Warhammer 40 A New Hope

On the one hand, they are in the development stage and do need more technology as a template to allow them to better enter this larger, crueler and more diverse universe; on the other hand, as creations of the ancient saints, they need and are willing to shoulder the responsibility of protecting young races.

These hairless, noseless, blue-skinned aliens have managed to save their lives...

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The star field near Titanium

The Death Guard's Glorious Queen-class battleship Endurance is leading other warships belonging to Nurgle to launch a devastating attack on the weak Tau fleet in front of them.

The Tau fleet has already sent three waves of support, but all their attacks seem somewhat powerless against this giant battleship.

Several missiles were hit by the ship's anti-aircraft devices, and then the light spear array was activated. Several dazzling red beams hit a Tau frigate and destroyed it.

With firepower far exceeding that of ordinary Imperial battleships, coupled with the amplification of Warp power, the Tau warships of the same level were no match for the Endurance and were destroyed one after another.

The Tau fleet did achieve some results, but compared to the Chaos fleet's endless supply, their ships were destroyed one by one.

Just as the Death Guard fleet was about to break through the defenses of the Tau fleet once again, a huge ship, different from the faster-than-light method of warp jump, appeared at the outermost edge of the battlefield.

[Hope] enters the battlefield!

376. The Blacksmith and the Plague (X)

[All ships follow my command and enter the battlefield as quickly as possible] (AI of Hope)

[Keep in formation, fire!] (Hope AI)

The macro cannons and light spear arrays opened fire, and the first wave of attacks destroyed several Chaos frigates and destroyers that were unable to react.

Afterwards, the Chaos ships began to counterattack. Several enemy ships with heavier armor and energy shields broke away from the queue and stood in the front.

As the blue light of the energy shield lit up, this round of attacks by the enemy ships was completely intercepted by these specially built shield ships.

[The ships attack in small groups. The distance between different groups should not be too far. Keep in touch at all times.] (AI of Hope)

The Empire's attack disrupted the originally orderly Chaos forces, especially the appearance of the Hope.

This giant ship from humanity's [Golden Age] is larger than the Queen of Glory-class battleship and also possesses more deadly firepower, which greatly speeds up the fleet's advance.

But an Imperial fleet of the same size also attracted the attention of enemies in other areas - at least two fleets from different Chaos forces noticed this place.

In response, the Imperial Fleet could only speed up and take away as many Tau as possible to prevent the birth of the new evil god of the Warp.

[Transfer the fleet command group to Captain Speyer. All personnel on board this ship are ready for impact. This ship is about to perform another warp jump.] (AI of the Hope)

[Overload the first and second shield reactors, focusing all shield energy on the front of the ship] (Nozomi AI)

[Jump countdown: 3, 2, 1! ] (Hope AI)

Squeak--boom!

With a flash of white light, the huge ship disappeared on the battlefield. A small ship that was originally in front of it also disappeared instantly after the white light.

The sudden disappearance of the Hope caused some commotion, but the battle soon continued.

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钛星

"Fire, fire! Stop the beast!"

An entire Tau force position was firing at a high-speed approaching target not far away, with a large number of pulse shells and missiles flying toward the front of the position.

Boom boom boom--!

Along with the sound of explosions, flames exploded on the ground one after another, but without exception, none of them hit the target.

A panda wearing power armor got on all fours and ran wildly towards the Tau position not far away.

From time to time, pulse shells hit his power armor, but they could not shake it, and the threatening large-scale rail weapons and ion weapons were all difficult to hit it.

After dodging a high-speed railgun attack, the panda leaped up and smashed directly into the Tau position, beginning to slaughter the vulnerable Fire Caste soldiers among them.

Although he is unable to grasp conventional weapons due to his current appearance, as mentioned before, this appearance has increased his strength and agility to a certain extent.

Using the power glove in his hand, he directly smashed a heavy combat suit, then picked up an unlucky Fire Clan soldier, shook him and threw him out, knocking down a group of enemies.

Other Death Guard Space Marines followed up at this moment and helped him to clear out these fragile aliens.

Click!

The heavy power fist knocked the last Fire Clan warrior to the ground, followed by another punch.

The enemy's fragile armor was smashed to pieces, and the protected flesh was smashed into pulp, but Mortarion in panda form had no intention of stopping.

Although the panda looks very honest and cute, it is still a bear after all, and he has the same ferocity as a bear - Mortarion has obviously been affected to a certain extent.

A green bamboo stretched out in front of Mortarion, causing him to stop. The ferocious panda turned back into the honest giant panda that was watched by everyone in the zoo.

After successfully stabilizing his Primarch's emotions, a Death Guard Space Marine shook the rusty bell in his hand. A dull and heart-pounding sound rang out, and the corruption from Nurgle began to spread.

