Warhammer: Empire Reboot

Lawson looked at the projection; the demonstration was quite successful.

He ordered: "Reconstructed model: XV88-W, cornerstone heavy firepower assault model."

Lawson stared at the nine-meter-tall steel wolf.

Code name: Wolverine.

Data records are written automatically.

[XV88-W: Wolverine-style heavy firepower assault combat suit.]

UR-025 waves to open the second projection.

This time, the lights in the factory seemed to dim, and the structure of the XV104 turbulent prototype was completely disassembled.

The shield cores were rearranged.

The reactor sank deep into its abdomen.

The cockpit is encased in three layers of armor and a living metal self-healing inner shell.

The leg skeleton has been redesigned to resemble the explosive structure of a beast's hind limbs, rather than the simple supporting legs of the original humanoid mech.

Above the shoulders, the two heavy ion acceleration cannons have been converted into long-range firepower modules with switchable modes.

Four large propulsion spines unfold on the back.

His arms became thicker and stronger.

The right arm is a folding plasma giant blade, which is attached to the forearm armor when not in use, and its length is nearly ten meters when unfolded.

The left arm is a composite structure of a heavy fusion cannon and a gripper.

At the center of his chest, the shield core resembled a blue-white heart locked in steel, its outer layer covered with black living metal and composite armor.

Finally, the entire machine was lifted to eighteen meters!

18 meters is close to the height range of many Imperial Knight mechs.

But its posture is completely different.

Imperial knights are like noble giants standing on the battlefield.

This thing is more like a steel saber-toothed tiger that crawled out of the ice layer of a prehistoric wasteland.

Its shoulders and back are leaning forward, and its legs are poised to strike.

The armor lines are not the smooth, flowing lines of the Titanium armor, but rather a cold, sharp, and extremely imposing geometric structure.

Every piece of armor seemed designed for impact and tearing, and every joint seam was pressed with a dangerous blue-white light.

The red vision sensor of the UR-025 lit up briefly.

"The biggest problem with the XV104 prototype was that it attempted to control a heavy platform with the piloting logic of a medium-sized mech."

"It's like putting a baby who can't crawl in power armor to participate in an orbital assault."

"I redefined it as a heavily armed hunting platform."

In the projection, the 18-meter-tall steel behemoth began to move and burst into a sprint.

The massive machine surged forward at a speed far exceeding common sense for its size, its shoulder-mounted ion cannons firing continuously, forcing the knight-class target to raise its shield in defense.

It does not have a frontal collision ion shield.

Instead, at the last moment, it performed a lateral jump, with the anti-gravity assist system causing the 18-meter-tall machine to make an extremely violent sideways movement.

The knight's chainsaw blade missed its target.

The next second, the XV104 modified left arm gripped the knight's elbow joint, and the heavy fusion cannon fired at point-blank range.

The shield didn't have time to fully rotate before the knight's right arm armor was melted through.

The steel saber-toothed tiger lunged close, its right arm unfurling a massive plasma blade that pierced the knight's side like a fang.

The cutting speed was incredibly fast. The entire machine pressed forward, pushing the blade deep into the armor, and then used its back to propel the spine for a second acceleration.

The knight's target was torn in half!

In the simulation, the massive Imperial Knight machine was broken in two. Before the reactor exploded, the XV104 Mod had already retreated over the shattered armor. The shield core absorbed the aftershocks, and the shield covered the burn wounds.

UR-025 said, "Boss, this is a real combat mech! It's faster and more ruthless than agricultural machinery."

"More suitable than agricultural machinery for killing another behemoth at close range."

Lawson looked at the eighteen-meter-tall behemoth and was extremely satisfied.

He continued, "What are the drawbacks?"

UR-025 replied: "High energy consumption, high maintenance, high driver fatigue, and high material consumption."

"My modifications are targeted at the Boss's foundational sequence. Ordinary Imperial humans, Tau, and Eldar cannot pilot it, and it cannot be used outside of the Boss's network. This is its limitation!"

