Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 39 News from the Astropath
Damn trolley problem.
At this time, the wailing in the interrogation room also stopped.

Ian walked out with a tired look on his face. Using his psychic energy had put a lot of strain on him, but he still had a special storage element in his hand.

"Those who surrender to the Dark Gods truly endure torture. Luckily, I carry some useful items with me. I hope your Mechanical Priest can decipher the information within. While it's a bit fragmented, it should still be useful."

The highly mechanically modified Zesta also transformed his brain into a machine, which made it convenient for Ian. After completely destroying his mental defenses, he used the special data extractor in his hand to extract some data from Zesta's brain.

The price was Zesta's complete death, but no one cared about his death.

Pavian took the data storage device and came to the Thinker.

Insert the memory and start decoding, and a large amount of fragmented information will appear on the screen.

[Reading data...]

Agathos...

[Providing weapons to the rebels...]

【The Final Dawn...】

[Searching for the treasure of the Monget dynasty...]

The information is minimal, but crucial.

"Last Dawn... Holy shit, this thing showed up in my territory? I remember the Word Bearers were behind this cult, right? Could there be a few cans hidden in my capital world as well?"

Although he had easily killed the Word Bearer in the game, he didn't believe that a Chaos Star Can would be so weak here, or even more than one.

It seems that the chaos in his capital world is not just a struggle for power and profit, but there is a cult behind it fanning the flames.

Moreover, this cult also has the Dark Mechanicus providing them with weapons.

The information also said that their target was the treasury of their own dynasty. What was hidden in the treasury?
"Captain Gao Yi! What did the message mention?"

"These guys are targeting my capital world. They are secretly providing weapons to the rebels, and there is a church called the Last Dawn that is fanning the flames behind the scenes."

"The Last Dawn?"

"Inquisitor Ian has also heard of this cult?"

"I've heard that this group of cultists has appeared in many places. They believe that this world is doomed to destruction and that only through destruction can it be rebuilt. They are on the Inquisition's priority list! No wonder our Inquisition personnel on Agathos have lost contact."

After shutting down the Thinker, Gao Yi and everyone returned to their flagship.

He found that fighting seemed to be the easiest thing, and the aftermath work was the real test. He first asked Will if he knew what was in the Dynasty Treasury, but Will also didn't know. Only Rogue Traders were qualified to enter there. But what exactly was the thing that was targeted by the Word Bearers and the Dark Mechanicus?
As they arrived at Omiron, the distance to Agathos was close enough for the astropaths to communicate normally.

Gao Yi first asked the Star Language Choir to contact Jie Yi in their port of residence. Fortunately, the subspace between the two was relatively stable, allowing the information to be transmitted completely.

But when Jieyi heard that they had to find a way to gather enough food for 4000 million people, her first reaction was that it was simply impossible...

The port of landing itself is a place with a shortage of food. The only way to get all the food is to purchase it from other places.

"The Rogue Trader's request is truly difficult. God Emperor, two months of food for 4000 million people is a credit to Lord Gao Yi for trusting me with this task."

Looking at the message sent by the Astropath, Jie Yi was helpless.

"Boss, food for 4000 million people is simply impossible. Where are we going to find it? We usually sell smuggled goods. Who would have thought that there would be a day when we would need to buy food and we don't even have the channels? And how are we going to transport it? Rely on our shabby transport ship? It can't even navigate the subspace!"

Jieyi's subordinates have been persuading her to give up. Jieyi has only more than 200 subordinates in total. Although they are well-informed, they lack the hard power.

"No... I'm not going to give up. This is an opportunity! Do you want to be a rat in a port for the rest of your life?" "I don't want to either! I also want to be a superior person, I also want to be a noble lord! But is it because our strength doesn't allow it?"

"Yeah, we weren't able to do that before, but it's different now..."

"What do you mean?"

"See? Lord Gao Yi Mongte hereby announces that Jai Yi Haidali is the spokesperson for the Mongte Dynasty in the port of entry!
It turns out that we were just secretly doing things under his name, but now we have the full authority!
Those who we were not qualified to deal with are now qualified, and to despise us is to despise the Monget dynasty.

And the most important thing is that he gave us the capital to negotiate with others!

The trade amount for 500 CMC combat uniforms. You must have heard about the deal between the Navy, the Order, and the adults, right? You should be well aware of the value of these things. No one would be willing to refuse them.

Go! Go inform all the major forces in the port of entry that there's a big deal to be done!
We are no longer criminals. Now I am a loyal servant of the God-Emperor! The spokesperson for the Rogue Traders!"

Jie Yi's words excited her men. No one was born to be a criminal. If possible, they would also like to wear fine clothes, enjoy power and delicious food. If this was true, then they would have crossed the class barrier. If they missed it, they might never have it again in their lifetime...

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"Do you really trust a gang leader who has settled in Hong Kong?" Weil felt that Gao Yi was a bit hasty in giving such an important task to Jie Yi. If she messed up 500 sets of CMC, the reputation of the Monget Dynasty would be ruined.

"She's no ordinary gang leader. A legitimate descendant of the Empire's nobility, she came here from a distant star region and made a name for herself. How could she be an ordinary person? I believe she can do it!"

"How do you know her background?"

"The Divine Emperor told me!"

"what?"

"Has the astropath from Agathos replied?"

"I got a reply, but perhaps the Agasos astropaths also suffered losses or perhaps there was interference from the warp. The information is fragmented, with both good and bad news."

"Let me tell you the good news first..."

"The good news is that Agathos's Upper Hive and the Royal Court are still in the hands of the loyalists, and the Hive City has not yet completely fallen."

"So the bad news is that other places have lost control?"

“I’m afraid so… I just don’t know how bad the situation has deteriorated. This is all the information the Astropaths can get.

These short-sighted guys! The dynasty's internal struggles should be limited to political struggles. They are creating war! No matter what, it is the dynasty's loss!
However, Agathos still has a certain amount of food reserves, and we must resolve the dispute as soon as possible. If we delay it any further, the problem will only be more serious than that on Omilon. The hungry population we have to face will not be the 4000 million people on Omilon, but billions!

Moreover, the problem that Jie Yi can help me solve is only temporary and cannot solve the fundamental problem."

"As long as we can resolve the immediate problem, the SCV will be able to quickly repair this world once things stabilize. We have high-value goods, and we can rely on trade to tide us over while Omiron is repaired."

Gao Yi's plan is to recapture Agathos as soon as possible, and when he takes control of his own capital world, he can also load the second game program.

Now, Omiron was ravaged by starving people. Gao Yi discovered that the system wouldn't count his mission as complete until the food problem was completely resolved...

It seems that this kind of rule must be recognized by the humans on the planet and must be stable.

"One more thing Inquisitor Ian said to report the possible appearance of cultists to the Inquisition."

"No! Just say the Astropath needs a break after a long period of astropathic communication! If they really bring the Inquisition fleet, they won't mind fighting in a hive that's not theirs! We can handle it ourselves!"

"I understand!"

(End of this chapter)