Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!.

Chapter 570 06.0569: "The strategy of driving the tiger to devour the wolf"

As a time traveler, Horatio is well aware of the foresight style of action
——It is not unheard of for the Tau to collaborate with humans against powerful enemies; in fact, the Tau have actively requested this.

Freed from the constraints of the Greater Good doctrine, Farsight's pursuit of pragmatism far exceeds that of Commander Shadowsun, who adheres to the caste system.

He doesn't care about ideological differences. As long as they can save his people, even aliens can become guests of honor.

Horatio had intended to test the new military inspector, Carson, but the loyalist was now immersed in the consecrated amniotic fluid in the isolation chamber.

It is still unknown whether the corrupted body can be restored. At least before returning, Farida has to take over the position of chief military supervisor again.

The girl who once wore double curly golden ponytails has now lost her youthfulness, and her postpartum charm has added a bit of maturity to her military uniform.

At this moment, she stood on the bridge like a sculpture, her alert eyes like a hawk scanning every operating table.

"Farida." Horatio's call made her turn half of her body, and the double-headed eagle emblem on her chest shone coldly under the cabin light.

"On call, Captain." Her response was mechanically precise. There was no truth or falsehood in her passionate and cold attitudes. They were both expressions of her true feelings, except that the former was for her relatives and friends, while the latter was for her duty.

"The Empire and the Tau are still at war, but how do we deal with their defectors?"

"All aliens must be purified - this is the teaching of the Holy Scripture." Farida's voice was flat, but her pupils shrank slightly: "But during the Gothic War, Admiral Speyer and Lord Admiral Ravensburg both decided to form an alliance with the Eldar."

She stroked the carvings on the bolter at her waist with her fingertips, but only wiped the dust off the handle. "The fate of this ship should be borne by the one at the helm."

"In principle, those who are not of our human race must be killed."

Farida replied in a serious tone, "But in reality, as long as your actions are worthy of the Emperor and are the most appropriate and only decision at the moment, and no one in the Admiralty intends to make a fuss about this matter, then there will be no problem."

"I see." Horatio sat up straight again, rubbing his chin in thought.

In the foreseeable future, the journey home will be like an epic Odyssey.

Is it to break through the blockade with blood? Or to seek survival by wandering among various forces?

Horatio stared at the fleet signals interweaving in the star map projection.

The artillery fire of the blue-blooded aliens and the green-skinned orcs wove a web of death among the nebula, and the Epic was hovering on the edge of the Mandeville anchor point, like a Leviathan lurking on a reef.

"The scarlet color of their paint is completely different from the orange-yellow of the Tau Empire fleet." Horatio pointed his finger at the tactical hologram. The Farsight Fleet's logo was being surrounded and devoured by a group of green-skinned garbage ships. "Since these Separatists have broken with their mother race, there is no need for them to actively provoke the Empire. What's more -"

"You want to drive the tiger to devour the wolf." Farida's eyelashes cast fan-shaped shadows on her face. "But after the tiger is full, its fangs are still dangerous, Captain."

She was not a person who stuck to dogma. From the initial encounter with the cultists to the various experiences afterwards, she and he had broken too many rules. Practice had proved that only by breaking the rules and finding another way could problems be solved, but she also had to remind Horatio of the risks according to her duty.

"Now, our mission is to return to the Empire-controlled area, rather than getting involved in a melee while lacking food and clothing, so I want to try to 'drive the tiger to devour the wolf'."

"Are these blue-blooded aliens with red paint so pure?"

"Vision is pure as that. Louise, call a war meeting."

All department heads on the bridge gathered next to the captain's command throne.

"We are located 196 kilometers from Mandeville Point 15. The two fleets are at 31 and 53 directions from our ship, in phase ZD, and 672 kilometers away." As the first captain, Archie summarized the data from various departments and reported to Horatio.

“We may be the last ones to leave Mandeville Point. It seems that this subspace turbulence has affected everyone in this starry sky.

