Warhammer, Rogue Trader Notes

Rogue traders sometimes come into contact with Astartes, as does Siegel. He transported some Astartes monks and their equipment in some operations in his early years. Those are two battle groups that he has never heard of. , and have no connection with them.

He has grown up to this day, and his contact with the Astartes is really limited.But for the sake of his own safety, Siegel still clearly realizes that he should avoid contact with the battle groups belonging to the Dark Angels or Blood Angels as much as possible.

That's something that can really kill people...

Apparently, it was a Blood Angels sub-order that arrived to the rescue.Siegel may be able to survive this battle safely, but his troubles have just begun...

Remember the trolley problem?He was now facing a trolley problem. Logically speaking, a battle of this intensity would not cause the Blood Angels to trigger blood thirst or black rage.

However, the Blood Angels group that came here is probably not so normal.

Siegel pointed at the strike cruiser displayed on the thinker array in front of him, and the scanner displayed the battle group logo on the strike cruiser.

There is a drop of red holy blood on the white coat of arms, and behind the coat of arms are two crossed black long swords.

Blood Knight...

If the Flesh Tearers were a mirror, a reflection of the horrors that the Sons of Sanguinius might become in the future.Then the Blood Knights have to go a step further. They are more addicted to blood thirst and black rage than the Flesh Tearers. Every battle will be accompanied by the massacre of a large number of imperial people.

The horrific atrocities made them listed as a traitor battle group by the High Lords Council of Terra, but they still went their own way and did not defect to Chaos. Perish in a legendary battle.

In deep space, Siegel didn't care about being interrogated by the court after being rescued by the blood knight, but he had to consider who on board would bear the "blood thirst" of the blood knights.

Siegel desperately mobilized his mind, which had become rigid due to the side effects of the drug, to decide who was going to die on this ship.There was a tremor on the deck at the bottom of the feet, it should be that the Astartes landing craft entered the interior of the cruiser.

"Gloretia, call back all the officers and deep-sea hunters you can find, strengthen the defense of the bridge area, and lock me the navigation spire and the room of the astropathic choir! Mel, let your priests also come Bridge area, and unlock all rooms in the sailors' quarters on the lower deck. Remulle, I need the loudspeakers on board to play the Emperor's hymn all the time! If you don't want to die, do it!"

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The screams of the Eldar and humans, accompanied by Astartes' battle cry and the chants of the state religion, echoed between the decks of the Golden Journey, and they were also crazily washing Siegel's nerves. His brain was like Like an explosion, various images kept flashing back in my mind, all of which were images of fighting and death in the cabin.

Siegel continued to manipulate the ship without changing his face, resisting the attack of the Eldar ship.His right hand clenched tightly, his nails dug into the flesh, hoping to use the pain in other places to suppress the pain in his mind.

The blood slowly dripped down the hilt along the lines of the palm, and continued down along the line of the long sword...

Siegel knows that he can face subspace demons or all kinds of chaotic creations, but if he shakes, he is really not far from falling...

Remulle stood behind him, singing the hymn of the state religion, trying to ease Siegel's pain, maybe after ten minutes, maybe a few hours, the Eldar battleship finally gave up its plan to continue the attack , leaving a large number of corpses of Eldar warriors, and left the galaxy.

Even in the captain's dome, Siegel could still smell the bloody smell in the ship, and those who survived the bridge had no idea what they were avoiding.

Siegel forced himself to sit upright on the captain's throne, with an uncoordinated uprightness.He couldn't show any weakness at this time, and he began to deploy the ship for the next operation, preparing to go to the Mandeville point of the galaxy and leave here.

If it was another chapter, they might have expressed their thanks over the communicator.For the Blood Knight, it would be a good choice for them to separate.

Siegel can already foresee that his crew may be running out. No matter what he wants to do next, he must replenish the crew and find a way to restore the morale of the crew.

"Captain! The representative of Astartes is here." Gloria's voice came from the communication beads in his ear, which made Siegel feel a little bad. If the other party didn't leave here, but planned to negotiate Explain that they need to provide something themselves.

Three Adeptus Astartes in crimson and silver power armor stepped onto the bridge, armed with chainswords and bolters, leaving huge bloody footprints with every step.

Without exception, blood was splattered wantonly on their armor, especially on the helmets and neck guards.

The giant-like height of the Astartes brought an unparalleled sense of oppression, and the stories circulating in the star sea added a lot of legend to them. Eyes fixed on them.

