Warhammer: Don't Call Me the God of All Machines

Chapter 7: Loyalty and Treachery
"The flagship of the XIII Legion is here, so their Primarch must be here as well. My Lord, we must tell the Primarch the news of Horus's rebellion. The loyal forces must be assembled."

Tassa said in a deep voice that after the battles of Isstvan III and Isstvan V, those who had clearly betrayed included the Sons of Horus, the Emperor's Children, the Iron Warriors, the Night Lords, the World Eaters, the Death Guard, the Word Bearers and the Alpha Legion.

The Iron Hands, Salamanders and Raven Guard, who were loyal to the Emperor, had been severely damaged by the backstabbing of the traitors, especially the Iron Hands Primarch Ferrus, who was seen being beheaded.

The empire is on the brink of collapse. Although they do not know why the Emperor's wolf-god betrayed them, with a powerful enemy at hand, the remaining loyal forces will be defeated one by one if they do not gather together.

Roche also realized that the fate of the human empire was in jeopardy.

Although he disliked this ignorant and backward empire, there was no doubt that it was the empire that sustained the existence of mankind. Humanity had reached the point of drinking poison to quench thirst, and only this strong cohesion could allow the race to survive.

Just when he was about to order the intelligent computer to land on the planet Calth, Iron Father Weiland raised an objection.

"No! We can't land now. We have already experienced the betrayal of our brothers. How can you guarantee that the Ultramarines will not betray us?"

Before the massacre at the landing site, the loyalists who came to wipe out the traitors would never know that the original plan of seven loyalist legions besieging four traitor legions would turn into eight traitor legions besieging three loyal legions in the backstab.

Even the Emperor's Children, a legion that can use the Emperor's name as its legion name and have the Imperial Sky Eagle branded on its armor, can betray. Who can guarantee that these Ultramarines, who are isolated in the eastern part of the galaxy and almost divided by five hundred worlds, will not betray?

You have to know that among the primarchs of the Empire, most of them would only recruit soldiers on their own home planets, and apart from caring about the battle situation of the Great Crusade, they would hardly care about other things.

But the XIII Legion is an exception. They recruit soldiers from all suitable planets in the Five Hundred Worlds, so the Ultramarines have the largest scale among all the Astartes Legions.

According to publicly available intelligence, the Ultramarines have 25 chapters, or 25 fully armed Astartes.

The Raven Guard and Salamanders behind Nikonna and Tassa each had a legion of no more than 100,000 men.

"My lord, I suggest that the information about Istvaan V should not be told to the Ultramarines before the situation is clarified." Viland said loudly. Since the death of his genetic father, the Iron Hands' trust in their former fighting brothers has disappeared.

Once doubt and suspicion are planted, they will grow into towering trees.

"Guilliman, the Primarch of the Ultramarines, has always been an ambitious guy! He once tried to win over our father, but was unfortunately seen through by the wise Ferrus." Iron Hand said.

"We need intelligence," Luo Xi also thought.

"The intelligent computer has the ability to invade the Thinker system of the Glorious Queen-class battleship, or read the control system of the planet's defense orbit, but that would also expose our existence."

The voice of the intelligent computer sounded in Luo Xi's mind. With its high intelligence, it could clearly perceive the existence of something that could be called a fellow creature on the huge battleship.

That is the intelligent brain of Macragge's Glory, or what is called the machine soul.

"Until the last moment, we cannot use the brain's invasion capabilities. In fact, in addition to using the Ultramarines' warships, there are still other ways to identify their loyalty."

If the Extreme Marines also betrayed, then their industrial planets would inevitably continue to produce the war materials needed for the betrayal. The sudden surge in industrial data could convey a lot of valuable information.

The surface of Red Alert was quickly covered with an invisible distorted force field, disappearing from its original position without a trace.

The stealth technology from the Golden Age perfectly erased the trace of the starship, and on the display screen of the command center in Kos, a small dot that had suddenly appeared in this area suddenly disappeared again.

At that moment, atop the command tower on Calth, the Adeptus Mechanicus's servitors and technicians were processing the navigation data of tens of thousands of transport ships and interstellar warships in orbit. This had prevented them from noticing the sudden appearance and disappearance of a strange point. It seemed as if some important activity was taking place on Calth at that moment. The sheer volume of traffic was terrifying to Roche and the others.

"Let me go to the Ultramarines' warship. Infiltration operations are more appropriate in this situation. With multiple complementary forces, the information we can obtain will be more comprehensive."

The starship was anchored in low-Earth orbit around Calth, and Nikona said as he put his helmet back on.

In a confined environment like a space battleship, the stealth ability of the Raven Guard comes in handy. These Astartes who are proficient in infiltration operations can avoid every pair of eyes and go straight to the heart of the target.

"Okay, keep this communicator. You can use it to keep in touch with us."

Luo Xi didn't say much, but took out a special communicator. This little thing can ensure the stability of communication as long as it is within the star system. Even if there is strong interference, the information can still be transmitted completely.

This is a prop made by the intelligent computer based on the STC in the database using material printing technology, and it is now coming in handy.

Nikona inserted two power swords behind him and put on the modified grenade launcher. After nodding to his fighting brothers, he turned around and disappeared into the transmission matrix of Red Alert.

His armor was equipped with a teleportation beacon that only needed to be activated to teleport him back to Red Alert.

In an instant, extraordinary technology from the past transported the Raven Guard to the nearest battleship in the skyport.

"There is no need to place teleportation beacons in the target. If our legions all have this technology, then boarding operations will not be so troublesome." Wieland said excitedly. Currently, if Space Marines want to board, they can only rely on boarding torpedoes and teleportation beacons.

However, if something unexpected happens to the transmission beacon, the teleported soldiers will most likely be stuck directly into the hull structure, with their body molecules and building molecules instantly mixing and dying.

The transmission matrix flashed again, and Roche, Weyland and Tassa were teleported to the surface of the planet. The remaining Iron Hands remained in the starship, ready to provide airborne support at any time.

A concealed teleportation beam descended to the surface of Calth.

"This is the port on the south bank of the Poros River. The city of Numinas is on the other side of this broad river."

Roxi, wearing combat uniform, stared at the illusory projection in front of him, while Iron Hand and Salamander, who had replaced their power armor with that of an Extreme Warrior, stood beside him.

"To be honest, I prefer the dark green color scheme. There is no cobalt blue scenery like this on Nocturne." Tassa's muffled voice came from under the helmet.

"I don't like the arrogant cousins ​​of the Ultramarines, but we urgently need their strength now." Viland turned his helmet and looked at a camp of mortal soldiers in the distance.

In that busy military camp, there were a large number of mortals operating engineering equipment and carrying out equipment transportation tasks. Most of them were shirtless, with a healthy bronze hue on their muscular skin.

"Then follow me, my lords." Luo Xi joked. From now on, he would play the role of a mortal servant who followed Astartes to carry out missions. "At least I won't be questioned about my identity."

The strange combination of a mortal and two Astartes was soon discovered by the mortal soldiers in the barracks. An old soldier with the collar of his dark blue military uniform open, smoking under the shade of a tree, quickly straightened his posture and trotted over to them.

"My Lords, Sergeant Bowie Hurlock salutes you!"

(End of this chapter)