The Astartes Family's Notebook

Although the Raptor Legion is at a significant disadvantage in terms of rarity, the Desolation Wings commands a very high premium in terms of value alone.

However, as a sub-group of the Dark Raven Guard, they have access to supplies from their mother planet, so overall, the trade is considered fair.

Power armor isn't in short supply, let alone the Fourth Company. Unlike some poor chapters where new recruits have to queue up for power armor, with the window world of Frankish III, the Desolation Wings don't need their chapter's technical sergeants to manually craft power armor; they can just place an order with Mars.

The main combat companies of the Desolation Wings Chapter have a surplus of power armor.

According to the eagles, there are currently three main types of jump packs in the Empire. One is the Extreme Jump Pack, which must be used with the Mark IV Power Armor. Its main feature is that it only has one main thruster fixed to the back, resulting in poor compatibility; it cannot be used with other types of power armor. Another is the Selpha V Jump Pack, which has the largest stock in the Empire. It is easily recognizable by its two huge circular jet engines, and its jet performance and control stability are excellent. Although it was designed for the Mark II Power Armor, it is not as difficult to modify as the Extreme Jump Pack, and it can also be used with other types of power armor. However, after the kind-hearted Great Sage retrieved the STC template, the Empire now produces the Mark VII Jump Pack the most.

Unfortunately, while there might be benevolent sages within the Cult of Mechanics, it's unlikely that the Cult of Mechanics is truly benevolent.

These useful weapons and equipment have always been an important means for the Mechanicus to control the Astartes Chapter. Even the Raven Guards could not obtain the production line for the Mark VII Jump Pack and could only supply their sub-churches with the Selpha V Jump Pack from the Legion era.

But the Raptor Squadron didn't care.

As the Kronos expanded its colonies, the Raptor Legion discovered that a type of Ras-shaped jump pack, even older than the human Empire, was circulating in the region.

With three entire companies deployed to the Kronos Expansion Zone, the Raptor Chapter is determined to acquire the STC template for the Rath-type jump pack.

Even if we can't find the STC template, as long as we find a ready-made production line on the planet, we'll dismantle it and take it with us no matter what.

The crow king's offspring really love the jump pack; being able to produce their own goods without having to depend on the raven guards is certainly the best thing.

There's no need to say these things to the fighting brothers of the Wasteland Wings; family scandals shouldn't be aired in public.

The long journey was all for the purpose of using oneself as a sword to deliver a fatal blow.

Motor Sich went to so much trouble to plan this attack; he was determined to bleed people out.

Therefore, after using the planet's gravity to slow down and change the direction of the fleet, the fourth company commander's plan succeeded.

One light cruiser, four frigates, and seven destroyers—the Death Shadow Gang has quite a substantial asset.

The distinctive corrosion features of the Nurgle Warband ships make them very easy to identify.

Therefore, given the numerical and firepower advantage of its main warships, Motor Sich did not intend to use the boarding tactic commonly employed by the Astartes.

He was prepared to fight a fair and square fleet artillery battle where the superior numbers would overwhelm the inferior forces.

Although the Pioneer Star, a modified version of the Tyrant-class destroyer, was disliked by the Navy for only being good at killing young ships, the Tyrant-class was actually very effective against frigates and destroyers.

If destroyers and frigates want to pose a threat to cruisers, they can only operate in groups, bringing the ships close together and using their broadside gun arrays in conjunction with the main guns on the stern and bow to bombard them.

However, the most distinctive feature of the Tyrant-class cruisers is that their main guns and close-in weapon systems have the same firepower.

This results in the fact that while the Tyrant-class is weak in both offense and defense against main battleships of the same or higher level, it excels at beating up smaller ships like the Pioneer Star.

The purpose of long-distance space travel is to avoid the inertia of thinking that subspace travel must take the Mandeville point, in order to catch people off guard.

Furthermore, the think tank Euler also has some minor insights into anti-prophetic psionic abilities.

By default, the Chaos Traitor's ships are still Imperial ships, and 20 million kilometers is the limit of the conventional astronomical array of a cruiser.

So, at this critical distance, the loyal Imperial fleet once again unleashed its full thrust.

Sure enough, the Chaos warship of the Shadow of Death received a sharp alarm from the oracle array.

It's a pity it's too late.

For the standard warships of the Human Empire that have already warmed up and started operating, a distance of 20 million kilometers is just the time it takes for the bridge crew to take a few deep breaths.

The mixed-force fleet docked in near-Earth orbit has no choice but to abandon the Chaos Astartes that have already landed for combat, or pray that the Father will protect them so that their emergency warp jump goes smoothly.

Otherwise, such a short preparation time would barely be enough for the fleet to escape the planet's orbit and form a simple formation.

