Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!.

Chapter 463 06.0462: "Kill them all!"

Signal source 7002, gas cloud layer.

The Epic is hiding in it, and under the cover of the shadow field, it looks like there is nothing here.

Even the opposing search radar carried by the merchant-class cargo ship could not detect what was here.

The Epic adjusted its course slightly, always ensuring that its bow was facing the enemy - the relatively small frontal projection would further reduce her chances of being discovered.

"The target is approaching at a constant speed and is 573 kilometers away from our ship," Collingwood reported.

"Torpedo aiming calculation completed!" Fideo adjusted the trajectory.

"Torpedoes are preheated and awaiting your orders, Captain," Louise reported.

Horatio moved his lips and teeth slightly, and was about to give the order to fire.

Suddenly, Harvey turned around and reported: "Captain, we have detected active detection signals from the Tau Empire approximately 24500 kilometers away! It's a patrol fleet!"

"Hold steady and wait for my instructions."

After delaying the command for a while, Horatio looked at Harvey, waiting for the results of his monitoring.

"No, this small fleet is patrolling in this area. That should be their patrol line."

"Captain, should we attack target 7002 or not? Should we change our combat objectives and give up the attack?" Louise asked the captain for his opinion.

Horatio exhaled slightly and said, "Based on our monitoring of the ship's route, I believe its destination is the Ometura War Zone where the Second Company of the Ultramarines is fighting."

Ometula, a world of advanced civilization.

There are towering buildings and high-rises here. It was once the administrative world of the Five Hundred Worlds.

The Ministry of the Interior is full of bureaucrats and clerks, and a large number of full-time professionals are gathered here. With special grants, the residents here can be said to live a well-off life.

But when people are well fed and clothed, they will tend to lust. The more affluent a person's life is, the more difficult it is for them to resist the temptation of higher conditions, and the more they will fall into it.

Under the temptation of the Greater Good, this world betrayed the Imperium of Man and handed over the defenses of the surrounding star fields to the Tau Empire, eventually leading to the fall of a large number of surrounding worlds.

The Imperial Army's deployment during that period was almost completely transparent to the Tau Empire, which led to a major setback for the Ultramarines during the First Damocles Gulf Crusade.

Cato Sicarius, the rising star of the First Damocles Gulf Expedition.

It was in the battle against the Tau that he rose to fame, and now, as a company captain, he once again led the Ultramarines on the battlefield to reclaim territory.
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Ometula at this time.

Boom! Boom, boom, boom!

Buzz! —Buzz! —

Chainswords roared and bolters screamed.

The Ultramarines stepped over the smashed bodies of the Tau fire warriors and advanced steadily forward.

In the sky, Thunderhawk gunships roared past, firing whistling and roaring death-strike missiles, bringing passionate death to the retreating Tau Empire armed forces.

While chasing the fleeing army, a sergeant holding a bloody chainsaw sword pointed his bolt pistol at a Water Clan civilian from the Tau Empire, and the bolt from the eyepiece had already locked onto her head.

And she fell to the ground, defenseless, trembling all over.

"Please spare my life, sir!"

She suddenly pleaded in High Gothic, and if you listened carefully, you could even hear the Macragge accent in her words.

"My Lord, you are so tall and majestic, like a knight, and the symbol on your armor is so holy. You must be a noble man. I am just an unarmed civilian. Will you really kill us like this?"

The commoner women of the Water Clan pleaded with tears in their eyes: "Would your father, after waking up, wish to see his descendants and warriors become a group of cold-blooded thugs, killing powerless women? Would your sacred king praise such abuse of force?"

The Ultramarines sergeant was stunned by her description of Guilliman. As a soldier of the Second Company, he was also the sacred guard of Robert Guilliman who was high in the stasis field, but he did not know what kind of person his genetic father was.

The words of the female alien in front of him made him fall into a brief period of contemplation.

"Of course he will praise you!" A hearty, powerful and magnetic voice came from behind the sergeant.

The sergeant turned around suddenly and saw Cato Sicarius, his captain, the tall and mighty Knight of Macragge, the master of the Five Hundred Worlds March, walking up from behind him.

Cato Sicarius raised his huge iron foot and stomped on the chest of the Water Clan civilian woman who was lying on the ground, stomping her entire upper body into pieces, leaving a bloody mess.

"Our duty is to destroy the aliens! The Holy Emperor praises you, and our Gene Father approves of you! Do not hesitate, kill all these aliens that erode the Emperor's universe!
"Go, Knights of Macragge! Follow my steps! Slay the xenos and uphold the Emperor's will! For Ultramar! For Macragge! For our courage and honor! March!!!"

After saying that, Sicarius picked up the power sword and rushed towards the XV8 'Crisis' battle suit troops that were covering the retreat of the Tau army.

The Extreme Marine sergeant suddenly understood and joined the company captain in the pursuit with great enthusiasm.
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"Captain! 340 kilometers to the target!"

Whether to fight or not, everyone was waiting for his order.

"If we want to fight, we have to paralyze their bridge instantly, so that we can cut off their communications as quickly as possible." Horatio said, "But I don't want to waste a second torpedo on a ship."

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He looked at Fideo, "Torpedo officer, recalibrate the torpedo firing line and aim at the target bridge. We can't let this ship reach Ometula, destroy her!"

"Yes! Captain!"

"Louise!"

"What's your order, Captain?" the Cardian woman saluted him and asked.

"Prepare armed boarding teams and hell's scouts."

"Yes, Captain."

"Captain." The inconspicuous Death Watch Raven Guard, Brother Korchagin, stepped out from the shadows.

"Please allow me to participate in the boarding operation. I can help you avoid a lot of unnecessary troubles, such as preventing the signal from reaching the nearby patrol fleet and paralyzing the enemy ship's engine."

"That's a great help, my Lord. I'll have one of the first assault pods make room for you."

The monk nodded. He was ready to go into battle without any preparation.

"Captain," the young girl Thei said, smiling as she came over. "I hope I can join the ship's boarding and get some samples."

Before Horatio could answer, Father Latti came over and said, “Captain, I also hope to join in boarding the ship. My servoskull can block their communications on all channels.

Of course, I also want to see if I can recover some weapon samples. The war-damaged pieces delivered by the Zhendan Triumphant Army cannot meet my research needs."

"..." Horatio pursed his lips and thought for a moment, then he turned his head to look at his first mate, Archie Cuthbert Collingwood.

"Archie, the command of the battleship is now in your hands. I will personally command the boarding battle."

Horatio raised his iron hand and flexed his knuckles.

He made such considerations not out of passion, but out of consideration of the gains and losses of the action.

The Epic had a small crew and even fewer armed forces, and boarding the ship under these circumstances, he hoped to use his Hand of Command skills to minimize the casualties among his men.

If the entire ship can be captured with less than a hundred casualties, it is much more cost-effective than firing an extra precious torpedo.

Once the torpedoes, which are the main output weapon, are used up, the Epic will have to leave the "kitchen" that it has sneaked into with great difficulty and return to the mother ship for supplies before achieving greater results.

He didn't want to waste this precious opportunity.

(End of this chapter)