The main personnel of the Siegel family just silently watched these giants walk into the captain's dome. Judging from Siegel's adjustments after these Astartes monks boarded the ship, it shows that he understands the origin of these giants of.

What made Siegel so wary of these angels of death?

Volume 26 Siegel Foster: Chapter [-] Juul

Siegel watched the leading Astartes cultivator walk in front of him. He could vaguely hear the sound of the system running in the other party's power armor, maybe it was the other party's breathing.

Siegel wasn't sure, he wasn't standing up, and he seriously doubted that his leg muscles could handle the pressure right now.He just tried to control his emotions and eyes. Although he didn't care about contacting the blood knights, he was sure that if they found out that they knew the "little secret" of the Blood Angels, everyone who was here would probably die. no.

The giant in power armor lowered his head and looked at Siegel, and a somewhat distorted voice came from the loudspeaker in his helmet.

"You know us." The person who came was Jule, the leader of the Blood Knights. Hundreds of years of age allowed him to see a little thought of the man in front of him during the battle. Take that "gift".

In fact, before arriving, the entire regiment of Adeptus Astartes was suffering from blood thirst.So when the think tank received the astronomical communication, they hurried here, and the blood of aliens and sailors relieved the monks of the battle group...

Therefore, he did not leave after the battle, but wanted to see the captain of the ship.

Siegel looked at each other without fear: "Yes, Blood Knights, you are..."

"I'm Juul, the Chapter Leader of the Blood Knight, so you know about us." Siegel seemed to hear the swallowing sound in his mouth, and he hid his right hand behind his back without leaving a trace.

"Are you referring to the matter of you wandering around the Jericho star area and the Kronos expansion area? Or is it the matter of you being listed as traitors by the high lord council? I know both of these things."

"Bang..." The huge iron fist brushed against Siegel's cheek and hit his captain's throne, and most of the backrest was crushed by the huge force.

The entire captain's dome was suddenly tense, and the members of the Dynasty took up weapons and aimed at the three Astartes. Siegel had to take out his right hand again, signaling the members of the Dynasty not to act rashly.

"We are not traitors..." Jul snapped, "We are doing the Emperor's will."

Of course, Siegel would not talk to him at this time about those innocent people who died under his hands. In essence, they just took a fancy to the Emperor and Sanguinius. He just tried to soften his eyes as much as possible, and looked rationally at Jules.

Because in this fucking world, no one has a choice...

"I'm just expounding on the fact that you are listed as 'traitors' by the High Lords Council. Rogue traders wander in deep space. We will see with our own eyes and hear with our own ears. We tolerate them in the empire just like you. The bottom line hovers around."

"Captain Juul, even on my ship, you can kill me easily, and you can look down on me with the eyes of a mortal. But I hope you accept my kindness, in the void, in the Emperor Star Under the light of the torch, I look at the world fanatically and rationally."

"In this icy universe, there is only one kind of heroism, which is to recognize the truth of the empire and then still love it."

"I don't know the reason why you came to me, maybe you want to kill me, maybe you want to take all the people here. But I think it is still useful to the emperor, so I will not accept any changes in the trajectory of my life But as long as you are like this, like what you did in the Jericho sector. If you don't betray the emperor, I will reach out to you and provide you with a little help from mortals."

Siegel stretched out his right hand to Jules. He knew that what the Blood Knights did would be futile, and the ending of the Blood Angels who succumbed to blood thirst and black anger was destined to be tragic.But he has to try his best to make his tone as convincing as possible. All he says is the truth, and only when he can convince himself of his own reasons can he convince others.

But Siegel didn't expect Jules to accept his kindness at all. His purpose was simply to send the Buddha away.The emperor's lungs, he really didn't want to die in the sea of ​​stars like this, or become a servant of the warband.

To borrow a famous quote from some heretic, he had too much to do and no time to die. (Note)

Jules looked at the mortal captain in front of him, into his eyes, eyes too complex for even a Chapter Master his age to fully decipher.But looking at him stretching out his right hand, Jules felt that his nerves tortured by blood thirst seemed to have some relief. He said to Siegel:

"You should know that if I held your hand, maybe it would be easier for you to die in my hands."

"If I could do something more, I would rather go to the stake." As soon as Siegel finished speaking, his hand was held by the Astartes in front of him.

