The Bizarre Adventures of Cloud Hammer

"So, we have the Emperor's Dream as our vehicle, and a highly intelligent Machine Spirit?"

After listening to everything about Apu and the light ball, Ou Ge gave a brief description using terms consistent with the human empire.

"Not a hatred of intelligence? Not a hatred of intelligence?"

Luochen started to scream strangely. It was not appropriate to describe a college student from a higher-dimensional civilization as a machine soul. The term "Abomination Intelligence (AI)" was just right.

Of course, everyone was just joking. After hearing the whole story, everyone gradually accepted it. Anyway, they had been pulled here and couldn't go back in a short time. They might as well be an Astartes and have a thrilling adventure in the Warhammer 40k universe. As long as they didn't do anything stupid, the light ball would find a way to save them.

"That means we have to work for that light ball." As expected of Er Yu, the oldest among the group, he spoke so realistically.

"It's a mutual aid and mutual benefit."

Apu felt that the description of "working" was not quite appropriate, because Guangqiu did not pay them wages.

"So now I'm the captain of this battleship, Laopu is my first mate, Ou Ge is the helmsman, Ah Wei is the star wrath on the ship, and Luo Chen is..."

"We can talk about positions later. First, you should all touch the light ball once so that you can establish a connection."

Apu interrupted Xianyu's madness. They needed each of them to touch the light ball once. The light ball would leave a mark in everyone's body. After the mark was left, they could communicate with the light ball and each other at any time. It was a very convenient ability.

Everyone touched the light ball one after another, and after it was finished, the sound of the light ball rang in everyone's mind:

"Can you hear me?"

"I can't hear you, I can't hear you at all. You want to drive a warship with such a low voice?"

Luo Chen was shocked, but he didn't expect that the light ball took his words seriously.

"Can you hear me?!!!!"

Their eardrums burst and everyone felt like the top of their heads were flying off.

"I can hear you, I can hear you, Luochen, what are you barking like a dog?"

Everyone who was almost deaf gave Luochen a big kick. Don't joke around at this time.

After teaching Luochen a lesson, Ah Wei asked the light ball:

"Light Ball, what's your name? It can't be just Light Ball, right?"

"My name is a little long and difficult for you to understand."

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been interrupted by Apu when he hadn't even read one-tenth of his name.

Ah Wei: "Then we can't keep calling you Light Ball."

"If you really want a name, you can call me Gloria."

"Gloria, it sounds like a woman's name." Brother Ou started to make jokes again, but unfortunately Gloria didn't understand it, otherwise he would have been hit hard by a punch in the face.

"My race doesn't have biological sex in the sense you humans have, but I'm certainly close to what you consider female."

"Oh, so she's a ship girl." Er Yu said jokingly.

After chatting for a while, Gloria began to tell everyone some things about the battleship. Because this battleship is her body, it does not require manual operation, including the servo skull inside the battleship and the mechanical servants that will be seen later, these are actually her clones.

"After the mark is placed, you can teleport freely within the battleship. I will send the battleship structure to your brain."

"Oh, so it can be teleported."

This is convenient for everyone, otherwise it would be too troublesome to move around in a 57km long warship.

"Gloria, have you changed the appearance of the battleship?" asked Apu, who had mentioned this matter just now.

“It has been changed.”

Gloria projected a virtual image of what the battleship would look like today.

"I changed the battleship's appearance to that of an Imperial merchant ship, with specifications equivalent to a Sword-class frigate."

"Sword level... How big is the sword level?" Apu looked at Ou Ge and Luo Chen. Don't count on the other three, they definitely don't know.

Luochen said he didn't know, and Brother Ou could only give a rough estimate, "I remember that the Imperial frigates are generally no more than 2km long, but I don't know the exact distance."

"Less than 2km...it does seem a bit small. I think it should be about the same size as a moon."

The Moon-class cruiser can be said to be a very interesting warship in Warhammer 40k. Moreover, there are a lot of Imperial Moon-class warships, and some Rogue Traders have retired Moon-class warships in their hands, so the Moon-class cruiser can also serve as a good camouflage in Warhammer 40k.

But it is not impossible to turn into a merchant ship. Ordinary merchants also exist in the Warhammer 40k world, but they are far less free and powerful than Rogue Traders. Generally, they can only rely on the merchant fleet of their own star field to trade on nearby planets and permitted areas. Disguising themselves as ordinary merchant ships can also hide themselves well.

But merchant ships also mean that they do not have much armed firepower. Large merchant fleets are usually escorted by the Imperial Navy, while pirates like small merchant fleets and lone merchant ships that have left the team the most.

