Warhammer: In the Name of the Emperor - #708 - Chapter 689: The End of Autumn: The Nova Terra War/The Age of Two Emperors

Chapter 689 The Final Autumn: Nova Terra War The Era of Two Emperors

The armored windows of the bridge slowly rose, and brilliant starlight poured in from the window. Cole stood among the stars and closed his eyes to bathe in the warm stars.

“Oh, are the stars here brighter than elsewhere?” “The light in the entire universe is the same, Ragnar, coming from the same group of stars.” “Really?” “Oh brother, what are you doing here? What did Fenris learn…” “Hunting, trapping, survival in the wild, and how to kill the Emperor’s enemies?”

Cole heard the footsteps coming up from behind him. He opened his eyes. Vito stood beside him and looked at the stars outside with his arms folded. “But Ragna is right, the stars here are indeed brighter.” , Captain, don’t just give Bell a chance to show off.”

“As you wish, Marshal, Ragnar was right. The stars here are indeed brighter. The reason is that the entire galaxy here lacks development, so there are no Mechanicus excavation ships and hive worlds to use up this place. of stellar energy.”

The Mechanicus Church has built huge Dyson rings around the stars in the entire galaxy, drawing a steady stream of power from them to provide energy support for the surrounding planets that are being initially developed. A large number of Mechanicus factories will also be spread out on the rings, with a steady stream of Production and Excavation.

Until countless generations later, when the resources of the entire galaxy are completely exhausted, and even the sun in the Dyson ring is finally completely drained, the Adeptus Mechanicus will abandon the galaxy and leave the local people there, or they will relocate on their own. Leave, or stay in the darkness with that completely exhausted galaxy and their sun.

This is the case for most of the worlds in the Empire. They appear in the Ministry of Civil Affairs’ registers and are forgotten again and again. As those rosters become thicker and thicker, the stars in the Milky Way become increasingly dimmer.

“This is a forgotten corner. After all these years, the Pacific Star Territory is still exactly the same as when I came here.” Cole said, Ragnar walked to the captain’s console behind him, poked at the area that had been followed by In the star map that was opened after the ship’s jump ended, the ship’s scanning array already showed the appearance of the entire galaxy.

But in fact, there is no workload. The Taiping Star Territory is no different from the past. The system only needs to bring up the old star map.

“Have you been here? Captain.” “Yes, Old Wolf, it was here that I first served as a trainee vice-captain, following the footsteps of Macarius.” Cole looked up at the stars, not letting him think Thinking that Sun Lord Macarius had also sailed under these stars, and that he was traveling along his footsteps would make Cole tremble with excitement.

But Fenris’ unlearned wolf obviously didn’t understand. He used his hand to dig at those planets and looked at Cole and the stars differently, “What is he excited about?”

“Oh…brother, do you Space Wolves really teach you nothing but how to use an axe?” “Teaching, the rune priests sometimes tell us about those things, but you also know, People will automatically ignore boring things.” “Unless their saga singing is good, I may have some impressions, such as the sentences criticizing the Inquisition in the Moon of Shame.”

“Then let me make up for you, so that you can have more things in your mind besides scolding us.” Vito said with his hands on his hips. He stood on the bridge under the starry sky. Across the disk of the Milky Way, countless unexplored galaxies criss-cross, turning it into the most splendid beauty.

“The Taiping Star Region has always been a corner that the empire has not paid attention to. In the golden age, this was a prosperous star region that produced various industrial products and ships. However, for this reason, it was focused on in the subsequent wars. After taking care of it, various rebels and aliens took turns to come here to sweep away. In the end, before the beginning of the dark age, this place almost became a no man’s land. “

“Later, when the Great Expedition began, this area was ignored because it was highly damaged and had little development value. The main direction of the expedition was to the east. It was not until the Millennium Golden Age that there were some sporadic explorer families here, and in The noble families who failed in the struggle came here to colonize sporadically.”

“They gradually established order in this galaxy and flourished in the following thousands of years. Although not as good as other parts of the empire, the large unexplored deep space here is filled with aliens and strange celestial phenomena. , but then with the beginning of the apostate generation, the Milky Way itself fell into a war. A large number of escapees and dignitaries from the Sun Star Territory came here with their families in order to avoid the war. They brought money to invest in the Taiping Star Territory. In the era of apostasy, not only did it not suffer, but it developed explosively.”

“In the later Renaissance years, the Taiping Star Territory also became a key area for care due to its vast territory. In addition, the influence of the families who originally escaped on Terra allowed the Taiping Star Territory to receive more resource investment, and Perhaps with a semi-independent status, they can decide their own development direction, colonial construction, taxation, etc., and they only need to pay tithes to the center of their empire regularly. “

“This sounds like the beginning of a stupid act, just like all the idiots in the Empire.” “Hmm, it is indeed the beginning of a stupid act, but it’s not the same as you thought, Ragnar, not the star.” not the district government, but the high lords of Terra.”

Vito said, leaning on the captain’s armrest with his arms folded, “They didn’t realize that although they could receive enough taxes from the Pacific Star Territory, it actually caused them to sit on the Golden Mountain and forget to pay attention to the Pacific Star Territory. Regarding other things in the domain, they have no idea that the Taiping Star Territory will develop to a level that can support half of the empire’s finances and population in the next era, enough to compete with the entire empire.”

“So if that’s the case, then why should we obey the central government of the empire? So like all the star sector governments that have developed to a certain degree of arrogance and think they can break away from the empire, the Taiping Star Territory declared its independence, and they elected their own leaders. Emperor, it is said that he is the descendant of the oldest family on Terra. His bloodline can be traced back to before the Terra Unification War. He is related to the Emperor by blood, so he calls himself the Second Emperor and founded the new Terra Empire. “

“Really?” Bell asked, and Vito laughed suddenly, as if it was an extremely ridiculous joke, “Nonsense, of course it’s false, that old bastard has no descendants, I mean except for the one cloned in the Himalayas. Apart from those, my credibility is slightly higher.”

