Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 502 Not a sage, yet possessing his own sage's throne.

The Shadow of Reigns, Primarch Palace.

Peturabo arrived in the Shana system on the third day.

Perturabo shifted his icy blue eyes from the holographic image filled with star-like runes and data symbols, and looked at Ninglu.

"Tactical simulations have validated our plan."

Ninglu glanced at the stacks of data boards neatly piled up in front of Frix and the other two, and gave Peturabo a chance to shine.

Peturabo spearheaded the planning process for the attack on the Bad Habits Sector, meticulously reviewing all the data and completing the plan methodically.

He meticulously planned the Imperial fleet's route, the timing of the attack, the end time of the battle, and the replenishment of food and ammunition for each batch of troop transports and landing ships at the transfer points.

Ninglu examined the entire battle plan, which seemed perfect, but he keenly sensed that there was a shadow hidden within this perfection that was not easily noticed.

He looked into her bright, icy blue eyes. "Our understanding of Ran Dan is still limited, and the plan should remain flexible."

"Everything is under control, and there is no factor that can disrupt the battle plan."

"Even the Xenomorphs and Bone Eaters you mentioned, I will create weapons to fight them."

Ninglu looked at the stubborn Peturabo and said nothing more.

He believed that Peturabo's technological innovation was unmatched by Doraemon; he could develop targeted weapons, but his understanding of the Xenomorphs was based on intelligence gathered by his own legion.

Even after fighting Randan in both the Spinning Angle-Morse and Shana, he didn't think he knew enough about Randan.

Aside from the two major races of Brain Eaters and Bone Eaters, the true ruling race of Randan—the mysterious Shros—has yet to appear.

Ninglu knew that Ran Dan was also known as Shlos's murderous mind.

Even he knew only limited things about Sloth, only that they were worm-men.

"Company Commander Keon of the Fifth Company of the Fourth Regiment will be following your regiment to facilitate our communication."

“Okay.” Peturabo nodded in agreement, then left with his trident.

Ninglu stared at the Bad Habits Starfield, and Peturabo assigned the Campinas Galaxy, where the artificial war satellites appeared, to himself.

He turned his gaze to the Gildes system, the achievement he had prepared for Anacharis Scoria.

Nimrod recalled that during the grand birthday celebration, Shana, who had sided with Horus Lupecal, launched an attack on the Imperial world, and the only world he managed to seize was Gildes Main Star.

This indicates that, within a radius of several hundred light-years, the value of Gilders primary star is the highest for Shana.

By conquering Gildes, Anacharis will prove his abilities, gain immense prestige, and take control of this resource-rich world.

"Tell Wilshire to send walking mechs to assist Anacharis in capturing Gildes."

After the High Lords of Gadinar surrendered, the remaining 152 tripod walking mechs also surrendered.

Shana's two main Titan legions, "Vulture" and "Gidiano," were fighting on the expeditionary fleet. Most of the remaining Titans were destroyed by the Bone Eaters during the invasion, and the remaining ones were barely able to maintain their defenses, with no spare capacity to support their Mech Guard.

Nimrod prefers to deploy Gadinal's three-legged mechs rather than call upon his allies, the Titan Legion.

The older models of tripod mechs underwent limited modifications; they should be tested on the battlefield to collect more data in preparation for future new models.

Under Nimrod's rule, Gadinar will no longer manufacture a single old-style walking mech that resembles a morgue.

“As you command.” The second and fourth chapters of the Shadow of Order, having received orders from the Primarch, were deployed to the Bad Habits Sector in just five weeks via the Caligum Gate.

Two weeks later, the Mechanicus and the "Iron Warrior" fleet, which had departed from Shana II, finally arrived at their destination.

The Gildes Galaxy.

When Anacharis Scoria led his scions to the main planet of Kyrgyzstan, the Second Chapter's fleet had already defeated the alien invasion fleet.

Anacharis immediately launched a landing operation. He stepped off the landing ship and stood on a huge mechanical platform.

The upper part of the mechanical platform is a complex operating system, consisting of a main thinker, three control consoles on the left and three video screens on the right.

Two technical priests and four apprentices stood on either side, serving the object of their loyalty.

The lower part of the platform, besides the base, has a series of cables that look like pythons.

Each interface is connected to a weapon system.

Rotary Gatling gun, Maxim explosive rifle...

Each side of the base is connected to a servo skull, which emits green light in the surrounding area.

Anacharis, who had not yet become a sage, not only led the commanders of the Great Branches who should have been under the command of the Great Sage, but also possessed his own sage's throne.

Anacharis, standing at the center of the Sage's Throne, his electronic prosthetic eye flashing orange light, looked at the cargo being unloaded from the landing ship—a three-legged walking mech.

Like a giant python launching an attack, the servo skull sprang up from its throne, raised its head, and stared intently at the massive, black-painted machine.

The walking mech is similar in height to the Warhound Titan, but is wider.

Each walking mech has five weapon systems deployed irregularly.

The results of the full-range scan were aggregated into Anacharis's data engine twelve seconds later.

The assessment was completed in three seconds, and his first focus was on the weapon system.

Each mech has three or four energy weapons, which are quite different from the specifications used by the Empire. The remaining weapon systems were added later.

The original design was supposed to have four weapon systems, and the remaining three were likely damaged in a battle.

Preliminary assessments indicate that its firepower surpasses that of the Warhound-class Titan, but the modified systems may experience coordination issues during combat.
Anacharis then analyzed the drivers based on the discovered flaws.

Their biological characteristics are strange... Were they designed to perform driving tasks?
The platform resembles a morgue, and the pilots of the walking mechs have had their limbs amputated to save internal space. They live efficiently but incompletely thanks to life support systems.

For them, death should be a release, as they would only retain the body parts necessary for driving and attacking.

The two servo skulls retracted, and Anacharis stored the data of the three-legged walking mech in his database.

Despite numerous flaws in their design, their weapon systems, especially energy weapons, still possess unique features.

The fact that the energy reactors are below Imperial standards indicates that their energy supply systems are more efficient, enabling them to support the consumption of four energy weapons.

Anacaris updated his twelve prepared battle plans, finding that energy was the most effective way to break through the alien's personal energy shield.

[With the fifty-two walking mechs dispatched to me by Lord Ninglu, even if we encounter a Bone Eater, we can destroy it quickly.]

Lord Ninglu has invested enormous resources in me, worth more than twenty-nine large foundries. I will certainly not let him down.
(End of this chapter)