The Astartes Family's Notebook

They originally wanted to bring Yesfe over to join the attack, but the battle situation changed, and the Fifth Company Commander, now in the overall command position, was no longer able to move.

“I understand, but you probably don’t have enough heavy firepower there. I’ll send two Thunderhawks to deliver some big stuff to you.”

"it is good."

There are no incompetent people among those who can serve as company commanders in the main force.

Seeing that Yesfe had arranged things properly, Motor Sich put aside any other thoughts.

After so much mental and physical strain from paperwork, it's time to relax and unwind.

Kaz and Tyrant were sent down to support the first reconnaissance team to go down into the mine.

Knowing that there are powerful psionicists among the Chaos traitors, the physical condition of the Euler brothers must be taken into account.

While waiting for the think tank to recover, we are also waiting for the Thunder Eagle gunboats to deliver the heavy firepower equipment needed for assault operations.

The situation is terrible, the situation is wonderful.

The Shadow of Death faction's resistance was resolute.

This suggests that something truly important to the Chaos traitors is indeed hidden underground.

Hitting you means you were wrong.

The fact that you cried out in pain means I hit the right spot.

Kaz himself had used the unique environment of the mine tunnels to inflict heavy damage on the Shadow of Death gang, so he was very sensitive to this kind of terrain.

Although it sounds exciting, with the shockwaves from the grenades and the echoes of the exploding bombs, there have probably been no casualties so far.

Why did the company commander of Motor Sich only send him and Tyrant down?

To put it nicely, it's called support; to put it bluntly, it's just having the two of them hold the dog's leash.

In this special environment, heavy flamethrowers are more effective than explosive guns, and fragmentation grenades and molten metal bombs are the best choices for overcoming difficulties.

Since you've decided to tackle this tough challenge, don't be stubborn. Astartes understands the principle that you need the right tools to do a good job.

If we can call in Thunderhawk gunships for air strikes, who would want to carry out a mountain attack?

This battle is far from over, no rush, let's take our time.

Tyrant, on the other hand, was more professional. He came down with a portable geological detector, intending to confirm the questions raised by Ingus.

If orbital bombardment can solve the problem, then there's no need for our chapter brothers to risk their lives.

The situation is not ideal.

The rock strata were very solid, and the Skolds were quite restrained in their mining activities near the hive city, without turning the strata into a honeycomb pattern.

This battle will likely be a head-on confrontation, with no room for shortcuts.

Astartes' fighting style is indeed deadly and usually doesn't drag on for long, but Astartes also have excellent patience. Before deciding to strike, they can repeatedly test and prepare.

On a near-Earth orbit around the planet, aboard an Imperial Navy frigate brought by Vinava, Gas and Freyr were so bored that they started playing with a bird-shaped display.

The human empire has a very strong atmosphere of death worship. Although the imperial government adopts a policy of both using and guarding against the cult of death, the development and spread of the cult is always difficult to contain in the closed environment of naval ships.

This is especially true when the officer rank on a warship is associated with a cult of death.

As is widely known, the Death Cult of the Human Empire consists of one-third believers in the Emperor, one-third believers in Khorne, and one-third believers in both.

When the captain personally led the purge of the loyalists in the bridge crew, the spread of chaos and corruption was already unstoppable.

Khorne was overjoyed at the sacrifice of half the crew and immediately blessed the captain with love from the Brass Throne, leaving the Egg of Chaos bewildered.

But it's not a big problem. Fryer is a technical sergeant by training, so forging audio calls and creating holographic projections are a piece of cake for him.

Previously, the Inquisitor's fleet and the loyalist Astartes' fleet were in a state of mutual defensiveness with insufficient communication, making it too convenient for the two chaotic Astartes, Gath and Freyr, to do things.

Now that the situation on the ground has changed, the Empire has begun to unite and interact, giving them a great deal of room to maneuver.

So when the betraying spears and macro cannons came from behind, the Imperial Navy ships were stunned.

Was it an accidental discharge?

That's ridiculous. It's one thing for the army to accidentally fire, but how could the navy possibly do that?

It's betrayal, blatant betrayal!

