Protoss in Warhammer

Chapter 189 177. The causes and consequences of the maelstrom problem
Despite many discomforts, such a contradictory joint fleet is still on the road.They passed the entrance to the webway of the fortress world and began to move towards the Maelstrom area.

There is still about a month left before the coalition forces head to the Maelstrom. During the boring trip to the Webway, we can first learn about the trivial things in the Maelstrom:
First of all, what is a maelstrom?
The Maelstrom region is a subspace rift in the center of the Milky Way, located in the Limit Star Field.Compared with the previous Eye of Terror that popped up due to the Eldar playing a big game, this subspace crack is purely natural, because its history is much longer than that of the gods.

Although the history is long enough, this does not prevent the barrier between the physical universe and the Sea of ​​Souls here from being very fragile, so that subspace creations can survive here for a longer period of time than in other physical universes.

So since the beginning of the Great Crusade, this broken place has never really stopped.Heretics, traitors, alien pirates, and desperadoes regard this place as their home base, and are always ready to backstab merchant ships and even naval warships that pass by here.

But there is no way to give up in the Maelstrom area. It is too close to the center of the galaxy and has a large amount of precious metals and valuable merchant shipping routes, so it is impossible for the empire to give up its rule here.

Therefore, in the year 41 of the 587st millennium, the TEDA nursing homes decided to establish the Astartes organization of the Maelstrom Guardians in order to stabilize the situation here.A total of four Astartes Chapters joined this organization to protect the stability and security of the Maelstrom.

The four warbands are the Lamenters, Tomb Guards, Mantis Warriors and Star Claws.The first two are sub-chapters of the Blood Angels, the Mantis Warriors are a sub-chapter of the White Scars Marauders Chapter, and the Star Claws are 100% the sons of Guilliman, a sub-chapter of the Ultramarines.

Originally, these four war groups successfully stabilized the situation in the Maelstrom area, and once entered the Maelstrom, eliminating a large number of traitors who had been entrenched for thousands of years.

Just when the situation was getting better, Terra did not know what serious illness the high lord was suffering from, and for some unknown reason, the tomb guards were transferred away from the Maelstrom area, resulting in an instant loss of military strength in the Maelstrom area. balance.In less than 20 years, the Maelstrom Alliance lost almost all the land they had regained with blood and tears.

What's even more irritating is that the TEDA High Collarism Society ignored the several requests for help sent by the guardians in the maelstrom as if they were blind.

As a result, the guardians of the Maelstrom suffered heavy losses. Badab, the home planet of Star Claws, was directly burned by the orc pirates, and the leader also died tragically.

In anger and confusion, the Star Claws endured it, rebuilding their homeland based on their inner impulse, and chose Luft Shuron as the new chapter leader.

As an outstanding space warrior, Shuron was also an excellent politician and economist.While restoring the Chapter, he also actively participated in the diplomatic process, which meant how to effectively and happily eliminate the mortals who were blocking the Chapter's continuous progress.

It is obvious that the Chapter Master has a lot of experience in this matter. In just a few years, his reputation spread throughout the Maelstrom area. Shullun was also given the title of Tyrant, and the Chapter Master of Star Claws was completely replaced. The mortal governor gained the entire galaxy.

In terms of combat, he will not be merciful to the enemies of the empire. In his hands, countless planets have been exterminated and countless populations have been wiped out. However, the entire Maelstrom region has been wiped out due to his iron fist. But it has completely stabilized.

In order to expand his troops, he ordered all pirates to be wiped out and all their warships were assigned to his own name.At the same time, a mortal auxiliary army called the Tyrant Legion was hired and trained, and more space warriors were secretly created. By M41.904, it was initially judged that the Star Claws had at least 3000 space warriors, equivalent to a thousand At his peak, there were half of the soldiers during the Great Crusade.

Of course, after doing so much, Huulun was obviously a little bit arrogant, and he actually dared to ask the Gao Lingism Association whether he could exempt the entire Maelstrom area from taxes.Good guy, the main reason for the nursing home is that you did a good job before, taking so much black industry and killing so many people, so you just turned a blind eye and passed by. Now you are better, you are ready to start your own business.

However, at first, the High Lords Council did not put the matter to death and just rejected his request.

Then what would Xiulun do?When the other party refused to give it to him, he directly sealed off the entire Maelstrom area, prohibiting imperial merchant ships and black ships from entering the Maelstrom.But Xiulun was not that crazy yet, so he made an excuse to show that Yunqing was suppressing the Chaos Cult, temporarily blocking it, and then releasing it appropriately according to the situation.

But at this time, another even stupider person appeared. Yes, he was talking about the Fire Eagle Chapter.

What stupid thing did the Firehawks do?
Let's put it this way, the original direction of the two sides was most likely to stalemate each other, and then wait for which side to retreat.After hearing the words of Badab's group of mortal officials, the Fire Eagles responded directly and came to discuss the explanation with Star Claws while carrying their family's fortune.The reason is that there were some disputes and hatred with Star Claws before.

What disputes and hatreds are there?Because in an expedition led by the Maelstrom Guardians, the Star Claws assumed the overall command, this made the Fire Eagle Chapter feel very unhappy, thinking that this was an insult to their own honor, and then they hated the Star Claws very much. .

This reason is quite speechless.

Then, events took off in an irreversible direction.

When the troops of the Fire Eagle Chapter arrived at the maelstrom, they were quickly blocked by the Mantis Warriors.The Fire Eagle Chapter's cruiser "Red Messenger" ignored the warning of the Mantis Warrior and wanted to forcefully attack the level.As a result, the Firehawk cruiser "Red Messenger" was directly hit by the opponent, and its engine and energy were paralyzed and captured. The group of irritable old men above were all controlled and became prisoners of war.

The leader of the Fire Eagle Chapter, Razak, flew into a rage after hearing what he heard. Fortunately, the troops and chapter leader of the Star Claws rushed over at this time, and Fang Zaigalen negotiated first (seriously, Master Huulun was here) He has done a relatively good job in this matter. If it was Iron Hand or Space Wolf, he would probably have been beaten back if he came to kick the gym like this.)
And at this time, the negotiation scene suddenly changed drastically. One warship suddenly attacked another warship. With the commanders of both sides looking confused, the war broke out (are you familiar with the plot? I guess everyone has guessed it by now) I know who did it).

As a result, the two sides started fighting. Now all the assets of the Fire Eagle Chapter have been suppressed. At the same time, the knights errant have been summoned to prepare for support. The entire battle is rapidly expanding.

In this environment full of gunpowder and almost on the eve of a storm, the combined forces of the Tal'darin and the Kal'ai Protoss successfully arrived.

The storm of the Maelstrom is destined to intensify...

(End of this chapter)