Warhammer, from Gothic Fleet to Azur Lane

The reinforced power ram at the bow is made entirely of adamantium, and its lower jaw, engraved with blood-red lines and Mechanicus prayers, resembles the giant mouth of a mythical dragon. And indeed, beneath the power ram lies a close-range melt-cutter made with ancient technology.

If it was before the collision, the jet at close range, combined with the enhanced power ram, would be enough to tear the battleship's hull apart. The next moment, the powerful war servitors and Castellan robots of the Mechanicus would enter in a line from the twelve gates on the upper platform that were large enough for heavy tanks to pass side by side, and behind them would be the neatly lined Skitarii Corps.

Therefore, this is the only warship of the Mechanicus that is mainly used for ramming. It is also the best way to reflect the efficient and indifferent combat thinking of the Mechanicus - surround the enemy's expensive flagship with the cold military force of the Mechanicus and then calmly accept the result of the sacrifice of these small warships!

As for armament, the void shield capacity of the Lance-class light cruiser fleet is 700 standard units, the hull is 1400 (the standard mechanical ark is 2300, 3500), the armor strength of the front, side, and rear are 85, 67, and 67 respectively, and the maximum speed is as high as 290. With a certain degree of sacrifice, it is completely enough to drag the opponent's main fleet into an endless bloody boarding.

Apart from the enhanced power ram that provides the main energy and the frontal hot melt cutting as the shaft gun, the Lance class only has a 4×2 standard macro gun array to destroy ordinary escort ships. If it is fighting against a conventional light cruiser, although it has the advantages of armor and speed, it will still fall into a big disadvantage.

In summary, she is a fleet-type, functional warship that is just as pretty as it is beautiful. She mainly focuses on high-speed breakthroughs, ramming, and boarding. In large-scale battles, she is more than capable of delivering a value far exceeding her cost. However, she is not recommended for use in small-scale intelligence battles.

The Mechanicus Cruiser is a cruiser-class vessel operated by the Mechanicus Fleet. As the pursuit of knowledge can involve long and dangerous expeditions into unknown space, it is imperative that an Mechanicus vessel is well-armored and well-equipped.

This is not only to protect them from those who covet their technology, but also to participate in combat when necessary to protect important data or artifacts that are vital to their mission. Generally speaking, the flagship of the Mechanicus Magos and Archmagos will be a cruiser, as the Mechanicus does not have battlecruisers or grand cruisers.

According to the Gothic Fleet rules, the Mechanicum can use the Imperial Navy's Moon-class, Gothic-class, Dictator-class and Tyrant-class, but that's it. The Mechanicum also has no Grand Cruisers or Battle Cruisers.

Next is the battleship of the Mechanicus. Speaking of the Mechanicus we have to mention the Mechanical Ark, a huge, almost mythical spaceship. It is said that they are searching the starry sea for the knowledge that the members of the Mechanicus have been seeking.

A mechanical ark is often commanded by a respected Archmagos Explorator, who tracks down any object that will transform the Adeptus Mechanicus - the Standard Construction Template (STC). In other words, both the Archmagos and the Archmagos can theoretically own a mechanical ark, and in theory the Archmagos' flagship is also called a 'mechanical ark', but in reality only the respected Archmagos are qualified and have the possibility to own a mechanical ark.

The Mechanical Ark has the best technology that the Mechanicus can develop. The weapons of the Mechanical Ark are more powerful than the battleships of the Imperial Navy, with a longer range and stronger defense. However, because the Mechanical Ark has the ability to conduct scientific research and forge, this distinguishes the battleships with the suffix "Ark" from other conventional battleships.

The Mechanical Ark is equipped with a nova cannon, four lance turrets and two rows of custom weapon arrays. The huge ship is filled with factories, refineries, power stations, laboratories, test sites, chemical barrels and gene cabins. Its powerful industrial capacity is comparable to that of an industrial hive, and its price is higher than that of a complete STC and a small or medium-sized featureless forge world.

The following warships are all newly added to Skalgrim. I will introduce them in order of cost.

First is the Ark of the Cultist (240). As an ark ship, the only difference between it and the regular mechanical ark is that it is more inclined to combat rather than exploration. Its construction concept is more like that of the battleships of the Imperial Navy, with powered rams and torpedoes. It can be seen as a battlefield modification of the mechanical ark, which is more suitable for a decisive battle against a disadvantaged main force.

The more compact hull and the bow similar to that of the Astartes battle barge allow it to hold the same data as the mechanical ark, and even withstand several times the damage before falling into the final silence. The army combat power it carries is three to four times that of the conventional mechanical ark. As its name suggests, it exists to adapt to this war that involves everything.

