Travel to Warhammer 40K with Grey Wind

When the first batch of imperial troops landed on Falla, they were actually ready for battle, because in the previous naval battle, many orc speedboats were lucky enough to escape the net and landed on Falla.

They did not think that this weak planet was capable of resisting the invasion of the greenskins, so they were ready to pick up their guns and fight again, desperately trying to protect the people of Faya.

However, the reality was not as they imagined. The combat effectiveness of Faya's own standing army was unusually high. Although its training level was far inferior to that of the elite stormtroopers in the Martyrs' Legion, its equipment level was not much inferior.

Without any help from outsiders, Faya's army eliminated the orcs that broke into their homes on their own, using flamethrowers to burn all orc spores that might contaminate the land.

As more and more ships landed on the two continents north and south of Fallas, what appeared in the eyes of the martyrs and pilgrims was a situation that could be called "prosperous".

The two continents are dotted with highly industrialized metropolises. The city on the northern continent where the Governor's Office is located is mainly composed of civilian replication factories that produce industrial products. In the mines on the southern continent where the output is not very high, you can see mineral processing centers and automated metallurgical plants with extremely advanced management levels, striving to make the best use of every grain of slag.

The uninhabited suburbs and mountains outside the city have not been developed very thoroughly, but they have been well planned by professionals. Local machinists have condescended to produce and improve various agricultural facilities, using mechanized means to ensure that every inch of land is well utilized and protected. In addition to feeding the world's population, there is even enough energy to set aside nature reserves.

The scarcity of resources on the planet forced the Faya people to develop the good habit of saving. Although their life was not very rich, they lived and worked in peace and contentment.

It can be said that the level of civilization development and the living standards of the people on Faya have surpassed the vast majority of the imperial worlds - and far exceeded the home planet of the expeditionary warriors.

At the instruction of the planetary governor, every city in Falla welcomed the arrival of the expeditionary force. Signs welcoming the heroes who protect Falla were hung on the landmark buildings of each city. The starport accepted a large number of damaged ships, but Falla's manpower and resources were very limited. It could only do its best but could not make any guarantees.

Even so, the friendliness and beauty of this planet still deeply touched these tired warriors who had fought their way out of the green tide.

It is well known on the planet that the Governor of Faya had been given a "Golden Age Heritage Ship" "by order of the Emperor himself".

It was this generous governor who selflessly shared the ancient technology that he could have kept for himself that promoted the rapid development of the Falla society. The people who benefited from his grace all regarded Russell as a hero, a saint, and a messenger of the Emperor, and obeyed his will.

This is the result of vigorous propaganda by the local state religion. They spare no effort to promote the image of the planetary governor as a great and glorious saint, providing more indisputable legitimacy for the spread of their own religion.

Chapter 39 Design Drawing

The so-called "legacy of the Golden Age" and "the will of the Emperor himself" circulating on the Faya made the Ecclesiarchy priests who came with the expeditionary force and the members of the Mechanicus from the Forge World of Musbell so excited that they were like being injected with hormones.

While the expeditionary force was stationed on Faya for repairs, the technical priests led by the technical sage began to actively prepare and organize academic exchanges with the local Mechanical Repair Society in Faya.

They tried to understand the ancient technology shared with them by the Governor, and even hoped to get a glimpse of the true appearance of the heritage ship. Of course, it would be even better if they could study it a little bit...

The connection with the state religion was much simpler. The Archbishop of the Espiones sector who came with the army used his authority to talk about the outstanding contributions made by the Seekers space station and the Cyberlux warbodies on board to this holy war, and declared that the retreat of the extrasolar swarm was a miracle of the Emperor.

As for the pragmatic Inquisitors, they were more concerned about whether the prophetess had obtained the treasure that the Emperor desired in the prophetic dream, and whether that treasure could really resurrect the Emperor. After all, they had already boasted... and if it was revealed, the consequences would be disastrous.

There is also a small number of Inquisitors who are obsessed with the "Bloody Moment" incident. At the critical moment of the war, the Cyberlux war body troops suddenly turned their guns around and bombarded meaningless industrial areas, causing heavy casualties to the Imperial troops. This strange behavior made them particularly vigilant.

Each of the various forces in the expeditionary force had its own little moves, which naturally did not escape the eyes of the prophetess, but she had no intention of suppressing them, and even did not want to know the details, because she now had more important things to do.

Grey Knight Captain Dimitri, together with a team of devout battle nuns, escorted the prophetess Alexi to the Governor's Palace in Faya on the northern continent in secret.

On the way to the Governor's Palace, Alexei once again recalled the conversation with the powerful psychic who called himself "Star Bullet". She had learned from Chapter Master Miraak of the Flame of Repentance that Star Bullet had two artifacts in his hands that could siphon psychic energy and completely kill Warp demons.

