The Bizarre Adventures of Cloud Hammer

In the command room, in addition to Ravensborg, there were three other members of the Gothic Sector War Council, namely Inquisitor Horst, Casting Director Cambrius, and Imperial Fists Captain Tiberius Solarian.

When Solarian heard the name Nebula Hammer, he immediately stood up and asked the representative of the remaining Fularis:

"Are you sure they are Nebula Hammer?"

"Yes, sir, I will not be mistaken."

Seeing Solarian's reaction, Ravensburg asked:

"Captain Solarian knows this Nebula Hammer Chapter?"

"The Nebula Hammer Chapter has close ties with us, the Imperial Fists, General Ravensburg."

Solarian was not familiar with the Nebula Hammer, but since the meeting more than 30 years ago, all the descendants of Dorne have memorized the name of the Nebula Hammer. Over the years, the descendants of Dorne have been looking for the whereabouts of the Nebula Hammer. They did not expect that they would appear in the Gothic Sector, and at this time.

"Lord Ravensburg, we have observed an Emperor-class battleship appearing at Mandeville Point." The observation station at the Naval Headquarters sent a message to the command room.

Hearing about the Emperor-class battleship, everyone in the command room looked at each other. Ravensburg ordered the observatory to inquire about the other party's identity. Soon they got a reply that the visitor was the Nebula Hammer Regiment, and they had important intelligence to report to the commander-in-chief of the Gothic Star Sector.

"Here I am, what do you think?"

Ravensburg asked the committee members for their opinions. After some discussion, Solarian said:

"General Ravensburg, I can guarantee the loyalty of the Nebula Hammer. They will never be accomplices of the traitors."

The three nodded. Since a captain of the Imperial Fists was willing to guarantee it, they would trust the Nebula Hammer Regiment first. They were also very curious about what information the Nebula Hammer brought.

After receiving permission to enter the port, everyone felt relieved and let the Blue Silver Sword sail towards the large star port that served as the navy headquarters.

"I felt that this headquarters was huge when I was playing the game Gothic Fleet. I didn't expect it to be even more spectacular when I saw it with my own eyes." Luo Chen sighed. Even though the empire's technology had stagnated, the empire could still create such a magnificent creation.

"Now it's your turn, Brother Ou, to show off your eloquence as an Ultramarines." Xianyu patted Brother Ou's shoulder. The negotiation with the Navy Commander-in-Chief must be done by Brother Ou, as the commander of the regiment.

"You thought of me at a time like this, right? I can't help it, after all, I'm the Chapter Master."

The hatch opened, and Ou Ge led his guards into the starport. He was greeted by Captain Solarian of the Imperial Fists.

Solarian stepped forward, extended his hand to Ogo, and said:

"Your Excellency must be the Chapter Master of the Nebula Hammer, right? I am Solarian of the Imperial Fists. It is an honor to meet you."

"I am Uldren, Chapter Master of the Nebula Hammer. I didn't expect to meet a brother from the Imperial Fists here."

Ou Ge held Solarian's hand and saw the communication request Solarian sent him. Ou Ge understood and switched the communication mode to closed mode, then asked Solarian:

"Since you know us, Brother Mallorian's relics have been returned to the Imperial Fists."

"Elder Mallorian's ashes have been interred in Valhalla. Thank you to our predecessors for returning the Imperial Fists' gene-seed."

The fact that the Imperial Fists had acquired intact gene-seed had always been kept secret. This secret might only be revealed after the Sons of Dorne had completed their blood transfusion. By then, it would be too late for the High Lords to prevent the rebirth of the Imperial Fists.

Over the past few decades, the Imperial Fists have cultivated many batches of new gene seeds, and the Imperial Fists' new recruits have also begun using the new gene seeds for transformation operations. The stability of the new gene seeds has exceeded the Imperial Fists' imagination. Even after several rounds of cultivation using slaves, the new gene seeds have not deteriorated at all, and their adaptability is much higher than that of the old gene seeds. The success rate of the new recruits' transformation operations has been significantly improved.

"We are only fulfilling Brother Mallorian's last wish. Let's not talk about that for now. I need the commander-in-chief of the Gothic Fleet in front of me. This concerns the safety of the entire star zone."

"Please follow me, Chapter Master Uldren."

Solarian brought Ougo to the command room and met with Ravensburg. After a brief self-introduction, Ougo spoke first:

"General Ravensburg should already know about Ferraris's situation."

"I have learned what happened in Flaris, and I also know that you helped the defenders of Flaris. I want to express my gratitude to you for this, Captain Orden." said Ravensborg.

