Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 360 Old Man Huang's Reward: The Opportunity for Unified Territories
Terra, the Golden Palace.

After the emperor took his seat, he looked around at everyone, his gaze finally settling on Ning Lu, and asked:
"Ninglu, how is the war with the Mitu people progressing?"

“My lord,” Ninglu replied, “the war is largely over…”

Ninglu gave Huang Laohan a brief report on the course of the war with the Mitu people.

After listening to his briefing, Old Huang said with satisfaction:

“Ninglu, I knew you wouldn’t let me down, but you did even better than I expected.”

"Sixty-three human worlds have returned to the Empire, and one forging world and one knight world have re-established ties with the Empire."

"More than fifty habitable worlds are waiting to be developed."

His face was beaming with a smile: "Good, very good!"

"As a reward for you, I have decided to hand over the Carrigham Gate to you."

"Once you can restore the human relics left over from the 'Dark Age of Technology,' your fleet will be able to travel through the warp more quickly, and your expeditions will proceed at a faster pace."

Ning Lu's eyes lit up upon hearing this.

He knew that the Caligum Gate was a technological marvel consisting of a series of interconnected space stations.

These space stations are connected by a massive bundle of cables thousands of meters long, forming a subspace gateway containing enormous energy.

It was abandoned and destroyed during the Age of Strife, rediscovered by traveling merchants in the early stages of the Great Crusade, and occupied by the Dark Angels.

Once awakened, the gate can allow an entire fleet of warships to traverse the warp, reducing a journey that would normally take several Terran standard years to just a few weeks.

[I remember that after the future Ryan Eljonsson reactivated the gate, the Caligum Gate began to be rebuilt, becoming one of the Empire's hubs in the Misty Starfield.]

But after the grand birthday celebration began, Peturabo launched a surprise attack on this strategically crucial point, reducing the Karigum Gate to ruins.

Afterwards, in order to return to Terra, the "White Scar" launched an attack on the Caligum Gate, engaging in a fierce battle with the "Son of the Emperor." The severely damaged stargate could never be repaired.
Nimrod knew that repairing the Caligum Gate would require a great deal of resources, and that the Empire had spent over a century repairing only a portion of it.

Moreover, the location of the Cariham Gate would inevitably become a strategic point of contention during the grand birthday celebration, but he simply could not resist such a temptation.

The Carrigham Gate was of great strategic value to him.

In Ninglu's mind, the locations of numerous territories and allies scattered throughout the hazy star field came to mind.

Once activated, the Caligum Gate can immediately deploy a fleet to any known world, allowing for rapid travel to any known world.

For some parts of the Misty Starfield, it would be more convenient to travel through the Caligum Gate.

Before the Abyss Portal was built, it would take a long time for workers from Vostoria, Triken, and Sepra Mundi to arrive.

Once activated, you only need to reach the Caligum Gate first, and then you can quickly reach Hurricane Star.

Fleets in the Misty Starfield can significantly shorten their travel time to other starfields by passing through the Caligum Gate.

Karigum Gates are more flexible than portals.

Although portals can connect territories in key areas and travel at a slightly faster speed than warp travel.

However, compared to subspace travel, portals must be set up in pairs for fixed-point travel, which is not flexible enough.

The Caligum Gate not only significantly reduces warp travel time, but also allows access to almost any world.

[If each key galaxy constructs a portal to the Caligum Gate, the combined forces will connect the scattered territories across the galaxy.]
Building portals requires a massive amount of resources, and it's impossible for Nimrod to build them in every star system.

In addition to the original portals of the Orb Spider Alliance, the other side of all two-way portals is located in Vostonia.

Even with the portal network in place, without the Caligum Gate, the Tarrasa fleet would have to travel to Vostoria, then to the Abyss Port, and finally follow the conventional warp route to Moab to reach it. Once the portal is placed at the Caligum Gate, it can be accessed via a stargate, allowing for a much faster journey to Moab.

This was also important in the future "Second Randan War," as the Kariham Gate would allow for a rapid response to Randan attacks.

The efficiency of recruiting new soldiers and replenishing personnel is also higher, which is crucial in a long war.

Once you reach the Caligum Gate, you can travel directly to any known region of the galaxy without having to transit through Vostonia before embarking on regular warp travel.

[No other faction would benefit as much as I do from controlling Caligum Gate.]
Other Primarch fleets must reach Caligum Gate, and the same applies the next time they are used.

Nimrod, on the other hand, is equipped with a portal system, allowing fleets to return via the nearest portal after sailing through the Caligum Gate.

The more territories I have, the more dispersed they are, even if they are spread across the entire galaxy, the greater the effect of Karigum in conjunction with the portal system.

After dropping through the Caligum Gate, return through the portal and drop again quickly.

Well, considering the resources and defense requirements for deploying portals, they should still be selectively deployed at key nodes.
Using the Caligum Gate for subspace travel allows for faster completion of subspace journeys in many situations, which is of great strategic significance for Nimrod, whose territory is dispersed, especially across star systems.

[Although it requires a significant investment of resources to repair the Caligum Gate, construct portals, and establish a defensive system centered around the Ramirez-class star fortress, it is still worthwhile.]
Thinking of this, Ning Lu sincerely expressed his gratitude to Old Man Huang.

"Thank you my Lord."

"I will allocate resources to repair the Carrigham Gate as soon as possible."

The Emperor smiled and nodded, handing the Caligum Gate over to Nimrod. This would reduce the resources the Empire had to invest and also put his mind at ease.

With his Pegasus around, he believed no one could destroy the Stargate.

After the war council concluded, Nimrod's consciousness returned to the Shadow of the Throne.

He leaned back in his chair, lost in thought.

Although the Caligum Gate was activated by Leon, it's not necessarily only the Primarch who can do it. Besides, I still need to go to Attila's party, so I'll send someone to receive it first.

If it can be activated, great; if not, I'll handle it when I get back.

Which chapter should be assigned to guard the gates of Caligum?
The situation of the twelve battle groups flashed through Ning Lu's mind.

Yes, a stargate is essentially a warp gate.

The best candidate is San Diego Bergkamp, ​​a demon-type mage skilled in teleportation.
After making his decision, Ninglu immediately arrived at the fourth level of the "Land of Disorder".

His spirituality spread toward the sphere of light that shone with blue light, and he saw Santiago standing before a long metal table, on which lay the strange, smoky swords of the Metu.

With a thought, Ninglu conjured up the message he wanted to convey in his mind and transmitted it to the sphere of light through a subtle connection.

Black mist suddenly rose in the mind of San Diego, who was countless light-years away.

A black figure stood atop the throne, and a majestic voice echoed in his mind.

"I will order the Fifth Warband to Cariham Gate. Once you arrive, take over and find a way to activate it."

“Yes, my lord,” Saint Diego said softly, clasping his hands together.

Ninglu then headed to the third level of space, where he had decided to use the Prophecy Dice to divine the Attila system and obtain the secrets within the Jemenga Starry Sky Stele.

[If Hannibal could make a discovery, and I have more capable technical soldiers and have allied with several forging worlds, it's impossible that I won't make a gain.]

The "remarkable" gain obviously doesn't refer to things like eating aliens.

Furthermore, based on the information I already possess about the Yemenga Starry Sky Monolith, I can confirm that it is a space necromancer artifact.
(End of this chapter)