Warhammer III

Taiyue determined that these remnants of the Mechanicus had not betrayed the empire, and decided to use the Thunderhawk gunship to transport the Mechanicum Sage Grantham and his more than a thousand Skitarii to the Uruk. They would also participate in the attack on the Orcs. Cleansing operation on Ketavia II.

The Thunderhawk gunship is the main method used by the Adeptus Astartes to deploy ground combat troops, and it is also the most important air support force of the army.

Compared with the smaller and single-function Storm Crow gunship, the Thunderhawk gunship can be used as an orbital transport ship, heavy ground attack helicopter and bomber.

Capable of operating in all weather conditions, both in space and within planetary atmospheres, it can rapidly transport Space Marine troops from Imperial warships in orbit to the battlefield, while providing fire support for ground or air targets.

The most important thing is the advanced machine soul or high-end airborne computer on the Thunderhawk gunship. Its performance is close to the machine soul on the Titan. The machine soul controls advanced electronic systems, including battlefield sensing and target trackers, avionics, and data. Devices such as links and sensors.

These devices do not need to be controlled by the driver. Instead, the machine soul analyzes and summarizes battlefield information and then provides it to the driver for battlefield decision-making.

Despite the powerful transportation capabilities of the Thunderhawk gunship, it still took Taiyue a day and more than 10 trips to and from the planet's surface to transport the Adeptus Mechanicus Sage Grantham and his more than a thousand Skitarii to the strike cruiser.

Thai-Vietnam eventually placed the Skitarii in a warehouse at the stern of the Uruk. Their bodies contained radiation and they could only be safe away from the crew.

Grantham joined the command level and came to the bridge to participate in the decision-making of the Octavia II purification operation.

After all this was arranged, the Uruk left the Styx Forge and headed for the hive world.

A month later, the star Octavia 2 became increasingly clear to everyone on the bridge. The entire planet was covered in a gray atmosphere and seemed dead.

"The planet's space orbit is covered with space mines hidden by subspace energy! It is recommended to enter the planet's solar orbit first!"

Elizabeth said eagerly. Her subspace eyes saw through the camouflage in orbit. Space mines deployed around the orbit can be used as defensive weapons to block the orbit of the entire planet and prevent ships from approaching.

The space mines hidden by the Chaos Sorcerers using psychic spells are difficult to detect. Even the Uruk's detectors did not detect these dangers hidden by the energy of the warp.

"My God, if you miss entering the synchronous orbit of Octavia 2 this time, you will need to cross the ecliptic plane and enter the synchronous orbit again on the opposite side of the star, which will add at least a few Terran months to the voyage! "

Taiyue read the flight log and said that the spacecraft was about to enter synchronous orbit in one hour. It was too late to slow down now, and leaving was not a wise decision.

"Elizabeth, can you estimate the gaps in the distribution of mines?"

"There should be a gap of several thousand to ten kilometers between mines."

Elizabeth made a rough assessment of the distance.

"Glory to the God of All Machines. We can use the Nova Cannon to clear the mines first, and then the spacecraft enters the synchronous orbit!"

Della gave bold suggestions. These mines must be solved, and changing the trajectory cannot be avoided.

"Just do it!"

Taiyue nodded in agreement.

After receiving Taiyue's order, Della quickly activated the sublight speed gravity acceleration device of the bow Nova Cannon, and then automatically loaded a 50-meter-diameter neutron shell.

"Preparations for launch are complete. The detonation time of the neutron shell has been adjusted so that it can detonate when it reaches the predetermined location. The electromagnetic pulse generated can paralyze mines within a spherical range of 100 kilometers in diameter."

After getting ready together, Della reported the situation.

"emission!"

Tai Yue gave an order, and the neutron shell flew towards the destination after being accelerated by gravity.

The projection on the bridge starts counting down, 10 seconds, 9 seconds, 8 seconds

After a flash of light, some of the surrounding mines hidden by psychic energy were directly detonated, while others were paralyzed in place due to circuit overload.

The Uruk successfully entered the synchronous orbit of the Octavia II star, and several paralyzed mines were still floating around the strike cruiser.

This planet has betrayed the Empire for more than ten years. A defensive fortress has been built on the planet, and the psychic constructs are hidden inside the fortress.

"Your Majesty the God-Emperor, we are now conducting orbital bombardment, targeting the psychic constructs in the fortress below!"

Tai Yue guessed that the explosion of the neutron bomb had attracted the attention of the traitors on the planet and they needed to act immediately.

In the hive spire at the north pole of the planet, a black-robed Mechanicus sage looked at the sky in the equatorial direction. There were three servo heads with mechanical tentacles floating in the air beside him.

After a moment, he turned around, revealing an alloy face, and said to the person behind him:

"Governor Harrison, someone is coming to visit this planet!"

"Haha, the executioners sent by the corrupt empire to destroy our homeland. The wizards of 'Rehati' have predicted this and eliminated these invaders. Maybe I can also run for the emperor of the psyker empire!"

Harrison smiled evilly, and his deep blue eyes seemed to attract souls.

Now he is not the planetary governor of the empire, but one of the 99 central and provincial governors of the psyker empire. He has been prepared for the current crisis.

After the light spear array was charged for 20 seconds, the beam of destruction slanted down through the atmosphere. However, no one on the Uruk noticed that the beam of destruction was blocked by a shield covering the surface of the planet before it touched the defensive fortress. .

Three minutes later, the orbital bombardment ended, and the defensive fortress still stood in place, and the psychic structures inside it were not affected at all.

"Planetary Void Shield!"

Tai Yue frowned. Not only did this planet have a void shield generator, but it also activated its defenses before the orbital bombardment.

"Your Majesty the God Emperor, just use the vortex torpedo to purify this planet!"

Nelson suggested that this planet could no longer be kept by the Empire.

"This place is too close to the Great Rift. It's best not to use weapons that tear apart the subspace, otherwise unexpected things may happen."

Just as Tai Yue finished speaking, Elizabeth hurriedly reported the latest information:

"Grand Master, the unaffected mine is slowly approaching the Uruk!"

"How long does it take to get access to the spacecraft?"

Elizabeth calculated and answered:

"The current speed of mines is very slow. If the speed remains unchanged, it will take 10 Terra days to make contact with the spacecraft."

"We can only do landing operations. We must destroy the void shield generator on the planet within 10 days, and then conduct orbital strikes on important targets."

Jerome the ferryman finally expressed his opinion,

Thailand and Vietnam agreed to the landing operation and discussed specific tactical arrangements with everyone at the command level.

After the meeting, Taiyue announced loudly:

"Your Majesty the God Emperor, start taking action!"

"For the Emperor! Destroy the traitors!"

(In this volume, wizards from the Legion of the Thousand Sons to 42K who are still alive will appear. Please recommend and vote for me!)