"No need to thank me, General. I don't want to waste too much time. I came here to inform the General and the Imperial Navy of some important information."

Ogo began to tell everyone some information about the Gothic War, especially about the Blackstone Fortress. He told the members of the committee that the reason why Abaddon was able to control the Blackstone Fortress was because he held two artifacts in his hands. This also confirmed Inquisitor Horst's guess that the Blackstone Fortress was far more than just a space fortress. The Blackstone Fortress was actually a technological creation of an ancient civilization. When multiple Blackstone Fortresses were used at the same time, they could exert terrifying power. The tragedy of Flaris was proof of this.

Now the Chaos traitors have obtained three Blackstone Fortresses, which is definitely not good news for the Gothic Fleet. Two Blackstone Fortresses can defeat the well-prepared Solaris defenders. What kind of power can three Blackstone Fortresses exert?

Regarding this issue, the committee members asked Brother Ou, and Brother Ou replied:

"The combined power of three Blackstone fortresses is enough to destroy a star."

This information was undoubtedly a heavy blow to the committee, but even knowing that the enemy possessed such terrifying weapons, the Gothic Fleet would not retreat. They began to think about how to defeat such an enemy.

After telling the bad news, Ou Ge started to tell the good news:

"The traitors are not invincible, General. The Chaos fleet cannot maintain this pace of attack. Our opportunity to strike back will soon arise."

"Are you familiar with the Chaos traitors, Chapter Master Uldren?" Inquisitor Horst asked.

Ou Ge nodded in confirmation and continued:

"I know the traitors' ways. Their alliance cannot last long. Once they achieve certain results, these traitors with different beliefs will pursue their own interests. Their fleets will disperse, and this is our opportunity."

Ou Ge's words sparked a discussion among the committee members. Soon after, Ravensburg said to Ou Ge:

"We still have some questions for you to answer, Chapter Master Uldren."

"I will tell you everything I know." Brother Ou knew that now was the real test.

After a series of questions and answers, Brother Ou took great pains to convince everyone in the committee that he was right.

Why is it in Ferraris?

We should have reached the Gothic Sector long ago, but we ran into a Warp Storm on the way. By the time we escaped, it was too late. We could only rush to alert the defenders of Fularis before the Chaos traitors did. If you don't believe me, you can check the navigation log.

Why are there Emperor-class battleships?

Given by the Primarch ten thousand years ago, there are also artifacts from the Great Crusade here. Would you like to see them? The Nebula Hammer has a longer history than you might think.

Where did you get that strange technology on board? How did you gain control of Blackstone Fortress?

This was discovered through archaeological excavations, and our knowledge of the Black Stone Fortress was also gained during an operation in ancient ruins. If anyone wants to know the method, we can also tell the Gothic Fleet.

The committee raised questions one after another, but Brother Ou managed to fend them all off. Some of the reasons sounded forced, but upon closer inspection, they did make sense.

After taking care of the Naval Headquarters, Ou Ge prepared to return to the battleship and leave the Naval Headquarters. The reason he gave to Ravensburg was to gather the scattered fleets of the Nebula Hammer and add strength to the Gothic Fleet.

To reassure Ravensburg, a company of Nebula Hammer will remain at the Navy Headquarters, and the two sides will keep in touch regularly.

While Ou Ge was talking with the committee, the technical priests in the Navy Headquarters conducted a simple scan of the exterior of the Blue Silver Sword. They found that the history of this battleship was quite old, dating back to the Great Crusade, which was exactly consistent with Ou Ge's statement.

Before leaving, Ou Ge asked Ravensburg about a person:

"General, do you have a captain named Speyer?"

Ravensborg replied that there was no captain named Speyer in the Gothic Fleet.

"There really isn't such a person in the official history." Brother Ou said to everyone after returning to the Blue Silver Sword.

Luochen: "You must be joking. Spyder is the Primarch of the Navy. If such a person really existed, the Empire would be saved."

Punching Chaos Greenskins, stepping on bean sprout Undeads, eating indifferent Tyranid fishermen, this is Admiral Speyer, who is comparable to Slaymabo.

The Blue Silver Sword's words of leaving the star port and reassembling the fleet were of course a lie. Their real goal was the three Black Stone Fortresses in the hands of the navy. Once they took these three fortresses, they would really have a fleet.

But this certainly cannot be done in front of the Imperial Navy. To be on the safe side, everyone will only obtain the energy core of the Blackstone Fortress. Anyway, the Imperial Navy only uses the Blackstone Fortress at that rate, and they will not notice if the energy core has been replaced.

