Chapter 323 Preparation Before Landing

"Good day, my friend!"

Facing this veteran who had been with him since he was young, Calvin responded politely, but his gentle tone inevitably contained more real and specific emotions.

But this is obviously not the time to reminisce about old times, and the life spans of both parties are so long that even though they have not seen each other for a long time, they still regard the matters before them as the highest priority.

As Calvin's silver figure appeared on the high platform at the top of the bridge, the eyes following him were also guided by his hands. Together with other battleship commanders in the video link in the dome hall of the battleship, they turned their attention to Move back to the home screen.

Under the shadow that is constantly filled with black as the information from the scanning array is fed back, making it appear more concrete, the displayed volume has far exceeded everyone's initial expectations.

"Here's the throne! It may be bigger than a star castle!"

The weapons array surveying and mapping officer was the first to couldn't help but exclaim. According to his previous experience in the bad combat environments he encountered, the volume of this shadow, which was about 5 light minutes away from them, exceeded his largest. Target strike record.

"At least..."

The lieutenant colonel officer responsible for the internal defense of the warship and anti-jump gang operations supplemented the surveying and mapping officer's judgment.

Being naturally more sensitive to the three-dimensional structure of battleships, he unexpectedly focused his attention on the parameters related to the target's thickness on the auspicious instrument.

In the data displayed in real time on the data board, among the various values ​​​​related to the target area parameters, these are only marked as secondary priorities...

"Abnormal metal sensing!

The spatial structure index is abnormal!

There is an unknown energy source at work!

There are many similar templates in the database!

Includes Imperial Dockyard and Foreign Order databases!

But the applicable rate does not exceed 30%! "

As the distance gets closer, more data is fed back together;

It was the data link composed of these more directional information that allowed the experienced officers present to come up with an unbelievable speculation that was consistent with Calvin:

What appears right in front of the fleet may be a huge metal mass composed of nearly a hundred Imperial, Eldar, and Orc warships, which have gone through various extreme force field space environments and finally collided, twisted, and fit together.

Calling this extreme existence a traditional space hulk is no longer enough to describe its dimensions and threats.

Calvin and everyone else were at a loss for words about this "uninvited guest" who suddenly appeared.

Among the limited combat experience and nearly infinite "hidden memories" (other timelines) of the original body, the only thing of similar scale and structure is the Orcs' Battle Moon.

But even the Battle Moon is just a collection of metal junk, and it does not have such a "multi-source" composition as the guy in front of me.

"What to do with it?"

Nicholas, the Forbidden Captain who followed Calvin all the way, asked, and it was only then that the mortal crew members who followed the original body closely discovered the former's existence belatedly.

Their sense of existence should not be so low, but the existence of the original body is so dazzling that these "Adamantine Foundations" are sometimes ignored.

"Then we have to find the source that keeps it here."

Calvin frowned and retrieved similar experiences from his vast memory. The existence of space hulks, which are similar to "movable roadblocks," has been recorded very early in the history of the empire, and its most distant records can even be traced back to the era of the Unification War.

Their active scope is not limited to the various territories of the empire in the real universe. Even in some busy subspace channels, you can also receive occasional news of their appearance.

These space hulks will not stay in these locations for long. According to the research of the Navy and the Inquisition, they are just the product of some kind of subspace tidal push.

When these fulcrums of power that promote and maintain their existence are destroyed, these relics of the old era will eventually return to their rightful place...

The brief thought ended here. The original body looked at all the expectant eyes on the bridge and the officers waiting for his order, and gave his order based on his judgment just now:

“Land onto it!

Find the energy source and destroy it. This huge piece of metal garbage will naturally return to where it belongs! "

"Your will!" Everyone responded in unison, and immediately began to formulate a landing plan.

This is actually the responsibility of a leader. When an incident occurs, a qualified leader does not necessarily need to finish everything.

On the contrary, a true leader only needs to point out the direction for everyone, and then lead everyone to implement their will firmly and forcefully.

Calvin happily observed the operating status of each action deck under the bridge. From the command deck's commanding perspective, he could clearly see the crew working selflessly.

Behind these busy crowds, there are thousands of people and resources on the entire fleet, which are being mobilized efficiently and ruthlessly by the fleet in the name of a war machine in the name of the Legion.

resources, personnel;

Rules, discipline.

Countless people and things make up the battleship itself, and multiple battleships, eventually forming this behemoth called the fleet.

From the perspective of the world Calvin came from, this is an engineering miracle in itself. So while he was paying attention to the work and intentions of these elites of human civilization, he was also full of personal respect for them.

Calvin did not continue to watch. Soon after the information of each unit on the action deck was summarized, he also joined the decision-making discussion on the command deck.

"What? You also want to join the landing team?

This is too dangerous! Please forgive me for rejecting this unreasonable request!"

Tiberus loudly accused the Primarch. With his Astartes body size and superhuman organs of two hearts and three lungs, it sounded like a thunderous roar from the perspective of mortals.

But the commanders of the various fleet members attending the meeting on the bridge were very calm.

The meeting continued, and everyone discussed the possible situations in this way. Communication between Astartes has always been like this, and they naturally would not make a fuss about voices at this level.

But Tiberus' words did make sense, and the Primarch's desire to participate in the landing was indeed rejected by most officers.

It was not because they were worried about the enemies they might encounter on the space hulk, but because of Calvin's popular science, these Astartes had a deep enough understanding of the instability of space and time on the space hulk.

This high instability of time and space naturally reminded the Astartes of Calvin's disappearance in Orpheus not long ago (in fact, it was decades ago).

And it was precisely because of this threat that everyone expressed enough support and sympathy for Tiberus's concerns.

They could understand Tiberus's thoughts and naturally empathize with his pain. In the eyes of the current Astartes, the disappearance of the Primarch was the highest matter that needed to be strangled in all possibilities.

"Okay... I reserve my opinion. But all landing troops must carry a transmission beacon as a necessary rescue means."

Calvin touched his nose slightly embarrassedly, which was probably one of the few body languages ​​he retained from his mortal era.

After achieving their goal, everyone tacitly turned the topic to the next process. After all, after being together for so long, everyone has a good understanding of the Primarch. When the Primarch has already rubbed his nose to show concessions, if someone still insists on expressing his opinions in full.

Then for a long time to come, you will see the Primarch on the training ground, and he will have an extraordinary interest in this "brave and upright" colleague.

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