Travel to Warhammer 40K with Gray Wind

Thin electromagnetic pulses caressed the void, and a dormant ring-shaped colossus was parked in the orbit of the star base outside the quantum slingshot, slowly rotating.

After three years, in addition to the continuous production of arms and ships, Counter-Entropy also upgraded and expanded the star base here to a certain extent. However, due to the limitation of the speed of resource acquisition, the original outpost was far from being transformed into a A Qingtian Castle at the level of the Seeker can only be regarded as a star port.

But this state of scarcity will soon come to an end.

Following the administrator's instructions, Anti-Entropy controlled the nanorobot cluster and automatic engineering machinery to disassemble the "Intelligence Beam" launch module from the center of the Colossus and store it in the warehouse of the star base. What was installed next was An extreme weapon system branded with the logo of skull destruction.

Star Destroyer Weapon: Earth Explosion Star.

"The weapons have been installed and system debugging is in progress... After debugging, Colossus is at your service at any time."

The anti-entropic cold synthesized sound reported the complete launch of a giant weapon capable of shattering planets. Russell stood on the side of the Gray Goo mothership, overlooking the standby Earth Explosion Star, thinking about a question:

For the sake of numerical balance, using the Earth Explosion Star to smash a planet among the stars will not directly obtain a large amount of minerals and metals, but will create a space mine on the remains of the original planet that continues to produce minerals.

Only by crushing habitable planets can we obtain the mine. At the same time, the monthly output of this mine is not high, and it is infinitely close to useless.

Therefore, after all, the number of Fourth Natural Disasters who really use the Earth Explosion Sky Star as a mining machine is in the minority.

But in the actual universe, planets like the Earth are actually mostly dense metal cores. The planet itself is a natural furnace, constantly refining minerals and metals using its own gravity and the planet's self-rotation.

Using the Earth Explosion Star to crush the core of a star, you can directly obtain the massive amounts of semi-finished metal raw materials and countless minerals that a planet has self-condensed for billions of years - of course, overheated stars need time to cool down.

The larger the star, the greater the movement after being shattered. Different planets have different core compositions, some are iron-nickel alloys, and some are pure iron.

Therefore, it is also a science to select the detonation target by surveying the geological composition and astronomical position.

Russell's original plan was to survey a few unmanned galaxies near Falla and then conduct explosive star mining. However, after receiving the loving gift from the Worm of Time, he had a more reliable way to obtain resources: entering the miniature galaxy.

When mining inside the miniature galaxy, you don’t have to worry about a sudden burst of energy and a pile of sleeping iron ribs exploding. It can also effectively prevent astronomical-scale interstellar noise from being noticed by other forces.

Although the various star sectors in the Far Eastern Frontier are currently preparing for the so-called "Terra Expedition" under the siege of green-skinned orcs, they have no time to pay attention to some astronomical phenomena occurring in the desolate galaxy.

"Speaking of which, what is this Terra Expedition? Does it mean literally?" Russell suddenly asked as he looked at the slowly rotating colossus.

He was asking about Anti-Entropy. During the period of time skipped by the Worm of Time, the relative highest authority of the critical base has always been in the hands of Anti-Entropy, including logistical support for the scientific expedition fleet, interstellar black market arms trade, and resource allocation. It is also responsible for coordinating all the work. Compared with the powerful computing power of the anti-entropy host, this kind of work intensity is just drizzle.

The extra energy can be used to do some additional work, such as intelligence collection, which Russell has not paid much attention to due to lack of manpower.

"The Terra Expedition is a large-scale military operation launched by the living saint Alexey Reipt, the spiritual leader of Nifl." Anti-Entropy's answer is very formulaic: "This expedition plans to deploy at least 13 people Astartes Chapter and the forge fleets of multiple forge worlds, the scale of the Imperial Navy affected by the transfer order cannot be calculated."

"But what is certain is that the living saint's move will draw away most of the standing troops in the entire Far Eastern border area, causing the human empire to lose control of this area."

"The Ecclesiarchy, the Mechanicum, and the Chapter Astartes and other forces, even though they knew that carrying out this large-scale expedition would leave the defenses of the Far Eastern border areas empty, they still fully supported Alexei, because the end point of this expedition It is Terra, the mother planet of human civilization.”

