Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 445 Battlefield Mobilization of "Machines"
From the eleventh planet outside the star, Gardinar returned to the Sixth Warband from the Guard, and Flamini, serving as his adjutant, stepped off the deck.

The low gravity environment of the eleventh planet made Flamini's first step, landing in his power boots, feel somewhat unsteady.

The second and third steps involved his body and the Mark III power armor rapidly adapting and adjusting.

Flamini, who was working on the space station not long ago, quickly adapted to the current environment in a similar setting.

Having just been promoted to "machine," his eyes gleamed, his gaze piercing through the ruins of an ancient battlefield, tracing back through the flow of time.

Compared to the past, he saw more and more complete information when the roulette wheel spun.

Flamini's gaze traveled back 2,500 years, combining the information his father had provided to trace the birth of the eleventh planet's fissure.

That was left behind by the green-skinned invaders from beyond the edge of the galaxy when they briefly occupied the outer world of Gadinar.

Flamini smiled slightly, feeling the weight of history and the power of the legion.

That was the only invasion that Gadinar encountered after its pocket was established, but it was stopped on Gadinar's eleventh planet.

Centuries later, bio-engineered warriors were born, and since then, the surface of Gardinar has never been invaded again.

The "Shadow of Order" is an opponent of a completely different scale. At the same time, 25,200 Shadow of Order soldiers from the Sixth Chapter are simultaneously attacking four planets.

This wasn't even the entire force of the Sixth Army; there were still 3,600 men patrolling the new district of Colony.

Flamini shifted his attention from the past back to the present, his mind spinning a wheel, his consciousness transcending the unfolding assault, fragments of the future appearing before his eyes.

Compared to his chaotic mind when he was a "monster" not long ago, his mind is much clearer after becoming a "machine".

"go ahead!"

The chaotic rows of houses and the tops of coil transformer towers are covered with black stains left by industrial remnants.

A group of people dressed in gray padded bulletproof armor and wearing goggles charged out, carrying assault weapons and bearing countless heavy shields.

More people poured out through cracked walls, broken arches, and partially collapsed staircases.

These staircases lead to the residential floors, with dozens of floors horizontally and hundreds of floors vertically.

The orbital bombardment was confined to a limited area and did not cause devastating damage to the Legion's future assets.

Flamini looked around, and each soldier's caste became data, surging through the "machine's" mind.

The firepower of each team member is also included in the calculations of the "machine," which issues commands through the communication channel.

"Geiserman Squad, Marker Zone Two."

"Talavanis Squad, Zone 5."

"Manachia Squad, Zone Six."

The Sixth Legion is stationed in the new district of Colony, and many squads are named after various world names.

The three squads, following the adjutant's orders, deployed into battle formation.

The machine's keen perception of the near future gives it a comprehensive overview and allows it to even sense the enemy's apathy.

The adjutant, acting as the brains, mobilized his three squads to intercept the warriors of the caste.

"Set a trap!"

Two "hunters" took out fragmentation grenades from their waists and planted bombs next to the promethium fuel canisters.

Each squad in the "Shadow of Order" warband currently has royal court monks who have been granted different powers by the Father of Genetics.

Of Flamini's three squads, two had "hunters." Flamini, with overall command, at the optimal distance he predicted, when the enemy line closed to within four hundred meters, shouted, "Fire!"

They raised their bedrock-type explosive guns and fired a barrage of bullets at the warrior caste. The diamond bullets pierced through the bulletproof shields, and thousands were instantly torn to pieces.

Boom boom boom!
The first warrior of the caste stepped into the trap, a fragmentation grenade exploded, flames engulfing the flying shrapnel that shot into the crowd.

Promethium burned fiercely among the warrior caste; they dared not disobey the orders of the military advisor and vice-consul, nor even stop in their tracks.

Three "warriors" wielded longswords, splitting the warrior caste.

With the continuous explosions, pale and thin faces appeared on the floors, expressions that only a two-hundredth generation of evolved castes could produce.

They are bald and pale, and this is how most of the genetically modified lower castes in Gadinal are.

They wore mass-produced green jackets and trousers, their faces expressionless and their eyes vacant.

The light of the human soul barely penetrated his skin, showing no outward manifestation on his body, as if it came from the assembly line that produced the clothes on him.

Those alleles that secretly pass down from generation to generation, representing individualism or empathy, are completely suppressed by conditioning and psychotropic drugs.

The lower castes carried weapons such as pliers or dismantled steel pipes.

They brandished their makeshift weapons and joined the battle.

The influx of lower castes, whose numbers were dozens of times greater than those of the warrior caste, further complicated the war situation.

Flamini's command extended into every shadow of order.

Data from both sides surged through his mind, and the thirty runes in the divination box were constantly adjusted under his control.

The warrior castes, who have evolved for over a hundred generations, seized the opportunity created by the lower castes.

Dozens of warrior castes formed assault squads and launched attacks.

The "machine" calculates at lightning speed, striving to make up for the weaknesses in the front line's defenses.

The extraordinary inspiration of the three "monsters" compensated for the shortcomings in calculation and the occurrence of unexpected events.

They identify dangers and react promptly.

The Gadinar caste, numbering ten thousand times greater than three squads, launched wave after wave of attacks, pounding against the lines of the black-armored warriors.

Flamini's movement concealed the vulnerable rear armor of three squads, and he called in Stormbirds for a timely ammunition drop before running out of ammunition.

Just as Flamini was repelling wave after wave of enemy attacks, "Shadow of Order" gained air superiority over Gadinal and sent swarms of Stormbirds to attack the ground.

A spear-shaped formation of Gardinar heavy fighters launched an attack on the stormbirds of "Shadow of Order".

They broke through the fighter jets' defenses and pierced the transport plane array of the gunships.

The suicide attack was immediately met with fire from laser cannons.

The Stormbirds' gunships roared and opened fire on the Gadinal heavy fighters, shattering one heavily armored dogfighting aircraft after another, but their formation remained unchanged, and they showed no intention of dodging.

During the ongoing firefight, the Stormbirds spat out cargo, and the Shadow Orders immediately launched an attack on the orbital elevator device after landing.

Meanwhile, hundreds of Shadow Stormbirds mingled among countless Stormbirds, flying toward their respective targets.

The extraordinary individuals, including Alsena Dunn, Malena Scala, Maria Kournikova, and Tierney, each led their teams down from the deck to begin their missions.

(End of this chapter)