Warhammer: I am the Hammer of the Empire - #103 - Chapter 98 Space Hulk

It takes a full six months for a human warship to cross the entire Damocles Gulf, if the current route is stable.

And that route is not entirely dependent on the warp travel, in fact, it takes about one day of perceived time in a few light years. Why is it perceived time? Because one day of warp travel is equal to 12 days in the physical world, but that is not completely wrong.

The more stable the warp is in the warp navigation route, the less time it consumes, and some areas can even reach 1/1, but in any case it feels very fast to the people traveling, and generally speaking, the warp travel is calculated according to the time in the warp, if that thing is really accurate.

The warp travel outside the star zone is about 5-10 days, and it will take 30-60 days to cross the star zone, and the warp travel of several years means that the crew will cross the entire galaxy, so this also shows how huge the Damocles Gulf is.

Of course, the six months will not be spent in the warp. It is quite uncertain whether the flow in the warp is actually smooth. When encountering many “turbulent” places, the Empire’s warships need to leave Mandeville Point and sail with sublight engines to reach the east.

This also means that about 80% of the time during the journey is in the real universe. In other words, the warp is a bit like a highway, but it is not as fast as teleportation.

In addition to being large, the place of Damorix Bay is no less dangerous than the warp. On the way to Elanbair, I have seen star clusters that stretch for several light years and several black holes with strong gravity. The huge natural creations in the physical universe are still fatal to humans.

The universe is vast and empty, but it is by no means quiet and peaceful. In the sublight speed of human beings, it takes several days to move within the solar system. Of course, it refers to the range of star light, which is about 500-600 astronomical units, about 70 billion kilometers. For Elanbair’s previous life, it takes hundreds of thousands of years to cross such a number, so the universe seems empty.

But even if the Bordello is the worst transport ship, it can reach the moon from the earth in three hours, and it can break through the atmosphere and land alone. Even if it can go to Mars, it only takes about a day, not to mention the Imperial cruiser itself, which is several kilometers long.

And it is such mobility that allows humans to see the true veil of the dark universe for the first time. If you really want to use a word to describe it, it is probably the dark forest.

In the Mandeville point caused by the gravity field and gravity of several planets, the Bordello broke through to the material world in the fluctuation of the subspace, and the battleship broadcast how long the voyage took in the real universe.

The captain looked at the star map and said to Alan Baier. “They arrived at the Paltoria sector. There is nothing special about that place. It is an Imperial naval base built by the Imperial Navy. Kaba is nearby, and that sector is basically a hive world.”

“If there is no problem, their current supplies can be used for quite a while. So it seems that most of the situations are not bad.”

Alanbair got up from the floor of his exclusive battleship bridge. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that he likes the bridge, but he doesn’t like sleeping in the warehouse, and the bedroom prepared for the Astra Militarum is a bit like the one for raising pigs.

It is stuffy and full of strange smells. In this case, the noisy bridge is not necessarily more unacceptable than the command room, and subspace travel does require vigilance at all times.

“Captain, how about they move east?”

The captain touched his thick Imperial Navy hat and sighed. “Mandeville Point is under the control of the Navy. They put the entire base as big as the planetary belt in that area to ensure that no heretics will cross the land of the Empire.”

The captain looked at the star map. “They will arrive in a few days. They have enough supplies. Next, they will enter the warp at the naval base, and then replenish their supplies in the local world when passing through the void area called the Ellora Curtain. They will sneak into the warp again for a long time, try to reach the vicinity of the Great Vortex area in one go, and return home.”

Alan Baier said. “Don’t plan too carefully. In that dark universe, they must be prepared to become slow. Any nuclear deformation and heresy will hinder their steps.”

The captain nodded, but he also refuted. “But they can trust that there is no evil outside the control range of the Imperial Navy base that can interfere with their journey. At least when they start the warp engine for the first time, they will be with their trustworthy compatriots.”

Alan Baier felt the captain’s inexplicable competitive spirit. Of course, he did not say that the Imperial Navy was a waste or had poor combat effectiveness, but he was worried that the dark universe would be wiped out by them.

“No, Captain, he agrees that the journey here will be safe and sound. They are just passers-by in that star zone. Once the subspace engine is started, they will completely leave the Damocles Gulf.”

