Warhammer 40 A New Hope

"You guys finally came out..."

309. Finale (Part )

The Alpha Legion is a Space Marine Legion that excels at covert operations, spy networks, and alienation tactics. They like to attack the enemy from different directions at the same time.

This chapter has a group of twin Primarchs - Alpharius and Omega (said to be two bodies and one soul).

Alpharius' unique training method for his descendants made this legion highly autonomous. Even if the commander disappeared or was killed in battle, his subordinates could still maintain order and cooperation.

To be precise, this legion did not fall into Chaos. The reason they joined the Heresy was because of a prophecy (possibly arranged by Tzeentch). The prophecy told them that the destruction of humanity would lead to the demise of Chaos and save the entire galaxy. If humanity survived, other races would also suffer long-term and heavy damage. So while shouting "For the Emperor", they pulled the trigger at their comrades around them - and subsequent facts proved that they were fooled. The human empire became half-dead, but Chaos still existed.

After the end of the Heresy, the Alpha Legion did not follow Chaos back to the Eye of Terror, but instead lurked on various planets of the Empire - they never joined Chaos, they were just saving humanity and the galaxy in their own way.

One of the Primarchs of the Alpha Legion has clearly died (Alpharius was killed by Dorn), while the other Primarch, Omega, should still be alive, continuing to lead his descendants and lurking in the Empire...

[Hydra Dominatus! (Nine-headed Dominant!)] - Alpha Legion Battle Cry

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At least three teams of Alpha Legion Space Marines appeared beside Zhang Yi and surrounded him.

"I originally thought that you would keep hiding." Zhang Yi said to the strange Space Marines in front of him. "But now it seems that you are just looking for an opportunity~"

"Follow us..."

"Let Omega talk to me." Zhang Yi interrupted the Space Marine who wanted to speak and said, "Capturing me is such an important operation, don't say that he disappeared again to check your independence."

"..."

After hearing Zhang Yi's words, the Space Marines of the Alpha Legion looked at each other, and then fell silent at the same time.

Although what Zhang Yi said made sense, these dozen or so Space Marines really didn't know whether their only remaining Primarch was here - after all, they often played the role of the dead Primarch Alpharius, so much so that sometimes they themselves didn't know who was under the helmet (they fooled themselves).

At this time, a Space Marine came out and took off his helmet in front of everyone.

"It seems that Guilliman didn't kill you." Zhang Yi said, looking at Omega in front of him.

"Come with us, the current empire is not worthy of you..."

"Tell me about the development situation, development plan, the current status of the legion and future plans."

"...?"

"Don't tell me that you didn't think about what you're going to do with me in the future when you came to kidnap me." Zhang Yi looked at Omega and said, "You said the current empire is not worth my efforts? Fine, I'll take that as your right..."

"Then may I ask, how do you plan to build a better home for mankind?"

"What is your goal? How do you deal with the subspace problem? How do you want to make it easier for humans to survive?"

"How are you going to improve people's livelihood, establish order, resist demons, and deal with alien issues..."

"If you are going to another world to avoid the Warp problem, you can't just bring Space Marines with you, right? Ordinary people in charge of production are the ones you need to bring with you, right? Then how can you ensure that Chaos followers don't sneak in during the transfer? How can you establish a new Empire in a strange world without the Warp? And how can you face unknown challenges?"

Zhang Yi's series of questions made Omega a little angry.

Different Primarchs have different characteristics and strengths, just as Leman Russ is good at frontal combat, Curze and Corax are good at behind-the-enemy-lines sabotage, and Lion and Guilliman are good at rear-line operations.

Omega and his descendants are good at espionage and precise destruction/killing of key enemy units.

But asking them to write a plan like Guilliman, a Warhammer version of the 'Five Year Plan'? They'd have nothing to lose.

"...None of this matters..."

"Then please tell me what's important? The prophecy that's obviously wrong?" Zhang Yi continued. "Yes, the current empire is like a rotten house, decayed and shaky, but a lean camel is bigger than a horse. As long as someone dares to kick it, I don't know if the house will fall down, but a bunch of big men will definitely rush out to beat up the person who kicked the house..."

"May I ask what you have? Full of enthusiasm? Ambition and ambition cannot provide you with food, equipment and warships, and in most cases cannot defeat the enemy..."

"To sum up, why do you think you can build a better human empire?"

"..."

Omega had imagined many possible meetings with Zhang Yi and his reactions.

He had thought that the other party would resist fiercely or be persuaded by him, but he really didn't expect to be questioned by this new brother he had never met before.

And Zhang Yi's words inevitably made him think about the so-called future.

