Warhammer Inquisitor

Chapter 304 The Rise of the Primarch: The Throne World

Holy Terra, the most sacred, holy and great place in the galaxy, it is the undisputed jewel in the crown of the human empire, it is so great that even the bottom gangsters of any nest have heard of Terra Its name, in the songs of sailors and poets, imagines its splendid city, its golden walls and its prosperous society.

In the wildest, wildest and most barbaric worlds, the people loyal to the Emperor look up at the stars at night, they look up at the light of truth that illuminates the night in the dark sky, whether it is the storms of the hazy stars near the warp. At the crack, it is still in the depths of the stormy galaxy that is permeated with the space magnetic storm whirlwind forever, the border of the extreme star field far in the sky, and the mysterious frontier of the Taiping star field, and people all look up to its light.

Cole stood on the bridge. He stood behind the handrail and stared at the huge planet in front of him. Everyone stood up, and the operators who were usually sloppy in the bridge stood up, not only them, but also in the whole world. In the battleship promenade of the Infinite Frontier, everyone, from sailors, to marines, to maintenance workers, and even cooks, stood behind the glass in the corridor, staring at the planet together.

The golden planet hangs in the dark galaxy, but here, it seems that all darkness has disappeared. Cole's eyes are looking at the hive city, which is completely composed of towering buildings, and the surface of the planet is densely covered.

Terra's oceans were evacuated, mountains were leveled and pushed down, and the entire planet's surface was completely covered by cities, which were the most massive, complex and dense urban agglomerations in the human empire. They covered the planet and were countless sacred. Temples and churches have inserted their towers into the sky, and the bells that echo in the atmosphere forever declare the holiness of this planet all the time.

Cole's eyes turned to the city group on the north side of the planet, which undoubtedly attracted the most central city of everyone's attention, including Captain Cole.

Captain Cole and the sailors on the bridge looked at the golden city with high walls. In the city surrounded by stars and moons on Terra, there was an absolute core, where there was above Terra. The only high mountain, on the snow-capped peak, has a tower that reaches into the sky, a lighthouse.

It is the brightest place of light in the dark galaxy. On that sacred planet, the towering lighthouse casts the most holy and shining light into the deepest part of the galaxy and into the dark frontier.

Its name is the Star Torch, the great tower that has been burned by the Holy Lord for thousands of years. Cole looked at the lighthouse and straightened up involuntarily. All the sailors around him stood upright, all still sitting All the people in their positions stood up and stood at attention.

Their eyes flashed with radiant radiance, and they looked at the magnificent palace complex beside the star torch, the golden high wall and the magnificent palace standing among the countless gorgeous palaces, which is the most sacred place in the galaxy. , in no other church or court so magnificent.

The golden palace covers almost the entire plateau of Terra. On the snowy plateau at the foot of the Himalayas, the greatest and most sacred place of the human empire is revealed to everyone. It is the emperor's palace, the master of mankind himself. location.

"Stand at attention!" Someone suddenly shouted from the bridge, but the sound exploded in the bridge like a thunderbolt, and everyone, regardless of military rank, stood at attention and looked at the very core of the palace.

"Salute to the throne, salute!" the voice shouted, and then he was answered by a neat sound of arms, and countless hands were raised from the side, almost simultaneously to the side of his head, everyone in the bridge Salute to the palace.

Cole raised his arms and stared in the direction of the palace with the most standard military salute. His eyes under the big brim hat shone with light, as if it came directly from the golden palace. It irradiated into his soul, burning an unparalleled enthusiasm in his chest.

Not only Cole, everyone felt that enthusiasm, everyone, they had never been more proud of themselves as a member of the Imperial Navy, as a member of the Loyalist, all sacrifices were made There is meaning at this moment, the golden palace and the burning star torch give meaning to all that.

"Captain, there is access to communication." Just as Cole was still staring at the palace, Anna, who was below him, looked at the screen in front of Bird Buchang and said, and Bird Buchang's slender fingers tapped the mechanical keyboard in front of it. , the ticking sound echoed in Cole's ears.

Cole moved his eyes away from the position of the palace reluctantly. He looked at Anna below and nodded, "Come closer."