The ground was covered with a green substance resembling moss. The nearby plants began to grow at a speed visible to the naked eye and began to show signs of decay. The corpses that were still relatively intact soon stood up unsteadily.

The power of Nurgle has taken root in this land and has begun to grow and spread. If it is not stopped, the "blessing" of the kind father will cover the entire planet.

However, the Tau leadership did not realize the severity of the situation, and on the other hand, it was difficult for them to eliminate the spreading corruption without the interference of a corrupted Primarch.

In the high-altitude orbit of Titanium, the huge battleship Endurance has firmly occupied a certain area of ​​the planet's high-altitude orbit. While resisting the attacks of the Titanium forces, it is also delivering troops to the ground and providing orbital strikes and other support.

Pieces of sunken Tau warships and green spore-like substances floated nearby, demonstrating the ship's powerful firepower, the Tau's inability to resist, and the ominous power of Nurgle.

It is almost impossible to sink this Glorious Queen-class battleship relying solely on the Tau ships and firepower. Moreover, Nurgle's forces are not limited to this battleship. More and more troops are rushing here to spread the gospel of the loving father.

On the ground, the Death Guard Space Marines led by Mortarion are slowly but steadily taking control of each piece of territory.

An atmosphere of despair has spread in the Tau territories that have not yet fallen - what could be more despairing than being unable to escape the fate of death no matter how hard you try?

This situation also further shakes the rule and leadership of the Ether Clan. If we listen to the existence of faith and it cannot protect us, then why should we continue to believe in them?

In Death Guard

Before the attack arrived, different cities on the planet had already fallen into varying degrees of chaos, and the so-called "greatest good" had become an empty talk at this time.

Squeak--whoosh!

On the other side of the planet's high-altitude orbit, the huge Hope completed its short-distance warp jump and appeared nearby.

[Exited warp jump state, started self-check] (Hope AI)

[Shield Reactors 1 and 2 are paralyzed and cannot be used for a short period of time. Shield Reactor 3 is in good condition] (Hope AI)

[Enemy ship signal detected, temporarily out of attack range] (Hope AI)

[Scanning ground signals... Found traces of large-scale firefights, found the Fallen Primarch... Puff!] (Hope AI)

The Hope AI, which was making a report, suddenly couldn't help laughing, and then looked at Zhang Yi, who was feeling a little dizzy from the warp.

[Did you really turn it into a panda? ] (Hope AI)

"Do you think I'm lying? Is a giant panda so funny?"

[It’s just that an extinct rare creature isn’t very funny, but…] (Hope AI)

As she spoke, the AI ​​girl on Hope projected the images she had detected in front of Zhang Yi: the land being corrupted by the power of Nurgle, various plants that were initially showing signs of distortion and corruption, normal and abnormal Death Guard Space Marines, small groups of Nurglings and other demons, and finally... a giant panda chewing on a bamboo, looking simple and leisurely...

puff!

Not only Zhang Yi, other Pathfinder Space Marines who saw this scene also laughed out loud.

"Take screenshots and record the video. I'm going to keep this for the rest of my life, and show it to Vulcan and the others."

Without Mortarion's knowledge, an interesting story about him that would be circulated in the Primarch circle for a long time in the future was being spread by his younger brother.

I guess people will talk about this incident for the rest of his life.

377. The Blacksmith and the Plague (XI)

The chaos in various areas on Titanium Star increased the difficulty of rescue to a certain extent, but on the other hand, it also allowed Zhang Yi and his team to achieve their goal in a more direct way.

At this stage, the Empire's goal is to stop Chaos from simply slaughtering the Tau people, so as to prevent the birth of the new Warp Evil God, so they can reduce unnecessary battles as much as possible.

Zhang Yi and their [Pathfinder] regiment landed directly in the rear area which had not yet been involved in the war, preparing to take as many Tau people away from here as possible.

But this action was not smooth. As mentioned before, the current situation itself has plunged some areas and cities of the Titanium Star into chaos, so some Titanium people choose to indiscriminately attack anyone who is not from their city, and even begin to plunder supplies from other places in order to survive.

The Pathfinders were also attacked for this very reason - a Tau force with heavy firepower attacked them shortly after they landed.

This situation was still within their expectations, but what surprised them was that the army that attacked them was actually led by a member of the Ether Clan.

"The Greater Good has given me instructions! This disaster is all caused by humans! The human empire brought these horrible demons to our homeland!" The Ether Clan member sitting in the suspended chair said to the soldiers of the Fire Clan or some other clan under his command. "Destroy them! Make them pay the price! The Greater Good will protect us!"

