Chapter 439 Taking stock of harvest
The Chapter fleet is on its way back.
After resolving the personal issue of the captain in charge, Qingshan Khan began to formally take stock of the gains from this battle.
Not to mention the large amount of industrial raw materials, the batch of fine gold ore is the most valuable. The Tiefutu Chapter continued its good style. All the Titans killed by the "Army-breaking Golden Armor", regardless of size, were dismantled and packed away. Even if Xiao Fei could no longer appreciate the design structure of these Titans, the dismantling The body frame and armor shell forged from fine gold are reforged, which is also a huge fortune.
Adamantine is the natural metal with the best indicators in the Warhammer 40K universe. Its four indicators of strength, hardness, plasticity and toughness are very high. There is rarely a metal material that can achieve all four major indicators without any shortcomings. For example, synthetic metal ceramic steel has high strength and hardness but poor toughness and plasticity. Unless the extremely high energy density of melt and plasma is used, adamantine armor can only be torn apart by adamantine weapons.
In contrast, fine gold is particularly expensive.
Within the entire human empire, there are only a limited number of mining worlds with fine gold veins that can produce fine gold.
In addition to industrial raw materials, there are also valuable STCs.
The STC of the Greedy Eagle-type intelligent control robot is already in the bag.
After some research on several other STCs, Fu Qinghai also figured out their specific production uses.
These four STCs are:
1. Kraken Assault Claw drop pod.
2. Sikaran battle tank.
3. Kratos assault tank.
4. Space Marine landing craft.
The harvest was full, and the Khan was delighted.
Among them, Fu Qinghai's favorite is the Kraken Assault Claw drop pod. As we all know, ordinary drop pods are disposable items and cannot be recycled immediately after being smashed, but some special models can. The Kraken Assault Claw drop pod is a special type of drop pod that can be recycled. Not only can it be recycled, but it also has a larger transportation space. The missile launchers and hot melt cutters on the bulkhead can also pre-process the selected landing area. A wave of firepower covered and cleared the area. In addition, the Kraken Assault Claw drop capsule can not only be used for orbital airborne landings, but also can be used for jumping gangs in naval battles, which is completely sufficient to replace ganging torpedoes.
The Kraken Assault Claw drop pod was only developed at the end of the Great Crusade. According to the Warmaster's usual behavior, it was naturally given priority to equip the Traitor Legion. By the 41K period, due to the loss of technology, the Astartes Chapter had no use. Only the Chaos Space Marines still had a jerry-rigged and weakened version of the Kraken Assault Claw Drop Pod - the Dread Claw Drop Pod. Although the Dread Claw also has a recovery function and can be used to jump gangs in naval battles, its space, armor and firepower cannot be compared with the Kraken Assault Claw. There are obvious similarities in the appearance of the two drop pods. The so-called "technical loss", lost Wherever you go, it’s self-explanatory.
At least for the Imperial camp.
The Kraken Strike Claw drop pod is unique.
The latter two tanks dedicated to the Astartes Armored Forces are both sacred relics in the 41K era, but there are still some differences between the two tanks.
The Sikaran battle tank was born at the end of the Great Crusade. It is a main battle tank jointly developed by Faenus Manus, Robert Guilliman and the Adeptus Mechanicus. It has two genetic principles plus a mechanical one. The divine religion has a high level of technology. Later human empires were unable to manufacture Xikaran battle tanks, more because of the loss of technology than unwillingness to build them.
The Kratos assault tank was born in the early days of the Great Crusade. It is the main battle tank that has been replaced by the Predator tank. The reason why the Predator tank replaced the Kratos assault tank is the same as the reason why the Thunderhawk gunship replaced the Stormbird gunship - -Although the former has weaker firepower, thinner armor, and smaller size, the former has a lower cost. After comprehensive calculation, it is more cost-effective to manufacture small tanks and small gunboats, so the former replaced the latter.
The Sikaran Battle Tanks are Chapter relics kept within the Chapter Astartes' stasis fields. The Kratos assault tank was eliminated because it was not very cost-effective.
The Human Empire can still manufacture Kratos assault tanks, but the Astartes Chapter is no longer the Legion of Astartes. It no longer serves as the main offensive mission on the frontal battlefield. Instead, it has become an elite special infiltration force. There is no need to continue to use it without financial resources. This kind of frontal assault main battle tank has thick armor, strong firepower, and high cost. For a space warrior, the latter reason may be more unacceptable than the loss of technology.
