Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!.

Chapter 569 06.0568: "Greenskin and Vision"

"It's time to eat! It's time to eat! To celebrate our safe escape from the turbulence, the captain has announced an extra meal today!" the accountants shouted.

In order to celebrate the Epic and most of the crew's survival of the Warp turbulence for the first time, the food on the battleship was upgraded to the pre-jump level after a long time.

Interestingly, most people, even after experiencing all this, don't know that they are in the subspace.

They only had some gossips circulating among the crew. Since the portholes had to be covered, no one really knew what the 'Highest Sky', which was both strange and familiar to these sailors, looked like.

No one knew that it was actually the realm of demons and evil gods, and everything was concealed so smoothly.

Only navigators can use the eyes on their foreheads to peek into the warp and avoid danger during navigation.

"What's the delicacy today! Hey, didn't you say there's no whole meat? Then what is this?" The sailor who had asked for soup and oil before asked in surprise while looking at the red meatballs in the pot.

"A new dish, the chef named it 'Sailor's Meatballs'. Throw the remaining minced meat and tendons in the meat grinder, grind them into balls, fry them and pour red sauce over them. We are running out of ingredients, so this is the last side dish. If you want more side dishes later, the only option left is 'Technology and Hard Work'."

On the command bridge.

In front of Horatio was a plate of "sailor meatballs" presented by a servant. The meatballs were neatly stacked in two circles, with an egg in the middle. Finally, the whole dish was drizzled with sour and sweet red sauce, which looked very festive. I wonder if this was specially designed to commemorate the successful return to the physical universe from the subspace.

"Captain, the Navigation Department has compared the star charts and used the towed auspex and the Fury interceptor to conduct reconnaissance around us. Our approximate location has been confirmed."

"Where are we now?" Horatio asked as he chewed the juicy and rich meatballs, even as he still held on to his command throne.

“Near Agrellan, the closest Imperial Navy controlled area to the southern part of the star map is 5.73 million kilometers away.

According to the shortest route calculation, it will take us at least one Terra year to return successfully if we take the physical space route."

“It’s been too long, and Agrilan is almost at the western border of the alien world. It’s totally unrealistic for us to sail such a long distance under the enemy’s nose. We must take the subspace route next.

But before that, let's think about how to solve our supply problem. Our existing supplies will definitely not last for the next subspace jump."

"Captain! The reconnaissance aircraft reported that a large number of greenskin and titanium ships were spotted in the surrounding area, and they are fighting."

This news made Horatio stand up directly from his command throne.

"Open the battle map."

After saying that, he also observed the surrounding situation on the void sand table. As the bird-divination radar, reconnaissance aircraft, active detection void sonar and other reconnaissance means were activated one by one, the surrounding information gradually became clear and he could see it all.

The Epic is currently located near Mandeville Point in the area, and it so happens that two fleets are engaged in a battle not far from Mandeville Point.

Upon closer inspection, the formations of both sides were rather chaotic. It was apparent that when the two sides coincidentally jumped out of Mandeville Point, they collided with each other and engaged in a skirmish.

Horatio squinted and took in the details on both sides' warships.

The green-skinned orc ships were hung with crudely made wooden totems. In the center of the totem was a black sun, and in the middle of the black sun was a striking yellow crescent moon. The crescent moon was smiling grimly, evil and hateful, silently showing that these vicious, cruel and cunning greenskins were a group of tough opponents.

Evil Moon Clan.

Greenskins have the custom of using teeth as currency, trading between individuals and clans. The Evil Moon Clan is naturally richer than other tribes because their teeth grow faster.

This also means that they have bigger, stronger, and better Daka, Big Cannon, and Big Junk Ships than other clans. Horatio's eyes turned to the group of green-skinned opponents and his brows furrowed slightly.

[This is... a red Tau warship, a Farsighted Enclave warship?]
Horatio muttered to himself as he looked at the Tau warship that was painted a distinctive red.

Commander Farsight, a xenos with the longest name among all the Tau in the galaxy: 'Shas'O Vior'la Shovah Kais Mont'yr.

A military commander with completely different ideas from the Tau, a 'betrayer of the Tau Empire', a thorn in the eyes of the Ether.

He was also the first warrior to break away from the Tau Aether rule and try to find a way of survival that was truly suitable for his people in the galaxy.

The closest person to the concept of "macho" among the Tau people is the blue-skinned 'Char Aznable'.

If we use an image that is more familiar to the Chinese to describe Farsighted's character, then it may be particularly appropriate to imagine him as "a more rational and more global-minded Xiang Yu."

He was once the rising star of the Tau Empire's fight against the Imperium of Man, until he faced the threat of Chaos after the Arthas Moloch Incident.

Farsight clearly recognizes the serious threat posed by the non-material world and the hidden face of the Etheric as a ruling class. They are either sinister or ignorant and self-deceiving to a tragic degree.

He is much more clear-headed than the vast majority of Ethers who deceive others into believing in the Greater Good and also deceive themselves.

After all, as a Tau commander who had seen and fought demons firsthand, he had seen that the essence of the Greater Good was to escape the danger that every civilization in the galaxy would have to face sooner or later, and was convinced that the Tau would be under unprecedented threat from the problems of escaping the Warp and Chaos.

The Farsight Enclave severed ties with the Tau Empire and became autonomous, and Farsight placed his battle suit in a museum and became a hermit, fearing that if he reported what he had discovered back to the Tau Empire it might spark a crisis of faith:
Most Tau believe that the Greater Good can bring them on equal terms with, or even surpass, the great powers of the galaxy.

But Farsight realized the painful truth - the Tau Empire was but a drop in the ocean, the Aether and their Greater Good were a lie, and his people's faith meant nothing, but without it to bring them together, the entire Tau race would face the catastrophe brought by Chaos and the Greenskins.

As a result, the Farsighted Enclave's style of doing things is completely different from the Tau Empire's brutal expansionist policies.

To date, Farsighted Enclave is still focused on the construction and development of colonies on unclaimed land, with a population of hundreds of billions.

Farsight himself is ambivalent about the threat posed by the Imperium of Man—

Their fanaticism and hostility would indeed work tirelessly to destroy the Tau, but he was sure that the Human Empire had no intention of dealing with the Tau at this time because they were facing a greater threat - Chaos.

And the tip of the iceberg of this threat almost killed him and all his men.

The two forces, Greenskins and Farsight, are now obstacles in front of the Epic. No matter what, we must get through them first before we have room for subsequent operations.

At this time, the Farsighted warships had not yet formed a stable battle formation because of the sudden attack and were disrupted by a wave of orcs who rushed out from Mandeville Point one step ahead.

The orcs, with their thick-skinned ships and brutal attacks, took advantage of the opportunity of sailing out of Mandeville Point before the enemy and smashed the Farsight Fleet, which had jumped into the real universe later than them, into pieces.

Many enclave warships could only fight on their own and were boarded by the green-skinned orcs at will, and the overall situation was clearly at a disadvantage.

Even if the Farsight Enclave's fleet can finally gather some warships to launch a counterattack, they will only be able to escape from the battle after suffering heavy losses. At least half of the warships will remain here and become the orcs' spoils of war.

This gave Horatio an idea.

(Commander Farsight)

(End of this chapter)