Warhammer: I am the Hammer of the Empire

After many wars and persecutions, Pangea lost its legions, hope, victory, and order and the grace of the Emperor. In that fate planned by the gods, it was not easy for humans to persist in coming east, scattered everywhere. Order requires actual command to unify forces. Can the Lord of Skadi become a leader half-heartedly because he will draw his sword against the almost irreversible fate.

The Destruction Eagle's strike cruiser took off again after a long period of repair. The agile maneuverability complemented the superhuman combat of the Space Marines, sweeping away the chaotic starry sky after the Pangia War. After the war, countless opportunities urged the empire to be named Pangia. The carrion of the sub-sector re-heals the wound.

There is no one who is hungry, and there will be rewards for those who are willing to step out of the cradle. But the gods are destined not to rest, and fate is coming like a turbulent beast.

The cunning laughter of the gods echoed in the void. Even in the prosperous scene after the war, most people, even the heroes who led this place out of hell, did not feel it. They were no longer sensitive to the deliberate cover of the free port and the war. The losses caused make it even more difficult for people to witness the desire of the red pirate when they are overwhelmed.

Gillion Spaceport, the place gifted by the Emperor, was originally a fortress for the Empire to open up the maelstrom. However, the huge metal port across the void was occupied by greedy Rogue Traders, living people composed of greed. Zombie-like, succumbing to all kinds of oppression or profit, untrustworthy.

The huge void metal fortress is wrapped in a large number of laser defense battle arrays and thick fine gold. There are void shields in some of the most precious places. Secondly, in that place where fish and dragons are mixed, the price of food and medical treatment is very high. It's all quite exaggerated, and many locals are willing to take risks over a piece of dry and horrible black bread.

The extremely dangerous port is filled with all kinds of desperadoes, including criminals wanted by the empire, crazy heretics, and even Eldar pirates or Bloodaxe orcs walking blatantly on the streets, so that the culture there is close to a hodgepodge. The most serious place is the tavern, which is one of the few places for recreation and a place where desperadoes like to go crazy.

To the east of the star port, next to the prime location, in the blackest metal path, it is the place where acquaintances or introductions are received. The red moon in the Terran time standard is also full of guests, the dim smoke, the rotten wood, in the dark Among the lights and those quiet but terrifying desperadoes, wrapped in the oppressive metal walls and cold void.

A blond beauty wearing a thick coat lit up a cigarette, with the cigarette in her mouth, tasting the poor Snake Wine alone in front of the table.

And in that place, the most important thing is to protect your wallet. Those throne coins are too charming and priceless. When Miss Nova used her legs to grab the thin and pitiful coins that were instigated by the merchants. The orphan waiter, because her leg fingers were hooking the inquisitor's wallet.

She exhaled the smoke, and in front of the panicked child, she took out 10 glittering and valuable throne coins from her wallet with one leg, pushed it to the girl like a tip, and wrapped it in a small denomination note to avoid annoying people. eyes, and whispered.

"It's enough for me to have a period of confinement. If he's wrong, my only request is don't do that. If you have the opportunity to join the army or become a businessman in Skadi or something else, don't be afraid of my boss. Just say no." "Miss Wa, please." After Nova finished speaking, she stuffed the money into her lap. For the high-ranking judge, it was a drop in the bucket, but for someone like this, that's not the case. A huge sum of money that can guarantee worry-free confinement for several years.

The child took it quickly and smartly. She looked around and seemed to suspect that there was some kind of trap. Maybe everyone was looking at her and wanted to turn her into a slave, or sell her to the forging world to become the most basic servitor, or even something like that. Materials for human experiments.

She was like a poor frightened rabbit that had sprung up in a bad place where there were many fish and dragons, or a weed crawling out of the cracks in the rocks.

Until the child left, Nova started smoking again and again, and drank heavily flavored synthetic drinks to satisfy her almost non-existent physical desires.

"Miss Nova, if you are not so kind, even if you empty out the empire's treasury, the world will probably be full of orphans. To give them such kindness, it is better to invite him to talk."

