Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 324 Mind Control Ran Dan (Third Update, Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Spiral-Morse Galaxy, Desperate Star.

As the Stormbird flew toward the ground, Nimrod held the blue psionic staff of the Osiris Mind Control Seed.

His thoughts spread outwards, covering the entire Randan Fortress below.

Tentacles extended from the Primarch's vast web of consciousness, and he immediately located the 139 Randan warriors and four Overlords within the fortress.

As a psionic-sensitive race, the Randan aliens sensed the approaching shadows and felt a chill run through their bodies from the howling wind.

The clash then erupted in the realm of the mind.

The Primarch's eyes flashed with light and shadow. In the instant of the collision of consciousness, he analyzed the resistance of the Ran Dan warriors and identified the weakest group among them, numbering twenty-five. They were the group with the weakest will.

The blue psionic staff flashed with dazzling light, wrapping around the tentacles of the weakest Randan warriors, then suddenly splitting into threads that shot towards their mental gates.

The techniques Ninglu learned from the mind-controlling seed of Osiris allowed him to bypass the mental gates of the Randan warriors and seize their thoughts.

The twenty-five Randan warriors froze, as if manipulated by mind control techniques like puppets, and simultaneously took a step forward.

They all stepped out with their left foot, and even their stride distance was consistent.

Ninglu immediately felt a surge of mental power emerge from the blue psionic staff.

His eyes flashed, and he launched a mental attack on the nineteen weakest Ran Dan warriors.

The black stormbirds descended rapidly, and every few hundred meters, a group of Randan warriors were mind-controlled by Ninglu.

They will then further empower the blue psionic staff with psychic energy, fueling Nimrod's next wave of attacks.

When they were still a thousand meters from the surface, only four overlords of Ran Dan remained, struggling to hold on with their willpower.

They moved like rusty robots, their every step and arm movement like a slow-motion holographic projection.

In the eyes of the overlords, there were countless threads all around, like a spider web.

They tried to run away in terror, but the spider webs were tightly wrapped around them.

Every step taken by the overlords requires an unwavering will.

A few breaths later, the first overlord stopped in his tracks, and a black thread shot into his mind like a needle.

Then came a dense mass of black threads that swept over his entire body.

The overlord took another step, but his gaze was blank.

As the Stormbirds lowered their landing gear, the think tank members who stepped off the deck discovered that over a hundred aliens were standing neatly to one side.

Just as they were about to raise their bomb guns and launch an attack, the Father of Genetics said in a deep voice.

"Make custom-made neural collars for them, and then send them to the Ramirez."

Although the Randan aliens vary in form, they are all larger than humans, and most of their neural collars cannot be used directly.

The Ramirez has designated an area as a training ground for imprisoning the Randan aliens.

Each alien was fitted with a neural collar to prevent them from escaping, especially the Overlords, who had a specially enhanced version.

"Editors, remove the nerve collars from human slaves."

Ning Lu watched as the think tanks began to act, recalling the previous process of controlling minds, and silently gave his evaluation in his mind.

Mind control is not easy, even with the Osiris Mind Control Species Psionic Staff.

Simultaneously controlling my mind to 200 is probably my limit. This approach won't be applicable in the large-scale battles on the main planet and during the "Second Randan War," and I haven't yet encountered the three main Randan forces: Shros, the Brain Eaters, and the Bone Eaters.
The offensive against the four outer galaxies of the Spiral-Morse Galaxy ended within fifty-seven sidereal days.

After leaving some guards behind, the expeditionary fleet advanced toward the open gates of Spiral-Morse Prime.

After the failed raid, the Randan fleet completely abandoned the idea of ​​sending out warships and instead dispatched drones to harass and delay the expeditionary fleet.

On the Shadow of the Throne, inside the Primarch Palace, Nimrod listens to a report from Arsène Dunne.

"My lord, 1,013 Shadow Order warriors have perished in the battle on the surface."

"The auxiliary forces suffered 4,057 casualties, most of whom were Volstanian auxiliary forces and Mordian Iron Guards who died during the attack on the Extinction Star and Planet IV fortress."

A hint of sadness flashed across Ning Lu's eyes, but he also felt a little comforted.

According to my estimate, the First Legion lost about two thousand soldiers in the outer star system. In the second phase of the war, my losses should only be half of that.

The main factors, besides my deployment of more Order Shadows and auxiliary forces, were my joining the battle with the Voidwalker Titan Legion.

My offensive is progressing at least half again as fast as the First Legion's.
While Ninglu was pondering, the original body attendant continued to report.

"As per your orders, all 2,530 captured Randan aliens have been fitted with neural collars and sent to the Ramirez."

"More than ten million human slaves were freed, most of whom were freed by you on Extremis."

"After the think tanks are stripped of their nerve collars, they will be placed under the unified management of the Vostonia Auxiliary Army. They will need to undergo a period of education to adapt to the change."

Ning Lu nodded slightly and said:
"Then, the most crucial battle to be won is about to begin."

"Next, we will face artificial war satellites and the main force led by Commander Ran Dan."

He looked at the two brightly lit planets on the hologram and recalled Urian Bendreg's plans.

He launched an offensive against two war targets simultaneously: the Queen Glory-class battleship HMS Abomination collided with an artificial war satellite, overloading its plasma reactor.

With the explosion, the war satellite transformed into a blazing miniature star.

But I won't waste that opportunity. Compared to facing thousands of warships and more than twelve man-made war satellites in the Second Randan War, this is the best chance to seize the spoils.
"Order the Ramirez to be the main force to suppress the firepower of artificial war satellites."

In the First Randan War, artificial war satellites, in coordination with the Randan fleet, failed to gain an advantage against the Imperial fleet, which included three Glory Queen-class battleships.

During the Battle of Arachsis, the Ramirez-class Starfort Chimera single-handedly and overwhelmingly destroyed the Alpha Legion's fleet.

Comparing their battle records, the Ramirez-class Starfortress was clearly superior, but he still decided to play it safe and sent the Glory Queen-class battleship Death Wither to assist.

"With the support of the fleets of the Fourth and Eleventh Fleets, we will simultaneously seek opportunities to board and seize the artificial war satellite."

"Think tanks and technical sergeants, joining the team that jumps ship."

Ninglu knew that the artificial war satellites were controlled by millions of humans enslaved by neural collars, and that the think tank could play a greater role than the battles on the main planet.

He then looked towards Randan's main star, thinking to himself: [Ben Dreig deployed 30,000 warriors... 5,000 perished in the final battle.]
Drawing on Ben Dreg's winning strategy and considering the situation of the Shadow of Order, he issued his orders.

"The Third Battle Group and the Voidwalkers will leverage their armored firepower to confront the Randan army head-on."

"The Second and Fifth Battle Groups will harass the Randan lines from both flanks."

"Two companies of the First Battle Group and the Eighth Battle Group launched a surprise attack on the enemy's weak points and killed the overlord."

"I will personally lead the Honor Guard to kill the Ran Dan War General. Once he is beheaded, the morale of the Ran Dan army will collapse and turn into a pile of loose sand."

(End of this chapter)