Warhammer, Rogue Trader Notes

"I am the tactical elder of the Steele clan, Solo." The old man introduced himself to Siegel, "I have heard of you, alien visitors. It is a pity that I have not been with any of you before most of my life." dealt with."

"This does not prevent us from negotiating here, Elder Solo. Rogue traders are different." What Siegel said is true. He thinks that the difference between him and Bastille is more than that between a human and a dog. The difference between them is even bigger.

"Please forgive me for monitoring what you have been doing during this time." Elder Solo bowed his head towards Siegel and Mel to apologize respectively, "Eric has taken a lot of burdens for you to enter the land ship. Most of the residents in our city are sensitive and xenophobic. Even though I support his actions, I still have to face a lot of resistance."

"Since you plan to see me, does it mean that the top management has reached an agreement?"

Solo closed his eyes regretfully, and shook his head, "The power of habit is terrifying. It takes a lot of courage to break this restriction. Everything I can produce is in this side room."

"Oh..." Siegel nodded suddenly, "A small deal, using profits to convince those conservatives."

"You are very smart, Your Excellency Siegel."

"So what do you need, we might as well be direct." Siegel asked straight to the point.

"We need more industrial raw materials, a stable food supply, more advanced weapons and equipment, but the most important thing, I hope you can help us win the next battle."

"Tsk." Siegel also made an inexplicable voice like Mel. He didn't want to get involved in the messy things on Zays. Over time, the situation on Zays will undergo earth-shaking changes.

Moreover, it is very dangerous to lower the starship to the bombing orbit of the planet. The anti-ship firepower on the ground can directly attack the weak armor of the starship.

So Siegel would not consider this option at all if he directly came forward to intervene in the war on the ground.

"Are you already preparing for the next war?" Siegel asked.

"On Zays, wars can happen at any time, but most of the time he does have rules to follow." Elder Solo took out a small thinker panel, and a map displayed it.

"On Zays, the clans on the various land ships are attacking each other for the remaining resources. There is no doubt that these places are high-incidence areas of war. Stiyl is advancing towards the ruins of an ancient city. Ai Rui K has already encountered other clans' teams there."

"The prelude to the battle has already begun. The hatred continues to accumulate like this. I have no ability to change the situation on this planet, but I must be responsible for the people of the Steele clan."

"What's in that city ruins?"

"Anything is possible." Elder Solo wrote a bad check very irresponsibly.

"I can't accept such illusory promises, Elder Solo." Siegel said clearly to the other party, "With all due respect, the things in your hut can't convince me to take such a big risk."

"We need a more realistic transaction. Why don't we just talk about the value of your item? We don't know each other well enough. Trust needs to be built little by little."

Siegel was very dissatisfied with the progress of the Steele clan, and the conditions proposed by the tactical elder Solo were a bit too deep.

But fortunately, he didn't get nothing. Siegel exchanged the weapons and some materials in several weapon bays for all the artwork in that room.

"Elder Solo, I hope this is the beginning of our mutual understanding and in-depth cooperation." Before leaving, Siegel bid farewell to the tactical elder according to local etiquette.

"I understand your difficulties, but I still regret that you didn't stand by us in the first place." Solo's tone was very sad.

"I will contact the starship in orbit next, and the transport opportunity will deliver the cargo to your land ship."

"I'll just wait for the good news."

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The deal was done, and Siegel and Mel returned to where they lived.

At the door, Mel suddenly raised his head and looked around. The surroundings looked the same as usual, and nothing was found.

"Did you feel anything wrong?" After Mel walked into the room, a burst of blue light swept across the room, there were short-circuit crackling sounds in every corner, and a burning smell came out.

"Of course." Siegel poured himself a cup of hot water. "This tactical elder's desire to cooperate is too urgent. I don't know what plans he has behind him."

"He doesn't even think like an old man." Siegel was taken aback after saying this, and then he turned his head to look at Mel.

"From the analysis of my scan data, the physical condition of that Elder Solo..." Mel paused intentionally, admiring the surprised expression on Siegel's face: "It's really not an old man, his The organs showed absolutely no signs of failure."

"Is it possible that it is due to the rejuvenation technology?" Siegel instead found a reason for Elder Solo, after all, if it is the same as what Mel said.

Then he may get into trouble again and again.

"Rejuvenation technology is a very popular topic even among the Mechanics, and a lot of technology has been accumulated over the past 1 years. But no matter what kind of technology, the most basic theory is that to ensure the youth of the human body, it is necessary to ensure that the whole body All organs are maintained at a similar stage." Mel explained this technical problem to Siegel in a relatively common language.

"That is to say, the internal organs of the twenties cannot match the skin and bones of the hundreds of years old. If the operation is done like this, the patient's soul will return to the emperor's throne in about half a year, and the operator will die the next day." You are ready to die."