The male greeting interrupted the judge's thoughts. Although she was not beautiful, it was unlikely that anyone would make the wrong mistake because of her temperament. She read out the man's code name without raising her head. "Wild snake, long time no see."

The middle-aged man wearing a thick wide-brimmed hat has an uncharacteristic air of freedom. Only such a carefree man can become the eyes and ears of the judge...

Nova knocked the ashes off her cigarette and muttered. "The movement in the Star Sea is very hot, and there is also a lot of movement like Skadi. The lord has opened a new port, and many desperadoes have gone to work for the merchants. Under the supervision of the Space Marines, it is difficult to imagine that he can make animals Those arrogant angels who have no mortals to control but their high lords.”

"No, thanks to his great fortune, the income from Roaming Port was greatly reduced during that period, and many people saw him as full of hostility." Wild Snake replied.

"Profit? Those employments are not big money. Wouldn't such a big port rely on those things to make a living?" Nova caught it sensitively and asked.

The wild snake did not shut up, but made a posture of spreading its legs. Nova understood clearly and handed over the "activity funds" to the "imperial spy". Can the throne coin engraved with jewelry accurately support the empire? Some of the crystal generators and the core crystals of beam weapons, just one small one is equivalent to one-fifth of a set of power armor, and the reward was so rich that the currency could fill a small bag, enough to arm a local lord. Private Mercenary from start to finish.

"Only that much?" Wild Snake was a little dissatisfied, and it was normal for him to do so. However, even if the organization that collects intelligence for the Imperial Inquisitor was private, it would still be huge. If the money was spread evenly among the intelligence agencies with tens of thousands of people, , one person only has dozens of gold coins with worse face value, not to mention that outstanding intelligence officers and leaders like wild snakes have extra money.

He handed over the brown paper with dissatisfaction, and Nova read it silently. Then she suddenly drank the wine on the table in one go, and exhaled a puff of mist that seemed soothing.

Because those records record that the port drove mercenaries to maliciously rob Skadi's main business road, the pirates in that area were originally empty due to the Imperial Guard expedition and the recruitment of red pirates, which also forced Lord Skadi to recruit Space Marines, I didn’t expect the instigator to be...

The wild snake continued to speak. "During that time, those people were entertaining some distinguished guests and mobilized on a large scale. He didn't know what they were looking for or what they were doing, but he saw that a batch of Skadi's exclusive goodies were taken away."

"What?" Nova's pretty brows furrowed, and the wild snake lowered its head in reply. "A batch of deflagration guns, produced by Pan Lan, were obtained by pirates!"

"If the Space Marines had not been patrolling during that time, many mercenaries who were dissatisfied with the chaotic business conditions there would have left and gone to Skadi's roaming port, and there would have been more goods."

Nova helplessly grabbed Dong's hair. She was angry that there were such moths outside the empire, but also lamented that there was nothing she could do because the port was not controlled by the Rogue Traders and belonged to the Rogue Trader Dynasty. As an inquisitor, she could not launch an attack. , even though she is so powerful that she can command the local Astral Legion, even the mysterious Silver Knights, and even the Eastern Order of Extermination, but whether the privateering permission is signed during the Emperor's Expedition is sacrosanct.

"Damn maggots." She cursed secretly. The huge amount of money given to her by the inquisitor's supreme rosette of judgment was no longer the priority of the privateering permission in the empire for ten thousand years. When those nobles promised to never set foot in the East again, When Terra made a further promise and signed her name, they would no longer deny those outside the Empire.

Most of the purists or radicals of the Inquisitors regard them as aliens or heretics in human skin, but if they are asked to continue to expand territory for the empire, transport goods, and manage pirates and gray industries, those people will still have almost no power. Unlimited rights to dominate outside Terra.

Even if the state religion is wrong for business people, they will turn a blind eye. It can be said that as long as they do not violate the private looting permission, those people will become the local emperors in their own areas!

Wild Snake could see Nova's dissatisfaction. She had worked hard to come there to investigate heresy for some time. As an inquisitor, she was absolutely qualified. In view of that aspect, Wild Snake spoke. "It seems that Miss Inquisitor is a little depressed. Could it be that the power of the empire is so easy to use that it makes me forget that things are actually not complicated?"