"Really going to Terra..." Russell's lips raised slightly, that would be interesting.

"According to my subjective inference, the purpose of this expedition may be to transport something important to Terra."

Anti-Entropy finally concluded: "The living saint Alexei declared that she would personally lead the fleet's operations. She seemed to have predicted through some witchcraft that this expedition would encounter great danger, so Nifl is doing her best to It is possible to gather as many troops as possible to escort."

Counter-entropy's reporting is calm and emotionless, and it always states the facts in the most objective terms. But behind the cold fleet assembly figures reported by artificial intelligence were countless imperial colonies that had been ruthlessly abandoned.

In order to escort the prophetess to successfully deliver the item to Terra, the mortal legions and Astartes summoned by Alexei had to voluntarily abandon one imperial world after another that was facing alien threats.

Their fleets gathered in Nirvana, leaving tens of billions of imperial people without the protection of warriors. They could only pray in the name of the God-Emperor and be ravaged and slaughtered by the greenskins.

For a warrior who regards glory as his life, abandoning the world he defends is far more difficult to accept than dying in battle.

So, what noble reasons did Alexei use to persuade the soldiers to abandon their defense lines, and how did he win the support of the state religion, the Mechanicus, and even the nobles of many places to give up the resources of multiple worlds?

There are very few things of this magnitude, it can be said to be unique, and Espernes has just one.

"It seems that she is planning to send the standard construction template of the L-Star Gate to Terra." Russell came to the conclusion suggested to him by the anti-entropy.

If the conclusion is correct, then this idea can also explain why such a large force was needed for the expedition to Terra:

The Evil God would never sit idly by as the Prophetess brought the Stargate back to Terra.

Once the expedition fleet sets off, the four gods of Chaos who are attacking each other in the subspace will surely put aside all their past grudges and deal the most deadly target and the craziest blow to the human empire. Alexey may even enjoy the experience of Horus. That level of treatment.

In this case, it would not be an exaggeration to even empty out all the military power in the entire Far Eastern frontier.

"Is she really ready?" Gray Feng was a little worried, why now?

"Who knows?" Russell said noncommittally.

The future of the expedition fleet is slim. The four gods of Chaos are stirring up waves in the sea of ​​souls, waiting for them to leap into it.

In fact, if Russell is willing to hand over the jump engine or warp engine to them to get rid of the constraints of subspace navigation, then the difficulty of this expedition will be greatly reduced.

But he didn't want to do that.

Russell did not regard himself as a member of the human empire. He positioned the Star Bomber as a partner who looked at the same level as the emperor. Therefore, the help he gave to the empire was not a selfless contribution, but an equal exchange of mutual benefits.

It depends on whether the emperor can afford the price.

"Before worrying about how many people will die in this grand expedition to Terra, you should plant your own land first." Russell said to himself.

The administrative system of Esbanese is still operating at full speed, and the connection of the L-Stargate network has given Alexei the basis for real-time coordination of the transportation of the entire star region.

More and more worlds were abandoned, and more and more fleets gathered in Nirvana and the surrounding star systems. Amid the death cries and desperate wailings of countless Imperial people, the strength of the Terran Expeditionary Fleet became stronger and stronger.

At the same time, the Colossus, which was loaded with the star-destroying weapon Earthblast, also headed for the L-Star Gate and entered the miniature galaxy under the control of reverse entropy.

Standing on the side of the ship and looking at the ruined colossus that disappeared into the L-Star Gate, Russell whispered to the girl in a navy uniform next to him: "Grey Wind, record what I say next. The reason suddenly disappeared for a period of time, then these messages will be your next action plan."

"I will be with you, Marshal." Gray Wind said quickly.

"Record." Russell repeated his request.

Gray Feng immediately fainted: "Yes."

Russell took a deep breath and said: "Crushing planets to obtain metal minerals is an act of fishing for nothing. It can only be used to accumulate primitive resources. I don't want to do this for a long time."

"After crushing 1-3 ore-rich planets to obtain enough raw materials, we need to follow the following steps to construct giant structures."