The main armaments are powered rams, six-barrel torpedoes, 6×6 standard macro cannon positions, 2×4 light double-barrel macro cannon turrets, and three Queen of Glory-class lance turrets.

The Achilles-class battleship (295) is even more extreme. As a battleship based on a mechanical ark, it even removed the suffix of "Ark". It was not a wartime transformation, but was born completely for war!

She also added a powered ram to her bow, but it was an additional reinforcement based on the mechanical ark-style bow structure. This also caused her frontal armor strength to drop seriously, from 83 to 67, the same as the side armor, but the good thing was that she retained the original nova cannon.

The large number of weapon modifications also made her lose her original beauty as well as the internal factories and scientific research facilities. The main armaments are powered rams, nova cannons, bow-mounted heavy lances, 2×6 super-heavy lance arrays, and two standard lance turrets. A standard long-range lance warship, it maximizes the Mechanicus's lance advantage.

The ancient mechanical ark can be said to be an exploration model of the Queen of Glory, or a super battle in the Mechanicus.

This ship is very unique. She is a melee ship of the Mechanicus. Among the long-range lance ships of the Mechanicus, a German Bodhisattva with secondary guns for close combat suddenly appeared. Even apart from the iconic tower bridge and nova cannon of the Mechanicus, she is more like a battle barge of the Space Marines!

She is equipped with special heavy missiles, which are the gorgeous silver ribbons on the side of the ship. This is the essence of the so-called close combat - in a three-dimensional battle in three-dimensional space, dodging torpedoes is a relatively simple matter, especially in the long voyage of torpedoes and missiles, being shot down or intercepted is a very simple matter.

What if this heavy missile that can flexibly change its trajectory is fired from a close distance? It is really like the attack method of the Space Marines' battle barge, but what she throws is a deadly flying stick that can directly ignore the void shield and blow an entire battleship into several pieces!

Another ancient relic, the vector arc, which is equipped on the wing-like protruding structure on her flank, can directly clear out any torpedoes, missiles, boarding boats, carrier-based aircraft and other small objects that are difficult for warships to attack her, and even those escort ships that overestimate their capabilities and want to ram her - you are not allowed to board her.

The other three solid heavy light spears, four heavy light spear cannons, and eight Queen of Glory-class light spear turrets she was equipped with could turn her directly into a Schlieffen that rushed into the crowd, with its light wings spread out, melting everything!

The Oil Man’s Battle Series and Super Battles have ended here, and now it’s time for the Titans.

The Oiler's Titans, like the Empire's, were actually modeled after the Glorious Queen-class battleships. The only difference was that these red and black battleships, decorated with gorgeous gold, looked more like a hedgehog covered with various weapons than the Empire's Titans.

Among them, the Astral Titan (1150) is the most similar one, with 83 shields, 75 HP, 67/140/ armor, and a speed of , reaching the standard battleship level. Any enemy who dares to go to its side will be shattered by rounds of terrifying salvos, including shields and ships.

There are no exceptions, but her suppression power against cruisers and smaller ships is particularly terrifying. The reason is that she was accused of using some uh... alien weapons, such as the heavy double-barreled railguns densely arranged in a row on the side, which was the ultimate enlarged version of the weapon that the Titanium King was once accused of blowing the Primarch's head off on the table.

In addition, the nova cannon, two sextuple-mounted torpedo tubes, a fixed heavy lance, ten heavy lance cannons, six standard macro cannon turrets, four heavy lance turrets, six shuttle aprons and three quintuple-mounted heavy missiles she is equipped with can also tear any enemy apart in an instant.

If the Astral Titan is the one with some features but not many, then the Eclipse Doomsday Ship (1225) must be the most powerful and distinctive first-class battleship.

Chapter 40: Fart Spirit's k Adventure

998.M41

Solar Segmentum, Armageddon, Helsreach, Lower Hive.

With one hand, he pushed away the hot but barely pretty woman next to him, and with another, he lifted the luxurious and exquisite but old velvet quilt, and fumbled for a long time on the Empire-style steel skull bedside table. But there was nothing but a few bottles of Amaze.

The hand was so white and delicate, and there was not a trace of dirt on the slightly long nails. There was even a deformation on the middle finger due to long-term improper pen holding. This was not a hand that would appear in the lower nest.

"Damn it!" the owner of the hand, Salmin Impat, yelled. "By the Emperor, you're already 40k and can't you even get up and drink a glass of water?"

That's right, even after almost a month, this unfortunate guy still hasn't adapted to the hive life in 40k. Of course, at least he doesn't look like a fart spirit anymore.