Gloria will first come to the vicinity of Blackstone Fortress in stealth mode, and then everyone will sneak into Blackstone Fortress, make sure that all functions of Blackstone Fortress are in the off state, and then place a beacon on the energy core. Then Gloria can slowly replace the original energy core and put a new beggar version on it.

In order to avoid being discovered by the Imperial Navy, Gloria could only replace it at an extremely slow speed, which made it take everyone more than half a year to get the three cores.

With energy, everyone found an uninhabited planet in a hidden location in the Gothic Star Sector. Gloria shielded the location of the planet from the outside world and used a planet-shaping device to reshape the environment of the planet. Everyone's shipyard was also built on this planet.

By M41.146, the Nebula Hammer finally had its own fleet, consisting of a battle barge, two strike cruisers, and two Gladius frigates. These warships were no longer restricted from carrying 40K natives, and their subsequent actions would no longer be restricted.

Six battleships are enough for the current Nebula Hammer. This period of time has also exhausted Gloria. In her words, she has manually assembled five super-large models.

In the same year, the Chaos Fleet's offensive continued, but compared to the first year, the Chaos Fleet had become quite dispersed and the intensity had been greatly reduced. Ou Ge's 'prediction' was completely correct.

Nebula Hammer informed Ravensborg that its fleet had been assembled. Ravensborg hoped that they would go to cover the retreat of the Imperial Navy in various war zones, and everyone accepted this task.

In M41.147, the Chaos Fleet was completely dispersed into the Gothic Sector. The pressure on the Gothic Fleet was greatly reduced, and the Naval Headquarters began to prepare a counterattack plan against the Chaos traitors.

But before that, the Imperial Navy needs to solve a problem first. The pirates who harass the supply lines must be eliminated.

At the end of 147, the Nebula Hammer and an Imperial fleet arrived at the Pirate-infested Gorge of Quinnox. This would be the Nebula Hammer's first real battle in the Gothic War.

(Today is the third update. I will try to revise some of the previous content. If time permits, there will be a fourth update at 2-3 o'clock.)

(Here I'd like to mention my position on the armored Titan. As we all know, the warships in Warhammer 40k are very large. It is impossible to destroy a warship with a 20-meter robot. The Titan can only paralyze the armament of small and medium-sized warships as much as possible, and then jump to the enemy. The Titan's boarding is not much more powerful than the normal boarding. However, I would like to ask for your opinions here. If you have any ideas, please feel free to put forward them.

Chapter 102 Pirate Suppression Operation

The pirates of the Strait of Quinnox have been threatening the Gothic Fleet's supply lines. With these supplies, they have built a fleet of average quality but large scale. If these guys are allowed to suck blood, the Gothic Fleet will perish due to supply and maintenance problems before the Chaos Fleet attacks.

The flagship of the Imperial Fleet, the Overlord-class battlecruiser - Sepura Pobete. As the representative of the Nebula Hammer, Ap was discussing the attack plan against the pirates with Fleet Commander Morndak on this battleship.

"There are multiple pirate groups in the Canyon of Quinnox. The Nebula Hammer will deal with the orcs and other alien pirates in the asteroid belt, and the rest will be left to Commander Morndak's fleet." Apu selected the target of the Nebula Hammer. The orc pirates are one of the largest pirate groups in the Canyon of Quinnox, and they can serve as the opponent of everyone.

Because Gloria can adjust the flow of internal time, three years have passed outside, but only a few months have passed in everyone's physical sense. However, having nothing to do for several months has made everyone bored and anxious. They went to cover the retreat of the Imperial Navy before but were unable to fight a real battle. Now everyone urgently needs a sandbag to regain their touch.

"Then I'll have to trouble you guys from Nebula Hammer to deal with the alien pirates," said Morndak.

After the discussion, Morndak wanted to invite Apu to dinner, and for this purpose he took out his collection of fine wine. Apu had no problem with eating, but he refused to drink.

"What a shame! This is Artorius wine. I had to use all my connections to get this bottle."

Apu heard a familiar name and asked Morn Dake:

"Commander Morndark, where did you say this wine is from?"

"Artorius, this name has spread throughout the empire over the past few decades. Doesn't Lord Precious know about it?"

Of course I know, Artorius, a world of knights.

Apu wanted to answer like this, but decades had passed and he didn't know what changes had taken place in Artorius.

Morndak told Apu what had happened in Artorius in the past few decades. Since 115 years later, Artorius has become the producer of high-quality fruits in the empire. The best quality fruits will be directly supplied to Terra, and the remaining inferior products will be snatched up by the nobles of the empire. Just a small bunch of grapes is priceless, and drinks such as wine and juice are even more in short supply.

