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Volume 19 Siegel Foster: Chapter [-] The Control Room

Siegel and his party walked along the dark passage of the monitoring station, and Father Mel knew the structure of the Mechanician monitoring station very well.Use her servo skull to guide the entire team and scout out possible enemies ahead.

Teams placed lighting in key locations wherever possible, as a necessary precaution.The whole team is constantly moving towards the control room in the center of the monitoring station. The entire monitoring station is eerily quiet except for the sound of their footsteps. Neither the energy system nor the circulation device is online.

Nothing happened along the way, no blood, no destruction, not even a profane pattern.There is only silence in the environment, the silence of death.

Remulle went back several times to confirm the number of people, but found nothing abnormal.The atmosphere of the whole team did not relax, but became more tense.

Those desperadoes who wandered on the edge of the Astronomican's light knew very well that the God-Emperor was invincible, but they themselves were extremely fragile. It was never good news that there was no abnormality, and there might be a more terrifying opponent hidden behind it.

In an icy universe, there is nothing more terrifying than an unknown adversary.

No one will believe that they can get what they want from the void without paying any price. For every harvest and gift, fate has secretly marked the price...

Siegel and their communication beads have been unable to hear other people's responses, but Liz still maintains the star language communication with him.

"Siegel, we are heading to the energy core, it's eerily quiet here."

"Skadi will protect you, Liz, just like me."

Psykers are both powerful and fragile. Siegel almost memorizes the procedures before every major battle in the empire. The subspace fluctuates, the astropaths die suddenly, and the navy is severely damaged after being loaded. The enemy fought on the ground.

Any fluctuations in the subspace will be reflected on the astropath by hundreds or thousands of times. There may be many psykers in the entire empire, but it is not easy for Siegel as a rogue trader to find a psyker who suits his wishes .

"I can feel some psychic traces here, but I'm not sure. I hope you are careful, Siegel."

"I will be careful."

Possible psyker opponents... if Jeansey

Gell makes a leaderboard to show the enemies he doesn't want to face, and he will definitely throw all the living and non-living things he knows on it, but the psykers will definitely be ranked very high.

Unfortunately, Siegel is not a psychic himself, and he has no psychic talent.Siegel touched the gorgeous gold neck guard on his armor, and glanced at the platinum decoration on the cuffs of his navy coat, to make sure that all the equipment on his body was in order.

If he had been gifted with psychics, maybe he would have lived another life, but for now he was just as happy with his own life.

It would be better if fewer people died.Siegel looked around cautiously. There was a very strict lighting discipline in the narrow and dark place. Only the people in the front row could turn on the lights. The whole passage was still extremely quiet. They checked several cabins, both inside and outside. Again, this monitoring station looks like it was thrown here, and then no one manages, no one uses, and no one lives.

But Siegel believed in Liz's judgment. Since she said that there were psychic traces on this monitoring station, it meant that something must have happened here, and it might be revealed soon.

Through the light, they could already see the hatch of the control room not far away. Siegel put his right hand slowly on the plasma pistol at his waist.

Priest Mel walked out of the team, and the rest of the deep sea hunters formed a defensive formation behind her.

"Be vigilant at all times." Siegel made his voice calm and majestic enough. The attack may happen at any time, maybe when we get some items, maybe when we open the hatch, or just in the next second .

A neural interface protruded from the back of Father Mel, and it was connected to the facility in front of him along the socket.

With a sound of "shua", the door of the cabin was opened, and she walked in first.

Siegel and Remulle led the deep-sea hunters into the control room, and the door was guarded by two hunters holding shields.In the room, everyone turned on the light source on their chests to observe the situation inside the control room.

As before, they found no possible clues, no traces, no dust, no profane patterns of every kind.

"Maybe I can drag this monitoring station back to the Calixis sector, maybe the Church of Mechanics will take it back."

"I guess you may not get much money. The most important thing here for the Mechanicus is the monitoring data in the Thinker Array. As for the others... you may dismantle it and sell it to the Hive Capital, and you may be able to earn money." get more."

Father Mel linked himself to the vast array of Thinkers in the control room with a sensory link element.

"Each exploration fleet of this kind of monitoring station will drag several monitoring stations behind the fleet to mark important nodes in the itinerary, but here the entire thinker array and the machine soul of the monitoring station are artificially closed and blocked, I'm trying to figure out a way to wake them up and get the whole station back up and running so we can figure out what's going on here."

"It's unreasonable why the believers of Ohm Messiah leave their posts. Low-ranking priests have no right to change their jobs."

A lengthy and complicated Mechanicism prayer came from Father Mel, and the array of thinkers in the control room began to respond, but Liz's progress seemed to be faster than Mel's.

"Siegel, I found a small piece... of a spirit bone fragment, the Spirit Race once came here..."

