lost his mind, he arranged for a senior warrant officer to ride up and down the corridors on a miniature horse and blow the horn to tell the time.
The key equipment on the ship must be watched at all times. Both the sailors of the ship and their officers have a relatively complicated schedule for shifts.
When Siegel walked into the captain's dome, they were calibrating the course of the ship in the subspace. The destination of this trip was in the "poor world" area. In the galaxy, the resources in it are as pitiful as his name.If you count the warp currents that she was often affected by the screaming vortex, only small dynasties have entered this area, looking for possible treasures.
"How is the route arranged?" Siegel walked to the holographic projection, on which was drawn the direction of subspace ocean currents and known star maps.
"If all goes well, we will arrive at Lucian's Rest in the Kingdom of Winterfin after two Terra months in real time for rest, and then we will pass through the Kingdom of Winterfin and enter the target galaxy of the impoverished world."
"Has Cassia found anything?" The navigator's route planning is a key factor for them to avoid being affected by the subspace, and every word she says is crucial to this trip.
"She is still observing the movement of the warp. At least the first half of our journey is safe for now."
Missionary Remulle walked to Siegel's side, tugged at his sleeve, and said, "It's dinner time, Captain."
Siegel saw that the logistics officers had already placed the food on the table. Although there was an independent ecosystem at the bottom of the ship that provided food and water for the entire ship, there was no way for the food on the ship to nest anyway. It is comparable to the dining table of the nobles.
Siegel and their table are set with grilled Glocks steak, grilled meatballs and vegetables, served with fresh poached eggs, a glass of wine for each person, and a creamy soup and bread as the main course , apple pie and sorbet for dessert.
Due to the personal preference of Priest Lemuel, there are a lot of fruits in the warehouse of the Golden Journey to satisfy everyone's appetite.
The officers' table is less rich, without fresh poached eggs and sorbet as dessert.In this way, they decreased step by step, and on the dinner plates of the sailors on the lower deck, there were only various bean products and corpse starch as their food.
Of course they will get some meat as well, and no matter how well maintained, rats will inevitably breed in the lower deck.The Church of Mechanics even has a special rat trap to clean up the rats that run into the narrow gaps in the cabin, and rats are a rare meat supplement for the sailors and contract laborers on the lower deck.
On top of that, they have a daily drink of "Second Best" and organic candy made from fat and energy bars to keep their morale up.
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Golden Voyage, Crew Recovery Centre.
The ship is still sailing smoothly in the subspace, except for the strange dreams every night and the whispers in the ears, everything is fine.
A few days ago, a "ghost ship" appeared on the ship's auspicious instrument, but no one wanted to think about what was on that ship. Discovery tour.
Priest Mel had just ordered the servants to repair the circulation pipes on the lower deck, and then she ran to the middle deck to watch the low-rank priests under her hand transform the seriously injured sailors into mechanized servants, and another wave of low-rank priests gave Sailors with severed limbs were fitted with crude mechanical prosthetics.
Theoretically speaking, as long as it is operated properly, the ship will not cause casualties when sailing smoothly, especially in the process of sailing in subspace, many parts of the ship are not put into operation, and the sailors only need to keep an eye on them , so that no one will know in case the subspace affects it.
It can only be said that even some dreams and whispers may cause damage to the environment of the entire ship.The liquid in the circulation pipes drowned a dozen people at the time, and the ensuing chaos and suppression caused many more injuries.
It even broke down the animal pen on the lower deck, and there are still a few Glocks' cubs that have not been recovered.
"Are you looking for me?" Skadi looked at the Priest of the Mechanicism in front of her. There were two servo skulls floating around the other's head, and she was holding the gear power ax of the Mechanicism in her hand. She wondered why the priest was fully armed on the ship.
"Oh, yes, a few Glocks cubs that haven't had their front lobe removed ran into the gap between the decks. I'm going to have a look, and check to see if there are any other damaged places on the ship."
Although these things can be left to low-level priests and armed sailors, since Father Mel wants to do it, everyone will not stop him.
The two walked in the narrow and low passage on the lower deck. Father Mel's two servo skulls got into the gap between the decks and explored the interior of the ship along the pipeline.
"A bunch of rat bits, I think I'm almost there." Father Mel's servo arm cleared the bits of flesh from the crevices.
Rather than saying that Mel was looking for a few beast cubs, she was literally looking at the operation of the entire ship.The two of them walked from the lower deck to the artillery deck of the bow, and Mel checked the situation of the four sets of macro guns in turn.
