Warhammer 40 A New Hope

"Although in theory, this mission won't be difficult, but as far as I know, there should be many beings in that universe that can threaten you, so..."

"Let's play a game together."

As he spoke, Zhang Yi placed a 3K-era laptop on the table and turned the screen towards the Space Marines.

Rimworld

. . . . . .

Bang--!

Another bad-tempered Space Marine slammed the table and left temporarily.

The reason is that his character was shot in the head with a spear by the invading natives in the game! And he was wearing power armor!

"It's a game. There's nothing you can do about the settings in this kind of game..." Zhang Yi said. "Although it's indeed outrageous..."

"That won't happen in reality..."

Some Space Marines who are not good at construction and management often find that the characters they control die for various reasons, which makes these demigod warriors unable to accept - what a crappy game!

However, there are also many Space Marines from other chapters who can manage the game very well, keeping the game characters under their control alive and finding many rare items.

Just like the [Star Knights] - this group of unlucky guys, in the absence of food and clothing, they know very well how to manage the few things they have.

"Captain Thad, you should grow more food. I'm not sure if we will have enough food next winter."

[We are running low on energy, so we need to build geothermal power first] (THAAD in the Dreadnought)

[In that case, we can try to grow it indoors even in winter] (THAAD)

"Perhaps we should accept some missions issued by other forces? This way we can obtain more scarce materials?"

[Don't interrupt me! New recruit!] (THAAD)

Even with the game difficulty set to the highest level, the [Astral Knights] were able to gradually develop their colonies in the game after several rollbacks.

As for why their game difficulty is the highest... those damn parasites...

Even with Guilliman's intervention, these parasites still did not intend to give in completely - they demanded that the [Astral Knights] Chapter occupy a planet with only a small amount of supplies and personnel support, as an alternative to the original [Suicide Expedition] punishment.

If they succeed, all charges and crimes against the Astral Knights will be dropped, and they will acquire their new home planet on another world, and the chapter name will be re-registered.

But if it fails... then everything will be buried.

That group of people has been put on Guilliman's must-kill list - if I don't kill these bastards when I have the chance, I, Guilliman, will wrestle with Vulkan! Or wrestle for a whole day!

The intelligence gathering work before this mission lasted for about a week, and all the selected regiments that were going to go to the new world had a certain understanding of that world.

Finally, Zhang Yi shared some analysis of the background information of [Ring World] with all the battle groups in the battlefield, and advised each battle group not to have the idea of ​​going directly to [Shining World], as well as how to deal with the possible appearance of friendly aliens - don't shoot at any non-human intelligent creature you see.

After doing all these things, nearly ten chapters returned to their respective ships and, led by a battlecruiser of the Ultramarines, headed for the new world.

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Ringworld

bite--!

A white dot appeared in the boundless space, and then suddenly expanded. Dozens of warships belonging to different chapters, as well as a small number of Mechanicus ships, sailed out of the portal.

"We have reached the New World."

"Preliminary exploration is underway... Psychic reaction detected, no subspace found..."

"Scanning the nearby star field... an unknown small fleet is detected approaching!"

"No life reaction was found... It's the rebellion of this universe [Hateful Intelligence] (Machine Clan)!"

Boom boom boom!

The ships on the right wing of the fleet were attacked by several laser beams. The void shields were raised but were quickly defeated.

"There is no mirror space (subspace or the hell of DOM world) in this world. The strength of the void shield is greatly reduced!"

"The fleet strikes back!"

Blue light spears and macro cannons shot towards the attacking mechanical fleet, immediately destroying an enemy ship.

"Ships with new shield systems move to the right wing of the fleet! Damaged ships move to the center!"

Several ships belonging to the [Ultramarines] sailed towards the right wing, and at the same time a blue shield different from the void shield appeared.

squeak--!

The beam struck, but failed to penetrate the energy shield of the newly emerged ship.

These new shields are developed based on the technology of the elders in the XCOM world. They can replace the Void Shield when it cannot be used, and they also have good defensive capabilities.

"Small enemy flying objects spotted! They could be enemy carrier-based aircraft and boarding forces!"

"All ships' point defense weapon systems begin interception! All our carrier-based aircraft are dispatched!"

Fighter planes flew out from the ships one after another and began to attack the incoming enemy ships in coordination with the ships' point defense. The enemies were not to be outdone and began to fight back.

The mechanical spaceships do not require pilots, and there is no need to consider the pressure on the pilots or any other issues. Their flexibility far exceeds the various fighters of the Space Marines.

However, their defense and firepower are not as good as theirs - don't you see what kind of monsters the Warhammer universe usually fights!

A spindle-shaped mechanical landing ship, under the cover of its own fighter jets, flexibly dodged the attack of the Storm Falcon Interceptor behind it, and finally broke through the point defense system of a ship and crashed into the ship.

boom!

The isolation hatch was closed and on alert, a several-meter-tall [Mechanical Centipede] armed with a rapid-fire machine gun and a large number of [Mechanical Mantises] walked out from the mechanical landing ship.

Then, they ran head-on into a squad of Ultramarines Terminators.

The [Mechanical Centipede], which has a certain degree of thinking ability, was a little stunned for a moment after seeing the Terminator that was a little taller than itself.

Oh my god?! When did humans have this thing?

The ordinary human-shaped [Mechanical Mantis] was smashed like an egg by the Terminators using the [Storm Hammers] or [Power Gauntlets] in their hands.

However, the continuous shooting from the rapid-fire machine gun of the [Mechanical Centipede] was blocked by the thick [Storm Shield] - the bullets bounced off it one after another and had no effect.

A Terminator who approached immediately stopped the huge rebel mechanical structure in front of him with a hammer, and then smashed through the enemy's armor with another hammer, smashing its internal system.

