Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!.

Chapter 513 06.0512: "Suspicious Imperial Merchant Ship"

"Please make way." Sister Arabella picked up the seriously injured court official, her voice trembling.

She is looking for a place where she can have surgery.

However, the entire pilgrimage ship was contaminated with blood and flesh, even the infirmary was not spared, and the blood of these Kroot people contained trace amounts of neurotoxins, and rash surgery might instead result in the death of the court official.

"Sister Arabella!" Just when she was at a loss, Horatio's reassuring voice came from behind her.

"captain."

"Take her to the Epic for surgery, quick!"

After Sister Arabella entered, the Epic undocking from the Pilgrim ship.

The armored docking door slowly closed, announcing that the Kroot threat to the pilgrim ship had been completely eliminated. The Epic will escort the pilgrim ship "Pure White Mayflower" to the friendly controlled area with the other two attack ships.

Fortunately, this place is not far from the control area of ​​the Imperial Navy Fleet. As long as they can survive the two-day voyage, a light cruiser of the vanguard fleet sent by Vice Admiral Samuel Hood will be able to reach the front-line war zone for support.

Inside the Epic, the tired crew, wearing armor that had not yet been recovered, began to clean the cabin carelessly and wash the deck with a mop and torpedo maintenance fluid.

Dirty water flows through gutters on both sides of the deck into a central treatment tank where it is purified and recycled.

The Epic is not big, but it has everything it needs. There are three medical bays on board, one of which is near the officers' lounge.

Although there was a large hole created by the railgun in the previous battle not far away, fortunately, the aftermath of the artillery fire did not affect this infirmary.

Without exception, every sickbay was filled with injured crew members and wounded, and Horatio allowed sailors injured in battle to receive treatment in the officers' sickbay nearby.

Even the captain's office was emptied and all the desks were moved away to make room for the injured combat sisters.

In the officers' infirmary, seeing the female court official's head injury, the ship's doctors discussed for a while, but no one dared to step forward to lead the craniotomy - it would be an absolute disgrace to have the Emperor's daughter die in their own hands.

Sister Arabella decided to take matters into her own hands.

"Sister Arabella, we have seized some Tau medical supplies that should be effective on humans."

Horatio led the servants and came over with a complete set of seized nano medical boxes and precision medical instruments.

Sister Arabella studied it for a while, and combined it with the usage of Gothic above, she quickly determined the usage.

"Thank you, Captain." She wiped the sweat from her forehead, and a hopeful smile finally appeared on her worried face: "With these devices, Officer Diana's chances of survival will be greatly increased."

"May the Emperor bless those who are devoted to his message." Horatio looked at the unconscious court lady, nodded, and said to Arabella, "I will take care of you. If you need anything, you can always tell me. I'm at the top of the navigation bridge."

"Thank you very much, and may the Emperor bless you."

After the brief exchange necessary for human connection, Sister Arabella rushed into the operation.

With the help of the ship's medical assistants, she first shaved the hair and prepared the skin to stop the bleeding of the wound.

Then use the equipment and surgical tools in the nano medical box to perform a craniotomy.

Many of the equipment inside may also have their origins in the 'short people' and are extended versions of the advanced medical equipment of the human empire.

Although it is not only rare in the Empire but also involves the crime of "alien creation", it is not impossible or incompetent for professional medical sisters.

Officer Diana's skull cartilage was hit so hard that it fell off and squeezed her brain.

A craniotomy must be performed before the blood clot blocks the wound, the fragments must be removed, and then aseptic sutures must be performed. As for subsequent recovery, it all depends on the luck of the court officials.

Horatio took off his Hell's Edge power armor and changed back into the sleeveless vest and white shirt of the Imperial Navy.

"Captain." While changing clothes, the accountant Yin Shuyao walked in.

When she saw him changing clothes, she let out a small cry and immediately turned around.

"I...I'm sorry, Captain, I'm here to return your coat. Thank you very much for your care!"

The girl stood on tiptoe a little shyly and hung her neatly ironed coat on the coat rack.

“That was a good shot.”

"Thank...thank you for the compliment."

Horatio buttoned up his shirt with gold trim, walked over to her, and patted her shoulder: "If you want to better protect yourself, or the people you care about, you can always improve yourself."

"I will! I will continue to study swordsmanship and shooting with you seriously in the future." The girl said excitedly, not trying to evade because she was a civil official.

He picked up his captain's coat from the coat rack, took off his straight white captain's wide-brimmed hat, and smiled at the female accountant from the side.

"In that case, I will set aside an hour every day to teach you how to fight."

Then he nodded, saluted, and left quickly.

The girl returned the captain's greeting even more solemnly.

Horatio stepped onto the elevator and soon arrived at the bridge of the Epic.

Collingwood wasn't around, so Horatio looked to Harvey.

"Harvey, report the situation."

"Everything is normal at the moment. Our ship is in the fuzzy boundary zone between enemy and friendly airspace. There are many cluttered signals around us, coming from both large and small fleets of the enemy and our own."

"Very good. Continue to maintain radiation control. Sometimes a little chaos can help us hide."

"Captain!" David Beatty, who worked in the navigation department, came over, and the first mate Archie walked behind him.

David Betty held the parchment scroll in his hand and said, "I found an imperial merchant ship with a strange route. It's worth paying attention to."

"Strange?" Horatio took the parchment from his hand.

"Although the probability is not high, there are indeed Imperial merchant ships that would take risks on the front line, but this one is a single ship on patrol. Even if it is a single ship on patrol, according to the registered information, this is a ship belonging to the Charter Fleet; at 15:27 Terra time, it changed course and actively deviated from the established route to Tarentus (an agricultural world)."

Horatio looked thoughtfully at the network of trade routes of the Imperial Charter Fleet and the activity zones of the civilian fleet on the parchment.

"Archie, are you sure?"

"Yes, Captain. I have just calculated the route on the route map. The ship's trajectory is indeed suspicious." Archie paused for a moment and said, "It's like a fishing hook."

"Let the other attack ships maintain escort while we go check this merchant ship."

Horatio narrowed his eyes dangerously. "If she really wanted to lure the 'Pure White Mayflower' to an ambush point, we will never let her go."

(End of this chapter)