Chapter 418, Destroyed Star Port and War Mobilization
The First Expeditionary Fleet began to mobilize. The commander of this fleet was no one else, but a familiar guy, Qi.
With his cold orders, he began to mobilize the huge first expeditionary fleet of the Skaven Empire.
This is an uncomplicated transfer. Not long ago, the First Expeditionary Fleet had just completed maintenance in the Fortress Star Port and had completed loading various weapons and supplies.
If those things had not happened, then the First Expeditionary Fleet should have already marched towards the unknown star field at this time. In fact, they had already gone some way.
Unlike Qi, Qi appears younger, coming from the cryo-sleep device on the Skaven battleship and the life essence that can still flow in the upper levels of the Skaven empire even when Qi has not completely broken up with the temple priests.
But if you look closely at his eyes, you can see the indelible fatigue and silence.
Not all Rat People are ready for a long life.
What's more, the overall lifespan of the rat people has never been long enough.
But in fact, this problem is not particularly difficult to overcome. For those big figures in the Skaven Empire, they have a unique trait that allows them to face the wear and tear of time.
That is the burning fire of desire.
If the fire of desire is not extinguished, then the rat man will continue to climb forward and never give up. But if the desire is exhausted, then the rat man will be the same as dead. There is a difference.
Qi simply waved his arms and said a simple sentence, "Forward." As the commander of the First Expeditionary Fleet of the Skaven, countless Skaven immediately began to get busy.
This order was quickly passed on. The Skaven flagship is like a big mountain, a city that can sail freely on the stars. Millions of Skaven live on this battleship. superior.
It can't compare to those overly concentrated and bloated Skaven super cities, but this is already the largest battleship plan that the Skaven can give at present. If it is bigger, the Skaven will not be able to push it into Asia. space.
The Skaven flagship, the Expedition, has a complete set of large-scale battleship maintenance workshops that can simultaneously produce small and medium-sized Skaven battleships. It is also equipped with the Skaven Empire's largest magic cannon, the Destroyer, and the only one. Strategic star-targeting weapon, Soul Scream.
It has attachments, twenty large supply ships, one hundred and twenty large frigates, a small reconnaissance fleet group, a mining ship, a medium exploration ship, and four attack fleets.
Together, these messy things can be regarded as a complete Skaven Expedition Fleet.
It looks decent, but in fact, this is the first time that the Skaven have used such a structure, and it is also the first time that the flagship they built has been put into battle.
For such a super-large flagship, the Ratman's technology is not perfect, and it lacks the most important part, which is a super-large energy shield.
This is a very critical technology, not only used to resist enemy attacks when war breaks out, but also to protect warships from the bombardment of star dust and high-energy particles floating in the universe and to ensure the safety of subspace navigation.
The rat people's technology in this area is not mature. In fact, their shield technology is still the psychic deflection shield imitated from the psychic reconnaissance ship. Maybe it can be replaced. In one word, magic shield.
In two hundred years of development, the Skaven have changed this technology beyond recognition, but only in the ultra-large range, those extremely irritable Skaven engineers were stumped.
It's not that the shield can't be produced, but that the soul engine, mana engine, and ratman's engine technology have reached a bottleneck. Simply and crudely increasing power no longer works.
After the power of the soul engine is increased to a certain limit, it will no longer stably output soul energy, but will directly tear open the road to the subspace. At the same time, the magic energy engine also encountered the same problem. An extremely violent cycle of enlarging the furnace, adding more fuel, enlarging the furnace, adding more fuel. In this cycle, the rat engineers successfully encountered a material bottleneck. Any materials or structures they currently know, these They are not enough to bear such a violent magic reaction.
Ever since, a technical bottleneck was born.
But what is surprising is that even in the face of such a bottleneck, these Skaven engineers still forcibly manufactured this Skaven flagship without the technology being mature.
The size of the upper limit of the soul engine is stuck, and there is also the super large external deflection shield that is forcibly supported by one hundred and twenty large frigates.
One hundred and twenty large frigates, they are arranged according to fixed positions, and use a medium-sized deflection shield to be forcibly nested into a large deflection shield that is barely operational.
It is still the simple strategy of using force to make a brick fly, but what is amazing is that the group of rat-man engineers actually built these rat-man flagships.
Currently, the Skaven Empire has a total of two and a half such flagships, and two Skaven battleship groups built around such flagships. Such a structure has never really participated in battles. No one knows what kind of specific effect it can show. I don’t know.
But the rat engineers are very confident in their work.
Now, the opportunity has come.
These battleship groups were built for conquest and development. They were the main force in countering the rebellion this time.
After those idiots on the star port killed all the Imperial Guards sent by Qi, they were directly identified as rebels. This was necessary to deal with the rat bureaucrats who colluded with the temple priests. It's an investigation, but dealing with a group of rebels requires much simplicity, just counterinsurgency.
Well, in fact, there is no difference between the two. Those idiots have always thought of one thing wrong, that is, Qi has always planned to completely eliminate them, and has no intention of compromising or giving a chance. .
Just kill them all, kill them all.
In the eerie silence of the star port, this group of self-righteous idiots waited for the news of the return of the first expedition fleet.
The uneasiness and fear were interrupted by the terrifying bombardment across the dark starry sky.
Obviously, they did not expect such a result, a cosmic war breaking out outside the fortress star, the capital of the Rat Man Empire.
The terrifying shock, the aftermath of the war that could be easily seen even within the planet, lasted for many days.
