Warhammer, Rogue Trader Notes

As for the Empire, both the Emperor's Great Crusade and the Angwen Expedition stopped in front of the Halo Nebula, and the Macharius Expedition sent a fleet to explore outside the Milky Way, and it also ended up in vain.

Those distant stars were artificially deemed worthless.

The reason for these things is actually very simple, because the empire is already fucking big enough.In the words of the game, the punishment for over-expansion of the empire is already high enough, and it would be good if the high lord council and the ruling class can understand the management of the million-level world at hand.

That's why it is necessary for a family of rogue traders like Foster to wander around the edge of the empire, slowly radiate the power of the empire, and then move back the treasures buried on the planets at the edge of the galaxy like a mouse.

Like an ordinary cell, it delivers nutrients to the weak giant of the empire, allowing him to maintain a sustainable state.

After handing over this thing, Siegel will do the job, and if you don't hand it over, Siegel will do it. It seems that it will feel better if you don't hand it over?

Siegel is very clear that making the empire better has never been a matter of pulling up how many planets. Even after the Great Rift unfolded and the empire suffered such heavy losses, he is still the first brother of the galaxy.His size determines that as long as the empire stabilizes its basic board, it can still fight against chaos.

After the Great Rift unfolds, this Navigation Codex will become very important. Wouldn't it be troublesome if you can't find it when you really need it after handing it over to the Imperial Ministry of the Interior?

Thinking of this, Siegel thought maybe it would be better for him to keep it?Or to the Mechanicum in exchange for their support?

Siegel looked at Father Mel beside him, and he asked, "How about selling this to Mechanics?"

Mel shook her head resolutely. She persuaded Siegel not to hand over the star map to the Mechanic Church: "Although the Mechanic Church's exploration fleet has returned less, it's not that they haven't returned. In fact, I know the star map held by the Mechanic Church. It is more than the empire. It’s just that I haven’t been promoted to a sage yet, and I haven’t had the opportunity to get in touch with those materials. After I become a sage, I can help you add more content to this star map. For example, the properties of the galaxy .”

"The Mechanicus is not very interested in pure star maps. Perhaps the explorers will be interested, but only a few. The only thing that determines each other's status within the Mechanicus is technology. What they are more interested in is the manufacture of this navigation original technology."

"But I know very well that the value of this star map will obviously be greater. Siegel, after I become a sage, I may also care more about the manufacturing process of this navigation original, because at that time, for me , technology is more important. So my suggestion at this stage, please take it seriously.”

Siegel understood what Mel meant, and she asked Siegel to hand over this navigation tome to her for research.

The thinking of Mechanics is different from that of ordinary people.Although they also have emotions and desires, the higher their status in the Mechanicus, the harder it is for them to consider others.The serious academic atmosphere at the top will make them more and more self-centered.

So when Father Mel can still consider Siegel, her opinion is undoubtedly pertinent.

Siegel looked at Cassia again and asked, "Do you have any ideas?"

Cassia shook her head, and she said in a somewhat ethereal voice: "I hope to keep it, it will make it easier for me to navigate in the subspace, and we can reach our destination faster."

The navigator family also has little interest in the star map. The star map can never threaten the status of the navigator family, because only through the navigator can the ship locate itself in the subspace and know that it is in the subspace. Which ocean current.

After asking several people again, Siegel finally made up his mind to keep it in his hands, so that he could be one step faster in the exploration of deep space. This is also the role this navigation original code once played in his family.

Then before starting the next voyage, he should pay more attention to the rumored treasures, maybe he will go back to Sintila and go to the family library to look through the logbooks to find possible wealth.

And the next thing is about the red data elements they got, Siegel handed over the stage to Mel.

They need to determine the approximate value of these original data. After all, the original navigation code is an investment for the future, so the value of the items found in the warehouse is very important.

"Um……"

Unexpectedly, Siegel saw a rare look of embarrassment on his technical consultant.

"What I can confirm is that these things are indeed valuable. Their internal data encoding is very special, and it is ternary. This is something I have never seen before. I am analyzing the content. I believe that the Church of Machinery Very interested in this stuff. In fact, I am also very interested in..."

"So you want to keep them?" Siegel helped Mel complete her words, "This will be very helpful for you to become a sage."

"Perhaps, you know that there has never been a definite answer to academic questions." Mel did not give Siegel a definite answer.

"This means that all of our income this time will be invested in the future." Siegel suddenly thanked the blood knight for saving him part of the cost, he nodded and continued: "I will take the money from the dynasty's treasury To make it up to everyone."

"I will also provide your dynasty with a new technology production line." Mel bowed towards Siegel gratefully.

Volume 29 Siegel Foster: Chapter [-] Technological Heresy

When the meeting was over, Siegel simply packed up his belongings and walked out of the captain's dome.The loss of personnel on the bridge was not large, and the officers, technical priests, and machine servants worked hard at their respective posts to maintain the normal operation of the ship.