But for us, this is a golden opportunity - at this moment, two alien forces are fighting, and we have the initiative that no one knows about yet, and we can choose a suitable position to fight. Then..."

He pointed a finger at the large green-skinned junk. "Send the torpedoes to these rubbish that dare to call themselves 'battleships'."

"Yes! Captain."

None of the officers raised any objections, but quickly carried out his plan.

No one asked why they only attacked the greenskins and not the Tau warships. Everyone believed in the captain's arrangements - because his intuition was always sharp and accurate.

The operation was quickly executed, and the Epic approached the crossfire that illuminated the starry sky like a swimming harpoon.

The Farsighted Fleet and the Greenskin Orcs used the golden-brown nebula as a backdrop, with interlaced blue beams and golden shells interweaving together.

From time to time, one could see the huge AC lightning from the Squeaky Electromagnetic Cannon striking down from the top of the 'Tesla Tower', splitting a charred crack on the bright red hull of the Farsighted battleship.

Shattered metal fragments and dead bodies floated in the cold void, adding some reflected light to the stars.

"O'Shovah" (O'Shovah; the exclusive name for Farsight by the Tau people)! The vanguard fleet was completely destroyed, and the escort network of the immigrant ships is about to collapse! We must take measures!" Farsight's Earth Clan lieutenant O'Visa said anxiously.

This Tu clan scientist, who is so old that he needs micro drones to survive, is one of the "Eight Great Men of Farsight" and an important lieutenant and technical advisor to Farsight.

Unlike the Tau Empire, many of Farsight's subordinates are from the Earth Clan, so they have newer warships and better and larger combat suits and mechas.

After abandoning the caste system of the Greater Good and Ether, any talented person can perform effectively in a position that he or she is good at, rather than being rigidly divided according to clans.

The tactical instrument floating behind O'Visa projected cold data: "The current chance of winning is only 34.34%, and this number continues to decline as casualties occur."

The intelligent tactical terminal embedded with the memory chip of the military genius of the Tau Empire, the 'deceased' Qingxi, issued an inorganic voice: "It is recommended to abandon 3.87 million immigrant units and implement a tail-cutting evacuation."

"Hold on, and let the reserve fleet fill the gap. I will not let these millions of my people become food for the greenskins."

Farsight's claws clasped the command platform, and the Dawn Blade hummed at his waist. This life-eating demon sword allowed him to transcend the lifespan of the Tau people, but it also turned him into an eternal war machine: "My ship is on the front line, covering the rapid passage of the immigrant ship."

The life signals flashing from the portholes of the immigrant fleet reflected a burning light in his amber pupils: "Only in this way can we buy time for evacuation!"

If calculated based on the normal life span of the Tau people, this persistent alien should have died like his mentor Qingxi long ago.

However, he happened to have a divine weapon in his hand—a weapon made of time-eating alloy called the Blade of Dawn.

Whenever Farsight kills someone with it, his life span is extended accordingly, because the sword transfers the life force of the deceased to its holder.

Horatio knew Farsight had such a weapon, and knew its effectiveness.

But Yuanjian himself had no idea that his beloved sword would devour lives in this way. He only knew that as long as he kept fighting, he could lead his people to survive.

Fighting against enemies from all directions in the dangerous frontline enclave has become a different way of survival for Farsight at the end of the 41st millennium.

So much so that he had no time to care about those 'enemies' who might be a threat but did not actually pose a threat.

This is also the reason why Horatio dared to make the decision to "unite to fight against the greens".

"The greenskin warship is approaching our ship. According to tactical analysis, the enemy is trying to board our ship." The intelligent analyzer scanned the battlecruiser-sized junk ship coming from afar and analyzed and determined the above content.

"Boarding?!" This word, which stung the nerves of all the Tau people, shocked all the blue-blooded people on the bridge.

(End of this chapter)