Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!.

Chapter 638 06.637: "The Panic of the Titanium Tribe"

Attacks and killings broke out all around the T'Anoi gate world.

In just one Terra Week, there were reports of 32 attacks on passenger ships and civilian cargo ships.

The perpetrators were ruthless, well-organized and well-trained, and their whereabouts were erratic.

The distance between the previous sighting location and the next sighting location can be half a star zone, and it is even impossible to confirm whether they are committed by the same murderer, which makes the difficulty of searching for them increase dramatically.

Even the dumbest person could see that this was a premeditated attack - the frequency was extremely high and the characteristics of the victims were extremely typical.

All the ships attacked were unarmed civilian ships. The attackers seemed to target these "soft targets" and avoided warships, never engaging in direct confrontation with them.

The video of the victim's crying spread quickly like wildfire in the world of the Tau people who believe in the Greater Good and cherish life.

Although the human empire had committed indiscriminate massacres in the past, they were like a reckless dump truck, killing gods and Buddhas. There has never been such a cruel act of attacking civilian ships and escaping as soon as they encountered warships.

This shameful behavior was so different from the Empire's usual tough and fearless style that the Tau initially suspected that it was done by the Greenskins.

The number of victims caused by these incidents reached one million within a week, and the disturbances they caused were enormous, causing public outrage in many parts of the world and even leading to protest marches.

The people accused the Fire Caste of neglecting the defense of their home world in order to expand outward, resulting in millions of civilians being attacked.

"The Fire Warriors should withdraw immediately and stop expanding! The enemy has seriously threatened the daily production and life of our home world.

We expand in order to live a better life under the philosophy of the Greater Good.

But if the surrounding areas of our home world are attacked by enemies and the civilians live in fear, then what is the point of our expansion? The expansion of the Fire Clan has deviated from the original intention of the Greater Good!" A representative of the Water Clan said excitedly at the meeting.

The voices against expansion and calling for the Guardian Fleet to return and defend the home world are growing louder.

If the situation continues to develop in this way, it may really get out of control.

If the situation eventually develops to the point where it is out of control, in the eyes of many people, the Fire Caste may become sinners who violate the Greater Good.

It was their expansion that brought about this "trial" and caused so many casualties. They should bear the price of their blind expansion.

"I have long reminded the Fire Clan that the sword should be the last resort to solve problems, not the only resort.

The abuse of force may very likely push us into the abyss of destruction.

This is retribution for violating the Greater Good. Our expansion ultimately resulted in us being unable to protect even our home world. This is truly tragic."

Although the conflict has not yet risen to the level of accusing the Etheric Class, if it is not stopped, it will not be long before the conflict escalates further.

Within this young race, the inevitable fate of every civilization is being played out - when things are progressing rapidly, everyone is united and works together; once the situation turns unfavorable, voices of mutual accusations will be heard everywhere.

Someone had to be held accountable for these events and the victims. Whose fault was it that had allowed things to get so bad? The Tau began to blame each other.

"This is the lives of millions of people! And this happened within a few days! Did you see those horrific images? The enemy is slaughtering our compatriots for fun. Where is our Guardian Fleet? What are you guarding?"

"Why are you 'guarding' human airspace? Why is the Guardian Fleet, which we have spent all our efforts to build, so busy expanding that it neglects to protect us? The status quo must change! The Tau people need protection!"

As conflicts between clans continued to intensify, several clans began to blame each other.

The Fire Caste, who were responsible for the expansion, were the first to take the blame. They in turn accused the Water Caste of not having the harmonious occupation effect that the Ether wanted. Then the blame spread to the Earth Caste, as to why they had not yet found an effective way to deal with these enemies. Then it became about why the Air Caste could not catch these cunning void attackers in their own proud territory.

In order to prevent this terrible situation from getting worse, the Ethers, who are the supreme leaders of these home worlds, had to hold an emergency joint meeting to discuss countermeasures. Even the mother planets learned about these shocking attacks.

