Warhammer 40 A New Hope

This dreadnought, which had participated in the Great Crusade and survived the Great Heresy, had its weapons and equipment repaired and improved, becoming even more deadly and sturdy. It almost swept away all the marines of the Arbitration Knights.

The [Arbitration Knights] did not intend to conduct a landing or ground battle in this operation, so they did not carry many ground troops and heavy weapons.

The boarding troops of the Human Empire are clearing the enemy's interception as quickly as possible and rushing towards the direction of the ship's main control room. Their mission this time is not only to repel these fleets, they also need to capture at least one enemy officer of a sufficient level and get the information they want from his brain.

The heavy metal door was smashed through by the Contemptor Dreadnought of the Emperor's Children, and then several anti-armor rockets attacked it.

BOOM--!

The energy shield carried by the Fearless blocked the attack, but the shield was overloaded and temporarily lost its function.

"For the Great Holy War!"

The [Arbitration Knights] in the main control room roared and rushed towards the huge and bloody mechanical being, with a large number of attacks falling on its metal body.

"Your resistance is meaningless!"

Biu－－!

The plasma cannon located on the left arm fired, instantly vaporizing an enemy, while the other hand grabbed another enemy and smashed it into other enemies.

boom--!

At this moment, an enemy carried a bomb and detonated it at a very close distance, causing the Fearless to retreat a few steps. The other surviving enemies seized this opportunity and immediately launched a fierce attack on it.

It was also at this time that Fulgrim, wearing purple power armor, arrived at the battlefield with a team of Emperor's Children Space Marines found from other chapters.

"attack!"

Led by Fulgrim, the arriving Emperor's Children Space Marines began to surround the Contemptor Dreadnought and launched an attack on the enemy in front of them, with the sound of grenade launchers firing continuously.

When Fulgrim chopped down an enemy with a power sword and then cut off the hand of another enemy who was trying to detonate the ship, the battle was declared won, and the enemy fleet was completely destroyed or controlled in a planned ambush.

"...You are indeed a little different." The injured Fearless Veteran said as he was examined by the accompanying Mechanicus priest. "But I will still keep an eye on you!"

"Keep staring at me," Fulgrim responded. "If I ever fall into Chaos again, I will accept your judgment."

"But for now, please join me in fighting for the empire!"

396. Internal Flowering

The tactics discussed by Zhang Yi, the Mechanicus and several Primarchs participating in the war were very simple.

The first step was to try to intercept the arriving fleet of the Knights of Arbitration and capture at least one high-ranking local officer.

In the second part, the Mechanicus uses various technologies at their disposal to try to obtain possible images of these captured officers' journey to the automated space station.

In the third part, the 'all-powerful' Zhang Yi will try to reach directly inside or near the target space station based on the acquired images.

Pretty crude and irrational, isn't it?

But this is indeed a way to preserve those precious technologies to the greatest extent possible.

The fleet belonging to the Mechanicus has started to sail towards the galaxy where the "Arbitration Knights" are located through warp engines, in order to bypass the enemy fleets and spies that may exist in hyperspace.

They will rush out after Zhang Yi and his team successfully occupy and control the enemy's space station, and annihilate the [Arbitration Knights] fleet that has lost its space station and rear supplies.

The plan went smoothly, and the members of the Mechanicus used an extremely cruel method to "dig" out what they wanted from the minds of those fanatical and death-defying senior officers of the [Arbitration Knights].

Although the space station is automatic, these things are designed and built based on human needs after all, and the [Arbitration Knights] still managed to control this space station that originally belonged to the [Afterglow] automatic AI, so there must be a so-called "artificial channel" in it.

What's more, the Arbitration Knights, who mass-produce the Knights' troops through cloning devices, will definitely place this precious device in a safe place, and the inside of the space station is a good choice.

These forces, which rarely have any rivals in the Perseus area, did not expect to encounter Zhang Yi, a powerful and unreasonable being from another world.

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【Arbitration Knights】The star system where the space station is located

[The Arbitration Knights] are different from what is shown in the game. They will not just hide in this galaxy. As fanatics, they also have their own goals and ideas.

The first stage, naturally, is to quietly grow in this galaxy that is relatively remote from the central star field and basically achieve self-sufficiency. Then they will assemble a huge fleet and declare war on all forces in [Perseus], ​​such as those unbelievers and pagans, and force them to accept their beliefs, no matter who they are!

In the automated space station that they had taken from Yuhui with great effort, in a room filled with a large number of cultivation devices, several soldiers of the Arbitration Knights wearing power armor were carrying out their daily patrol work.

Although theoretically, it is unlikely that anyone can pass through the heavy supervision and protection and come to the interior of this space station quietly, let alone bypass countless cameras and detection equipment to enter the cloning room, but patrols are still very necessary.

At this moment, the passing patrol team suddenly discovered that there seemed to be some sound in the cloning room, so after a brief report and discussion, they opened the electronic door lock of the room and entered.

A new batch of clone warriors is taking shape. They will be able to walk out of the incubator tomorrow at the latest and become another batch of fanatical and elite warriors in the [Arbitration Knights].

