Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes

Chapter 93 The Rust Belt

Regarding the candidate for the commander of the task force, it has been acquiesced by the veterans on the bridge.

And they don't seem to ask about their wishes at all.

Knowing that the situation was over, Calvin also gave up struggling, and simply waited to see what new surprises these old birds could come up with.

However, the veterans had a thorough understanding of the psychological defense of the new recruits. They knew the truth that things must go against each other, so they didn't add new troubles to Calvin.

The Great Mentor and the Mechanical Archbishop, whose drama addiction was satisfied, drafted the members of the task force with super high efficiency, and then confirmed his opinion to Calvin:

"Tariq and Golden will follow you, and I will stay with Gavins and the other three. I will add two and a half strike teams for you, equipped with weapons in a one-to-one ratio between Interceptors and Purifiers .A total of 15 people in three teams, is there a problem?"

"There is no problem, but we must get out of the subspace navigation state as soon as possible, otherwise we will deviate too far from the target, and I am not sure how long I will be delayed on the road.

"Then go get ready, the deck has received orders, and you should be almost ready when you get there."

"Your will." After saluting, Calvin turned and left the bridge, and walked towards the flight deck where the landing craft was.

When he arrived on the flight deck, the remaining 14 members of the entire team had already been notified and were waiting for him under the landing craft first.

The personnel of the task force as stated above:
Calvin and two terminators plus a pharmacist and a flag officer formed a temporary command team;

The remaining ten people were divided into two teams, forming a standard melee team equipped with interceptors and a heavy fire support team equipped with purifiers.

The whole team happens to be the standard configuration of a regular multi-purpose mission unit except for a little less heavy armor units such as holy dreadnoughts.

Do veterans make mistakes like this?of course not.

So on the delivery deck of the Supreme Decree, a huge full set of God's Punishment Dread Knight has been pulled to the cargo hold door of the Hummingbird landing craft.

The warning lights in the deck began to flash regularly.

Calvin knew that it was a sign that the Supreme Decree was about to leave the state of warp space navigation.

The mechanical slaves have loaded all the equipment and supplies, and the mechanical priest is guiding their exit.

The number of people on the entire deck was dropping quickly and quietly, and the crew leader in charge of logistics had already come to Calvin with the list of supplies in his hand, waiting for his confirmation to sign for receipt.

Calvin bent slightly, took off his helmet, and then reached out to take the data board from the logistics team leader.

While quickly scanning the list of supplies on the data board, he gestured to Tariq beside him to check with his eyes.

And the other party was also familiar with the road, and had already climbed into the hummingbird's warehouse when Calvin finished the data board.

After a while, Tariq came out again after confirming the quantity and type of supplies with Calvin from the cabin.

After the logistics team leader got back the data board with Calvin's electronic signature, he walked quickly to the standby channel next to the deck.

The deck was completely silent, and only the gray knights lined up in silence in the empty large cabin, waiting for Calvin's order.

Watching these soldiers focus on himself, Calvin's instincts about the military career in his previous life began to strike.

He subconsciously prepared a pre-war speech and mobilization after coughing lightly.

But under the gaze of these gray knights, he quickly reacted.

Does this group of fighting machines that have experienced countless wars and are more professional than professional soldiers really need his speech?Is he here to be funny?
Calvin, who had nothing to say and was a little depressed, waved his hand:
"Get on board!"

Then, under the slightly strange eyes of the gray knights, he walked towards the transport hatch of the hummingbird first.

And the Gray Knights didn't have extra thoughts, they followed Calvin's figure and lined up into the Hummingbird's transport cabin.

"I'm stupid, really. All I know is that veterans in the barracks are always rookies, but I didn't know that the same was true of the Gray Knights. I came here at a moment's notice, without hesitation or thought. They asked Me, I'll just say what. When they ask who can go, I can't get away. I'm so stupid..."

In the cabin of the transport boat, the gray knights stood opposite each other along the sides of the bulkhead, waiting for the locking of the fixing clip above the cabin.

Calvin, the first pick on the left, looked at Tariq opposite him with dull eyes, and was still chanting some words that Tariq couldn't understand.

This time, there were only two members of the guard, Golden and Tariq, and the other four were also responsible for the important task of reinstalling the skeleton of the army, so they could not all be assigned to Calvin.