"Follow your orders, access the signal." Anna said, leaning down and putting her hands behind Niao Buchang, who nodded and quickly clicked on the keyboard in front of him. His mechanically modified fingers were extremely flexible and efficient. operate on the interface.

Cole sorted out the military appearance. He adjusted the collar of the captain's coat that was raised up, straightened his military cap, and walked to the holographic projection. Following the bird below, he tapped the last button, and the holographic projection appeared on the holographic projection. A bust of a man appeared in a flash.

It was a man in a gold and gray military uniform. His clothes were gorgeous. The golden thread and the Eagle logo were inlaid on the finely crafted military uniform. The eyes on the collar of his collarless coat looked at Cole in front of him. .

"Here is Terra's azimuth track, foreign ships, report their identity."

"Imperial Navy, belonging to the Inquisition Fleet, the Mars-class battlecruiser Infinity Frontier pays tribute to Terra, I am Captain Cole Makarian, and I swear allegiance to the Emperor on behalf of the officers and soldiers of the entire ship."

After Cole stood up straight, he saluted the defender of Terra in front of him with the most standard military salute. After salute, Cole lowered his elbow and clicked on the corner of the holographic panel, "Send the ship identification code."

The officer on the orbital defense base station glanced to the side, he seemed to be looking somewhere, and he nodded quickly, "Received, the contemplative is checking."

The officer looked in that direction, his eyes stayed on Cole's left side for a while, and after a while there was a muffled voice, the officer nodded and looked back at Cole, this time to Cole. Cole stood at attention and saluted.

"The identity has been verified, and the data is correct. Welcome to Terra, Captain."

"My pleasure, sir."

Cole nodded to the officer on the holographic screen, who also nodded slightly, "Now the solar system is in crisis, any loyal warship is a valuable combat force, welcome your arrival, captain, you will once again serve Holy Majesty serves and fights."

Said the officer raised his eyes and looked at the thing in front of him. Although it may be a coincidence, he also looked out of the window from Cole's side, and the officer frowned slightly when he saw something.

"You didn't come alone, did you? What are those civilian ships behind you?" The officer said looking at the things ahead, and Cole also looked out the window subconsciously. The transport ship flew slowly and parallel.

"They were survivors of settlements on the periphery of the solar system, survived the Chaos assault, and then came to Terra with us to seek refuge."

"There are a lot of transport ships, more than we expected. You say they are the survivors of the outer ring of the entire solar system? How did such a huge fleet of refugees pass through the war zone safely?"

The officer asked vigilantly, his eyes were full of suspicion and distrust, Cole could see what he was worried about, the captain turned to the officer and nodded slightly, "We did not encounter Chaos pursuit or interception along the way, only on the orbit of Jupiter. After a battle, we went to Mars to replenish ammunition and fuel. Many ships of the refugee fleet set off in a hurry after the Chaos attack stopped, so we need to go to Mars to replenish fuel before we come to Terra. ."

"Chaos stopped attacking? Can you vouch for your words? Captain." The officer frowned and asked solemnly. Cole responded with the same formal and calm look, he nodded slightly and stood upright in front of the image.

"I swear to the Emperor that we did not encounter any attack along the way. The refugees who joined the fleet from the outer ring also confirmed our conjecture. The Chaos fleet stopped attacking. Although I don't know the reason, it is the truth."

The officer looked at Cole's eyes, he squinted slightly at those eyes, then raised his head slightly and looked down at Cole, "Very well, I will notify the Solar System Fleet Command, and then you need to make a formal report to us. ."

"As ordered, sir." Cole saluted, then looked at the refugee fleet outside the window. "Besides, refugees need resettlement and help. Can Terra provide support?"

The officer looked at the refugee fleet outside the window and was silent for a while, then he slowly turned his head to look at Cole, "Okay, let them obey the tower's instructions and first drive the ship to the designated star port, where the defense forces will Those related to the state religion will conduct strict inspections on them, and after making sure everything is correct, we will provide them with a place to live.”