Some people with ulterior motives wanted to bring fruits to other planets for planting, but they found that these fruits could only grow and survive on Atreus, which established Atreus's unique position.

The Fran knight family that ruled Artorius gained a lot of wealth from the fruit, and the size of the family expanded a lot during this period. At the same time, the Fran family also actively provided assistance to the Astra Militarum, and sent their knights to the Astra Militarum every once in a while.

Isn't this done very well?

Ap thought of the girl he met on Atreus. After becoming the High King, she had revived her family, but Ap, the "Astarte", was still in a state of decline.

Thinking of this, Apu also changed his mind and said to Morndak:

"Then have a drink."

The Nebula Hammer's fleet arrived at the asteroid belt where the orcs were entrenched. They had been active here for a long time and were familiar with any location in the asteroid belt. If the Imperial fleet came, it would not be easy to deal with them, but unfortunately they encountered the Nebula Hammer.

For a long time, the Orks have relied on small warships to shuttle through the asteroid belt, using this advantage to attack and avoid the Imperial Navy, but today their advantage will no longer exist.

The radar of the Blue Silver Sword scanned everything in the asteroid belt clearly. The routes of the Orc warships and the locations of the pirate bases were all in everyone's sight. The Orc warships that wanted to launch a sneak attack on the Cloud Hammer fleet did not know that they had been discovered, and they stayed where they were, waiting for the enemy to come.

The Cloud Hammer fleet easily bypassed the Orc warships in the asteroid belt and headed straight for the base deep inside.

"I say don't do anything fancy when fighting the greenskins. What if they figure it out after escaping?" Awei said. The Titans he was referring to were likely to come up with something even more whaaagh if the orcs really saw them.

"Then let's defeat them with a fleet battle. We have more than one ship now." Xianyu rubbed his hands together, and he couldn't wait to have a fight with the orcs.

"An orc base was discovered." Gloria zoomed in on the image. An orc-style space base was built on a huge asteroid, and some orc warships were docked around it.

"Prepare the torpedoes and aim the cannons. Don't give the greenskins inside a chance to escape." Brother Ou said.

"Fire!"

When the base exploded, the orcs realized that the enemy had arrived in front of them. The orc warships parked around without activating their shields were destroyed in an instant. Round after round of firepower poured on the orc base. The asteroid used to build the base gradually shattered and finally collapsed completely.

At this time, the orc warships in other locations in the asteroid belt hurried back and launched an attack on the Cloud Hammer fleet.

The two sides started fighting, and the Orc fleet found that no matter how many times they hit the enemy, the enemy's shield did not move at all, and their side was constantly being destroyed by the enemy.

When the orc warships lost more than half of their ships, they gave up the attack and began to flee in all directions.

The Cloud Hammer Fleet began to pursue the fleeing Orc warships. During the chase, the Orcs thought they could rely on their familiarity with the asteroid belt to get rid of the Cloud Hammer Fleet, but they didn't expect that the Cloud Hammer Fleet was more "familiar" with this area than they were.

Almost all of the Orc warships were destroyed by the Cloud Hammer Fleet, and the one or two remaining ones that escaped the net could no longer affect the transportation routes in the Gothic Star Sector.

But the mission is not over yet, because their target is not just the orc pirates, but also pirates of other alien races.

The second target was supposed to be the Eldar pirates, but these bean sprouts gradually disappeared after Abaddon captured the third Blackstone Fortress, so everyone could only focus on the other alien pirates.

During the operation during this period, everyone eliminated several groups of alien pirates one after another, and then they faced the final opponent in this operation.

The Furao, a ruthless race with advanced technology and powerful psychic abilities, have caused a lot of trouble to humans since the Great Crusade. They are known in records for their technology and pirate attacks.

This alien race of pirate ships existed in the Gothic sector before the Gothic War and had fought many battles with the Gothic fleet.

The Cloud Hammer Fleet approached the Fraao Fleet. When everyone decided to directly destroy the pirate fleet's flagship, Gloria told everyone that there were humans in some of the Fraao warships. These humans were basically slaves obtained by the Fraao through looting or trading.

Previously, everyone had rescued many humans who were looted by other alien pirates and sent them to the nearest imperial world. Faced with this situation, everyone certainly could not destroy the pirate ship directly. After all, it was not a Chaos ship, and the people on the alien pirate ship might still be saved.

The Cloud Hammer Fleet appeared and opened fire on the Furao pirate fleet. The preemptive attack allowed them to paralyze the engines of the pirate ships with humans on board, facilitating the subsequent boarding and rescue operations.