Chapter 301 The Rise of the Primarch: A Mechanicus Welcome

Lieutenant Stewart Valku is the fire control officer of the Infinite Frontier. As an experienced naval veteran, Lieutenant Stewart serves as one of the standing fire control officers of the Infinite Frontier. He has seen He had fought in many great battles with the Emperor's glorious navy, fighting every fucking enemy in the galaxy.

Chaos, Eldar, Greenskins, Tyranids, Necrons, etc. Oh, did I forget to mention Tau Lord? Yes, there are also these blue bald aliens, although in Lieutenant Stewart's impression, this new alien is the weakest one, if compared with other monsters and monsters.

But this time, today's naval confrontation can be regarded as setting another record for Lieutenant Stewart's resume. This is the first time since he joined the army that he has faced off against the Empire's own people, and it was also the fleet of the red Mechanicus.

Stewart stood behind the control area of ​​the fire control team. He put one hand on the upper side of the seat of the team member next to him. Stewart's eyes were looking out of the huge floor-to-ceiling window in front of the bridge. The standing red fleet, the Adeptus Mechanicus hovering in the void, with countless advanced weapons and automated arrays arrayed on its red and gold ships.

The shapes of those battleships are very different from those of the Imperial Navy. They look more square and square, and there are fewer churches, monasteries and Gothic spires on their backs. There is only one main machine decorated with a mechanical skull symbol. The rest of the sanctuary was densely packed with automatic weapons.

Not only that, the Mechanicus ships are also much smaller than those of the Empire. Among the Mechanicus fleet hovering in a dense array in front, most of them are frigates and light cruisers. There is only one Mechanicus that can compare with the Infinite Frontier. The heavy cruiser is located in the center of the fleet, surrounded by layers of escort fleets that are slowly pushing plasma flames.

But Stuart had fought side by side with the Adeptus Mechanicus, and he knew that although these warships looked small, each one was more powerful than the other. Their automatic cannon fire and high-rate reloading macro cannon could instantly destroy dense artillery fire. Shooting at the Infinite Frontier, the rotating light spear turret on the top of it will start shooting, piercing the void shield of the battleship, followed by a gorgeous explosion in the dense artillery fire.

But it seems that Lieutenant Stewart is not worried at all. He looks quite calm. In fact, not only him, but also the entire bridge members are quite calm. They all sit in their seats and lean on the backrest easily. Looking at the fleet ahead, some people even stood up and gathered in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows to point at the warships.

All in all, although they may be judged as enemies in an instant by the stubborn oil guys of the Mechanicus based on a series of boring data calculation results, and then beaten into floating debris in the universe, the Infinite Frontier has not seen any big winds and waves. The sailors who passed by were not afraid at all.

"Lieutenant, are they going to fight here, or not?" the fire controller sitting next to Stewart said sideways. He sat sideways on his chair, with his elbows on his knees and his eyes calmly. He looked out the window at the Mechanicus fleet that almost surrounded the entire window.

"Do you want them to fire, or not to fire?" Stewart turned to his subordinate and asked, who smiled and scratched his nose. He took the mug on the table and took a sip, which was already cold. of tea, and he complained when the tea was swallowed.

"I just want to know what they are going to do. We have been staring at each other here for half an hour. My Tanner tea has gone cold, but no one likes to drink cold Tanner tea. It tastes best when it is hot. In the end, It’s the kind that’s just soaked.”

The member of the fire control team put the tea cup back on the small plate. He rubbed the corners of his mouth and looked out the window at the silent Mechanicus fleet floating outside like a group of iron stones. "They really don't want to eat. ? If you want to fight, just fire twice, so I can turn on the fire control system and shoot them twice, or I can make a cup of tea. "

"You guys are on duty." Stewart said and reached out to press his head, but the latter looked at the lieutenant with a smile.

"There's no point in staring at each other here. How about it, Lieutenant? Do you want to drink a cup of hot Tanner tea? I also have Fuyu tea leaves. They gave them to me last time after we fought the green skins with the 597th regiment of Valhalla. There’s still money to be made.”

Stewart glanced at the "enemy fleet" outside the window, and then looked at the bridge members gathered in front of the window, drinking coffee, refreshing drinks, and tea. The lieutenant turned his head to one side and turned to his subordinates. He lowered his head and said, "Hurry up. You know what will happen to us when first officer Anna comes back and sees you not on duty."