"It's made by Lars, it's the same as your big sword." Mel checked and chatted with Skadi, "What do you think?"
"is acceptable."
"You're boring..." Priest Mel thought Laurentina might be a better conversation partner.
Volume 13 Siegel Foster: Chapter [-] Pirates
A successful warp voyage is certainly cause for celebration, but Siegel has more important things to face.
On the captain's dome, all the personnel are preparing to leave the subspace.Siegel sat on the captain's throne and carefully checked the operation of the ship.A huge purple vortex appeared on the bow of the Golden Voyage, and when she emerged from the Warp, the Golden Voyage's detection matrix honked excitedly.
For the machine-spirit of the Golden Journey, her on-board auspicious instrument is never turned off, and she is constantly scanning deep space for possible victims.Obviously this time she has found her goal.
But things will not be as Machine Soul thinks, Lucian's Breath is a mining planet, which is rich in a compound called Nefern, the most direct function is as an additive of promethium, of course, in other aspects The effect is equally striking.This compound is deeply loved by the Mechanicum, and it can bring a lot of profits to a Rogue Trader dynasty, but it is a pity that this place is currently in its own right.
At present, Breath of Lucian is controlled by two dynasties, the Winterfin Dynasty and the Kulda Dynasty, and Siegel does not want to get involved in the dispute between the two.
"The two frigates and four raiders are Styx raiders. They are attacking the transport fleet of the Kulda Dynasty." Gloria confirmed the target's identity.
"Sound the battle alarm and prepare for battle." Siegel gave the order without hesitation. He had to drive away the pirate fleet before he could rest on the star port, and the huge tonnage of the cruiser drove the pirates away easily.
A shrill and miserable buzzing sounded over the ship's loudspeakers, and the sailors on the lower deck were herded back to their cabins.The workers on the artillery deck were all in place. The officer opened the door of the armory, loaded the macro gun with shells, and the armed sailors took up their weapons and prepared for the upcoming battle.
The thruster array emitted brighter tail flames, and the Golden Journey rushed straight into the place where the battle took place.
"There is still a distance of 15vu to the pirate fleet." (1vu=10000km)
Siegel was in charge of controlling the ship, Gloria began to accept the command of the artillery deck, Father Mel was prepared to deal with possible component damage at any time, and the rest of the people were doing boarding and anti-boarding preparations.
The pirate fleet also noticed the appearance of the Golden Journey. Since the four raiders were performing gang-jumping operations, the other two frigates had to start fighting the Golden Journey.
The two frigates formed a battle line, trying to buy enough time for the raiding ships with long-range shots. When the raid was completed, the pirates could retreat calmly by relying on their own speed and the super-long distance from each other.
"There is still a distance of 9VU from the pirate fleet." The Golden Journey began to turn, aiming its side at a pirate frigate in the distance.
It was a sword-class frigate, and the design of the turret on its back gave it a shooting angle without dead ends.But the problem is equally obvious. When the artillery group is damaged, they do not have the artillery on the other side to make up for the lost firepower.
"It's still 7VU away from the pirate fleet."
"All guns on the port side, fire in volley!" Gloria issued her own firing command. The maximum range of the Las-type long gun is 1VU longer than the conventional Mars-type macro gun, although doing so will lose a certain amount of damage. But for the common pirates in the Cronus expansion area, the extra 1VU is often fatal. No pirate frigate can withstand several rounds of salvos from the 8 macro guns on the side of the cruiser.
"Three hits! Hurry up and reload!" Gloria announced the results of the shelling and continued to command the artillery deck.
"All guns on the port side, fire in volley!"
This round of salvo is almost fatal to the enemy frigate. The void shield it relies on for survival lost its light after flickering a few times during this round of salvo. A large number of shells hit the frigate's void shield. A frigate without void shield protection is very vulnerable!
"All on the port side, fire freely, repeat freely." For the artillery crew on the artillery deck, it's time to grab the head, and getting a kill mark is a dream for every artillery crew.
When it was found that its artillery fire could not reach the Golden Journey at all, another sword-class frigate of the pirate fleet broke away from the battle line and began to try to seize the T head position of the Golden Journey.
If this is a Luna-class cruiser of the Navy, then this must be the right choice, the torpedo at the bow cannot do anything to the frigate.The bulky body of the cruiser also makes it difficult to ram the frigate.
"Use the power of the engine and thruster array to the maximum, everyone! Prepare for collision prevention!"