"Good job, Liz, this makes me feel better." Although it is not clear why the Eldar came here, at least the list of enemies constantly circling in his mind can be subtracted a lot.

In the process of communicating with Liz, Father Mel also reawakened the machine soul of the thinker array, and the various systems of the monitoring station began to operate online, and the light reappeared in the monitoring station, and the circulation module The pipes also started to rattle.

The Thinker Array began to make noises, and Mel was accessing the monitoring data and logs here.

Mechanistic voices emanated from the Thinker Array, along with a holographic image of a Tech-Priest.

"This is Ram, the technical priest. I am monitoring this starry sky according to the orders of the sages, so as to prevent the products of Ohm Messiah from falling into the hands of aliens."

"The exploration fleet fought against the Eldar in this galaxy. In the end, both lost and left. The fleet was forced to return, and the recovery plan was temporarily suspended. And this monitoring station is not only a navigation mark for the fleet's next voyage, but also a guarantee that this starry sky will not be destroyed by Om Messiah. The enemy took over."

Volume 20 Siegel Foster: Chapter [-] Starship Graveyard

"Obviously, there is some friction between the Mechanicus and the Eldar." Siegel looked at the holographic image on the Thinker Array. An exploration fleet was severely damaged in this galaxy. What is there in this galaxy?

"It's really a small friction." After being in touch with Siegel for a long time, Father Mel can understand some of the deep meaning behind his words, "The smallest exploration fleet sent by the Mechanicus every year will also consist of several cruisers. , according to what the technical priest said, there should be a ship graveyard in this galaxy, let me look at the monitoring data above."

The holographic projection on the Thinker Array began to change, gradually zooming from the entire galaxy to one of the asteroid belts. It was indeed the same as Father Mel imagined. In this asteroid belt, the cruisers of the Mechanicum and the ships of the Eldar They are intertwined and mixed together to form a huge starship graveyard, and they surround each other under the gravitational force like asteroids in the asteroid belt.

Some mechanical teaching ships and Eldar ships collided with each other, and the gear symbols and spirit bones interlaced back and forth.

"The emperor's lungs..." Siegel was very worried that the "First Arrow" would be reduced to dust in the war, which would cause him to come in vain.

"Is there any information about the 'First Arrow'?" Siegel asked Father Mel with the mentality of treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

"Let me see..." Father Mel continued to explore the information in the thinker array, maybe a few minutes later, maybe only a few seconds later, her voice sounded again in the control room: "I found it, this should be It's the wreck of the First Arrow."

The projection on the Thinker Array began to move in the starship graveyard, eventually finding the wreck of the "First Arrow" in the center of the battlefield.

The nearly 10KM large cruiser was broken from the middle, and the bridge on its deck, which was different from the Mechanicus ship, could be clearly seen.

"It seems that our luck is really good." Siegel breathed a sigh of relief. The wreckage in the starship cemetery may have equally valuable treasures, such as the rune matrix or the ghost field, but when you really put yourself Until the family's original navigation code is retrieved, unless an Emperor-class battleship is in front of him, he will not change his goal.

"Yes, whether it's this unmanned monitoring station, or a destination that looks much safer." When she saw that the battlefield was just a starship graveyard, Father Mel also let out a sigh of relief. Worried that a space hulk would form here, and in that case, she would have to dissuade Siegel from giving up her goal.

But the main personnel on the ship knew that Siegel did not tell them his real goal, but since he chose to hide it from the main personnel, it meant that this item was really important.

The starship cemetery is not the same as the space hulk. The starship cemetery is an asteroid belt composed of starship wreckage. Each starship wreckage is separate and independent. You can complete the exploration.

Space Hulks are often the final stage of a Starship Graveyard, masses of wreckage and asteroids gravitationally congregated and squeezed together to form a gigantic space structure that would become a home for Genestealers, Greenskins, and Chaos Cultists. activity base.

For the most part, the complete exploration and cleanup of a space wreck is a Space Marine Chapter's ability.Although the Mechanicus has such abilities, they are more willing to hire space fighters to do such drudgery. For example, the Shark Chapter is a good one.

As for other forces... There was a space hulk called "The Savage Crucible" in the Calixis sector. It plundered all the worlds of the empire, and the imperial navy was completely incapable of fighting against it.

Eventually, after a brutal naval battle, the Crucible of Savagery was shot down to the stars by the Calixis fleet and Rogue Traders.

The massive debris has scarred the stars, and for nearly 30 years, the surface of the galaxy's stars has been burned with vivid green smudges.

"Then I will start to recycle the data here. If you need, I can disassemble the array of contemplators here." Mel said casually, "At least my method is relatively gentle." Then she immersed herself in data reading Take it.

