Chapter 100 The Inevitable Encounter

The last impression of the planet named Aman that Calvin and his companions had was the doomsday scene of the massive landing of the Titan Legion from the Forge World of Grea, the Morning Star Legion, when they left.

He could probably imagine how furious these mechanical priests from the Forge World of Reza would be when they found that the ruins inside the valley had been obviously turned over after landing.

And how these poor skull grabbers would face the consequences of this fury was not a problem that Calvin could be responsible for.

He was only concerned about his own way home now.

The Noble and the Dirty spent a whole week in the asteroid belt to travel to the other side of the channel, and during this period there were several close encounters with interstellar pirates.

Like thieves and prostitutes, the traditional profession of robbery with a long history is still active in the territory of the human empire in the interstellar era.

But unlike the old times, the threshold for pirates in the interstellar era has become very high, and it is no longer a profession that ordinary civilians can reach.

Their origins may still be varied and their qualities are uneven.

But considering that the lowest service object of this industry is a semi-military organization such as the Imperial Merchant Fleet, the pirates' martial ethics cannot be too bad.

So excluding some amateur pirates who occasionally work part-time when conditions permit, the "insiders" who can really survive in this industry for a long time often have their own unique side.

The rebellious interstellar navy is the lowest standard for this industry, and it cannot be lower.

Otherwise, when a group of "armed" miscellaneous pirates encounter an armed merchant fleet, it is not certain who will be robbed.

It is not surprising to find green orcs and Ark Eldar above, and it is not uncommon to find active traces of rebellious Astartes in some recognized dangerous sections.

Interstellar pirates usually rely on some special terrain or sections that the Imperial Navy cannot effectively cover to carry out activities.

The asteroid belt is an important gathering point and place for interstellar pirates near the Rust Belt.

The complex environment here naturally allows these small-scale armed forces to fully demonstrate their flexible characteristics of advancing and retreating freely and gathering and dispersing at will when encountering irresistible forces such as the Star Zone Defense Fleet, the Forge World Exploration Fleet, and the Astartes Strike Cruiser.

But the list of forces that have an absolute deterrent effect on pirates definitely does not include a lone Inquisition black ship.

Single small pirate ships are indeed not very interested in black ships, but medium-sized and above interstellar pirates are slowly moving towards the black ship's route as the news of the former spreads.

When their forces are so large that they are not afraid of the subsequent retaliatory encirclement and suppression by the Inquisition, then the black ship, a rare high-value target, is definitely a feast that cannot be missed.

This is the situation of the Noble and the Dirty.

After the relatively calm first half of their voyage, as time went by, they were inevitably targeted by some medium and large pirate groups.

The Grey Knights led by Calvin were not afraid of the threats from these scum from various sources. In their eyes, scum was scum, even if there were ten thousand of them, they were still scum.

However, the special terrain on the ship made him take a lot of things into consideration. Whether it was the engine room, fuel room, bridge or ammunition depot, these strongholds were key nodes that could not be abandoned in the possible boarding battle.

However, the Grey Knights only had fifteen people, and even if they were in a small team for denial operations, the number of people was still not enough.

They were destined to make some choices about these key nodes in the upcoming battle.

After discussing with Ma Wei and his captain for a whole day, they finally reached a consensus with difficulty: to abandon this node after dispersing the materials in the ammunition depot in a planned manner throughout the ship.

The Grey Knights will be divided into two teams, one team will guard the bridge to protect the core crew on the ship, and the other team will be flexible and maneuverable.

As for the engine room and fuel room, they will be handed over to the marines carried by the black ship to defend.

Then in the possible boarding battle, the black ship's close defense weapon array will consciously guide the intruders to the direction of the ammunition depot.

In the hypothesis, after the basic defensive posture of withstanding the pirates' first wave of boarding attacks is formed, the mobile team led by Calvin will cooperate with the defense forces of these key nodes in the ship to clear them one by one, and finally complete the purpose of defending the black ship.

The vision of the plan is beautiful, but it will take some time to transfer the ammunition depot and build the defense fortifications of other nodes.

Fortunately, these pirate forces have more than one enemy, and they are also wary of each other.

Before multiple pirate fleets simultaneously target a target and fail to reach a consensus on the division of spoils, Calvin and others only need to face sporadic tentative attacks from these pirates.

Moreover, the black ship's voyage in the asteroid belt is not too long after all, and these pirate fleets can only follow behind the black ship and maintain a delicate dynamic balance with other pirates.

As the end of the voyage in the asteroid belt approaches, the pirates who feel that their prey is getting closer and closer to real safety become more and more anxious.

The fragile balance between the pirates and their peers who cannot reach a tacit understanding in a short time can no longer be maintained.

On the last day before the Noble and Dirty were about to leave the asteroid belt, a team of orc pirates finally launched a desperate attack on them after exhausting all their patience.

The long-awaited attack finally came, which was a good thing in a sense.

After all, it was not just the patience of the pirates that was consumed in the long confrontation.

During the long time of waiting for the second boot to land, the resistance will of the mortal crew, who occupied the majority of the black ship, was also consumed to a dangerous level.