This is Siegel's cruiser, and he took this into consideration when he equipped the Rath cannon.If the opponent thinks that he will gain enough advantage by seizing the T head position, then the armored bow, power ram and two sets of rocket thrusters he installed will tell them how unrealistic their ideas are.
The thrusters turned on at full power suddenly increased the speed of the Golden Journey, and the speed comparable to that of the frigate really frightened the jaws of the pirates, but they would soon no longer need their jaws.
"boom!"
The power ram and the armored bow directly broke the sword-class frigate from the middle, and the crew of the pirates lost their vitality after struggling a few times in the icy void.
The originally gorgeous and heavy adamantium bow of the Golden Journey left a large number of scratches, and the huge impact caused the items inside the Golden Journey to be scattered all over the place.
When they made it all the way through the wreckage of the frigate, there was a severe plasma explosion on the wreckage, which eventually turned into a puddle of garbage floating in space.
The tragic results caused the pirates to scatter. They abandoned their companions who were thrown on the ship for jumping, and quickly drove to the Mandeville point in the galaxy, in order to escape the terrifying ship of the Golden Journey.
After the battle was won, Siegel could feel the machine soul of the Golden Journey grunting in satisfaction, and he controlled the ship to turn around.The ship came to the transport ship of the Kulda Dynasty.
"This is the Golden Journey, the flagship of the Foster Dynasty, and we are now boarding your ship to clean up the pirate remnants."
"Thanks, Mr. Foster, we have opened the side port. There are still a large number of pirate remnants on board. The pirate lord is also on board. They are trying to seize the ship and leave."
"Jump to help the team, dispatch!"
"Deep sea hunters, let's go!" Laurentina shouted loudly, and took the lead in boarding the shark assault boat...
Volume 14 Siegel Foster: Chapter [-] Jumping Gang Battle
Due to the cooperation of the transport ship, the laser crackers and melta bombs on the shark assault boat lost their use. The four assault boats entered the cabin along the interface of the transport ship, and the armed sailors of the two companies carried various Weaponry stepped off the assault boat.
Tech-priests join the gang with servo-skulls and CAT platforms, providing information security for the armed sailors.
Laurentina was the last person to disembark from the shark assault boat. Holding a chainaxe, she led the deep-sea hunters to assault the bridge of the transport ship.Another team of ordinary armed sailors cleaned up the remaining pirates on the deck layer by layer.
Siegel has never been stingy about investing in weapons. After all, he knows very well that gang battles are often a bad battle. In the narrow ship passage, a veteran can defend a company's attack.Veterans who have survived several gang-hopping battles are a prized possession of the Rogue Trader, and Siegel furnishes these men with the best equipment he can come up with.
The shield guard holding a battering shield and a heavy shotgun looked at the individual soldier's auspicious instrument strapped to the inside of the shield. This thing can provide him with a basic early warning information in the dark passage of the ship, but sometimes it will also be caused by The complex environment on the ship is misleading.
When he walked around a corner with the assault shield, a large number of automatic gun bullets hit the thick metal shield surface, making crackling noises and sparks, and the shield guard pulled the trigger of the shotgun. The loud noise and ejected projectiles showed the power of this firearm. Not far away, the improvised position set up by the pirates fell silent for a while, and then spit out flames again.
The armed sailor behind the shield guard took a fragment grenade from his waist, and after showing it to the shield guard, the two rushed out from the corner together.The huge shield of the shield guard provided an opportunity for the armed sailors to throw. The fragment grenade hit the wall of the passage, and then bounced to the side of the opponent's simple position.
The roar of grenades resounded throughout the passage, and the same thing was happening around those ordinary armed sailors.Those armed sailors from the Hive City are very adaptable to the narrow space of the ship passage.Pry open the door with the assault axe, clear the field with the frag grenade first, and then use the laser carbine for the final touch-up.
Breaking axes, chainsaw fists, and plasma spray guns, these props allow armed sailors to find the path they need on the complicated ship passages.
It's a pity that in this kind of rescue operation, the armed sailors restricted the use of some weapons, such as high explosives and hot melt weapons. After all, they came to rescue rather than destroy.
"Keep going, we've got their tails on!" A team fight with a clear opponent, although there will still be a lot of casualties, but in general, it is easier than fighting an unknown enemy in a space hulk many.