"Yes, sir." The subordinate stood up with a smile. He picked up the mug and ran into the small corridor on the side of the bridge. Stuart looked at the subordinate who left, and then turned to look outside. Fleet, he glanced at the captain's platform above his head and shrugged.

"Captain and the others will take care of it. We don't need to worry about it." After saying that, Stuart sat on a chair on the side. He crossed his legs and rested his head on his head.

Above his head, on the captain's command platform, Cole was standing on the armrest with his hands behind his back. His blue eyes looked at the Mechanicus fleet outside the window. Their huge fleet was backed by Mars that had entered the field of vision in the distance. Among them, the huge Revenge-class battle cruiser almost covered half of the surface of Mars.

Cole looked at the huge battleship, and suddenly a person walked up beside him. Vito straightened the collar of his black windbreaker and leaned on the armrest, looking at the huge fleet suspended outside the window and whistled.

"They are so hospitable. We are still a few units away from the far Earth orbit of Mars, and they are here to welcome guests."

"I think they may have been a little too enthusiastic. The safety of their weapons was turned on. It looked like they were going to give us a welcome salute or something."

Cole said and pointed at the Revenge-class battle cruiser ahead. Vito looked at the huge bombardment muzzle aimed at the bridge. The black heavy cannon pointed the scary big black hole at Vito's head. Well, everyone's heads to be precise.

He raised his eyebrows slightly, put his hand on the armrest, and tapped his fingers gently on the hardened quartz stone surface, "How about the refugee fleet? I guess they are scared."

"Indeed, the civilians are scared." It was not Cole who answered Vito. He turned to look at Eisenstein who was walking up behind him. The Imperial Fist stood behind him with a chain saw sword at his waist, and his mountain-like body was almost It seemed as if it was about to fall on Cole and Vito.

"But Commissar Engels has tried his best to comfort them. No one was injured and no one died, at least for the time being." Eisenstein said and looked up at the Mechanicus fleet outside the window. Behind him, Bell also came up. It felt very unpleasant.

Bell strode behind Vito. The annoyed Ultramarine pressed a hand on the protruding armor plate on his waist. "I tried talking to the people from the Mechanicum, but it was still the same as before. They stubbornly refused to believe us. identity of."

"Well, at least you tried." Vito said, leaning on the armrest and looking out the window, his eyes skipping over the Mechanicus fleets on the background of the universe.

"Has the identification code been sent?" Vito asked beside him, while Cole sighed and nodded, "It has been sent, but it's useless. They said that our ship is not in their friendly force directory, so we still use the muzzle. Pointing at us."

Vito looked at Cole and raised his eyebrows slightly. He then stood up and turned towards the holographic platform behind him. Cole and the two Space Marines turned to look at Vito, watching him walk to the holographic instrument and press it. communication button.

As Vito pressed the communication icon suspended in front of him, a logo of the Adeptus Mechanicus quickly appeared on the prototype projection device. Vito looked at the logo, but just when he was about to speak, the other party first spoke.

"This is the Delta Squadron of the Martian Fleet of the Mechanicus, the flagship Mechanical Hadith. Please identify yourself." The cold mechanical voice sounded with several weird syllable combinations that seemed extremely strange in this sentence. Listen to Sounds like the weird work of some bad tuner.

"Hey, man, your vocal system really needs to be adjusted." Vito said with a joking smile, and the Adeptus Mechanicus responded with a cold tone.

"Identify yourself, flesh and blood."

"Don't like to chat casually first? Well, let's do it directly." Vito said and stood up. He looked at the rotating Mechanicum logo in front of him. Eisenstein and Bell also came closer beside him. , they stood behind Vito and looked at the sign together.

Vito glanced at Eisenstein and then turned to the sign. He cleared his throat and spoke in as serious and dignified a voice as possible, "I am Grand Inquisitor Vito Constantine, and behind me stands the Imperial Fist. The fourth company commander, Captain Eisenstein Batalov.”

The other party fell into a brief silence. Following the knocking sound of mechanical gears, the Mechanicum's emotionless correspondent spoke again, "According to data verification, the current company commander of the Imperial Fists is Captain Kalhok, and Captain Eisenstein has been His soul returned to the throne during the holy war expedition six hundred years ago."

"There is an error in your data, priest. In the name of the Emperor, I swear to you that I am Captain Eisenstein. With the Emperor's blessing, I am not only alive, but I have also returned to the Empire from the Twisting Nether."

