Warhammer, but Emperor's Chosen

"I've already told you the answer." Kliptman smiled without saying anything.

"cooperate?"

"Yes."

Kliptman smiled and nodded. "I am also an inquisitor. I have the same power to judge you as anyone else. Of course, I also have the power to protect you. As long as we cooperate, all the problems you face can be solved. Oh, by the way-"

Kliptman pointed at the power armor on Noah and smiled, "I provided you with this power armor."

"What do you need from me?" Noah asked politely.

Kliptman smiled:

"In fact, you don't have to do anything, and you don't have to worry about anything. Noah, I wrote the report submitted to the Inquisition and Terra. Of course, I will tell you the truth about what happened in Macragge. For example, a Rogue Trader hired by me risked his life to pass on information about the impending Tyranid invasion to the Ultramarines."

Noah suddenly realized:

"Oh, of course, you really should tell the truth."

What Klipman wants is simple: he wants results and honor.

Of course, this is limited to Terra and the Inquisition.

As for the favor that the Extreme Marines owed Noah, the Inquisitor could not take it away, nor did he want to.

This would only offend both Noah and the Extreme Warriors at the same time.

Although he didn't care about a mere Rogue Trader, he still had to give some face to the Extreme Warriors.

He couldn't actually get the favor, but how to write the report was an art worth studying. As long as Terra and the Inquisition believed that the credit was indeed his, the benefits he could get would not be less than the favor of the Ultramarines.

That's why he sought cooperation with Noah and tried to take the credit for himself.

Correspondingly, he will endorse Noah and protect him from the open and covert attacks from within the tribunal.

As for Noah.

He could certainly see what Kliptman wanted, but he didn't care.

He had no share of the credit for Terra and the Inquisition, and all he had was endless trouble.

Just like Klipman said, there is no shortage of crazy people in the court, and there is always someone who will come to cause trouble for him without knowing what is good for him.

If there was a judge to endorse him, he would naturally be the one to block these invisible troubles for Noah.

This was actually exactly what Noah wanted, as he just needed someone to take the blame for him.

For example, his ten unused vortex torpedoes.

Whatever he planned to do with the torpedoes, someone had to take the blame.

Before, it was the Extreme Warriors who took the blame, but Kriptman took the initiative to ask to take the blame, and there was no reason for Noah to refuse.

Rather, he now looked at the Inquisitor with a rather kind look.

"So……"

Kliptman was very satisfied with Noah's answer, and there was a look of approval in his eyes, but when he was about to speak, his expression suddenly changed.

Just now, a warning came from his communication bead, and so did Noah.

"It's unfortunate."

Kliptman sighed softly, "Guess we'll have to talk about this next time."

"Good luck, Your Excellency the Inquisitor."

"You too, Noah."

The two of them parted ways tacitly, both looking very serious.

Because the information from their communication beads was very brief:

All astropathic communications with Macragge were cut off two minutes ago. Calgar asked everyone to return to their posts immediately!

Tyron is coming!

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"Captain."

Noah had just taken his command seat after returning to the Stars in the shuttle. The Sound Array Master, whose plump figure was almost bursting the officer's uniform in front of him, stepped forward and said, "Captain Calgar has just issued an order requiring us to go to Mandeville Point to reunite with the Third Battle Group."

Noah's expression was a little subtle.

The Third Battle Group was commanded by the Lamenters Chapter Master Malakin Foros and was at the back of the three battle groups.

Although this war must be fought with all efforts and there is no such thing as a reserve force, compared with the First and Second Combat Groups, which are more in the vanguard, the Third Combat Group is indeed a reserve force to some extent.

Karga specially assigned him to the third battle group, and the purpose was self-evident.

Although Noah knew that Calga had good intentions, he felt helpless.

The Stars has just been upgraded and is preparing to show its prowess. Why is it assigned to the reserve team?

Forget it, let it be the reserve team, it’s better than being arranged as a messenger ship.

Chapter 41: Battle of Macragge

The direction from which the Tyranids arrived was known, from Plantium to Macragge.

But even if it is 'known', it is still a vast space.

Although astropathic communication is still available within the galaxy with the help of ancient technology, under the shadow of the warp, this communication is very fragile and can be interfered and cut off at any time.

at last.

A lone red dot appeared at the edge of the galaxy, showing up in the auspex detections.

Hundreds of red dots followed closely behind, scattered in the vast space at the edge of the galaxy. They were the vanguard of the Tyranid fleet.

at last.

Countless red dots converged into scattered beams of light, pouring into the galaxy like countless twisted scarlet tentacles!

Foros has issued an order to assemble. The ships originally scattered in the universe began to assemble under the fragile communication. They will form a sharp blade and pierce the heart of the Tyranid fleet.

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Constellation, command bridge.

"In the end, Huron still couldn't catch up."

Noah sighed softly, he had thought Huron would be able to return to Macragge within a few weeks.

Even if Huron arrived at Macragge just one day ahead of the Zerg Fleet, command of the Third Battle Group would belong to him.

But unfortunately, until the Zerg fleet arrived at Macragge, the Judgment Seraph never appeared in the real universe.

The battle barge was either lost to the Warp or destroyed long ago.

It was hardly an honorable death for a Space Marine Chapter Master.

But if the target is Huron, this may not be a bad thing.

At least he can be remembered as a hero, rather than a despised traitor.

Through the porthole of the bridge, Noah could clearly see the huge fleet neatly arranged around the Stars. The leading flagship was a battle barge, the Tears of the Virgin of the Lamenters.

Foros is on it, and he will command more than 60 main battleships of various types and more escort formations of the Third Battle Group.

