Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 162 The "Little Hands Are Not Clean" Battle Group
Harald was furious, but he had no concrete evidence. The enemy's technical sergeants were altering the markings on their power armor and weapons at an incredible speed.

He's obviously a repeat offender! What serious technical sergeant would spend time training for this?

Harald was already holding a grudge. When he returned to Fenrir, he would definitely complain to the chapter about their actions! How could they tolerate stealing from the wolves?

Meanwhile, Harald, who was still sitting in the restaurant, suddenly saw squads of rangers gathering inside the warship.

Harald walked out of the restaurant and stopped an officer.

"Soldier, what happened?"

"My lord! Intruders have appeared in the dynasty's warehouses within the starport! Lord Damon orders us to assemble!"

"Intruder?!"

Without a word, Harald picked up his battle axe and followed the rangers.

When he arrived at the location where the soldiers were assembled, he saw the Night Guards confronting five Astartes soldiers wearing red power armor.

"Blood Raven?!"

Harald stepped out of the crowd and came to Damon's side, who was equally surprised that Harald would stand on the side of the Montgomery dynasty, and even seemed very close to him.

The leader of the Blood Ravens also felt a bit troubled, after all, they had just stolen equipment from the enemy's comrades, and now they had run into this pack of wolves.

Gao Yi was also observing this small group of Blood Ravens through Damon's perspective.

Surprisingly, one of the five members of the opposing team was a think tank member.

The number of Blood Raven psionicists is indeed as high as rumored; their think tanks are so large that they can't be contained within the official staff.

"Could these guys really be Magnus's offspring if we trace their lineage back to them? A large number of psionicists, their pursuit of knowledge, yet the existence of red-letter spells seems unlikely."

However, no one knows what the genetic origin of these guys is; their origin has been completely erased by the Inquisition.

However, while Blood Raven's think tank is currently very powerful, the sheer number of psionicists could bring disaster to Blood Raven once the Great Rift opens.

Look at this! Look how sneaky these guys are. They're wearing a machine gunner's combat uniform, a medic's combat uniform, and even have two C-14 pistols in their hands.

Are these yours? Why are you taking them?

Gao Yi even saw some components of an ecological recycling system inside the warship, as well as a large box of fresh fruits and vegetables.

So you've really come to my kingdom to buy goods, huh?
However, Gao Yi was suddenly attracted by a Spirit Race soul stone on the Blood Raven Think Tank's body. The soul stone was hanging on the other party's waist as if it were the other party's trophy.

The familiar feeling of longing returned.

Just like when I encountered that Shadow Prophet.

Could it be that the powerful soul stones of the Ark Eldar could also grant Gao Yi the ability to unlock the race's abilities?
Gao Yi also remembered that although Blood Raven had cooperated with the Eldar, it had also had a major melee with the Eldar, Orcs, and Chaos.

Soulstones of the Ark Eldar occasionally appear in the cold market trade of the expanded area, and Gao Yi has handled quite a few of these soulstones.

Even in recent years, when the dynasty was expanding its territory, there were some sporadic conflicts with the Ark Eldar, but these were only small-scale conflicts. The main enemies were the Dark Eldar, but the Dark Eldar did not use Soul Stones to protect their souls.

However, the soul stones possessed by this think tank member were significantly different from those of ordinary soul stones.

It was clearly created after the death of a Spirit Race member of a sufficiently high status.

"Blood Raven! As the God-Emperor's angels, isn't it inappropriate for you to take our equipment without our permission?"

But when faced with Damon's questioning, these Blood Ravens were clearly seasoned veterans.

They did not offer the explanation or launch a direct attack as Damon had anticipated.

Instead, he calmly walked towards Damon.

"Astral Army, your technology can be put to greater use in our hands. I am requisitioning this equipment from you in the name of the God-Emperor!" Damon wanted to laugh. Coming in the name of the God-Emperor right off the bat? Have you ever even met the God-Emperor? Our boss is a living saint.

"Shameless bastards, your actions are a disgrace to the name of the Father!"

Before Damon could speak, Harald stepped forward. They could tolerate it once, but now that they were stealing from their own side, the wolves could no longer suppress their tempers.

The Blood Raven, the leader, showed no fear when it saw the wolves trying to charge at it, and the five-person team immediately formed a battle formation.

Psionic energy surged from the think tank, and a series of explosive guns were aimed at Harald.

So what if you're a startup team?

Although the Blood Raven Legion's combat strength fluctuates greatly, ranging from high-ranking demons to those who traded kills with orcish brats, their battle record is verifiable. They have fought against high-ranking demons, Tyranids, Warboss, Eldar prophets, and even within the Empire itself.

As their clandestine activities were exposed, even more Blood Ravens were heading towards the area.

As a ship-based chapter, Blood Raven does not have its own homeworld; wherever the warships are, that chapter's monastery is there.

This means that most of the chapter's forces are focused on the battle barges, eliminating the need to allocate extra troops to defend the homeworld.

After a series of fierce battles, the Blood Ravens have lost five combat companies, and the entire legion has suffered more than half its current strength.

The remaining companies were also understaffed, forcing them to search for available recruits to bolster the number of troops in the battle group.

The Blood Ravens Chapter lacks a stable source of manpower, and the Astartes modification surgery, with its high failure rate, further exacerbates the manpower shortage.

A Blood Raven Company in the area was initially just on a simple resupply mission, assisting the Empire in destroying a wrecked spaceship. However, when the nano-healing gun came into view, they immediately realized the value of this technological item.

To some extent, this can reduce the probability of death for new recruits undergoing modification surgery.

The existence of the combat suits is also special enough that they should study the technology behind them and incorporate it into their knowledge base.

The dynasty's trade with foreign countries only included basic interstellar equipment.

These medical guns, manufactured in military camps, have never been traded.

After all, why sell the nanotherapy gun directly when they could charge per use?

One-time fees are nowhere near as profitable as long-term sales.

Faced with the Astragalus who possessed this technology, Blood Raven, having discovered that there were no other ways to acquire it, chose to leverage the unique characteristics of their own chapter.

Not only were they discovered, but now they're planning to forcibly seize them. Normally, once the Astragalus are forcibly requisitioned by Astartes, there's not much they can do, but the Rangers are clearly not ordinary Astragalus soldiers.

The atmosphere instantly became tense, and reinforcements from the Blood Raven Legion arrived at the scene.

Upon seeing the Rangers' raised weapons, the entire company of Blood Ravens also raised their own slug pistols.

Several think tanks have even begun to develop psionic ideas.

The Rangers were equally formidable, loading their weapons and firing at the Blood Ravens, while the Night Guards raised their heavy explosive rounds. "We've fought the Demon Legion before, and you're just a few dozen people, what are you afraid of?"

You call for support, we call for support too!

Groups of Rangers, fully armed, rushed toward the scene. The Viking and Banshee squadrons on the warship also took off, and even Thor's pilot entered the cockpit. If needed, the hospital ship would directly transport Thor to join the battle.

The Rangers in their combat uniforms were no smaller than the Astartes, and Damon and the Night Watchers were even taller when they wore Archon armor.

For a moment, the mortal army actually overwhelmed the emperor's angels in terms of sheer force.

Blood Raven, who was present, did not expect that the other side would make the situation so tense because of such a piece of equipment.

(End of this chapter)