Chapter 209 The name Rogue Trader is actually very useful
Carrick’s distant sun hangs on the skyline, emitting light that is not very strong but bright enough. The twilight line starts from the north pole of the planet. The huge ice sheet moves slowly along the direction of rotation, and thunder and lightning are rolling up high in the sky and hitting the ground in the constant storms.
For people on this planet, when the sun falls on the frozen surface of the planet, thunderstorms and strong winds sweep across the earth again, and the thin ice sheets formed at night on a series of lakes near the equator gradually melt. In the flowing water, this is the beginning of another unchanging and peaceful day that is as cold and ordinary as ever, with some dangers but not too bad.
But today is destined to be slightly different.
The loud roaring sound of the engine soul in the atmosphere came from afar, and a flight path trailing a trail of white clouds clearly marked the visit of an interstellar shuttle aircraft in the sunlight.
This is unusual for this unknown planet, because usually, the starport on the orbital defense platform is the gathering point for takeoff and landing aircraft.
Many people stopped, tightly wrapped their scarves and warm coats, then raised their heads and squinted their eyes, carefully observing the flight of the unfamiliar shuttle that looked very aggressive and powerful. direction and further action.
People who are closer and have very good eyesight can easily see that this Stormbird, which is painted in black, silver and gold, flashes warning red lights, and there are faintly visible lights on the fuselage. The emblem of the Halo Skull and Imperial Eagle Wings.
This discovery made the people immediately heave a sigh of relief, and at the same time they began to disperse in the distance, and called their Ogryn companions to get on simple agricultural dump trucks, grab heavy flamethrowers, lasers Weapons and labor tools began to flow from residential areas to agricultural areas or mines for work - and they were ready to shoot and breathe fire at any fungi they found.
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Rogue Trader Lamizane Carosini stepped off the Storm Bird, and together with his escort, walked through the courtyard inside the fortification built outside the hill, and walked toward the main building of the inner courtyard of the Governor's Palace that stood majestically against the hill in the distance. go.
The surroundings were quiet. The hot air exhaled from his breath quickly condensed into tiny white droplets in the low-temperature air, but his steps were swift and powerful.
The cold sunlight shines on the water of the central artificial lake, creating a rare and quiet atmosphere. It was less than one standard Terra after the Rogue Trader ship appeared from the backside of the Pearly Moon and sent a message to the Planetary Governor asking for an audience. The Governor agreed to receive the heir from the ancient family in his mansion. This was absolutely incredible. It's not just luck or kindness.
A large part of this must be due to the fact that the Rogue Trader "kindly" informed the Governor that he "needed some missions and supplies" and how extraordinary the guards were - now, unique to the Astartes Ceramic boots thumped across the ancient mosaic floor tiles in the Governor's Courtyard.
The Planetary Defense Force soldiers who can take charge of the defense here are obviously not people who lack courage, but in the eyes of mortals who may have never come into contact with a real God-Emperor Angel in their lives, the Astartes are so equipped. Just walking on the ground is tantamount to a direct manifestation of God's power in the human world.
The Rogue Trader noticed with interest that when they passed the guards at certain doorways, some of the guards would secretly make small prayer gestures to his guards. He nodded secretly in his mind. Carrick was a major believer who was increasingly It's good, very good, to move towards a single state religion where the people don't even know anything about Chaos except for some myths and legends.
In fact, the moment he impulsively said that he wanted to come down and implement the plan personally (because he felt that he was too lazy recently), he already started to regret it and wanted to find other reasons. But unfortunately, because of the practical seriousness and importance of the occasion, he paid the price for his impulsiveness.
His Excellency, the Chapter Master of the "Silver Skull" and the body of the Fourth Primarch, and the Librarian Mr. Carosini finally had to bite the bullet and listen to the mental ridicule from the black and white plush Fourth Primarch. , I accepted the action with a stiff face.
As an actual social terrorist who has always been embarrassed to speak out, Lamizane walked forward while imagining various possible scenes and conversations that might happen next, countless times. Deduce possible conversations and their consequences, whether good or bad, try to master all the options for the other party's speech before the conversation begins, and formulate corresponding sentences. Simply saying "Hey buddy, I think your planet is perfect for me, I want it, give it to me" is obviously... not impossible.
However, according to the information that is constantly being updated in real time on the retina, it will take about twelve minutes for the other people who sneaked here to complete all offensive deployment and positioning procedures, and now even if they are using the slowest pace without being rude, They still had at most six minutes before they could see the Governor himself.
So it probably still takes a little normal conversation time... at least not to show off at the beginning, but to accurately confirm the governor's location and what he was doing when the raid was launched, there is nothing What better way than arranging a meeting of the appropriate level and importance.
Lami Zane, who was wearing the phantom camouflage disguise he used last time, was thinking, and at the same time he walked towards the guards who were walking towards the only entrance in front of the main building of the inner courtyard of the Governor's Mansion. Their faces were expressionless or in other words, they remained arrogant and mysterious. feeling, waiting for the guards to confirm his identity with his escorts.
After a while, under the guidance of the governor's servant who came to greet them, they took the largest elevator here and headed to the main building, whose main structure was hollowed out of the mountain.
The planetary governor of Carrick, His Excellency Alexei Kris, was waiting for them inside.
The top floor of the mountain was reached, the elevator door opened, and they walked into the long doorway, which was also the walkway outside the planetary governor's reception room.
At the end of the trail, you can see other stairs and elevators, and there are many narrower doors or corridors on both sides that seem to lead to other rooms.
Twelve honorary guards in crisp uniforms stood at attention on both sides of the trail. When people passed by them, they remained motionless, as if they did not exist here at all, or they were just standing here to decorate the environment. , create a solemn atmosphere, and try to put some pressure on the visitors so that the governor will not appear passive during the conversation.
When the visitor finally entered the drawing room, he found that there was no one else there except the governor and his cronies.
This made Lamizane breath a sigh of relief.
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Chris."
The other party frowned because the visitor's social greeting language was very inconsistent with the habits of the upper class society in the Calixis Sector Empire.
"Perhaps I will feel the same way next, Mr. Carosini."
The tall and handsome Rogue Trader smiled at the Governor, showing eight white teeth.
“I believe you will, Lord Governor.”
(End of this chapter)