"That is to say, that Elder Solo is pretending to be?"

"That's right, it's a very subtle technique, but I don't know what the other party's purpose is..."

Siegel looked out the window, the building of the Steele Clan security agency, he had already envisioned many possibilities, and said in a deep voice: "No matter what the reason is, we need to prepare some backup. How are the wounded? Sample?"

"It should be pretty good. A street fight should be more than enough. As long as we break through to the artillery deck on the top floor at night, we can take a transport plane to escape from this land ship." Mel answered Siegel's question lightly, She then asked, "Should I contact the Golden Journey?"

"Let's get in touch and let them get ready, but we don't agree on a time for evacuation for the time being."

"You don't hit

Sneaky? "Mel asked curiously.

"Of course not, I haven't got the goods yet." Siegel leaned back on the chair, drank the water in the glass, and then slammed his feet on the table heavily.

"Take it down, I still need to drink water." A servo skull pushed Siegel's legs down.

Volume [-] Siegel Foster: Chapter [-] Converted Beam Macro Cannon

Siegel and Mel shared their speculation with the rest of Dynasty.Siegel didn't intend to leave. One was that these things were just their inferences. In addition, even if the other party really tricked him, he had to see what the other party had prepared.

It would be a shame if he walked away like a frightened bird.

Everyone is a little worried, after all, they are currently in the territory of a potential enemy, and there is a big gap between the number of enemies and us.

The servo-skull floated to the center, and holograms projected from its eyes, a map of the landship's interior.

"I hacked into their central contemplator system and obtained some permissions, which is enough for us to make a big fuss." Mel introduced to everyone confidently, "The marks of different colors are engine compartment, weapon library, hydroponic tank, and the treasure room that our captain has been thinking about."

"Why are there 3 treasure rooms?" Siegel suddenly discovered a blind spot.

"You should ask Elder Solo, not me." Mel said with a smile, "Our current problem is the lack of ammunition supplies and heavy weapons."

"We can get these two things from the opponent's arsenal. But since we want to play a big one..." Siegel looked at Remuule: "Remuule, I will leave the matter of explosives to you."

"No problem." Remulle readily agreed: "I will let the emperor's wrath resound through this land-ship."

"Skadi, Mel, and Remulle, the three of you lead the team to seize the two weapon depots first, and after getting the supplies, go to the engine room to destroy the ion engine of the land ship. At that time, according to the time situation, it will be decided by Mel Are you going to prepare to evacuate or take other actions next."

"I'll take the rest of the people to get back the goods that belong to us. Of course, these actions are based on the fact that the other party has plans against us. It would be great if this transaction can be settled safely." Any one The members of the Steele clan would call wolves into the house when they saw what Siegel and the others were planning.

However, Siegel has given the option to the Steele clan, and what Siegel will do in the end undoubtedly depends on them.

-

Unexpectedly, everything seemed to be peaceful.

Siegel passed a few days in peace, and they even had time to further improve the whole plan.

But when the Golden Journey on the planetary orbit transported the arms for trading down, nothing happened.

If it weren't for the suspicious situation of the elder Solo, Siegel even thought that he had wrongly blamed them.While the Rogue Trader group was planning how to deal ruthlessly to the Steele clan, they continued to complete each other's trading projects.

Until the date of the transaction arrives.

On the artillery deck of the USS Steele, Siegel and his party and representatives of the Steele clan watched the transport ship from the Golden Journey dock into the port.

"Eric, why didn't you see Elder Solo attending the transaction?"

"Elder Solo has been in poor health." Eric's tone did not show any abnormality, "But the deal you reached with him is still valid, everything has been packed, and it can be done after both parties have inspected the goods." Seal the deal."

"Your Excellency Siegel, although I have no right to say anything between the clan and your transaction, I believe that we have a basis for further cooperation with each other." Eric came forward to persuade Siegel at this time, "Even if There is no chance for us to stand in the same trench, and the material transaction should continue. You see, the food we provide you..."

Eric raised his arm a few times, then lowered it, and said helplessly, "That's the best food we can provide."

Siegel raised his head and looked at the surrounding residents of the Steele clan. With his chin, he pointed to the heavy weapons fixed on the artillery deck.

"what is that?"

"The gun masters call him to convert the beam." Eric looked at Siegel, "Are you interested in this thing?"

Of course Siegel knew that this was a conversion beam weapon, but he had never seen a ship-mounted macro gun level conversion beam artillery.He knew it would work on dreadnoughts, knights, and titans.It was the first time he had encountered a capital ship-level converted beam macro cannon.

"This thing looks good, how did you get it?" Siegel asked nonchalantly.

"On the ruins of the city of Zays, and in our warehouse, there are all kinds of wreckage of weapons. The Gun Master and the Engine Order will try to repair them and deploy them on the artillery deck of the Steele."