While Astartes' battle barges are not as heavily armed as the Imperial Navy's battleships, they possess a more robust Void Shield protection system.

With the Victory Balance as the spearhead, the loyalist ships abandoned the Imperial Navy's conventional line formation tactics and directly formed a long, single-line formation, maximizing the speed advantage of the loyalist fleet and clearly signaling to the Chaos traitors' fleet.

We are prepared to use our numbers to bully the few and our strength to defeat the weak.

Who do you think we are, bringing the ship closer for the sake of the emperor?

Chapter 103 A burst of powerful music rang out

The mere mention of the Imperial Navy's powerful ships and cannons would make even the junkyard scum of the bottom nest stand proudly.

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To reiterate, the divine and demonic duality of Astartes must be largely attributed to the consequences of the Empire's inhumanity.

Motor Sich spent more than three years planning this attack, taking a great deal of risk.

If this drags on, what if the Shadow of Death faction achieves its tactical objective and runs away?

What if the Nurgle Warband has psionic beings who interfere with the prophecy?

Furthermore, what if the Wings of Desolation's actions are discovered in advance and they are outmaneuvered?

There's nothing you can do. You can doubt the character of the Eldar in Ark, but don't doubt the Eldar prophets' divination abilities.

Leothus is clearly an inquisitor of the Demon Tribunal, so why does he abandon his proper role as a demon host and insist on becoming a galactic henchman? It's hard to say.

If Leothers hadn't brought it up, Madsich wouldn't have known that when he was baiting for Dark Eldar pirates, he had caught a big fish in the net.

It's not surprising that the Ark Eldar possess Soul Stones, nor is it surprising that they infiltrate the Dark Eldar's raiding parties as space pirates.

However, it is a rare occurrence that the Eldar's prophet would step in to retrieve the Soul Stone from Astartes.

Given the nature of the Eldar in the Ark, shouldn't they first conduct divination and prophecy to find the whereabouts of the Soul Stone, then plan a four-man ambush, then stage a boarding maneuver, and finally lose dozens more brothers for this Soul Stone?

This is the normal Eldar art style in the Warhammer universe.

Asking someone to do something through connections?

The Spirit Race has such good interpersonal skills, yet they've managed to get by like this!

However, Motor Sich didn't think much of it. Having already seen Oglin, who was deeply involved in the field of philosophy, the highly anthropomorphic Eldar Ark Prophet didn't seem so strange.

In exchange for intelligence, the Eldar prophet did not simply reveal the location of the Shadow of Death Warband, but rather gave a precise prophecy.

I saw crimson wings of flame tracing clear paths across the real universe, the pent-up rage of a thousand days unleashed upon a decaying body.

Leorth's Eldar language is only at the level of "HELLO, HOW MUCH," so trying to decipher the prophecies given by the Eldar prophets is pure fantasy.

However, this wasn't the first time Mad Sich had dealt with the Eldar; the Quadruple's treasure vault contained more than just that one Soul Stone.

So since Leothers was willing to take responsibility, the fourth company commander didn't care about a Spirit Race Soul Stone.

Moreover, Motor Sich had already vaguely guessed the inside story.

The Eldar who died on the Pioneer Star was probably a twin, otherwise the Eldar prophet wouldn't have been so easy to talk to.

Having obtained what he wanted, the Eldar prophet stopped pretending to be a riddle teller and gave a prophetic interpretation that even a curly-haired baboon could understand.

"The address is accurate, the person is there, just don't jump out of the warp from Mandeville point, there won't be any mistakes."

Okay, that's the importance of the middleman.

There is absolutely no trust between the Eldar and the Wastewing, but both sides have a certain degree of trust in the Inquisitor Grand Master.

So one dared to speak, one dared to spread the word, and one dared to believe.

The Shadow of Death gang was enjoying hotpot and singing when they were suddenly attacked and beaten by the Corpse King's lackeys.

Having served in the Empire's former Astartes Chapter, the Shadow of Death's fleet was enraged by the Empire's single-file formation.

Who do they think they are? This formation means that the precious first round of firing opportunity is only available for the Empire's main guns on the Victory Balance.

The Chaos fleet simply hasn't picked up its speed yet; its Void Shields are activated. The main guns of the battle barges and the Void Shields of the overloaded destroyers might still be effective, but to think they can sink a warship blessed by Nurgle directly is wishful thinking.

Of course, the goal is to annihilate them all.

The Victory Balance didn't fire a single shot; the ship's plasma reactor's surging power was entirely converted into the strength of the Void Shield.

The battle barge withstood a round of artillery fire in order to bring the fleet behind it into dogfighting range.

The skill [Move the ship closer] has been activated.

Although the Void Shield of the Victory Balance was teetering on the brink of collapse and overload, the bow section of the Astartes battle barge was incredibly tough and completely fearless.