Although the Alpha Legion did not join Chaos, they were still considered traitors in some Imperial organizations such as the Inquisition, and the hunt for them never stopped.

Although Omega also found a planet far away from the Empire as a base, and was developing quietly while avoiding the Empire's pursuit, but... the development situation was not very good.

Because of Zhang Yi's words, the Alpha Legion Space Marines who followed Omega to this planet also began to think.

Some people felt that what Zhang Yi said made sense. Ideas and passion alone could not save the empire. Material things were necessary, even if this was tantamount to denying their efforts over so long. Others said that this was a slander against their efforts. The corrupt empire must be destroyed. Only they had the ability to lead mankind. The last part remained neutral and waited for their Primarch to speak.

This is one of the problems that Omega and Alpharius brought about by allowing their offspring to maintain independence: their thoughts may sometimes be inconsistent with those of their own Primarchs, and they all have their own views and opinions.

If one day there are many Space Marines of the Alpha Legion who think that their genetic father is wrong, they may raise weapons against him.

Freedom of thought brings about tactical variability and independence, but it also brings instability - you have to know that Jianqi is a professional deceiver.

The situation was beginning to get out of control. Those who thought that Zhang Yi was blaspheming their actions began to argue with another group of people who supported Zhang Yi's ideas, while another group of people silently stood behind Omega, waiting for his decision.

"...Do you think that what we have been doing all along is wrong?" Omega asked Zhang Yi after a while.

"I won't directly say whether your actions are right or wrong, because I'm not qualified to judge." Zhang Yi said. "But if you really haven't thought carefully about what I said... then I can only say that your actions lack thought and planning."

It can be seen from Guilliman's 'increasingly thinning' hair that the energy required to deal with an entire cosmic empire is enormous, and he has only dealt with some of the more important parts, not all of them.

It was said that the Alpha Legion chose to leave the Empire because they could not stand the corrupt Empire, but... Obviously, in terms of operations, they were not much better - they had no way to deal with the problems that the Empire had to face.

At this moment, a group of space capsules with the "Iron Warrior" logo flew through the air and landed not far away.

Among them, Omega, the Primarch, felt a familiar breath.

Perturabo

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More and more Chaos warships, even the [Ark of Evil] made from space wrecks, appeared on the battlefield. It was becoming increasingly difficult for the weakened [Thousand Sons] to resist the [Iron Warriors] fleet.

Just when the Thousand Sons fleet was about to be completely defeated, a huge ship leading a fleet appeared in the universe not far away.

[Hope]

The Hope, which successfully escaped from the subspace, immediately activated the [Curvature Engine] and rushed into the center of the battle.

A Chaos ship was directly smashed into two sections, and then other Imperial ships equipped with [Curvature Engines] also rushed into the center of the battlefield.

Chaos' originally advantageous situation was instantly reversed with the addition of the Golden Age ship, the Hope. The small Chaos warships were simply unable to resist the attack of the Hope, and the only thing that could pose a threat to this ship was the Ark of Evil Omens, which was composed of countless junked ships.

Macro cannons roared, light spears shot out dazzling blue beams, and a large number of carrier-based aircraft trembled between the ships of both sides.

At this moment, three ships that were incompatible with the Imperial ships and were made of stones covered with unknown symbols appeared on the right wing of the Chaos fleet. Dazzling white light emerged from these strange ships.

Squeak--boom!

The hot beam shot out and hit one of the enemy ships, setting it on fire.

[Shipborne Solar Engine], this weapon is modified from the ordinary [Solar Engine], with a longer range, stronger power, and hotter burning, allowing this weapon to kill the enemy very well.

A Chaos frigate attempted to ram one of the stone ships, and when it actually hit the seemingly fragile stone ship, it was blocked by a magical/warp barrier, and then the hot continuous beam burned through its armor.

[Shipborne Wrath of the Gods Close-In Defense Cannon] - This method of use is a huge waste of output! (A certain Mechanicus priest shouted loudly after being invited to visit the Lizardman ship)

Regardless of whether it was a waste of energy or not, the continuous burning at a very close distance almost completely melted the Chaos Guard that launched the collision.

The Chaos ships were immediately at a disadvantage, and Magnus took advantage of this opportunity to board the ship where Perturabo was with the Empire and the Lizardmen.

The landing craft evaded the enemy's close-in defense guns, burned through the external armor, and successfully crashed into the interior of the ship.

And there, a large number of Chaos servants were waiting for them.

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Sizzle－－!

Bang bang bang bang－－!

Bear--!

