Warhammer 40 A New Hope

But to make matters worse, because of the corruption, rebellion and defection of the leadership of the Ether Clan on various planets, the position of the Tau leadership was no longer stable. Doubt and suspicion filled the entire Tau ruling class, and the people were in panic.

Then comes the key point - many Tau troops were defeated by a force led by a panda, and a large number of Tau troops were corrupted into zombies.

He also asked some of the Titans to plant bamboo for him...

"So, Mortarion still has no idea how to change his hairline back?" Zhang Yi said. "Are you addicted to eating bamboo shoots?"

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Forge Star

Huge furnaces have become iconic buildings on this planet. Every day, hundreds of weapons and equipment made with dwarven craftsmanship flow out of here.

Although the number is far less than that of some forging planets, the exquisite craftsmanship makes the dwarven weapons and equipment popular and loved by almost everyone - not to mention that the output of weapons exported from this planet is also constantly increasing.

The huge mechanical lathe has been installed and put into use, but for many dwarves, they still prefer to use the most primitive way to forge weapons and equipment.

In those huge furnaces, the hammering of forging continued as if it never stopped. The short and strong dwarves drank cold beer while forging the iron blocks in their hands into shape.

Including the Primarch, Space Marines from the Salamanders and Space Wolves Chapters are frequent visitors here. They prefer to talk, drink or have a friendly game with these talkative and friendly dwarves, gaining the friendship of the dwarves while getting those unique weapons - isn't this much easier to get along with than those weird and troublesome Mechanicus?

The members of the Mechanicus who were 'criticized by name' were naturally very annoyed by this. Their absolute leadership in technology and machinery, which had not been shaken for tens of thousands of years, was being shaken by these demi-humans - but because of the Emperor's orders, they had no good way to deal with this.

However, the Empire's long-standing discrimination against subhumans is not so easy to change. Even with the orders of the Emperor and the Primarchs, some people still show unfriendliness towards these short humanoid creatures.

Yes, this situation is changing, it is changing because of a person who came from another world, but this will definitely be a long process - tens of thousands of years of prejudice cannot be reversed so easily.

Besides, Chaos will not let this happen so easily...

“Damn it! Damn you demi-humans!

"This planet should have belonged to me! It belonged to my family! Not to those dirty and despicable demi-humans!"

"Crazy! Everyone is crazy! They actually spoke for the demi-humans. They actually gave such a precious planet to the demi-humans to live on!"

"The Empire of Man has been tainted by corruption!"

"They should be slaves! Only humans like us are qualified to lead and manage this planet!"

"If I can't get this planet, no one else can!"

369. The Blacksmith and the Plague (Part )

Forge Star, a tavern at night

A Space Marine with the "Space Wolf" logo was sweating profusely as he engaged in an arm wrestling match with the short but strong dwarf warrior in front of him amid the noise of the crowd.

The contest between the two men has lasted for nearly ten minutes, but until now neither side has given in, and neither is willing to fall first.

"Come on, brother! Don't lose!"

"Bring some wine! Bring some wine! How can there be no wine in such an exciting game?!"

After the two sides continued to stalemate for a few minutes, the balance of victory finally began to shift towards the Space Wolf Space Marine, and after a few minutes he successfully pressed the arm of the dwarf in front of him onto the table.

"yeah--!"

The wolf cubs cheered, while the dwarves on the other side booed.

"Damn it!" said the knocked-down dwarf. "Wait until a strengthening technology suitable for us comes out, and see who will win!"

"You can tell me later, dwarf."

"Okay, time is almost up, both sides should stop here." A Salamander Space Marine came over and stopped the two groups of people from making a fuss. "It's time to rest."

The crowd immediately expressed their dissatisfaction, but they had no choice but to obey - at least on the surface.

The crowd gathered in the tavern gradually dispersed, and the tavern owner came out at this time, tidied up, and prepared to welcome the next wave of customers.

[Space Wolf] and the dwarf craftsmen chatted and laughed all the way, and finally came to the dwarf rest area and separated here.

The dwarves need to rest or continue hammering on their iron felts, and the Space Wolves also need to rest or do other things of their own.

[Patrol Team E, check the sewage pipe in Area D. Someone reported some strange traces there.]

"Team E received, on their way."

The human patrol soldier wearing a power suit hung up the communication, turned on the night vision goggles and walked towards the target location.

In order to protect these valuable craftsmen, the defense measures of the entire planet are extremely strict, and almost all guards and soldiers are equipped with the best equipment - it is no exaggeration to say that the defense here is comparable to that of Holy Terra.

