Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!.

Chapter 460 06.0459: "Once it's done, I'll have it for the rest of my life"

The bridge was almost dead silent except for the occasional sounds of buttons and indicator lights changing.

The officers who were looking at the navigation monitoring screen couldn't help but break out in a sweat.

At this time, the Epic opened the shadow field and mixed in with a group of asteroids. It stuck to a larger rock and seemed to be parked on it.

Almost all equipment on the ship except the life support system was shut down, minimizing the probability of being detected by the enemy.

The entire interior of the ship was a dark blue, just like the bottom of the sea.

Horatio stared at the blue light in front of him.

The Tau patrol ship, with its lake-blue lights on, hummed eerily as it passed over his bridge.

The light illuminated the bridge and everyone's faces, and this part of the shadow field looked slightly unnatural in the reflection of the glass structure of the bridge.

If you look closely, you'll quickly notice the anomaly.

Fortunately, Horatio had the crew moor the ship among the meteorites in advance, and according to the description of Inquisitor Thei, the Nicasar people had no eyes.

"The universe is so magical that there are meteorites as thin and long as needles."

The Nicasar operators sensed the nearby asteroid belt from the detection instruments through unique sensors and communicated in a unique language.

They have ivory fur and short, clawed limbs. They have no eyes, but rely on psychic senses in their head organs to perceive their surroundings.

This was exactly what Horatio wanted. He and Inquisitor Thei took advantage of the fact that these Tau Empire vassal troops were blind and could not see the loopholes in the Epic.

These Nicasar people did sense the presence of the Epic, but passed her over as if she were a floating meteorite.

Although there are also some Tau warriors stationed on these masts to supervise and manage, and to spread their heretical doctrine of the Greater Good.

However, the continuous and irregular floating of meteorites effectively concealed the loopholes of this immature technology on the E-type attack ship, confusing the eyes of the Tau warriors on the bridge, so that they, who were overly dependent on the Nicasars, did not notice anything unusual when they passed over the Epic.

No one on the bridge of the Epic spoke. Everyone stared nervously at the two large and deadly (for an attack ship) patrol masts passing less than 10 kilometers overhead.

Facts have proved that if the warships are not discovered and pursued by the enemy, and the detection waves are not actively turned on, even if the shadow field is not turned on, hiding in gas clouds and asteroid belts can effectively conceal their whereabouts, not to mention the blessing of the shadow field.

Boom! Squeak! ! —

Just as everyone held their breath, praying that the two Nikasar mast ships passing overhead would not notice them.

Suddenly, a sharp collision sound came from the right rear of the hull, and the whole ship moved slightly.

"What's going on?" Horatio felt the hidden displeasure of the Epic Machine Soul and asked with a frown.

"A floating meteorite hit the front end of the fin at the right rear of our ship, causing slight damage to the pressurized bulkhead, and the air leakage rate is 35 cubic meters per second."

"Immediately have the damage control team do the damage control. Hopefully it won't be anything serious."

"Yes, Captain. Damage Control Team 5, immediately proceed to the hull in front of the right rear fin closest to you to repair the leak, but don't make too much noise."

The damage control team members, who were ready to go, immediately set out. They put on heavy void suits, took electric welding machines, and dragged a small trailer loaded with repair tools and consumables straight to the destination.

The impact gap was large, and the sharp point of the asteroid pushed open the side armor plate of the Epic, even causing several pieces of adamantium armor plates to deform.

But this was not the worst. A section of pipe laid on the ceiling above was deformed by the rocks, and a hissing sound of air leakage could be clearly heard.

As the heavy servitor pushed the asteroid that had crashed into the cabin out, the fifth damage control team was able to begin maintenance.

The skinny old man first used a small homemade copper tool to put his ear close to the pipe and then took out a small yellow hammer and knocked on it lightly.

He sensed the slight vibration of air leakage along the hull. While other damage control team members were still searching for leaks on the tall bulkhead with flashlights, Old Man Joe had already found the leaking location of the pipeline with the help of his old friend.

"Close the valve."

After the other damage control team members tightened the valve, the old man with skills similar to those of the green skin team quickly connected the broken part.

But soon, he discovered another problem.

The valve supplying coolant to the right auxiliary engine was damaged in the impact, and no one was able to tighten the valve to cut off the supply of coolant.

They reported the situation immediately, and Chief Tech Priest Lati learned about the damage through the servo skulls and servitors that were dispatched, and connected with the captain's communication.