Just as Zhang Yi knew, the appearance of an Ether Clan member on the battlefield would greatly boost the morale of the Titanium soldiers, but that was just a boost of morale.

The extremely conspicuous ruler of the Ether Clan suffered a targeted attack from the Pathfinder Regiment shortly after his appearance. A SPARK robot equipped with a heavy railgun pierced his personal shield with a full-power railgun and cut off his upper body.

Just like facing the vast number of Chaos enemies, such a small Tau team could not defeat the Pathfinder Regiment equipped with the most advanced weapons and equipment in the entire empire.

Vehicles, combat suits and heavy combat suits that posed a greater threat were dealt with first, and then the Mechanic, heavy weapons teams and Terminators carrying heavy firepower fired on other Tau people, reducing the number of enemies while also reducing their morale.

boom--!

A very small amount of individual heavy firepower hit a Pathfinder Terminator that was venting its firepower, but this only made its personal heavy shield flash for a moment. After a few seconds, intensive firepower covered the direction of the attack.

An assault team wearing jet packs crashed near a Hammerhead Shark gunboat. The moment they landed, they activated the Sianwestin built into their power armor, quickly cleared out the Tau soldiers protecting the vehicle, and then attached the melta bomb to the gunboat.

The whole process seemed to take only a few tens of seconds to others. In just a few tens of seconds, all the Fire Clan soldiers were slaughtered, and the only remaining [Hammerhead Shark Gunboat] was also blown up.

The battle lasted for more than ten minutes, and after more than ten minutes, the remaining soldiers of the Titanium army chose to surrender.

"Master Kroka, do you want to take a look at these people?" Zhang Yi opened the portal to the medieval world and asked Kroka in Itaza.

"They are still pure, but I need to examine them further." Master Kroka's voice came slowly. "Open the portal with Ku-Gar as the target. He will be responsible for placing and examining these hot-bloods."

After the communication was completed, Zhang Yi opened another portal with Ku Jia as the target and sent the captured Tau people in.

After this episode, a group of Lizardmen were dropped down, and the entire force continued its march towards the nearest Tau city.

When they arrived, the entire city had fallen into chaos, and this more remote city was destroyed by despair and betrayal.

Zhang Yi and others who arrived in the city broadcast to the entire city, hoping to rescue more targets.

But the effect of this approach was not good. Only a few hundred ordinary Tau people chose to believe what they broadcast, while more chose to ignore it, and some treated them as enemies.

This situation was expected, but something was wrong, and they found out the reason when questioning the Tau refugees - there were similar beings who were gathering the Tau people according to their words, but according to those who escaped, it was a lie and a conspiracy of the devil.

"You can guess that it's Tzeentch who's behind this, but..."

"What do these Tzeentch demons want?"

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Harom, the captain of the Tau team, who was wearing a command-type combat suit, was leading an elite team, all of whom were wearing combat suits, to maintain order in a chaotic city near the capital.

(A standard Tau name format is: Caste-Rank-Birthplace-Honorable Name 1-Honorable Name 2.../It's really painful, so I just picked a random name/Based on their naming format, this commander should be Gazas (caste)-Fire (rank)-Tau (birthplace)+Bala Bala)

The young captain had no idea what he was about to face. Even his position as captain was given to him in advance because of the current battle situation.

The city they needed to go to was one of the main cities that provided food. In order for them to hold out for a longer period of time, the Ether Clan required him to ensure the stability of the city and the food supply.

But when they arrived at the city, the expected chaotic scene did not occur. Instead, the whole city seemed like it was in peacetime.

In response, the Tau commander approached the city's leader and questioned him about the rebellion that had been reported to the capital.

Your person in charge reported that the so-called judgment did occur, but it has been suppressed, and they are preparing food supplies to be sent to the capital.

Everything seemed normal, just a small-scale mutiny that has now been suppressed by the city guards.

Even though some areas are now being attacked by Chaos forces and the fighting is extremely brutal, and some more remote cities have also seen riots, at least near the capital, everything seems to be as peaceful as ever.

"We need to go back and report the situation here. Let's get the supply convoy to go with us," Captain Haroum said. "Although this area is still under our control, it won't go wrong to be careful."

"I mean, you are right." The city manager hesitated for a moment and agreed. "With your help, this transportation will be very safe."

"..."

The person in charge of agricultural production and transportation smiled and agreed to the commander of the Fire Clan. This was extremely normal. The strict class system of the Titanium Clan prevented other non-combatants from getting involved in anything other than what they were required to do throughout their lives.

But this time, the person in charge of the city in front of it made it feel a little chilly...

378. The Blacksmith and the Plague (XII)

The transportation of supplies will begin the next day, and the elite Tau warriors led by Harom will stay in the city tonight for rest.