Of course those greedy guys will not take the initiative to surrender, but what is desperate is that now, even if they really want to rebel, they still have to defeat the returning First Fleet of the Skaven Expedition That’s it.
Relying on the defenses on the star port, they struggled for many days. During these days, whether it was these stupid guys or the First Skaven Expedition Fleet led by Qi, they were very wise and did not get close. Fortress star.
Compared with the emptiness of the God Qi Star, this fortress star is just like its name. It is an extremely strong fortress. The Ratman flagship Expedition is currently relying on its The Destroyer's magic energy cannon was frantically slaughtering the warships of the star port patrol fleet. Almost none of the large warships that were constantly rising from the star port could withstand its one shot.
It can be said that they stole the show, but there are twelve such expensive weapons of destruction on the fortress star.
The counter-insurgency war came to the tenth day. Among the wreckage of warships floating in the sky and the star port that had been reduced to ruins, the counter-insurgency ended very neatly.
The First Expeditionary Fleet led by Qi used almost all means except that the Soul Scream carried in the flagship was not dropped, patrolling the star port in an almost crushing manner. The fleet was completely defeated. This new type of Skaven fleet demonstrated its power.
The price paid is also not small.
The floating wreckage and the almost completely destroyed star port are no small matter. You must know that the star port itself is an important trade and transit node. Its destruction will make many things lose control. , which will also make the Fortress Star, the center of the Skaven Empire, have to experience the pain of various material shortages for a long time.
This was already a considerable price. It was not necessary to go to such an extreme. Even if the captain of the star port patrol fleet was to be dismissed, he could not commit such a war that would be extremely damaging to himself.
But Qi still did it.
Strictly speaking, this most explosive purge war with almost no compromise is just a foreshadowing and warm-up, and it is also a warning.
The involvement between the bureaucrats in the Ratman Empire and the temple priests is too deep. Even if he, the emperor, really wants to promote the war, he will face great resistance.
This is an unavoidable situation. The best time to deal with the group of rot borers and vampires is before they recover, and now.
The last time these guys were weak, it was when the Rat Man Empire was just established. At that time, Qi had the idea of dealing with these guys, but at that time, it was still uncertain whether the gods would leave.
In the glory of the great gods, no one in the Skaven Empire can completely sweep these guys into the trash.
Then another best and most suitable opportunity is now.
In fact, Qi felt that if the great gods were still watching the rat people, then these guys probably wouldn't have fallen so completely.
The loyal guys are dead.
But now, the great god has turned away his sight, and the rat people can no longer rely on that great figure. Then, everything in the future, no matter what kind of development it is, should not be a group of people who have lost their glory. Still rotting bugs, leave it to them to decide.
This is a thorough cleaning, a deterrent, and a warning to the swaying rat bureaucrats in the rat empire.
Even if the star port of the fortress star is to be rebuilt, Qi will not allow the possibility that this important node will be affected by the temple priests.
At the same time, he is also telling all those vacillating rat-man bureaucrats, telling this group of guys that any vacillating guy who is not firm enough will likely be sent to the gallows, killed, and killed. liquidation.
It's time to take sides, their emperor is not yet old enough to be fatuous.
The rat warriors who landed on the wreckage of the star port found an interesting guy, the captain of the star port patrol fleet. He did not die as the battleships disintegrated in the universe and the star port patrol fleet failed.
On the contrary, he was huddled in a safe room in the wreckage of the star port, shivering with a room full of life essence.
It's a pity that he was caught. When the hot spray gun cut open the heavy metal door of the safe house, the guy's face was distorted and he roared loudly.
He held up the magic bomb in his hand and roared loudly in a sharp voice.
“Get out of my way, get out of my way, get closer, get closer, I will destroy everything here!
I still have chips! I still have chips, even the emperor will be moved by these essences of life! This is my bargaining chip!
Don’t come over here, get out of here, get out of here, I want Qi to come see me, I want to talk to Qi! "
They were talking nonsense in a frenzy, but it was also effective. For a moment, these rat warriors who gathered here really didn't know what they should do.
Not long after, there was a After reporting this time, Qi's figure appeared in front of this frantic guy, but it also made this guy even more frantic.
"Qi! You damn guy, don’t think you have won, I want to see the emperor, I want to see Qi, I can buy everything with the life essence here, I can buy everything! ”
Amidst the sharp shouts, a sneer appeared on Qi's face.
At the same time, an indifferent word appeared on the field.
“Kill him.”
This voice was only transmitted through the terminal on Qi’s body, but it made this frantic guy quiet immediately, and the expression on his face froze and changed. It became a weird state of crying and laughing.
He knelt down and worshiped.
"Great Emperor!"
But Qi no longer wanted to enjoy this farce, and waved his hand to the rat warrior on the side.
“Kill him!”
The moment he turned back, the rat warrior raised the steam gun in his hand, simply pulled the trigger, and the sharp steel thorn hit him easily. Through the chest of this crazy guy.
In an unbelievable daze, this guy fell to the ground. Obviously, he did not expect that he would really die, and his face suddenly became distorted at this moment.
He activated the magic energy bomb in his hand, leaving a loud and sharp final roar.
"You will regret it, you will all regret it!"
The hot explosion swallowed up everything in this area, including the life essence that was piled high in the safe house.
This is not a small amount of money.
At least, at least, it is enough for a ratman to live for another two hundred years. There are many guys in the ratman empire who are willing to pay everything for these life essences.
But now, now that these things are swallowed up by the explosion, probably nothing will be left behind.
(End of this chapter)