"Dimitri, in your opinion, who exactly is that star-shooter?" Alexei asked softly.

Grey Knight Dimitri said nothing about it, he was quieter than a Sister of Silence.

Alexei knew better than to ask any more questions. A tall combat nun walked ahead and opened the door of the Governor's Palace for her.

Led by the maid in the mansion, the prophetess walked through the corridor to a spacious office facing the sun. The maid stretched out her left hand and knocked on the door three times, then retreated humbly. Alexei personally pushed open the door of the office, and a group of people entered one after another.

"excuse me."

"I am honored to have the Seeress of Espenes come to my humble abode."

The voice of the man at the desk was soft and gentle. It was hard to tell his age, but it was extremely comfortable. Alexei was polite and did not use her spiritual sense to spy on the appearance of the governor with a nice voice. A combat nun led her to the sofa and sat her down slowly.

Russell put down the paper documents in his hand, stood up from the desk, and sat down face to face with Alexi. He could feel the psychic energy accumulated in the Power Spear of Dimitri's hand, and the grenade launchers in the hands of the combat nuns guarding the periphery of the room were already loaded with live ammunition.

"I heard the voice of the Lord of Mankind in my dream," Alexi said. "He told me to come here, so I came. The authority of the Emperor of Mankind is unquestionable. His Majesty the Emperor declared that I would get an important thing here that could change the fate of the empire, and I would definitely get it."

Russell applauded her: "That's great, is there anything I can do for you?"

Alexei was silent for a moment, then she unbuttoned a button on her shirt.

Alexei used his right hand wrapped in a ribbon to pull out an exquisite silver chain from his arms. The end of the chain was connected to a bud-shaped gold setting, inlaid with a clear yet hazy irregular crystal block, and misty nothingness flowed inside.

A fragment of Zelo's Soul Stone.

The man who called himself the Star-Bombard claimed that if only the Governor of Falla could see the fragment, he would understand everything, and Alexei would have what the Emperor wanted.

When the fragment appeared in front of him, the polite smile on Russell's face froze for a moment, but in just a moment, he returned to his usual gentle and friendly self, with a natural expression, as if nothing had happened.

Russell has extremely strict control over his own micro-expressions. However, no matter how good a mortal's acting skills are, or how quickly they can control their emotions, how can they be faster than the superhuman Astartes?

Dimitri, who noticed this, remained silent, but silently transmitted the words to Alexei's heart through psychic power.

That's right, this governor did not find the legacy of the Golden Age by following the will of the Emperor himself. He was lying. The momentary astonishment when he saw the fragment of Zelo's Soul Stone betrayed him.

He really knew the "Star Bullet"...

Alexi and Dimitri both have their own opinions about the identity of the Star-Bullet. Based on the information they currently have, they cannot come to a definitive conclusion, but she already has a guess.

Every staff member in the Governor's Office and every grassroots technician on the Seekers insisted that the ancient Titans that supported the Battle of the Moon Landing were discovered by the Governor from the hangar of the relic ship and handed over to the local Mechanic Order in Faya for research.

But in Alexei's opinion, this was irrefutable evidence that the Star Missiles had intervened in the war.

Russell exhaled lightly and turned his gaze towards Dimitri: "I need an environment where there will be no eavesdropping, and the fewer people staying in this room, the better."

Russell looked at Dimitri, Dimitri looked at Alexi, and finally, the prophetess nodded.

The team of combat nuns who stayed in the office saluted the prophet and left through the door with their weapons. Then, a delicate prayer sound was heard from Dimitri's heavy "Holy Shield" power armor.

Russell squinted his eyes. He could see a psychic field that could block physical detection extending from the book on Dimitri's waist, covering the entire office.

"You can talk now." Alexei said softly.

Russell smiled and said, "Although I don't know where you saw that person, the rules are the rules. Since he wants me to do so, I will do it."

As he spoke, he stood up from the sofa, turned back to his desk, opened a hidden drawer, and took out a silver-gray tetrahedron metal block.

"What is this?" Dimitri looked down at the regular tetrahedron placed on the table. The Sky Punishment Power Spear in his hand was still fully charged.

"This is a data storage container, which contains a 'great' design. However, I am not yet able to turn such a great design into reality."

Russell smiled and said, "As you know, Faya is short of resources, all kinds of resources."

"Design drawings?" Alexei was a little confused.

What kind of design would make the emperor appear in her dream and personally issue an order for her to cross the stars and come to this frontier place?

Russell naturally saw her confusion. Without any hesitation, he connected the metal tetrahedron storage container to the stereo projector in the center of the office, projecting the first page of the design in front of the three people.