“Anyway, he thinks he is. That’s right. The Taiping Star Territory declared independence and went to war with Terra in the name of the new empire. Naturally, the high lords were furious. They sent a counter-rebellion army to Taiping. Star Territory thought they could easily handle the rebellion, but they were given a hard lesson and the first counter-insurgency army was wiped out. Only then did those idiots realize how serious the matter was and how much trouble they had caused. ”

“This was the beginning of the Nova Terra War, also known as the Era of the Two Emperors. You know he claimed to be the Second Emperor anyway. This war lasted for the next few centuries. The high lords realized After his own troubles, he mobilized all the resources accumulated by the Empire after the Renaissance Era, and also recruited a huge Space Marine group army never seen after the Civil War. More than twenty battle groups were also invested in the war in the Pacific Star Territory. “

“But the war is still protracted. The Taiping Star Territory has developed and grown in the previous era, and can produce huge armaments to arm their population, and they also dug out STC templates from God knows where, and a large number of quasi-technologies from the Golden Age were batched Production, put into the war, can even suppress the offensive of the Space Marines. “

“In this way, the rebels who should have been crushed instantly, resisted for centuries and made Terra pay a heavy price. More and more military forces were transferred here from various galaxies, resulting in many people who were originally recovering. The colonies that developed in the era were swallowed up by Chaos and Aliens due to emptiness, but the High Lords still continued to fight and never allowed any galaxy to escape from the Empire without punishment, let alone an entire sector.”

Vito shrugged helplessly and continued, “This war has been fought for a long time. Countless worlds have been repeatedly tug-of-war. The Empire and the rebels have repeatedly fought back and forth in every galaxy. They have paid a heavy price, with casualties over the centuries. The numbers are astronomical.”

“Then how did it end in the end? I remember that the Nova Terra War ended in an unclear way, as if the rebels suddenly surrendered.” Lancelot sat aside and asked, he was listening to the story, and he was better than Ragnar knows some of these stories better.

“Because I got the Dark Angels involved. At first I was commanding the battle on the empire’s side. I thought it was an ordinary counter-insurgency war, but gradually I realized that the situation was completely out of control. The Nova Terra Empire even began to use civilian weapons on the battlefield. Iron Man, I don’t know where they found the production line, but I heard that it was caused by a mysterious giant who brought the Dark Mechanicum to join Nova Terra’s side.”

“After realizing that the situation was completely out of control, I went to Terra to meet with the then Grand Master of the Dark Angels and told him that there might be a… ahem, fallen angel in the Nova Empire of Terra.”

“Oh…” “Yes Bell, that’s it. After hearing this, the Dark Angels didn’t even need to say what I was saying, and immediately expressed their intention to join. The entire Dark Angels fought on the giant rock and jumped into the battle, and I pulled They boarded a thousand-man regiment of the Forbidden Army and led them to jump through an ancient star gate. In the hinterland of the Nova Terra Empire, they jumped out of a star gate that they had forgotten and did not know how to use, and directly arrived at Nova. Next to the capital of the Terra Empire.”

“Then the war started. The Dark Angels didn’t wait for my orders, and the entire group rushed towards the capital of Nova Terra. I led the Imperial Guards to intercept the returning rebel fleet on the outside. It was a brutal battle. After all, we went deep into the enemy’s territory. There were enemies in front of us and no reinforcements behind us. The rebel fleet rushed back to the capital frantically, throwing in all the iron men and war weapons they could find. “

“It sounds quite exciting.” Ragnar finally became interested and sat down. Vito laughed and cried, “If tragedy is exciting to you, then don’t be excited that day.”

“Hundreds of warships exploded in the universe, drones like rainstorms and bee skirts rushed into the void, explosive fireballs like meteor showers streaked across the sky, plasma and rays intertwined in the darkness, and disappeared into the endless void.”

“The fleet of the Forbidden Forces and I are fighting against dozens of times more enemies. Huge warships armed with semi-golden age technology are marching straight in. In order to stop them, the Forbidden Forces have launched batches of gang-hopping operations with no return, overloading power. , detonating the systems they had not fully mastered, those magnificent ships were like shattered dragons, smashing six satellites around the capital.”

“But we were still outnumbered. In the end, the tribune of the Custodes, the last Emperor’s Custodian, was one of the last millennium veterans who had ever seen the Emperor in person and served as the Custodians during the Unification War. Vesderitius Deciding to sacrifice himself, he dismissed his men and drove the battleship of the Imperial Guard towards the rebel fleet alone. He rushed into their midst with countless firepower, overloaded the subspace engine and detonated himself into a huge subspace rift. The rebel fleet was all sucked in.”

“The remaining rebels were outnumbered and were quickly eliminated by the Imperial Guards. After that battle, only a hundred Imperial Guards were left alive. Fortunately, the Dark Angels completed their mission. They spread the news and killed the false emperor. With all the officials in his court, the capital of Nova Terra fell, and we destroyed the planet to prove to the galaxy that the False Emperor was dead.”

“The remaining rebels on Nova Terra quickly collapsed after losing their command. Some surrendered, while other die-hards led the remaining fleets and fled to unknown areas in the north. Although subsequent suppression operations continued for many years, But the Nova Terra War is over.”

“So is everything over?” Ragnar patted his thigh and said, still not satisfied. Vito looked at the stars and turned around with a smile and shook his head, “No, Ragnar, it’s still early. After that , Macarius’ expedition has just begun.”