Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 28 Judge

At the time of mobilization, an inquisitor also received the news and rushed to the star port in a hurry.

"Captain! An Inquisitor wishes to see you."

"The Inquisition is incredibly well-informed... Let him in and tell Will to tell Father Pavian to close the foundry door and temporarily halt production!"

Gao Yi sat in his captain's seat waiting for the other party to arrive.

Led by the guards, a man carrying a psychic staff strode in.

He also had a precision-engineered laser pistol strapped to his waist.

There are several implants connected to his bald head. These are psychic inhibitors to prevent his psychic power from getting out of control.

"Greetings, servant of the Lord of Mankind. Inquisitor Ian Hoffman of the Holy Ordo Xenos is honored to meet you!"

The other party spoke to him coldly.

The two men looked at each other, and Gao Yi's psychic vision discovered that the other party's psychic reaction was so powerful, and he also felt that the other party was also using psychic power to test him.

"A combat psyker? He can even join the Inquisition. He's probably one of the best."

Ian was equally surprised. As a combat psychic who graduated from the Terra Psychic Academy, he was definitely one of the best psychics. In addition to combat psychic spells, he also possessed the ability of foresight and divination. However, when he saw Gao Yi subconsciously using his psychic powers, he found that he could not see anything.

He did not obtain any information about the fate of the wandering trader in front of him, as if he did not belong to this world at all.

He even discovered that the spiritual energy he had just released quickly lost contact with him.

"Something that can block out psychic energy? These Rogue Traders always have something special on them..."

"Inquisitor, isn't it a bit disrespectful to test me with your psychic powers right on meeting me? Are you the one Inquisitor Derek mentioned?"

"My apologies, great Rogue Trader. This is simply due to my work habits. I will remain on your ship for the next period of time. You set off much earlier than expected. Has your warship been repaired?"

"Even if the repairs aren't complete yet, I have to set off. If even I know, the Inquisition must know too, right? The Suarez Dynasty has declared war on me. Agathos's trip has been temporarily postponed. I have to deal with this matter first!"

"I'm not in a hurry, but I won't get involved in the war between you and other dynasties. I'll just be a spectator."

"No problem! I can handle my own affairs! Will, arrange a clean room for Inquisitor Ian!"

"Yes, Captain, please follow me, Lord Ian!"

Ian followed Will off the bridge.

"Butler Weir, could you please show me around this family's flagship? I'm also very curious about this warship. I heard you encountered demons in the Warp. Although I serve in the Inquisition, as a psyker I also have ample knowledge of the Warp. Perhaps I could also inspect it for any remaining Warp corruption."

After hearing Ian's words, Will did not refuse. Gao Yi had already given him an order that the Inquisitor could go to other places except the foundry!

"Of course. Where would you like to visit first?"

"Let's first visit the place where the warp corruption occurred."

"It's in the lower hold of the battleship, a long way off."

“My time isn’t that valuable.”

"Then please follow me!" Will introduced the glorious history of the Monget dynasty to Ian along the way, and also briefly recounted the previous corruption.

"Looking back now, I still feel scared. Fortunately, the God-Emperor did not abandon us. Perhaps under his guidance, we were able to welcome the great current Rogue Trader, Lord Gao Yi Mungert. Thanks to the efforts of the two Rogue Traders, we finally escaped the Warp and returned to the real universe. Alas, it's a pity for Lord Ludwig..."

Ian spoke in a disjointed manner, and he didn't take what Will said seriously.

He was ordered here with his own mission. In addition to acting as a spy to check whether this new wandering trader had any connection with heretics, more importantly, he wanted to see whether Gao Yi was suitable for establishing long-term cooperation with the Inquisition.

Moreover, the Inquisitor spy of Agasos has lost contact. Judging from the messages sent before the loss of contact, the problem of Agasos is even more serious than imagined, or there may be aliens or chaos involved in this civil strife.

The Inquisition needs to regain control of the capital world of a Rogue Trader dynasty.

The Inquisition holds immense power within the Imperium, and is able to mobilize the Astra Militarum and even the Emperor's Angels of Death. However, in the Chronus Expanse, although the Inquisition still possesses supreme authority, the forces it can mobilize are significantly less than those within the Imperium.

In order to maintain this barbaric star region under the rule of the human empire, the Inquisition needs to cooperate with the wandering traders here.

Some dynasties gladly accepted the olive branch extended by the Inquisition, but some dynasties scoffed at it.

Some heretical Rogue Traders even hide their blasphemies on unexplored and uncharted planets in the Expanse, where even the Inquisition cannot find them.

In the absence of a legitimate reason, the Inquisition could not do anything to them. Once they forcibly took hostile actions, it would inevitably disrupt the order and balance of the expanded area. No merchant dynasty would agree to this, as it involved the sacred rights and fundamental interests of trade licenses.

The Monget Dynasty was a dynasty of wandering merchants who were willing to cooperate with the Inquisition. The former wandering merchant Ludwig was a partner, but such a partner suddenly died, and Gao Yi Monget had never even heard of him.

According to the investigation of the Tribunal, Gao Yi was originally just the captain of a frigate. He had a clean background and had received family training since childhood. Because of his blood relationship, he became the captain after completing the assessment.

Derek also carefully examined the performance of the CMC series combat uniforms from the Navy. After ensuring that there was no blasphemous technology in them, he also realized that the Monget Dynasty was bound to rise.

Therefore, Gao Yi's name was also labeled within the trial court as someone who needed to be won over.

"Is this huge mechanical creation a new invention of the Mechanicus?" Ian asked curiously as he looked at the SCV working nearby.

"This, this is just some ordinary construction machinery. Judge Ian doesn't need to be so concerned."

Looking at the simple structure and ordinary appearance of SCV, he also believed what Will said. Will did not intend to explain to him the power of SCV.

As he entered the lower deck, Ian discovered that the relationship between the law enforcement officers and the lower-level laborers on this warship was not as tense as on other warships he had visited before.

Even the crew members looked much better than those on other warships.

Now that they can have enough food to eat, the health of these people who are starving in the port of entry is gradually recovering.

Gao Yi set new rules after taking office as a traveling merchant.

Increase rations for the lower deck, improve their accommodation conditions, and prohibit arbitrary exploitation and abuse of these ship workers.

With the help of SCV, the renovation plan of the lower deck was implemented exceptionally smoothly.

The old ventilation system, lighting system, life support system, and heating system were all completely renewed under the normal physical rules of SCV physics.

At least the air on the lower deck was no longer so turbid and the environment was no longer so dim.

Ian also saw the soldiers wearing CMC. What surprised him was that the threads of fate of some of these soldiers called Rangers were clearly visible, but some, like the traveling merchant Gao Yi, could not see them at all.

(End of this chapter)