Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 188 Brings Destruction to Kroll
"Holy crap, this is really bad. It's not a genuine warp drive, so it's still not stable enough."

The bridge of the Star Pioneer, which warped into the field, was shaking continuously. Gao Yi was speechless as he looked at the various alarms and damage displayed on the holographic projection in front of him.

Sparks flew across the engine deck of the Star Pioneer, and piercing alarms blared incessantly.

The ported version just can't be optimized properly.

The addition of warp engines to the Warp Star Pioneer clearly exceeded the original design limits of this massive warship; the size of a starship was still much smaller than that of Warhammer.

"Lord! The warp drive is severely overloaded! Multiple fires have broken out on the engine deck!"

Fortunately, the warship's SCVs made up for this disadvantage. So what if it breaks? I'll just fix it!
All the SCVs inside the Star Pioneer started operating and rushed towards various parts of the warship.

"Commander Gabriel! Bishop Artanis is fighting the enemy and they need help. Your strike cruisers are faster and can directly advance on the Koror Ark. These Eldar warship dynasties will take care of them for you!"

Meanwhile, the Eldar warships on the Koror Ark had already left the dock and were heading towards the human fleet.

Compared to the heavy and sturdy warships of humans, the warships of the Eldar appear exceptionally light, and the Eldar do not use physical weapons such as macro cannons.

They used more advanced and powerful lasers and light spears to inflict devastating blows on the enemy.

The solar sails drew energy from the star, giving these Eldar warships even greater speed.

The phantom holographic force field carried by the warship will simultaneously produce several constantly moving phantom images.

The Imperial oracle's locking system had difficulty locking onto these warships, and the number of Eldar warships on the oracle had multiplied several times, making it impossible to determine which one was the actual enemy warship.

Meanwhile, Eldar attack aircraft began to take off and approach the nearest Blood Raven Company.

The Eldar also realized that the Blood Ravens wanted to board the ship directly, while the human Astartes wanted to do what they did best.

Gabriel calmly issued orders as he watched the Eldar fighters approaching.

"Subspace engines offline, conventional plasma engines activated, all energy injected into engines and void shields! Tech sergeant reassure the machine spirits!"

At this moment, the technical sergeants within the battle group also slapped the mark of purity from the Holy Machine Order onto the engine of the battle barge.

The next second, the engine data on the Thinker skyrocketed, even exceeding the original limits of the engine design.

"An incredible creation! Is this what the Holy Machine Order calls a miracle?!"

The warship to which Blood Raven belonged unleashed a speed that was not his own, and the Void Shield was able to absorb more damage.

"Maintain navigation! Activate the observation protocol and adjust the Void Shield power to its limit! Prepare for enemy fire! Aliens, prepare to face the Emperor's wrath!"

Gabriel delegated command of the warship to others, while he himself carried the powerful warhammer toward the hangar.

Inside the hangar of the Blood Ravens Chapter's battle barge, priests were leading their fellow warriors in a pre-battle prayer.

A priest wearing a skull battle mask strolled before his chapter brothers, a cherub flying around him.

The blood ducks, who were about to set off, knelt on one knee.

They chanted the Emperor's name, pleading for his power, and silently recited prayers filled with fighting spirit, vowing to bring death to the aliens.

"Cultivators, tell me, what are you, the sharp blade in the God-Emperor's hand?"

"die!"

"What do you shout when you tear those aliens apart?"

"die!"

"What will you bring to those filthy aliens?"

"die"

"We are the hammer in the God-Emperor's hand, we are the blade in the God-Emperor's hand, we will bring the God-Emperor's wrath to these ignorant aliens, and advance in the name of the Emperor!"

"For the Emperor!"

The orderly and deafening sound of prayers continued to rise.

After the prayers ended, the Blood Ravens' chapter members split into individual kill squads and entered their respective drop pods and Thunderhawks.

Meanwhile, the think tanks of the Gabriel Chapter stood together.

The Blood Ravens' warships were the first to encounter the Eldar.

Countless spears of light slammed into the Blood Raven warship's void shield, while Eldar Darkstar fighters and Eagle bombers relentlessly attacked the warship.

The SCVs provided by Gao Yi were quickly repairing the warship.