All kinds of machine servants maintained the most basic decency on the bridge, and each officer had to take on more work, but at this time, no one cared so much.

Siegel walked on the bridge, passed the communication array and several room facilities, and came to Father Mel's research room. The servo skull outside observed Siegel for a while, then turned his head and opened the door of the research room.

He stepped in, and the research room was full of Mechanicist style, the light inside was dim, and various instruments and the stand light source on the servo skull acted as illumination.The gear-shaped Mechanicism logo, the array of ancient thinkers, the array of bird divination systems, the bookshelves on both sides are filled with volumes of literature, and a brain is placed in a transparent container filled with unknown liquid by the wall.There, Siegel noticed that there was a holographic projection of the entire ship on the other side of the wall, and Father Mel could monitor the ship's situation while researching.

Father Mel was looking down at their prize, the red data elements.She didn't wear the robes of the Mechanicum in the laboratory, but she kept the red holy vestment to cover her body. Most of her body is still organic, except for her two arms and her spine, oh maybe. has her blood.

Siegel looked at the blue coils above her shoulders, those were the devices taught by the Mechanic to be the lumen system.It is a perfect combination of biological energy and divine mechanical parts in their body.Through these embedded coils, she can use her own body to power the machine.The shield that protected Liz before was generated from the shield generator on her shoulder.

Servo appendages sprang from the spine behind her, matching her movements to survey the data element in her hand.

In fact, one thing was mentioned in the conversation with Mel today, that is, as time goes by, the organic matter in Mel's body may become less and less, and her right brain may be replaced with a sacred skull circuit, completely discarded Embrace logic instead of emotion.

Various parts of the body were replaced with Mechanicus implants, and the posture of the body began to become strange. The legs used to move became limbs imitating insects, carrying huge elixir jars and backpacks.

Of course, the Mechanicus does not have mandatory requirements for body transformation. These things may happen in the next ten years or decades. Compared with other people on board, Father Mel is truly "immortal".

However, Siegel feels that the matter of "immortality" is a bit too tiring. In this universe, dying may be a luxury, especially for his profession.However, when he returned to Sintila last time, he still accepted the services of a rejuvenation monk.Generally speaking, compared to flashlights and other equipment, the biochemical technology of the empire is indeed more advanced.

Of course, Siegel came to Mel not for this matter, he just felt that witnessing a "person" become like Kaur was also an experience.

But he has more important things today, which is about the data components they harvested this time. Siegel needs to confirm with Father Mel.

Although the Mechanicum controls most of the knowledge of the empire, it also holds the final interpretation of the empire's war machinery. Even if most people can't tell the positive and negative poles of the power supply, not everyone will be like this. Severe punishment is given to those who are controlled by the Cult and technical research that exceeds the Mechanic Creed, and these people are called technological heretics by the Mechanicus.

If it was originally a mechanical monk, all the mechanical implants in the body would be torn off, and the remaining organic parts would be made into slave labor to make up for the losses he caused.

Siegel came to Mel for this matter. Lars Forge World has a relatively tolerant attitude towards technology research, but it is not as unscrupulous as Huangquan No. [-] and Reza. After all, compared with those forge worlds, Lars Si's influence is too small.

"You come to me, Siegel."

"I'm just here to confirm with you how heretical this thing is." Siegel said straight to the point, "Do they have anything to do with subspace?"

Mel stared at Siegel. The servo appendages on her body picked up a data component and placed it in front of Siegel. She said seriously: "You can feel it yourself, Siegel. The good news is that it does have some The breath of the Warp, but not corrupted."

"The bad news is that Mars will definitely think that the technology on this is full of heresy. It is indeed completely different from the technology we have. Although I am sure it is human technology, it will take a lot of effort to pass the approval of the sages. .”

"Where is Lars?"

"I'm not sure, you are smarter than many people in the empire's ruling class, Siegel. The Mechanic Church has never been a whole, and neither is Lars. On those three planets, there are too many divisions within the Mechanic Church .The sages who hold the furnace each have a mind of their own."

Siegel understands what Mel means. The Mechanicus is not without technical reserves or technological innovations. The internal problems of the Mechanicus are also very complicated. Simply put, the Mechanicus is similar to the Empire internally. Although they are usually in the same pace externally, but The interior is very loose, and competition between various forces occurs from time to time. If you want to study this thing safely, it is best to rely on a big tree.

"Unfortunately, my mentor doesn't have much influence on Rath, he only controls a small forge."

"So you plan to come by yourself?"

"Yes."

Siegel stared at Mel seriously. He was considering the feasibility of this matter. He knew that the prospectors in the Mechanicus who were far away from the foundry world and the mechanical monks on duty in the industrial or hive planets could easily become a technological heretic.

