Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes

Seeing happiness when you go out is a good omen; seeing blood on the edge is a romance belonging to the sword.

707.M39, in the Pablo 5 commercial world orbit in the Pacific Star Region, the Venn Sector, the Hers Sector, and the Hers Galaxy, a ship clearly does not belong to the local defense segment fleet from the painting point of view. With the outsiders resident in Astartes, they parked quietly in a corner of the airport.

The silver-gray strike cruiser with its towering cathedral looked new and bright, as if it had just sailed off the iron belt of some forge world.

The huge specialized engine carries the Gothic cathedral that symbolizes the Astartes. The thick silver-gray deck is embedded in the slender hull, making the entire ship in this color.

Matching these main tone of silver-grey are the eight black Hector plasma macrocannons installed symmetrically on both sides of the hull.

This ancient armed sequence, which is no longer common after 32K, also causes huge contradictions in the inferences of bystanders about the specific service time of this ship, if there are any bystanders.

And if you pay more attention, you will discover more differences on this "inconspicuous" strike cruiser:

For example, there is a teleportation matrix that has been obviously modified and enlarged under the hull; another example is that in addition to the two conventional Mars-type nova cannons on the shovel-shaped bow, there is an additional Ryza-type nova cannon that is concealed in the depression in the center of the bow.

Such an excessive firepower configuration is rare on a strike cruiser, and if a total of two or three Nova cannons fire at the same time, it will also cause reasonable concerns about the strength of the keel of this cruiser.

"You'd better not do that, otherwise in the name of Ohm Messiah, the God of All Machines, you will pay a heavy price for it." BY an unknown manufacturing director on Mars commented on this ship.

Calvin is on this ship now. He stands quietly next to the star map simulator on the command platform and looks at the mission briefing in his hand. At the same time, he is also waiting for the "special supplies" on the transport barge parked nearby at the airport.

This batch of supplies was temporarily transferred from the nearest command node of the Inquisition. Before the "Redeemer of Souls" on which Calvin was aboard was about to enter the war zone, it was urgently requested to receive these at a designated location. Calvin thought it might be too extreme. device of.

"Is there anything you can tell me about this mission briefing?" He looked at the technical priest next to him from Mars, Klein Ankaris, who was also the latest Mechanical Bishop of this ship.

Bishop Klein, who was wearing a red robe and with more than 80% of his body transformed, heard Calvin's question and issued a voice with obvious mechanical resonance from the loudspeaker on his face:

"PL-44-SIT-90-LOA-33, permission approved. The briefing information is as follows, destination Santa sector, Santa galaxy. This galaxy sent a request for help to the sector channel 29 Terra cycles (years) ago. Suspected Chaos pollution. In addition, there is preliminary information. Judge Swain of the Demon Tribunal found an abnormality in the population fertility coefficient in the data reported to the Ministry of Interior in the Santa system 70 years ago. Judge Swain then went to investigate and later disappeared. The court filed this case 51 years ago and received the above call for help before dispatching a follow-up investigation team.”

Calvin did not need the bishop to explain the following information. He had already seen the specific situation in the briefing document sent from the front.

The SATA galaxy has one commercial world, one industrial hive city, two agricultural worlds, and two mining planets.

Governor Tallan, a former Major General of the Imperial Astra Militarum, served with distinction during the last Aegis Crusade. The Tallan Division he led was the first to reach the outskirts of the Mangra system with the help of the Astral Navy. Without the support of bearded troops and heavy equipment, they forcibly captured the defensive fortress on the periphery of the planet's orbit, establishing the first bridgehead for the assembly and deployment of subsequent troops.

Before the subsequent arrival of the Astartes Chapter, the regiment held the outer fortress of the system for more than a month in the face of the Black Mechanicum's attack, and his troops also suffered heavy casualties in this battle, with only one out of ten left.

After the war, it was proven that General Tallan and his surviving subordinates were untainted. While losing their reorganization value, they became victims of the game between the Imperial Ministry of the Interior and the Military Command.

They were not even able to obtain the customary right of local resettlement in the Astra Militarum. During the 10-year-long mutual kicking of the imperial bureaucracy, he and his remnants were finally sent to the SATA system. Shit's place serves as the governor of the commercial world and is also the actual person in charge of the galaxy.

"So, what is our mission?" Calvin looked at a veteran on the other side who was also wearing a holy shield-type tactical fearless power armor. The other person was Sergeant Major Tabers from the second company, and he was also one of countless professionals in the battle group. The most experienced among the battleship commanders.

Tabers' voice was hoarse and low, and his old face and firm eyes seemed contradictory but convincing. He explained the current situation of the war zone to Calvin, the top leader of the cruiser strike ship, in the shortest possible text:

"According to information, a company of the Astartes with an unknown number registered in the Holy Code, a company of the Malevolent Warriors, first responded to the call of the Inquisition and arrived in the system 10 years ago. However, they disappeared after traveling to the agricultural world SATA5. After comprehensive consideration, the Inquisition asked our Gray Knights for help. After receiving the words of the Prophet Brotherhood about the demonic activities here, the Grand Master decided to send Grand Master Aidan to take charge of this battle. "

He changed his voice and said: "As for us, our current task is to receive this special distribution of materials, go to the war zone to meet with Grand Instructor Aidan, and then see how to use these materials after he and the representatives of the Tribunal decide. "

"How are our equipment and ammunition?" After waiting for Tabers to finish speaking, Calvin looked back at Gavins behind him. He and his team participated in this operation as a matter of course.

After hearing Calvin's question, he patted his chest without hesitation and said: "All members of the Terminator power armor are in good condition, and the temporary teleportation array is also running well! The two additional interceptor teams are the same! All personnel are ready to join the battle at any time!”

"Beep~! Beep~! Beep~!" Amidst the piercing whistle, on the light screen in front, the display bar regarding the material receiving process lit up, indicating that the reception was complete.

Calvin turned around, his 3.2-meter-tall body slightly bent and supported his hands on the central podium.

With the first battle approaching, he was full of desire for victory. Looking at his core decision-making members, he took a deep breath:

"Then, I declare that the Soul Redeemer is setting off now! The target is the SATA galaxy!"

Following Calvin's order, the "Revenant Redeemer" stationed at the airport was freed from the gravity lock of the starport berth.

On the sides and deck of the entire ship, the signal lights symbolizing that the spacecraft engine was operating at full output began to flash at high frequency. The slightly shiny jet port at the rear end of the hull suddenly emitted a bright, dazzling blue wake when the engine received sufficient energy supply.

After quickly leaving the gravitational range of the planet, the spacecraft headed straight for the Mandeville Point in the Heras galaxy.

As the subspace engine turned on, the originally empty space in front of the "Revenant Redeemer" was torn open. The portal to subspace quickly opened.

The spaceship did not stop any longer, and quickly disappeared into the hole in the subspace along with its own inertia, and the gap that was opened also disappeared in an instant with the disappearance of the ship.

The Redeemer of the Souls, this "new ship" that has been sleeping on Titan for 8 thousand years, after waiting for such a long time, finally has the opportunity to carry our protagonist towards the depths of the galaxy to exercise its lateness It has carried out eight thousand years of responsibility and mission.