1. Build a star gate at the critical base and the large black hole at the original site of the Lost Dream Nebula - an ordinary star gate, not an L-star gate - for resource transportation.

2. Build a star base at the black hole's horizon, equip it with the highest level of defense we can provide regardless of cost, and equip it with a Zero Storm projector that remains open all year round to completely isolate it from all possible external influences.

3. Build a matter decompressor at the black hole horizon

"After these three phases of construction are completed, we will be able to obtain an endless and stable source of raw materials." Russell nodded as he watched Gray Wind translate these words and store them into his main consciousness.

Then, he also gave some other plans, such as: building a giant shipyard in Falla to mass-produce fleets, selecting a site to build a scientific research hub for the Order of Truth after they develop to a certain extent, and he hopes that the preachers can Find something for yourself…

Russell took the trouble to explain the various ideas hidden in his mind, and also explained the stakes and deeper meanings. Gray Feng listened quietly and recorded without saying a word, but the data that Russell could not see was In the world, it has sent the original memo document to the anti-entropy synchronization storage.

In Gray Wind's knowledge, there has never been a situation where Russell left everything to himself and then disappeared alone. This was a backup for him to follow him.

After dictating the memo, Russell unbuttoned a button on his collar and sat on the sofa, just about to take a sip of water, when a message came from Anti-Entropy:

"Administrator, the initiator of the Terra Expedition, the Living Saint Alexey Reiput wishes to meet you. She is on Embra asking Tech Sage Spangler about your whereabouts."

Russell put down the water glass in the book and smiled as expected. As expected, Alexei came to seek his help... Alexei, or the Emperor? Then we will find out when we meet.

After receiving the news, Russell didn't waste a moment, and immediately headed to the urban planet Embra with Gray Wind.

With Russell's strong funding, Embula, which has received large orders, is no longer what it used to be. Four of the six urban planet-standard spiers have been built, and the first phase of connection to the orbiting star ring base has been completed. Musbell The ban cannot stop profit-seeking businessmen from flocking to the development prospects here. The tracks are very lively and overall it looks a lot more presentable.

In fact, if Anti-Entropy or Gray Wind were responsible for the construction, this urban planet would have been completely online long ago. However, the contractor for the project was the Machinery Association. For them, just to punch a screw requires bathing, burning incense, fasting for three days, and then chanting sutras and casting spells. It is very rare to be able to be so efficient with the work attitude of a great master, although it still seems to be procrastinating.

"It looks pretty good." The Gray Goo mothership flew into the orbit of the Embra star ring. Russell looked at the construction progress of the urban planet that was finally coming to an end and nodded slightly.

Gray Feng was a little puzzled: "Why didn't you just let me take charge of the construction of this planet? Marshal, for such a modular planet city, it is most appropriate for me to carry out resource coordination and construction planning. I only need machinery." It will be completed in less than 1/3 of the man-hours and resource consumption.”

It doesn't quite understand why the marshal who pursues efficiency would entrust such an important project to a group of cyber wizards who are in love with electronic products.

"Although they are both industrial bases, unlike nano planets, urban planets must be inhabited by people. A city is called a city if there are people." Russell said: "With people, there is a risk of corruption. Although we have learned from the human federation's psychic theory , and the spirit bone technology of the Spirit Tribe has obtained a variety of technical means that can effectively shield the subspace, but this is still not enough."

"Because in addition to genetic degradation, in the long night before the Great Crusade, humans in this universe also suffered from more than one very serious collective subspace pollution. The connection with subspace has long been engraved into the bottom of every ordinary person's soul. . Unless they are purified one by one by me like the preachers of the Order of Truth, and then use quantum neural connections to replace brain thinking, can the corruption of subspace be truly eradicated."

He obviously does not have the conditions to go through such a process for hundreds of billions of people that will be accommodated on an urban planet.

Russell said, gently holding Gray Feng's soft palm with both hands: "As long as you are here, I don't really need the production capacity of Ideal City. Since this urban planet is a gift to the Mechanical Society, they should naturally pass it. Your own way to deal with the corruption of Chaos."

For example, pouring holy water and burning incense on every screw to pray for blessings, and forcibly worshiping the machine soul of the entire industrial world under the gaze of the guide statue.