Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 224 Persuasion
These two Chaos warships were simply too large, and the Ultramarines' most powerful warship, the Radiance of Macragge, had not yet made it back to Macragge.

Gao Yi immediately ordered the Star Pioneer to reinforce Macurag's fleet.

Fortunately, the Ultramarines have invested massive amounts of resources in their home planet at any cost.

This temporarily stabilized the situation for Macurag's fleet, but it was only temporary.

At this moment, Vashtor on the Ark of Ominousness had already sensed Gao Yi; there was a special connection between the two who possessed the same divine authority.

Vashtor could sense that the other party was currently on the surface of Macurag.

This made Vashtor seem somewhat crazy.

Aboard the Ark of Ominous Signs, he unleashed his divine power with all his might, and countless chaotic codes created by chaotic evil magic began to invade the systems of the empire's warships.

The fire control array crashed and the communication array stopped working immediately.

This caused significant problems for coordination and firepower suppression between Imperial warships.

Vashtor was well aware of Gao Yi's suppression of his power. As a pure warp creature, all his proudest and most powerful methods were rendered useless in front of Gao Yi.

He must rely on the Chaos Astartes around him and his own black-hearted underlings to defeat Gao Yi using non-subspace physical means. He will then reappear and devour Gao Yi to steal Gao Yi's power.

"Viengar, don't think about completely annihilating those fleets. Remember our objective: capture that merchant ronin and kill him! Let the fleet break through; we need to land in Macragge!"

"Demon! I don't need you to teach me! Those lackeys of the false emperor can't stop me! I will destroy the target of the dark gods along with this homeworld of the false emperor's followers!"

At this point, Viengal was clearly a bit carried away.

The only warship with full combat capability left is the Star Pioneer.

The main cannon, capable of operating in a vacuum subspace, attempted to halt the advance of chaos. Each shot, after cooling down, inflicted unprecedented damage on the warship corrupted by chaos. However, a single Star Pioneer was clearly insufficient to completely repel the enemy.

Both Blackrock Fortress and Ominous Ark have sufficiently strong shields.

Using tactical warp jumps, the Star Pioneer roamed the battlefield, hunting down enemy ships.

Wherever the main guns passed, all subspace energy vanished, causing the two enormous blasphemous warships to slow down significantly.

This even affected Vashtor's control over it using divine power. Some malicious entities that were already residing in the Ark of Ominous Beginnings began to go berserk, attacking the Black Oil Man and the bound demons within.

Vashtor fought with all his might to regain control of the warship.

His research on the Ominous Ark was still incomplete, and adding it to the war was a last resort. It came from various races or ancient ships drifting in the warp, and its interior was originally inhabited by all kinds of creatures and warp evil.

With their massive size, the Chaos warships are breaking through the Empire's formation and advancing towards a position close to Macragge.

However, it did not directly approach the orbit. The anti-ship ground defense firepower, which has been heavily invested in, can also bring a nightmare experience to the Chaos side's warships.

One by one, the fanatical Red Pirates boarded the landing craft, many of them holding the demonic beacons bestowed upon them by Tzeentch. If they could reach the surface and plant them on the land of Macragge, the released warp corruption would summon demons into the real universe.

It can also provide teleportation beacons for follow-up troops. Troops that arrive on the ground will destroy Macurag's ground firing points and send more troops to hunt down Gao Yi.

Not only in the void, but with the arrival of the Red Pirates, the hidden Chaos cultists also began to cause trouble. Although the cult's influence in Macragge was not large, some officials were secretly corrupted.

They are using this opportunity to create chaos.

Fortunately, Macurag's defense system was robust enough that the auxiliary troops were able to eliminate it as soon as chaos erupted.

But the chaotic forces eventually landed.

The first wave of Chaos's attack did not come from the Red Pirates, but from a large number of Orcish garbage drop pods that were attached to the Red Pirates as raiders, which rushed towards the ground before the Red Pirates could even react.