"Then protect yourself, don't die." Jules let go of his hand, turned around and led the two Astartes monks away, and stopped in front of the door of the captain's dome. He looked back Looking at Siegel, he said: "The Foster family, right? I remember that the Blood Knight owes you a debt of honor, and we will pay it back."

After he finished speaking, he went out.

"One year later, in the Winters galaxy, there will be an abandoned space station in the orbit of the Winters 3 planet, and I will provide you with some 'help' there."

Siegel wasn't sure if Jules heard his words, he just leaned on his captain's throne with relief, but almost

A little because of the dangling backrest flashed to his waist.

The reason why he chose to help the blood knight is very simple. Unless Siegel can solve the problem of blood thirst, the blood knights are destined to die in the battle of Barr.Siegel hopes that with his help, more blood knights can die in Barr, not at the edge of the galaxy.

Going back to this expedition, if we look at the property of the entire Foster family, this deep space expedition is undoubtedly a success, taking back the family's original navigation code and the ring representing the family patriarch.But the thrill of this expedition was a bit too serious. He really didn't expect to involve the prophecies of an Eldar prophet.

He really wanted to see the contents of the original navigation text, but with the current order in the ship, Siegel decided to wait until the order was basically restored.

He needed to count how many lower deck sailors the Blood Knights had killed.

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On the return flight of the Blood Knight, all Astartes monks sat in their seats without saying a word.The leader of the battle group leader Juul took off his helmet. His face had turned sallow yellow due to his obsession with blood thirst, and his lips could no longer hide his sharp fangs. He and the members of the battle group were all facing A bloodthirsty monster changes direction.

Jul knew there was no turning back for himself and the Chapter, and he wanted nothing more than to end the Chapter's history in a legendary battle...

He looked at the blood on the armor of his right hand, and slowly stretched out his tongue to lick the blood away...

"So it tastes like this..."

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Note: Fan Dier's last words before his death in the age of apostasy: "I'm too busy to die."

The Blood Knights are a very small regiment. Let me briefly introduce them. They discovered the problem of blood thirst and black rage after they established their army. They finally succumbed to these two curses, which made their battles very indiscriminate. .

Ultimately labeled as "traitors" even though they themselves don't think so.

During the Battle of Baal, they and the Flesh Tearers were stationed in Baweiyi. After the fall of Baweiyi, all members of the Blood Knights came to the rear, allowing the other blood angels to flee back to the main planet Baal.

Final extermination.

Volume 27 Siegel Foster: Chapter [-] Navigating the Codex

subspace.

The Golden Journey has entered the subspace, and is moving towards the port of arrival along the ocean current of the subspace.

After the battle, they went to the nearest galaxy for a simple rest.After a brief rest in morale, they had no choice but to give up the next possible itinerary and head towards the territory of the Human Empire.The Golden Journey, which has been ravaged by the spirit pirates and blood knights, is currently extremely fragile.

From the outside, the damage to the hull structure has only been repaired briefly, the adamantine armor plate is torn, and there are scorching marks left by the Eldar's spears everywhere.

The internal losses were even greater. Even after nearly two weeks, the smell of blood inside the ship was still extremely strong.The sailor team that used to be tens of thousands of people is now less than 5000, and most of them have been frightened stupid by the blood knight's brutal behavior.

In addition to being killed by the blood knight, they also took away some people...

Afterwards, Siegel was indeed a little headache by the blood knight's behavior of "eating and taking".However, as Father Mel led the technical priests to "recover" some of the population and "restart" the sailors who had become stupid, the ship could finally move forward again.

The remaining low-level officers and armed sailors patrolled the bottom of the ship with weapons, monitoring the ship's possible warp influence. The ship is now severely understaffed and full of holes.

Except for the arsenal at a more critical location, the other arsenals and warehouses were welded to death, and they were unsealed in the shipyard when they returned to the empire's territory.

Anyway, the ship must be overhauled, and Siegel doesn't care about the extra maintenance costs.

Siegel originally wanted to find a world where he could replenish sailors. The nearest place where sailors could be replenished was a war world called "Seldon's Folly".It might not take long to recruit tens of thousands of sailors from there to cause a rebellion, and Siegel finally gave up on the idea...

At present, the main personnel of the Foster dynasty are gathered around the huge array of thinkers in the center of the captain's dome, and they are waiting for Siegel to share the gains of this operation with them.