About a month ago, this unlucky guy whose name was not yet Salmin Impat was browsing Tieba at home, and he saw a post that asked, "If I give you 100 million and let you travel back to the last game you played for a year, would you do it?"

After giving a thumbs up to the reply of "原神，起起", he replied to the reply of "去40k" saying, "Don't cry like a fart whose toes were stepped on." The unlucky guy just sent a "Azure Lane，起起." and his eyes went black and he lost consciousness.

When he came to his senses again, he was sitting on the roadside of the Helsreich Hive in his pajamas, holding his phone. The huge shock immediately reminded him that the last game he actually played was: Gothic Fleet 2. Damn it, this time it was his turn to travel to Warhammer 40k.

Fortunately, he still had a plug-in that allowed him to survive. The system called Gothic Fleet 2 was powerful enough to allow him, a 21st century sub-healthy waste who had not undergone any transformation and could not even read and write the Imperial language, to survive well in this hive.

Without the reinforcement of this system, the air of the hive city could kill him within two minutes, not to mention the hive city gangs, mutants, cultists, gene stealers and other valuables.

I don't know if it's because he originally wanted to go to Azur Lane. Anyway, now he can be regarded as an imaginary ship girl without a ship body. There is no ship equipment, and all the values ​​are the lowest value. Void shield, armor value, hull value, and attack power are all 1.

But even so, it is a Void Shield, not just anyone can get it. Don't even think about it if the price is less than 2,000, there is definitely no Void Shield. Rounding it off, it is also the Emperor's high-value currency.

In addition, he himself is an untouchable, and he is not afraid of all kinds of monsters. He can get along well in the nest city by force alone, and he did so.

After killing two thugs in an alley with an automatic rifle carried by his body and figuring out his position, Salmin immediately started looking for trouble on the street, killing one at a time, killing two pairs at a time, all the way to the gang's lair.

He became the new boss of the Sting Gang when he showered the gangster with a laser gun in front of everyone, twisted the gangster's broken chainsword into a twist, and pulled out his head and spine.

After he pulled out the heads and spines of the other two gang bosses on this street, this pretty boy who spoke a strange High Gothic accent to others (he spoke pure English, while the Empire's High Gothic was a mixture of English and Latin) firmly took the position of the boss of the Sting Gang.

As for Salmin, as a gangster boss who occupied an entire street in the Lower Nest, he finally had enough resources to replicate his modern life; he had time to study his system and learn High Gothic.

Yes, although it is not mentioned much. But the human empire does have a series of relatively modern entertainment methods, including but not limited to radio, TV series, and e-books. Of course, these unexciting things are not enough to save those stupid nobles from the salons full of chaos and corruption, various bloody and barbaric duels, and other activities that challenge the lower limits of human beings.

Salmin doesn't like to go out, at least not in the Lower Hive. Even he feels uncomfortable walking in the Lower Hive without a breathing mask. And those strange humanoid creatures living in the Lower Hive, let's call them humans according to the custom of 40k. Even if they just survive, they are already disgusting to his eyes.

Only the ugly mechanical eyes and the crude and cheap mechanical arms were within his aesthetic standards. Disgusting, dirty and ugly faces, deformed facial features (maybe even four or six), twisted limbs - these more or less mutated "humans" would make him feel the uncanny valley effect as long as he looked at them, and those severely mutated mutants and beastmen, their mere existence was enough to force his eyes.

Those mutants terrified him. Every time he saw them, he was reminded that Salmin was in Warhammer 40k, a hopeless cesspool! And those people would be your end. Salmin even killed dozens of mutants who were just close to him. This violent and panic behavior was due to cowardice and escape.

To this day, Salmin still has a fluke mentality in his heart, maybe he will go back in a year and get 100 million. He can only comfort himself in this way. (He will not go back)

After taking out a box of synthetic milk from the refrigerator to quench his thirst, it was time for morning classes. Yes, although he did not really believe in witchcraft, Old Bacon. But he was a devout believer, because faith is really useful in this 40k universe. No matter what the Emperor himself thinks, the fact is that believing in him is really useful.

Although he is a noble Untouchable, he is almost immune to the power of the Warp. But sometimes corruption does not necessarily require the intervention of the Warp. The language and behavior of the real universe can make an Untouchable corrupt. Erebus, the source of all evil in 30k, once corrupted an Untouchable through language and torture.

As a person who knows a lot, if he wants to live a stable life in 40k, spiritual construction is naturally indispensable. Salmin is a cowardly and fearful person. Because of this, he is not arrogant. In this dark universe, arrogance is the biggest obstacle to survival and development. Those who despise the power of the warp, whether it is the Emperor of Mankind or the Primarch Magnus, have paid the price for it.

