Warhammer, Rogue Trader Notes

"Fake is fake, why lie to yourself. I thought you would have general anesthesia."

"It's just a minor operation, and I quite enjoy the time alone with you. Speaking of which, I actually thought you were a follower of the Pure Body sect at the earliest time." This is a radical faction unique to the State Church against the Mechanicus. Their catchphrase is "Flesh is strong", and they would plant hatred for the Mechanicum among the populace of the Imperium.

Rath's Council of Dragonlords had taken the Mechanicus-specific crackdown on this radical faction, but with little success, and they later referred the plea for suppression to the Inquisition of Calixis.

After verification, the trial court did not choose to suppress according to the requirements of Mechanicus, but downgraded it to surveillance.After verification, the Tribunal was very satisfied with the pure faith of these pure body parties to the Emperor, especially the internal Purists greatly appreciated it, and believed that this was an important means of restricting the Mechanicus in the Calixis star area.

"Of course not, they are too radical." Of course, Siegel would not be such an organization of the radical faction of the state religion. From his standpoint, there is no possibility of breaking up with the Mechanicus as a whole. "I just, can't bear it."

"This kind of thinking is actually unnecessary. Flesh and blood are weak, and the machine will last forever." Mel is comparing the size of Siegel's right hand, and calculates the weight through scanning, "The flesh and blood obtained from the parents are not Not exactly a gift."

"Mutations, genetic diseases and other factors affect the efficiency of flesh and blood. Although I cherish this skin as much as you do, if necessary, I will not hesitate to abandon it."

"You also said, if there is a need." Siegel caught the loophole in Mel's mouth, "I don't have as many needs as a technical monk."

"Hiss..." Siegel took a sharp breath.

"Well...it seems that you still need it." Mel looked at Siegel's reaction with satisfaction, "Speaking of which, the previous robot arm didn't have any extra functions due to lack of space, do you have any ideas for your new arm? "

"Well..." Siegel and Mel joked: "Do you want to install a hidden plasma launcher inside, preferably a torrent type."

The empire's connected weapons require a lot of space due to the energy supply device. He may need to lose some body tissue, such as implanting the energy coil of the Mechanicus in his body like Mel.

"I thought you weren't going to use plasma weapons recently." Mel gave Siegel a blank look, and then she used the data panel to project some heretical-looking creations and showed them to Siegel.

"This is probably the 'product technology' I can provide you at the moment. You have seen the prosthetic implants on those nuns. This is a more advanced version of those prosthetics." Mel introduced her prosthetics to Siegel. Product: "Compared to the previous mechanical components, its coded structure and materials are all derived from the integration of technologies I have collected from various relics over the years."

"The Mibo-type MK11 mechanical arm has two built-in generators for decomposition and protection. Due to the two generators and energy supply devices, the remaining space is not enough to add weapons that meet its theoretical application scenarios, unless you plan to Keep one thing so that you can return to the God of Myriad Chances at any time. So I found another way to get something else."

An arm beneath a servo-skull pulled out a small object about a few cubic centimeters.

"It's a pointer-cum-signal generator that emits a special pointing laser that's even outside the Astartes' visual spectrum."

"What is this thing for?"

"Its material comes from the golden ship, and it will accurately feed back the coordinate points you indicated to the machine soul of the golden ship. What do you think it is used for?"

"..."

"As for the arm itself. You can use this thing as a small power punch. However, compared with power punches that are tens of centimeters or larger, normal human-sized prosthetics can provide limited strength, but In the case of the same size and structure, I can guarantee that it must be the best."

"It is estimated that the strength can allow you to crush an Eldar war mask." Mel said meaningfully. She noticed that Siegel liked to attack the position of the Eldar war mask, but she still didn't know why.

"When the decomposition stand is closed, you can use it as a normal arm to use weapons or tools, and there are additional micro-tools inside the fingers. Of course, you can also choose to open the defense stand for protection in the face of powerful enemies." The mechanical arm controlled by Mel through some means made various gestures smoothly in front of Siegel.

Siegel also noticed the red light flowing in the structure under the armor plate of the mechanical arm, which did look like what Mel said, and she used those strange technologies in it.

"You seem to have come a long way with this new technology," Siegel said thoughtfully.

"Of course." Mentioning the new technology, Mel's words flowed out of his mouth uncontrollably: "As I said before, the alien plasma beams emitted by entropic disintegrators can theoretically tear apart any armor and structure. , I began to try to miniaturize this weapon, and even adapt it to close combat."

"Then I quickly discovered the problem. When this weapon is used as a vehicle weapon, it can use protective measures to resist the radiation caused by the alien plasma beam, but for individual weapons, ordinary flesh and blood cannot withstand such radiation. "

"When supplying energy, you can use materials or other devices to avoid the impact and dissipation of radiation, just like the prosthetic limbs of you and the battle nuns. But as a weapon, this material will definitely produce a kind of radiation outward."