The patrol team followed the instructions and came to the place where the problem was reported. A flare was fired into the air, and the huge sewage pipe appeared in front of the team.

"This is Team E. The sewage pipe mentioned above has a breach. It seems something has entered through the pipe. The traces are very recent." The team leader said. "We need to warn the protected target... Hello? Hello!"

The only sound coming from the communication device was the crackling of electricity.

Bang--!

Click!

A patrolman's shield belt was overloaded, but it blocked the fatal sniper shot for him. Almost at the same time, the flare in the air that was illuminating them was also destroyed.

"There's an ambush! Communications are being jammed! Release flares!"

Several red flares rose into the air, and the dazzling red light could be seen even from a long distance away.

Soon after these flares were launched, the entire originally silent city suddenly came alive.

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This time, the Human Empire demonstrated its strength to those villains. From discovering the invasion to confirming the enemy, the entire process took only three hours.

With the combined efforts of the elite-equipped mortal army and dozens of Space Marines from at least two different chapters, most of the enemies who attempted to attack the planet inhabited by the dwarves were wiped out with almost no chance of resistance.

The former imperial noble who organized the attack was also captured and brought before the crowd.

This former imperial noble was the one who had been a pioneer of this planet and had spoken rudely to the dwarves. In order to avoid being implicated, his family had removed him from the family and confiscated most of his assets. Almost all of these assets were given as compensation to the dwarves headed by the White Dwarf - although the 'dwarves' did not like most of the things.

However, this man, who was originally from the imperial aristocracy, could not accept the fact that he had suddenly become a middle-class imperial aristocrat. He completely ignored the warning given to him by his family when they left him enough assets for him to live out the rest of his life in peace. After living in a daze for a while, he cursed his life and what he called the "corrupt" empire, took out all his assets, gathered a group of desperate criminals, and tried to take revenge.

His result was naturally self-evident. The people he gathered could not be a match for those elite guards and resident space marines, but...

"How did you get in?" The leading Salamander Space Marine questioned the detained former Imperial noble. "Every ship and every person entering and leaving this planet is registered..."

"You and your people are not on the registration list, and those weapons are not something you can get at the moment."

"Who is helping you?"

The captured former noble did not say anything in response to the questioning of the Space Marine in front of him, because he was also confused now - just like he had just woken up and found himself in a cell.

At this moment, he was trying hard to recall what he had done. He admitted that he was indeed dissatisfied with the empire's judgment and decision, and he did think about revenge. He even cursed and jeered with a group of low-class people in a remote and dirty tavern when he was drunk. But... it was just a thought!

Even if he really wanted to take revenge on the dwarves on this planet and put it into action, he would not just bring these misfits with him. He knew that there would be permanent Space Marines on this planet. What could these trash at the bottom of the hive do?

Why did I launch this suicidal plan?! Why did I land on this planet again?! Why... Wait!

He found something wrong. Why would these desperate criminals who had cheered him on before and were on the edge of a knife, join him in such a deadly action?

Apart from anything else, when entering this planet and seeing such tight defenses, most desperadoes would probably choose to retreat naturally - they can risk their lives to accomplish something big, but that does not mean they are willing to die for something that is almost impossible!

They have a problem!

"Sir, there's something wrong with those people!" She said tremblingly. "Those people I brought with me, they..."

At this point, the Space Marine from the Salamanders Chapter who was interrogating the prisoner also realized something was wrong, because if the Space Marines were to fight against ordinary mortal troops, they should be defeated quickly, but these people seemed to be... drugged, and were desperately defending their existing positions - they were stalling for time!

"You were guided by Chaos," said the Salamander Space Marine. As a survivor who had personally experienced this kind of thing, he knew that there was a very hidden method that could make a person do incredible things for a certain goal over a period of time. "There are Chaos people involved in this operation!"

A picture was sent from the front line, in which the soldiers found a Chaos Mark on a corpse that had not yet been wiped off!

"Notify everyone immediately, raise the alert level, have everyone put on armor and take up weapons! Notify the airport..."

boom--!

The sound of explosions was heard from high in the sky above the planet. At the same time, explosions were also heard from several fixed turrets on the ground!

"Damn it! This guy is just a cover! Their target has always been the airport and ground defense facilities!"

"Message from high-altitude defense facilities! Traitor ships have been spotted! They're the Iron Warriors!"

"The Astropaths can't send out a message for help! The communication has been cut off! They created a small-scale subspace storm!"

Bang--!

The former imperial noble who had caused such a disaster didn't even have time to say anything before he was shot in the head.

