Warhammer Inquisitor

Every ship, no matter which faction it belongs to, has three positions on the ship, which are the captain, the helmsman and the maintenance worker.

The captain is responsible for letting everyone know where the boat will go without sinking, the helmsman is responsible for ensuring that it can be sailed smoothly without sinking, and the maintenance worker is responsible for ensuring that it will not sink halfway when the helmsman takes everyone there.

I can't say who is the most important among them, but for Vito, the most interesting one is the helmsman, especially the helmsman of a big ship, such as the Infinity Frontier.

Vito stood at the helm station and looked at the rudder with great interest. The big rudder was rotating under the swing of his operator. It is ironic, whether it is the beginning of human civilization just stepping into the star sea, or its peak In the golden age, and now in this fucking dark galaxy, human ships, large and small, all have the design of a rudder.

Whether it is the cutting-edge technology product of the golden age or the "retro style warship" of the empire now, all have rudders, the only difference is that they look different, but Vito prefers this "retro" style, which makes him have a A feeling of returning to the past.

The old helmsman with a mature complexion was holding the rudder. He looked at the energy field display in front of him to determine the course. The old helmsman was named Howard Kent. The old Kent in the navy blue uniform had dark skin. With the growth of age, the forehead is already covered with wrinkles.

But don't underestimate old Kent. Vito dare say that Kent is definitely one of the best helmsmen in the galaxy, and he even thinks he can get rid of one of them.

Every time Vito's crazy plan, such as rushing the whole ship into the green-skinned garbage fleet, was completed by relying on Kent's superb skills. Cole gave the order, and Kent was responsible for everyone to finish the job. Live as long as possible before or after.

"Have you ever sailed a ship? Inquisitor." Kent asked, and Vito shrugged and leaned against the carved skull wall behind him. A huge black skull was carved on the wall, with the imperial sky eagle branded on the part between its brows. symbols of.

"It was opened a long time ago. A long time ago." Vito said and closed his eyes. He could almost smell the sea water. The warm sea breeze was blowing on his face, seagulls were singing in his ears, and the waves were beating against the hull of the boat. Papa papa, the sail above the head was also pulled by the sea wind and snorted.

The sailors' ballad, the smell of rum and the ever-present smell of sweat, ha, it seems so close now, as if that's what just happened.

Vito can't remember many things, and many, many things have become vague memories, so that he himself doesn't believe that he has experienced them, but there are still many memories that he can't forget.

For example, crossing the ocean for the first time, crossing the sadistic storm, landing on the land of the new world at the other end of the sea, ah, everything is still so clear, he still remembers the rainforest of Barbados, the Amazon River and the towering Andes mountains.

"What about you, Kent, what kind of ship have you sailed before?" Vito asked with a smile and opened his eyes, while Kent smiled with a wrinkled face, "Many, many, have sailed gunboats, armed cargo ships, transport ships, Destroyer, cruiser and now this chick."

Kent caressed his helm as he spoke, he sighed and seemed to be recalling many past events, Vito put his hands in his arms and looked at the helmsman with a smile, "I remember you are from a sailing family, right?"

"Yes, Son of the Void, at least that's what the people on the ground call me." Kent said with a smile, the rudder in his hand turned slightly, keeping the track of the battleship on the track marked by the astropath.

"I was born on a battleship and lived on a battleship. I have been on a ship all my life." Kent said, adjusting the position of the display screen with one finger, making the thing look more comfortable.

"You are very familiar with battleships, every one of them." Vito said, Ken nodded and held the rudder again with both hands, his fingers slightly opened and closed and then gripped the rudder again, "Battleships are a part of my life, the trial Officer, it is my home, where I was born and raised."

"I like the sea of ​​stars. I'm most comfortable only when I'm sailing." "Of course, every time you dock at the port, you feel very awkward, as if that ghostly place can eat you." Vito laughed jokingly, and Kent laughed too smiled.

While the two were talking, the display screen turned red, and the jump beacon appeared in front of the two of them, Vito's face was illuminated by the red light, and the whole environment of the bridge, which was still relaxed and comfortable just now, suddenly became irritable. They all began to work immediately, and the sound of mechanical keyboard tapping accompanied by the cold echo of the servants filled the bridge.

"We have arrived at the transition point of the Cadia galaxy, and we are calculating the gravitational force at Mandeville point." Wearing a mechanical eyepatch, the entire face has undergone the transformation of the Mechanicus, and his mechanical fingers began to move on the keyboard. When you tap it, a large string of data appears on the screen in an instant.

The surrounding crew members also started to get busy, they were calculating and preparing in an orderly manner, and the divine creations of the God of Myriad Machines were closely cooperating with them as a part of them.

Vito looked at Chief Bird, a man who looked almost the same as a priest. His mechanical fingers tapped the mechanical keyboard at high speed, and the data flow quickly completed the calculation and operation.

"The data presetting has been completed, Captain, and you can return to the physical universe." Captain Bird said, and Cole appeared on the high platform above Vito's head. He held the handrail and looked down at the helmsman.

"Helmsman, take us back to the physical universe." "Of order, Captain."

Kent said as he turned the rudder, he pulled down a lever on his hand, and then pulled down the other side, and the silent soulless servitors around began to whisper one by one, these half bodies were embedded and fused The flesh and blood parts in the mechanical equipment kept chanting some sentences at high speed.

