Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 33 Logic Wins Support
Altar No. 3 of Lukopo Hive.

Kivio-15 pulled the data probe of the mechanical tentacle out of the data board brought by Murawski.

The name Kiviole, derived from the Sage, leader of the Martian exploration fleet that discovered Vostroya, is an identifier with a glorious history, used by many local members.

The expanded No. 15 is an additional part of the Sage customization to highlight the unique personality of this unit, just like another custom No. 23 Tech-Priest.

Thierry spoke first, "Sage, as you can see, Puhachi is dead, and the new king, Nimrod, from the hive city of Tezwok, has occupied the Hive Tower and the Upper Hive."

Murawski then added: "Sage, Puhaqi has long been a madman. Without King Nimrod's appearance, Lukopo will soon collapse."

"Foolish Puhachi, fragile human."

The voice from the red robe expressed Kivio-15's assessment. Puhachi was right in his pursuit of a perfect body, but he overestimated the wisdom and endurance of fragile flesh and blood life.

Murawski and Thierry exchanged a glance. They naturally understood the sage's attitude. Without his tacit approval, the Mad King would not have been able to rule Lukopo for so many years.

The white-haired marquis quickly said, "Sage, King Nimrod has noticed that Lukebo's production capacity has recently declined, and he has promised to restore it quickly."

Thierry then added: "King Nimrod has already done this in Tezwark, and has reached an agreement with the Sage Kaminski."

Kivio-15 remained silent, his golden mechanical eyes flashing with red and green binary language as he contacted Sage Kaminsky through the exclusive communication channel of the Mechanicus's upper echelons.

After the binary data torrent flowed for a moment, the sage spoke.

"I'm going to meet this new king. Lead the way."

Sixteen standard minutes later, Kivio-15 met the new king. He believed in the perfection of the mechanical body more than Kaminski and Puhachi. After a five-minute struggle with his new king, he spoke.

"Kaminsky told me that you restored Tezwok's production capacity and completed the reforms in the Lower Hive Dome."

"But you didn't follow the agreement and deal with the alien pirates. Instead, you attacked Lukopo and killed Puhachi, who was blessed by Om Messiah. This is a breach of contract."

Nimrod shook his head, "Otherwise, I attacked Lukopo precisely to fulfill my promise."

"What you said is illogical."

"To deal with the pirates, we need spaceships. All three of Tezvok's spaceships have set off under the command of Robert Boleslaw."

Nimrod's eyes sparkled. "I didn't attack Mazov and Stettin first, but attacked Lukopo precisely because of the Piontkovsky family's frigates."

After occupying the Nest Tower, he searched Puhachi's palace and gained three major gains.

First of all, of course, is the foundation of the Piontkovsky family, the STC of the maglev train and some incomplete technologies in mechanical transformation.

Secondly, there are the potion materials that only he can make the most of. He found a total of twenty-five types, a total of forty-three potion materials.

In addition to collecting another batch of "Sailor" potion, his biggest gain was collecting two batches of "Generalist" potion.

Ningluo found the main materials of "The Universalist" and two data tablets of dead technical priests in the study.

He also found seven auxiliary materials in the laboratory, including unused Mars I-stage spiral gears.

He doesn't have a suitable target yet, otherwise he would have ordered Bukayo and Rawlslev to go to other hives, kill a few technical priests, and get the data board.

The last harvest was the frigate stationed at the starport.

Unlike the Trzeciwok warships, which were scattered among the three major families of Bolesław, Find and Kournikova, Lukopo had only one ship, the Piszczek.

After Nimrod discovered this gain, he immediately sent Bukayo and the Seventh Company, carrying the key, on a flying vehicle to the spaceport to take control of the Piszczek.

At the same time, he also used his "Extraordinary Eloquence" to reframe his responses based on this newfound knowledge. After being promoted to "Barbarian," his "Lawyer" abilities were more or less enhanced. While his "Extraordinary Eloquence" wasn't as significant as his ability to spot loopholes in the rules, it was still a greater improvement than his ability to decipher data.

"With a frigate, I can travel to the starry sea and fight against alien pirates."

He took out the data tablet. He had spent fifteen minutes using his superhuman brain to process the data of six working cycles of all the factories in Lukebo's upper nest, and used his ability to unravel the mystery to find the key points, and finally formed a chart.

"The first table, a ladder-shaped chart, shows the production statistics for every ten minutes at the B-14 weapons foundry in Lukopo Hive six cycles ago, on Suniban."

"It can be seen that after working hours exceed five hours, output drops rapidly, by 8.52%."

He tapped his fingers and brought up another watch.

"This is the production statistics for the same factory, the same team, and the same time five cycles ago. You can see that the output during the first standard hour was only the same as the third standard hour of the previous day. Furthermore, at the fourth standard hour, it began to decline rapidly, by 10.83%."

Nimrod showed Kivio-15 the charts one by one, letting the data speak for itself.

He finally pulled up a comprehensive industrial capacity statistics chart, using Martian coins as the unit of measurement to calculate the capacity of Lukebo's upper nest over six working cycles.

"This chart shows that the total production capacity of the Lukebo Upper Nest has dropped from 25.08 billion per work cycle to 16.35 billion Mars coins."

“Combined with the previous chart, we can draw a conclusion: Lukopo’s production capacity is declining rapidly.”

"The data is accurate, the logic is rigorous, and the conclusions are correct."

Kivio-15 immediately made his assessment and asked the giant in front of him for advice.

"King Nimrod, how should this be resolved?"

“Nature is the solution and there is only one reason behind this and that is the food problem.”

“Workers are not machines, not mechanical servants, and certainly not made of steel.”

"Flesh and blood are weak," Kivio-15 said, looking down on mortals, but he had to accept reality. "Kaminsky and I ask that you fulfill your promise as soon as possible."

"Of course, I always keep my promises."

"I need twelve work cycles to prepare."

It was only after he captured Lukopo that Nimrod realized the severity of the food crisis.

The 1st Vostroyan Regiment also suffered less losses in the battle. He decided to launch an attack on Mazov and Stettin in advance, and then set sail immediately to deal with the alien pirates.

Seeing Nimrod easily defeat Kivio -15, Thierry and Murawski acknowledged his status as the new king of Lukopo and put aside their last worries.

Not only does the giant possess god-like combat power, he is not as crazy as Puhachi. When not in combat, he is rational and wise, grasping the key points that the sages are concerned about, using logic to win support and achieve political goals.

The two of them thought at the same time: [The situation in Vostronia will change. Nimrod will unite all thirty-three scattered hives and become the only true king.]
Considering that he was about to leave Lukopo and then go to the Star Sea, Nimrod decided to reform Lukopo after returning.

"Murafsky, you will be in charge of Lukopo's political affairs for the time being."

"Yes, my king."

After Murawski left, Nimrod sent a message to Rawlslev and Bukayo, summoning them to the palace for a military meeting, as he was going to launch a new round of military expansion.

He also specifically mentioned Szczesny to attend the meeting.

(End of this chapter)