The blue psychic lightning accurately killed the heavy weapon operator in the enemy's defense line in front of him, but soon the wizard "Thousand Sons" who released the lightning was hit by a large number of explosive bombs and fell to the ground.

A wall of fire rose up and attacked the remaining enemies in the defense line, igniting everything it touched with flames hot enough to incinerate Space Marines.

The [Blessed Lizard], who was as tall as a Space Marine, carried an extremely heavy shield with magical defense runes and walked in the front, leading his comrades behind him to cross the corpse of the [Iron Demon] under his feet and continue to move forward.

So far, this boarding party that has penetrated deep into the enemy camp has not encountered the fallen Primarch Perturabo, but it has encountered a lot of resistance.

They were now very close to the core area of ​​the ship. As long as they passed the metal door in front of them, they would be able to enter the ship's control room.

At this moment, everyone suddenly felt the ship under their feet begin to shake violently.

Realizing that something was wrong, Magnus ordered his men to rush into the control room immediately.

And at the moment the door of the control room opened, a large number of metal projectiles flew out!

The [Blessed Lizards], Space Marines and mortal troops at the front were immediately beaten into a pool of minced meat, while the members further back dodged in time and escaped.

In the control room, there were two teams of fully armed [Iron Warrior Terminator Squads]!

The assault gun with an extremely high firing rate was roaring, and a large number of small missiles were fired from the missile bay carried by the Terminator armor and exploded in the narrow passage.

In response, Magnus, the Primarch, rushed out and put his wings in front of him to block the incoming bullets.

Zhi--Bius!

A beam of hot plasma hit his wing, melting a large piece of flesh and blood, followed by several small missiles.

Boom boom boom boom--!

However, all this did not stop Magnus from moving forward. He retracted the remaining half of his wings, and powerful spiritual energy flowed out of his body.

The powerful psychic energy that erupted almost tore the two teams of Terminators apart, but because their strength was weakened, Magnus's attack only made them lose their combat ability.

Before Magnus had time to rest, the violent vibration hit again.

In the fierce space battlefield, the Chaos ship that was boarded suddenly seemed to lose control, and moved forward at full speed at the cost of burning its engines, knocking away the enemy ship in front of it. After a short-distance subspace jump, it appeared near the Hope and rammed into it head-on under heavy fire.

The ships of the Golden Age would naturally not be damaged by this ship engine, but the sudden collision still caused a certain impact on the Hope - even though the ship that actively collided with it was more seriously damaged.

"Where is Perturabo?! Where did he go?!" Magnus, regardless of his own injuries, grabbed a seriously injured Iron Warrior Terminator on the ground and asked.

"You...are too late...traitors..."

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The giant sword burning with black flames easily pierced through the Imperial Guards in front of it. Its owner, Archaon, carried the golden corpse forward.

All around, a large number of Chaos Warriors and Tzeentch troops, who had no idea how they arrived on this planet, were attacking the defenses formed by the Attacker Empire.

The huge Imperial Knight Titan was destroyed in the fire storm released by the [Weaver of Fate] and fell down. Groups of Tzeentch Blue Monsters released blasphemous spells towards the Imperial troops in the position, and the twisted Tzeentch Chaos Eggs overturned the tanks.

The direction that had just been established was broken, and Constantine and others were delayed by at least one great demon and lost in the city that had already changed drastically.

At this moment, Archaon came to a high place and threw down the corpse of the Imperial Guard on the sword. He looked at the defeated imperial troops and the space capsule with the "Iron Warrior" logo falling from the sky, and seemed a little confused.

"...I...."

"...Why am I fighting?"

310. Finale (Part )

But after seeing the Iron Warrior's space capsule falling and feeling the familiar breath, Omega ordered to evacuate Zhang Yi immediately and take him to meet up with the commander of the Imperial Guards.

Just as Zhang Yi said, the current [Alpha Legion] is incapable of establishing a new empire, just as they are incapable of protecting Zhang Yi among so many Chaos troops.

All the Space Marines present seemed to obey Omega's orders and began to protect Zhang Yi as they rushed towards Don Stantine.

At the same time, the Chaos troops led by Archaon were also moving towards Zhang Yi.

At this time, all forces approached Zhang Yi for their own purposes.

The sounds of fighting in the distance were getting closer, which also meant that danger was approaching - no one wanted to give up such a good opportunity.

At this moment, after a long period of peace, the troops led by Omega finally encountered the enemy - the Space Marines of the Iron Warriors.

"Hide, we'll find a way..."

boom! boom! boom!

The sudden sound of gunfire from the team interrupted Omega's words, which also exposed their position.

"you!"