If we simply compare firepower, the order of tanks in the Space Marine armor sequence should be: Scimitar \u003e Flying Blade \u003e Sikaran \u003e Kratos \u003e Predator. The Scimitar, the Flying Blade and their various variants are all super-heavy tanks, and all indicators are slightly stronger than the latter three as main battle tanks. As for the Spartan and Mastodon, they are called "tanks", but they are actually armored personnel carriers, so they will not participate in the comparison between tanks.
The last one, the Space Marine landing craft, is a more general cross-orbital lander. The appearance alone looks like an elongated fishbone-shaped Thunderhawk gunboat, and its technical principles are not much different from the Thunderhawk gunboat. The only difference is that the former is larger and longer, and can carry six main battle tanks or six tanks at a time. Armored personnel carriers travel between orbit and the surface, while the Thunderhawk gunship can only carry one armored vehicle at a time. It's more efficient to deploy armor using Space Marine landing craft, but that's about it.
There are four standard construction templates, some are unique, some are rare, some have been eliminated, and some are more common. But for the Phaeton Foundry World, there is nothing to choose from. Anyone who is an STC is welcomed with both hands.
The Iron Buddha Chapter came to the Steel Ring this time and brought nine imperial transport ships with them. Not only that, they also captured five transport ships belonging to the Dark Mechanicus. Fourteen transport ships kept going back and forth between the surface and orbit, scraping three feet of ground, and finally transported all the supplies into space.
There was also a small episode during this period.
The Planetary Governor, who had escaped from the battle, had been arrested and detained on the order of Grand Marshal Hershrow. Accompanied by the political commissar of the Imperial Guard, the Planetary Governor and his family took a shuttle to the cruiser. Passing by the landing site, the Planetary Governor pointed at the clean area. Blank Zone asked the political commissar doubtfully:
"There was a war here?"
Several political commissars were speechless.
They are only Guard Commissars and not Chapter Chaplains.
They have no right to interfere with the actions of the Iron Buddha Chapter.
The remains of the traitor titan can be rebuilt, and even the body of the black engine oil guy can be collected and taken away. Qingshan Khan believes that if the data storage components in the black engine oil man's body are removed for analysis and reading, there may be new discoveries.
This is similar to the dealer selling bulk USB flash drives under the overpass. What he is selling is not the USB flash drive, but a blind box. Who knows what is in the USB flash drive, prison design drawings or more than 100 GB of learning materials? Strive to squeeze out the last bit of value.
Based on this principle, the two battlefields outside the hive city were as clean as if they had been licked.
Shockingly clean.
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The mighty battle group fleet is traveling in the void.
Prepare to return to the forge world of Atal Meridian.
The Iron Buddha Chapter captured a lot of transport ships and cruisers this time, and the number of crews was a bit stretched. They transferred a lot of crew members from various battleships to barely allow the fleet to sail.
Fortunately, a characteristic of Adeptus Mechanicus ships is that they have very few mortal crews. For example, the Goliath-class factory ship and the Goliath-class foundry ship brought by Master Quinto from Mars. The former is the size of a battleship, and the latter is the size of a cruiser, but the crew numbers are only a few thousand and a few hundred people respectively. , the remaining positions use a large number of machine slaves and automatic equipment.
If you compare the degree of automation of the ships of the major forces in the Human Empire, then it is probably:
Adeptus Mechanicus \u003e Space Marines \u003e Imperial Navy.
The Adeptus Mechanicus dislike uncontrollable human crews and prefer rigid servitor slaves. Space Marines often use servitor slaves simply because they are few in number. After all, Chapter servitors are also valuable and are potential recruit candidates.
The Imperial Navy is the most exaggerated. A small ship can easily have tens of thousands of crew members, and the degree of automation is very low. The reasons are complicated. There are considerations of preventing enemy electronic attacks, as well as some factors of the Imperial Navy itself: the engine family, torpedo family, artillery family within the naval warship... form a bunch of technological monopoly groups with intertwined interests, occupying the corresponding cabins for generations. Reproduction makes it difficult for the navy to promote warship technology iterations.
The Imperial Navy is a large and conservative force.
There are so many internal rules and regulations.
In sci-fi IPs like Halo, Dune, and Star Wars, hundreds of people can control a giant spaceship. It's not like the Empire of Man can't do it, and the Mechanicus can do it, but they haven't done it due to various reasons.
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After the Iron Buddha fleet jumped out of the subspace, a transport cruiser separated into the system alone, and the remaining fleet entered the subspace again to continue their voyage.
The world of the knights of Orestes.
The transport cruiser hovers in orbit.
On the boarding deck, huge cross-orbital landers are neatly arranged. These are landing devices specially used to transport knight mechas. Now they are empty. There is no knight mecha surviving in the Draconis family.
Zofia, Janiko, and a tall space warrior wearing a black and gold power armor, the three of them stood side by side, silently waiting for the cross-orbital lander to start.