The main reason for Father Mel's performance was that this monitoring station really belonged to the planet Rath forged, which was largely a matter of honor in her heart.If they sneaked into a monitoring station of Huangquan [-] or even Mars Order, Siegel felt that Mel would take the initiative to ask for the entire monitoring array to be removed.

There is a high-ranking mechanical priest on the ship, and Siegel thinks with some helplessness that the two are more like a collaborator, rather than a relationship between a dynasty master and a retainer.

But that's good too, better than having a Dragonlord agent (the Mechanician agent of Rath Forge World, used to hunt down technological heretics in other worlds) hiding beside him.

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When Siegel and the others returned, they did not return to the location where the shark assault boat was demolished. Mel asked the technical priests to return the shark assault boat to the "Golden Journey" and she controlled the contemplator array to connect the monitoring station. The mouthpiece opens.

They did not choose to dismantle the thinker array in the main control room in the end. Siegel said that maybe one day the Mechanician's exploration fleet will return to this place, and the monitoring station may still be useful by then.

Father Mel temporarily accepted Siegel's statement, which seemed to make her feel much better.When they arrived at the connection area of ​​the monitoring station, Gloria had already directed the sailors to load the disassembled cargo onto the assault boat.A stable connection is established between the monitoring station and the Golden Journey.

Siegel even saw sailors wearing void suits trying to dismantle the external monitoring array outside the cabin.He laughed and cursed and let the sailors go back to the cabin, they had more important things to do.

They waited here for other personnel to return. After about 10 minutes, Liz and Skadi led their team to the connection area. The sailors in the team were holding some items and items collected from the cabin. Parts are mostly worthless.

Liz walked towards Siegel slowly, and finally stood by his side.Siegel could feel that Liz stuffed something into his hand, but he didn't check it, he just put it in his pocket silently.

That should be the spirit bone fragment she found.Siegel clenched his right hand unconsciously. Although everything seemed to be going well, since they boarded the monitoring station, there was a problem that had not been resolved: Where did the Mechanics here go?

Today's PY: "Alchemy from scratch from entry to entry into the soil"

Volume 21 Siegel Foster: Chapter [-] The First Arrow

The "Golden Journey" cruiser is slowly moving forward in the outer area of ​​the asteroid belt. They are about thousands of kilometers away from the entire starship graveyard. The Auger matrix on the starship can already scan the "First Arrow"'s surface, and identify the twisted wreckage trapped within.

The huge size of the void ship makes them take huge risks when traveling in the asteroid belt, so the safest way to board the wreckage of the ship is to transport the team to it by landing craft.There is a place 200 meters away from the wreckage of the "First Arrow" that can be called a landing site.It was the wreck of a Mechanicus ship from which they could advance to the First Arrow's fractured gap.

Siegel sat on his captain's throne, tapping his fingers back and forth on the armrest.He was thinking about his next plan of action, the pressure of the Eldar or other unknown enemies hovering in his mind.Siegel thought for a long time, and finally got her to send an astropath through the spiritual connection with Liz.

"We can start preparing for the relevant work before boarding the ship. This experience is going well so far, and we are only one step away from getting the treasure we want. The more we get to this time, the more we need to understand the risks behind the action. So if you are not fully prepared for something, hurry up and go.”

Siegel made a simple mobilization speech, and he also returned to his cabin. He put on his equipment neatly, took out a small metal box from the storage box in his cabin, and carefully checked the contents inside. After the items, he put the metal box into the inside pocket of his coat.

There was still a while before departure, and Siegel put on his own communication beads, "Casia, Liz, I need your help..."

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After everything was ready, Siegel and his family members boarded the assault boat. The shark assault boat can move freely in complex environments such as asteroid belts.Before Siegel and the others set off, the deep-sea hunters had set off ahead of time to inspect and defend their landing site...

When Siegel and the others were wearing void suits and standing on the wreckage of the ship in deep space with magnetic boots, they were able to observe the starship cemetery up close.

All around them, the wreckage of starships stretched out from the cold rock into the void, broken forms forming valleys and knolls of wreckage.Under the light of the stars, the irregular fractures of the wreckage left harsh jagged shadows on the ground.

Siegel and the others walked along a path that could not be called a road.From his current position, Siegel could see the massive wreckage of the First Arrow.

Even though she is so dilapidated, Siegel can still imagine her once full of charm. A huge crack appeared in the middle of the huge battleship, almost splitting the entire battleship in two, and they could see the deck inside the battleship from there structure.The fine gold deck of the starship has long been dilapidated, and the decorations on it that were originally used to display majesty have disappeared. The hull is full of scars and holes.

Siegel and his team continued to move forward. They entered the lower deck of the "First Arrow" through the huge gap on the side of the hull. The entire lower deck was severely damaged, with broken bulkheads and twisted stairs. The compartments used to store goods are still intact, with thick adamantine doors firmly guarding the wealth within.