"So you stopped research?" Siegel asked.

"No, I'm going to give these weapons to my cathars, servants and intelligent control robots."

"When did you have the guardian army and the intelligent control robot?"

"We can have it in the future."

Volume [-] Pearl of Fear: Chapter [-] Valpolius

In order to ensure that Siegel's mechanical prosthesis can meet his combat needs, it took about a month for the prosthesis to be designed, installed, and then adjusted.

When Siegel reappeared in the captain's dome and sat on the captain's throne to command the entire fleet, the part from his left forearm to his left hand was replaced with a mechanical prosthesis. The black metal shell was the same as the prosthetics of the nuns There are red lumen lights blinking.

He was looking down at the magnificent view of deep space through the observation window of the captain's dome.

[Through the paths of Winterfin, where the ghosts of the lost and the damned shriek, and the distant kin of men cheer!This is the land of the heathen. 】

This is the "Pagan Stars", which is the area where Jon Kunthor often haunts.This is a sub-region of ancient stars burning dimly, and its worlds have been inhabited since long ago.

The humans and communities that inhabit the Heretic stars have long been separated from the main body of humanity.These societies are ignorant of the Divine Light of the Emperor, and in some strange cultures there are even strange technologies from humanity's lost past.It is possible that these scattered human territories are the remnants of one or more long-gone great empires, which left these fragmented enclaves like the remains of a low tide.

This is where many pilgrims and missionaries would choose this place as their destination for entering the Expansion. Incorporating the heretical stars into the Emperor's belief system is a worthwhile adventure, both public and private.

And Siegel's fleet also passed through the Winterscale Kingdom and came here.The node planets on the star map of the Spirit Race are located in this area. There are many node planets on the star map. The route chosen by each rogue trader may be different, but everyone is not sure how many node planets they want to activate. The specific location of the Dread Pearl can only be obtained from the clan ruins.

At this moment, the dynasty's fleet is stopping at the first node planet they found, Vapolius.Siegel's fleet is scanning Valpolius in orbit.

He has never been to Vapolius, although stories about Vapolius can be heard occasionally from some captains and adventurers in the expanded area, but this is indeed the first time he has come here.

As rumored, Vapolius is a huge desert planet.Plates of land are separated by mountains that span the continent, dry basins filled with dust and sand, and a sprinkling of the Dead Sea.

From the perspective of the planetary environment, the water resources and environmental resources provided by these Dead Seas may be very limited.

Like Kwapa-12, the members preparing to go to the surface of the planet gathered on the Golden Ship again, and Mel was directing his mechanical priests to sort out and analyze the data.

"Wapolius is a planet of the pagan stars, and there are signs of human life on it, and it is very conspicuous." Mel introduced the specific situation of the planet to other dynasty members.

Siegel is looking at this mysterious planet through the observation window of the ship. Indeed, as Mel said, the human settlements on this planet are very conspicuous, because the outer walls of the towns and some buildings in these human settlements , are made of glass.These glass walls reflect the light of the planet's stars, allowing these human settlements to remain visible from orbit.

He remembered that the ruler here seemed to be called the Priest King or the Master of Ceremonies, and there seemed to be some problems in order to maintain his rule.

"Have you found the location of the nodes of the Spirit Race?" Siegel couldn't remember such trivial things for a while, and he asked the bird divination officer about the specific situation of the exploration nodes of the Spirit Race.

"The data signal on the planet has already been analyzed, please wait a moment." The officer of the Dynasty is operating the thinker circuit, and the scanner is looking for content about the Eldar on the planet. "Judging from the data feedback, the buildings of the Eldar Built in the mountains, we need to climb the mountain in the middle of the mainland to find the location of the Spirit Race Temple."

The holographic image on the cogitator array shows where the most responsive Eldar buildings are. They are all arranged in the mountains across the center of the continent without exception. A difficult thing.

They may need to be here for a while.

The ship began to prepare for a new round of orbital landing. Since it was a desert world, Siegel's team prepared a certain amount of extra supplies.

Judging from the vast desert and calm atmosphere, landing on this planet should not be too difficult.It seems that there is no other dynasty to compete with him in deep space exploration. This time, he handed over the landing work to an ordinary driver.

The orbital fleet is commanded by Jean Barr. She seems very unsuited to the climate of the desert planet and refused the request to go to the surface together.

And Cassia walked out of the navigation spire after a long absence, ready to go to the ground with the dynasty team, because the navigator's ability can better identify the location of the dread pearl.

For various reasons, Siegel and the others did not try to parachute directly into the mountains, but chose to land outside a city of the locals, and planned to hire a guide to lead them to these node buildings.

Siegel and the others finally boarded a Valkyrie transport plane and flew from the spacecraft towards the surface of the planet. It was as safe as expected to travel through the atmosphere and above the planet.