This space warrior's face is serious and even a bit bitter, and his bald head is covered with dense black prayers. He holds his helmet in his hand, the helmet's visor taking on the shape of a skull, and in the other hand he holds a power scepter with metal decorations of spikes, skulls, and eagle wings at the end. If you are familiar with Space Marines, you will know that this helmet and this weapon are the symbols of the Chapter Chaplain. The warrior also has a personal sigil on his pauldrons - a golden relief that opens a book.
The Hidden Master of the Iron Buddha Chapter, Tristan.
"Captain Zofia, Mrs. Janiko."
Tristan broke the silence:
"Khan sent me here this time to take away everything worth taking away from the Draconis family. This act itself was not authorized by Mars or Terra, so we need to act as soon as possible and end it as soon as possible. I also know that Russia Restes is the place where the Draconis family has lived and thrived for generations. You have a great bond with this land, but I hope you can be ruthless enough to break this bond. Madam, the world of Phaeton Forge has a brighter future. The future is waiting for you.”
Zofia shrugged and said nothing.
She didn't care. Originally, her biggest bond with this knight family was her mother, and she didn't know anyone else well. Moreover, Zofia and Tristan are both reincarnators, and they have already passed the Qi privately, so the move must be done quickly.
"I understand, my lord."
Mrs. Janiko nodded:
"I grew up in Orestes. This land is not only a hometown for me, but also a sad place. I don't want to see things that will remind me of memories. Stay away from here, and the family can reborn."
"It's good if you understand."
Tristan nodded approvingly.
The civil war and conflicts in the world of knights are still going on. The ruling sage forcibly transferred a loyal knight family away, causing the situation in the region to become even more unstable. The fleet of the Dark Mechanicus visited here from time to time, and was inspired by the mutants and cultists. Riots and uprisings are becoming more frequent, and other knight families are working hard to suppress the riots and maintain local order.
But this is not the mission of the Iron Buddha Chapter.
They just took away the remaining tribesmen along the way.
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The Draconis family fiefdom.
The familiar ebony fortress towered atop the hill.
Cross-orbital lander lands on Bastion platform.
The place was already crowded with people, and the women and children of the Draconis family were looking forward to it. The women were holding bouquets in their hands, and the children were waving wind-up knight toys. They were full of expectations, waiting to see the knights of the castle leading the family knights to walk out with their heads held high. They guessed that, just like in the past, the armor of the Imperial Knights was covered with bloodstains and blackened bullet marks, but their flags were still bright, and the trophies and souvenirs seized from the enemy were hung on the guns...
The hatch slowly opened.
A group of space warriors wearing black gold power armor escorted two women, one tall and one short, with guns as they walked out.
The look in the female family members' eyes.
Slowly the anticipation turned to shock.
Not a single knight mecha stepped out.
The cross-orbit lander was empty inside.
"Jia... Janico, what's going on?"
An old woman threw herself in front of the chief knight, clutching the gold-plated cuffs of the chief knight's uniform with both hands. She stared at the woman in front of her with wide eyes and asked in a trembling voice:
"Tell me quickly, what's going on?"
Janico closed her eyes and shook her head in pain.
The old woman suddenly understood. She collapsed and sat down on the ground, her expression dull and gloomy. People around them also knew what happened, and their suspicions became reality. It was like the sky was falling. The female family members stared blankly at the empty hatch. Some covered their mouths and sobbed loudly, while others slowly collapsed to the ground.
Some children who didn't understand what was going on, when they saw their mother like this, they also raised their heads and cried loudly along with "Wow wow wow". Among the crowd were pregnant women holding their bellies and babies waiting to be fed, and the entire platform was a mess.
"well."
Even though he had expected it, the chief pastor couldn't help but sigh when he saw this scene.
Tristan suddenly remembered a conversation he had with Qingshan Khan not long ago.
At that time, the two were eating in the restaurant, and they talked about the imperial state religion. Khan said:
"As far as I know, the National Church is expanding its sphere of influence in the Sun Star Territory, and has obtained Terra's tacit approval. Perhaps soon, the National Church priests will come to the Obscure Star Territory, to the Marquez King Star District, as a warrior Chief pastor of the regiment, you must be prepared on how to deal with them."
"What kind of force is the Imperial State Church?"
The hidden cultivator humbly asked the chapter leader for advice.
The war leader put down his spoon, thought for a while and said:
“The state religion has done so many evil deeds throughout its life that it’s hard to describe them, but we have to admit that they have indeed done some good deeds, and these actions have been very helpful to the empire.”
"for example?"
"For example, establishing Chuji Academy."
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The world of the knights of Orestes.
