Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 133 Is this really a fleet of wandering merchants?

"God Emperor, how come we attracted so many orcs this time?"

Larius deduced in his mind that it would definitely come at a heavy price to destroy this orc fleet, but this battle was unavoidable.

And this time, the orcs' fleet has also undergone some different changes.

A large asteroid floats slowly behind the junk ship.

In the Empire's auspicious instrument, this is just a larger asteroid. There is no shortage of such things in the void, but it is much larger than a conventional warship.

However, if you get closer, you will find that this asteroid seems to have been hollowed out.

At its tail, five large and simple propulsion devices were making the asteroid move along with the orc fleet.

A large number of orc boys and mechanic boys are active inside this asteroid.

These orcs actually transformed the asteroid into an alternative battleship. Although it is not worth mentioning compared with the super waaagh battle moon, the mass of the asteroid itself makes it a sturdy fighting machine.

The orcs did not carry any weapons, but instead piled countless scrap metals on top to strengthen their defense.

All they wanted was to use this huge asteroid to smash into Wandering Port, using the asteroid's speed and mass to directly destroy Wandering Port's defenses.

The orc fleet is getting closer.

As they got closer, the navy of Wandering Port finally discovered the abnormality of the asteroid through the auspicious instrument.

When Larius learned that the asteroid had been transformed by orcs, he immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.

Although he was always laughed at by his naval colleagues for being "exiled" to this godforsaken place, it did not mean that he was a good-for-nothing.

"Let the fleet take the initiative! Destroy that planet first! Those greenskins want to ram Port Wanderer!"

Faced with this situation, the Empire's warships had to take the initiative to attack.

The orcs who saw this scene were also excited!
The warships, which had not been thoroughly repaired, were forced to engage in a brutal fleet battle with the orcs' garbage ships.

The orc-version space torpedo, with several mechanic boys on board, suicidally charged towards the Imperial warship.

The Squeak Cannon, the Orc version of the Light Lance, fired towards the human fleet. The solid artillery, with a larger caliber than the Imperial Macro Cannon, would kill many greenskins in the battleship with each shot.

The seemingly unreliable artillery is in no way inferior to the power of the Imperial battleships.

Many of the weapons on these warships were modified after being captured from human warships.

Larius looked at the battlefield nervously. The plan to destroy the planet failed.

The planet's incredibly thick armor plating withstood the damage, but at this close distance, even Wandering Port's stationary firepower could destroy it.

The scattered debris was enough to cause terrible damage to Wandering Port.

But it's better than a direct collision!

"All fixed firepower, focus on that asteroid!"

Plasma, light spears, and even large stationary macro cannons, all firing simultaneously.

Under the saturation impact, the asteroid began to break apart.

Countless asteroid fragments smashed towards various areas of Wandering Port.

The orcs were not alarmed by the destruction of the boulder, but roared with excitement.

A large number of defense facilities were destroyed by these meteorite fragments, and the impact of the fragments also hit various facilities and areas in Wandering Port. They hit various places in Wandering Port like cannonballs.

The casualties caused by these fragments were even greater than those of the Orc warships themselves.

At this time, the Wandering Port was filled with cries for help and wailing.

The gravity facilities in some areas were destroyed, and countless civilians floated into the void through the gaps.

Even the central fortress where Larius was at this time was also hit by the planetary debris.

The orcs became even more excited when they saw their plan succeed. They began to charge towards Wandering Port despite the firepower. The large amount of fixed firepower destroyed by the fragments also gave the orcs an opportunity.

The orcs began to board Wandering Port. A large number of orc boys carried simple airdrop pods into the gap created by the planetary debris, shouting "waaagh" and rushing towards the humans they saw.

In Wandering Port, the Empire's defense force is not very large. Originally, there were a large number of merchants and the guards and mercenaries they hired in Wandering Port.

These mercenaries were even better equipped than the Imperial Navy, but as Port Wandering's situation worsened, the merchants had already begun transferring their assets and fleeing. This left Port Wandering's defenses at an unprecedented disadvantage, and they were unable to stop the orcs' attacks.

"Gather the troops! These orcs must be wiped out! For the God-Emperor! For the Empire!"

Larius began to mobilize all available forces.

But whether it is the fleet in the void or the battle inside Wandering Port, humans are at a disadvantage.

"General! Another fleet emerges from the Great Mouth!"

Larius quickly looked at the auspicious instrument.

And when he saw the size of the fleet, he was shocked.

Dozens of warships formed neat battle formations and headed towards Wandering Port.

And the most important thing for him is that these warships belong to humans.

The dazzling golden sky eagle shone brightly in the void, and the warships were also marked with the emblems of different merchant ronin dynasties.

A fleet of this size can have a place even within a star zone.

"Rogue Traders? Are they the Rogue Trader Dynasties? For the Divine Emperor's sake..."

Larius originally thought that the so-called expansion support would be at most a small number of warships, and more would be supplies, but he did not expect it to be such a large fleet.

No one had ever taken the expansion support seriously before.

Is the wealth within the expansion so outrageous? And what's with that giant warship?

Roaming merchants were also frequent visitors to the port, and Larius had seen countless of them, but what he saw before him was beyond his comprehension.

The Star Pioneer's main gun opened fire.

The energy beam instantly hit an orc junk ship and seemed to vaporize it.

Then the remaining warships began to accelerate the attack.

Squadrons of Viking fighter planes flew out of the hangar, and the orcs found that countless missiles were suddenly fired at them in the void, but they could not see the existence of the enemy.

Special armored warheads penetrated the armor of the garbage ship and detonated inside it.

With the advancement of technology, the Banshee's stealth capabilities have also been added to the Viking. As long as the Viking does not deform, he can remain invisible.

Some Vikings even landed directly on the hull of the garbage ship and transformed into a walking state, and two heavy Gatling guns began to pour ammunition at the orcs.

The crushing firepower destroyed one junk ship after another, and the Star Pioneers began to approach Wandering Port.

The airdrop pods inside the battleship began to airdrop soldiers toward Wandering Port.

Larius stared at the screen in front of him in the command room, his mouth wide open.

The luxurious configuration of all members' combat uniforms demonstrated amazing combat effectiveness.

Ceramic steel is no longer standard for Rangers; the nanomaterials found on the Star Pioneer are lighter and stronger.

And some special soldiers also attracted Larius's attention.

These warriors are taller than Astartes, yet how come the combat power displayed by each of them looks stronger than that of Space Marines?
The leader actually tore an orc warlord to pieces with a chainsaw?

These soldiers are none other than the Night Guards. The organization of the Night Guards has been continuously expanding over the past two years and their number has reached 100.

Gao Yi invested most of the psychic crystals that the dynasty had obtained from clearing out aliens and heretics over the past two years into this team.

Through continuous fighting, the combat effectiveness of this unit has become extremely terrifying.

And this is not what Larius finds most incredible.

A wandering trader was walking towards his command post under the escort of soldiers.

But why are there people from the Ecclesiarchy and the Inquisition following this wandering merchant?
The attire of the state religion staff still looks like a cardinal, and the attire of the inquisitor is even that of a high-ranking inquisitor.

This position is wrong... Shouldn't the Rogue Trader be following behind them?

These two men even seemed extremely respectful to the traveling merchant.

(End of this chapter)