Eric seemed to understand something, and he said to Siegel: "There are many weapon wrecks piled up in our warehouse. Due to lack of materials, many weapons and equipment cannot be repaired after damage, and there are some big guys among them. Siegel, you Interested in these things?"

"In fact, Eric, I can provide you with the supplies you need, but I really don't plan to join the battle above Zais, but the transaction between us can continue." It didn't seem to be a problem for them to continue trading, and as for Elder Solo's question, it wasn't necessarily aimed at them.

"We can continue to talk about old weapons for new ones, including food and other supplies." Siegel put his arms around Eric's shoulders and whispered to him: "I think the basic conditions for our in-depth cooperation have been met. You can go to Talk to Elder Solo about our future cooperation."

Siegel patted Eric on the shoulder encouragingly, and then watched with interest as the two parties continued to exchange the item.

-

"So you plan to stay here as soon as your head gets hot?" Mel looked at Siegel and asked angrily. "I admit it's tempting to switch beam weapons, but that's not why you take such a big risk."

"Of course not." Siegel didn't think there was anything wrong. He took a dagger, cut off the starch of the corpse and brewed it in hot water. He hadn't eaten this thing for a while.

Strictly speaking, corpse starch has no disadvantages other than its name and lack of taste.

Siegel picked up the corpse starch porridge soaked into a white paste and took a sip gently.

[This boiled water has no taste. 】

"Remember what Elder Solo said before, this city is heading towards a city ruin." Siegel explained to Mel.

"Materials on the surface of this planet may have been scraped by them for centuries or even dozens of centuries, and there may be only discarded metal in the ruins of the city. There will be no treasure you hope for."

"Of course I wouldn't be so naive." Siegel used a spoon to stir the corpse starch porridge as evenly as possible. "The problem is that Eric really didn't tell us the truth."

"The converted beam macro gun is completely new, combined with the light tank they made... I have a bold inference."

"Is it possible for them to master one or several complete STC authorization templates?"

Volume [-] Siegel Foster: Chapter [-] The Thuleite Disciples

There is no doubt that the possibility of the STC template made Mel accept Siegel's plan.

In fact, neither Mel nor Siegel believed that there would be a complete STC template on this land vehicle.

But that doesn't stop them from working hard.

After all, an STC template and pure STC manufacturing data are two completely different concepts.There are many cases in the Adeptus Mechanicus that have restored the production process of some important items from the vast STC data, such as the Macharius super-heavy tank.

But the STC template still attracts countless members of the Mechanicus, including those heretics and even members of the Black Mechanicus.

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For this transaction, Siegel and the others did not meet Elder Solo, and replaced them with a negotiating delegation composed of the Engine Order Group and the Gun Master.

Before the negotiations started, Siegel and Mel were able to enter the core warehouse of the Steele clan...

Several members of the engine order group led them to the core area of ​​the land ship.

The huge mechanical gears were turning, and the thick metal hatches were opened to both sides. Dust and smoke filled a huge workshop.

The workshop is tens of meters high, and various empire-style huge machines lie here without a sound.

The air in here smelled of dust mixed with Adeptus Mechanicus oil.

This time they saw that it was no longer the kind of light tank that was tasteless and a pity to discard, but something more practical.

Siegel and Mel walk into this workshop...

Mel carefully looked at these huge machines.

"This is a forging furnace? This is the main structure of the converted beam macro cannon. A new type of tank that I have never seen before. This is a swinging turret? It's interesting. Om messiah, how did they get so many things?"

"Of course it is to dig out the wreckage of the city, my dear colleague. What should I call you, monk from Rath." A voice full of mechanical texture sounded behind the two.

Siegel drew his knife and pointed back, and the decomposition position emitted a blue light.

Mel also picked up the Ax of Ohm Messiah to be on guard.

They looked at the member of the engine order group wearing a white cloak behind him. The hood covered his body, but a mechanical arm stretched out from under the cloak, and lightly tapped on the tip of Siegel's knife, breaking down the position It is closed.

"Don't be so defensive, I mean no ill will to you. I'm asking you something, monk from Rath."

"Mel."

"It's really not easy to see believers of the God of Opportunities in this backcountry. Brother Mel, are you a disciple of the Thule sect?" The member of the engine order group lifted his hood, revealing half of his face. A female face that has been mechanically transformed.

Her voice has also become a lot more feminine, but still full of electronic texture: "Don't worry, there are my subordinates outside, we can talk here with peace of mind."

"I'm a monk from the Thule sect. Who are you?" Of course, Mel would not let down her vigilance because of this, and the lumen device on her shoulder shone slightly.

"Ah, I met a colleague from the Thule faction. Every part of my body cheered. Brother Mel, you can call me Magellan Sage." The sage took out a gear mark and threw it to Mel.