The captain’s competitive spirit was satisfied. He lifted his chest and spoke like a big rooster. ‘Of course, you are enjoying the escort of the best sailors in the empire, sir. He promises to complete the voyage in about half a year. Even if it is so long, it is not the first time for him. “

Alan Baier nodded, then opened the heavy window of the battleship. The dark and boundless void looked quiet and weird. The light of the stars seemed insignificant in the boundless universe. The speed of the spacecraft was completely invisible to the objects. It was not difficult to feel how far away the concept of civilization was from them.

Just like sailing on the sea, the so-called morals and rules become blurred when the standards of civilization are lost. If the ship loses power and stops in the void, will the loyal soldiers of the empire become executioners’ legs? ?

The vastness of the void provides countless emotions for the gods to measure, and those initial malice blossomed in humans. It turned out that death, war, murder, and betrayal turned into all unspeakable situations. After traveling for a long time, my thoughts became confused. Counting two meals a day based on the number of meals, a few hours after Alan Beyer finished his eighth meal, the captain called Hanxuan.

“No Kaba, No Kaba, they’re here!”

The bridge made various noises, which pulled Alan Bair out of his comfortable state. The illusory Yongxuan on the Kabbah had appeared on the display, and the rectangular Biao Tiao-shaped thing erected in the void, like a floating The cathedral has pointed towers and countless cannons, and Alan Bair opened the ship window and watched with the naked eye the rays of stars in the distance shining in the east. The huge creation like a satellite came and went in and out of various imperial warships.

The greatness of mankind has established a continuous and terrifying war machine in the void, tens of thousands of miles long, blocking the blood vessels of countless traitors and aliens, and also denying their supply lines.

Only then did Alan Bair understand why the captain had such trust in it. It was not a miracle of the God Emperor, nor was it one of the greatest creations of mankind. Although it did not have the ability to sail in the void, it was definitely powerful. And tough.

“Captain, he takes back his previous uncertainty. No enemy of the empire can destroy that thing. Only with it erected in Mandeville Point will the route be so strong and stable.”

Alan Bayer rarely makes a mistake in having such a good evaluation of an object. After all, the wars he experienced told him that nothing in that world is completely solid and indestructible, and history has a lot of such things.

The captain’s admiration for the Imperial Guard and the Navy seems to be helpful. After all, everyone often teases them about the Navy’s inability to log in to fight. Although the empire’s system does not allow any legion of the empire to have the ability to cross galaxies and occupy planets at the same time, But in the eyes of many Imperial Guards, the Imperial Navy lacks the ability to engage in close combat.

In the eyes of the Imperial Navy, the Imperial Guard is a gangster lying on the ground.

In addition to such contradictions, the empire’s various intentional estrangements between the Navy and the Imperial Guard are also part of the reason. Generally speaking, the Imperial Guard and the Imperial Navy have always been in a state of competition where they can cooperate with each other but are dissatisfied with each other.

Is it possible that a weirdo like Alan Bair has a different view of “honor” to be so wrong about a naval captain who is so friendly? The Empire is so big that there will be many Imperial Guards who have good relations with the navy, and the sector Commander-level figures do not have control over the two departments, so the seemingly fragmented imperial system does not have a fatal impact on the overall combat effectiveness.

The captain turned on the communicator and communicated with the huge base on the other side. “Imperial Naval Base Kabba, please reply, Imperial Naval Base Kabba, please reply, they are the Imperial Bordero moon-class strike cruiser, belonging to the Pangia sub-sector, Gondeva system, Third Fleet.”

The communicator quickly responded with a sizzling voice. “Enladesia sector, Imperial Navy base, Partoria system, Kabbah base will reply, Kabbah base will reply.”

the captain replied. “They came to the Gulf of Damocles due to a subspace error. He has the approval of Commander-in-Chief Qi Fan, the Eastern Commander of the Gulf of Damocles, and is carrying the 4th Skadi Regiment and the 113th Falaksian Regiment to the Maelstrom area. The nearby Pangia sub-sector.”

“If they ask for copies of documents, they can provide the originals after docking, so they request a docking and request a docking.”

Wrong answer. “Yes, they welcome the Loyalist fleet at any time, and he personally wishes you to have the Emperor’s blessing on your journey back to your service area, sir.”