Nova looked at the terrible man, but the wild snake said. "No, there is no charge for that proposal. He just wants you to introduce him to the Lord of Skadi. To be precise, everyone can see that the prospects of the Pangia sector are better. People go higher. The water flows eastward."

"Glib talk, next year I will probably be 110 according to the standard Terran years? I am wasting my time on life extension equipment and leg surgery, why not find a place to live my confinement." Nova commented on the man as if he was an acquaintance. Private life, but instead of getting angry, he spoke.

"Just say, do I need advice?"

"Please tell me." As an inquisitor, Nova is not very good at dealing with that old man, but she also has to admit that guy's help in her career. As the eagle dog of the inquisition, she can become the grand inquisitor. , and he might be a dead end, which is why Nova persuaded the man.

The wild snake is not grateful. Everyone has their own confinement. He would rather spend his energy and energy on alcohol, enjoyment, women and extending his life or protecting his body, rather than trying to find a way to escape from the bad court.

He would continue to do his current evil deeds, whether there or not in Skadi or elsewhere, until the Inquisition no longer needed useless eyes and could kill his poor, unknown creature in secrecy. life.

It's ridiculous that that huge empire maintains the precarious security and hope everywhere by using an information network composed of those guys who throw it away after use.

The wild snake drank the drink he ordered in one gulp and spoke to the inquisitor lady. "There is no room for two tigers in one mountain, not to mention that the owner of the port, Bandertal, and his family have coveted the Pangia sub-sector. We both know that no one has the power to occupy the physical space of the entire sub-sector, but the right can."

"The lords chartered by the Empire are not members of the merchant dynasty. They are all qualified and capable, so their profits and interests are destined to be contradictory. From the current point of view, the former Sun Lord obviously has more powerful power, so that the planet Hong Kong can operate covertly and maintain their and Skadi's looming, dispensable stability."

"And his report will break the balance of chips. I don't like that, but that time the empire can't get involved, and neither can they. That's not the fight for the king's power, but it's not the same heretics or aliens as before. question."

Wild Snake could see clearly. He spoke slowly and clearly, and there was a trace of sweat on Nova's forehead. "Royal power...?"

"Wrong, royal power." Wild Snake took another sip of wine to moisten his throat. "The right of the king of that star region is not a very direct matter. For example, that star port has most of the black industries in the entire star region, and involves many routes. There are also some strange forces behind the Hongshang Dynasty. They see Seemingly weak, but hidden in the dark.”

"As for Skadi, the lord is tolerant and benevolent, and the economy is developing extremely well. He relies on the empire and all mankind behind him. Ruming also has the help of the Space Marines, but otherwise he is still not sure which of them is good and which is wrong, and who is victorious."

"The choice is in their lap at the moment, whether to pull the merchant dynasty from the darkness out of the water, or whether to deceive Skadi, the Empire or Chaos, choose one of the two."

Wild Snake's words pulled Nova's thoughts to other places, as if they were deciding the fate of the entire sector in a tavern or on a high platform. At this moment, a situation similar to that of the former Grand Inquisitor Walden appeared in front of Nova again. Otherwise, the scope would be larger and the impact would be more severe.

What can Nova gain from the Empire? Orphans live alone, and poor people are still pitiful, but maybe chaos will bring miracles?

Silk subspace whispers suddenly appeared, and people almost forgot that no matter how powerful and determined those inquisitors were, they could not be spiritual beings or mortals, and they had so many depraved feelings...

In the hurried short-term choice, Wild Snake is also looking forward to the judge's choice. If he can make a career in Bulong, he will need to bring people on board with him to avoid having to go to Huangquan Road.

After her thoughts turned very quickly, a flash of magical purple flashed across Judge Nova's eyes. Her long red fingers pressed the vellum, the kraft paper that determines the fate of the star district, and said.

"Now, he begs to go to Skadi and bring new hope to that sector."

The wild snake let go of the brown paper and let the judge take the thing away. He walked alone to the seat in the tavern, sipping his drink and looking at the chaotic dark universe like a bystander.