Of course, the speed was too fast, so fast that Vito couldn't understand it, but I don't think anyone could understand it, except for the neuropathy of the Mechanicus. After all, they usually talk like this from time to time, especially when communicating between priests. What I said at the time was not human.

"Open the armor plate, we need to restore the line of sight." Cole ordered, and soon the bridge member sitting on the operating position in front of Vito pressed the switch, and the warning red light flashed beside the curved French windows in front of him. , the armor covering the glass also began to open rapidly.

Vito leaned against the wall and looked at the imminent. Fuck!

Kent immediately turned to the right with full rudder. He slammed the side push button of the engine, and the vector nozzle installed on the tail of the battleship sprayed with full power to the right, allowing the giant ship to translate and turn in the void to avoid the wreckage in front of him.

Vito almost fell to the ground, and he raised his head when he managed to stand still. Like Cole, he stared at the tragedy outside. It was a battlefield, a tomb, and the silent tomb of the Void Ships.

Kent's full starboard rudder saved the whole crew once. Although many people probably fell hard, if they hit the oncoming ship wreck just now, everyone would be in a worse situation.

The Infinite Frontier passed by the broken wreckage of a giant ship. To be precise, she was driving on a galactic battlefield. The battle here has ended, leaving behind a large number of wreckage and broken bodies of the battleship.

Vito walked to the handrail, he frowned and looked at the warships passing by the bridge window one after another, destroyers, cruisers, battle cruisers and armed barges, large and small warships and fighter jet wreckage filled the place. area.

Not all of them belonged to the Empire. Among the wrecks with the Skyhawk logo, there were also some warships branded with a hexagram of blasphemy. They were warships of chaos, to be precise, they were wrecks.

There has been a tragic sea battle here, and it is obvious that both sides have suffered heavy losses here, but who won in the end is an issue that no one knows, at least for now.

Cole turned on the holographic screen in front of him, and a scan result appeared in front of his eyes, "These ships are all from the Cadia Sector Fleet, and the number of battle losses is the Emperor's."

Vito raised his head and glanced at Cole, and then lowered his head to look at the wreckage. The deck of the battleship was blasted through and exploded, the armor plate was torn and collapsed, and the buildings on the hull also shattered and collapsed to varying degrees.

Some battleships even suffered a martyrdom explosion, and were blown off from the middle part, with countless wreckage scattered between the head and tail, like a giant whose body was torn off.

There are so many wreckages, these floating broken warships are constantly sliding around, like circles of asteroid belts.

"Vito!"

Just as Vito was about to say something, he was interrupted, and it was Lilith who interrupted him.

Lilith suddenly jumped up from the captain's throne, leaving her comfortable nest with cushions and pillows. She rushed to the armrest next to Cole and looked down with the thing.

Vito looked into her eyes and immediately understood something. He cursed and looked at Cole, "Cole! Take cover now! Enemies are approaching!"

Vito's shout stunned Cole for a moment, but the captain immediately began to issue orders. He slammed on the armrest and roared loudly, "The helmsman is sinking! Let's go deep into the wreck area and let the thrust reverser engine go down." Warm up and stand by, turn off all weapon systems and shields on the entire ship! Hurry up!"

"Stand up, judge." Kent said as he turned the rudder, and the entire giant ship began to sail downwards, and the battleship quickly dived into the depths of the wreck area.

Wrecks of battleships rushed in front of them, but Kent could flexibly avoid those broken objects. Vito grabbed a handrail and looked at the hulks that kept sliding past his eyes. Looking at the silent warships around.

Kent yanked one of the countless pull rods, and the engine in the building on the lower edge of the battleship immediately burst into flames. The powerful propulsion of the plasma jet made the battleship stop suddenly, almost completely stopped in the wreckage of the sunken ship. .

"Chief controller! Turn off all the power! Turn off the engine! Quick!" Cole continued to roar, and the chief controller on the left hand side of the helmsman immediately began to press the buttons continuously, and the red indicator lights lit up one by one. was shrouded in darkness.

All the lights were extinguished, and all the screens fell silent, but soon the starlight outside the windows rushed to dimly light up the inside of the bridge.

"Everyone leave!" Cole shouted, and immediately, all the operators on the bridge lifted their hands from the keyboard or the manipulator.

Cole looked up at the upper part of the bridge glass, Vito, Kent, and everyone looked at the top of the battleship.

The background of the galaxy began to turn blood red, and soon the bewitching red light engulfed the entire disk of the galaxy. The light came from warships, warships spewing scarlet flames.

Vito looked at the fleets passing above the wreckage, all eyes wide open and breathing tightly shut, they all looked at the passing fleet of the Blasphemy, the fleet of the Enemy of the Emperor.

This is an unprecedented chaos fleet, a destruction fleet of unprecedented scale, each warship pulls long scarlet beams at the end, each warship is decorated with blasphemy, the once magnificent Gothic architecture has become became the symbol of Khorne's destruction.

A giant ship is surrounded by hundreds of ships of different sizes, just like a pack of wolves surrounds and surrounds their leader, the whole hunting group is sailing through the starry sky, passing through the blood-stained starry sky.

Cole looked up at the fleet above his head, looking up at the dark death warships. Fortunately, they didn't find his own ship, and the Infinity Frontier entered a state of silence before it appeared within the detection range.

Their long red tail flames pulled for a long distance, leaving a striking trace in the Milky Way, and that light belt was sailing and extending in one direction.

Cole doesn't need a star map to know where they are going, they only have one place to go.

"Cadia." Vito said silently.