It was a huge silver-white humanoid machine, with the gun barrels on the giant's shoulders and waist still fired, scorching the surrounding air and causing it to distort.
Titan?
Why does this indigenous planet have advanced combat equipment like the Titan?
Before the surviving Eldar could figure out the problem, another steel giant emerged from the invisibility field.
Then came the third, and the fourth... The emerald green forest was quickly replaced by cold metal, and as far as the Eldar Rangers could see, there was a steel jungle made up of Titan machines, surrounding them layer by layer, without even a trace of firepower gap.
"Feel honored, alien, we have dispatched 90 Warlord-class Titans to purify your filthy lives..."
Chapter 86 Distress Signal
When calculating how many ambush forces should be deployed on Droven 3 and 4 respectively, the great sage Coster came to the following conclusion:
Just two Cyberlux warframes, a small number of Iron Wanderers, two battalions of Skitarii led by technical priests and a considerable number of Imperial Guards are enough to deal with most severe war situations.
The number of Eldar advance reconnaissance troops would not be too large, and this level of strength was actually quite redundant, not to mention that the firepower output of the Cyberlux war body was actually higher than that of a Warlord-class Titan of the same specification.
But Russell still insisted on sending a giant mechanical army consisting of 90 Cyberlux warbodies to each of the two planets. The reason was that the mobility of the Eldar troops was far superior to that of humans. Without absolute firepower advantage, even if we could win, we would suffer heavy casualties.
For the Star Missiles, if the problem can be solved with firepower, try not to cause loss of life.
The great sage could not understand what he was saying at all. How could anyone in the world think that human life was more precious than high-tech weapons? It was simply unreasonable.
At this moment on the surface of the planet, the Cyberlux war bodies controlled by Musbell's technical priests and pilots were bombarding all around.
There is no need to worry about the Eldar Rangers' treacherous figures, nor to spend time and effort to capture highly maneuverable enemy targets; all they are doing is adjusting the trajectory in time to avoid accidentally injuring friendly forces, and everything else can be left to the overwhelming firepower of the Cyberlux war body, with the main focus being to hold down the fire button and not let go.
In the face of absolute killing range, all movement is futile.
The dense primeval forest was destroyed in an instant by the giant mechanical corps. The earth-shaking continuous explosions threw ancient trees as high as a hundred meters into the sky along with the mud and sand underneath. Large tracts of land were charred and carbonized. The scorched craters created by the hot melt bombs were shocking even when viewed from space.
There were also a few rangers who wanted to escape to the feet of the Cyberlux war body, using this blind spot to avoid the human empire's brutal bombing. This was one of the few ways for guerrilla units to survive when facing Titan units, but in the end they were wrong.
Because the Cyberlux battle body has a wide range of attack, it has no blind spots. It even has multi-tube laser emitters on its toes.
This Eldar unit responsible for reconnaissance and investigation missions was not equipped with many heavy vehicles, and before the second wave of attack by the Giant Mechanical Corps was over, more than half of the Fordlan Eldar Ranger Battalion had been killed or wounded.
Only a few of the most elite warriors can rely on the excellent maneuverability of Raptor motorcycles and single-person jet motorcycles to constantly find the fleeting tiny gaps in the tireless and fierce firepower of the Giant Mecha Corps.
This was a completely one-sided crushing. The Fordlan Rangers, who were walking on the edge of life and death every moment, were not even able to launch any counterattack against the Giant Mechanical Corps. They dared not spare even a trace of energy, because if they slacked off in the slightest, they and their vehicles would be submerged by the brutal energy torrent.
The technical priest driving the Cyberlux warframe said that he was in a stable mood.
Although these Titan models provided by the Star-Ballist are very different from regular Imperial Titans in every aspect, and because of the lack of Machine Souls, they do not have the same sense of man-machine integration as other Titan captains, and their movements and firing seem a bit clumsy, but it doesn't matter.
His Plasma Destroyer could miss ten thousand times, but these filthy Eldar only needed one hit to die.
There was no trace of green on the shattered battlefield, and the remnants of the Rangers, whose command system had been completely destroyed, were losing men every moment.
They risked being destroyed and continuously sent out distress messages to the Star Sail frigates hovering in orbit, hoping that the tribesmen who stayed behind on the ships could use naval guns to provide them with support.
The Titans are the most powerful ground force, but they are only a ground force.