In Hive One, the Nurgle cultists launched a major counterattack; in Hive Two, a long-planned wave of plague zombies began to assault the empty rear.

The defecting escort ships broke apart the Imperial Navy and Astartes fleet formations, relentlessly hunting down the armed merchant ships of the Imperial Charter fleet.

Having finally found an excuse to escape, the Charter captains evacuated, throwing the entire planet's orbit into chaos.

Although a single frigate could not possibly inflict much damage on naval vessels and the Astartes Chapter's warships.

However, it's more than enough to disrupt the situation.

After the Thunderhawk gunboats delivered heavy firepower equipment, Motor Sich personally led the charge, feeling an indescribable sense of satisfaction.

However, the abandoned members of the Shadow of Death were enraged beyond measure.

For Chaos Astartes, the principle of "never abandoning or giving up" is too difficult. Since the Warband can abandon those Nurgle fanatics, it can naturally abandon the Warband members who remain.

They keep talking about being brothers in arms, how can you actually take it seriously?

Using a teleportation array, Amaterasu transported over a hundred Astartes from the Shadow of Death Warband to his Chaos Destroyer, generously gifting the ship to his newly sworn brothers in the warband.

“Brother Amaterasu, from now on you are my own brother.”

Seeing that they had truly escaped, the leader of the Zhan Gang breathed a sigh of relief.

Amaterasu has such a good reputation, it's rare to see someone with the Eye of Fear. Abaddon is not worthy of being his brother at all!

"Don't let your guard down yet. Only by getting to Mandeville and entering the warp will you truly be free."

“Your gang members… why don’t you come to our Shadow of Death, Master? You can take the second-in-command’s seat.”

"I've accepted your bribes; it's what I should do. Now hurry up and leave; I'll go meet up with my men."

Having said that, before the Chaos Astartes of the Shadow of Death Warband could stop him, Amaterasu activated his psionic powers and teleported directly to the escort ship where Gath and Freyr were.

"Where is the captain?"

Looking at the empty bridge, Amaterasu was puzzled.

"Then, that's the Chaos Egg that was stuffed into the Command Throne."

Ghast's answer only confused Amaterasu more.

What do we do?

While Freyr's craftsmanship was enough to corrupt machine spirits, it would be a lie to say he wasn't afraid of the Empire's fleet.

If it weren't for being mixed in with the Imperial Charter fleet and using these armed merchant ships as human shields, this frigate would have been sunk long ago.

"Wait."

Amaterasu drew his dark magic blade and plunged it into the command throne, using his newly acquired skills to enslave the Chaos Egg and gain complete control of the ship.

"Wait for what?"

Amaterasu smiled but didn't say anything, of course, he was waiting for the Shadow of Death faction to draw the Empire's attention away from them.

"With me here, don't be afraid. Go ahead and make a blind jump into the subspace. I've learned some new techniques, and I especially hope that some foolish creatures will come and bring warmth to our newly acquired ship."

When people are happy, they are in high spirits. But in that godforsaken place called Eye of Fear, it's so hard to search for ships. After using destroyers for hundreds of years, they've finally been replaced by frigates.

Once I'm stronger, I can recruit more members for my guild.

I'll definitely need to get a cruiser as my ride!

So, Lord of All Changes, look how generous the Lord of the Skull is! This trip was entirely thanks to the Lord of the Skull's generous reward, which allowed me, Amaterasu, to reap such a bountiful harvest.

Amaterasu was laughing, and so was Tzeentch.

Ah yes, yes, yes, the first laugh leads to the next laugh, and everyone has a bright future.

Chapter 140 A Stage of Victory

The Mechanical Church, now that the war is over, is coming out to clean up the mess.

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The randomness in the Warhammer universe is all pseudo-random.

For most humans who have never experienced subspace travel, their imagined faster-than-light interstellar travel is simply disappearing and reappearing in a flash, with light-years, astronomical units of measurement, being traversed almost imperceptibly.

However, for the Imperial Navy and the Astartes, warp travel is not a good thing. Given the choice, they would much rather sail through the real universe.

