Warhammer, but Emperor's Chosen

The situation on the battlefield was far beyond his expectations. The human fleet's artillery could paralyze their shields within a few rounds of salvos, but their firepower did not have any effect on the enemy ships!

Can't even break the shield? How to fight?

Looking out the porthole at the giant steel beast quietly docked beside them, the fear of death caused an officer to collapse and shout loudly:

"What are they doing? Why don't they just destroy us!"

"Yeah? Why not just destroy us?"

The same question lingered in Som's mind. Their shields and engines were disabled. The enemy could easily destroy them with just one salvo, but why didn't they do it?

Som's pupils shrank sharply. He thought of a possibility and gave an order almost with a roar:

"All crew, prepare for battle! Enemy trying to board!"

Before he could finish his words, the already dilapidated ship suddenly trembled violently, and with a huge explosion, the hull of the ship was quickly torn apart by the red molten beam.

A breach was opened in the sealed starship, and infinite darkness and an all-destroying vacuum poured into the interior of the ship. Countless Tau people were caught off guard and turned into stiff corpses.

And coming out of the boarding torpedo was a fully armed alien wearing blue power armor!

Bang bang bang bang!

Titus pulled the trigger, and the bolter in his hand made a dull sound, accurately shooting every alien in the field of vision. The alien's body was weaker than that of a mortal, and the moment it was hit by the bolter, the corpse was torn into a blood mist that spread in the air.

The Space Marines quickly launched raids on various parts of the ship along the corridors. Every closed door was blown open by the heat. Most people had died before they arrived, and the few survivors in space suits were too clumsy. The Space Marines did not even encounter the decent resistance they expected.

Because before coming, they had obtained some intelligence about the Tau people from their battle brothers in the Eighth Company.

For example, the Tau are divided into five castes, the Fire Caste, the Earth Caste, the Air Caste and the Water Caste, with the Ether above them. The Fire Caste are the warriors among the Tau, the Air Caste are the spaceship pilots, the Earth Caste are the scientists and workers, and the Water Caste are the diplomatic ambassadors. As for the Ether, they are the ruling class.

But the only Tau they had encountered so far were the Air Caste -

These aliens, who resembled the Voidborn, with slender limbs and slender bodies, could be easily distinguished from other Tau clans in appearance. When they encountered the attacking Space Marines, many of them did not even take up arms to resist.

The only resistance they encountered along the way were the drones that the aliens called "Dragon Bees". Unfortunately, these alien creations were also unable to withstand the explosive bombs fired by the Space Marines.

But Titus was always puzzled: where was the Fire Caste?

Where are the Fire Caste members who are the best at fighting? Where are their battle uniforms?

His battle brothers had suffered at the hands of these aliens, and the ordinary warriors of the Fire Caste were nothing to be feared. Their pulse guns were more powerful than the Imperial standard laser guns, and those combat uniforms were even more deadly.

Even Space Marines can be killed by xenos battlesuits if they are not vigilant.

But the problem is that since boarding the ship, Titus has never encountered the Tau combat suit troops.

Why didn't these aliens come to stop them? Did they want to concentrate their forces to ambush them?

Titus was skeptical about this, so he was extremely cautious throughout the whole process.

But until his battle-brothers stormed the bridge and killed all the surviving Tau, the Fire Caste and the battle suits never showed up.

It was not until this moment that Titus finally became convinced that there were most likely no Fire Caste garrisons on the alien starships.

These aliens never seemed to consider the risk of being boarded.

Although it is a little difficult to understand from the perspective of a Space Marine, it is the only reasonable explanation.

pat!

Titus heard dull footsteps, which did not belong to the Space Marines, but to several huge Castellan intelligent mechas.

They escorted several servo skulls to the bridge, and data cables extended from the inside of those servo skulls. The metal at the end automatically deformed into the shape of an interface that was compatible with the Tau ship system like liquid, and began to read and copy the data stored in the alien spacecraft.

The whole process went extremely smoothly, and they did not encounter any significant obstacles until they left the alien starship on the Thunder Eagle that came to greet them.

At the same time, in the bridge of the Stars, Noah also issued an order without mercy:

"Open fire and destroy them completely. These alien warships have lost their value!"