Now that he has obtained the original navigation code of his own family, there is no need to keep it secret.What's more, if you want this thing to work, the main members of the dynasty will definitely know about it.For the rest of the Dynasty, given the number of people on board, Siegel only needs to pay a small amount of money to meet their needs.

Among the sailors on this ship who did not become servants, a large part of them will not appear on the next voyage.Siegel will put them in the port of landing, and then return to the roaming port to recruit some sailors again.

Siegel has already connected the navigation scriptures to the contemplative array, and the next thing needs to be done by Priest Mel, and everyone is here waiting for Priest Mel to complete the connection between the contemplative array and the ancient technological products.

Finally, Mel finished reading the relevant data, and the holographic projection on the thinker array began to have new changes.

The green projection kept flickering, and Siegel stared intently at the things on the holographic projection. When the data reading was completed, the holographic image projected the data stored in the original navigation code.

"The emperor's lungs..." Siegel opened his eyes wide. Even Father Mel, who was the most knowledgeable on the ship, was shocked by the grand holographic projection in front of him.

Both she and Siegel guessed that the star map in the Foster family's original navigation book must be very important, especially when she saw that it was a product of ancient technology, she was even more sure of this, but she still Shocked by the sight in front of him.

Dense stars appeared in front of their eyes, the number of which was so large that everyone present needed to look up. The galaxy represented by each star was covered by a wide line symbolizing the subspace tide, and the tide line changed continuously with time. This is used to describe the change of the subspace tide, so that the navigator can easily determine the jump location and time window.

Some specific galaxies are directly connected by lines, which means that there are stable warp passages between them.

The star map is irregular, and there is no way for people to identify the position it represents in the first place.

She quickly realized that the navigation tome in front of her was a literal item, and every galaxy marked on it really existed.

The star map of the empire was revised by the clerks. The empire has millions of planets in the galaxy, and these planets are distributed among billions of galaxies.

Those systems that had no significance to the Imperium were eventually erased from the charts to simplify the charts for use.Although their stars still shine brightly in the universe, these galaxies may only be visited by sporadic people over thousands of years.

All the galaxies are marked in this navigation tome, but this does not mean that this navigation tome is as meaningless as those barren galaxies. Even in the solar star field at the core of the empire, it is also possible to find an unknown girl world , not to mention the fringes of these empires, where there must be undiscovered wealth hidden in it.

What's more, a stable subspace channel can bring enough wealth.

Mel began to control the thinker array, calling out the star map of the hazy star field for comparison.

"Well... this is the Eye of Terror. It includes the entire Obscure Starfield, so this side should be the Limit Starfield, but I didn't see the Great Whirlpool, nor did I see Mars, so this star map is not complete The star map of the Milky Way." Priest Mel woke up everyone who was still in shock, and she began to use her knowledge to introduce the situation of the star map. "But this number and level of detail are exaggerated enough. There are even some galaxies on the edge of the Milky Way. Is there a halo of stars there? This is the first time I have seen a complete star map there. At least the things on this navigation guidebook make people It just feels complete."

"Where is the location of the expansion?" Siegel asked.

"It should be here. This should be the furious galaxy where the port of arrival is located, and this line is the giant mouth channel. There are two subspace vortexes on both sides, but I can see the tide that can be driven in and out." Cassia said as The navigator pointed out the location to Siegel.

"Wait a minute, I'll integrate it with the star map we currently have." Mel began to replace the content on the star map with more familiar names for everyone present, which allows them to better read and understand Understand this chart.

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The scope of the star map is roughly from Cartier to Barra, and a straight line divides the dark side of the empire into two.

Volume 28 Siegel Foster: Chapter [-] Star Map

After the initial excitement, Siegel quickly understood that this thing is both priceless and tasteless.The Foster family has indeed made a huge fortune through this, as can be seen from the first arrow.

The largest battleship that a Rogue Trader family can drive is a large cruiser. As for the battleship, it is indeed the exclusive item of the Imperial Navy and Mechanicum.

Moreover, if you drive a battleship to run a business, the profit of this route must be considerable to pay back the cost.

There is no doubt that there are countless wealth in this star map.But even if they eliminated all the galaxies currently known to the empire, including those that were determined to be barren, the remaining star systems on this star map were also an astronomical number.

And it is obviously unrealistic to find out whether there are treasures in them one by one.

It is also unrealistic to sell it to the Empire. Most of the galaxies worth exploring are on the edge of the Milky Way, and some of them may already be outside the Milky Way.