"I hope you can understand, Captain, we have to be cautious in the current situation." The officer looked at Cole and said, the latter nodded understandingly, he was right, although it seemed a little too cautious, But the corruption of Chaos is very dangerous. If there are followers of Chaos on the transport ship, they will take this opportunity to infiltrate Terra and start a riot in response to the attacks that Chaos may come at any time.

And this is definitely not unfounded. Cole just said that Chaos stopped attacking. From a certain point of view, it is quite doubtful. Will they secretly send cultists to Terra in this way?Trying to build an internal response in Terra in this way, so quarantine censorship is pretty normal.

The premise is that if it is just a simple review.

"I understand sir, but the Grand Inquisitor Constantine also hopes that you can ensure that these refugees can safely go to the surface to be taken care of after they have been "appropriately" checked, and will not be hastily "loyal" for some reason. ."

Cole looked at the officer and said solemnly, his eyes were full of authority, as if he was speaking directly on behalf of the Inquisitor, "The Grand Inquisitor made a guarantee to them, the guarantee of the Inquisition's reputation, we hope that Terra will guard the The army can understand the Tribunal's concern about the possibility of an "unpleasant" accident."

The officer looked at Cole and hesitated. Facing Cole, whose rank was lower than himself, he was completely unable to reprimand him with the majesty of being a commander, because he mentioned the Inquisition, this ship belongs to the Inquisition, and his ship There is also an Inquisitor, who is speaking on behalf of the Grand Inquisitor, and the officer is not going to provoke the Inquisition, and no one on Terra is that stupid.

So he put aside his thoughts for a moment, sighed, and then nodded helplessly to dismiss the absurd thought.

"Okay, I understand what you mean, we will make sure everything is normal." "Very well, on behalf of the Grand Inquisitor Constantine, I thank you for your cooperation."

"But" said the officer suddenly, and Cole frowned slightly at him. "But what? Sir."

"We hope that they have enough supplies, food and drinking water, enough for their own consumption." The officer said cautiously, as if he could hide something, Cole looked at the officer and squinted slightly, he noticed his words something deeply concerned about.

"There is a problem with Terra's food supply?" "What? No, no, everything is normal, but there is a problem with distribution. We hope that the refugees you bring will not add to these troubles for us. It's purely clerical."

The officer smiled awkwardly, Cole looked at his fake smile, he was lying, Cole could see it, but he also planned to remain silent now, he did not intend to expose that lame explanation.

"We have replenished food and drinking water on Mars, and the Martian Mechanic has been generous to help us, but we also hope that these generous gifts can continue to be where they should be and not be "officially requisitioned" ."

"Of course, of course, I assure you of this." "Not to me, but to the Grand Inquisitor, he will go to the Inquisition headquarters in Antarctica when he arrives in Terra, I don't want any surprises, you understand me mean?"

Cole's absolutely threatening words made the officer tremble. He shuddered just thinking of the headquarters of the Inquisition in Antarctica, as if he was already standing on the snow in Antarctica. No one wanted to provoke the Inquisitor, the entire empire. This is true, especially on Terra.

"Of course, Captain, I can guarantee this, and you can tell the Inquisitor not to worry." "Very well, I believe the Inquisitor will be happy to hear the news."

After speaking, Cole cleared his throat. He raised his hands and looked at the officer in front of him, "Can we enter the port?"

"Of course, Captain, welcome to Terra, and please obey the tower dispatcher's instructions." "Of course, sir, have a good day and praise the Emperor's Light." "You too, Captain, praise the Emperor."

After this unpleasant chat was over, the hologram quickly turned off, and Cole walked over to the captain's armrest after watching the image shrink completely downwards, and he looked down.

"Anna, the docking tower instructs you to prepare to enter the port." "As ordered, Captain, I believe you still have a meeting to rush to, right?"

Ana said with a smile, Cole also turned around and walked towards the exit of the bridge after smiling slightly, and behind him Ana had already started the order, and the window of the Infinite Frontier began to rotate and turn with the jet, aiming at Natera's. Orbital Star Harbor has gone.

Cole walked into the corridor outside the dark bridge, he stepped into the darkness, and their plan officially began.

(End of this chapter)