Further away, the holographic ball showed two other even larger battle groups.

The flagship of the First Battle Group was the Novamarines' battle barge Relentless Fury, commanded by Novamarines Chapter Master Badan Dovaro.

The flagship of the Second Battle Group was the Mantis Warriors Chapter's battle barge Attila's Wrath, commanded by Chapter Master Sarthak of the Mantis Warriors.

Three battle groups, 15 battle barges, 43 strike cruisers, more than 200 battleships of various types, and thousands of small ships in the escort formation. Although Calgar did not put the Glory of Macragge into battle, he let it carry the Primarch to other star regions in secret.

This legendary Glorious Queen-class battleship was severely damaged during the Battle of Calth. Although it was repaired after the end of the Horus Heresy, it has become a holy place of some kind in the past ten thousand years and has never been put into actual battle.

Even Calgar didn't dare to rashly bring her to the gambling table, especially since he also needed to ensure the safety of the Gene Father.

But even so, Macragge still has a huge fleet that cannot be underestimated.

What's more, this fleet is carrying a group of deadly passengers, a total of 2000 Space Marines!

13 Chapters, nearly 5000 Space Marines. Half of them were used to build the defense of Macragge, and the remaining half were scattered in the fleet and star fortresses to prevent Tyranids from boarding.

If the initial engagement goes unfavorably, the fleet will withdraw to Macragge and engage the enemy from orbital defense platforms.

Of course, if the purpose is simply to attack the Zerg fleet, the Imperial fleet can actually do as it did in Plantium and fight guerrilla warfare with the Zerg fleet with faster speed and longer range.

This way, they can inflict maximum damage to the hive fleet while minimizing their own losses.

But unfortunately, this cannot be done in Macragge.

Because this planet cannot be abandoned. No matter how great the sacrifice, Macragge will stand!

If possible, the fleet commanders hoped to eliminate the xenos before they could reach Macragge.

That is why these three battle groups will be deployed at the outskirts of the galaxy. They will welcome these uninvited guests with the greatest enthusiasm and try to consume the manpower of the Tyranid fleet as much as possible before the aliens arrive at Macragge, even if it means destroying the entire fleet!

When the Zerg completely entered the galaxy and tens of thousands of Tyranid Vanguard Fleets filled the entire universe, Foros's cold order finally came through the sound array communication:

"All ships of the Third Battle Group, attack!"

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The three battle groups formed a cone formation in the vast space, like the charging cavalry of ancient times, and pierced into the flank of the Tyranid fleet with a tough attitude.

The purpose of the combined fleet is clear—

Break through the vanguard composed of Tyranid frigates and cruisers, and pour firepower directly on those huge Tyranid hive carriers!

Only by destroying the main targets as much as possible and disrupting the Tyranid command network can they hope to win this war. Even if they cannot achieve the set goals, they must do their best to weaken the Tyranids' manpower before they arrive at Macragge!

The tactical panel of the Stars was flooded with dense red dots. They had no hope of relying on the auspicious instrument to help them identify the Terran biological mothership. They could only rely on their own "eyes".

Although this situation had been anticipated, a detailed strategy had already been developed based on this situation.

But when communications between all ships in the fleet were cut off, many warships inevitably fell into chaos.

Some of them were divided and surrounded by the Tyranid bio-ships, while others were simply lost in the surging Zerg Hive fleet.

In the first half hour, nearly 1/3 of the warships were forced to fight on their own, and the Stars was no exception.

After several hours of space battles, the vast void was already filled with the corpses of the Tyranids. Broken shells and huge chunks of flesh floated in space like meteorites, like a long and narrow belt.

The void shield of the Stars rippled under the impact of the biological plasma cannon, and the weapon array on the side fired non-stop. Every macro cannon shot would tear apart a Tyranid biological ship, and every light spear would ignite a living ship.

Small arms arrays flickered and shone with sustained fire, destroying any Tyranid torpedoes and boarding spores that attempted to penetrate the void shields.

But for every Tyranid bioship she destroyed, twenty, a hundred would fill the gap.

The more you get to know the Tyranids, the more you despair at their sheer numbers.

But in this dark and cruel galaxy, the human empire has been struggling in despair for thousands of years.

There is never a lack of despair in humankind, but there are always people who hold on to hope!

Chapter 42 This is my escape route!

The battle situation is not ideal.

Even though the defense fleet had already obtained a lot of intelligence about the Tyranid Hive Fleet, when the two sides actually engaged in a large-scale confrontation, humanity's losses inevitably began to gradually expand.

The Empire's tactics were to use three battle groups as spearheads, repeatedly piercing the flanks of the Hive Fleet, hunting down any Hive Mothership and doing everything possible to reduce its numbers.

With the protection of the void shield, theoretically, the Imperial Fleet can succeed countless times as long as it succeeds once, because the void shield can be restarted!

As long as they can successfully pierce the flank of the Zerg Hive Fleet, they will have the opportunity to restart the void shield and keep it running at full power at all times.

However, in actual combat, the Hive Fleet began to adapt to the defensive fleet's tactics at an astonishing speed.

The first few tactical penetrations were very successful. The defensive fleet easily destroyed several Zerg motherships with almost no losses, causing a large number of Zerg biological ships to fall into chaos due to the loss of command.

But as time went on, the swarm gradually began to adjust and respond.

When the three battle groups pierced into the Zerg Hive Fleet like sharp swords, a large number of biological ships would immediately gather from the side and rush towards the Imperial Fleet with the Zerg's unique "rush", trying to cut the sword in half at the cost of their lives!