Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 170 For El
After Gao Yi used the God's Machine to resolve the psionic energy out-of-control problem of the remaining members of the Third Company, Blood Raven followed Gao Yi's instructions and led his existing fleet toward the expansion area.

Going to the expansion area to fight for Gao Yi is the first honorary debt that Blood Raven has to pay.

Upon reaching the expansion zone, the Montgomery Dynasty will also assist the Blood Ravens in finding suitable candidates among the Dynasty's many planets to complete their recruitment plan.

The remaining Blood Raven Company, scattered throughout the hazy star field, also assembled in the expanded area according to orders.

Gao Yi left the Star Pioneer in Malfurion as a bridgehead to consolidate the dynasty, while Gao Yi, along with Kerrigan and Artanis, warped back to the expansion area first.

Gao Yi wants to build a home for these Protoss from the stars in the Warhammer world, just like Char in the Zerg Swarm. An uninhabited and habitable planet will become the new Aiur.

Gao Yi already has a suitable planet.

In order to enable the loading of the third game program, the habitability transformation of the planet has never stopped.

Compared to terraforming planets that have been severely polluted by violent and unrestrained mining and industrialization, the relatively undeveloped planets with harsh environments on the star map can be terraformed much faster.

There happens to be a planet in an uninhabited star system near Char that has already completed half of its habitability transformation.

Although we are still some distance from a truly habitable planet, it is enough for the Protoss to settle here temporarily, and the habitability transformation will not stop.

And the good thing is that it's secluded enough and won't be disturbed by other forces, which can meet the initial development needs of the Protoss.

Artanis looked at the planet not far away from the bridge.

"Artanis, this is your new home, and it will become your El."

“Ayr. Yes, I will lead the Protoss to settle here.”

The transport ship carrying Gao Yi and Artanis arrived at the Mechanic Order's settlement, which had undergone habitable transformation by the dynasty.

All the original members of the religious order and the workers have been evacuated.

They also left behind a considerable amount of supplies.

Gao Yi can use the probes provided by the system to build various production and military buildings, but the Protoss are not as primitive as the Zerg and are not picky about their living environment.

These Protoss have their own feelings and thoughts; they also need to survive and live.

These supplies can help them in their initial development.

The hovering probe remained quietly beside Gao Yi.

Gao Yi also opened the list of probes to be built.

[Protoss Nexus: Consumes 5 Psionic Crystals]

[Crystal Tower: 500 psionic crystals.]

As the most fundamental Protoss building, the cost was higher than Gao Yi had imagined.

But this is necessary for the Protoss.

The probes need to be produced by this building, and the Protoss Nexus is the center of the Protoss psionic matrix; it can even be called the heart of the Protoss.

As the psionic crystal was consumed, a huge and dark sphere of light suddenly appeared in the cleared ground. As time passed, an enormous building appeared out of nowhere before everyone's eyes.

It's not like it was built here; it's more like it was teleported here directly.

The moment the Protoss Nexus was completed, psionic energy converged on the building.

Gao Yi sensed that the psionic energy extracted by the Nexus was the same psionic energy from the unconsciously purified area in the warp near the Xel'Naga projection.

This prevents the Protoss from being directly invaded by the malice within the warp while they draw on warp energy, which is an unexpected bonus for Gao Yi.

The probe, priced at 100 crystals per unit, is still cheap.

As probes began to emerge from the Protoss Nexus, they started building crystal towers nearby.

Gao Yi could afford the price of 500 per crystal. Looking at the nearly three million psionic crystals he had accumulated over the years, including those from the battles of Malfy, he should be able to afford the initial construction of the Protoss.

The Crystal Towers are the energy source for all Protoss structures; they also draw psionic energy to supply all Protoss structures and maintain their normal operation.

In terms of social structure, the Protoss are more like a psionic race than any other race in the Warhammer universe, even surpassing the Eldar, a psionic being created by the Old Ones.

Psionic energy permeates almost every aspect of Protoss society; even food is made from various energies from the universe and these psionic energies.

As psionic crystals were deployed, other production buildings began to be constructed, including portals, stargates, machine stations, forges, control cores, and other production and technology buildings.

The human starport only required 10 psionic crystals from Gao Yi.

The Protoss's counterpart, the Stargate, required a whopping 20 psionic crystals from Gao Yi.

It breaks my heart.
The psionic crystals I had painstakingly accumulated suddenly felt like they were about to run out.

Those powerful units require not only metal but also a large amount of energy.

This means that Gao Yi needs to continuously expand the psionic matrix on Aiur to provide energy for these Protoss creations.

The Protoss warships and various heavy units also take twice as long to build as Terran units.

However, what Gao Yi wanted most was the Spear of Adun.

However, Gao Yi was also taken aback when he saw the production conditions for the Spear of Adun.

The Spear of Adun, also known as the Protoss's Ark, is not only a powerful weapon powered by a star, but also wields time technology.

At the same time, it is also a research base and a production base. It can be regarded as a mobile Protoss world, just like the Eldar's Ark world.

His production conditions, like his name, require Gao Yi to conquer and seize an Ark world of the Spirit Race, and then use a large number of Spirit Race souls and spiritual energy from the infinite circuit of the Ark world to bring him to this world.

It must be said that this condition is very demanding.
The Eldar's Ark worlds are limited, and it's usually very difficult to find them.

However, now that this group of Eldar has started appearing in his territory, perhaps there is an opportunity to accomplish this!
Gao Yi transferred the authority over various buildings to Artanis. As the true leader of the Protoss in StarCraft, Gao Yi believed that Artanis understood the Protoss better than himself and knew better how to allocate resources.

Leave professional tasks to professionals.

Gao Yi also began to provide Artanis with the manpower he needed.

Upon returning to the expanded region, Rebecca and Will also collected Soulstones throughout the Alliance and the Empire's sphere of influence in the expanded region, as he requested.

Although no high-level spirit race soul stones were found, quite a few ordinary soul stones were found.

Those who possess Soulstones are happy to use them to exchange for more tangible resources from the Montgomery dynasty.

With the soulstones obtained from the Blood Ravens, Artanis already has enough to provide an entire army.

Gao Yi began linking the projection, consuming all the resources transformed from the soul stones in one go.

As a result, countless beams of light began to descend from the sky to the ground near the already constructed crystal tower, and Eldar Templar began to transform from deconstructed energy signals into physical forms.

One by one, the souls of the Eldar began to be replaced by Templars, and the power of their souls became the bond that brought the Protoss to this world.

Looking at the scene before him, Gao Yi felt as if he were watching a Legacy of the Void CG.

The presence of a full ten thousand Templars and two high-ranking Templars almost filled the entire area.

Artanis watched all this with excitement. He reached for his Khala, and as the Templars arrived, Protoss thoughts began to emerge from within the Khala.

The Protoss will also rebuild a new Aiur here.

"For my people, the sacred Khala binds us together, uniting us in this dire situation, Templars! Draw your blades, for we, the firstborn sons of God, will once again fight for our great Creator!"

(End of this chapter)