Eisenstein took a step forward behind Vito. He clenched his fists and said in an extremely majestic voice, "In the name of Rogal Dorn, and in the name of the Terran Iron Guard, I ask you to release us immediately and take us to Mars."

"Reject, we cannot verify your identity. The sacred computing array shows that the credibility of your words is 70%, so it is judged that it is a lie." The other party responded in a cold voice, which suddenly angered Eisenstein. He glared at the sign and raised his fist as if to threaten the other party.

"Are you questioning me? Do you think what I say is a lie? How dare you doubt the words sworn in the name of the Emperor?!"

"Heresy, citing database information, traitorous Space Marines-Alpha Legion, this type of traitor is good at using lies, disguise and deception, data verification, it is clear that Alpha usually disguises itself as a loyal Space Marine, infiltration, destruction, you, there is a possibility. "

Eisenstein was so angry that he wanted to scold the other party angrily. He felt that his honor, no! The honor of the war group had been insulted, but when he was about to speak, Vito raised his hand and stopped him.

The company commander looked at Vito and then suppressed his anger. He suppressed his anger with his strong discipline, then nodded slightly and retreated behind Vito. The latter looked at Eisenstein retreating and turned to look at him. He saw the Mechanicum symbol in front of him.

"We have sent you the identification code. The Imperial Navy is a Mars-class battlecruiser affiliated with the Inquisition. The registration name is: Infinite Frontier. The captain is Cole Markarian."

The opposite side of the rotating Mechanicus symbol fell silent again, followed by the crackling sound of a series of data, followed by a long warning tone.

"Oh, I don't like that sound." Vito smiled bitterly and shook his head slightly, and the other party responded quickly as he expected, and the content was not what Vito expected.

"The identification is invalid. The ship is not in the list of the solar system's defense fleet. The calculation results of the sacred computing array. Visited from outside the system and asked, is this true?"

"Yes, that's right, we jumped into the solar system a week ago, and we are preparing." Just as Vito was about to continue, a warning sound suddenly sounded, and the rotating Mechanicus symbol immediately glowed with a dangerous red light.

"As a result of the dominion calculation, the subspace storm surrounded Terra. The Imperial Navy equipment ships cannot pass through the storm and enter Terra for support. The units that can pass through, the Chaos ship, your jump time coincides with the time when the Chaos fleet breaks into the solar system."

As soon as the cold voice of the Adeptus Mechanicus finished speaking, an alarm sounded throughout the entire bridge of the Infinite Frontier. The piercing alarm was accompanied by the battle red light flashing under the entire dome.

Cole, Vito, Eisenstein and Bell looked around at the red lights. Below them, Lieutenant Stewart, who had just taken a sip of the hot Tanner tea brewed by his subordinate, saw the terminal in front of him. At the red light, he spat out the Tanner tea in his mouth, and the tea sprayed on his trouser legs and chest.

But the lieutenant had no time to worry about his wet clothes. He immediately sat up and put the tea cup on the table. He immediately approached the fire control terminal and quickly tapped the keyboard to operate. Soon a series of alarms on it The system gave him the answer, and the lieutenant immediately turned towards the captain and shouted.

"Captain! The Oil Man's weapons are all turned on, and the fire control radar has locked us!"

Stewart shouted. Cole stood at a high place and leaned out to look at Stewart. The captain saw the row of fire control radar systems that all glowed red, and the other fire control operators sitting there. They have begun to quickly activate the weapon array in accordance with the regulations. As they quickly flip the switches on the table, green icons light up on the central display above the fire control operators. That is Signal for Infinite Frontier weapon unlock.

"Close the weapon array immediately! Cole!" Vito turned his head and roared in the direction of Captain Cole. His voice was very loud, and he had no intention of joking at all. Cole knew that Vito was serious and he belonged there. The kind of situation where there is no time for any explanation.

Cole nodded, and he immediately shouted an order to Stewart below, "Lieutenant, turn off the weapon system and execute the order immediately!"

"Yes, Captain." Stewart said and looked at the team members around him, "You heard the captain's order! Turn off the weapon system immediately! Quick!"

The orders from Vito, to Captain Cole, and then to Lieutenant Stewart were quickly executed. The operators sitting in front of the fire control system immediately began to turn off the weapon array. They quickly fiddled with the switch in front of them with their fingers. The green weapon icons on the main screen have all turned red again.