On Valpolius, it is not difficult to find human settlements. Those huge glass cities that reflect sunlight during the day are very obvious geographical landmarks. The location of human cities can be found by simple heat source detection and visual search. .

The Valkyrie flew slowly towards the location of the cities, the glass cities scattered like scattered jewels in the desert of Vapolius.Each glass city is separated by hundreds to thousands of kilometers, passing through the plains and hills covered with deserts, and the old tracks and traces of caravans connect these cities together.

Viewed from above, these cities, of grand vision and epic design, are mostly self-sufficient, organized around the great holy well at their centre.Each area has different functions according to the needs of urban functions.

Given the anti-aircraft weapons that the locals may have, the Valkyrie didn't fly over the city.They chose to land in a relatively safe location outside the city.

It is indeed relatively safe, when Valkyrie adjusted the vector engine to prepare to land on the desert surface.The huge air currents caused by the aircraft blow away the dust on the surface, and surprisingly, the fluffy sand begins to collapse, revealing the creatures hidden under the dust.

In the beginning, Siegel discovered from the auspicious instrument that there were some abnormal creatures below, and he saw what it was through the porthole on the side of Valkyrie.

The creature's size is about half that of a human, and its outer skin is not much different from the color of the desert itself. It has a large number of manes for sensing the vibrations in the desert. The bright red muscles guide the cylindrical mouth to move back and forth. There is no obvious difference between the upper and lower jaws in its mouth, and there are layers of inwardly curved fangs growing inside. Its other weapon is the powerful limbs with sharp claws.

Siegel recognized this creature, or many people in the expanded area recognized this creature.

"It's Sand Tiger!" Siegel's excited voice cheered up everyone present, and he shouted towards the cockpit: "

We opened the hatch and we descended directly by rope. "

Then he said to his team: "Listen, long-range weapons are not allowed, and power weapons with disintegration positions must be turned off! Otherwise, our spoils will be destroyed."

The sand tiger can be regarded as a rare wild creature in the expanded area. It may be a species on Vapolius, but this creature is occasionally found on other desert planets in the expanded area.

This creature likes to bury itself in the sand and sneak up on animals passing by on the surface.Of course, if necessary, it would be no problem for this thing to chase its prey for dozens of kilometers.

From the outside, this thing is extremely ugly, but it is also a valuable collectible in the expansion area.

Out of the ruins, there is gold and jade in it.This sentence could not be more suitable to describe Sand Tiger.Creatures such as sand tigers are somewhat similar to void krakens. They are both silicon-based creatures, and they have the composition and structure of silicon-based creatures.And their most valuable parts are the bones, teeth, and claws made of silicate substances.

The Sand Tiger's skeleton is composed entirely of translucent rose-colored crystals, containing a molecular structure that no member of the Mechanicum can replicate.The haunting beauty and extreme rarity of a sand tiger skeleton make it an exquisite and expensive trophy.

Siegel led the dynasty team down directly to the ground. There are two sand tigers in this sand tiger cave.A windfall to relieve the mental fatigue of the journey, a tooth or a claw of a sand tiger is incredibly valuable - a complete skeleton is enough to buy a Fury interceptor.

"Get rid of these two sand tigers, and we will get back the cost of the Valkyrie that we lost on the Kwapa-12!" Siegel joked to the other dynasty members, and then half-lyed on the sand Slid down directly.

Siegel pulled out his saber and confronted the two sand tigers alone, and Skadi followed closely, holding his hat and sliding down.

Even faster than Karoo.

In an instant, a long spear tip flew from above the pit, stably piercing the sand tiger's muscle tissue, and then the iron chain behind the spear tip shrank rapidly, and the sand tiger screamed and was sung. Letia dragged it up.

Perhaps this thing is a relatively advanced predator in the planet's ecosystem, but for Rogue Traders, adventurers, and those alien photographers, it is far less dangerous than the giant reptiles that are more common in the starry sky.

After all, growing big is really useful, but according to Sand Tiger's situation, the sailors in the expanded area have always speculated that the Void Kraken may also have huge and charming silicate crystals in its body.

Siegel thought their guess might be right, but who has the ability to decompose a terrifying creature bigger than a battleship?

Volume III Fear Pearl: Chapter [-] Caravan

When Siegel and Skadi dragged the dead sand tiger out of the pit, the sand tiger above had already separated its flesh and blood.

The rosy sand tiger skeleton has a beautiful brilliance in the sun, convincing one that it lives up to its high price tag on the market.

Siegel could roughly see how the sand tiger died. This should be Cassia's handwriting, and the traditional bone removal process cannot achieve this effect.

"Need help?" Cassia asked.

"Uh, let's forget it, take the body of this sand tiger up and let the sailors above handle it." Due to the clear explanation in advance, the skeletons of the two sand tigers were completely preserved. There is no obvious improvement, but it can effectively improve the morale of Siegel's team.

