Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 384 The Cariham Gate Greatly Accelerates Subspace Travel
The Vostorian merchants, after receiving the Nimrod title, did not undertake high-risk explorations like Lewis von Valentius.

The stable subspace passage between Modian and Sepra Mondi is the result of this exploration.

The Third Warband departed from Modian, and after occupying the very wealthy Khavors system, continued its advance towards Sepra Mundi.

The Second Chapter joined the conquest after the Battle of the Collonid Abyss.

Starting from Cypra Mondi, they conquered the Radiant Galaxy and eventually joined forces with the Third Chapter at Argaros.

The black warships faced each other in the void, directly connected to the largest shipyard and the world's top-ranking ships. Bukayo Arshavin took the initiative to board the Stormbird and fly towards the Radiance.

The flagship of the Second Battle Group, the Relic-class battleship Radiance.

After the Dark Lord stepped off the deck, he saw the Light Lord waiting in the landing area and walked over to him.

"Wilshere, thank you for your help."

"All for my lord," Wilshire, who had been promoted to "Sun Priest" during the "Abyss of Colony," said devoutly.

[Wilshere is increasingly resembling the priest of the ancient Terra church described in the book.]
Upon receiving the orders, the two warbands arrived in the Caligum system in the 7th Sun Month of 847.

Nimrod received his two lords in the Primarch's office on the Shadow of Kings.

When Wilshire saw Nimrod, his eyes shone brightly, and he cried out "My Lord" faster and more devoutly than Bukayo.

"My Lord of Light and Lord of Darkness, I have heard that you have just completed a successful conquest."

Bukayo intended to hand the briefing to Wilshire, but Nightmare, through his superior intuition, realized that the Lord of Light had no intention of speaking, so he spoke up to report.

“My lord, my warband has been fighting in this area ever since the traveling merchants discovered the route between Mordian and Sepra Mundi.”

Ninglu nodded slightly. He knew that the subspace route between Modian and Sepra Mundi was quite stable.

Even as the "Great Rift" unfolds, this route, situated in the shadows of the Empire, remains a relatively stable sea route.

After Mordian was abandoned by the Empire, the "Iron Hand" despised the Empire's decision, believing that this industrialized world should not be lost.

After the "Iron Hand" marched into Modian and crushed the local chaos, they were met with reinforcements from Sepra Mundi.

"There are eleven habitable star systems between Modian and Sepra Mundi, among which the Kerhaves system is very rich."

"Human colonization established prosperous colonies in the local area, which not only had fertile arable land, but also abundant resources and a decent industrial base."

"..."

Ning Lu nodded in satisfaction, "Your battle group needs to manage this area well."

The fleets of the Second, Third, Fifth and Eleventh Fleets then sailed toward Caligum Gate.

The fleet entered the subspace gate and sailed towards the target assembly point, the central region of the Milky Way, amidst the etheric tides.

The Shadow of Reigns, Primarch Office.

Arsène Dunn reported this to Nimrod with a sigh.

"My lord, the fleets of four battle groups have traveled from the Caligum system in the northeastern part of the Misty Starfield to the Rosario system in the Limit Starfield in just four standard ship times."

"According to chief navigator Wieschel's calculations, it would have taken twenty-three weeks to reach the destination."

“Even the closer Fourth and Fifteenth Legion fleets are nowhere near as fast as we are.” Since returning to the Empire, Arsenal has traveled through countless warp spaces with the Primarch, but he has never been as swift as he is now.

Ning Lu nodded slightly and said:
"At present, only one pair of space stations are being repaired, so the acceleration effect is limited."

"As more space stations are repaired, the effect of shortening the travel distance will become more and more obvious."

He had anticipated this, and thought to himself:

[If ground vehicles are measured in terms of acceleration per hundred kilometers, then the acceleration of subspace travel using the Caligan method can be measured in terms of acceleration per hundred light-years.]

However, the higher the value of the Caligan gate, the more likely it is to attract attacks during the grand birthday celebration.
In Nimrod's original memory, the Caligum Gate could only be deployed in one direction, which would attract enemy attacks.

The current Karighams have numerous portals, enabling them to travel in both directions to a certain extent, making them even more valuable.

After the war with Randan ends, the Ramirez-class star fortress will begin to reinforce star systems such as Vostonia.

Strategic locations like Caligum, like Sepra Mundy, require at least six star fortresses.
While Ninglu was pondering, the original body attendant continued to report.

"The Mechanicus ships will arrive in four weeks, according to standard ship time."

"Among the first batch of ships, there were 158 sets of Iron Cavalry Terminator Armor, all of which were supplied to our legion."

"The Mechanical Church dispatched Father Malevolus and others who participated in the research and manufacturing of the Iron Cavalry type to assist the Legion in manufacturing the Iron Cavalry type Terminator Armor."

Ninglu nodded and gave the order.

"The first batch of Iron Cavalry-type Terminator Armor will be given to the Second Battle Group."

"After the mechanical cult personnel arrived, they had the technical sergeants work with the foundry to master the method of manufacturing the Iron Cavalry model."

[With the Iron Cavalry Terminator Armor, casualties will be reduced when attacking the space dwarves' underground city.]
"How long will it take for the Ramirez-class star fortresses built by Kos and Gan Yun to be completed respectively?"

Alsena pondered for a moment, then answered:
“My lord, although the shipyard in Coss started construction first, Gan Yun’s foundation was better, and it surpassed it later.”

"Gan Yun's first Ramirez-class star fortress will be completed in five years, while Kos's first star fortress will take twelve years to complete."

"The third Ramirez-class star fortress built by Sepra Mandy will be completed in a month. If necessary, it can be tuged to Caligum Gate first, and then quickly deployed to the battlefield."

Ninglu knew that Gan Yun, who had not been renamed Connor by Guilliman, was known as the Northern Center of the Five Hundred Worlds.

Coase did not grow into a shipyard on par with Connaught until just before its grand birthday celebration.

Although the environment in the core region of the galaxy is harsh, there are many kinds of minerals that can only be found there.

A small base could be established here, protected by a fortress-level energy shield, and the people living inside the Ramirez-class star fortress wouldn't have a bad life.

We can also engage in long-term trade with the space dwarves; they have quite a few good things to offer.
The Ramirez-class starcastles are too large to be transported through portals, but the Caligum Gate, which allows an entire fleet to complete warp travel, can deliver them to the battlefield.

Ning Lu gathered his thoughts and gave the order:
"Skote is the central star system, and we must quickly gain the upper hand. The third Ramirez-class star fortress built by Sepra Mondi was towed into the Caligum Gate and delivered to Skote."

"Before Starburg arrives, the objective is to conquer the Rosario system, gain a foothold, and open the gateway to Skot."

The 750 warships of the four chapters of "Shadow of Order" launched an attack on the Voidship of the Space Dwarves.

　PS: Chapter 2 is not finished yet, will be posted at 23:23 tonight.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)