Megastructure: L-Gate

Chapter 40: Insect Shooting

What appeared before Alexei and Al was a grand design blueprint.

The first page of the design is a brief description of the giant structure called "L-Stargate", which is a giant structure so large that it must be built in space. The scale of the project is even comparable to the construction of a large battleship, but corresponding to its construction cost is an extremely generous return.

The L-Gate is a giant facility that allows for rapid jumps between two distant locations by distorting space and time.

Unlike the Grey Knight Dimitri, who spends almost all his time studying scriptures and killing demons, Alexi is a knowledgeable prophet. She has dabbled in both the classics of the state religion and the theories of the Mechanicus, and has made great achievements in scientific research.

It was precisely this profound knowledge and outstanding insight that allowed her to immediately understand the value of this facility after just a brief glance at the operating mechanism of the L-Gate with her psychic vision.

——This is a method of superluminal travel achieved by using the laws of physics.

It is stable, efficient, safe, and has nothing to do with the warp; this is exactly what the Lord of Mankind has always dreamed of, a "treasure that can change the fate of the empire."

Turning to the second and third pages of the design drawings, after the brief description of the project were a large number of complex technical details and pre-technological descriptions. Even a female prophet would not have the confidence to read through such a vast amount of information in a short period of time.

Russell pushed the tetrahedron in front of Alexei with his left hand: "Would you like to help me complete this project?"

Of course, of course, of course! As long as this great project can be completed, I, Espenes, the Empire, and all mankind! We will spare no effort...

…Alexei wanted to sigh like that, but her good manners prevented her from losing her composure. After simply taking a look at the general outline of the design, she discovered the problem:

"This is indeed a priceless treasure, but where is the main gate? There is only structural information about the sub-gate."

The L-Stargate system is divided into two parts: the "main gate" and the "sub-gate". The sub-gates can be expanded in unlimited numbers, but the main gate is unique.

The main door can connect to all sub-doors, and all sub-doors can lead to the main door;

However, two different sub-gates cannot communicate with each other.

If you want to jump from sub-gate No. 1 to sub-gate No. 2, you must transfer through the main gate. You cannot directly jump point-to-point between the two sub-gates.

In other words, the main gate is the central hub of the entire L-gate system, the "final exit".

However, the design drawing Russell gave her only contained the design information of the sub-gate, and did not include the more complex and huge main gate.

"You only need to get the sub-gate, because the main gate will be built here - in Faya," Russell said with a smile.

Alexei was silent.

She understood the importance of the main gate and Russell's intention. As the transit station of the entire L-gate system, the terminal exit galaxy where the main gate is located will surely become the heart hub of the entire interstellar transportation network.

That would be a huge benefit. Even without using psychic foresight, Alexei could foresee what a fierce scramble would ensue when this astonishing structure of the L-Gate was revealed to the top leaders of the empire.

Whether it was the High Lord of Terra, the nobles from all over the place, or even Alexei herself, she had thought about setting up the main gate in the capital star system of the Espenes sector, which was her hometown.

But Russell was firm in his attitude, and his voice was neither humble nor arrogant: "The main gate will only be here, and the terminal exit will either be in Faya or it will not exist."

If the governor of any other planet dared to be so disrespectful to the prophet, Alexei would not have to say anything, as the devout believers would spontaneously give him the most severe punishment.

But Russell is different. He is not only the planetary governor of Faya, but also has the mysterious existence of "Star Bullet" standing behind him.

Even the design drawings of the L-Gate itself were a gift from the Star-Ballist.

"I understand that you want to fight for the interests of your hometown." Alexei calmed down and said slowly:

"But you have to understand that the benefits brought by the main gate are too huge. The L-Stargate project will involve all interest groups in the entire empire. The fight between them is not something a small galaxy is qualified to participate in. There is a proverb in ancient Terra: Greed is insatiable, and the snake swallows the elephant."

Simply put, the water here is too deep, and neither Falla nor Russell can grasp it.

But the Star Shooter can grasp it.

She tried to persuade Russell to give up setting up the main gate in Faya and compensate with other benefits. Both resources and star zone rights were negotiable, and the L-Stargate Network could get all the prices for Faya.

Alexei's intentions were good, but Russell ignored her advice. The polite smile on his face remained impeccable, but no emotion could be seen.

Alexei bit his lip and stopped trying to persuade her: "Is there really no room for negotiation?"

Russell did not answer her question, but turned his head to look at the golden statue of the emperor hanging on the wall of his office.

"Legend has it that the prophetess of Espenes was blessed by the Emperor and could foresee what would happen in the future." Russell suddenly said, "Then do you know why that person called himself the Star Slinger?"

Alexei shook her head. It was not shameful for her to admit her shortcomings. "I don't know. I can't see through him. His soul is empty."