Travel to Warhammer 40K with Gray Wind

"When the Horus Heresy occurred, Lion King Llane led half of the Dark Angels Legion to fight in the stars and destroy the home planet of the Traitor Legion."

"The other half of the Dark Angels' force, which is mainly logistics managers and recruits, is stationed in Caliban, the home planet of the Lion King."

"When the frustrated Lion King left the Second Empire and led his Dark Angels back to their home planet, conflict arose."

On the way back to Falla, Russell told Gray Wind and Coroniai the little story about the Dark Angel and the Fallen Angel in the shortest possible sentences:

"Among the half of the Dark Angels who stayed on their home planet Caliban at that time, they can be roughly divided into the following factions:

"1. Before the return of the Lion King, the First Legion of Dark Angels belonged directly to the Emperor of Mankind and recruited troops directly from Holy Terra.

After the Lion King returned and took over the First Legion, these Terran veterans were quite prejudiced against the Lion King.

They despised their Primarch's callous behavior of exchanging large numbers of civilian casualties for strategic gains. They believed that this barbaric act had no honor at all and betrayed the ideals of the Great Crusade.

The Terran veterans believed that their Primarch did not have the kingly spirit of the Emperor. They were eager to get rid of the Lion King and let the First Legion return to the Emperor's command and regain their ideals and glory.

This faction is the 'Terra Faction', or the 'Emperor Faction'. "

"2. After the return of the Lion King, Caliban, the home planet where he grew up, also surrendered to the rule of the empire and became the new recruitment planet of the Dark Angels.

However, the Empire's rule over Caliban was very rough. The Mechanicus cut down Caliban's forests in large quantities and drove countless people into factories to work continuously to provide logistical materials for the Great Expedition.

The Dark Angels who were born in Caliban are very angry about the unfair treatment suffered in their hometown. They believe that the Empire is a cruel regime that exploits Caliban regardless of the life and death of the people. They were betrayed by the Lion King.

They longed for Caliban to break away from the brutal rule of the Empire and return to the harmonious state of the Knights.

This faction is the ‘Caliban faction’. "

"3. There is a local belief totem called Ouroboros on Caliban. This totem is something similar to the will of the planet.

The belief in the Ouroboros has also spread to the Dark Angels, and has been affected by Chaos to a certain extent. 'It' has its own purpose, so people who believe in this totem can be called the Ouroboros sect, and can also be counted as heretics. , or Chaos Faction.

The Ouroboros know the fact that there is Chaos pollution in Caliban. They are afraid that the truth will be exposed and their homeland will be destroyed by the Empire, so they also hope that Caliban can escape the control of the Empire. "

Gray Feng and Koroniai sat beside Russell and listened quietly, but when he said this, they suddenly sighed softly:

"In addition to these three main factions, Caliban also has a large number of Dark Angel recruits who know nothing about anything. They know nothing about the complex relationships and chaos within the legion, and they were involved in this incident in ignorance. In the legion’s civil war, I call them the innocent faction.”

After the civil war broke out and Caliban was destroyed, the sudden space-time vortex sucked the Dark Angels into it and randomly threw them to various points in the future; whether it was the Terra Faction or the Caliban Faction, the Chaos Faction and the Chaos Faction with evil intentions. The new recruits who knew nothing were all given the same name by the Dark Angels of later generations - Fallen Angels.

"If the fallen angels who led Miraak into the flare really wanted to deliver the news of the awakening of the undead to the empire..." Gray Wind crossed his chest with one hand, put an index finger in front of his lips, and said thoughtfully: " So should they be Terran veterans who are loyal to the human emperor? Or are they innocent recruits who were inexplicably involved in the civil war?"

"Indeed, it is true, but it may also be the loyal Dark Angels who followed the Lion King. After all, people from Caliban are not the only ones who were involved in the vortex of time and space." Russell added.

"Huh?" Gray Feng was confused: "Loyalists are also fallen angels?"

"Yes." Russell casually picked up a bunch of long pink and white hair hanging from Koroniai's shoulders and said: "Whether they are loyal or betrayed, chaotic or innocent, as long as they participated in and witnessed the civil war, They are all fallen angels. There is no difference to the Unforgivables, just arrest them, because they actually know little about the civil war."