In order to quell the anger of the people, the Supreme Ether Council promised to ensure the safety of the waterway, and to dispatch warships from the south to suppress the enemy's attack. They also swore in front of hundreds of millions of people that they would make the murderers pay with blood, and once found, they would be completely eliminated without mercy.

However, to the Imperial Navy's Special Attack Group, the essence of this announcement was nothing more than a ridiculous statement, no different from a loud fart.

The 16 captains are all carefully selected naval elites with active minds and extremely loyal. They shoulder a special mission and know that they have already put their lives at risk when performing this mission.

This statement from the Tau completely dispelled the crew's hesitation and thoughts of surrender - they would die anyway, so they might as well fight to the end and return to the Golden Throne.

Horatio was connected to the neural plug, and intelligence officer Lina was summarizing the latest battle results of each warship in real time and uploading them to the command throne.

Although the ships were far apart, thanks to psychic intelligence communication technology, Horatio was able to grasp the movements of other attack ships relatively promptly. Although there was a certain error in time, it would not be a deviation of several days.

He and the 1st Attack Squadron were the only attack ships that had not yet achieved any results.

It was not that the Wolf King was unlucky and failed to find the target, but that they were restraining their desire to attack. The target of the First Attack Squadron was the home world of the Tau, D'Anoi itself, not the surrounding worlds.

They encountered many enemy civilian ships and warships along the way, but based on the principle of "entering the village quietly and not firing guns", they did not launch an attack.

He wanted to find the "strawberry on the tip of the strawberry cake" in the Tau naval port, a "strawberry" whose value far exceeded the ships he saw along the way.

However, for the ships he encountered along the way, he calculated their course and position and reported them to other attacking fleets in real time. Although he did not attack, he would not let these ships go easily.

The current situation is just as he expected. The main force of the Imperial Navy always keeps a distance from the enemy and carries out deterrence, but does not take the initiative to attack. It only sends a large number of attack ships to harass the home world of the Tau Empire.

The decisive battle for homeland defense that the Tau had expected did not occur, and the strategic initiative was once again firmly controlled by the Imperial Navy.

Now, the Ethers can no longer sit still. If this continues, they will not be able to maintain a large-scale border defense force in the south to deal with the attack of the Imperial Navy.

But they are not stupid. At first, the Tau Empire's search fleet tried to use armed Merchant-class ships to lure these secret "assassins" into attacking, and then capture and kill them after they revealed their position.

The captains of the attack ships, however, were more savvy.

Before setting sail, Horatio instructed the captains: "Use reconnaissance aircraft to visually confirm the enemy's targets and then make a proper decision whether to launch an attack."

At this time, he was writing a textbook, an attack ship textbook for naval cadets to study.

He generously shared the contents of the unfinished scriptures with the captains under his command. While sharing experiences, he also gained some experience from others that he thought was suitable as teaching reference.

The compilation of the canon is nearing completion, and some special battle examples are needed. Horatio feels that the answer to this final case will be found in D'Anoi.

The Tau's deception and killing tactics did not work.

The attack ship's elusive reconnaissance aircraft can quietly approach the target and identify with the naked eye whether there are any weapons on the hull, and whether there are gravity hooks to release the frigate, allowing the attack ship to directly determine whether it is prey or hunter.

The entrapment scheme failed, but the frequency of attacks increased.

Under heavy pressure, a few weeks later, the Ether Council had to transfer the Guardian Fleet in batches to patrol and hunt the enemy in the severely affected areas.

"This is the E-96 Epic attack ship. We have witnessed and confirmed that multiple squadrons of 27 enemy cruisers have left the area."

Horatio hid in the dark, looking at the Tau warships that had been transferred away. After a moment of silence, he ordered the navigation department: "Wait until they leave completely, and then we will sneak into Mandeville Point and then jump to Mandeville Point in the D'Anoi system."

(End of this chapter)