After suffering tragic losses, the Fordlan Rangers have discovered that although the giant mechanical corps ambushed here is huge in scale and has terrifying firepower, it is not equipped with any air defense measures.
For defenseless ground Titan units, orbital bombardment and light spear attacks from space battleships are absolutely devastating.
But the prerequisite is that they have space battleships.
The Giant Mechanical Corps' indiscriminate bombardment is still continuing, their firepower is splashing aimlessly and indiscriminately around. This tropical rainforest with lush grass and water has completely turned into scorched earth. There is no trace of green as far as the eye can see, only the dark breath of death.
Even when the 106-man Fordlan Ranger Battalion was reduced to its last few members, the support they called for did not appear.
The Starsail frigate hovering in orbit around the forest world was slow to respond to their distress signals, causing the Ranger captain to wonder if he was asking for help from an imaginary starship.
In just a moment of trance, the Ranger Captain's body and the jet bike he was riding were engulfed by the melta bomb.
"Reporting battlefield scan results: No additional life response."
"Operation completed. Of the 106 members of the Fordlan Ranger Battalion, 90 were killed and 16 captured."
"The primary mission has been completed. The Star-Ballist's reinforcement ship will arrive at Drovin in one day. I request that Drovin 3 be ethnically cleansed in advance."
"Request granted."
After the order was issued to all combat units, one Cyberlux battleframe after another shut down its weapon systems that had long been overheated.
The loud noises that were enough to deafen the Eldar and the destructive artillery fire that shook the earth seemed to be just an illusion. The giant machine corps formed neat formations and began to march towards the indigenous tribe on the shore of a lake outside the forest, stepping on the black or fiery red scorched earth of death.
The battle on Droven 4 ended later than on 3. The vast plains of this planet provided the Fordlan Rangers with enough room to maneuver. A few rangers even abandoned their people, fled the battlefield on jet motorcycles and hid in the mountains.
In response to such cowardly people, the choice made by the Iron Soul Warriors driving the giant machines was to blow up the mountain.
With the overwhelming advantage, the ground war on the two planets ended without any suspense.
Neither the Tech-Priests nor the Iron Spirits were worried at all about the orbital gun bombardment of the Eldar warships, because they knew that such a thing did not exist.
As soon as the Eldar Rangers landed on the surface of the planet and condescended to infiltrate the indigenous tribes and observe these lowly creatures, the Starsail II and III frigates remaining in orbit received an urgent signal.
One, a distress signal from Starsail 1.
Chapter 87 Delivery
The Eldar of the Fordlan Ark had very little experience in dealing with ambushes.
Because of the existence of the webway system left by the ancient saints and the advanced psychic technology left by the ancient Eldar Empire, the space travel speed of the human empire and other alien forces seems as slow as a turtle and very clumsy in the eyes of the Eldar.
The Dark Eldar often rely on this mobility to exploit human merchant fleets, or run to the Imperial colonies to plunder the population, bringing large numbers of humans back to the Dark City of Commorros as slave labor, or simply torturing them for fun.
Only the living metal warships equipped with inertia-free engines controlled by the former overlords of the Necrons could surpass the elegant Eldar warships in speed and maneuverability.
Therefore, when Starsail Two and Three received the distress signal from Starsail One, the several logistics Eldar who stayed behind on the warships felt somewhat unbelievable and surprised.
The two frigates rushed to the core of the galaxy. After escaping the interference of the nebula, the frigates' detection equipment captured two signal sources:
A point of light was flying across the space at a high-speed maneuver that the Eldar were very familiar with, as if dodging something - that was Starsail One that sent out the distress signal.
The other signal source is relatively stable in a close orbit around the star, and appears to be a space base close to an observation/warning outpost.
This huge facility located at the core of the galaxy should have been completely paralyzed over a long period of time, but as Starsail One approached the core of the galaxy, this offensive act seemed to trigger some kind of warning mechanism. The outpost's weapon system locked onto Starsail One, and its long-range strike turrets were constantly adjusting their directions, frequently firing deadly rays at Starsail One.
However, Starsail No. 1 simply relied on its own maneuverability to dodge the attacks of the outpost without fighting back.
Star Sail 2 and 3 immediately understood the reason and also understood why Star Sail 1 sent them a distress signal:
They were almost certain that this outpost was the ancient facility left behind by the ancient civilization that created the "key" to the "Pure Land". The reason why Starsail No. 1 did not retaliate against the attack on the outpost was because the battleship crew wanted to conduct further in-depth investigation of the outpost, and perhaps find some information about the "key".