The patrol team searched the entire room and found nothing wrong. After reporting again, they walked out.

Shortly after they left, the air on the originally empty ceiling began to distort, and several chameleons appeared.

Conventional instruments that use thermal imaging to find hidden targets have little effect on chameleons. The ancient saints thought of this when they created them, so their body temperature can be controlled by themselves.

After confirming that the patrol would not return, one of the chameleons walked to the culture vessel where the clone warriors were being cultivated, took out a note, and stuffed it into a small, dimly glowing teleportation hole at the back of the device.

Shortly after the note was inserted, the small teleportation hole disappeared and a portal allowing Space Marines to pass normally was opened.

The Primarch of the Raven Guard, Corax, was the first to walk out of the portal, followed by two Shadow Master assault teams.

"Go according to the plan. One team will destroy their communication devices so that they cannot ask for help. The other team will follow me and find the main control room of this space station. We need to control it." Corax arranged the tasks. "It is expected that we will arrive at our respective target locations in 30 minutes and then start the operation at the same time."

"From now on, communications will remain silent until the operation officially begins."

"Do you understand everything?"

"understand!"

. . . . . .

The silver-white fleet belonging to the [Arbitration Knights] is patrolling around this galaxy. The huge number of the fleet and the various rare and powerful weapons and equipment make even old and powerful forces like [Hegemony] and [Tachyon Technology] have to give them a distance.

But even so, these fleets did not discover the skull detection and communication device that suddenly appeared in the space nearby, remained silent, and had the mark of the Mechanicus.

The Raven Guard Space Marines, who are adept at covert operations and special operations against high-value targets, have already arrived near their respective targets, waiting for the action to begin.

The Knights staff in the main control room of the automatic space station were still carrying out daily inspections, monitoring and maintenance, and were completely unaware of what was happening.

The Raven Guard Space Marines led by Corax were all in stealth mode, waiting outside the main control room door. At their feet were patrol personnel who didn't even have time to sound the alarm.

"start to act!"

Following Corax's order, the door of the main control room was broken open, and before the people in the room could react, the Raven Guard Space Marines instantly killed all the enemies.

On the other side, the [Dark Raven Guard] teams located near the communication device also cleared out the enemies there and occupied the place at lightning speed.

After doing all this, a technically skilled Space Marine from the Raven Guard team began to modify the station's search protocols. As the hard drive provided by the Mechanicus was inserted, the Arbitration Knights fleet, which was originally regarded as an army, had all turned into red signs in the station.

However, this situation was not known to the fleet of the Arbitration Knights, and the automatic space station controlled by Corax did not open fire at the first time.

They first found the silent servo skull nearby, activated it, and then began sending messages.

This information was naturally captured by the nearby enemy fleet. Because the source of the signal was very close to the space station, they immediately sent a message to inquire.

The [Raven Guards] who had already controlled the space station's communication device sent a response to the inquiring ship to delay time, while other people inside the space station who had received the message had already passed through Zhang Yi's portal and arrived inside the space station one after another and began to eliminate other enemies.

[Request to dock, we need to check the space]

【Repeat, request to stop...!】

The weapons on the space station began to operate at this time, the safety was released, and all [Arbitration Knights] fleets within range were locked.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—boom!

The nearest foreign ship was instantly destroyed by the firepower of the space station. Only then did they realize that there was a problem with the space station.

Just when they figured out the situation and were preparing to organize a counterattack, the fleet with the Mechanicus logo on it broke out of the curvature jump state and now appeared near the space station.

The next moment, artillery fire broke out in this star field.

397. Knight's Sorrow

Zhi--Bius!

Several [Nova Cannons] were fired and exploded in the [Arbitration Knights] fleet. Several small ships were directly evaporated in the light of the [Nova Cannons].

Unlike the Warhammer world, the warships in the Far Planet world are not large in scale. Even battleships like [Offensive], [Demon Cave], and [Doctoral Student] are only one to two kilometers long.

In contrast, in the Warhammer world, due to the outrageous technology and the particularity of its world, a battleship of one or two kilometers is only the length of a frigate or destroyer in Warhammer time.

As a special battleship of the Golden Age, the Hope is even the size of an entire continent.

Of course, sheer size does not determine Jianchuan's strength. It is not uncommon for a single soldier's high-tech weapons to penetrate a tank or warship in the universe.

But one thing is certain - the larger the ship, the thicker its armor will be, and the hull structure will be relatively stronger.

Yes, because of the size of the ships, the Mechanicus that launched the raid were not as flexible as the ships of the [Arbitration Knights], but their heavy armor and huge cannons put them in crisis.

When their ship weapons finally penetrated the enemy's energy shield, they encountered a "Waterloo" in front of the extremely thick armor - laser weapons can indeed be very effective against armor, but... this is too thick.

Moreover, the enemy's weapons were extremely powerful. The shells fired from the huge muzzles on the side of the ship had a slow firing rate, so they could be avoided as long as they were not too close. However, the beam weapon array located above the ship could instantly overload their shields with just one salvo, and the second salvo could burn through their ship's armor and hull.

