Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes

Chapter 55 Tasks and Supplies

Going out to see joy is an auspicious omen; seeing blood in the face of the sword is the romance of war.

707.M39, in the orbit of the Pablo V commercial world in the Pacific Starfield · Venn Starfield · Heshaus Sector and Heshaus Galaxy, a ship obviously does not belong to the local defense sector fleet from the painting With the outsiders who are resident in Astarte, they dock quietly at a corner of the airport.

This silver-gray strike cruiser with its soaring cathedral looks new and bright, as if it just sailed off the hoops of some forge world.

The huge specialized engine carries the Gothic church that symbolizes Astarte, and the thick silver-gray deck is fitted on the slender hull, making the whole ship in this tone.

Compatible with the silver-gray color of the main tone, there are eight black Hector plasma macro cannons installed symmetrically on both sides of the hull.

This ancient armed sequence, which is no longer common after 32K, also causes huge contradictions in the inferences of bystanders about the specific service time of this ship, if there are bystanders.

And if you are a little more careful, you will discover more differences on this "inconspicuous" strike cruiser:
For example, the obviously modified and enlarged transmission matrix under the hull; and for example, in addition to the two conventional Mars-type nova cannons on the shovel-shaped bow, there is an extra Riza-type nova cannon concealedly installed in the central depression of the bow.

This kind of excess firepower configuration is rare on strike cruisers, and if a total of two or three nova cannons fire at the same time, it will also cause reasonable concerns about the strength of the keel of this cruiser.

"You'd better not do that, otherwise, in the name of Om Messiah, the god of all opportunities, you will definitely pay a heavy price for it." BY an unknown manufacturing director on Mars commented on this ship.

Calvin is on this ship right now. He is quietly standing beside the star map simulator on the podium, looking at the mission briefing in his hand, and at the same time waiting for the "special supplies" on the nearby transport barge at the airport.

This batch of supplies was temporarily dispatched from the nearest command node of the Inquisition. Before Calvin's ship "Revenant Redeemer" was about to enter the combat zone, it was urgently required to receive it at a designated location. In Calvin's opinion, it might be too extreme device of.

"Is there anything you can tell me about this mission briefing?" He looked at Klein Ancaris, the technical priest from Mars who was also the latest mechanical bishop of the ship, and said.

Wearing a red robe, Bishop Klein, whose body has undergone more than 80% of the transformation, heard Calvin's question, and issued a voice with obvious mechanical resonance from the loudspeaker on his face:
"PL-44-SIT-90-LOA-33, authority approved. The briefing information is as follows, destination Santa sector, Santa galaxy. The galaxy sent a distress signal to the star channel 29 Tara cycles (years). Suspected Chaos pollution. In addition, there is pre-information that Judge Swain, the Devil Tribunal, found an abnormal population fertility coefficient in the data reported to the Ministry of the Interior in the Santa galaxy 70 years ago. Afterwards, Judge Swain went to investigate and disappeared. Trial The court filed the case 51 years ago, and has not dispatched a follow-up investigation team before receiving the above-mentioned call for help."

Calvin doesn’t need the bishop’s explanation for the later information, and he has already seen the specific situation in the briefing document sent from the front.

The SATA galaxy has a commercial world, an industrial hive city, two agricultural worlds, and two mining planets.

Governor Taran, a former Major General of the Imperial Astra Militarum, was distinguished in the last Crusade of the Aegis.The Taran Division he led was the first to reach the outskirts of the Mangra system with the help of the Star Navy.Without the support of bearded troops and heavy equipment, they forcibly captured the defensive fortress outside the orbit of the planet, establishing the first bridgehead for the assembly and deployment of subsequent troops.

Before the follow-up Astartes battle group arrived, the regiment held on to the outer fortress of the galaxy for more than a month in the face of the attack of the Black Mechanicus, and his troops also suffered heavy casualties in this battle, not one out of ten survived.

After the war, General Taran and his surviving subordinates were proved to be uncontaminated. While losing the value of reorganization, they became victims of the game between the Imperial Ministry of the Interior and the Military Command.

They didn't even get the customary encampment rights in the Astra Militarum, and he and his remnants were finally sent to the SATA system in the Umbrella during a 10-year-long game of football among Imperial bureaucrats. The place of shit serves as the governor of the business world and is also the de facto head of the galaxy.

"So, what is our mission?" Calvin looked at a veteran who was also wearing the Holy Shield Tactical Dreadnought Power Armor on the other side. One of the most experienced commanders of warships.

Tabers' voice was hoarse and low, his old face and firm eyes looked contradictory but convincing, he explained the status quo of the war zone to Calvin, the supreme leader of the cruiser strike ship, in the shortest words:
"According to the information, a company of Astartes with an unknown record number in the Holy Code, a company of the Malicious Warriors Chapter, first responded to the call of the Inquisition and arrived in the galaxy 10 years ago. But after going to the agricultural world SATA5, it disappeared. After comprehensive consideration, the Tribunal appealed to our Gray Knights for help. The Grand Master decided to send Grand Master Aidan to take charge of this battle after learning about the demonic activity language of the Brotherhood of the Prophets."

He changed his voice: "As for us, the task now is to go to the war zone to meet with Grandmaster Aidan after accepting the special distribution of materials, and then see how to use these materials under the decision of him and the representatives of the Tribunal. "

"How about our equipment and ammunition?" After waiting for Tabers to finish speaking, Calvin looked back at Gavins behind him. He and his team took part in the operation as a matter of course.

After hearing Calvin's question, he patted his chest without hesitation and said: "All the Terminator Power Armor members are in good condition, and the temporary teleportation array is also working well! The two additional interceptor teams are the same! All staff are ready to participate in combat at any time!"

"Drip~! Drip~! Drip~!" Amidst the ear-piercing sound of the whistle, on the front light curtain, the display bar for the material receiving process lit up a signal indicating the completion of receiving.

Calvin turned his head, and his 3.2-meter-tall body bent slightly to support his hands on the central podium.

As the first battle is approaching, he is full of desire for victory at this moment. Looking at the members of his core decision-making team, he took a deep breath:

"Then, I declare, the Revenant Redeemer, set off now! The target, the SATA galaxy!"

Following Calvin's order, the "Revenant Redeemer" residing on the airport was freed from the gravity lock of the starport berth.

On the hull flanks and decks of the entire ship, the signal lights symbolizing the full output of the spacecraft engine began to flash at high frequency.The slightly shiny nozzles at the rear end of the hull suddenly emitted a bright, dazzling blue wake when the engine was supplied with sufficient energy.

After quickly leaving the range of the planet's gravitational force, the spacecraft headed straight to the Mandeville point in the Heshaus galaxy.

With the activation of the subspace engine, the empty space in front of the "Revenant Redeemer" was torn apart.The portal to the warp opened quickly.

The spaceship didn't stay any longer, and quickly disappeared into the hole in the subspace according to its own inertia, and the gap that was opened was also fleeting with the disappearance of the ship.

Revenant Redeemer, this "new ship" that has been sleeping on Titan for 8 thousand years, after waiting for such a long time, finally has the opportunity to carry our protagonist, go to the depths of the galaxy, to exercise its late 8000 years of responsibility and mission.

(End of this chapter)