After Cole was sure, he turned to Vito and nodded affirmatively. The latter nodded sharply and looked at the Mechanicus fleet outside the window. He roared in the direction of the battleship at almost the loudest voice.

"If you dare to open fire! Say goodbye to the great sage and his knowledge on this ship! You two-digit idiots!" Vito roared and punched the holographic platform beside him. He raised his finger and pointed. holding the Mechanicum symbol in front of him.

"When you die, go and explain to your God of All Opportunities how you blew up His treasure house of knowledge!"

Emperor bless, Vito's words had an effect. Cole looked at the fire control operation area below. The roaring radar alarms gradually stopped, until finally the entire locking alarm was completely silent. Cole looked around the ship. He was relieved that the sirens on the bridge had also stopped.

The captain looked in the direction of Vito, who was standing in front of the holographic image, and the Mechanicus symbol rotating in front of him also fell silent. After a moment, Nadi spoke again in a mechanical broadcasting voice.

"Explain what you said." After holding it back for a long time, he forced out these words with seven or eight completely different tones. Vito looked at the other person and smiled. Now it was Vito's turn to be arrogant. He stood up and looked at the icon in front of him with his head raised slightly.

"Your great sage will come to explain to you soon. Now, just wait patiently." "You"

Before Mechanic Priest Vito finished speaking, he hung up the communication. His finger pressed on the red terminate button. Cole looked at the red icon and frowned in surprise, "You are not afraid of the other party's anger. Why don't you just attack us in one place?"

"Risk to blow up unknown knowledge? No, if they believe me, even if they think we are a threat, they will choose to take the risk and join forces to "rescue" the knowledge inventory, and then blow us up."

Vito stood up as he spoke, while Eisenstein behind him frowned slightly. He glanced at the fleet outside, "Even if they know there are Space Marines on board?"

"Yes, those technical nerds are so crazy about exploring knowledge." Vito smiled and leaned on the edge of the terminal. He looked at Cole walking on the side, but in the end it was Bell who asked him the next question. , the latter looked at Vito in surprise and confusion.

"Why don't you use your access code?"

"King's return?"

"Yes, that's it. You can use it to forcefully take over the Adeptus Mechanicus' fleet system, right? The Supreme Marshal's code has the authority to take over all imperial armed forces, fleets, and weapon platforms."

Bell looked at Vito in front of him and was very confused. He pointed at the Mechanicus fleet outside, "You can just use your authority to close them, so why would you risk the whole ship being destroyed? Let alone die. It’s not just us, there are also a dozen refugee boats outside.”

After Bell said this, Cole, who walked up to Vito, also looked at Vito with the same doubts. The latter looked at them, looking from Bell to Cole, and then looked at Eisenstein beside him. There was nothing wrong with the Captain of the Imperial Fists, the Sons of Dorn tended to follow orders rather than question them, but Vito could tell the Captain was skeptical.

Vito smiled, he spread his hands and shrugged, "Because I don't want the high lords of Terra to know that I'm back, especially since I've arrived in Terra, remember? General Martian Forge is also a high lord. member, and a core member.”

"But why? Why not inform the high lords of your return? I believe they will welcome a savior and legend very enthusiastically." Bell asked in surprise, while Vito looked at him and smiled helplessly.

"Bell, if someone comes back, there is a high probability that he will be stripped of your rights and executed for all the bad things you did before. Will you still treat him as a savior and greet him with flowers?"

Bell was stunned. He and Cole looked at each other. They were not stupid. Of course, they understood what Vito said in an instant, and Vito could also see that they understood.

The marshal shrugged and leaned against the holographic device, "You will still go to greet him, but you will turn the thrown flowers into cannonballs shot from the muzzle."

"Marshal, are you planning?" Eisenstein keenly noticed the deeper meaning of Vito on the side. He looked at Vito, who also turned his head slightly to look at Eisenstein and nodded, but Vito obviously did not intend to Explain here, now, at this moment, so Eisenstein chose obedience and silence after nodding his respect.

Bell and Cole also knew what Eisenstein meant, and they remained silent after looking at each other. Indeed, if Vito really planned to take over the High Lords Council, then this was not a suitable place to discuss this issue.

