Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 372 Guilliman, I didn't mean to steal your dad...

When Nimrod emerged from the underground cave and returned to the Shadow of Kings, the alien raiding fleet had already been repelled.

He examined the reports on the data panel and found that the alien warship was generally streamlined.

Compared to Imperial warships, the biggest difference is that all warships have serrated bows, resembling sharks with their jaws wide open.

Based on the readings from other ships, the people can be identified as Sahadunes.

How did the Sahadduin people end up in Veredian?
Just as Ning Lu was wondering what was going on, his communication bead beeped. After he received the message, the voice of the Sound Array Master rang out.

"My lord, we have received news from the Ninth Legion that they are pursuing the Sahadurs and are about to reach Veredian."

Two sidereal hours later, Nimrod met Company Commander Jorginho, Think Tank Nicholas, and Auxiliary Army Commander Mateus Cicarius on the bridge.

When Sicarius first met Lord Nimrod, he stared in shock at the giant before him.

Despite the Primarch's retraction, Sicarius was still able to conclude from the warrior's perspective that Lord Nimrod was perfect.

[By becoming the shadow of order, one can possess superhuman strength.]

Unfortunately, I am past the optimal age for the modification surgery, and the risks are too great.

Moreover, the Sicarius family has just become the ruling family of Tarasa, and they cannot afford to lose me.
Sicarius could only place his hopes on his offspring, hoping that one of his descendants would become a shadow of order and gain the extraordinary ability to control water.
The image of the Storm Lord and the company commander manipulating water powers flashed through his mind.

After Jorginho bowed, he began his report.

"My lord, after repelling the Sahadui's harassment of Tarasa, the Ninth Warband, in accordance with your orders, is searching for Sahadui's territory."

"We discovered two Sahadune star systems and launched an attack on them."

"After suffering major defeats in several boarding and landing operations, the Sahadui people realized that we were targeting their weakness—the water tanks on their backs—and tried to avoid direct combat."

Jorginho walked to the strategic table, connected with the Thinker, and a star map unfolded before Nimrod, spanning numerous star systems from Tarasa to Veredian.

Jorgenio, operating the Thinker, highlighted the red shark shape, which was used to mark the fleet of the space shark-men—the Sahadunes.

"The Sahadui people's fleet was dispersed into hundreds of fleets of varying sizes, including large fleets with dozens or hundreds of ships and small fleets with only a few ships."

"They operated like pirates, engaging in guerrilla warfare."

"They would harass the worlds they passed through, plundering resources to replenish themselves, as was the case with the harassment of Veredian."

Ning Lu nodded slightly, thinking to himself.

[Yes, the Sahadurs, being powerful aliens, fought the wolves for quite some time, I recall.]
Although he was at odds with Lehman Ruth, he would not underestimate the wolf's keen insight.

It is certain that after fighting the Sahadunes for some time, the wolves will also discover the aliens' weaknesses.

The fact that the Sahadui people persisted for some time is enough to show that they are not so easily defeated.

Moreover, he remembered that although the Sahadunes had lost control of several star systems, they had not perished, and small groups of them still existed even after the Great Rift unfolded.

As Nimrod pondered, Jorginho operated the Thinker, highlighting the blue ship-shaped markings—the color of the ocean, used by the Ninth Chapter to mark their fleet.

"After ensuring the necessary defense of the Tarasa system, the Storm Lord deployed 12,000 Order Shadows and 50,000 Tarasa Auxiliary Forces, along with 318 warships."

"To annihilate the Sahaduiin fleet, the warships were organized into nineteen squadrons, each centered around a battleship."

"Each fleet has two to four cruisers as claws, which, once they bite into the Sahaduiin ships, will launch an attack together with other warships."

"How's it going?" Ning Lu asked.

"Relying on interstellar communication, our fleet can communicate more easily than the aliens, gaining a certain advantage and destroying more than two hundred Sahaduiin warships."

"But the fleet cannot cover the entire area, and the fishing nets used to hunt the Sahadui people still have loopholes."

Ninglu issued the order: "The fleets of the First and Seventh Fleets shall join the hunt for the Sahadui people."

More than eight hundred warships joined the hunt, and the Sahadui people found their operational space shrinking. Meanwhile, the star map of the entire region became increasingly clear through countless voyages.

Ning Lu was surprised to find that he had received a great gift.

The First Company of the First Battle Group discovered a new star system containing two human colony planets.

The planet Gann and its satellite Ganz.

When Nimrod saw Ganz, he immediately realized that Ganz might not be the name he remembered.

After carefully examining the report submitted by Company Commander Dixon, he discovered that Gantz was a world colonized by the Mechanicus's exploration ships, and that it was only slightly smaller in scale than Incaladion.

Thousands of years ago, the colony of the Mechanicus arrived at Ganz and discovered that the area was rich in mineral resources. They then established a base on this satellite and began to develop.

……

Mars has received the message and has dispatched a representative to Ganz.

After reading the report, Nimrod confirmed that Gantz's primary star, in his memory, should be called Connor.

A complex smile appeared on his lips as he thought to himself.

Guilliman, I didn't mean to steal your dad...

Hmm... I didn't mean to steal the planet you named after your adoptive father, Connor Guilliman.
Of the five hundred worlds of Altramar, Nimrod only desired the Talassa and Veredian star systems, and his target for the upcoming divination was not Altramar.

After his reflections, he returned to the core of Connor's story.

Ninglu knew that Connor was one of the most important worlds in the future five hundred worlds of Otrama, alongside Macurag, Amatura, and X.

He is one of the four Champions of Otlam, the territory of the Champions of the North, and also a quasi-casting world, with Kos being a major shipbuilding center.

The reason why Connor, which is destined to be a near-foundational world, did not receive this honor is due to political factors.

Mars believes that Connor is subject to the rule of Alteramar rather than the management of the Mechanicus, just like Triken and the future Hurricane Star, because once he takes control, he will no longer be the Forging World.

This is why relations between different factions of technical priests on Connor are very tense.

Ironically, during the Battle of Karth, some factions believed they should side with Horus, which delayed Connor, the "Father," from sending reinforcements to aid the Ultramarines who were struggling against the Word Bearers.

After a period of factional infighting, Connor sent reinforcements.

After the grand birthday celebration, Connor was reclassified as a complete foundry world, but at some point it was downgraded to a research station.

It wasn't until Guilliman's rebirth and Altrama's reorganization that Connor once again became the core of the northern region of the new Altrama.

This is different from Incaladion, which was controlled by Nimrod, and Mezoa, which was tied to a chariot. Both of these forging worlds were established before the "Great Crusade" and their overall strength exceeded that of Connor.

Conno is just beginning to grow, and its future scale will only be second-tier in the world of casting.

Ninglu put down the data panel, walked to the viewing window, and looked towards Altramer.

[Guilliman, your two shipyards, Coase and Connor, originally belong to me.]

However, I believe you can discover even more of the world and replace Connor.

Just as you find Protoss as the territory of the western champions, you will also find the territory of the northern champions.
The 9th solar month of 846.

After more than a year of hunting, the Sahadune's fleet was decimated, and several fleets fled in disarray, only to be besieged in an unknown star system.

The Seventh Squadron initiated a boarding maneuver against the alien warship, and the direct confrontation that the Sahadurs had been avoiding finally arrived.

Seventh Company Commander Sanda, after rushing into the Sahaduiin warship, was surprised to find that the water tanks that the aliens relied on for survival were gone.

　PS: Chapter 2 is not finished yet, it will be scheduled for 23:23.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)