Father Mel knocked on the fine gold door with his finger, and said: "The entire ship should still have a part of its energy core in operation. The lock of this door is connected to the contemplator array on the bridge. Shall we go back to get the broken equipment or go to The bridge unlocks the gates through the Thinker Array?"

"Let's go to the bridge. I wanted to explore the entire starship as much as possible." Siegel would naturally choose to go to the upper deck.He needs to enter the bridge and even the captain's dome to find his family's original navigation code.

When everyone arrived at the connection point between the lower deck and the bridge, they came to the built-in airlock that separated the bridge and the deck area. A heavy breeze of air.

This shows that the entire bridge has not suffered much damage. Siegel led the team into the bridge. After closing the airlock, the air pressure of the entire bridge began to recover to a breathable level.

Siegel and some of the personnel took off their void suits. Although their ears were filled with the noise of the air circulation system, the air inside the bridge did not have any strange smell, and they moved forward along the passage.Through the portico windows of the bridge, the light of stars falls on the dark environment inside.

As before, the armed sailors began to install and arrange lighting. Due to the huge space of the large cruiser, the light provided by the luminous ball could not illuminate the entire space.

But it was enough for Siegel and the others to recognize the layout of the cabins on the bridge, but they saw some unexpected and reasonable sights on the bridge.

Siegel squatted in front of the body of an Eldar soldier. Judging from the attire, he should be an Eldar ranger, and the soul stone on his body was gone.In addition to the old corpses of the original crew members on the bridge, there are also a large number of slightly fresh corpses. These corpses belong to the Eldar and the Guardians of Mechanics.

When seeing these corpses, Siegel felt his heart sank. If it wasn't for his strong concentration, he might have rushed into the captain's dome to find out if the family's navigation scriptures were still there.

"The Eldar and the Mechanicus... It seems that someone has arrived first." Gloria and Siegel also squatted beside the corpse, and she carefully avoided the wounds caused by the firearms of the Mechanicus.

The radiation remaining on it can still cause harm to the human body.

"No, the warehouse under the ship has not been opened, maybe they didn't get what they wanted."

"But this battle was really tragic." Mel bent down and looked at the wounds on the body of the dead Eldar, "It seems that this ship has something that both the Eldar and the Mechanicus want, otherwise my colleagues would not want it." Hand to hand with other opponents."

"It would be foolish to stop here, keep going and see what's left inside."

Siegel stood up and directed the team to move on without changing his expression. He took out the metal box prepared in advance from his coat, and several syringes were quietly placed inside.

He took out one of the empty syringes and drew a tube of blood from his arm; then he injected the remaining full combat drug syringes into his body.

The process of the potion taking effect made him feel a little uncomfortable, and Remulle grabbed his arm without leaving a trace.

Volume 22 Siegel Foster: Chapter [-] The Assault Scorpion

One of the industries of the Foster family is pharmaceuticals, and his family is an important supplier of combat medicines for the Imperial military.

In the beginning, the family's production line was only common drugs such as "Fury", "Slaughter" and "Spurs".But as Father Mel joined their team, she provided the Foster family with several methods of making potions, involving various aspects.

The Foster family business began to grow because of Father Mel's skills, and Siegel vaguely felt that she was experiencing the feeling of a casting director through her own family.

Most of the drugs Siegel injected into himself just now are the best combat medicines produced by his family, which can improve his combat attributes in an all-round way within a period of time.After a short period of adaptation, he gently broke free from Remulle's support.

His concentration became more concentrated, his muscle strength and explosiveness began to increase, and his nerve reflexes became faster.The side effect of this is that I may have to rest for a long time after the battle.

But the distorted ripples in the shadow of the bridge that he hadn't noticed before, Siegel knew it was all worth it.

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They continued on, passing the dust-covered Hall of the Astropaths, past the corpses strewn across the bridge, and into the Captain's Dome of the First Arrow.It was a semi-circular room, and across the huge array of thinkers, they could see the captain's throne at the end of the room, and a shriveled corpse was sitting on the captain's throne.

A few luminous balls were simply arranged here, and the deep sea hunters continued to guard Siegel and the others. They came to the captain's throne, and the deep sea hunters spread out to guard against possible enemies.

They noticed the corpse of a tech-priest lying in front of the captain's throne, his body impaled by spears from top to bottom, crucified in front of the throne.

Father Mel began to check whether there were clues that could be recovered on the technical priest, while Siegel stood in front of the captain's throne, staring at the shriveled corpse. Identity, this is his great-grandfather.

He also has the same finger puller, but his one is technically a fake, it doesn't have the function of his great-grandfather's thumb puller, it only serves as a facade.He reached out and took off the finger trigger on the corpse, using a little more force, causing the corpse's thumb to be broken along with it.