The alien warships, which had long lost their ability to resist, had no power to fight back, and were quickly broken into debris in space by the tearing of macro cannons and light spears, taking with them tens of thousands of famous clans on the three starships.

But for the Tau, the war has only just begun.

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Constellation, bridge.

After careful data analysis, Nono has successfully deciphered the intelligence in the Tau ship. This did not take too long, because the Tau did not even highly encrypt the data - at least that's what Nono explained to the Space Marines.

"This is the map of the Tau Empire's territory."

Nono imported a star map into the holographic projector, which showed 15 major worlds and a large number of minor worlds.

While allowing others to see the hologram clearly, Nono pointed to one of the galaxies:

"We are here now, in the world of Bok'an."

Titus looked at the upper left corner of the holographic star map. The Dal Is Family World was in the northwest of the Tau Empire's territory, while the Bock An Family World was in the lower left corner of the Tau Empire's territory, which was in the southwest.

The two are not to say that they are running in opposite directions, but at least they are going in opposite directions.

Although the Tau Empire is not large, its area is tens of millions of cubic light years and it is a sphere with a diameter of about 300 light years.

The hundreds of planets they rule are distributed within this sphere with a diameter of 300 light years.

Among them, in addition to their home planet, Titanium, a total of 14 planets were transformed into home worlds during the two expansions of the Sky. If we use the Empire as an analogy, these home worlds are mostly hive worlds, forge worlds, and capital worlds.

Of course, when it comes to the natural environment, the Tau Empire is indeed far ahead.

Titus asked:

"So, we are now in the heart of the Tau Empire?"

"Yes."

Nuonuo nodded slightly, stretched out his finger and lightly swiped across the holographic ball, zooming the star map to the map of the current galaxy.

"About three to four thousand years ago, this planet was incorporated into the sphere of influence of the Tau Empire during the Tau's first sky expansion flagship. Its colonial history is even earlier than that of the Dal Isjiamen world.

"Different family worlds in the Tau Empire have different dominant castes. For example, the dominant caste in the Dal Is family world is the Water Caste. The dominant caste in the Bock An family world is the Earth Caste. A large proportion of the Earth Caste in the Tau Empire comes from this planet.

"It is precisely because of the high proportion of the Earth Clan that this planet has gradually developed into the center of learning and academia in the Tau Empire over thousands of years of history. Many universities and scientific research facilities of the Tau Empire, and even the most prestigious military training center of the Tau Empire, are here.

"But apart from a small number of Fire Clan warriors, most of the population here are scientists, researchers and students. Many prototype weapons and combat suits of the Tau Empire were developed on this planet."

"In other words, this is the forge world of the Tau Empire?" Sister Ajetta asked calmly.

"similar."

Nono nodded slightly, "Although it is not as good as Mars, it is indeed the largest 'Forge World' in the Tau Empire."

Cassia asked curiously:

"Can we capture it?"

Nuonuo shook his head slightly:

"It's difficult. According to conservative estimates, this planet has at least tens of billions of people. Although the Earth Clan is the main caste, there are also a large number of Fire Clan members, at least tens of millions. We have too few troops, and even with air superiority, it is difficult to completely occupy this planet in a short period of time."

Cassia nodded as if she understood something, and suggested seriously:

"Then let's conduct orbital bombardment on it!"

Since it cannot be occupied by Rogue Traders, there is no point in making this planet any more developed.

Sister Ajetta frowned slightly and glanced at Cassia with dissatisfaction. Unlike the navigator lady who seemed a bit extreme, she was a typical conservative.

Sister Ajetta suggested calmly:

"I suggest using cyclone torpedoes directly."

There might be survivors from the orbital bombardment, but to be on the safe side, it is safer to use cyclone torpedoes. There is no need to talk about morality when dealing with aliens, the extermination order is the greatest kindness to them.

At least they don't have to see their homes destroyed.

Titus said nothing. It wasn't that he thought there was anything wrong with issuing an extermination order on an alien planet.

But the problem is that their mission is to deliver Genestealers to an alien planet.

If we blow up the planet, how can we provide benefits to our fellow villagers?

Chapter 60: Eight Hundred Miles Away, a Shot in the Head

The Tau Empire's highly sophisticated technological creation floats in space, and the periodic jets of stabilizing jets allow it to rotate and maintain its position.