Therefore, Starsail One also called over the other two frigates of the advance reconnaissance team.
"You arrived just in time. The attack frequency of the outpost was very intensive when it was first activated. Even when Star Sail One was running at full speed, it was almost hit several times."
Star Sail No. 1 sent a message to its companions: "But after a long period of dormancy, the energy reserves in the facility should be almost exhausted. The frequency of its weapons firing has slowed down a lot compared to before. Cooperate with me, and we will completely paralyze it together."
"receive."
"receive."
StarSail 2 and 3 immediately joined the space battle.
The increase in the number of hostile targets immediately forced the outpost's weapon system to fire at a more frequent frequency. Faced with the elegant and graceful Eldar warships, the outpost, which was already energy-depleted, was overwhelmed.
Soon, the flickering light on the huge machine went out completely, and the weapon system drooped down as if it had been deflated. The entire outpost was completely paralyzed, with only the mass of the machine and the solid structure still anchoring itself, preventing it from being torn apart by the gravity of the star.
"Success?"
"It should be. Let's approach carefully. This kind of equipment is usually equipped with a backup energy system."
Otherwise, there would be no need to recruit people for Starsail No. 1.
The three frigates turned off the holographic cloaking field and turned on the shield system at full power, cautiously approaching the stopped outpost from three directions.
It turned out that Starsail 1's caution was necessary. When they approached a certain critical point, the long-dormant weapon systems suddenly rose up as if they were having a last gasp, and emitted dense high-energy rays in three directions.
"really."
The Eldar warriors, who were well prepared, nimbly dodged this last wave of attacks.
If only Star Sail No. 1 tried to approach here, it might suffer some losses under such concentrated fire. Unfortunately, the Ranger Captain driving Star Sail No. 1 had foresight and called his companions to disperse the final volley from three directions.
With a victorious attitude, the warriors of Fordlan docked their ships beside the outpost. The Rangers on Starsail One left the warships one after another and searched for the entrance to the interior on the surface of the outpost.
The Star Sail No. 2 and No. 3 frigates, which had completed their mission, were not in a hurry to leave. The two brigades investigating the native planet had not yet sent any information, and the Eldar driving the two frigates were also somewhat curious about what the results of Star Sail No. 1's investigation of the outpost would be.
However, as the rangers found the hatch and entered the outpost, time passed and they did not send back any message, nor did any Fordlan ranger walk out of the hatch.
It was as if these more than one hundred members of the tribe had disappeared out of thin air...
For a moment, the Eldar individuals remaining on the three warships were a little overwhelmed. They tried to send messages to their people deep inside the outpost, but received no response.
Soon, ships No. 2 and No. 3 discovered that they could not even contact the two ranger battalions lurking on the indigenous planet.
They dared not enter the outpost rashly again, but they could not use warship weapons to attack the outpost, as that might accidentally injure the tribesmen inside.
After careful consideration, Starsail No. 2 and No. 3 decided to leave Ship No. 1 here temporarily, and return to the indigenous planet to gather people and prepare to organize a more conservative local exploration.
However, just as the plan was finalized and the two frigates turned around and were about to leave, suddenly, a slender humanoid creature crawled out of the outpost.
That was one of the rangers who disappeared earlier.
Then the second, third, and one by one the Fordlan Rangers emerged from the outpost, but something seemed wrong with them.
The rangers did not emerge from the same hatch. Their armor was torn and dirty, and their movements as they climbed out appeared panicked and terrified, as if they were fleeing from something terrible.
"They encountered danger inside..."
"What's inside the outpost?"
"Don't waste time! We need to help our people evacuate as soon as possible!"
In such an emergency situation, Starsail 2 and 3, which were about to leave, immediately turned around. The three warships kept their weapons ready to be fired at any time and were on guard at all times. They each flew to the hatch exit closest to them and took the panicked Rangers away from this strange outpost.
Just like that, the little gift that the Star Bullet had carefully prepared for Fordola was successfully delivered.
Chapter 88 Nanoplague
Nanorobots, or micromachines, are a very broad traditional science fiction concept; they are used to refer to various types of micromachines that act in groups, and their main characteristics generally have three:
1. Extremely small individual size
2. Highly unified cluster action
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