Siegel is more open-minded about this, as long as he doesn't take refuge in Chaos, he really doesn't care about it.Dora Kaur itself is also a technical heretic, Huangquan No. [-] is the stronghold of the alien faction, and Ruiza is also not a bird of Mars.

But there is one thing he has to consider, after all, the above three typical forces can indeed be ignored.He has to consider how likely it is to cover up this matter...

[Maybe you can find a remote place on the star map? 】

He looked into Mel's eyes, and he suddenly realized that it was not the first day that the other party had this idea, so what stimulated her to choose to have a showdown with Siegel?

There was a flash of inspiration in Siegel's mind, and he suddenly realized that the deal between himself and the Blood Knight gave Mel confidence.

"You are really..." Siegel finally agreed to her request, and considered her own words: "You can try this, but I hope your research can be... shared with me. After all, I also Make sure it's actually safe."

"The god of all opportunities is above, deal!"

Volume 30 Siegel Foster: Chapter [-] The Return

Siegel was lying on his captain's throne obliquely, closing his eyes and meditating.Thanks to Juul's punch, he had to relax his mind in this slightly weird position.

The Golden Journey has arrived at the port of arrival, and Gloria is disbanding the bottom deck sailors who came back alive with them.Despite their proven nerves, Siegel dismissed the idea of ​​keeping them on board just to be on the safe side.

And throwing them in the port of roaming, Siegel was worried that the rumors would affect him. In contrast, the port of arrival would be much better.By the time the rumors of his actions spread to the empire, those stories had become distorted in the word of mouth of the bottom sailors.

Every Rogue Trader Dynasty has a lot of rumors of heresy, and the Inquisition Court habitually turns a blind eye to these things.Strictly speaking, it's normal to find a Dark Elf, Elven Ranger, Greenskin, Kroot, or even a Tau on a Rogue Trader's ship, as long as they don't overdo it, most of the time they like it.

Only the matter of chaos is a strict red line, but outside the territory of the empire, there are also shadows of rogue traders behind the smuggling of heretical items.This method of making quick profits has become the main means for the small-scale rogue dynasty to obtain profits.

Speaking of this, Siegel suddenly remembered that there were more than a dozen soul stones of the Ark Elf in his warehouse.He originally planned to give these soul stones to Varadamu in exchange for some money at the port of arrival.At least earn out the maintenance costs of the Golden Voyage.

However, he was indeed a little tired. Compared with the depths of the expansion area, the port of arrival and the large passageway were much more reassuring. Siegel breathed lazily.It seems that he can only deal with these things when he roams the port. While waiting for Gloria to complete the recruitment of new sailors, he is thinking wildly. It is estimated that it will take 2 days to complete the minimum recruitment of sailors. I plan to leave my ship. After all, it is really meaningless to enter the depths of the port of arrival in such an embarrassing state. When the time comes, I will have to explain what I have experienced to the people I know.

After the completion of this trip, 805.M41 has already passed halfway.The ship is currently damaged and conservatively speaking, it will stay in the dock for 4 months.

Siegel was considering whether to return to Sintila and wait for the ship to be repaired in the family, or to simply drive other ships and simply run around the Calixis sector twice.

His fingers ran back and forth on the wrench that had been passed down in his family.

Maybe I should find a steward on the ship to help me complete the work of buying and selling goods and intelligence investigation, Siegel thought so.Immediately, his consciousness became heavier and heavier, and finally he fell into a deep sleep.

-

Wandering Harbor, Golden Chamber.

The Golden Chamber is a huge hall with colonnades, which serves as the prelude to the procession to Phnom Penh.Here, a portrait of St. Drews is painted on the ceiling, and merchants and money changers conduct transactions under the gaze of Drews.Calisi

The Colleen family, a financial tycoon in the Star District, also has business here.

Siegel and Victoria walked on the Brass Avenue. The blond navy beauty wore a beautiful long skirt instead of a navy uniform today, and her brilliant blond hair was coiled behind her head.

She gently took Siegel's arm, and the two were heading to the location of the Colleen family.

"I saw the damage to the Golden Journey, and I never thought you would meet Eldar pirates." Most people in the empire couldn't tell the difference between the Eldar, so the Eldar of different forces would often suffer unreasonable disasters because of the actions of their cousins .

But for the Imperial Navy and Rogue Traders, they probably can tell the difference clearly.But being able to distinguish clearly does not prevent them from firing when they see them.

"Yeah, a light cruiser is so difficult to deal with, and the Eldar has always been a strong opponent." Siegel shrunk his record to ensure that the opponent would not notice that he had received some "foreign aid".

"So what's the harvest this time?"

"In general, it's acceptable, but most of it is the private property of the Foster family, and there is no way to realize it." Siegel wanted Victoria to show the wrench on his right thumb, "So I will compensate you with the throne coin." .”