That's right, the combat philosophy of the Gray Knights has always been that people are more precious than equipment.

And the basis for being able to say such tough words is that, as an Astartes battle group, they can be said to be rich and arrogant among their colleagues in the entire empire.

The Gray Knights have no shortage of power armor, so they don't have the term recruit company.

Any proven Gray Knight recruit will receive a new pair of Holy Shield power armor on the night of the welcome dinner.

And if he wants, he can even directly participate in the training courses of the Terminator Power Armor after the recruit career is over without any tests and competitions.

Yes, you read that right.

In other battle groups, it is a Terminator Power Armor that is offered as a holy object and needs to be applied for if you touch it.

There is no threshold for the use status of Gray Knight here, it only depends on whether the specific battlefield requirements are met.

No need to be a veteran, no need to be in the best company after hundreds of years of service.

The training course of the Gray Knight's Terminator Power Armor begins directly after the recruit period ends.

This also means that the Gray Knights can bring out a full lineup of Terminator, including recruits, to appear on the battlefield if necessary.

This behavior is considered extravagant and criminal in the eyes of other chapters and even the Custodians.

And the Gray Knights are really good at using this extreme full tank composition.

The psychics that all of them possess make the Terminator's own teleportation ability more precise and effective.

And the number of teleportation is far more than that of their peers, which also makes the Gray Knight's terminator basically have no chance to charge long distances on the battlefield.

This greatly reduces the chances of the Terminators being bad at moving quickly.

The Gray Knight has made full use of the teleportation advantage brought by his psionic ability, and always tends to accurately teleport to the enemy's face with the help of powerful psionic ability to fight.

The most common tactic is to teleport the protruding face, and then kiss the opponent's head with the sole of his 120-yard metal shoe.

If the enemy on the opposite side still has survivors under such a wave of raids, then the remaining people are qualified to see the destructive power of the Nemesis Armed Forces.

The Supreme Decree has gone far away, and hastily left after delivering the transport boat that Calvin and others were on.

It needs to find as much time as possible for itself wasted here.

It doesn't have much time left to spare, and it won't have time to think about anything else until the next Manzeville point arrives.

On Calvin's side, it was a different scene. The hummingbird they were riding was quietly passing through the no-man's land on the outskirts of the galaxy.

The information received in the public channel between the galaxies allows the driver to know his position at the first time.

And this information was also sent to Calvin, the commander of this team, immediately.

"The Rust Star Belt? Someone in this place will call for help from the Tribunal?"

Calvin looked at the star map in his hand, feeling a little puzzled.

The geographical location here is extremely special, it is at the meeting place of the three parties of the Sun Star Field, the Obscure Star Field and the Storm Star Field.

Not to mention the innumerable imperial military power hoarded by the empire in the Obscure Star Field to resist the dark expedition, and the Sun Star Field as the core military force in the central area of ​​the empire.

Even on the Rust Star Belt, which is less than a month away from here, a total of more than ten foundry worlds, large and small, are huddled together in the center of the entire mining planet group.

Covered by the aura of martial virtue that was already overflowing from this group of machine oil guys, it was hard for Calvin to imagine that any force would dare to make a move here.

After all, when you live next door to at least one Titan Legion, a dozen Titan Knights, tens of millions of Intellectual Control Legions, and there are more than a dozen Forge Worlds serving as logistical support for them, you may not be able to breathe. Consider whether the volume is too loud to wake up the adults next door.

When Wude is abundant to this point, the rules will be changed for you.

This powerful force is reflected in all aspects of the operation of the entire empire.

And the easiest way to know this influence is to look at the national emblem of the empire in your hand.

You must know that the golden war eagle in the original national emblem of the empire has only one head.

After the Emperor traveled to Mars and signed an agreement with the Adeptus Mechanicus on Mars, the Imperial war eagle became a double-headed eagle.

These two eagle heads, which are proud of the galaxy, are the fundamental symbols of the empire's military power. One is all the armed forces of the empire, and the other is the Mechanic Cult they represent.

"What kind of person would send a signal for help to the passing Gray Knights here?"

While Calvin was thinking about the background of this unusual mission, a black ship belonging to the Tribunal had appeared from the end of their field of vision at some point, and was heading towards Calvin and the others quietly and at high speed.

(End of this chapter)