Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 294 How to lose when flying dragon rides on the face?
The streets of Comoros, the arena, the magnificent spires—countless Comorian residents look up at the sky.

Given the long lifespan of the Dark Eldar, the last catastrophe inflicted on Comoros by the Empire seems as if it were just yesterday.

The arrival of the unfamiliar fleet filled Black Sprout with dread, but it was incredibly good news for the slaves of other races in the Comoros.

The humans in the Comoros are not limited to Burns' group; countless humans do not have Burns' luck.

When the warship gleaming with golden eagles appeared, countless humans cheered and even started a riot amidst the chaos. A large number of alien races also joined in. Although they did not know who the newcomers were, they knew that this was an excellent opportunity to escape the Dark Spirit Clan. Sooner or later, they would die at the hands of Black Sprout, and die an extremely painful death.

They figured they might as well take a gamble and have a chance to survive; the arrival of humans ignited their ferocity and their desire to live.

The riots escalated the chaos in Comoros, forcing the government to allocate even more manpower to suppress the slave revolts.

Just as Gao Yi had thought, Comoros had not been threatened directly by the network for too long and was not very prepared for it.

Most of the disasters in the Comoros occurred from within, much like the modern-day Zerg.

While the Dark Eldar have always been a completely passive force in the Warhammer universe, they are not useless for having established themselves in this world. They immediately shut down several network tunnels through which the fleet had entered, but ultimately it was too late.

All the fleets that Gao Yi brought this time have successfully crossed the net passage gate.

“Aidalard, now it’s your turn. Point out the main locations of those conspiracies for me.”

Aidarad nodded, and relying on his memory and the intelligence from the Death Army followers who were still hiding in Comoros, he marked the coordinates into the warship's system.

Some of these are complexes belonging to powerful conspiracies, while many more are places that may contain rare loot.

"All warships receive the coordinates. Bomb those conspiracy group headquarters directly. Do not destroy any locations with spoils of war. Send in landing forces to seize as much spoils as possible. As for other locations, open fire at will!!"

One can imagine the effect of a fleet bombarding a planet from orbit, and the devastation of several fleets simultaneously bombarding the buildings of Comoros is unimaginable.

Even in the early stages of the invasion, the Dark Eldar suffered losses exceeding those of any previous invasion.

"Lord Gao Yi, according to our agreement, I hope you can avoid bombing those outer areas as much as possible. The Eldar there are all potential believers of ours. Their deaths are not of much value to you, and may even allow Slaanesh to receive a large number of souls in a short time."

I will take this opportunity to lead the Death Army to those areas, and using the casualties already suffered, tell them that Death can protect them from this invasion and ensure their survival. Even if they die, they will not be devoured by Slaanesh. Please cooperate with us; the Death Army needs more followers.”

Gao Yi did not refuse Aidalard's suggestion. His goal was not to kill all the Dark Eldar. Comoros was too big, and his current power was not enough to manage this space.

Since we already have the internet route to this place, we can come back anytime.

After obtaining Gao Yi's permission, Aidalard also left the bridge with Evelynn and Thousand Faces.

Meanwhile, the various fixed anti-aircraft forces belonging to the Comoros began to retaliate, and one after another, Dark Eldar fighters and warships took to the air.

However, these warships preparing to leave the starport were the first targets to be attacked.

The flames from the explosion and the light spears of the energy weapon illuminated the sky above Comoros.

The warship that had just taken off was blown to pieces and crashed toward the city of Comoros. Meanwhile, the detectors on the server system and the oracles showed that warships from other areas and cities in Comoros were also approaching.

Despite ongoing conflicts between different cities, the sheer scale of the human invasion led them to join the war.

Gao Yi ordered all teams to speed up their progress and prepare to retreat after achieving the strategic objectives. There was no need to fight to the death with the Dark Eldar; too many losses would affect subsequent support for Baal.

"The Dark Eldar's resistance is fiercer than expected. It seems the Salamanders' attack on the Comoros was just a fluke."