Laurentina is holding a chain saw ax that is one person tall. The three interlaced chain blades at the top can easily tear apart the armor and flesh of every opponent.The weapon looked cumbersome in such a small space as the ship's passageway, but seeing her as a target, the pirates obviously picked the wrong opponent.
Several pirate attackers launched an attack from the shadow of the passage to the middle of the team of deep sea hunters. One of the attackers was targeting Laurentina. Her huge weapon and tall female figure made her quite conspicuous in the team. .When the attacker charged up with guns and blades, Laurentina smashed the weapon in her hand on the attacker's body. The sharp chain blade stuck the attacker's armor and flesh, and she waved the weapon in her hand to attack. The attacker leaned against the wall, and the chain blade above made a huge roar, and the shredded flesh and blood of the armor fragments stuck to the metal wall, accompanied by huge traces of the chain blade.
The final battle took place on the upper deck. When Laurentina led them to the upper deck, she saw the pirates fighting with the armed sailors on the upper deck. When the balance of victory was about to tilt towards the pirates, the deep-sea hunter His joining completely rewrote the situation of the battle.
Blood and pieces of flesh kept falling from Laurentina's weapon. The pirate lord, who had been severely injured, fell to the ground and kept struggling to crawl behind him. The wound on his body left a large amount of blood on the ground.
"Forgive me! Forgive me!" Unlike Siegel, Laurentina didn't mind her boots stepping on the blood on the ground. She walked up to the pirate lord who was constantly retreating and struggling to survive, and showed him a very charming smile. , then raised his foot, and stepped on it heavily.
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"Thank you, member of the Foster Dynasty. I am a member of the Kulda Dynasty, the captain of the ship 'Shining Radiance'." A man wearing a captain's costume walked up to Laurentina. They all have their own transport fleets, which are used to link the dynasty’s investment between star regions. These transport captains may be distant relatives in the dynasty’s leader’s family, or rewards for a low-ranking officer. These fleets were ordered to come and go on a fixed route, freeing the dynasty's flagship fleet.
They are both captains, but the difference in status is huge. Laurentina didn't exchange greetings with the other party. She said straight to the point: "According to the rules, we will charge 20% of the cargo on your ship as a reward for saving you."
The captain's face was a little pained, but he still said: "This is what it should be. If you choose to take less, your dynasty will gain the friendship of the Kulda dynasty."
Laurentina laughed. She stared at the captain of the transport ship with her scarlet eyes, and there was a hint of sarcasm in her eyes: "The next time my captain meets Ms. Aspis, he may ask She mentioned you, a retainer."
In the expansion area, the relationship between the large-scale rogue rogue dynasties is always complicated and changeable. Friendship and hatred are too extravagant for them. In a meeting, they join forces against the enemy for the common good.
Aspith is a tough and dangerous dynasty leader, always tough and irritable, but with a real taste in fashion and art, she is a trendsetter in the Calixis sector.
The dispute between the Winterfin Dynasty and the Kurda Dynasty over Lucian's Breath has never ended, and they both want to monopolize the output of Nefern.
It's funny to say that neither of them has enough transportation capacity to transport the Nefern they produce off the planet, but each other has invested a lot of manpower and material resources in the ownership of the planet.As a result, the arms trade here was very prosperous for a while.
After Laurentina counted the damage of her subordinates, she led the deep-sea hunters back to the Golden Journey. As for counting and moving the goods, that was the job of the machine servants.
Volume 15 Siegel Foster: Chapter [-] The Breath of Lucian and the Nephew
The Golden Journey is anchored in the equatorial orbit of Lucian's Breath. They are far away from the "Victory" orbital station of the Winterfin family, preparing to repair the wounds of the ship after the battle. The three of Katie led the sailors and servitors down to the surface of the planet, trying to collect some materials for repair work.
Siegel observes the planet Lucian's Breath from orbit. She is a frozen planet. The extremely low temperature and thin atmosphere are enough to make the metal brittle. There used to be a kind of alien that lived on it. Alien buildings Distributed all over the surface of Lucian's Breath, but they seem to have died for something.
There are rich deposits of Nefern on her, transport them to the forge world, and the mechanical priests will pay the provider a very good price.
Father Meyer described the Nefern mine in this way: "Nefion is a greenish-black, tar-like substance that is the product of the unstable mantle of this planet, and its most common use is as an additive to promethium. , can greatly enhance the calorific value of promethium. Of course, it also has extraordinary uses in the fields of chemistry and materials. If you want to know, I can provide you with a non-confidential paper, but it is written in binary language Yes, do you want to see it?"
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