Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 77 New Abilities and Rituals
Will left and Pavian came over. Pavian seemed impatient, and even his mechanical prosthetic eyes kept flashing with his excitement.

"Pavian, calm down, just say whatever you want to say!"

"My Lord! It's done! It's done! The three Yamato ships on Agaros have been completed!"

Pavian is already over a hundred years old, but at this moment he is as excited as a child.

Hearing this, Gao Yi couldn't help but stand up.

From this moment on, he had a warship that could travel ultra-long distances without the need for subspace!

"Very good! Pavian, I will immediately arrange for people to familiarize themselves with the warships. Once the ceremony is over, we will begin the test! Keep it a secret until then. We also need to make some modifications to these three warships. Can we add some temporary cargo holds? I need the warships to be able to carry more people."

"Temporary? It should be possible. And don't worry, your warships can enter the planet and sail. The construction area on Agaros has been completely isolated! Only the priests under my command can enter!

One more thing, sir, since we started offering sacrifices to the Holy Machine, we seem to have gained some special abilities."

"Special abilities?"

"Correct!"

As he spoke, Pavian took out a purity seal covered with prayers.

Gao Yi knew that this kind of thing, like holy incense and holy water, was used by the Mechanicus to appease and please the machine spirits. The only difference was that what was written on it was no longer a prayer to Om Messiah, but a prayer to the Holy Machine, or SCV.

Pavian walked towards a meditator in the room, and then reverently stuck the seal on the meditator with sealing wax. The meditator, which was originally not running, started automatically after the seal was affixed.

A series of binary representations appeared on the screen.

Gao Yi didn't recognize the binary representation, but as someone who shared some of the mechanical faith, he could also feel that the machine spirit was expressing endless joy at this moment.

"Are you saying that the seal you wrote can make the machine spirit very happy?!"

"Indeed! This is an unprecedented power, accomplished without prayer. This mark even possesses the ability to purify corruption, sir! This is the power bestowed upon us by the great Holy Machine! The Machine Spirit recognizes the Holy Machine, and it also recognizes us! As believers in the Holy Machine, we can also perform some of its duties!"

You should know that in the Warhammer world, almost everything from Titans to bolters has a Machine Spirit, and Machine Spirits illustrate what it means that everything has a soul.

The joy of the machine soul is very important to this world. It is not only for the normal operation of these mechanical creations, but also for the machine soul to play a role far beyond its original performance when in a state of great joy.

Once priests like Pavian possess this ability, they can simplify the tedious ritual of appeasing the machine spirit. It may be fine on ordinary days, but it will be a force multiplier in battle.

With weapons of the same level, your weapons can shoot faster and more accurately than others, your battleship's engine is more powerful and faster, and even your void shield can withstand more shots than others.

"Is there a time limit for the marks you draw?"

"At least we haven't found the time point when it will become ineffective yet!"

Gao Yi now understood the benefits of sharing that faith.

The team managed by Pavian possesses remarkable capabilities.

Attracted by this ability, more people from the order will definitely join Gao Yi's dynasty.

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half a month later.

The residents of the Agasos hive all walked out of their homes happily.

The dynasty has begun to implement a population registration policy in Agathos, registering the population while also registering their specialties. Gao Yi needs everyone to make their own contribution to the development of the dynasty.

Today, Rogue Trader officials are distributing one day's worth of extra rations and energy cells to every registered resident.

People are grateful for the generosity and kindness of the Rogue Trader, because today is the day when the great Rogue Trader Gao Yi Mungt holds his official succession ceremony.

Except for the workers who are necessary to maintain the operation of the nest city, everyone else received a day of paid vacation. Gao Yi even paid triple wages to those who were on duty, which made the duty spots become hot commodities.

If the nobles in the upper nest can still enjoy their good lives, then the biggest changes have occurred in the life of those in the lower nest.

The gangs that oppressed them disappeared, and under Lord Gao Yi's orders, the nobles no longer viewed their lives as consumables to be consumed at will.

And as long as he worked hard, the Rogue Trader would fulfill his promise.

More work points and lower exchange prices allow them to have enough food and drink while still having some spare money to buy other things.

The presence of medical soldiers also solved the medical problems that had plagued Xiachao for a long time.

The medical soldiers' treatment was too cheap, so Gao Yi stationed a medical soldier in each area. It didn't cost much resources anyway.

The dynasty's top priority is still exploration and plundering wealth. For these workers downstairs, being able to live a stable life is the highest pursuit.

And now they have one more hope, which is to preserve their hard-earned life together with the wandering merchants.

In other words, work hard to be loyal to the Rogue Merchant!

During this time, warships from various forces and their envoys also arrived in the orbit of Agathos.

Agathos had never been so lively.

At this time, Pilgrim's Square has been completely renovated.

People were gathering here, and Gao Yi heard them calling his name loudly, which was support from the bottom of their hearts.

In piety and awe, they cheered Gao Yi to become their new leader.

"This is a normal world!"

At this time, a voice sounded in Gao Yi's head, which meant that Gao Yi's leadership was truly what everyone wanted.

"We have completely mastered a planet and can now load the second game program."

"Loadable Game Programs (1/2)"

"After you have mastered all 10 habitable planets, you can load the third game program."

After hearing this voice, Gao Yi almost shouted out in excitement. He even wanted to open the system to check immediately regardless of the progress of the ceremony.

The ceremony was still going on and Gao Yi endured it for the time being.

After the cheers, the traitors were judged.

The captured traitor family patriarchs and leaders were being tied to the stake.

The people cursed these people who brought suffering to the planet and the people on the planet, and they will use their lives to atone for their actions.

The executioners stood behind them, and the dark gods they believed in would no longer bless them after Bishop Holt pronounced their sentences.

The soldiers lit the stake, believing only the flames could cleanse their bodies and souls.

The painful howls of these guys made the emotions of the people reach a peak.

After the execution, there was a grand military parade.

With the terrifying production capacity, combat uniforms will soon cover every soldier on Agathos.

Gao Yi is now in a situation where there are many people with limited equipment.

The Banshee hovered above the parade formation, and the warships were close to the track.

Neat formations of soldiers marched across the square, including formations of machine gunners, formations of raiders, and formations of fire bats.

These soldiers had just fought in the wars against Chaos and the Genestealer Cults.

The victory boosted their morale to an unprecedented level.

This made everyone watching on the stage feel terrified.

The orderly marching of the soldiers in combat uniforms even drowned out the cheers of the people.

The roar of the siege tank's engine pushed the atmosphere to a climax. This was Gao Yi declaring to everyone that he had the ability to protect his people!
When the parade team passed by, the people who were watching the ceremony on the side also walked towards Gao Yi.

Weir introduced these people to Gao Yi, saying that they were envoys and representatives from various forces.

The Navy, the Ministry of Military Affairs, the Ministry of the Interior, the Mechanicus, the State Religion, and several nearby merchant and rogue dynasties.

They all came after being invited.

This military parade also let everyone know that the Monget dynasty was about to rise.

(End of this chapter)