Gao Yi stared at the holographic screen in front of him. Various combat data had been collected and summarized on it by the priest, and his own warships had begun to suffer losses.

After the initial chaos subsided, countless ground-based defensive weapons began firing at the human warships.

Some of the advanced weapons inherited from the Ancient Eldar Empire can rapidly overload a warship's void shields and render the warship's armor virtually nonexistent.

They can even use dark matter as a weapon; anything hit by it will be completely destroyed.

As for the fighter jets, the performance of the Dark Eldar was even stronger than expected. Rows of razor-sharp Dark Eldar fighter jets attacked the human warships.

These fighter jets are incredibly fast.

Watching the two sides' fighters engage in a fierce dogfight in this airspace, Gao Yi realized that neither his own Vikings under his command, nor the Thunderhawks under the two Astartes, nor the Protoss's main Void fighter Phoenix, could suppress their opponents.

Black Bean Sprout's Void Raven fighter jet has an extremely obvious advantage in terms of speed, firepower, and pilot.

These pilots, selected from countless Dark Eldar deathmatch champions, have practically mastered the art of piloting this aircraft.

The pilot's skill level significantly impacts the battle between the two sides.

Its special light spear and missiles are capable of destroying any friendly aircraft in one go.

"Don't waste these precious pilots' lives in dogfights with these fighters. Shift your focus to destroying enemy fixed firepower. Don't get entangled with these fighters, Kerrigan, let your Zerg deal with these guys!"

Training a fighter pilot takes a long time, and a Protoss's life is very precious, while the Zerg don't seem to care about wasting it.

Countless Zerg flying units flew out from the walls of the Leviathan.

Gao Yi said, "I'll let you kill as many as you can, but if you get caught even once, you're done for. The Dark Elf race's equipment is fast, but being fragile is practically a common problem."

You're telling me you've lost when the dragon is charging right at you?!
Your weapons are powerful, but my biological ammunition can even turn corners.

When a massive swarm of Zerg, almost completely obscuring the view, appeared before the Dark Eldar fighter pilots, no amount of maneuvering was of any use.

In interstellar space, air superiority is often in the hands of the Zerg.

The defensive artillery emplacements in the Comoros are key targets.

The massive Spear of Adun exerted an oppressive force far exceeding that of other warships.

Karax and his team of phase engineers meticulously calculated the firepower of the Spear of Adun to ensure that every strike would inflict massive damage on the enemy.

The Spear of Adun unleashed a beam of sunlight onto the densely packed area of ​​turrets, turning rocks and metal into lava.

As more and more fixed artillery positions were destroyed, the amphibious landing operation began.

Countless airdrop pods and Zerg spore drop pods headed towards the city below.

The large number of elite conspiracies were taken away by Victor, leaving the city's ground defenses weaker than ever before. However, this also saved the lives of those conspiracies, as the fleet's bombing of their headquarters did not inflict heavy damage on their personnel.

Gao Yi's subspace projection began to sense the influx of some special souls, but there weren't many.

These souls belonged to the true offspring of the Dark Eldar who died in the bombing. Just as Gao Yi had thought, only the souls of these true offspring of the Dark Eldar could provide the Protoss with the resources needed to transform those Dark Templar warriors.

Meanwhile, the souls of a large number of artificially bred Dark Eldar warriors ignored the Web Path and poured into Slaanesh.

At this moment, Slaanesh also sensed a large number of souls from the Eldar, and for him, born from the desires of the Eldar, the souls of the Eldar were the most delicious thing.

Following the massive influx of souls into his body, Slaanesh gradually turned his attention to the Comoros.

"Kerrigan, can you sense Abathur's location?"

Without the barrier of the network, Kerrigan's perception of Abathur became even stronger once again.

“I can feel it! They’re moving toward the upper levels! Abathur said a large force of Dark Eldar is wiping them out! Burns and those Astartes of the Salamanders are among them! Abathur has taken down some Dark Eldar through the Infected, and it seems that Viktor, the overlord of the Comoros, is personally leading his army.”

“Victor? Found you.”

(End of this chapter)