"What is the extent of the damage, Father Ratti?" he asked, feeling a little uneasy.

"One good news and one bad news, which one do you want to hear first, Captain?"

"good news."

"The good news is that the damage is not serious and can be repaired without even returning to the dock."

"What about the bad news?"

“The coolant of the right auxiliary engine continues to leak, which will form a conspicuous liquid cooling mist in the void, which may allow the enemy to discover something unusual.

What's worse is that because of the gasoline film, the shadow field of the Epic will be affected. The shadow field will be unstable in the area blown by the gasoline film. If you observe carefully, it will be a very obvious flaw. It is more obvious than the reflection interference of the bridge glass on the shadow field that you are worried about. " "Let the fifth damage control team cut off the valve immediately. "

"The valve has been damaged."

"God Emperor! Tell them to find a way to handle it. This is their duty! And it has to be quick!"

"As you wish, Captain."

The pressure was placed on the Fifth Damage Control Team.

Everyone was whispering.

"If we want to plug the leak now, we have to go outside with plugging felt. The Epic is in danger of being discovered by the enemy. Time is short and the task is heavy. Every second counts." said the captain of the fifth damage control team.

"But... there is no maintenance entrance nearby that can allow us to reach the outside of this cabin in a short time." A damage control team member said hesitantly.

Just when everyone was thinking about how to get outside as quickly as possible.

Old man Qiao suddenly had an idea.

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"Isn't there a close defense artillery position above us? Let's try there!"

A group of people immediately rushed to the Epic's side close-in defense gun position.

With the coordination of the gunner and the help of the Mechanicus maintenance technicians, they moved a close-in defense gun and found a way out.

Each of the smaller members of the Fifth Damage Control Team tried to get out through the firing port of the close-in defense gun that extended out of the hull, but their heavy void suits and muscular bodies made them fail unsurprisingly.

Even Old Man Joe only managed to stick it halfway out, but it ended up getting stuck at his butt.

Even if you apply oil or use other methods, you can't get out of there.

Just when everyone didn't know what to do, Old Man Qiao suddenly looked at his younger son who was helping him.

"Boy, come here."

Old man Joe grabbed his youngest son.

"What are you doing? Dad."

"Wear it!"

Old man Joe put his void helmet on his youngest son's head.

Of course, the equipment warehouse couldn't find a void suit suitable for the body shape of the youngest son - no one would think of producing an extra-small void suit for a shipboy who was not on the crew.

Fortunately, the clever old man Joe had already considered the situation that his youngest son would need to walk in the void for some reason, and collected several sets of scrapped void suits and various waste materials, trying to piece together a set of "extra small" void suit semi-finished products through his green-skinned master-like modification skills.

Now he was finally allowed to disassemble a brand new void suit, and with the help of a few other people, he finally completed it.

"Listen carefully, you get out from here, cover it with this sealing felt from the outside, and then reinforce it.

Once you are done, use this communicator to tell us to pick you up."

"Dad, are you sure I can hold on and come back alive?" The youngest son looked embarrassed, and his timid voice came out dully through the helmet.

"Hit! Go! There's no time left, go!"

"But Dad, here, here, and here, they are all taped together! I see that other people's covers have no seams. Is this one secure?"

"I guarantee that this thing will keep you alive for at least half an hour."

"Dad, you didn't lie to me, did you?"

"Silly boy, have I ever deceived you once in your life?"

At the urging of old man Qiao, his youngest son, wearing this tattered version of the 'void suit' that looked unreliable no matter how he looked at it, timidly peeped out.

Since this void protective suit is tailor-made to a special size, it can just fit through the firing hole of the close-in defense gun. If it were a little thicker, it would not work.

Just like that, the young man was forced into the cold and merciless void, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat - the original intention of the production was to save his life in a short period of time, and the final process was even more hasty, so the craftsmanship was not guaranteed at all.

He could clearly hear the creaking of every joint in the tattered suit - that was the sound of air leaking.

"Dad, it's okay. I...I'm out."

"This is a leak-proof felt. You learned how to make it during training. Don't let the captain down!

If you can do this, you will be the tough guy who saved the whole ship! Those cowards will never dare to rub your cockscomb again.

It's done. Dad, I'll risk my dignity to beg the captain, and you'll have it for the rest of your life!"

(End of this chapter)