Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 210 Repairing the Mountain Array

After providing aid to Cadia, Gao Yi didn't have many SCVs left. When he actually saw the Mountain Array, he realized that he had underestimated its size and the extent of its damage.

Even though this Starfortress was built using only the framework of the Golden Age and then combined with Imperial technology, it is still one of the Empire's most powerful war machines.

Perhaps the only comparable structures are the mechanical arks belonging to the Mechanicus, which were truly designed and built during the Golden Age.

Countless enormous cannon muzzles and sensor arrays are spread across it.

It would be very difficult for any warship to withstand a salvo from the Mountain Array.

However, the Mountain Array was powerful enough that even when severely damaged, it could still engage in a fierce battle with the Blackrock Fortress, whose shields were damaged, and eventually even destroyed it.

This was also the main reason why Gao Yi asked the Emperor to help him contact the Mountain Array to come here and repair it. A complete Mountain Array could greatly make up for the Empire's disadvantage in high-end combat power of the Cardia warships.

The early arrival of the Mountain Array can also alleviate the pressure on Cardia and buy Gao Yi more time.

"It seems that repairing this warship as quickly as possible will be a bit challenging; we don't have enough SCVs on hand."

Fortunately, Lorisa and the Dynasty forces that were clearing away the effects of Chaos in Agrippina were continuously harvesting psionic crystals for Gao Yi.

This gave Gao Yi some extra money.

Gao Yi temporarily deployed 3,000 SCVs to the Mountain Array for repair work.

Despite his disbelief in the Imperial Guard's proposal, Galadon still ordered the technical sergeants and other priests on the Mountain Array to open the completely sealed passageways that were damaged in the ship's hull.

They collected all the repair reports and provided them to the priests of the Holy Machines Order.

Led by the guide, the SCVs headed to the area most severely damaged by the Mountain Array.

The SCV does not need to completely repair the Mountain Array. The most important thing is to repair its outer armor and the missing important parts. The internal parts can be repaired slowly.

Otherwise, even with this number of SCVs, it would take a lot of time to complete the project, as the entire Mountain Array is simply too large.

Upon seeing the repair report, Gao Yi knew that the warship was now facing not only damage to the hull, but also that the residual subspace corrosion was still affecting many facilities and compartments inside the Mountain Array.

However, the mark of purity can also solve this problem.

The mechanical authority that Gao Yi had allocated began to take effect.

Under the blessing of the divine power of the Pure Mark, the chaotic waste code was devoured and absorbed, transforming into the spiritual energy crystal in Gao Yi's pocket.

These psionic crystals perfectly offset the cost of Gao Yi summoning SCVs.

Galadon stared incredulously at the prompts on the Mountain Array's system interface. The Mountain Array's hull integrity was improving at a visible rate, and the malfunctioning system was starting to function again.

The awakening of the Machine Soul enabled many of the previously non-functional facilities within the Mountain Formation to resume operation.

The traveling merchant and the Imperial Guard did not deceive him.

At the current pace, it may only take a few days to complete the repairs on the external armor and key parts of the Mountain Array.

Those seemingly rudimentary engineering machines are indeed demonstrating things that transcend the laws of physics; calling them miracles is not an exaggeration at all.

As the Imperial Fist, who excels at positional and defensive warfare, Garadon was already thinking that if the warband could acquire these items, their warband's ability in positional warfare would be amplified once again.

Imagine the enemy painstakingly destroying the fortifications, only to have them rebuilt before they even get a chance to launch another attack.

How desperate must that be?

Meanwhile, the remaining chaotic corruption within the warship was being restored at an extremely rapid pace. The compartments that had been corrupted and even turned into flesh and blood were returning to their original state, and the machine spirits within the various mechanical creations that had been eroded by the chaotic waste code were once again coming back to life.

"Company Commander Galadon, these engineering machines called SCVs will remain on the Mountain Array. Even during combat, he can repair damage to the warship. And these Purification Marks can not only purify corruption but also please machine spirits."

This unexpected surprise made Galadun understand why the Cursed Legion had sent them out of the warp to this place. He had been thinking about how to obtain these SCVs, but Gao Yi generously gave them to Galadun.

He handed over authority to Galadun.

Gao Yi also hopes that these SCVs will provide the Mountain Array with more advantages in the upcoming war.

"Thank you, Lord Gao Yi!"

Now he could understand why the Imperial Guard would stay by the side of a wandering merchant; perhaps it was a blessing and guidance from the Emperor.

And it wasn't just these engineering machines; the Mountain Array lost not only Astartes within the chapter, but also a large number of mortal auxiliary troops and priests who suffered heavy losses in the previous invasion.

Although the warship still carries the Cursed Legion, these Legion members are focused solely on combat and cannot provide assistance in other areas.

Gao Yi proposed that the two legions of rangers he brought be stationed on the Mountain Formation to assist Galadon in its defense and serve as a combat force to support Kadia.

Galadon initially wanted to refuse, but he was moved when he saw the entire unit in combat gear. He also had to admit that even with all the companies in the Third Company combined, they couldn't possibly perform as well as this unit.

Some of the Mountain Array's internal passageways and compartments were even large enough to accommodate Thor's movements.

Galaton immediately agreed to let this new force join the Mountain Formation.

With the addition of these two Ranger legions, Chaos will have to reconsider its plan to board the Mountain Formation again.

Even if a demon were to face Thor's saturation attack in a narrow passage, it would be banished, with no harm done except perhaps to the destruction of the Mountain Array's internal defenses.

Ten days passed quickly, and the damaged hull of the Mountain Array was completely repaired, allowing the Geller Grid to operate at full capacity again, greatly increasing the Mountain Array's speed in subspace.

The time spent here did not affect the original speed of the Mountain Array, and it could even allow it to arrive in Cardia sooner.

SCV is continuing internal maintenance work, which can be carried out during the voyage.

After bidding farewell to Gao Yi, the Mountain Formation set off again.

"Your Majesty, can you tell me whether the Cursed Legion is truly the reincarnation of those Astartes after their deaths? Has Ferus really been transformed into a Cursed Warrior by you?"

Primarch Feralus, whose head was cut off, once appeared in the form of a cursed warrior.

Watching the Mountain Formation depart, Gao Yi curiously asked the Emperor a question.

The Emperor gave Gao Yi an affirmative answer, but creating these warriors was also a burden for the Emperor. They were like the living saint Celestine, and these warriors who had become the Cursed Legion were essentially no different from demons.

The Emperor had no other choice; using his power to help humanity in this way was the easiest way. Otherwise, he wouldn't have transformed these most loyal human warriors into this form. For the Emperor, creating and maintaining the existence of each of these warriors would bring him a little closer to godhood.

This was created through the Emperor's subspace nature, or perhaps through "divine power".

If the emperor chooses to become a god, then the human warriors who died in his realm will also be transformed into his demonic army.

"That's tragic. They have to keep working even after they're dead. But if these people exist in a state similar to souls, perhaps my Protoss can make them continue to exist in another way. The Purifier Project might be able to do that."

Mechanical lifeforms are better than existing in the warp; they can continue to fight for humanity, and it would also relieve your burden. Spirit bones can hold souls, and Karax's research using this new material suggests that the Purifier technology might be able to upload not only memories but also souls.

Hearing this, even the emperor was somewhat tempted.

(End of this chapter)