This is a sentinel relay station of the Tau Empire. Every once in a while, it will open a hidden door and extend an automatic sensing device to detect any moving objects appearing in the nearby space.

Whether it is an asteroid or a spacecraft, it will be scanned and analyzed, and the data obtained will be transmitted to the home world in an encrypted manner.

Hundreds of Sentinel Relays are scattered across space as the first line of defense for Homeworlds.

Just recently, a large number of relay stations have detected the same target one after another - a steel battleship with a towering cathedral on top coming from deep space, pouncing on the home world of the Tau people like a predatory beast in deep space.

The captured data was quickly encrypted and sent to the world of Bok Anjiamen so that the Tau people on the planet could prepare defenses in advance.

The Stars remained unmoved and did not take any countermeasures.

The Stars' auspex had already detected the locations of these relay stations, but it did not waste firepower destroying them or attempt to capture them.

Because it doesn't matter whether the Tau make defensive preparations in advance or not.

Noah didn't care.

As the T'au Empire probe discovered them, the Nova Cannon on the bow of the Stars opened fire instantly, out of the enemy's detection range.

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The world of Bock Anjiamen, Starport, the meeting hall of the Elemental Council.

The meeting hall is circular, and the command seats are neatly arranged in the form of a circular staircase, within easy reach of each other.

In the middle is a high platform, which is slightly lower than other command thrones, so that the people sitting on it can see the people on the high platform clearly at the same time.

The moment Ether entered the meeting room, there was a rustling sound and everyone stood up, many of them trying to straighten their robes to make sure they were not being disrespectful.

He was a tall male Ether who enjoyed a high status in the world of Berk Anjiamen.

Aun'O Ao stood on the high platform, gazing at the representatives around him. In the meeting room sat representatives of various clans, including the commander of the Fire Clan, the captain of the Air Clan, the ambassador of the Water Clan, the scientist of the Earth Clan, and even representatives from the Kroot.

When Ether's gaze swept over them, everyone looked at Ether intently.

Ether's voice was deep, but his words were powerful:

"Everyone, not long ago, our patrol fleet was destroyed by an alien fleet on the outskirts of the galaxy! The data sent back shows that it was a human fleet that destroyed the patrol fleet!"

Ether's words caused a commotion, and many of them looked at each other in disbelief.

"I know that for many of you, this is your first encounter with this alien race called humans. In many people's minds, they should be fighting our fleet in the Dal-Is system. Even a few months ago, the fleet defending the world of Bok Anjiamen was transferred to the front line, leaving only a small patrol fleet stationed.

"But now, I can tell you clearly that the human fleet is invading the world of Berk Anjiamen!"

"Ammonia!"

The Fire Clan commander couldn't help but ask, "How did they get here? Please forgive my disrespect, but why did they appear here? Did Dar Is fall?"

"Dar Is has not lost!"

An'ao answered without thinking, and his voice seemed to have some kind of magic that calmed the panicked people.

"Humanity must have used some method to bypass Dar-Is's defenses, but we don't have to worry too much. According to the intelligence we have obtained, the human fleet only has one cruiser-class battleship and several small escort ships!"

Upon hearing this news, the Air Clan commander breathed a sigh of relief and said solemnly:

"Ani'ao, don't worry. Even if the patrol fleet is completely destroyed, the remaining space defense force can ensure the safety of our home world!"

"Of course, I believe you."

An'ao smiled and nodded, without making any comment.

Although the defense fleets of the Bock Anjiamen world were urgently transferred to the Dar-Is front, and the few remaining patrol fleets were destroyed by the invading human fleet not long ago, they still have a huge space force - the orbital defense system!

As the first home world established during the first sky expansion, the Bock An home world has a long history. Its orbital defense facilities have a history of thousands of years. The orbital defense system here has developed into an iron wall with five large orbital defense platforms!

In addition, there are a large number of Earth Clan members here. Thanks to the Earth Clan's excellent craftsmanship, they have the most advanced and original prototype weapons. Any weapon invented first will almost always be equipped in the fleet of the Bock Anjiamen world first, and defense platforms are no exception.

If it was a large-scale invasion fleet, even if the world of Bock Anjiamen had a powerful orbital defense force, it would probably be powerless. After all, although the orbital defense platform had powerful firepower, it was still unable to move.