Did you hear the commander’s approval, or did you really feel like paying tribute to the expedition that spanned the entire extreme star field? The attitude of the Imperial Navy was very good, and it made people feel a little warm.

The captain saluted the communicator. “Thank you for my blessing, and may the Emperor and his saints bless them.”

The communications soldier said. “The God Emperor is here, and their Kaba base is indestructible and extremely solid. No alien or heretic creation can be as huge and solid as it. You can completely resupply and rest at their place. In fact, when they have mastered the connection For supplies that come to most of the shipping routes in the Empire world, they need to pay tolls to the Empire.”

“So they’re providing supply services to all the passing navies of the Empire, and the officers can enjoy a short vacation.”

The captain nodded. “Thanks for my kindness, but they need to rush…”

Alan Bair suddenly pressed against the captain’s mouth, inserted his leg fingers into his wrinkled skin, and then spoke to the communicator. “Fourth Lieutenant Colonel Skadi expressed his gratitude to my commander. They will station there and provide supplies. In fact, they have experienced several battles and killed a lot of titanium and other things, and now they need to rest.”

The communicator answered. “To the Emperor and his old man, entry into the port has been approved. Enter from warehouse No. 4.”

The communicator was turned off, and the captain covered his face. “They beg to go back quickly instead of enjoying themselves. What are you doing?”

Alan Bayer wiped his leg fingers. The old man’s face was so greasy… “Well, rest is also very important, isn’t it?”

The captain sighed. “Okay, I can’t travel, I really don’t know how a guy like me can create so many miracles.”

The captain could not deny the greatness of the young man in front of him, but he also could not see why he was wrong. After fifty years of hard work in the Empire, with no achievements and no faults, the guy in front of him could become one of the most loyal heroes of the Imperial Guard in just two years.

But he will definitely not be jealous, because no one who has participated in the war he has experienced will think that he is a loser. On the contrary, everyone thinks that Imperial Guards like the Skadi Fourth Regiment should have people’s respect and admiration. .

The battleship slowly drove towards the huge base in the distance. The captain hummed a tune. The soldiers of the fourth Skadi Regiment prepared their luggage to enjoy the prosperity and fun in the space port. The staff counted the supplies and thought about how much to apply for. .

In that dark and terrifying universe, it was actually not that cruel. The empire was a little bit different, and the few humanity shined in that universe.

The captain looked at the growing base, and his heart was filled with joy. Safety and comfort were rare things in that world.

But as the psychic navigator suddenly shouted. “Captain, it’s so big…so big!”

The captain and Alan Bair asked in confusion. “What’s so big?”

The navigator is the crazy Han Xuan. His slightly mutated body is constantly trembling due to his long navigation career. “No…the subspace haze is approaching. It’s so big, so big!”

After a moment, a violent ray of light, a dark green light appeared like a crazy scalable collapse before the collapse of a star. The distorted space and time in the Mandeville Point represented that something had broken through the shield of subspace and reality, whether it was a planet. A huge creation made of metal and rock of terrifying size, the giant Mao Ge Go Ge rock skeleton unique to Green Skin stands erected.

Millions of kilometers of things directly crushed the Kabbah base into powder, turning it into a huge light that was so bright that it was unimaginable. Even through the thick glass of the battleship to prevent cosmic radiation and strong light, it was dazzling. The huge base The stored oxygen, food, promethium sources and tens of billions of men and women of the Empire all died and became part of that moment of light.

“He*!” Alan Bayer yelled, because that huge thing was a space hulk, and a space hulk was a huge mixed mass formed by the fusion of spacecraft and debris lost in subspace.

They drift in space, going in and out of the warp, and over thousands of years, they continue to gather countless metals and planets. Initially, they will often be stationed by genestealers, cultists, greenskins and the like.

And what destroyed the Kabbah base was a terrifying war-engineered object called the Okogu giant machine, or a kind of space hulk, and that war-created object was destroyed by the subspace teleportation after countless garbage cannons were misdirected. of imperial battleships.

the captain shouted. “Emergency avoidance!”

Is this the case in that world? It seems that the gods want to destroy everything that is good, comfortable, and reassuring…