This battle allowed Siegel's members to adapt to the desert environment.Unlike the forest of Kwapa-12, Siegel's current team composition does not adapt to the environment of the desert planet.

As residents of an ocean planet, the Agors are not naturally adapted to the climate of a desert planet; and for the Sintila, although the second largest hive capital, Tarsus, is located in the desert of the equator, the residents therein Most don't take half a step out of the nest.

Hive dwellers generally suffer from phobia of the void, as the name suggests, when the hive dwellers stand under the empty, scary, borderless sky, the hive dwellers will appear a little uncomfortable.

This is exacerbated by Vapolius' lack of civilization and technological artifacts, and a battle of appropriate intensity can make soldiers more adaptable to this environment.

Siegel doesn't have the so-called phobia of space, but the climate in Vapolius is not very comfortable. They did change their costumes according to the local climate conditions, and the stars here are indeed vicious enough.

He was planning to let the people on the starship send a few ground vehicles to assist the team's progress, but the appearance of a caravan eased Siegel's current dilemma.

Siegel and Mel saw some figures appearing on the sand dunes not far away. They were wearing shiny clothes and looked particularly conspicuous.

This is a large caravan with more than 100 Mukali. This kind of camel is not a specialty or unique to the expansion area. Just like the Glocks, this desert camel native to the empire followed humans. The pace of expansion is gradually distributed throughout the entire galaxy.

"Hello, friends from the sky, we are a caravan from Atal City, do you need any help?" The caravan leader hesitated for a long time and then turned to Siegel. The merchant's greed and The adventure finally made them choose to come and see.

There was a slight smile on the caravan leader's face, but what was more obvious was the sense of guard in his eyes.Siegel looked at the caravan guards behind him. Those guards were holding unidentified laser guns and gleaming glass armor in their hands, looking at him warily.

From the configuration of the caravan, Siegel has a basic understanding of Wapoliius' technical capabilities.

The local language sounds like some kind of Low Gothic variant, which probably implies that the origin of the humans on Vapolius seems to be from the Human Empire.

Possibly a pilgrim from somewhere is lost here.After thousands of years of evolution or the influence of strange reasons, their appearance is slightly different from that of a standard imperial person.

Siegel looked at the appearance of the caravan leader and his guards. They had no hair on their heads and had deep blue pupils.

"I'm a rogue trader from the human empire, and I plan to come here to do some inter-galaxy trade. Strictly speaking, your job is similar to my job." Siegel explained his career from another angle, trying to draw himself closer to the other party the distance between.

"Rogue Traders? Yes, I know you. You guys often arrive on our planet and sell us things we haven't seen before." The caravan leader pointed to Mukali behind him.

"This thing was first brought to us by a rogue trader. It seems to be called Harlock in the history books."

"That's really a big guy." Siegel looked at the huge camel beast he was pointing at. Strictly speaking, this thing was more reliable than any all-terrain vehicle.

Creatures like Mukali have a very exaggerated load-bearing capacity and excellent endurance. They can drag the standard container of the starship through the desert.This heavy hauling capability, along with their generally docile disposition, make them ideal mounts for many desert areas and many desert riders.

They generally outperform mechanized transport in the harsh conditions of the desert and certainly require less maintenance and upkeep.

Its rider requires little or no training, as the Mukali responds well to directions and can maintain a directional course for long periods of time without correction.

"Can I ask where your team's destination is? You know, my fleet has a lot of cargo, and only the local ruler can eat so much." Siegel put a few throne coins on the In the hands of the caravan leader.

Due to the particularity of Xinghai trade, the throne currency is not a credit currency, it is indeed a genuine precious metal currency.But even in the Calixis star region, only those worlds with very prosperous industry and commerce will use this currency to directly conduct daily transactions. Normally, each planet and even each layer of the hive city has its own general equivalent.

This will inevitably bring obstacles to commercial trade, but this kind of thing will not trouble the merchants, especially when the oil guys themselves are members of the merchants.A small piece of equipment is a must-have item for all those engaged in cross-regional trade, and that is the [Remuneration Engine].

The optical components and tines of this heavy device can quickly stack, calculate and evaluate the value of various currencies, which greatly facilitates the actions of merchants, and it has an anti-cheating system. This kind of thing is sometimes more important than technology.

The caravan leader looked at the heavy gold coins in his hand, and the smile on his face at least seemed a little sincere.He said to Siegel: "Friends from the sky, I am about to arrive at my destination, Laendan, if you want to find a priest king to rule the city, then this city is your best choice."

"There are still about five kilometers away. If you plan to lead your team there, you can go with me." The caravan leader invited Siegel to go to Landan City with them. The caravan leader felt that Siegel's team would not pose a threat to him.