Warhammer 40 A New Hope

Another Imperial Navy fleet joined up with the advancing Dark Angels Legion fleet, and this time among the supporting fleet was a battle barge with the Emperor's Children Legion.

As the supreme commander/warmaster of this fleet, Ryan received the commander of the support fleet.

He then went to meet his brother Fulgrim/Fulgrim, who had arrived with the support fleet.

"So, father thinks two primarchs are enough to handle this problem?"

"In fact, I am just a layer of insurance, Ryan." Fulgrim replied. "Father believes that the betrayal of this forge world is just the beginning. The war against the Mechanicus will expand, and we need to invest more troops in it."

"And it's not just them. A new plague has begun to spread in the human empire, and two other chaos factions are also ready to make a move."

"I'm only here to make sure you don't get yourself into a desperate situation."

"I'm going to say this to you exactly as it is, brother. You'd better not make the same mistake again." Ryan said. "We all know what the other you has become."

"...He told me everything, didn't he?"

Ryan remained silent, while Fugen sighed helplessly. Because of Zhang Yi, all the dark histories of his other self, whether he knew them or not, were revealed - there were even detailed descriptions...

Although as a perfect replica, he was not aware of these things, but... it was impossible for him to stay out of it... His image as a perfect phoenix was completely gone.

"In short, father needs you to be more vigilant about your next actions, on the one hand, against those traitors, and on the other hand, against the great enemy of Chaos."

"Our other brother, Perturabo, has once again appeared in the material world."

. . . . . .

Warhammer World, Concord Forge World

A very complete forging world, but also a forging world very far away from the center of the human empire.

Once a fleet of the Adeptus Mechanicus landed on the planet and laid the first metal pillar as the foundation, and Conconod began.

After hundreds and thousands of years of development, archaeological excavations and plunder, this Forge World has grown larger and larger, gradually becoming a well-known planet in this star region. The Planetary Defense Force, the nearby Imperial Navy and even passing Space Marines have all found them and asked for or purchased weapons from them.

The ruler of this forge world, [Data-Predator] - Goodpis, once believed that he was a learned and wealthy wise man even in the entire human empire. He was also proud of his identity and wealth.

When the news of the technology from another world spread, he, like other mechanical sages from the Forge World, swarmed in like flies seeing delicious food. He thought he could still obtain the technology from another world and the right to explore it at a very small price as before - but that was not the case.

There are so many forge worlds in the territory of the Human Empire, big and small, far and near, famous and unknown. All of them want to obtain these new technologies, and Goodpis is one of them.

There is no doubt that he and many other people with the same idea were eliminated. Their priority was placed very far behind, and it might take hundreds of years before it was their turn.

Goodipes was not satisfied with this and he filed an appeal, using what he thought was the highest chip he could offer to prove that he was special and that he should be treated preferentially instead of having to wait for hundreds of years.

But the fact is, he was ignored once again. The guards in charge didn't care at all about the chips given and asked him to wait patiently, or...

Surrender control of the Forge World

This was something he could not accept, and he left Macragge in anger and returned to his forge planet.

Later, after hearing that the control of one forge planet after another was forcibly or semi-forcibly taken back by the Empire, Goodpis began to fear. Having risen through deception and plunder, he could not accept that his things were taken away, even if it was not without compensation.

So he betrayed, he betrayed the Imperium and managed to contact the Chaos traitors - he also studied those blasphemous technologies in private.

There had been Adeptus Mechanicus who had made a fortune by siding with the Chaos Space Marines in times of great unrest, and now he was going to become that kind of being.

Plunder! Plunder everything worth plundering, obtain all worthy technologies and creations, add them to your own collection, and strengthen yourself!

He doesn't allow his things to be taken away, and he doesn't allow others to have things that he doesn't have!

He is special! No one can stop him!

A huge ominous ark soon docked in the orbit of Conkhod, along with the Iron Warriors fleet and a few Chaos Dwarves.

Goodpis received them and then asked them to protect the forge planet and his property.

The visitor agreed to his request, but in return he needed to use the factories in the Forge World to manufacture weapons, mark out an area for construction, and require Goodpis to provide sufficient weapons and auxiliary troops.

For the stingy Goodpis, this was not an unacceptable condition, after all, it did not involve his core technology, but even so he bargained with the person who came to discuss for a long time.

After spending some time to finally decide and sign the contract, Goodpis left, and the person in charge reported to Perturabo with the newly signed contract.

"We have signed a contract with the sage of this forging planet as planned, great Lord of the Legion." The mortal with the Chaos Eight-pointed Star engraved on his head said to

The huge metal giant in front of him knelt down and said respectfully, "He didn't pay any attention to the problem in the contract. As long as we can build that, this world will belong to the God of All Machines."