While talking, the Gray Gu mothership passed through the L-star gate.

The icon of the guide holding the lantern was left behind, and outside the porthole, a beautiful blue-green planet was getting closer and closer.

Arrived in Falla.

Gray Feng spent a lot of effort to digest the logic, and finally looked at Russell with an aggrieved look: "These human thoughts are not easy for me to understand. How can I describe them? They are very awkward and awkward. , and... it’s too extreme.”

"The Human Empire has always been extreme." Russell smiled and hung the pink-white hair in his hand back behind Coronial's ears - its ears were as long and pointed as the Eldar, making it easy to hang the sideburns.

Koroniai did not express any opinion on Russell's description of the origins and factions of the fallen angels, because it was just a bug, and it had no interest in the parents of the human legions. It simply liked to listen to its master's words.

After his soul completely sank into the abyss and merged with the void, for Koroniai, every syllable uttered by his master could stir up a circle of emotional ripples in his soul, and every touch of his body It can cause waves to rise in the deepest parts of consciousness.

Its current body has even more sensitive perception and psychic potential than the Eldar, which exponentially amplifies the sensory stimulation that fascinates it, making Koroniai feel... Every inch of his chest was filled with overflowing happiness.

After returning to Falla, Russell took Koroniai straight to the underground research base in the southern continent, where the ready-to-go preachers had been waiting for a long time.

The Gray Goo mothership turned around without missing a moment and sailed towards Embra, the urban planet that had become busy again, not far from Falla, and docked beside the orbital dock outside the artificial atmosphere.

"Gray Wind's hull carries a large number of important ship components manufactured by counter-entropy, as well as the biological engine you created that can distort the curvature of space. The orbital dock of Embra is docked with enough battleship frames. It is very A large number of finished Swordfish frigates and a small number of Swordfish research vessels can be assembled quickly."

While Russell walked to the center of the underground research base accompanied by Koroniai and the scientific research director, he quickly said: "We need to organize a sufficient boarding team as soon as possible to inspect the alien ruins in the destruction flare..."

The director of scientific research heard what he meant: "Leader, don't you plan to go there in person? The owner of this ruins seems to be a civilization with extremely advanced science and technology..."

"I have more important things to do next. I give you full authority for this inspection mission. Don't let me down." Russell said.

"...Yes." The scientific research director could only nod.

"Don't frown." Russell said with a smile: "I can vaguely foresee that this expedition will have a certain degree of danger for you, but it is not a fatal threat of death."

With that said, the two people entered the core section of the research base together with a bug disguised as a human.

This time when he entered the research base, what greeted Russell was not intelligent servitors in work clothes, nor researchers in white coats, but fully armed female warriors in full armor.

Their height is generally more than 2 meters, and their bodies are slender and light. They are Eldar banshees and rangers who were brainwashed and trained by Koroniai.

It's just that today's Eldar banshees no longer wear the spirit bone battle armor shaped by the Bonesinger, but are wrapped in a white-gold metal armor that fits the curves of the body. In his hand, he held a straight spear that was slightly longer than his height.

The first generation of actual combat power armor jointly designed and developed by theoretical monks and strong artificial intelligence counter-entropy:

"Lobbyist" Type I light power armor.

"Argument" Spear.

"The design of the Lobbyist Type I power armor is inspired by the abdominal scales of snakes. It does not have large panels like the Mark type power armor worn by Space Marines. The entire armor is assembled from 1024 small components made of pure gold. , the joints are connected using living metal, which not only has excellent ductility, but also provides a certain self-healing ability..."

There was not enough time, so the scientific research director tried his best to briefly introduce to Russell the weapon parameters and cost of the Eldar Banshees:

"In order to prevent the heavy adamantine armor from affecting the high-speed maneuvers that the banshees are best at, I tried to make the armor components as light and thin as possible while ensuring the defensive performance, and I built this armor with a spiritual circuit that covers the whole body. , greatly enhancing one's own strength and agility by absorbing the wearer's spiritual energy."

