Chapter 418, Destroyed Starport and War Mobilization

Chapter 418, Destroyed Starport and War Mobilization

The First Expeditionary Fleet began to mobilize. The commander of this fleet was not someone else, but a familiar guy, Qi.

The huge First Expeditionary Fleet of the Rat Empire, he began to mobilize under that cold order.

This was not a complicated mobilization. Not long ago, the First Expeditionary Fleet had just completed maintenance in the Fortress Star Port and loaded various weapons and supplies.

If those things had not happened, then the First Expeditionary Fleet should have been heading towards the unknown star region at this time. In fact, they have already walked for a while.

Unlike Qi, Qi looked younger, from the cryo-hibernation device on the Rat warship and the life essence that could still flow in the upper echelons of the Rat Empire when Qi had not completely broken up with those temple priests.

But if you look closely at his eyes, you can see the indelible fatigue and silence.

Not all rats are prepared for longevity.

Besides, the overall life span of rats has always been insufficient.

But in fact, this problem is not particularly difficult to overcome. For those big figures in the Skaven Empire, they have a unique trait to face the wear and tear of time.

That is the burning fire of desire.

If the fire of desire is not extinguished, then the Skaven will continue to climb forward and will never give up, but if the desire is exhausted, then the Skaven is no different from being dead.

Qi simply waved his arms and uttered a simple sentence "Forward." As the commander of the Skaven's first expeditionary fleet, countless Skavens immediately began to get busy.

This order was quickly passed down. The Skaven flagship was like a mountain, a city that could freely navigate in the stars, and millions of Skavens lived on this battleship.

It was not as good as those overly concentrated and bloated Skaven super cities, but this was already the largest battleship plan that the Skavens could give at present. If it was a little bigger, the Skavens would not be able to push it into the subspace.

The Ratman flagship, Expedition, has a complete set of large warship maintenance workshops, which can simultaneously produce small and medium-sized Ratman warships. It is also equipped with the Ratman Empire's largest magic cannon, the Destroyer, and the only strategic anti-star weapon, the Soul Scream.

It has 20 large supply ships, 120 large frigates, a small reconnaissance fleet, mining ships, medium-sized exploration ships, and four attack fleets.

These messy things together can be considered a complete Ratman expedition fleet.

It looks decent, but in fact, this is the first time that the Ratman has used such a structure, and it is also the first time that the flagship they built has been put into battle.

For such a super-large flagship, the Ratman's technology is not perfect, and it lacks the most important link, that is, the super-large energy shield.

This is a very critical technology, not only to resist the enemy's attack when the war breaks out, but also to protect the warship from the bombardment of star dust and high-energy particles floating in the universe and to ensure the safety of subspace navigation.

The rats' technology in this area is not mature. In fact, their shield technology is still the psychic deflection shield copied from the psychic reconnaissance ship, or perhaps it can be said in another way, the magic shield.

In the two hundred years of development, the rats have changed this technology beyond recognition, but only in the super-large gear, those extremely irritable rat engineers are stumped.

It's not that the shield can't be made, but the soul engine, the magic engine, the rats' engine technology has fallen into a bottleneck, and the simple and crude power increase is no longer feasible.

After the power of the soul engine is increased to a limit, it will no longer output soul energy stably, but will directly tear open the road to the subspace. At the same time, the magic engine has encountered the same problem. In an extremely violent cycle of increasing the furnace, adding more fuel, adding a larger furnace, and adding more fuel, the rat engineers have successfully encountered a material bottleneck. Any material or structure they currently know is not enough to bear such a violent magic reaction.

So, the technical bottleneck was born.

But what is surprising is that even in the face of such a bottleneck, when the technology is not mature, these rat engineers still forcibly manufactured this rat flagship.

The volume that is stuck to the upper limit of the soul engine, and the super-large external oblique shield that is forcibly supported by 120 large frigates.

One hundred and twenty large frigates, they are arranged according to fixed positions, and use medium-sized oblique shields to forcibly nest into a large oblique shield that can barely operate.

It is still the kind of simple strategy of powerful bricks flying, but what is amazing is that the group of rat engineers actually manufactured these rat flagships.

At present, the Rat Empire has a total of two and a half such flagships, and two rat warships built around such flagships. Such a structure has not really participated in the battle, and no one knows what kind of effect it can show.

But those rat engineers are very confident in their work.

Now, the opportunity has come.

These warships built for conquest and development are the main force of this rebellion.

After those idiots in the star port killed all the Imperial Guards sent by Qi, they were directly identified as rebels. Dealing with those rat bureaucrats who colluded with the temple priests required investigation, while dealing with a group of rebels was much simpler, just suppressing the rebellion.

Well, in fact, there is no difference between the two. Those idiots have always thought wrong about one thing, that is, Qi has always intended to completely wipe them out, without any intention of compromise, tolerance or giving them a chance.

Just kill them all, kill them all.

In the star port, in the strange silence, this group of self-righteous idiots waited for the news of the return of the first expedition fleet.

The anxiety and panic were interrupted by the terrifying artillery bombardment across the dark starry sky.

Obviously, they did not expect such a result. A cosmic war broke out in the capital of the rat empire, outside the fortress star.

The terrifying shock, the aftermath of the war that could be easily seen even on the planet, lasted for many days.