"．．．．．．．" Perturabo did not react to this. After a long while, he signaled the man to leave.

Since signing a new contract with Vashtor, he has visited several planets and gained many allies for him.

His troops are growing, more and more demons are joining them, he already has an army that the human empire cannot ignore, but...

He took out the contract signed with Vashtor again. He didn't feel it before, but now he always felt that something was wrong.

Yes, what's the problem?

668. Outbreak (V)

How long does it take to walk out of the Circle of Sin from the Dark Prince's chamber?

Six circles, six extreme desires, six different kinds of lost people.

Walk across the corpse-streets of the Ring of Decadence and through the labyrinth of the Ring of Vanity.

Stay away from the armies of the Ring of Domination and avoid the broken limbs of the Ring of Debauchery.

Finally, one must escape from the "feast" of the Ring of Gluttony and cross the mountains of gold and silver of the Ring of Greed, and only then can one escape the realm of Slaanesh.

This is an extremely difficult thing to do. The tempting voice whispering in your ears all the time and the ever-changing scenery before your eyes are tempting you to stop.

And as long as you stop and are tempted to try what is in front of you, you will be trapped in it and stay here forever, becoming a member of the depravity and madness here, or a part of the circle.

What's more, even if you are strong-willed enough not to be tempted by these things, those demons or fallen people who are lost in all kinds of pleasures may not just watch you walk past them - not to mention that you yourself are extremely tempting.

The noise, the roar, the blood, for the first time Ella felt that these were not beautiful. For the first time, these things that had always been with her and should have accompanied her in the future became obstacles.

She was once watched by Slaanesh because she was the strongest among a group of test subjects, but in fact Slaanesh did not like her because she was "too bland". Therefore, after the new test subjects came out, she was abandoned without any suspense.

Now, although she has lost it all, the remaining remnants are still desired by those lower-level beings.

Eat her, use her as decoration, collect her, torture her... Slaanesh demons and their followers have various ways to enjoy her.

But they all failed, and Aayla eventually walked out of the Circle of Slaanesh and left the Warp.

And Slaanesh's gaze seemed to fall on her once again...

Warhammer World, a planet

"You finally woke up."

～～～～～～～ Ryan's here～～～～～～

[About to leave warp state, all ships ready]

【Warning: Received unknown interference! 】

The vanguard fleet with warp engines was forced out of warp state, and then came under heavy artillery fire from not far away.

The Chaos Fleet and the Mechanicus Fleet, which had betrayed the Empire, used unknown technological creations to force all Imperial ships that used warp engines to travel at faster-than-light speeds out of warp speed, thereby catching the Imperial fleet off guard.

After withstanding the initial round of fierce attacks, the ambushed advance fleet began to counterattack.

Macro cannons, torpedoes and light spears flew in outer space, and the two sides began a fierce exchange of fire. Soon the first ship was destroyed and exploded into a brilliant flame in the dark universe.

[Report the situation here to the follow-up fleet. The other side has an unknown mechanical device that can force our ships to leave the warp state.]

[At the same time, tell them that the enemy already knows our route and there may be an ambush along the way.]

[Now, all fleets, move closer to me! ]

. . . . . .

The news that the advance fleet was ambushed was soon known to the follow-up fleet. It was obvious that the enemy had received support and deployed their troops, ready to "await" their arrival at any time.

As the supreme commander of the entire fleet and the warmaster of the new human empire, Ryan was ready to order everyone to forcefully and quickly break through the enemy's defenses from the front. He wanted to defeat those traitors from the front with absolute force, in order to deter those leaders of the Forge World who were still watching and had already thought about betraying the empire, but Fulgrim stopped him.

"This is not conducive to our subsequent plans. It is obvious that Chaos has already arrived there and has completed the garrison. A frontal breakthrough will only cause us heavy losses." Fugen advised. "Besides, we don't know whether the other side has devices that can target us, nor do we know what conspiracy is waiting for us there."

"Those who are dissatisfied with us throughout the human empire are watching this battle. We need to let them know that it is unwise and wrong to oppose the human empire, otherwise they will just keep popping up like mushrooms after rain!" Ryan said to Fugen condescendingly. "Everyone must know the consequences of betraying us!"

"But this doesn't require human lives to prove it. Don't you think that an unexpected, efficient, and accurate sabotage operation behind enemy lines would be more effective in deterring others?"

"That's easy for you to say, but who will do this? Omega and his offspring are operating in the Ring World. Corax is not participating in this operation for the time being, and neither is Curze."

"My descendants and I

go with. "

"You? My brother, you should know that even though you have proven your loyalty to the human empire and your difference from your other self many times, many people still don't trust you, including me." Ryan said. "But I am more worried about your combat power..."