"Even if the wearer is a mortal with no psionic potential, he can still burn psionic dust to power the Lobbyist Mech."

"Argument spears containing spiritual bone materials can also actively transmit the user's psychic energy, and can receive energy from psychic dust to further enhance power..."

The best users of both power armor and weapons are psykers, so why don't you just catch psykers... Russell cursed while looking at the well-armed Psychics standing in front of him in a neat line. Banshee.

Thousands of exquisite fine gold components are assembled tightly to fit their bodies. The hard edges of the metal and the soft curves of the creatures fit together and are completely different from each other. It is very sci-fi style and at the same time has an indescribable harmony. Beauty.

If Russell were to describe it, it would be: strong and astringent.

The largest of the 1,024 fine gold components is the fully enclosed helmet worn by the banshees. A piece of armor engraved with a pattern of unfolded wings covers the face, leaving no holes for the eyes, ears, mouth, and nose. A whole piece of armor.

I really want to know how they see the road, but the star flicker is a bit self-indulgent by asking this... Russell suppressed his desire for knowledge and let Coronian Update overwrite the self-awareness of the banshees.

While they were talking, the preachers who had completed the integrated prosthetic transformation had already gathered with various equipment, 3 people per group, a total of 42 people.

The theoretical monks are too weak for fieldwork, so they have no share in this mission.

After Musbell's Adeptus Mechanicus learned of the existence of the high-tech ancient ruins, they immediately mobilized manpower and exploration ships to prepare for the excavation, and set off early.

It will still take some time before Gray Wind completes the assembly of the ships he will use next, but Russell is not in a hurry. The Flare Galaxy is still quite far away from Falla, and there is no L-star gate. With the help of the warp drive, even if they set off later, they will arrive earlier than the Adeptus Mechanicus.

Taking advantage of this time, Russell explained some basic information about the Necrons to the preachers who were about to set off, and listed for them the dangers and enemy types they might encounter while exploring the tomb world. After finishing, they counted the number of people, no problem.

After finishing what he should do, Russell didn't delay any more and hurriedly left Falla with Coroniai.

The director of scientific research didn't know what happened to the leader, so he left so eagerly. It must be some kind of vital event.

At the same time, the orbital dock of the urban planet Embla was operating at full speed. Gray Wind screened away all the technical priests who wanted to help with the assembly work. Countless nanorobots continued to transfer sensors, energy cores, and communication arrays from the cabin of the Gray Goo mothership. The important components were transported out and installed one by one in an orderly manner on the hull frame that was cast under the leadership of Spangler.

After all the mechanical components are installed and a ship as smooth and agile as a swimming fish is formed, the last thing to be installed is the most important core component of the entire ship.

A hive biological engine capable of distorting the curvature of space.

Biological engine, as the name suggests, is a battleship engine made of living creatures. To be precise, it is a specialized brainworm that has degenerated its body and limbs, leaving only a brain and a face. It looks weird. It's also terrifying. There are many sticky and greasy scarlet tentacles extending from the back of the head to all sides. The image is really not good.

Koroniai has made herself so charming, so why can't she make the biological engines look more beautiful...so that they themselves will be happier? Gray Wind thought to himself.

Each insect nest biological engine has a relatively independent self-awareness. In addition to functioning as a hyperdrive engine, it can also be used as a master control computer. Their souls are connected to the void. Koroniai wrote the mission given by Russell into these In the genetic coding of the special brain worm, as long as these tentacles are connected to the ship's energy supply and information exchange routes, they can be put into use immediately.

The biological engine is easy to use, but it has a small drawback. If the ship is inspected by the empire, it can easily be shot as a heretic by the Inquisition.

Furthermore, even for the life-shaping insect who is a top genetic engineering master, the biomass consumption of shaping such a top-level insect hive body that can distort curvature is extremely huge. In addition, the trip came in a hurry, and Gray Wind only brought a total of With less than a hundred biological engines, it is far from being able to assemble all the ship frames in the dock.

In the end, Gray Wind assembled a total of 21 Swordfish-type research ships and 63 Swordfish-type frigates.

"It's a little less, so let's make do with it..."