Because walking at night too often makes you more likely to encounter ghosts, and entering the subspace too often will inevitably lead to seeing ghosts.

Because the incident happened so suddenly, and no one understood how the frigate had betrayed them, the Imperial Navy insisted that the frigate had been boarded by Chaos Astartes, and that all the officers and men on board had died heroically.

Anyway, you Astartes said that there are powerful psionicists among those Chaos traitors. We don't understand psionic matters, and we dare not ask too much. Just like why the famous Chaos traitors are all from your Astartes, who can explain it clearly?

The naval admiral's non-stick pan almost made Yesfee laugh in exasperation.

Okay, okay, okay, we'll talk to Motor Sich later. If Desolate Wings agrees, you'll be waiting to be defected to their side.

First, their formation was disrupted by the mutineer frigates, and then they were ordered to pursue the Chaos destroyers that might be carrying the Shadow of Death warbands.

At that time, the Imperial fleet was mostly stationary in the low to medium orbit of the planet, and its speed had not been increased. As a result, it was looking around helplessly and failed to capture either side.

What's even more frustrating is that it gave the Imperial Charter fleet an excuse to escape.

The cargo hadn't even been fully unloaded when those armed merchant ships ran away!

Another messy debt...

However, it would be inappropriate to say that the Empire lost the Battle of Skold.

It was a resounding victory!

The total number of Astragalus troops summoned by Inquisitor Vinava was less than two million, and the Imperial Navy only deployed two cruisers, a number of frigates and destroyers.

With just this small force, they ended a planetary upheaval caused by a chaotic invasion. By any measure, this is a great victory worthy of promotion and honor.

Moreover, the loyalist Astartes annihilated a considerable number of Chaos traitors on the planet's surface, and all their achievements can be verified.

A few minor flaws cannot be considered a failure.

It was clearly a journey from one victory to another.

Having just enjoyed a great time underground, Motor Sich returned to his loyal ship, the Victory Balance, only to be shocked by the shamelessness of the Navy.

In order to claim credit and shift blame, they've really turned black into white, haven't they?

"Motor Sich, these are no ordinary insects. Use boarding maneuvers on them."

Yesfer's emotions need to be taken care of, but it's too exciting that the Nurgle cultists in the First Hive City haven't even been completely wiped out yet, and they're already fighting a random civil war with the Imperial Navy.

"No rush, let's play with them for a while."

Faced with the unexpected situation, Ms. Vinawa suddenly stopped feeling frustrated.

Chaos is the ladder to advancement, and as a mediator who can speak on both sides, the judge has found his own battlefield.

It's just a matter of a frigate. We are all loyal servants of His Majesty the Holy God-Emperor. What conflicts can't be resolved?

We can talk about anything. We all love the empire, and there's nothing we can't discuss.

The navy's concern is the emergence of a Chaos traitor, which could lead to an internal investigation of all fleet officers. Therefore, they want to pinpoint the incident as a surprise attack by Chaos Astartes on the escort ship.

To put it bluntly, the Astartes Chapter was questioning the loyalty and integrity of the Imperial Navy.

They could have wiped out the invading Shadow of Death gang, but they still managed to escape despite being surrounded. Whose fault is this?

The destroyer was fast enough to escape, but the frigate wasn't sunk before it made a blind jump in subspace. Whose fault is this?

Ms. Vinawa stated that it was certainly due to the cunning of the Chaos traitors, and it couldn't possibly be my fault.

The Astartes were adamant that the two war chapters involved in the war were not at fault and they would not take the blame. In fact, they would pursue the Imperial Navy for dereliction of duty.

The Imperial Navy was naturally not having it. They hadn't earned any credit for the mission, and instead all the officers would be subject to a centralized investigation afterward, which would hinder their careers. Who could accept such an outcome? They had to stand firm to the end.

If a judge with poor judgment were in charge, they would probably have already taken sides.

But when faced with this situation, Ms. Vinawa felt a sense of homecoming.

The fact that the window for communication remains open indicates that all that's left is an exchange of interests.

The sixth and seventh company commanders also experienced what it meant to be overjoyed.