Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 195 Entering the Online Path
The Purifier technology has another rather absurd aspect: when the Soul Stone is shattered, the Spirit Race dies, but when the Purifier dies, all that's needed is a new body, which is simply a matter of implanting data again.

The disadvantage compared to normal Protoss is that they cannot communicate with psionic energy; they rely solely on the solar core on the Spear of Adun for energy to operate.

Unable to engage in long-range, extended combat outside the range of the Spear of Adun for extended periods.

Moreover, these mechanical Protoss beings are truly capable of thinking for themselves, and Gao Yi suspects that the members of the Mechanical Order would very likely regard them as abhorrent intelligences.

With the addition of Karax, he also discovered that the current Spear of Adun was different from the Spear of Adun in the interstellar space. In fact, the current massive Spear of Adun still had room for improvement.

Karax's words prompted Gao Yi to check the system again, and sure enough, the system showed that there were upgrade options in the area of ​​the Spear of Adun.

The condition for upgrading is to devour another ark.

Although the conditions were demanding, they still satisfied Gao Yi. It seemed that the Spear of Adun could be upgraded into a giant ship with a range of thousands of kilometers. In the Warhammer universe, where longer warships were often more powerful, bigger was definitely better.

One by one, Protoss began to fill the various positions in the Spear of Adun, but even with hundreds of thousands of them scattered throughout this enormous ark, the population still seemed sparse.

The Protoss population is unlikely to see large-scale growth in the short term. Gao Yi also plans to transfer some Rangers and some technical priests from the Holy Machine Order to Spear of Adun. The joint operations between humans and Protoss can also form a certain complementarity.

With the help of the privileges he had seized, Gao Yi also learned about many hidden network entrances within the expanded area.

This allowed Gao Yi to set up defensive forces outside these large network channels. Gao Yi wanted to see what expressions the unsuspecting Eldar, who attempted to invade the expansion area, would have when they sailed out of the network channels unprepared and faced the well-prepared human fleet.

"Artanis, you said that the Spear of Adun now has access to the Webpaths? And access to the smaller Webpath entrances in Comoros, right?"

"Yes, my lord, the Spear of Adun currently has certain permissions for this Ark of Kolor within its system."

"Quick! Try it!"

Gao Yi couldn't wait to let Artanis try it out.

Artanis, who had returned to the bridge with Gao Yi, immediately issued orders.

The Spear of Adun headed toward the hidden entrance to the Webway within the galaxy.

Without Gao Yi's discovery of the Spear of Adun, it would have been almost impossible to find this gate that emitted almost no energy fluctuations, with the enormous alien creation standing in the void.

Its unique material was only identified as a meteorite by the detectors on the Star Pioneer, and its existence could only be observed by eye or even by getting close to it.

As the Spear of Adun drew near, the circular creation began to function, and a massive rift opened within it.

And this network entrance only shows a tiny energy reaction when it is opened.

The Imperial Dynasty could only use a rudimentary method to find these large network entrances: analyzing the locations where the Eldar appeared and disappeared to make inferences, followed by a thorough search.

However, the Eldar also know what humans are thinking, and they won't be foolish enough to directly reveal their whereabouts unless absolutely necessary.

This resulted in very few marked Eldar network entrances within the Empire.

The Spear of Adun began to slowly enter the entrance to the net path.

Phase technicians were also curious about the technology and were collecting all the data.

Such net passage entrances, large enough to allow the Ark to pass through, are not so common, and the conditions within the net passages are no longer as perfect as when the Old Ones existed and the Eldar Empire still ruled the galaxy.

The erosion of the warp and the flames of war have caused many of the Web Channels to leak, allowing demons from the warp to enter them. Some Web Channels have even collapsed, creating dead ends. This means that when Kroll wants to travel to certain locations, he must occasionally leave the Web Channels and enter the real universe, using another portal as a transit point.

Otherwise, if they stayed hidden in the net tunnels, the Protoss might not have been able to conquer Koror on their own.

Through the transparent shield in front of him, Gao Yi also observed the network. The entire network was made of some unknown anti-spiritual material. Even with all his efforts, the Emperor could only open an entrance and establish a small section of the network.

Some even claim that everything the Emperor did—establishing the Empire, creating the Primarchs and Space Marines—was a prelude to the Webpath Project.

One can only imagine the extent of the ancient saints' mastery of psionic energy and warp that enabled them to build the entire galactic network.

But how powerful are the space necromancers and star gods who fight them?

As the Spear of Adun continued its advance, the distance within the Web had already traversed an incredibly vast star sector in the real universe.

According to the existing network map, after traveling for only a dozen minutes, Spear of Adun stopped between small network entrances. As marked, the network entrance in front of them was only large enough for one fighter jet to pass through at most.

After all, Comoros was once an important Eldar trade hub, and the Ark was essentially a trade vessel of the former Eldar Empire.

In those distant times, the Kolor Ark may have even reached the Comoros.

Although the Eldar and Dark Eldar are on different paths, they are not entirely without interaction, and this small entrance is the passage that the Koror Ark will pass through when it needs to travel to Comoros.

As the transport ship brought everyone to the surface of the net tunnel, Gao Yi stood before the entrance to the net tunnel.

As the entrance to the network channel was activated, ripples appeared in the space before us.

Gao Yi tried to reach through the network gate but didn't feel anything unusual. However, his weak connection with the swarm network began to tighten again.

This confirmed to him that the other side was definitely Comoros!
He then peered over and saw the dark city of Comoros with his own eyes.

The entrance to the floating network tunnel allowed Gao Yi to overlook this vast, boundless city.

Looking at the warships cruising in the sky, Gao Yi only realized the true size of the city after seeing it with his own eyes.

Among the Eldar, the Dark Eldar group's combat prowess is probably the least consistent with the established rules, even though they should have inherited the most Eldar's advanced technology.

After confirming that it was indeed Comoros, Gao Yi immediately stuck his head back in.

“Kaelax, I need you to produce some Protoss units to scout the city for me.”

Following Gao Yi's orders, the Starforge on the Spear of Adun was activated for the first time, producing dozens of Protoss Detectors. These unarmed small flying units are extremely important detection units for the Protoss, as their mobility and permanent cloaking make them essential for scouting enemy positions.

As these detectors slowly entered the web channel in front of him, Gao Yi also began to order the Spear of Adun to leave the web channel.

Meanwhile, no one noticed that these detectors had secretly entered the Comoros from among the numerous small network entrances scattered throughout the region.

These small probes also began to head towards different areas of the Comoros.

These detectors will gather various intelligence on the Comoros. Knowing your enemy is the key to victory. When it comes time to launch an attack on the Comoros, the intelligence obtained by these detectors will surely bring Gao Yi a pleasant surprise.

Comoros has a lot of good stuff, like the STC that can create panaceas. It was taken from the humans by the Dark Eldar and has been hidden in this city ever since. According to the lore, this thing can cure all diseases. If it's really that powerful, Nurgle might develop depression.

(End of this chapter)