As these drop pods, filled with orc boys, landed on the ground.

These orcs, shouting "WAAAGH!", immediately began searching for their enemies. To further incite chaos, Vashtor even captured some of the genestealers who had originally resided within the Ark of Ominous Omens and used them as weapons, throwing them directly at Macragge.

Capturing these terrifying creatures took a lot of effort from Vashtor.

Reports of Genestealers appearing on the ground were immediately raised to the highest alert level, prompting the Ultramarines to immediately deploy a large number of troops to clear out these enemies. The Ultramarines did not want to suffer another invasion by the Tyranid tentacles.

The Red Pirates, having successfully landed, also planted Chaos Beacons on the ground.

Corruption began to spread, the laws of physics began to change, and small subspace rifts were opened.

One after another, cunning horned beasts emerged from it, along with various demons from the Tzeentch Demon Realm.

Warp magic began to spread across Macragge.

Meanwhile, the black marketeers also brought their demon engines. Vashtor went all out, with an unimaginable number of demon engines.

"Activate all planetary defenses and tell Captain Sicarius! Protect the Primarch's slumbering temple in case of an enemy attack. Tell all members of the chapter to stop the enemy at all costs. Have the auxiliary commanders hold their ground to protect the people. For Macragge! Courage and honor."

The Ultramarines immediately launched a counterattack, but the entire Macragge battle group was only at half its strength. It was almost impossible to drive the enemy out of Macragge in a short time. Moreover, the direction of the enemy's movement was clearer: it was the landing site where Gao Yi was now.

This made Digglis believe that Chaos was indeed targeting Gao Yi.

What Digglis needs to do now is to protect the Sanctuary and wait for Calgar's return and support from other fleets in the Five Hundred Worlds.

Gao Yi silently observed Diggris's actions.

He strode up to Digglis, and the honor guard beside him tried to stop him, but he found that he was rudely pushed aside before he could even see Gao Yi's movements.

A mere mortal without armor easily subdued an honor guard?
"Don't come near Lord Digglis!"

While everyone was still stunned, the Imperial Guards stepped forward and subdued another Honor Guard and the surrounding auxiliary soldiers.

The auxiliary soldiers stared at their weapons, now split in two, and were at a loss for what to do.

Digglis, who raised the psychic scepter, also found that he could not mobilize any psychic energy at all.

"Digris, stop hesitating! The Imperial Guard is right here, what is it that you don't believe? Would the Emperor lie to you? You may be able to withstand the enemy's ground attack, but do you know how terrifying Blackrock Fortress is? Does Macragge have a planetary defense shield comparable to Kadia?"

Even if you can withstand his shelling, what if he gets enraged and charges straight at Macurag?

Gao Yi questioned Diggris.

"I'll find a way to hold off the Chaos fleet for you, and you take me to Guilliman's side! You don't want to become a sinner against the Ultramarines, do you?!"

"You think you can hold off the Chaos fleet?! You only have one warship!"

"I have my own way of doing it!"

Looking at Gao Yi, Digglis finally believed the illusion he had seen. He had once saved Macurag with this ability, and he hoped he could do it again this time.

"Alright! Follow me!"

Gao Yi then began to communicate with his troops. Gao Yi's conventional fleet was indeed hard to match Blackrock Fortress, but the Spear of Adun could.

Gao Yi simultaneously contacted the Lorissa dynasty forces, the Zerg near Char, and the Protoss' Spear of Adun.

If Gao Yi can successfully revive Guilliman, it means that he will inevitably step onto the stage of the Empire, and there is no point in continuing to hide it.

With the Emperor's support, and with Guilliman, the son of God who walks among mortals, able to help him withstand pressure from the Imperial government, he was able to succeed.

If all else fails, let Guilliman kill the opposing high lords. He'll do the same thing later anyway. He has faith in Guilliman; the other man will definitely know what's important.

(End of this chapter)