To this end, they can only keep moving to avoid the beam attacks that may come at any time. At the same time, they cannot get too close, otherwise a round of cannon fire will turn them into space junk.

All the [Arbitration Knights] fleets in this galaxy have arrived near the space station, but even so, the battle situation is still very unfavorable to them.

The fleet originally located near the automatic space station has been completely wiped out, and the Mechanicus' fleet has begun to rely on the powerful firepower of the automatic space station to calmly fight against the [Arbitration Knights] fleet coming from all directions.

Just when the members of the Mechanicus thought they had achieved their goal, a beam of light came from a distance and hit one of their ships.

Sound could not be transmitted in space, and all that could be seen was the flames of the explosion rising from the ship. Moreover, unlike the small-caliber beam weapons of the previous [Arbitration Knights] fleet, this attack caused considerable damage to the target ship.

"Where did the attack come from?"

"Calculating trajectory... Calculating..."

"High energy reaction detected, the second wave of beam bombardment is about to hit!"

call out--!

A Mechanicus ship whose energy shield was still online was hit, and the flickering energy shield blocked the attack.

"What the hell? What kind of fairy galaxy? There is not only the automatic space station of the [Arbitration Knights], but also a large-scale firepower platform that is still in operation and can cover the entire galaxy?" Zhang Yi said as he looked at the beams that were coming again. "If I encounter this in the game, I'll fight it out!"

Before the massive failure of the Star Gates and the loss of contact between Perseus and major human settlements, humans from afar had built galactic firepower platforms, usually the size of space stations, inside some galaxies.

These firepower platforms are fully automated and, based on 'lookouts' spread across the galaxy, can attack enemy ships across the entire galaxy.

In addition to some small automatic carrier-based aircraft and close-in defense turrets, it also has a powerful unconventional main gun that can severely damage a battleship (referring to the battleship of the Far Planet World) with just one shot.

After the [Afterglow] AI collectively lost control and rebelled, these defensive turrets lacked maintenance, and the [Arbitration Knights] did not have time to repair and maintain them, so their power and accuracy decreased.

But it is undeniable that even so, he still poses a considerable threat to the ships of the Mechanicus.

call out--!

Another beam of light came, and the shield of the Mechanicus that was hit was already on the verge of overload, and the [Arbitration Knights] fleet, which was still large in number, also launched a fierce attack on the Mechanicus fleet along with the beam of light that came from somewhere in the galaxy.

"Calculate the direction and angle of the next shot, and infer the location of the firepower platform!" Zhang Yi ordered. "The ships that are targeted retreat, and the other ships that still have shields move forward to intercept the attack!"

call out--!

The ships, which still had intact shields, moved forward and blocked a new round of beam fire and the attack from the [Arbitration Knights] fleet. The Mechanicus calculated the location of the firepower platform more accurately based on this firing.

"The direction of the attack has been confirmed, and the location of the firepower platform has been roughly estimated."

"Begin observation...confirm the firepower platform image."

The dark green projection turned on, and a building about the same size as an automatic space station with a huge laser projector appeared in front of Zhang Yi.

Near this firepower platform, which has enough firepower to cover the entire galaxy, there is a large fleet of the [Arbitration Knights] guarding it.

"【Unknown Hope】ignite the engine and move forward at full speed! I will open a portal in front of you, be prepared to be hit!" Zhang Yi opened a palm-sized portal and said to it.

With the image projected in front of him as his target, he recalled the appearance of the [Unknown Hope] and placed the portal exit in front of it in front of the firing platform.

Ding--whoosh!

The Unknown Hope rushed out of the portal at full speed, and before the Arbitration Knights fleet protecting the firepower platform could react, it smashed every enemy ship in its way, and finally crashed head-on into the firepower platform.

"It's the first time I've opened a portal like this... It's fucking exciting..." Zhang Yi said a little tiredly. "It's unacceptable that you still lose after doing this."

Just like the Raven Guard that suddenly appeared inside the space station and occupied it, this one suddenly appeared nearby, directly crashed through the escort fleet, and knocked down the huge battleship of the firepower platform, leaving the Arbitration Knights defenseless.

The adamantium ramming feet directly penetrated the armor of the firepower platform and damaged its internal structure to a certain extent. The nearby [Arbitration Knights] fleet was also submerged in the next moment by the [Unknown Hope]'s firepower that far exceeded that of ordinary battlecruisers.

As the firepower platform that served as the trump card of the Arbitration Knights was crashed and stopped, the situation once again turned in a direction that was unfavorable to them.

When the Ark-class battleship, which was considered the hope of the Arbitration Knights, was destroyed by a round of artillery fire from Zhang Yifang's ships, the remaining remnants of the army realized that this unknown force was not something they could match - at least the military force they had alone was far from enough.

In response, a portion of the fleet launched a suicidal charge towards the Mechanicus' ships, while another small portion of the ships initiated a longitudinal jump, entered hyperspace, and headed out of Perseus.