The value of the Throne Coin is considerable, and it can be circulated within the empire for interstellar trade.And inside the planet, it often has its own currency system.Bartering or using bullets as a general equivalent was also common in remote areas.

Siegel handed over the 30 throne coins left over from the last time to Victoria to thank her for providing him with this news.In terms of harvest, this news is indeed worth these throne coins.

"This is why I am willing to find you, Siegel, you are always so caring." Victoria whispered softly in Siegel's ear.

Siegel was not moved by the beauty, although he really enjoyed it, but the roses beside him were indeed particularly prickly.

He doesn't know what the truth of the matter is, but he can roughly guess some.Due to some accidents, Captain Frank had to rely on the news of the location of the "First Arrow" to make a comeback.

But at that time, all the forces in Port Roaming were waiting for Frank to go bankrupt, and they could obtain information about the ship from him at a small price.

And Frank also realized that he needed to find a force to help him realize the news while ensuring his personal safety.Obviously, he chose the Imperial Navy.

He sought out Victoria, hoping that she would shield him with naval power and find a suitable buyer for his message.

She obliged, and she put Frank in a Navy cell, promising to find him a buyer.By the time Siegel reappeared in Port Roaming, a long time had passed. Frank was sluggish in the cell, tortured by the closed space and almost lost his mind.

That's why he agreed to sail with Siegel and then backed out.He realized that it was extremely dangerous for him to enter Siegel's ship, and Siegel could easily get rid of him as a burden. He instinctively chose to continue to rely on the Imperial Navy.

And this choice ultimately cost him his life.

That's the way the Empire is, the fact that various departments have their allegiance to the Empire and the Emperor can be tested, but that doesn't in the least hinder the fact that there are people or things in them that are so valuable.

The huge size of the empire allows the personnel in these departments to have terrifying power, and these powers are overwhelming to ordinary people, making them completely powerless to resist.

Volume 31 Siegel Foster: Chapter [-] Theater Company

Roaming Port, Phnom Penh Tour.

When Siegel and Victoria leave the office of the Colleen family, they will enter the main part of the Phnom Penh Tour through the Golden Conference Hall.This is the maze-like trading place on Port Wandering, which spreads in a curved arc for nearly a kilometer, winding through long-disused warehouses, corridors filled with burning spices and intoxicating aromas , spanning several layers.

The heavily armed officers of the legal department barely maintain the basic order here. People can exchange and buy exotic goods from here, or simply be killed by the thief's sharp knife.

Thousands of merchants live in shacks along this arc, competing for space with other peddlers hawking their wares.If one is rich enough and knows where to go, one can buy almost anything.

And Siegel and Victoria will step into the largest open space in the Phnom Penh tour-the death patio.It is located in the center of Phnom Penh Cruise, an area with a diameter of about 300m.This is perhaps the most egalitarian and relaxed place in all of Port Wandering, a street where great rogues and crazy pilgrims can crack crude jokes.

Its name comes from its metal dome. The heads of many rogue traders are carved on the metal ceiling and covered with gold leaf. The rogue traders on this are all obedient to their true desires after crossing the giant mouth into the expansion area, and eventually disappeared. message person.

Here Siegel and Victoria relax and hang out, and the streets of Death's Patio are lined with peddlers of spiced food and exotic beverages of all kinds.

The atmosphere in the entire death well is warm and cheerful, because Port Wandering had a rare holiday last week, and the comet came.

When a comet visits the Port of Wandering, the ice layer above her has not been stripped by the radiation of the star. Various comet miner families choose to gather at the port for a friendly competition to see which family can mine from the comet. To the most ice, a celebratory feast is inevitable after days of hard work.

After the Mechano-Adepts have stripped the isotopes, heavy water, and liquid ozone from it, the remaining liquid water is distributed as extra water to everyone in Port Wandering.

This is undoubtedly something worth celebrating, as the "pure" Steiger milk and various synthetic juices peddled at the booth will also enthusiastically add some ice cubes for customers to enrich the taste of the drink.

Although the so-called "pure" Steig animal milk, Siegel and Victoria, can be identified as Yarek at a glance and identified as fake, but this does not prevent them from buying a copy to find some topics for each other.

Continuing deeper into the Death Court, shops began to replace the various stalls where the non-literate could find letter writers.The shops where the screams are heard are usually clinics that sell various artificial implants.In the empire, it is not uncommon to use artificial implants to transform oneself. In other words, in the "civilized world" of the empire, people who have not undergone prosthetic transformation are a minority.

Even Siegel had to install a mechanical left hand on himself, but for the bottom, this is more like a "fashionable" ethos. Father Mel once commented on the artificial implants in those underground clinics. He admired the citizens of the empire who began to recognize the way of mechanics, and at the same time lamented the rough craftsmanship of these implants, just like simply screwing a large screw on the human skull.