"You and I both know that you are much weaker now than you were before, and your army doesn't have many people now. How do you want me to crowdfund Group 4, 5, 6, ①, ②, ⑦, ⑨, ④ and Zero to believe that you can do it?"

"Because, if you don't give me a chance, I can't prove it to you, Ryan." Fulgrim replied. "Maybe I have become weaker, but I can still handle the current problems."

"Now, just give me and my offspring a chance."

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The main fleet then collided with the rebel fleet that had been prepared. Relying on an unknown device that could force ships that used curvature engines to travel faster than light within a certain range to escape the warp state, the enemy dragged the large force to a distance away from the forge planet Conkonos.

With the support of a Forge World, even if the Empire's fleet has various new technologies and new ships, it is not easy to break through this line of defense by means of heritage.

What's more, Ryan and his men had already seen the battle barges with the "Iron Warriors" logo mixed in among the traitor Mechanicus ships.

[It has been basically confirmed that Perturabo and his descendants have arrived on this forging planet. This is not good news.]

[It’s not too late to come back now, Fugen]

"You're a little late, Ryan." Looking at the forging planet in front of him, Fulgrim replied. "We have reached our target location."

Riding on an experimental phase frigate (actually a battleship in the game, but for the Warhammer world, it is at most a frigate/Warhammer's frigate is smaller than a cruiser) captured from the vicinity of an unknown planet - the Ziggurat, Fulgrim and his descendants successfully bypassed the enemy and arrived near the orbit of the target planet.

Then they were told by the Mechanical Priest who was piloting the ship that because the space near this forge world was not very stable, coupled with the turbulence of the Warp, the phase ship could not stay in the phase state for a long time to avoid detection and patrols.

That is to say, after risking their lives to drop Fulgrim and dozens of Emperor's Children Space Marines, including a Type IV Contemptor Dreadnought, onto the ground, they would be unable to provide them with assistance for a long time. At most, they could serve as a communication relay point so that they could contact Lion and the others.

Even so, Fugen did not retreat. He asked everyone to get ready for this airborne jump that might not end in a single return.

Soon after, the Ziggurat silently arrived in orbit around the planet Conconod, and before the native forces discovered it, it dropped several Space Marine landing capsules onto the surface, and then released a large amount of "light dust" to trigger a large-scale EMP shock, interfering with enemy detection and communications.

After doing all this, the psychic tower entered a phase state and then moved away from its original position, leaving the enemy troops who rushed to the scene empty-handed.

On the other side, the new Space Marine drop capsule dropped from above the planet's orbit successfully avoided detection by ground radar and patrols by air forces, and landed safely on the ground.

Although the landing position was a little off, it was not too far off. After gathering the troops, Fugen led the team towards the nearest enemy factory.

Their mission is to cause as much damage as possible in the enemy's territory, preferably to paralyze one or two production plants, or to find the enemy's leader and kill him.

Ryan leads a huge fleet, and the enemy must do its best to deal with this attack, which makes the enemy's rear defense relatively weak, but it is only relatively speaking, after all, this is the enemy's territory.

According to Fulgrim's estimation, their existence should be known a few hours after they start the action, and the pursuit and interception of them will also begin. That is to say, they'd better cause as much damage as possible to the enemy's facilities on the planet in the next few hours, because it will not be so easy to do so afterwards.

On the other side, shortly after Fulgrim and his offspring landed on the Conconod Forge World, Perturabo, who was supervising the construction work on the planet instead of going to the front line, suddenly raised his head and looked at the gray sky due to the existence of a large number of factories.

"Someone... is coming... an outsider..."

"Who is it?"

Perturabo pondered, then looked at the building that was gradually taking shape, symbolizing Vashtor, the Lord of All Machines.

"As long as he can complete it, this planet will fall into my hands."

"No one can stop me!"

669. Outbreak (VI)

Bang Bang Bang!

Zila——!

The bolter fired continuously, knocking down a servitor, and the subsequent electric arcs carbonized other enemies.

boom--!

After an explosion, the main supporting pillars of the factory were blown off, and the Space Marines who attacked here quickly left the room.

After a while, a large factory collapsed, burying a large number of servitors and crusaders.

"Debrief the situation."

“There were no casualties, and we also replenished a wave of supplies from their warehouses.

"The Emperor's Children's technical sergeant replied, "This Forge World has not been completely contaminated by Chaos, and many equipment and bullets are still safe to use."

"Thanks to this new space storage technology, we still have a sufficient supply of ammunition. If it were a little bigger, we could even fit some replacement parts for the Elders."

[Watch your words, new recruit! I'm not fragile at all!] The ancient sage Gurira, who is in the [Type IV Contemptor-level Dreadnaught], said. [As for you, you'd better bring more emergency medicines!]