"Let the defense fleet attack us immediately. We can't let those traitors take over this place!"

"Immediately send a rescue ship to the nearest planet, we need support!"

370. The Blacksmith and the Plague (IV)

As the two ships collided and exploded into a ball of fire tens of seconds later, a gap appeared in the orbital defense line of Forge Star.

Several fast and relatively small Chaos frigates rushed towards the gap and immediately released drop pods onto the surface of the planet.

Various air defense facilities on the ground responded immediately and carried out interception, but the enemy's previous sabotage actions prevented some of the air defense facilities from functioning properly, which allowed some [Iron Warriors] space capsules to still reach the ground.

Arriving on the ground with them were also the creations of the Chaos Dwarves.

roar--!

The metal demon, like a combination of a giant bull and a gorilla, stood on the ground, roaring towards the sky, with liquid like magma flowing on his body.

Using the massive body of the metal demon as cover, the Iron Warriors' Space Marines advanced steadily to engage the planet's defenders.

Just like some armies of the Human Empire received equipment support from the Dwarves and their combat effectiveness was upgraded, these Chaos Space Marines of the Iron Warriors also received equipment support from the Chaos Men and their combat effectiveness was improved.

The elite mortal armies were unable to resist these invaders, and the small number of Imperial Space Marines could only delay their actions.

After being burned by the flames of chaos, soaked in blood, and finally a demon was stuffed into it, the extremely blasphemous existence created in this way swept through all the imperial armies like a hurricane, crushing them like ants.

The mortal army and space marines, who temporarily lacked heavy weapons, were unable to fight against these huge and ferocious metal creatures. To make matters worse, there were more than one of these metal demons.

Like a giant dragon, the pitch-black metal demon was flying in the sky. A large number of anti-aircraft shells exploded on its wings and body, but could not cause much substantial damage to it. However, when it was flying in the air, the magma flowing out of its chest could cause devastating damage to everything on the ground.

On the ground battlefield, a squad of Salamander Space Marines encountered a huge, red and black mechanical unit, and to their surprise, there seemed to be living creatures inside it.

[Look, isn't this the work of my conservative and backward 'cousin'?] A contemptuous voice came from the machine that was the size of a dreadnought mecha, [Do you think you can fight us with these things?]

【Stupid humans! 】

The next moment, red and black flames spurted out from the right arm of the machine, instantly engulfing the team of Salamanders Space Marines.

The energy shields carried by the power armor of these Space Marines protected them, but even with the protection of the energy shields, they could still feel the scorching breath.

[Tell me, how long can you hide in that turtle shell? Human cowards!]

The Chaos Dwarf sitting in the power armor was mocking the Space Marine of the Salamanders Chapter who was suppressed and unable to move by the Chaos fire in front of him. Even as he was mocking, a bullet engraved with dwarven runes hit the armor of his power armor.

"What? You stone trash (dwarves will gradually turn into stone after using magic) have come to this bigger world to join in the fun?"

A team of dwarves wearing blue power armor and holding special dwarven firearms appeared on the other side of him.

[Oh, isn't this my 'cousin'? Nice to meet you - and my cage too!]

Next, the machine gun on the Chaos Dwarf's mechanical left arm began to rotate, and a large number of metal projectiles attacked the Dwarf squad.

In response, two soldiers carrying shields in the dwarf team took the front, held up their shields and deployed blue energy shields at the same time.

The dense bullets were like rain, causing a large number of ripples on the energy shield, and the energy of the shield was rapidly consumed.

Seeing this, the Salamanders Space Marines who had escaped from the predicament immediately opened fire on the enemy, but the effect was very significant against the local machines with heavy armor.

boom! boom! boom!

Three fragmentation grenades exploded near the mecha operated by the Chaos Dwarf, and several fragments pierced into its armored surface, but then the armor plates covering its surface seemed to have life, squeezing out the grenade fragments and then healing.

[Don't worry, I need a lot of slaves, and you will be locked in a cage with them! ]

The Chaos Dwarf inside the huge and blasphemous mech laughed again, but the next moment a beam of light hit him, causing him to stagger.

"The attack worked, brother." A dwarf wearing heavy power armor engraved with runes and equipped with a heavy beam weapon said to his compatriot. "Adjust the power, and prepare the second shot!"

Whoosh—boom!

Another beam of light hit the mecha controlled by the Chaos Dwarf, and it suddenly took a few steps back, followed by the third beam!

boom!

"For the ancestors!"

The huge Chaos Dwarf Mech fell to the ground, and two dwarves holding shields and power axes rushed forward with a roar.