Warhammer 40,000: Mortal Gods

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When the fleet left the edge of Tyron's Gate and then split up to go to Terra or the Five Hundred Worlds, and even when the flagship finally arrived at Terra, Ryan was still in a daze.

Horst's apprentice who followed Ryan was also in a daze.

On the way back, Horst's apprentice sat opposite Ryan.

The original body, which was nearly four meters tall, and a mortal who was one and a half meters tall, sat opposite each other and walked the entire distance.

There is only one word that can describe their current state.

stupid.

Ryan's emotions were complicated.

On his way here, he was preparing to prove that he was the most qualified commander in the empire by fighting against the swarm of insects.

So although the original body was reluctant to help the Tyron sector, when he came, he would even take the initiative to help the Tyronians with suggestions and undertake the most difficult combat tasks, because he needed to prove his ability.

But now, Ryan feels like he's just joining in the fun.

I ran over happily to join in the fun, but unfortunately the fun was over, so I left.

This even made Ryan feel guilty, not for Tyrone, but for everyone in the fleet.

As for Horst's Inquisitor Apprentice, he had no sense of guilt.

The purpose of the Inquisition personnel was very clear, they were just there to join in the fun, take a look at the capabilities of Tyron's secret weapon, the Iron Man, and then make a record so that the Inquisition would not know anything about this weapon.

In short, no matter what the purpose of the fleet heading to Tyrone, they are all scattered now. Those who should go to the Five Hundred World will go to the Five Hundred World, and those who should return to Terra will return to Terra.

"Are the Tyranids not as strong as I thought?"

Ryan suddenly asked Horst's apprentice.

Although this apprentice is still an apprentice, he is already an official judge. As Horst's apprentice, he has this privilege.

Due to his identity and status, this apprentice inquisitor knows a lot about the Tyranids, even more than Ryan.

"Hive Fleet Leviathan nearly destroyed Baal."

"Forcing Dante, the leader of the Blood Angels Chapter, to ignore the Holy Code and let each sub-chapter fight as a legion."

"No matter how powerful you think the Tyranids are, they are actually a hundred times more powerful than you think. They are the most terrifying predators."

The Inquisitor answered Ryan.

After hearing this, Ryan fell into silence, lowered his head, and the expression on his face became more and more solemn.

"But having said that, no matter what kind of strong enemy there is, after all, there are weaknesses. Whether you can defeat them does not necessarily depend on your strength, but also on whether the combat method is particularly targeted." The judge added.

Ryan knew what the Tyranid's weaknesses were, he had studied them when he came here.

The Tyranids' biggest weakness is that they are not good at void combat.

If you have a reliable naval fleet, you can directly gain an advantage in the first stage of the Hive Fleet invasion.

No matter how many billions of bugs there are in a biological warship, as long as the biological warship is destroyed, everyone will die.

Ryan even analyzed the Battle of Barr.

The descendants of the angels were almost wiped out. Does this mean they are weak? of course not.

It can only show that Baal and the naval fleet of the Hades galaxy are really rubbish.

During the Shield of Hades campaign, the Hive Fleet passed through asteroid fields that could freeze them, and then all froze.

But the navy made a crazy decision at this time: approach the frozen hive fleet and attack at close range.

As a result, because of this decision, the Hades Galaxy Navy was completely destroyed at the beginning of the war.

As long as the Blood Angels have a fleet like the Tyron Navy and let the Hive Fleet try it, the decisive battle will definitely not take place in Baal, but in the Hades galaxy.

But the truth is such a truth, but it cannot explain the current problem.

"What kind of fleet can annihilate an entire Hive Fleet?" Ryan asked.

"I don't know." The Inquisitor shook his head, "Anyway, I think that neither the Imperial Navy nor the Tyron Navy can directly annihilate the Hive Fleet in a void battle, because there are too many of them. Looking at the biological ships in the void, There are as many bugs up there as there are on the ground.”

After saying that, the inquisitor thought for a moment and then talked about the celestial engine.

"The Tyrones have a weapon called the Celestial Engine, but...even the Celestial Engine cannot defeat the Hive Fleet so quickly."

"According to the records collected by the Inquisition during the Battle of Cadia and the Defense of Agrippina, the Celestial Engine is indeed invincible in power, but it cannot directly annihilate the enemy fleet in a galaxy."

"Thorax, this Chaos Lord organized a forge world that was enough to completely capture Agrippina. This unlucky guy was the first to be attacked by the celestial engine."

"His fleet was defeated by the Celestial Engine's weapons almost instantly, but it was not completely destroyed and could escape before the next Celestial Engine fired."

"The number of the Hive Fleet is at least dozens of times that of the Thorax Fleet. How could it be annihilated so quickly by the Celestial Engine?"

After listening to all the words of the inquisitor, Ryan nodded in agreement.

The Tyranids are not good at void warfare, but this weakness is made up for by their numerical advantage. If you want to use your fleet to gain an advantage when the Hive Fleet invades, you don't have to just send warships to rush over.

Ryan had previously thought about how to deal with the Zerg invasion of Tyrone, which was to contain and disperse them as much as possible, and then use the fleet to gain an advantage.

This process will be very long and may take two or three years.

If it were replaced with a celestial engine, it would probably take several months.

It is now certain that the Tyrones have a void warfare weapon more powerful than the Celestial Engine.

Due to the existence of this void warfare weapon that was more powerful than the Celestial Engine, the Hive Fleet was quickly wiped out.

Assume it's not the Zerg that's fighting Talon.

Ryan completely instinctively put the Empire and Talon in opposing positions in his thinking, and then asked himself soul questions.

If there were no Tyranids, if the conflict broke out between Tyranids and the Empire...would he have died just now?

Void warfare is different from ground warfare.

Even if it is an unknown frigate, its light spear can kill a primary body in one shot, but only if it has a chance to bombard the primary body.

And if the unknown and powerful void warfare weapons of the Tyrones were used against the original body...

"This is a crisis for the empire." Ryan suddenly sighed.

"Huh?" The inquisitor apprentice raised his head and looked at Ryan.

"I said this is a crisis for the empire." Ryan repeated.

The judge said thoughtfully: "But if you look at this from a human perspective, you will feel happy from the bottom of your heart."

Hearing this, Ryan's eyes widened in shock.

"If we want to stop a swarm invasion, we need to issue an extermination order to the worlds along their path, clear out the biomass, and then make huge sacrifices to stop them..."

"But now that humans have more powerful weapons, perhaps one day we will no longer have to pay such a high price to stop bugs."

"Don't you think this is the good fortune of mankind?"

Listening to the words of the inquisitor, who was not an inquisitor at all, Ryan lowered his head, suddenly feeling a little guilty.