A city three hundred kilometers away from Ebony Fortress.
The city has gone through war, and most of the city has been reduced to ruins. At this time, night falls, in the gaps of collapsed buildings and in the holes buried by wall panels, firelight flickers, figures appear, wild laughter, the sound of beatings, roars... It is as if a group of demons are dancing in chaos, order has disappeared, and only chaos has descended.
Inside a large sunken pit.
There are piles of construction debris all around.
Two shirtless people were struggling in the pit. They were covered in blood and sweat. You punched and kicked me. There were no rules in this fight. It was a real "unrestricted fight". The teeth were biting and the fingers and nails were broken. Digging into the eardrums and eyeballs. They don't look like humans at all, more like two wild dogs.
There were people standing around the pit.
They waved swords, guns and torches in their hands, roared loudly, cheered for the players they had bet on, and cursed their opponents loudly, spitting and swearing.
A tall figure wearing a cloak and a hood was hurriedly walking with his head lowered. He passed by this large sunken pit and turned his head to take a look. The firelight illuminated his face along the edge of the hood. This is a strange face, with a broad forehead and a broad forehead. However, there are no pupils in the eyes, only a white film. The skin color is dark blue. There are four fleshy tentacles of different thicknesses hanging around the cheeks. Each tentacle has a golden color on it. There are rings as decoration, and there are raised strips of forehead bones on the forehead around the brow bone. Just looking at this face, he is not human.
The mysterious passerby was wearing a brown and black cloak, but it still couldn't hide his tall and burly figure, strong shoulders, and bulging chest muscles, which made him look unattractive.
On the edge of the pit, someone set up an oven and was grilling food. The mysterious passerby's nose twitched, he stopped and looked up. It was a Chaos believer with horns on his head. He flipped the grill over in one hand and held an iron pick and steel bar in the other. On top of the rough cut iron rod... there was a baby corpse.
The mysterious visitor frowned.
There was a look of disgust in his eyes.
But he took a deep breath, ignored it, forced himself to turn his head and left the place quickly.
He quickly shuttled through the ruins of the city, got into a sewer, turned through an arched door, and came to a secret camp hidden deep in the ruins of the city. As soon as he arrived here, a tall figure rushed towards him next to him. The mysterious passerby quickly raised his hand to hold the other person, and then asked:
"What's the matter, Liv, being reckless?"
"Brother, you took action some time ago, right?"
"Yes."
The mysterious passerby lifted his hood and revealed his face.
There is a pair of curved horns on the top of the head.
It was a Draenei.
Standing in front of him was Olivia Crofts, the Draenei mage from the Zero World Guild.
"Didn't I tell you? Don't take action easily. The fluctuation of magic will attract that person's attention. We haven't found the main context of the major events in the plot line yet..."
Olivia said eagerly.
"But I had to take action."
The male Draenei said slightly angrily:
"I met a gang of Chaos believers on the outskirts of the city, and they intercepted me. I followed what you taught me, saying that I was a follower of the Almighty Lord, and then raised my hood and showed my face to them, but they They got even more angry and wanted to kill me if they picked up weapons, so I had no choice but to kill them."
"Well……"
Olivia was slightly startled and asked:
"What do they look like?"
"They are very ugly. The skin on their faces is red, their eyes are red, and there are some horny spikes on the edge of their heads. But their bodies are very strong, far superior to ordinary humans... Oh yes, they all wear a brass collar around their necks."
Brass collar…
Olivia covered her face:
"Oh, those are the followers of Khorne. If you say you believe in the Almighty Lord, they will definitely kill you."
"Then what should I do?"
The male draenei spread his hands helplessly.
"What magic did you use?"
Olivia then asked.
"Firestorm, and burning touch."
The male Draenei said coldly:
"To avoid further trouble, I killed the entire Chaos gang. I'm pretty sure not a single one was left alive."
"You're making too much noise."
Olivia shook her head:
"I've heard it all here. Now the Chaos cultist gangs in the entire city are looking for you. Everyone is spreading rumors that a very powerful illegal psyker has come to the city. If this continues for a long time, we may all be exposed."
"Exposed, exposed, it should have been exposed long ago."
The male Draenei curled his lips and said:
"There is nothing worth paying attention to in this city. When are we going to kill all the enemies and leave here?"
"Wait a moment."
Olivia said in a deep voice:
"So far, we have only encountered a group of Chaos believers. Space Marines, Imperial Knights, and the local Mechanicus sect have not taken action. I have to see where the upper limit of this planet's combat power is and then decide on follow-up actions."
The male Draenei nodded:
"You have experience, I will listen to you."
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There are many pictures in this chapter, waiting for me to pass them on.