Pirates also exist in Warhammer 40k, including human pirates, greenskin pirates, Eldar pirates, etc. There are so many types for you to choose from. These pirates have always been the targets of the Imperial Navy. Pirates in the same star zone may also form a pirate fleet, causing headaches for the Imperial Navy in the same star zone.

Although it has become a merchant ship, our luck shouldn't be that bad, right?

Apu looked outside from the side of the boat. There was not even a planet in the area where they were, and it was impossible for pirates to operate in such a place with little oil and water.

"By the way, do we have to float in space for a long time?" Er Yu raised another practical question.

Everyone and the ship had no idea of the time and location they were in. There was no star map, and there was no civilized world around to dock. Now they could only wander aimlessly in space.

It was no use not knowing the location, so Wei suggested:

"Then we might as well just pick a direction and keep driving. We'll definitely run into someone."

"You might also encounter greenskins, bean sprouts, and black bean sprouts. Anyway, there are too many uncertainties. I don't agree with choosing a direction at random. The Milky Way is not just a plane." Apu still thinks it is better to be safe. If you drive around randomly, you may be lucky enough to encounter the Titans, but if you are unlucky and encounter black bean sprouts or chaos, it will be difficult to deal with.

"Then what should we do?"

Everyone also wants to know if there is any other way. They can't really float in the universe for a few years, right?

"Don't worry, my remaining energy is enough to provide food for everyone for thousands of years. There is no need to worry about survival," said Gloria.

"We're not worried about food, but the thought of staying in space for a long time makes us feel a little...suffocated."

Xianyu expressed what everyone was thinking. In the 3k period, only a very small number of people could temporarily leave the earth. Now, asking six ordinary people from the 6k period to stay in space for a long time, even though they have companions around them, it still tests their patience too much.

"Why don't we try a direction? Even if we encounter danger, the worst that can happen is we can just run away." Brother Ou chose Awei's method. He didn't want to stay in space forever.

"Let me vote too." Eryu said.

"We're going to meet sooner or later anyway. What difference does it make if it's earlier or later?" Luo Chen also spoke.

No one wants to drift in this deserted deep space forever, so at least they have a direction to move forward.

"Since everyone has said so, let's just go for it!"

Since his companions all chose to charge, what was there for Apu to object to? Just charge and be done with it. But before that, Apu had a few questions that Gloria needed to answer.

"Gloria, do you need to enter the warp when traveling at faster-than-light speeds?"

The hyperdrive used by humans in Warhammer 40k is a warp engine. They enter the warp and navigate in it to reach their destination quickly. However, due to the instability of the warp, there is a high probability of time and space deviations when reaching their destination. The time deviation is the most serious. Sometimes hundreds of years may pass from entering the warp to reaching the destination, or only a few years may pass. What's even more exaggerated is that you arrive at your destination before you set off.

It is precisely because of this instability of the Warp that the Navigators, a large family, appeared in the human race of Warhammer 40k. These mutants created by genetic engineering in the Dark Age of Technology have a third eye. Through this third eye, the Navigators can clearly observe the direction of the Warp. Under the guidance of the Navigators, the spacecraft can carry out longer-distance and safer Warp navigation, and can even directly pass through the core area of the Warp. It is precisely because of this ability that the Navigator family is an important part of the Human Empire to this day.

In fact, psykers can also guide spacecraft through the warp, but their reliability is much worse than that of navigators, and every navigator is also a well-trained psyker.

What Apu wants to know is that since Gloria transformed her body into an Imperial ship, does she also have to travel through the warp to achieve faster-than-light speed like the Imperial ships?

"I can travel in the subspace and also travel faster than light in the physical universe."

As a college student from a higher-dimensional civilization, Gloria certainly possesses the technology of faster-than-light travel. After becoming an imperial ship, she also acquired the technology of subspace travel through research.

"No wonder the yellow-skinned guy came to catch you." Apu, Ou Ge and Luo Chen said at the same time.

The Emperor had always been pursuing the faster-than-light technology to escape the Warp. To allow humans to travel out of the Warp, the Emperor returned to Terra in the later years of the Great Crusade and began tinkering with his inferior Webway. However, it was blown up by a psychic call from his own son, Magic Pony. This blew up the barrier between the Webway and the Warp, a severity equivalent to exploding a toilet pipe at home, creating a massive Warp rift beneath Terra. The demons in the Warp rushed directly into Terra, which was why the Emperor had to sit on the golden toilet, just to plug this rift.

Now that he knew there was an alien carrying superluminal technology that didn't require the warp, how could the Emperor not be anxious?

Gloria explained to everyone in detail that the FTL technology she used was actually quite simple and crude. Because she was the hull, she only needed to accelerate herself to FTL. This was similar to the FTL technology used by the Necrons in Warhammer 40k, but Gloria could stabilize the internal space so that everyone would not have to bear the pressure brought by FTL, and thus could safely travel FTL in the physical universe.