The day after he became the gang leader, he used a large sum of money to become a devout believer of the state religion, was baptized and anointed by the bishop of the nest city, and built a small but very exquisite church in his own home.

These actions naturally attracted the attention of the Death Cult in the Hive City. The so-called Death Cult is an organization that exists within the Empire. Its members express their reverence for the Immortal God-Emperor through the exploration of the art of death.

Chapter 2 Death Worship

"Death and blood are the cornerstones supporting the survival of mankind. Only by constantly offering sacrifices can mankind defeat this dark and cruel universe, and the broken body of the God-Emperor is the unquestionable proof of this truth." This is what the Death Worship Cult believes, although the time traveler only agrees with the first sentence.

Under the influence of this belief, it is not surprising that the Death Cult can flourish within the empire. It is the shadow of the glorious state religion of the empire, and is also recognized by the inquisitors as the most dangerous heresy.

There is no doubt that some members of the Death Cult have gone astray, either being corrupted by the Power of Destruction or seduced by a more ancient and terrifying existence. But most members of the Death Cult are still devout followers of the Golden Throne.

To them, every death, every wound, every drop of blood is a tribute to the Immortal Emperor. Their aims, beliefs, forms of organization and scope of activities may vary greatly, but even the most normal members of the Death Cult are more likely to fall into the Abyss than ordinary people.

Despite these differences, Death Cults can be roughly divided into four branches, namely Blood Cults, Necromancers, Resurrection Cults, and State Cults.

The Blood Cult and the State Religion Cult believed in the God-Emperor most of the time and were unwaveringly loyal. The Necromancer Cult and the Resurrection Cult were mostly corrupted by the power of the Warp and were cults that were severely attacked by the Inquisition and the State Religion. The Death Cult that came to Salmin was the Blood Cult.

As the most famous and common branch of the Death Cult, the Blood Cult focuses on the act of bloodshed itself - the art of killing and the moment of death. Although the members of this cult often show heresy and bloodthirsty quirks, the Imperial authorities always deliberately turn a blind eye to this.

This tolerance is based on the well-known fact that the members of the Death Cult hate the enemies of humanity to the core, and they provide invaluable aid to the State Church and the Inquisition: fanatical, loyal and skilled assassins. Moreover, some Death Cults have close ties with the Assassin's Court, which is directly under the Supreme Lord. These secret cults, focusing on the deadly arts of blade, bullet and poison, flourish in all corners of the Empire.

Anyway, when these assassin ladies wearing tight leather clothes that exposed a lot of nakedness and 10cm high heels came here to seek sponsorship and preferably to allow them to preach, Salmin immediately said, why not join me. Let's sacrifice blood to the God-Emperor and offer our skulls to the Golden Throne. Sacrifice all the abominable aliens and chaos cults in the hive to the God-Emperor, as well as all the heretics, mutants, beastmen, and severely mutated subhumans.

Even the Blood Cult said you were a bit too extreme.

However, Salmin was determined to do it. For him, what he wanted was a year of safety to satisfy his fantasy of returning home. In the Hive, there would be no Titan-class units. Even pure-blooded chicken thieves, the leader of the genie, the Chaos Demon, and the Chaos Space Marine were not a threat to him.

On the contrary, he was afraid that if these sects really did something big and summoned the fleet of the Great Demon or the Great Devourer, even he would not be able to escape. In other worlds, the best way to be safe is to hide, but in Warhammer, the best way is to go out and kill others with a sword first, so that you don't have to worry about others stabbing you. In this dark universe, there is only war.

With the three methods of force, resource and language, Salmin quickly integrated the Blood Sect. After strengthening his combat skills for two days, he launched a holy war against other sects in the lower nest.

Of course, there were too many sects in China and North Korea, so he had to first deal with the more active sects, or the sects that were judged as heretics by the Death Worship Cult and the state religion. In the past ten days, they had jointly slaughtered nearly a hundred sects. Salmin personally crushed more than 20 psychics and exiled six demons.

Now the only thing standing in his way is the largest local sect - the Four-Armed Divine Emperor Sect.

I believe you can tell from the name that this is definitely a wicked cult. However, ordinary people in the Empire do not have this ability to distinguish. Coupled with the psychic hypnosis and genetic infection ability of the wicked, a considerable number of hives are filled with this blasphemous sect. When they accumulate enough advantages, they will quickly start a rebellion and guide the arrival of the Tyranid fleet. The subspace shadow of the Tyranid fleet will completely cover the astropathic communication in the rebellious area. When the Empire's support arrives, it is often a white land.

