Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!.

Chapter 771 08.770: "Dark Eldar, damn aliens"

The Swift Skyhawk light cruiser, like a dart shot out from a colorful crack, suddenly plunged into the universe.

The bow of the ship was painted in the Gothic Fleet's iconic gray-white paint, reflecting a cold and dazzling light under the light of the distant stars.

On the refined gold reinforcement ribs of the bow, tiny star spots flickered and jumped, as if inlaid with countless tiny stars.

Inside the ship, the heavy roller blinds slowly rose, and bright light poured in like a tide, shining on the faces of the crew members.

The sailors in each cabin put down their non-urgent matters and rushed eagerly to the portholes that displayed the beautiful view of the sea of ​​stars.

They lay by the window with their eyes wide open. The crew were certainly no strangers to the universe, but after sailing in the closed warp, most people would not miss the opportunity to look outside the ship.

(The command bridge of the light cruiser Swift Aquila)
The command bridge was as busy as ever.

Lights flickered and the instruments beeped softly.

Everyone was concentrating on the readings coming from the detectors outside the ship.

They were busy in their respective posts, working in an orderly manner, collecting intelligence and making preparations for the battle that was very likely to break out next.

"The exchange of fire signal has been locked! The space-class mass transport ship Xuefeng Leixiang is sending a distress signal that it is under attack!" Suddenly, a voice broke the tense atmosphere in the bridge.

[The Snow Wind Thunder... This ship's name is really auspicious.] Horatio secretly complained in his heart, and a barely perceptible helplessness flashed across his face.

"What's the current situation of the Snow Wind Thunder? How bad is the damage?" Horatio quickly turned around and asked the reporting crew member with a concerned look.

“The ship was not damaged. They tried their best to avoid most attacks. Overall, the situation is pretty good.

This was mainly due to the transport ships traveling with them, which took most of the blows for them.

However, the overall situation of the charter fleet was rather bad, with heavy losses.

The Snow Wind Thunder is currently the best ship in the fleet, but its engine has been damaged for unknown reasons, and its power supply is not smooth, so its speed has obviously fallen behind the fleet. "The captain of the lookout department on the Swift Eagle quickly sorted out the readings sent by the aviator and reported to Captain Horatio.

"Captain, we have established communication with the space-class transport ship Yukikaze Raikage.

It's just that the communication quality is disturbed and the clarity is poor, but through the psychic transmission of the chief astropath, the communication has now remained stable." The captain of the communications department also stepped forward quickly and reported to Horatio.

"Relay the command throne." Horatio ordered immediately.

Soon, a male voice with noisy electromagnetic noise came from the sound array: "God Emperor, it's the Imperial Navy!"

“This is the light cruiser Swift Aquila, and I’m Captain Horatio Cochrane.

Report the situation, who are the enemies? How many are there?" Horatio said seriously to the communication device.

"Please be careful, Colonel! The enemy is vicious and cunning. They are like invisible and attack from the dark. Our auspicious instruments can't detect their traces at all.

But they sent a landing force and raided the Yukikaze Raikage.

According to feedback from the crew, these invading aliens are tall, extremely fast, and brutal. They are looting civilians and killing guards on the transport ship.

Sir, request support! We will fight to the death, but our crew lacks military training, and our weapons are of little use to the aliens. We can only use our blood and lives to delay time. "

[A tall alien...moving swiftly and brutally, is kidnapping people on a transport ship...]
Various clues flashed rapidly through Horatio's mind as he analyzed and interpreted them.

In his knowledge, there was only one type of enemy that fit this description - the "Dark Eldar".

After the ancient Eldar gave birth to the Power of Joy due to their indulgence in lust and pleasure, the Eldar split into the Ark Eldar and the Dark Eldar. The Ark Eldar are a group of Eldar in the Eldar Empire who are independent and maintain a little of their former glory. They use practice, abstinence and soul stones to escape the clutches of the Lady of Thirst (Slaanesh). Their Ark, like a lonely wanderer, drifts in the vast sea of ​​stars, preserving the last spark of fire for this dying race, and in the end, perhaps it will inevitably perish completely.

The Dark Eldar, these cunning, ferocious and cruel aliens, have chosen a completely different cruel and despicable path.

They use extremely horrific and cruel torture methods to inflict suffering on their victims. They torture other intelligent creatures to extract energy from them in order to preserve their own souls and use it for body reconstruction.

Their actions constantly refresh the bottom line of morality and cruelty, and also greatly harm the people of the God-Emperor. They are blasphemous aliens that the Empire must eliminate.

But Horatio was not enraged by the despicable behavior of the Dark Eldar, and then he was blinded by anger.

He knew very well that these enemies were masters of ambushes and were good at hiding in the darkness, like lurking hunters, waiting for their prey to take the bait.

Surrounding corpses and attacking reinforcements is also a common tactic used by these despicable aliens.

From what he had noticed so far, the enemy should not have any main battleships.

Otherwise, given the greed and cruelty of the Dark Eldar, they would never use such covert and conservative ambushes and raids against an already weak transport fleet.

This also fits in with Horatio's understanding of the Dark Eldar.

These dirty and evil guys usually form loose conspiracies, but not all conspiracies have strong military capabilities and can deploy capital ships.

Therefore, driving destroyers or even frigate-class warships to carry out small-scale pirate attacks and then hit and run is a common method of the Dark Eldar.

Then, Horatio quickly deduced the comparison of combat power in his mind.

The Dreadnought-class light cruiser he commanded, the Swift Aquila, was powerful.

The hull has uniform and solid armor that can effectively resist attacks; the sturdy void shield provides a reliable protective barrier for the warship; the powerful and fierce rapid-fire firepower is enough to inflict a heavy blow to the enemy; at the same time, the warship also has an impressive speed and can easily chase light ships.

None of the Dark Eldar ships of the same class could stand up to the Swift Aquila in direct combat, although they would never engage in direct combat anyway.

Even so, if he rashly commanded the Swift Eagle to rush into the battlefield, he would likely be ambushed by the enemy from all directions in the unfavorable situation where the enemy is in the dark and he is in the light.

The Imperial Navy's Swift Skyhawk, which broke in alone, was the last hope of the charter fleet.

Horatio holds the power to win, but a little carelessness could lead to a completely different fate.

Looking at the entire battlefield, everything was unusually quiet.

Unless the Swift Aquila actively activates medium- and short-range detection, the enemy does not seem to intend to show up.

"Father Latti, I need to confirm something with you." Horatio skillfully operated the display console through the neural plug and established a closed-circuit communication with Latti. This communication method is extremely secret and difficult to be eavesdropped by the enemy.

"Fufufu~Captain, may I ask, what exactly is stumping you?" Latti in the video raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and smiled gently with her lips stroked.

"If I remember correctly, the shadow field was obtained by you from the Eldar aliens, right? Don't rush to deny it. I need to accurately judge the enemy situation now." Horatio's expression was serious, his eyes fixed on the communication screen.

"Well, for now, I guess so." Lati turned her head away, pretending to know nothing, shaking her head, and responded righteously.

"In other words, the weak spot of the shadow field on the Epic is also the weak spot of these Eldar aliens?" Horatio asked.

"You can understand it that way. I'm glad that you are so good at accumulating experience." Lati replied with a smile.

"I see. In that case, I have an idea of ​​what's going on." Horatio stared coldly at the dark void in front of him, as if he could see his enemy through the endless darkness.

(End of this chapter)