"So, which method do you choose?" Gloria asked everyone. "My warp navigation is absolutely safe and reliable. Under my control, there is no need for a navigator, and it will not be discovered by the beings in the warp."

"Since we are looking for excitement, let's pursue it to the end. Let's go to the subspace!" Luochen chose to travel in the subspace. Gloria said it was safe, so what was he worried about?

Ou Ge also chose the warp voyage. "Since I'm in Warhammer 40, I have to go to the warp for a tour."

Xianyu, Awei and Eryu did not make a choice. Both methods did not matter to them, as long as they were safe.

"Then let's enter the subspace. We must really ensure safety." Apu said worriedly.

Gloria signaled Apu to rest assured:

"Don't worry, I won't joke about my own safety or everyone else's."

"Subspace engine ready, expected to start in three minutes, Geller's stance activated... Wait a minute, unknown subspace fluctuations detected!"

Gloria reminded everyone and at the same time terminated the subspace engine startup program.

"Subspace fluctuations?"

"Yes, it is expected that a ship will leave the warp and enter the real universe within a minute."

As soon as Gloria finished speaking, a warp channel opened not far away, and an imperial warship that didn't look very big rushed out of the warp and began to slow down.

"It's a good thing I didn't leave right at the beginning, otherwise I wouldn't have met anyone."

Everyone was glad that they didn't set off immediately, otherwise they would have been wandering around in space aimlessly.

Apu called Ou Ge and Luo Chen to the porthole and asked:

"Brother Ou, Luochen, can you guys see what kind of ship this is?"

Luochen: "All Imperial ships look pretty much the same, how can you tell?"

Brother Ou: "This ship should be a frigate, right? It doesn't look in very good condition."

There were many visible damages on this warship that had just emerged from the warp, as if it had just been out of a battle.

"Should we get closer?"

Er Yu asked from the side, they now need to determine the time and place where they are, and they also need a star map of their star zone. The people on the battleship should be able to provide this information and items.

"Let's be safe and send a message first. What if the people on board are not human?" Apu still took stability as his guideline of action, because the people on the imperial ships might not be human. They might also be aliens or Chaos who have taken over the imperial ships' nests.

"Gloria, can you send a message?" Xianyu asked.

"Wait a moment, I'm scanning the ship."

It didn't take Gloria long to obtain most of the ship's parameters. There were no signs of Chaos contamination on it, but it was unclear whether there were any aliens.

"There is good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?" Gloria said to everyone.

Apu: "Stop the suspense and tell us directly."

"Well, the good news is that they sent us a message first, confirming that the passengers on board are human."

Ou Ge: "It would be great if we could confirm that they are human. As long as we reveal our Astartes identities, these people will bow down to us."

The Astartes have a very high status in the Empire. In the eyes of ordinary people and the Imperial Army, the Astartes are the angels of the Emperor. As long as the request is not too excessive, the general Imperial Army will try their best to meet it, provided that they must be loyal to the Empire and the Emperor.

"Don't worry, the bad news is that they are a group of pirates. They want us to hand over all the goods we are wearing immediately, otherwise they will blow us into space debris."

"What the hell, pirate?"

It’s really possible to encounter pirates. Apu was just thinking about it before.

"Um, is that ship getting closer to us?" Luochen reminded everyone.

"It seems to be getting closer... What are those flames flying towards us?" Er Yu noticed that the warship seemed to be launching something at them.

Ah Wei looked at the things flying towards him and guessed, "Could they be torpedoes?"

"You guessed right. According to my scan, those flying towards us are torpedoes, but they are not harmful torpedoes. There are people inside these torpedoes." Gloria replied.

"It's filled with people, oh, it's a boarding torpedo, I thought it was a whirlwind..." Luo Chen just felt relieved that it was not a whirlwind fish, and then he was stunned the next second.

Apu and Ou Ge were also stunned. They were more familiar with the settings and knew what the boarding torpedo meant.

Brother Ou: "So, we brothers... have been ganged up on?"

Apu: "It seems... that's right."

Boom—with a slight vibration of the hull, the boarding torpedo crashed into Gloria's hull. Pirates holding automatic guns and laser guns poured out from the boarding torpedo, and a pirate boarding team totaling nearly a thousand people entered the interior of Gloria's hull.

The first battle of the six Cloud Hammers in the Warhammer 40k universe is about to begin.

And the Firestorm-class frigate mentioned in the next chapter

(The issue of the void shield will be discussed in the next chapter＿（：з」∠）＿)

Chapter 5: Face the brave pirates and try your best to defeat them!

"Successfully escaped from the subspace, and are determining the surroundings!"