The Chicken Cult must be eliminated as soon as possible. When it really explodes with tens of millions of Chicken Cults, even if the Space Marines come to support, the Death Angels of the Emperor will not be able to get any good results. After all, the claws of the pure-blooded Chicken Cult have a decomposition field, which even the Terminator cannot withstand.

The one in front of Salmin was just such a big guy. The Four-Armed God Emperor Cult had millions of followers, and had been lurking in the nest city for nearly a hundred years. There were hundreds of pure-blooded thieves, plus three or four generations of thieves, and it was very likely that they could arm an army of tens of thousands of people. If they faced off against the hundreds of assassins and thousands of armed thugs, they would probably be crushed by a charge.

It was not until Salmin reached the door of the church that he stopped to think and empty his mind. Serving the God-Emperor with a grateful heart and lofty respect is the duty of a believer of the God-Emperor and a death mentor of the Death Cult.

The 40-meter-high chapel is a classic imperial-style layout, with a solemn amorphous basalt exterior and a delicate and magnificent interior made of pure white marble. There is no light inside, but instead there are huge and gorgeous golden candlesticks. The white and thick smokeless candles illuminate the room with a golden splendor, adding a touch of sacredness. But you'd better not think about what the candles are made of.

The 130-meter-long blood-red carpet stretched from the solemn gate to the feet of the God-Emperor. The shadows formed by the white pillars and candlesticks on both sides were filled with Death Cult assassins wearing black robes and leather clothes. On the altar at the feet of the Emperor, a demon was pierced with holy silver. The extreme pain made him only let out a silent roar. It was obvious that he was not from the House of Slaanesh.

Salmin continued to walk forward. After the door closed, the only sound in the church was the sound of leather boots stepping on the carpet. After 130 rustling sounds, Salmin walked right in front of the demon. As he threw the holy promethium (po) at the demon, the golden flames engulfed it, and everyone praised in unison:

"Oh, Immortal Emperor: have compassion on our insignificant sufferings.

Oh, Master of the Galaxy: Bless your lambs trapped among the aliens.

Oh, Guardian of Light: Please use your light to guide our future path.

We are your warriors, we are your servants,

Keep pure, sharpen your body, study martial arts,

No hypocrisy, no conceit, absolute loyalty,

Remember hatred, maintain hostility, accumulate anger,

Give your anger to those who are unclean, those aliens, those traitors!

With your pain and blood and sweat,

With your golden throne and your death,

By your destruction and reappearance as a human god,

Protect us and make us strong,

We fight for you.

Sacrifice blood to the God-Emperor and decorate the throne with heads!"

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Chapter 3 Yarrick? Yarrick!

After the morning class, Salmin continued his daily study, mainly High Gothic, assassination, combat techniques, and some general etiquette and religious knowledge.

His teacher was none other than Lady Alexis, the former death mentor of the Death Cult. She was shocked by the purity and strength of Salmin, and she regarded it as a blessing from the God-Emperor, so she taught him with all her heart. After all, if a human without any mutation, Chaos infection, or psychic power could take a chainsaw sword and twist it into a knot with his bare hands, he must be either the Primarch or the Chosen One.

But today was different from the past. As noon approached, Salmin noticed that the outside station was getting noisier. If it weren't for the teacher in a tight leather jacket teaching him personally, he probably wouldn't be able to continue studying. Fortunately, an assassin came in to report the situation soon.

"Why is it so noisy outside today?" Salmin's tone was as calm as usual.

"My lord. There are rumors outside that the orcs are coming soon, and your men are talking about it." A hoarse and low female voice came from under the hood.

Salmin didn't take it seriously. Armageddon was in the Solar Segmentum, and the planetary defense fleet and orbital defense were not weak. The ordinary Ork fleet couldn't rush over. Besides, even if they rushed over, wouldn't there be the Astra Militarum and PDF? What did it have to do with a Downhive gang?

"The key is that Commissar Yarrick will give a pre-war speech and mobilization in Hades Hive in two days, and many people want to go and see it. He was a great hero in the Battle of Armageddon 57 years ago." (In fact, it was the Second Battle of Armageddon, and the first one was Angron, which was covered up.)

"what?"

Political Commissar Yarrick, 57 years ago, Battle of Armageddon, Salmin had a bad feeling at this moment. But he still held on to a fluke mentality. He asked tentatively: "Is it the one who installed the orc power claw?"

After receiving a positive answer, Salmin couldn't even hold the book steady and dropped it on the table. Now he finally understood why he had been able to stay safe for less than a month in Warhammer 40k. It was just the calm before the storm.