By actively shutting down the Void Shield, the returning energy converged on the two large light spears at the bow and stern of the ship. The Victory Balance forced the Chaos Fleet, which was already lined up against the enemy, to spread out even further in this reckless manner.

Just kidding, at this distance, if you were hit by a beam spear of the same power as a battleship's main gun in the core area, you'd be dead instantly.

Therefore, the Chaos Fleet must adjust the ships' attitude and engage the enemy with their main armored zones.

However, this is exactly the result the loyalists wanted.

With its superior speed, the fleet that had been hiding behind the Victory Balance dispersed as the Chaos Traitor adjusted the ships' positions.

T-advantage is not scary. As long as you can withstand damage control and charge into close combat, speed advantage is more important than formation advantage.

The Tyrant-class destroyer, a master of crushing weaker opponents, opened fire. The Pioneer Star forcefully squeezed between the two Chaos Destroyers, and the macro cannon arrays on both sides opened fire simultaneously. The light spear arrays on the stern, hull, and fins also activated at the same time, as if the alternate version of Gandora had used a blazing light flash, instantly destroying the two Chaos-blessed destroyers.

The Tyrant-class cruiser is truly excellent at crushing weaker opponents.

With their intentions aligned, they outmaneuvered the unprepared. Once the Wings of Desolation's fleet arrayed and charged forward, the outcome was already predetermined.

The Pioneer Star, accompanied by two escort ships, is pursuing the Chaos Traitors' escort ships and destroyers, while the Shining Star is rapidly maneuvering to block the Death Shadows warships' escape route.

The Victory Balance is waiting for the Void Shield to cool down, but what is the Chaos Traitor waiting for?

Of course, we're waiting for the boarding torpedoes to be fully loaded.

They were all taught by the same master. How could Astartes, with his traditional skill of switching sides when in doubt, not take precautions?

So the remaining two frigates and one destroyer stayed close to the battle barge, just waiting for the Chaos traitor to die.

It's important to understand that after taking a round of artillery fire, the Void Shield's load had reached its limit. However, the combat barge is different from the Imperial Navy's battleships. It uses a technology called Double Void Shield. Even if the Void Shield is shattered, it can temporarily construct an incomplete area protection Void Shield by burning capacitors to continue taking damage.

The reason for completely shutting down the Void Shield, besides accelerating load cooling, was to deceive, to launch a sneak attack, and to lure the Chaos Warriors to defect.

Don't forget, the Raptor Squad's think tank, Euler, is still on board. With the help of the navigator protection and amplification system on the Victory Balance, Euler's psionic vision can easily cover the combat zone.

If the Shadow of Death faction also has a think tank and plans to switch sides using psionic teleportation, then Euler only needs to seize the right moment and do something slightly malicious to wed these stinky cans into the wall.

If the Shadow of Death faction doesn't have a think tank, then they should prepare to die under close-range fire.

Even if some stinky canned food manages to break through all the blockades and successfully board the Victory Balance, that's when the real joy will arrive.

Guess what's inside the small, helpless battle barge, the Victory Balance; it's sure to bring plenty of surprises to the Father's followers.

Chapter 104 Wasteful Thing

Legend has it that the emperor slew the cruel and tyrannical gods of ancient Terra and rebuilt the Tower of Babel that reached the heavens.

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We must understand that God is not inherently greater than us.

Only cowards would succumb to the honor and power they promise.

We share the same blood as His Majesty the All-Knowing and All-Powerful Emperor, who walks among us.

He always knew this.

And he hopes we share the same view—that humanity is greater than any divine creation.

We are the greatest race in the galaxy, and the Emperor is the greatest being among us.

He is a human being, and you will still pray to him.

We offer our highest respect to the supreme ruler of all mankind; may the Human Emperor live forever!

Kaz closed the book in his hands and let out a long sigh.

The Governor's collection of the ancient Terra deluxe edition Imperial Truth Meteor Hammer was too valuable, so Company Commander Mad Sich returned it.

However, the reformist Imperial Truth Canon, handwritten by the Imperial Truth Pope, was brought back to the company by Kaz.

After examining it, Madar Sich and Hammurabi found nothing wrong with it and added it to the library.

Therefore, Katz, who came to perform the caregiving task, had the opportunity to read carefully.

Although the imperial system is rigid, the human mind always yearns for freedom.

Modernizing the imperial truth to suit the current realities of the empire is something that all non-fundamentalists of imperial truth have been trying to do.

The existence of deities in this universe is a fact that humanity has accepted.

Therefore, the old man did not shy away from this point in his own religious texts.

However, whether the Emperor is a god or not is not up to the Emperor himself to decide; the power of interpretation rests with Holy Terra and the High Lords Council.