Bell turned his head slightly and looked at the crew members below. They all breathed a sigh of relief after the crisis was resolved. They were chatting with each other on the deck directly below, clinking cups and drinking coffee or tea. There were many people here, and there were also many ears.

The awkward silence lasted for a while, but was soon interrupted by the sound of heavy mechanical footsteps not far away. Vito turned his head and looked over with a smile, and slapped the edge of the terminal behind him with both hands. Then he stood up straight.

"Holy shit, Call, can you go faster? We were almost blown away." Vito turned sideways and looked at the approaching Great Sage. He was smiling, and Cole and the two Space Marines also looked at him. Passing by, they looked at the Great Sage of the Mechanicus squirming from outside the bridge gate with countless mechanical legs under his red robe.

Caul walked in from the steel arch of the bridge with unhurried movements. His huge body was like a slowly advancing Leman Russ main battle tank, with the red robe covering his huge body. There was another person walking beside her, her hair was far brighter red than Cole's robe.

Cole looked at the woman next to him. She walked in quickly from Call's side, and knocked on Call's huge mechanical belly as she passed by. She walked to Vito's side with brisk steps.

Anna propped up the table and reached it to the edge of the holographic display. She pointed to Kaul on the side, "I brought your big squid."

Vito looked at Anna and smiled with satisfaction. He turned to look at Cole and gave a thumbs up, "Your girl is awesome."

After hearing this, Cole raised his brows with a strange expression. He turned to look at Anna, who put her hands behind her back and shrugged with a smile. She tossed her fiery red hair and looked away. When Caul came, the huge mechanical sage had already walked in front of everyone.

"You dead scrap bastard, your back is so big, can't you install a turboprop or something?" Vito put his hands on his hips and watched as Caul beeped crookedly, while Caul used that and the opposite The weird synthetic voice of the announcer burst into laughter, and he walked up to Vito with some iron feet on his abdomen.

"No need, because I know you can hold them back, and you did." Call looked at the holographic projection on the side and said. Vito shrugged and pointed at a large window outside the window behind him with a thumbs up. Stacks of Mechanicus ships.

"But you need to explain it to them quickly, before their bullshit computing array decides to fire and blow us away."

"my pleasure."

Caul said as he stretched out a rotating mechanical arm from under his robe. The mechanical arm with three claws was like a triangle split from the center. His claws rotated several times in the air, and then suddenly slammed away from Vito. It hit him and hit Vitor's ear like a flying cannonball.

His short black hair and collar trembled violently when Call's claws pierced him. Call's mechanical arm was suddenly inserted at the edge of the holographic projection platform behind Vito, and the interface point on the inside of his mechanical claw was inserted into At the data terminal, the projected logo of the Mechanicus soon lit up again.

Caull's mechanical eye also flickered, and the only part of his body that was a human face began to rotate left and right, and data information rolled over his eyeball.

"Identity information, to be transmitted, sage computing array, to be activated." Caul's voice sounded low, and along with his words, the rotating Mechanicus symbol also made a sound.

"Information received, verification in progress."

Vito and several others all turned their heads to look at the symbol. The rotating symbol did not let them look at it for too long. In fact, it did not even take three seconds to give a positive and satisfactory response.

"Identity information has been verified. Welcome back, Great Sage Belisarius Cawl. On behalf of the Martian Order, I welcome you. Praise the Om Messiah."

"Praise the Om Messiah. Please take us to Mars, Father." "According to the order of the sacred computing array, we will execute the agreement and escort you to Mars."

A bell rang in the communication channel. After three consecutive bells, the fleet outside began to turn. All the Mechanicus warships flew to both sides with plasma flames, making way for the Infinite Frontier to Mars.

"Is it over?" Bell asked in surprise beside Vito, who smiled and glanced at Cawl and turned to look at the people around him.

"This is called fighting poison with poison. Okay, let's go to Mars. I heard that the Margarita there is very delicious." Vito patted Cole on the shoulder. The captain nodded slightly and waved to Anna and walked towards his command position. The illegal female first mate also jumped off the holographic instrument.

She winked at Vito and walked past him. Vito smiled at her and Cole, then looked at the great sage Kaul in front of him. Eisenstein and Bell also stood beside Vito and looked at Vito, then looked at the great sage.

"After going to Mars, I have a mission for you."

"What kind of mission?"

"A big mission, rebellion, the kind that may cost you your head, how about it? Are you interested?"

"It's hard not to be interested in your words, Vito."

"Very good."