The Protoss in Warhammer

Chapter 305 293. Desire for Knowledge

The Human Empire is the most powerful force in the Milky Way today.

Although it is not the oldest, most powerful, most warlike, and has the most advanced technology, its huge population and almost 9/10 of the territory in the Milky Way, and tens of thousands of fleets can easily destroy any alien civilization it wants to destroy.

But this empire is bleeding all the time, because it is always in war. Every day, tens of thousands of planets join the empire, and thousands of planets are destroyed and occupied by the enemies of the empire.

In order to resist countless aliens and enemies from Chaos, the empire must always be vigilant and must be bathed in blood and hatred every day. Even the most proud Eldar have to admit: If it were not for the current Human Empire, those arrogant and stupid monkeys would stand in front of the Chaos enemies and the Zerg, and the galaxy would have been reduced to ashes long ago.

The main driving force that supports this bloated, corrupt and huge empire and keeps it going is the countless war machines produced by the followers of the God of Machines on the Forge World.

The history of the Mechanicus is long. Long before the Emperor unified Terra, they had already mastered Mars, the largest industrial machine in the golden age of mankind. In the terrible Old Night Era, the surviving personnel on it formed a belief in the long era, and the believers of these machines believed that all the laws of the physical universe were due to the decisions of the legendary God of Machines.

When the Emperor successfully unified Terra, he did not destroy the Mechanicus on Mars like he had destroyed countless religions, but used his own power to make those priests with a lot of knowledge willing to serve him. The Mechanicus on Mars was also convinced by his powerful mechanical affinity and called him Ohm Messiah, the messenger and spokesperson of the God of Machines on earth.

The cooperation between the Empire and the Mechanicus was formally established. After that, the Mechanicus began to promote their beliefs throughout the galaxy. A large number of forge ships set out from Mars and relied on the navigation tower on Holy Terra to come to various worlds to build their own forge worlds. These forge worlds became nodes in the local star regions, and almost all equipment and advanced industrial products were produced from here.

It can be said that without the help of the Mechanicus, there would be no human empire today. Although after tens of thousands of years, the Mechanicus that once entered and opened up has become as backward and ignorant as the rotten Empire today, they are still an indelible force in the galaxy. Moreover, among this group, there are many people who are willing to pursue new things and technologies. They are the radicals in the Mechanicus.

The representative figure among those radicals is the Grand Magus of the Mechanicus, Belisarius Karl, and the forge worlds represented are Riza and Huangquan No. 8. Their biggest characteristic is that they have a huge conflict with the Mechanicus of Mars, and even to the point of opposition. Although they will still carry out their own actions and research under the Crimson Order, they are more radical and reckless. These guys will even study the science and technology of aliens and chaos to apply to their own science. You must know that this is extremely heretical behavior in the entire empire, but these forge worlds and the mechanical priests above do not think so at all.

After all, in their eyes, no matter how they study, they are serving the Om Messiah, and they have not excessively disobeyed the laws of the empire. Moreover, according to the laws stipulated by the Emperor and the Mechanicus tens of thousands of years ago, they have relatively complete autonomy, and the empire has no right to interfere. The Martian Mechanicus is the main force. Although the traditionalists are very angry about this, the other party's strength is not inferior to theirs. Once a full-scale war breaks out, Mars has no absolute certainty that it can win and grasp its orthodox status, so it can only accuse the other party of being a technical heretic in academic terms, but it can't do anything in fact.

So they still go their own way, according to their own consciousness, constantly searching for the products of other civilizations in the universe. As early as hundreds of years ago after the second Damocles Gulf expedition, this organization of the Mechanicus finally noticed the Karai Protoss. The other party's advanced psychic technology and ingenious warships made according to physical principles quickly attracted their attention. With the in-depth research and continuous exchanges, we slowly discovered a very cutting-edge weapon:

Fragment weapon.

According to the research of the Mechanicus, this weapon is somewhat similar to the Eldar's Kane Fragment and the Stone of Isha, both of which are psychic instruments that can increase the combat effectiveness of the user on a large scale. Although the source of this fragment is still unknown, and how to achieve the effect of enhancing psychic effects is also unknown, its function alone is enough to excite the sages of the Mechanicus, let alone the radicals?

They have been waiting for an opportunity, waiting for an opportunity to obtain this powerful technology, so that they can appreciate the opportunity to appreciate the mystery of the God of All Machines.

Now, they have encountered it.

On the border between the Khalai Empire and the Tal'darim, an inconspicuous fleet of cargo ships was heading to their destination under the escort of two aircraft carriers. On the bridge of the aircraft carrier, the Templar commander looked at the surrounding environment vigilantly. Although this place seemed to be full of dangers, it was the safest place because it was the border. Although the Tal'darim were greedy, the border area was not as war-torn as other races.

On the contrary, there are a large number of patrol troops patrolling here, because every day there are countless chartered trade ships coming here from the territory of the Kalai Empire to trade, and the elite troops of the Tal'darim and the elite troops of the Kalai ships patrol on both sides of the trade ships.

Just like the nomadic civilization and the agricultural civilization between the backward civilizations on the ancient planet, the Tal'darim and the Kalai have direct official trade exchanges. This considerable income is a source of maintaining the important status of Marash. Therefore, on the long border line, if the overall environment, especially the two political systems, is very peaceful, then this is actually one of the safest routes in the entire star zone.

But this cannot make the Templar feel relaxed, because the cargo they escorted this time is more important, which is a fragment weapon. In fact, this kind of weapon is not that important. Fragment weapons are much weaker than fusion fragments, that is, the user can perfectly use the power of the elders, just like the difference between the chosen and the living saints. It can make you very strong, but there is definitely no way to reach the height of those who have experienced the recognition of the elders' souls.

Some people may say that if the fragment weapons are here, will the transportation be unsafe? What if the Tal'darim snatch it away on impulse? I can tell you clearly that the Tal'darim have known about this for a long time, but they don't bother to pursue those things at all.

In the eyes of these warriors who advocate blood and glory, these acts of forcing fragments to serve them through the current poor technology are simply cheating. Moreover, most of these weapons will eventually be handed over to the Odessa commander to improve their battlefield survival rate. For the Tal'darim who implement the strictest caste and racial system, this is a weapon used by slaves. Not to mention fighting with it, even looking at it feels awkward. So they will be very disgusted and hate this thing. The supreme leader Marash also ordered that no one in the Tal'darim should use this weapon, otherwise they will be hunted down by the Blood Guard.

That's why they dare to operate here so confidently, because no one will take a fancy to this thing.

Of course, it is limited to the same race. In the shadow of the subspace, a fleet has quietly arrived, and they will seize such a weapon.