Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords! - Chapter 505

Chapter 503 06.0502: ‘Latti’s Wonderful Craftsmanship (Thanks to the book friend 5702 for the reward!)’

“These humans must have thought that we would panic and be at a loss after losing the clan ball, but they were wrong!”

Chief Krut stood on a statue of a saint whose head had been smashed and desecrated twice, waving his war club and shouting: “They definitely didn’t expect us to seize their warships! And then drive back!”

A Krut shaman walked up to the chief and whispered: “Our tribesmen who were on guard outside were killed. It seems that it was done by the genetically modified warriors of the hostiles.”

Chief Krut’s dark animal eyes turned after hearing this. After a circle, he did not stop his speech, but continued:

“I remember that this is a warship we have never seen before. They destroyed our clan ball without anyone noticing! Although we have lost many compatriots, as long as we drive this new warship back, our blue-skinned allies will definitely help us build a brand new clan ball again!

Fellows! Kill these enemies! Take their bird ships! Go!”

“Meat! Glory! Reproduction!”

Under its high shouting, the Kroot middle-aged and adult species under the table raised the pulse rifles decorated with carvings in the Kroot customs, and vowed to take revenge.

Finally, the Kroot chief waved his hand, waved his scepter and smashed the statue of another saint, leading the way. Behind him, the mighty Kroot counterattack army followed the retention of pheromones and marched towards the Epic at an astonishing speed.

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“Did you hear what the first lieutenant said? The enemy may counterattack the ship from us.” An armed sailor sergeant holding a laser gun said.

“How dare they do that?” Another sailor sergeant was obviously surprised: “We rushed in with so many people, but we haven’t wiped them out yet?”

“Not sure. I think we should do something.”

“Everyone listen now!” Leidos interrupted the two people’s whispering in a stern tone:

“Now start moving to the high places on both sides, and set up mobile breastworks and heavy bombs on the handrail fence above. The stairs on both sides are unfolded with folding barricades, and barbed wire is piled on top to prevent these aliens from drilling up from below.”

“Lieutenant, then we won’t defend the gate?” One of the sergeants asked.

“This is the captain’s order. It is said that they are coming in a fierce force. I’m afraid there are tens of thousands of us. More than 120 people can’t defend it. Execute it immediately, set up defenses from above, and open the gate to let them go. There are things waiting for them inside.”

“Inside?” The sergeant scratched his head and looked at the docking port. He didn’t understand what the lieutenant meant, but he immediately led people to drag the mobile breastworks and heavy bombs with wheels from the stairs on both sides to the viewing platform above.

While the battleship was busy outside, the ship was also busy.

Technical priest Lati looked at the structural diagram of the Epic.

The nerve bundle behind his head was connected to a heavy Thinker array.

Through this Thinker array, Lati could control all the servitors and the Skitarii through the source power circuit.

All the assets of the Mechanicus were running closely and carefully, like the gears of a clock that rotated slowly and tightly.

The wolf spider sentry turret was set up in a carefully preset battle position. It was an automatic unmanned turret with a double-mounted heavy bomb. Although it was called “unmanned”, the built-in culture dish of the control unit was cultivated with excellent wetware. After all, the standard of “unmanned” was defined by the Mechanicus.

More than one hundred Skitarii were evenly divided into a dozen combat teams. Each team had ten people, and the vanguard soldiers and hunters were reasonably allocated to form a combat team.

The Scatlan mecha also replaced the spare ion rotary cannon seized from the XV8 combat suit on his shoulder. It looks like an oversized Gatling gun that fires plasma beams.

Coincidentally, these weapons of the Tau Empire are indeed related to humans. According to Lati’s research archives, this weapon is related to an alien called “Short Man”.

They call themselves “Furnaceborn” and are called “Craftsman” by the Tau.

The information she revealed while pondering shows that these aliens once originated from Terra like humans, and followed the Iron Man and Gold Man of the Dark Technology Age to the Milky Way before the establishment of the Human Empire.

Ten thousand years after the split, they have now become a faction of their own, running counter to the Emperor’s path. Their appearance and name are the same, and they are extremely short. Considering that there are few records of the Empire about that ancient history, it is not surprising that most of the Imperials regard them as aliens.

As for the humans who defected to the Titanium, although they would not be regarded as aliens, the Imperials, who had been taught to hate heretics and kill aliens since childhood, could not resist the urge to send such people to the stake.

After all, there is an old saying that “heretics are more hateful than paganism”, and in the 40th millennium, the Empire would say “heretics are more hateful than aliens”.

Squeak! — Squeak! Swish! —

As the data tethers automatically fell off in the decompression steam, the Wanji Shen weapons that had completed pre-war preparations began to move.

Following the Scatlan mechas, the captured brand new XV8 combat suit also moved.

This combat suit mecha that requires manual operation by the driver stood up!

Even Horatio didn’t know this.

Lati looked at the XV8 ‘Crisis’ combat suit that successfully stood up and began self-checking, and smiled with satisfaction.

No one knows how this is done. Is there really a Skitarii pilot inside, or is there some strange wetware or servitor that Lati has fiddled with to control it?

Anyway, it started moving like this.

After landing, the ‘square head’ on the head of the XV8 ‘Crisis’ combat suit – the target locking device turned around. In the dark green screen base, dense data streams emerged from it, and the skull gear of the Mechanicum appeared in the lower right corner. logo.

‘Activating: Killing Protocol’

“I believe that under such special circumstances, Captain, you will definitely understand that I have to do this for the sake of internal defense of the ship.”

The captured Tactical Drones also saw the Adeptus Mechanicus gear skull logo that was exactly the same as the XV8 battle suit, and a waterfall of ink characters appeared on the data pad in Ratty’s hand.

The tactical drones stamped with purity marks took off together, and the plasma carbines attached to them rotated according to the established program, guarding the surroundings.

They floated together with the cherubim equipped with plasma weapons and the servo skulls equipped with laser transmitters in their mouths, forming a “drone defense network” in the empty forward cabin of the Epic. .

Of course, this scene is possible thanks to the fact that only the Adeptus Mechanicus is currently stationed inside the Epic.

If someone with knowledge discovers it, it will definitely cause a wave of picketing.

Lati stood in front of the holographic display console, watching the internal defenses being programmed to operate like tight gears in a clock.

An emotionless smile appeared on his calm face.

She was confident and there was no trace of worry on her perfect face.

Her confidence and confidence are justified.

For a long time.

No one ever lived to reveal her secret.

Never before.

“The experimental party has begun.”