"In addition, the shield core can be upgraded using the original technology of the Tau race, but it must be connected to the Imperial Void Shield micronode as a second layer of protection."

"The propulsion system cannot simply copy the blue skin structure. Their thrusters are too focused on short-term maneuverability and are not suitable for this weight. They need to incorporate the anti-gravity auxiliary array I provided. Otherwise, if the 18-meter-class aircraft forces a high-speed change of direction, it will twist the pilot and joints into scrap."

"The cost is about seven times higher than the original system, but in return, the production speed can be increased."

Looking at the eighteen-meter-tall behemoth, Lawson smiled: "If these are the only drawbacks, they are perfectly acceptable."

“Named: XV104-S, Heavy-Duty Hunting Platform”.

"Code name: Saber-toothed Tiger".

XV104-S: Saber-toothed Tiger-type heavy-duty hunting platform.

The holographic projection in the factory began to rotate.

On the left is a nine-meter-tall XV88-W Wolverine!

On the right is the 18-meter-tall XV104-S saber-toothed tiger!

A steel wolf!

A heavily armored saber-toothed tiger!

They have completely deviated from the design of the Tau combat suits.

This is a completely new combat mech architecture.

They are more like new war species forcibly created by the dark side of the Empire using the skeleton of the Titans, the logic of the Golden Age, Agrippina's industry, and the swarm warfare system.

Lawson raised his hand and pushed the two models into the production simulation.

"The number of prototypes in the first batch."

UR-025 said, "We can make one hundred Wolverines and ten Sabretooths first."

"Mass production will only begin after practical training exercises."

Agrippina's engineering team immediately took over the production line.

The original modification plans for the XV88 and XV104 were all scrapped.

The heavy equipment production area has begun to be rearranged.

Robotic arms descended, dismantling the original assembly frame.

The materials library has been opened, and Fio-tak alloy, ceramic steel armor, adamantite support frame, living metal storage tank, and void shield micronodes have been added to the new list.

UR-025 asked cheerfully, "Boss, can I now enjoy my vacation?"

"No problem at all. Do you need me to provide you with fishing gear?"

"No, I need you to take me there."

……

Evelyn has been back for some time now.

Lawson had assumed that Guilliman would come to the dark side of the Empire.

The matter of Mortarion was enough to warrant the regent's personal visit.

But Guilliman didn't come; instead, he sent a message inviting Lawson to a meeting at the Imperial Palace.

Lawson's first reaction was that Guilliman was putting on airs.

But after reading the communication, I realized that wasn't the case.

Guilliman wasn't unwilling to come; he was simply tied up on the front lines of the Tyrannical War and couldn't leave.

Within the Dominion Court, the swarm's thinking transmitted information from the cornerstone sequence communicator.

From: Robert Guilliman.

The communication was short.

Just like Guilliman himself, he was clear, restrained, and got straight to the point.

[To the Emperor Lawson:]

The Taiping Starfield is collapsing.

The main tentacles of the Tyranid swarm have torn through multiple lines of defense, and the Battle of Ogram has entered its most dangerous phase.

Hundreds of agricultural worlds and hive worlds of the Empire fell in a short period of time, and the Holy Face Empire's logistics line was gnawed open by the Zerg swarm.

Every day of delay means more of the world is drained dry.

Lawson, the Empire cannot continue to burn with two separate orders burning independently.

I need to speak with you in person.

In my capacity as the Son of the Empire, I request that the Emperor of the Empire come to the Pacific Starfield.

It's extremely urgent.

I need your help; the Empire needs your help.

Signed by: Robert Guilliman

Imperial Regent, Imperial Commander-in-Chief

The Thirteenth Legion Primarch, Lord of Altramor

After reading the communications, Guilliman did not refer to him as the "Shadow Handler," but rather as the "Imperial Handler."