The mechanical ships are flexible, and their compact structure prevents biological organisms from engaging in boarding battles, while also maximizing the use of their internal space.

The advantage of the Space Marines' ships is their outstanding firepower!

A ship equipped with a Nova Cannon fired towards the area where the enemy fleet was located. The powerful bombardment instantly penetrated the opponent's shield and destroyed another enemy ship.

At this time, all the enemy's carrier-based aircraft had been destroyed, and our bombers had also taken off and, under the escort of fighter jets, attacked the remaining enemy ships.

Dozens of minutes later, the flames of an explosion appeared not far away, and the last mechanical ship was also destroyed and turned into space junk in the universe.

Newcomers to the Warhammer world were given a 'warm welcome' in the New World.

And the powerful Space Marines also gave a "return gift"

162. Beginning: The Rebirth of the Star Knights

After the war

The engineering machines of the Mechanicus are collecting the wreckage of enemy ships scattered in space and studying the various technologies from the mechanical race or the local world before the great collapse of humanity. These things are enough for the Mechanicus to study for a long time.

In addition, from the information collected from the database of the mechanical ships, it was learned that this galaxy was called the "White Gate Galaxy" by humans because it had a white star.

The nearest, preserved, still functioning, and relatively intact [Shining World] is about thousands of light years away.

Now the entire fleet is at the edge of the galaxy. Due to the non-existence of subspace, the superluminal means they possess cannot be used. They can only use subluminal engines to slowly sail towards the nearest planet.

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White Gate System, Planet C01

Because it is far away from the star in its galaxy, the temperature on this planet is quite low, and the climate is only mild near the equator.

But even so, there are still many ruins, biological communities and very few medium-sized cities on this planet, from which we can see the powerful technological power of humans in this world before the great collapse.

There is a damaged small space station and some space debris on this planet. Looking down from space, except for the equatorial region, other areas are all white.

After discussion, everyone believed that this planet was not suitable as the first planet for large-scale colonization and development, both in terms of the environment and the possible technology and personnel on this planet - there were not even many signals from the mechanical race on this planet.

In this case, Team Canada decided to explore the next planet and leave this planet for later.

But there was one regiment that decided to stay...

call out--!

Two blue and white Space Marine space capsules fell from the universe, rubbing against each other in the air and emitting dazzling flames.

Boom!

The two space capsules landed on the snow-covered ground almost at the same time, and then the hatch opened, and a dreadnought mecha and five space warriors walked out.

"Captain Thad, there are no enemies or hostile creatures nearby." A new recruit of the [Astral Knights] said. "But..."

[But what?! Boy?!] After the repair and transformation, THAAD's dreadnought mecha has stronger firepower, more functions, and less load on the driver. He can also lose his temper better [I don't like guessing riddles!]

“There are a lot of snow yaks.”

Following the recruit's direction, the other Space Marines saw a herd of dozens of snow gadflies not far away, eating buried plants in the snow.

"I was a herder before I became a Space Marine, so..."

[Focus, new recruits!] Thad's voice came from the heavy Dreadnought mecha [Now is not the time to think about that!]

"Yes!"

[We need to go to the nearest suspected abandoned settlement and determine whether it can be lived in after transformation, and then let the other people in the air land! ]

"sorry..."

[However, we can indeed try to tame these creatures after that.] Thad suddenly said again, [Remember the location here, recruit! We will use it.]

[Now, go ahead! Go to the target location! ]

Led by Chapter Captain Thad, five Space Marines from the [Astral Knights] Chapter began to march towards the target location and arrived at it after dozens of minutes.

This is a small settlement with a low stone study and several sandbag positions used as battlefields, all covered with a layer of snow.

[Spread out for reconnaissance, maintain communications! ] (THAAD)

At the Chapter Master's orders, the five Space Marines dispersed and began to scout the settlement.

The regiment's only technical sergeant, Idel, restored power to an automatic door through a temporary power supply, and the metal door opened.

Inside the gate are several small thermal generators, some of which seem to be still usable.

"This is Idel. I found the energy room and will try to restore the power supply soon. Please pay attention."

[This is Chapter Master Thad, received, please be careful]

Afterwards, Idel used his robotic arm to remove the debris on the ground, and checked the several thermal power generators that appeared to be intact on the outside, and checked their internal wiring connections.

A few minutes later, an enriched transuranic core was connected to the generator's main circuit, and the main switch was turned off.

hum-

With a buzz, the power was restored and the residence lit up.

Bang bang bang!

boom!

Suddenly, several gunshots were heard, followed by the sound of a grenade launcher firing.

[Report! Why shoot? !] (THAAD)

"This is Lorak. When the power was restored, I was attacked by the automatic turret of this settlement and destroyed it." The veteran of [Astral Knight] who called himself Lorak said in the communication channel. "I'm fine. The firepower of the automatic turret is not enough to damage the power armor."

[Received, other members, please be aware of the automated defense system that may still be in operation] (THAAD)

After dozens of minutes of comprehensive reconnaissance, the Space Marines of [Astral Knights] gathered again at the entrance of this settlement.

“No living native species were found,” Lorak said.

"Almost all mechanical equipment was destroyed, and traces of small-scale fighting were found." Technical Sergeant Idel continued. "Almost no food and medicine were found. They must have all been taken away."

[Were they relocated after the attack? ] (THAAD)

"I'm not sure, but I tend to think that the natives of this settlement were attacked, and the survivors were abducted." Lorak said. "After all, according to the information we obtained before, such marginal worlds usually have multiple different systems, beliefs, habits, and intelligent biological communities..."

"That is to say, slavery and even cannibal tribes are possible. In a marginal world like this with a harsh environment, the indigenous people or outsiders left behind are more likely to become like that."