Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 208 Brings Hope to Kadia
As a member of the Imperial Guard, Diuss considered himself to be well-informed and had witnessed countless grand scenes. Having fought alongside the Emperor, he had also seen much of the technology from humanity's glorious past.

But at this moment, he still couldn't suppress his emotions. He had forgotten when he last had this expression.

"By the Emperor, is such technology really possible?"

At this moment, he recalled Gao Yi's words.

The other person smiled and told him that in his eyes, the dangerous subspace was no longer an obstacle to his progress.

He only needs the Imperial Guard to provide him with a precise map of the Cardia constellation, and he can directly bypass the warp storms created by Chaos and enter Cardia.

Upon hearing Gao Yi's words, Diuss thought that the other party was just talking nonsense, and that even the great emperor had not accomplished such an achievement.

However, Gao Yi proved himself with his actions in the face of his doubts.

Dius now understood why the Emperor had ordered them to find Gao Yi, the wandering merchant.

As for Diuss's status as a member of the Imperial Guard, Gao Yi did not hide the fact that he possessed the warp technology from him.

After all, anyone can be corrupted, anyone can defect, but these Imperial Guards would never be.

Others might question or doubt the Emperor, even the Primarchs who are his offspring, but the Imperial Guard would never.

No one could match the loyalty of these Imperial Guards.

This allowed Gao Yi to confidently reveal the information to them.

When Dius learned of this, he left six members of the team with Gao Yi without asking him anything, to protect his safety.

One of the guards returned directly to Terra by warship to report to Commander Trajan.

Dius didn't even dare to report this back to Terra through the Star Speakers.

After all, Astral Speech requires passage through the subspace, although the Astral Speech users serving the Imperial Guard are all handpicked, the most loyal and skilled.

However, Dius still dared not reveal this matter to the Star Speaker.

They were terrified that any unexpected event might occur, allowing the beings in the subspace to intercept the star language and discover Gao Yi's current location.

Even though Gao Yi said he didn't need their protection, Dius persisted in doing so.

Meanwhile, he and two other guards boarded a Montgomery dynasty transport ship carrying a large amount of supplies and arrived at the outskirts of Kadia.

The appearance of this fleet immediately alerted all the Cardia defense fleets.

These massive transport ships appeared as if they had just appeared out of nowhere.

The communications sent by the transport ship also revealed its identity.

"The Montgomery Dynasty?!"

The betrayal that occurred at the previous landing site in Kadia led Kadia to conduct strict screening of any Astral Army reinforcements, fearing that another infiltrated force might launch a surprise attack on Kadia from within.

When Creed learned that the fleet belonged to the Montgomery dynasty, he found it incredible.

We were just talking about this merchant dynasty, and now it's suddenly appeared in the Cardia star system. Is there really such a coincidence in the world?

He also learned about the supplies carried on the transport ship.

The staggering number of millions of combat suits made Creed and the other Astronautical Army commanders extremely uneasy.

The commanders of the various battle groups also wanted to find out more.

"Assemble the guards! I want to go to the landing site myself!"

Under the protection of Kashezin and Astartes, Creed made his way to the landing site.

The once empty landing area was now filled with transport planes, which were constantly shuttling back and forth to the Dynasty transport ships on the tracks.

Large quantities of brand-new combat suits were shipped out one by one.

However, due to limitations in the production capacity of nanoalloys and the needs of Gao Yi's own troops, these combat suits are not all made of nanoalloys, but most of them are made of ceramic steel, which is far superior to the bulletproof armor used by the Star Force.

After seeing the sheer quantity of equipment, no one doubted Harald and Philip's words anymore. "Lord Logan! See? I told you! This Montgomery dynasty is incredibly wealthy; I don't know how they managed it! With these combat suits, let those traitors come! We'll tear them apart on the ground! They won't break through our defenses!"
Our weakness in the void can also be compensated for. Don't those traitors like to switch sides? Let them come! I want to see how these guys react when they encounter these loyalists in combat suits when they enter the warship.

Could we even proactively launch a bombing raid to cripple their warships?

Harald seemed very excited, and his hearty laughter seemed to dispel the gloom that had been hanging over everyone's faces for some time.

This is one of the few pieces of good news since the start of the war, and it is a piece of news that is encouraging and will greatly strengthen Cadia's defense.

As another batch of transport ships arrived, priests and technicians disembarked.

Behind them followed a series of SCVs.

"Praise be to the Holy Machine, Lord of Creedburg, we are priests from the Order of the Holy Machine of Agathos, and we have come by the command of the Emperor's living saint, Lord of the Montgerd Dynasty, Lord Gao Yi Montgerd."

We have brought you the miracles of Om Messiah; you can confidently entrust the maintenance of heavy vehicles and warships to us! We will provide you with ample logistical and maintenance support.

"Repairing warships? You think you can do it with just the guys here?"

Creed directly questioned these priests.

Even in the world of forging, repairing a warship is no easy task.

It takes a lot of time just to appease the machine's spirit.

The small shipyard and dry docks used by Cardia were already filled with warships waiting for repairs.

Looking at the priests before them, no one believed they had the ability.

Just as everyone was about to question these so-called priests of the Holy Order,

Three figures slowly emerged from the transport ship.

Their golden power armor made them stand out in the crowd.

"The Imperial Guard?!"

When the commanders of the battle groups saw the Imperial Guards appear before them, they could hardly believe it.

These agents of the emperor's will in the mortal world actually left the palace and appeared on the warship of the Montgomery dynasty.

The mortal Star Realm soldiers and commanders around him all knelt on one knee.

They had all heard the legends of the Imperial Guards, but had never seen them in person.

They could only see the figures of these golden-armored giants in the exquisite murals in the State Cathedral.

Let alone these ordinary people, how many of the Astartes present had actually seen the Imperial Guard?

"How did these Imperial Guards escape from Terra..." Logan murmured to himself.

The Astartes of the Black Temple also paid homage to the Imperial Guard.

At this moment, most mortals felt that they were saved, and that the Imperial Guard must have received guidance from the God Emperor to help them.

Dius looked at the crowd.

"Lord of Creedburg, as the Emperor's representative, I vouch for the priests of the Holy Mechanics in the name of the Imperial Guard. You can trust them."

We will also remain in Cardia to assist you in your fight against humanity's enemies.

Diuss's words caused everyone to look at the priests with suspicion, and the Imperial Guard vouched for them, wondering what kind of people these guys were.

But when the priests of the Holy Machine Order actually began their repair work, they truly began to believe that it was a miracle belonging to the Om Messiah.

News of the arrival of the Imperial Guard quickly spread throughout Cardia, giving everyone hope.

Combat uniforms were also distributed to different units according to their needs.

(End of this chapter)