The Eldar's Radiant Spears and Star Cannons relentlessly attempted to breach the Void Shield's defenses and cripple the Blood Raven's warships. Numerous close-combat armor pieces on the battle barges began to retaliate, but without engaging in prolonged combat; the Blood Raven knew their tactical objectives.

Meanwhile, the dynasty's fleet had already approached the Eldar's warships.

Large formations of Viking warplanes flew out of the hangars of the Star Pioneers and other warships.

The stealth field installed on them allowed this surprise attack to inflict heavy casualties on these Eldar fighters in the first instance.

Living metals can cause them even more damage.

The Vikings were locked in combat with the warships of the Eldar in the Void.

Fireballs continued to ignite in the void, each representing the complete annihilation of several human or spirit lives.

Exchanging one human life for the casualties of the Spirit Race is a worthwhile trade no matter where it is, and this is also true for Gao Yi.

The Viking formations are using their numerical advantage to contain these faster Eldar fighters.

"Fire control master, lock onto the enemy warship!"

The Imperial's conventional warships may have difficulty locking onto Eldar warships, but the Golden Age system on the Star Pioneer is clearly more advanced.

A Shadowhunter-class Eldar frigate has been successfully locked onto.

This fast-moving warship fired a shot and then fled, clearly believing that human warships could not lock onto it.

When the main cannons on the Star Pioneer fired dazzling beams of light, the Eldar warship, which was attempting to evade using holographic force fields and maneuverability, was instantly enveloped by the energy beams.

The Spirit Race never expected that their holographic force field would have no effect whatsoever.

After firing the first shot, the Star Pioneer's main cannon began to cool down.

The first Eldar warship in this war was destroyed.

The threat posed by the Star Pioneer to the Eldar warships forced the Eldar to shift their focus towards the Star Pioneer, drawing fire from the Blood Ravens.

Meanwhile, the dynasty's large escort fleet also went to meet them.

As the prophet Ella looked at the report, her expression grew increasingly ferocious.

He wasn't worried about the enemy's warships; the Ark itself was an incredibly powerful warship.

What frightened her most was that, according to the report, Artanis had led a large number of Templars into the interior of the Ark and headed towards the Infinite Circuit.

The Infinite Circuit was the most secretive place on the entire Ark, and he couldn't understand how Artanis had found the way!

Although no one guides them, the Infinite Circuit is essentially the spiritual framework of the entire Ark, protecting not only the souls but also providing the Ark with endless energy.

Artanis, with his sensitivity to psychic energy and his application of the Khala network, followed the trajectory of the infinite loop and advanced in the direction it was located.

The importance of the Infinite Circuit forced her to abandon control of the direct warfare and immediately head towards its location.

As soon as Ella left the council, countless airdrop pods rained down from the sky, braving close-in weaponry to reach the Ark.

The combat barge destroyed close-in weaponry attempting to stop the airdrop pod, but some were still inevitably destroyed.

However, more airdropped capsules successfully arrived.

They smashed the Ark's crystal shield and then crashed heavily onto the ground.

As the drop pod doors opened, the Blood Ravens, clad in crimson power armor, unleashed their destruction upon Krol.

Meanwhile, Blood Raven, having established a defensive position, began setting up teleportation beacons, and the think tank, which had landed earlier, began providing teleportation guidance coordinates.

Heaven knows where these Blood Ravens found the Dark Ages-era teleportation beacon; it was far more reliable and could teleport more people than the teleportation beacons currently used by the Imperial Chapter.

Meanwhile, Gabriel and Blood Raven's Terminator Squad were already waiting in the teleportation room.

As the teleportation device activated, Gabriel and the Terminators of the warband all disappeared inside the warship, and the next second the entire Terminator squad arrived aboard Koror.

Meanwhile, the Thunderhawks transported even more Astartes to the landings, including the Dreadnoughts of the Blood Raven Chapter.

The need to confront the entire Arkworld war led Blood Raven to awaken these dormant chapter heroes.

The arrival of an entire battle group left the Ark Eldar somewhat overwhelmed.

The bomb guns relentlessly reaped the lives of these aliens, while squads with clearly defined roles began to strike and destroy important facilities within the Ark world.

(End of this chapter)