Of course, those greedy guys would not surrender voluntarily. What was despairing was that, even if they really wanted to rebel, they would have to defeat the returning First Expedition Fleet of the Ratmen.

Relying on the fortifications on the star port, they struggled for many days. During these days, whether it was these stupid guys or the First Expedition Fleet of the Ratmen led by Qi, they were very wise not to approach the Fortress Star.

Compared with the emptiness of the Godly Awakening Star, this Fortress Star was just like its name, a very solid fortress. The Ratmen flagship Expedition, where Qi sat, was currently relying on the Destroyer Magic Cannon to frantically slaughter the warships of the Star Port Patrol Fleet. Almost none of the large warships that were constantly launched from the star port could withstand a single shot from it.

It was a big hit, but there were twelve such expensive destructive weapons on the Fortress Star.

The rebellion war came to the tenth day. In the floating wreckage of warships and the star port that had been reduced to ruins, the rebellion ended very neatly.

Except for the Soul Scream carried by the flagship, the First Expeditionary Fleet led by Qi used almost all means, almost crushing the Star Port Patrol Fleet.

This new type of ratman fleet showed its strength.

But the price paid was also not small.

The floating wreckage and the almost completely destroyed star port are not a trivial matter. You know, the star port itself is an important trade and transit node. Its destruction will make many things out of control, and will also make the fortress star, which is the center of the ratman empire, have to experience the pain of shortage of various materials for a long time.

This is already a considerable price. It doesn't have to be so extreme. Even if the captain of the star port patrol fleet is to be dismissed, it is not worth fighting such a war that is extremely harmful to oneself.

But Qi still did it.

Strictly speaking, this most explosive purge war with almost no compromise is just a prelude and warm-up, and also a warning.

The entanglement between the bureaucrats in the Rat Empire and the temple priests is too deep. Even if he, the emperor, really wants to promote that war, he will face great resistance.

This is an unavoidable situation. The best time to deal with those corrupt termites and vampires is when they have not recovered yet and now.

The last time these guys were weak, it was when the Rat Empire was just established. At that time, Qi had the idea of ​​dealing with these guys, but it was still uncertain whether the gods would leave.

In the glory of the great gods, no one in the Rat Empire can completely sweep these guys into the garbage dump.

Then the other best and most suitable opportunity is now.

In fact, Qi feels that if the great gods are still watching the rats, then these guys probably won’t fall so thoroughly.

The loyal guys are all dead.

But now, the great god has moved his sight away, and the rats can no longer rely on that great figure. Therefore, everything in the future, no matter how it develops, should not be left to them to decide by a group of bugs that are still rotting after losing their glory.

This is a thorough cleanup, a deterrent, and also a warning to the wavering rat bureaucrats in the Rat Empire.

Even if the starport of the Fortress Star is to be rebuilt, Qi will not allow this important node to be affected by the temple priests.

At the same time, he is also telling all those wavering rat bureaucrats, telling this group of guys that any wavering, not firm enough guys, they are likely to be sent to the gallows, killed, and liquidated.

It's time to stand in line, their emperor is not old enough to be incompetent.

The rat warriors who landed on the wreckage of the starport found an interesting guy, the captain of the starport patrol fleet, who did not die with the disintegration of warships in the universe and the failure of the starport patrol fleet.

On the contrary, he huddled in a safe house in the wreckage of the starport, shivering with the life essence that filled the room.

It's just a pity that he was caught. When the hot spray gun cut the heavy metal door of the safe house, this guy screamed loudly with a distorted face.

He raised the magic bomb in his hand and roared loudly with a sharp voice.

"Get out of my way, get out of my way, get closer, get closer, I will destroy everything here!

I still have bargaining chips! I still have bargaining chips, these life essences will even make the emperor excited! This is my bargaining chip!

Don't come over, get out of my way, get out of my way, I want Qi to see me, I want to talk to Qi!"

The crazy nonsense was effective. For a while, these rat warriors who surrounded here really didn't know what they should do.

Not long after, with repeated reports, Qi's figure appeared in front of this crazy guy, but it also made this guy even more crazy.

"Qi! You damned fellow, don't think you've won. I want to see the emperor, I want to see Qi, I can buy anything with my life essence, everything!"

Amidst the sharp shouts, a sneering expression appeared on Qi's face.

At the same time, a cold voice appeared on the field.

"Kill him."

This voice was only transmitted through the terminal on Qi's body, but it made this frantic guy quiet down immediately, and the expression on his face froze, turning into a weird state of crying and laughing.

He knelt down.

"Great Emperor!"

But Qi didn't want to enjoy this farce anymore, waved his hand, and waved to the rat warrior on the side.

"Kill him!"

The moment he turned back, the rat warrior raised the steam gun in his hand, simply pulled the trigger, and the sharp steel spikes easily pierced the chest of this frantic guy.

In an unbelievable trance, this guy fell to the ground. Obviously, he didn't expect that he would really die, and his face suddenly twisted at this moment.

He activated the magic bomb in his hand, and left a last loud and sharp roar.

"You will regret it, you will all regret it!"

The hot explosion engulfed everything in the area, including the life essence piled up in the safe house.

This is not a small amount.

At least, at least, it is enough for a ratman to live for another two hundred years. In the ratman empire, there are many guys who are willing to give everything for these life essences.

But now, now these things are engulfed by the explosion, probably nothing will be left.