Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!.

Chapter 779 08.778: "Haha, the Ploughshare Ship is coming (asking for monthly votes)"

In the living cabin, the crew members who were preparing to take shifts suddenly noticed that the usually bright white lights in the ship's living area had turned into a deep blue.

This means that non-critical areas inside the ship are currently only maintaining minimum energy supply and lighting brightness.

"The energy supply has been fully concentrated on the ship's shield, the experimental deflector shield has been officially activated, and the asteroid diversion program is running stably!" The report from the power department officer came quickly.

In front of him, several highly mechanized technical priests of flesh and blood and those warrant officers of the power department who had undergone a large number of mechanical prosthetic modifications were racing against time and methodically calibrating the energy distribution lines of the entire ship.

This instruction came from the captain's decisive decision, and the captain issued this order after referring to the professional advice of the chief technical priest Lati.

"The principle of the experimental deflector shield is to use the repulsive properties of the subspace to push away asteroids that are heading straight for the ship.

The specific operation is to stimulate controllable subspace micro-cracks on the surface void shield by installing a micro-crack generator on the void shield force field generator.

However, this process will consume a huge amount of energy, so we must focus the ship's energy supply on the shield system, so that we can smoothly and safely cross this asteroid belt under the protection of the God of All Machines. "Rati explained his plan in detail to Horatio through the sound array system.

"Just as you said. Power Department, strictly follow the advice of the Chief Tech Priest and immediately transfer all the ship's energy to the void shield generator of this ship."

Horatio responded quickly while keeping a close eye on the data link that was streaming like water in front of him.

At the same time, he had already conceived a set of tactics in his mind: taking advantage of the complex terrain of the asteroid belt, drawing a clever cover angle, and using the dense asteroids as a natural barrier, so that the Swift Aquila can quickly approach the target without being noticed.

Thinking of this, Horatio slowly closed his eyes.

Although the Swift Aquila did not have a machine soul that could manifest in human form like the Epic, Horatio could, through the neural plug, truly sense that the machine soul of the Swift Aquila was silently executing his every command in a calm and steady manner.

By consulting the ship's chronology, Horatio learned that the Swift Aquila had been serving the Human Empire since 762.M41, which was a long period of more than 220 years.

For a warship, at this stage, its machine soul is in its golden age of maturity and vitality.

She is like a cool and elegant young swordswoman.

Normally, they would close their eyes and concentrate, but once they detected the enemy's trace, the moment they opened their eyes, the powerful firepower of the entire ship would be like a deadly and swift dagger, going straight to the enemy's vital points and giving him a fatal blow.

In the past, under the control of Horatio's father, Thomas Cochrane, and several experienced captains, the Swift Aquila often showed exceptionally high morale in fierce battles. However, compared to the calmness and stability of the Indefatigable, it was indeed a little radical.

The Swift Aquila is not keen on frontal battle lines. It prefers guerrilla tactics, galloping freely in the vast sea of ​​stars, keenly following the traces of prey.

When facing opponents of the same level or even stronger ones, it often relies on unexpected surprise attacks to seize the initiative, and then completely defeats the enemy through one-on-one duels.

Of course, this combat style is not entirely a disadvantage for a light cruiser. After all, in the Imperial Navy, obedience to organizational discipline is of vital importance, but for those bold and radical captains, the passionate and energetic characteristics of the Swift Aquila fit their combat style exactly and can be regarded as a powerful assistant on the battlefield.

Although the Swift Aquila's communication and interaction with the Machine Soul was not as smooth and natural as that of the Epic, the high intelligence of its Machine Soul was enough to help Horatio control this 4.5-kilometer-long giant battleship more efficiently.

You know, this length is only about the length of a Cobra-class destroyer shorter than the Moon-class cruiser.

[By the way, if that's the case, is it possible for Xiao Shi (Epic Machine Soul) and Xiao Ying (Swift Skyhawk Machine Soul) to merge with each other? If it can be realized, while retaining their respective advantages, they may be able to achieve advancement and growth.]
Such a bold idea suddenly flashed through Horatio's mind.

Although the fusion of machine souls is not without precedent, it usually occurs naturally over a long period of time. As for the artificial fusion of machine souls, although it is theoretically feasible, in the traditional concept of the Mechanicus, this behavior is regarded as a serious blasphemy to the spirit of the God of All Machines and the Heart of Om Messiah, and is an absolute taboo.

[Would Lati approve of this idea? Judging from her style, she doesn't seem to be like the traditional conservative technical priests.]
Horatio pondered it secretly, but soon decided to put the idea aside for the time being. After all, the most important thing at the moment was to devote himself to the intense hunting operation in front of him.

boom!
A loud noise suddenly came through the sound array, and the source of the sound was analyzed to be from behind the Swift Aquila.

A standard transport ship was unfortunately attacked by a precise Dark Eldar torpedo.

The torpedo exploded instantly amidships of the transport ship, and the powerful impact caused countless fragments to burst out of the hull and scatter in all directions.

The transport ship immediately sent out an emergency distress signal the moment it was attacked.

"The 'Nostaen' sent a distress signal. The report shows that they were attacked by a torpedo fired from the 196-degree direction of the ship."

Intelligence officer Lina turned the monocle on her eye socket, stared at the data link that kept flashing in front of her, and reported to the captain in her usual, calm and slightly indifferent tone.

"I'm afraid this is the enemy's tactic of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west." Lieutenant Archie Cuthbert Collingwood reminded Horatio solemnly, "Based on my observation and analysis of the overall battle situation, it is very likely that the enemy ship near the 082 asteroid group has quietly circled to a more outer ring position and tried to attract our attention through this attack.

Captain, in my opinion, we should continue with our original plan and rescue the Yukikaze Raikage."

Horatio analyzed the latest enemy and friendly movements in real time through the command vision brought by the Void Commander skill. He saw the launch position of the torpedo. According to previous information, this was most likely an enemy ship that had changed its position to launch a feint to the east and attack in the west, or to attack Wei to save Zhao.

"You are right. We only have one battleship at the moment. From a rational point of view, we must do our best to recover the greatest loss for the empire.

Continue to maintain existing routes.

May the Emperor bless all the crew members on the Nostaen. Once we successfully destroy these alien enemies, they will be safe. At that time, we will provide them with comprehensive damage control assistance." Horatio made a decisive decision.

Under the captain's command, the Swift Aquila, like a brave and fearless beast, plunged into the asteroid belt code-named 081.

(End of this chapter)