Calvin, who had a lifetime career as a grassroots officer in his previous life, clearly smelled the increasingly oppressive atmosphere on the ship.

The alarm for defensive operations was sounded as soon as the orc landing ship was discovered. The combatants of the entire ship began to move in an orderly manner towards their pre-designated areas and report the status of their equipment one by one.

The communication team of the temporary command center on the bridge also began to be busy in an intense and orderly manner.

When the battle really came, Calvin entered a relaxed state instead.

The battle plan had been drawn up five days ago, and all they had to do now was to execute it according to the predetermined plan.

Calvin, who had broken away from the commander's perspective of closely watching the morale of the entire ship, breathed a sigh of relief. Next, he only needed to be responsible for himself and his team.

"Alert! Orc ship found!"

"Alert! Distance 50 kilometers!"

"Alert! Distance 30 kilometers!"

"Enter the effective range of the macro cannon firepower, apply to open fire!"

"Approved to open fire!"

The macro cannon on the side of the black ship began to fire, and the huge shells set off waves under the opponent's Waaaah force field.

Various strange and different-sized tubes on the opponent's Onslaught-class assault ship began to work. After a burst of black smoke, these so-called "cannons" also launched a counterattack against the black ship at the cost of one-tenth of their own explosion.

Most of these shells drew various strange Brownian motion lines after leaving the barrel, and then disappeared in the universe around the black ship.

Only a few shells reached the surface of the black ship after experiencing many hardships, testing the shield working condition of the black ship.

In the first round, neither side was able to cause damage to each other, and the distance between the two sides was still getting closer.

After the Black Ship decided to fight a deterrent battle, it no longer tried to escape, but used its mobility to ensure its advantage in broadside firepower in the naval battle.

The Orc Pirates' iconic Assault-class Assault Ship only had the characteristic of being thick-skinned from the front, which made the opponent have no tactical options. They could only approach it from the front while facing the enemy and facing the firepower of the Black Ship.

The gunners of the Black Ship angrily urged their men to speed up the loading speed. After loading the shells, they ignored the protests of the Machine Spirits and fired at the opponent again under the binary curses of the Mechanical Priest.

The Orcs didn't care about the results of their own artillery fire. In their opinion, these big tubes were TM Waaaah as long as they could make a sound, and it would be even better if they could kill someone.

In the eyes of the boys, the role of this thing was more of a prelude before the Waaah began. It was best to have it, but it was okay without it.

Anyway, relying on the disproportionately thick front armor and void shield of the Onslaught-class assault ship, as long as they can advance to a certain distance, the rest will be left to the Hum boarding boat...

As long as they can climb onto the enemy's warship, the Dirty Gun Boss and the Chop Chop Boys will let the enemy know what the roar of the (best) bang bang and the most Waaah big mess are!

As for what will happen if the barrel explodes, who knows. Let's survive first...

After five rounds of artillery fire, the void shield on the orc assault ship finally couldn't hold up, and a huge explosion announced the end of the mission.

The distance between the two sides was also shortened to the limit allowed by the boarding operation.

As the orc warship moved like throwing garbage, the orc boarding boat and boarding torpedo carried some debris that seemed to be broken parts, throwing parts and rushing towards the black ship.

And the black ship's close-in weapon array also joined the roar after the next round of macro cannon roar.

At least half of the orc boarding vehicles were cleared out under this round of close-in firepower.

But the enemy's fly-like number inevitably penetrated the maximum carrying value of the close-in defense weapons.

After the first batch of boarding boats penetrated the deck of the black ship with the help of the orcs' sometimes ineffective front melt, the crew on the ship already knew the fact:

The most tragic boarding battle in the naval battle, which they least wanted to see, was still inevitable.

The people on the bridge stared at the holographic diagram showing the status of the entire ship.

The rapidly increasing red marks on the hull informed the decision-makers on the scene of the landing point of the entire warship.

And the relatively concentrated alarms near the ammunition depot proved that their initial plan was at least half successful.

"Let the soldiers in the artillery array withdraw, their mission has been completed." Calvin couldn't help but remind them.

"Withdraw? Where to withdraw. If you give up the close-in defense array now, there will be more orcs landing later."

Ma Wei, who always appeared as a businessman and a good guy, taught Calvin a good lesson.

The opponent's almost cold attitude at this time made Calvin suddenly remember the position of the Alien Inquisition that he almost ignored.

"Don't feel sorry for me, and don't feel sorry for them. Your Majesty, as much as I feel sorry for them at ordinary times, how much I will hate them when I am truly loyal to the empire. I know this, and they also know it. If you don’t believe me, ask them, will they withdraw if you ask them to?”

Calvin stopped talking, just watched as the bright spots representing the weapon array on the hologram dimmed one by one in front of his eyes.

He knew that this was their glory. He has no right to take it away.

And there's not much he can do, just live up to the sacrifices of these people.

The first wave of gang-hopping attacks has ended, so since the other party has not provided "special care" for the bridge, Calvin's significance here is no longer significant.

He tightened the warhammer in his hand, looked deeply at the commanders present and said:

"Then it's our turn to take the stage."

Please vote! ! !