Chapter 190: Report your family status? Still nothing
When Captain Sklar used his sensors to sternly scan the location where they were going to land in all directions from the fixed slot of the Stormbird's Dreadnought, the vicious-eyed veteran first noticed What’s more, there are some peculiar and inconspicuous details.
For example, the permanently frozen surface of this planet at minus 40 degrees Celsius still has some traces of the movement of super-heavy vehicles within a month to 24 hours - it is not the carelessness of the user. , but it is almost impossible for any flesh-and-blood person to notice these traces from the planet's original pits, covered with the latest large and small impact craters, pockmarked ice and rust-red broken earth. , but Captain Sklar, who is extremely experienced, is not limited to using only optical sensors when making such observations.
In the communication sent quietly to his fellow travelers, the ancient warrior emphasized that he believed that what he observed was the huge track marks of the Mastodon super-heavy assault vehicle, but this precious antique The number of behemoths in existence from the 41st to 42nd millennium - basically in most places in the empire, it can be regarded as an extremely rare holy relic-level machine, but here it is not like Like other counterparts - for example, forging worlds such as Graai, Agrippina, Voss, and Steel Castle that are famous for their war potential, there are no obvious traces of battle on the surface, just within the scope of visual inspection. There were at least six new and old movement trajectories of mastodons.
What convinced the mechanical priests here that they need to frequently dispatch this kind of anti-aircraft artillery array, siege melta weapons and two void shield arrays in their home world, which can carry up to Forty Adepts Astartes, or two Dreadnoughts and two squads of ten - designed in every sense of the word to be able to protect its passengers safely through the most dangerous war zones and defeat the most determined enemies. What about the super-heavy vehicles on the defensive line?
Although the Twelfth Primarch later comforted his battle-scions both mentally and in communication, and showed full trust in the master of the place, the accompanying Priory battle-brothers also vaguely mentioned Yes, they don't actually need to regard the owner of this place as an enemy.
But the Lords of Watch and the guardians of the Primarch still dare not relax at all, because they know that no matter what kind of Eldar they are, they will always be the descendants of Iron Heart in the universe. A combat variable that must be taken into account everywhere - these rather difficult aliens can also use their own ancient means of transportation to appear mysteriously in various places - for example, by coincidence, this is the place deep underground on a planet. Hard-hit areas where aliens are prone to suddenly appear.
As the height of Stormbird decreases, the staggered vehicle traces leading to the inside of the ridge rings of each frozen crater begin to become difficult to see clearly, and the lights of the landing points on the ground are all turned on. A huge landing door opens for the distinguished visitors.
Under the light of the golden and white searchlights, the huge octagonal landing door split from the top and was divided into eight sharp-pointed triangles, slowly sliding into the hidden slot next to it. This picture made Endred hummed again, "This thing is just like... opening its mouth to swallow us in."
"What? Hal, what are you talking about again?" Krall's tone didn't sound very comfortable either, and Divine Fearless opened and held his power claws.
"I mean, this scene suddenly reminded me of the past, when Dreger always liked to talk about swallowing every world for the original body..."
"Thinking of him at this time, Why, are you finally willing to admit that you are old? "
"Ha!" The Terran Terminator has survived to this day by relying on the stasis stance, the Legion's secret technology and the "blessing" of the original body. He waved his hand and said, "I won't grow old until you old guys die. Sklar, you'd better think about how to add some material to your amniotic fluid chamber to tighten your skin."
< br>Stormbird passed through the howling cold wind, smoothly entered the landing point, and then landed on the tarmac.
Saint Fearless glanced across from him, and the polite greeter immediately looked in the direction of his eyepiece. Maxim was not wearing a helmet, and his young and energetic face was stained by recent experiences. It seems a bit vicissitudes of life, but if Sklar were to comment, he would say, "This kid looks like he splashed black paint on himself after running away from Ultramar." Well, that special temperament that comes to an Astartes after reading a lot of paperwork and tedious civil affairs is often seen among the officers of the Children of the Thirteenth Primarch, and it is indeed very common in other Space Marine Chapters. rare.
However, after the welcoming envoy declared his family as the "Silver Skull" chapter, the company commanders were immediately relieved: the Silver Skull is indeed a sub-group of the Ultramarines, so it would be appropriate to have such a situation. It makes sense, but why are they here? ——Also, Ms. Lotara complained that she always felt that the silver skull's chapter logo was different from the records in her database. Although there were no adverse records for either chapter logo, she still were very concerned and forced the officers to carry additional teleportation beacons before setting off.
Maxim's explanation for why the "Silver Skulls" chapter appeared in the Calixis sector is that this company of their chapter had just returned from the Eye of Terror and chose to rest after passing here, and Coincidentally, they had just foiled a Chaos conspiracy against the Forge World, so now they have a closer relationship with the Forge World. Therefore, as a representative and communicator who is more easily accepted by the cousins and the Primarch, he was sent Come to greet them and express my sincere apologies for the shabby reception in the rush.
As for what sent out the earth-shattering news...Maxim said that as long as he talks in detail with the great sage Kaidomo, all the mysteries will be solved.
So they are now walking on the road leading to the main hive palace. It can be seen to the naked eye that the visiting officers are growing dissatisfied with the neglect of their Primarch caused by the followers of Ohm Messiah here. .
"While most of the time Ms. Lotara Salin's suggestions are a bit radical, this time even I'm starting to think that maybe that's actually a good idea sometimes. Endred, I don't like what I see. These fire droids."
Skraar shouted as the procession of visitors stood at the head of the towering passage, his voice carried through the Dreadnaught's loudspeakers and out of the ranks on either side. The welcome reflected on the mech's breastplate.
"Can't this place even gather the living people needed for the welcome ceremony? Brother Maxim." The ancient sage asked with a hint of sarcasm, "If I remember correctly, The Steel Castle is on the other side of the Milky Way and the Great Rift, not here."
Obviously Maxim is still a little immature in the face of such pressure, Endred smelled a hint of panic from his sweat, but. The Eighth Company Captain hasn't thought about activating his powerful ax yet, but he wants to see what conspiracy is here - one that can make his blood-thirsty ax blade as sharp as ever.
As for Angron, who was as calm as the mountains of the earth, he did not say a word during the whole process, but the smile on his lips seemed to be getting stronger and stronger.
In the distance, there was the sound of the door opening and the sound of something coming out from the end of the passage.
"Calm down, my sons." The joy and warning in the original body's voice stopped the Iron Hearts from preparing to attack, "I think the master of this place can't help it after all. I came by myself”
(End of this chapter)