Warhammer: Don't Call Me the God of All Machines

Chapter 483: Void War (Please subscribe)

"The enemy's psychic vortex cannon is truly destructive. Even the main guns of our Celestial-class battleships cannot reach this level of power."

"Is this an ancient creation of the aliens? No wonder Horus placed his bet on it."

On the command platform of the new Caliban, Ryan glanced at the latest data that had just been released.

Those battleships that were released to explore the way were not sacrificed in vain. Before being destroyed, they had collected the lethality parameters of the Blackrock Fortress's main weapons with the greatest efficiency.

Without their sacrifice, Ryan might have needed to test the waters with the battleship.

The duration of the battleship's void shield support, the energy level consumed when the energy shield is overloaded in a short period of time, the damage to the battleship's wreckage, and the endurance of the battleship's crew are all precious data, and are intelligence gained at the cost of human lives.

"According to calculations, the void shields of our Thundercloud-class planetary battleships cannot block attacks of this level. After the void shields collapse, our battleships can only withstand three times the damage from the Blackstone Fortress's main guns."

"Attention: Three attacks is the limit for the complete destruction of this ship."

Captain Stannis reported that the captain, who had lost his emotions, had almost merged with the machine soul. He could feel the machine soul of this epic ship was rising with a desire for war.

It was a weapon specially built for war, and this was the first time since its creation that it encountered an enemy that it might not be able to defeat.

Compared with the previous boring wars, the new Caliban is eager to challenge the larger Black Stone Fortress ahead.

Like two of the most ferocious beasts sensing that the other had invaded their territory, both the New Caliban and the Blackstone Fortress focused all their attention on the enemy.

"Three times? That's more than enough." Ryan nodded. The enemy's main gun needed time to buffer the overload. Moreover, considering the maneuverability of the New Caliban, it was still unknown whether the enemy could hit it.

"Order the troops to equip the void torpedoes."

"The light spear array opens fire at full speed, forcing the enemy to evade."

"After breaking through the enemy's void shield, use the battleship's main weapon, the Star Destroyer Cannon, to attack."

In the void naval battle, due to the existence of the void shield, it is difficult for both sides to directly attack the other side's warship.

In this case, unless you use means such as boarding to directly cross the protection of the void shield and directly destroy the enemy's interior, you can only use long-range attacks to continuously consume the energy of the void shield, causing it to overload and collapse.

In an instant, the dense weapon arrays of the three Thundercloud-class planetary battleships released tens of thousands of void torpedoes. Under the correction and guidance of the intelligent computer, they locked onto all the evasive trajectories of the Blackstone Fortress and would hit a part of it no matter what.

Even just one of these powerful void torpedoes could sink a ten-kilometer-class naval battleship. With a wave of Ryan Johnson's hand, tens of thousands of them were fired directly.

If they were former imperial warships, even the Queen of Glory would not have this level of saturation fire bombing, but these new warships originated from Mustafar and were designed by Roche.

What Roche advocates most is the ultimate output firepower. Even if a torpedo can save the life of a mortal crew member, he will choose the latter without hesitation.

For a civilization that has mastered the productivity of artificial intelligence, all it needs are materials, energy and time. There is no need for any complicated human intervention, and war materials will be continuously delivered from the production line to the front line.

As for the Forge World of the Mechanicus, every round of weapon ammunition and every piece of weapon equipment requires the use of inefficient mortal slaves and industrial robot servants.

Therefore, for the imperial army, there is a very strange situation: weapons and equipment are even more valuable than the lives of soldiers.

Batches of mortal auxiliary troops were recruited to the battlefield. The weapons in their hands and the armor they wore were most likely recycled from the soldiers who had just died in battle.

Facing the Void torpedoes launched by the Loyalists, the Sons of Horus commander, manning the Blackstone Fortress, suddenly ordered the void shields to be raised to their maximum with a serious expression. Their time to operate the Blackstone Fortress was very limited. This planet-sized void fortress was originally designed for the Eldar, and for humans, even exploring its potential was extremely difficult.

A layer of lavender void shield emerged from the surface of the Blackstone Fortress, and the priests of the Dark Mechanicus noticed the difference between this alien defensive weapon and the human void shield.

"Oh, God of All Machines, this 'Void Shield' is undoubtedly more advanced than ours. Its energy conversion efficiency is at least two levels higher than ours." Some black engine oil guys exclaimed.

Blackstone Fortress is a huge treasure trove, and there are too many things that have not been excavated.

The Eldar's void shields were identical in principle to human's, both utilizing the warp to deflect enemy attacks, but human's were... crude in comparison.

Under the control of the main intelligent computer, tens of thousands of densely packed torpedoes probed the weak points of the Black Stone Fortress from all directions. The intelligent computer also analyzed through exhaustive attempts to find out which blasting method would be most effective.

In the battleship's holographic projection, Ryan, Sanguinius and others saw that many torpedoes seemed to have missed their target and exploded one after another before they got close to the Blackrock Fortress.

With the assistance of the intelligent brain, Ryan felt that commanding a war of this level was not so tiring. Everything related to physical calculations and predictions could be handed over to the intelligent brain for calculation.

After all, no matter how powerful the human brain is, it cannot exceed the computing power of artificial intelligence.

Under the attack of tens of thousands of void torpedoes, the void shield barrier of Blackrock Fortress began to fluctuate violently, like a screen that was constantly ravaged, with many cracks and gaps appearing.

Then, extremely quickly, the cracks began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye. Only a few void torpedoes broke through the void shield defense and rushed to the vicinity of the Blackrock Fortress.

This number may be only about one percent of the total fired, which means that the enemy's lethality is reduced by 99%.

"Close-in defense guns! Close-in defense guns! Let our missiles destroy those things!" the Sons of Horus roared. No one wanted to be hit by a torpedo, which posed the greatest threat to a warship.

Then, just as the priests of the Dark Mechanicus were about to operate the weapon systems they had moved to the Blackstone Fortress, the Blackstone Fortress beneath them suddenly became active.

Yes, there was no need for them to do anything. The Blackrock Fortress seemed to have sensed the threat and acted instinctively.

Dozens of dazzling psychic beams shot out from some protrusions on the surface of the Blackstone Fortress, and the rebels didn't even expect that these were hidden defense systems.

The psychic beam accurately destroyed the approaching void torpedoes. Except for the aftermath of the explosion slightly touching the main body of the Blackstone Fortress, the concentrated fire of tens of thousands of torpedoes by the Empire had no effect at all.

"All weapons arrays continue to fire, and let the New Caliban and Angel's Tears contain the Black Stone Fortress."

"The Sky Eagle leads the Glorious Queens to block the enemy's Glorious Queen formation. This will be a protracted battle."

Ryan Johnson gave the order. He had already tested the enemy's strength. There was no doubt that this would be a long war for both sides.

The iron wall-like defense of the Black Stone Fortress could not be easily conquered even by a Thundercloud-class planetary battleship, and the opponent's attack would also have difficulty directly hitting the giant celestial ship that was moving at high speed.

These two most powerful beasts will fight each other until one of them reveals its weakness.

The Lion saw traces of Word Bearers and World Eaters ships, including the Triumvirate that had escaped from Roboute Guilliman's pursuit.

They had already asked about the power of the Empire's new warships, so did the Blackstone Fortress give them courage?

Then let them try again.

(End of this chapter)