Chapter 432 The Strength of the Red Pirates
After getting the desired information, Soshyan immediately held a war meeting with core personnel.
In addition to him, Ustad, Luke, Thor, and Sevita, the participants also included Valier, the former subordinate of the Red Pirates, and Talos, who had an old grudge against the Red Pirates. Of course there is also Loken, the only representative of the Mechanicus.
Because Brother Said had just fallen into a deep sleep, Soshyan did not intend to disturb him.
“Huron’s goal is obvious. He wants to take back the Unbound Soul and the enchanter. He will never give up until he achieves this goal.”
Soshyan, who was standing at the long table, talked for a while.
“The person who leaked this news was the traitor Sarpedon, or someone else among the traitors!”
Hearing this name, Luke’s eyelids twitched slightly when he heard the name. He lifted it up, but immediately dropped it.
"After a period of time, no news from these scouts is received. No matter how slow Huron is, he will know what will happen. He will definitely go out personally. War is inevitable."
< br>As he spoke, Soshyan turned his attention to Valier, who was sitting on a chair with his arms folded across his chest.
The former Red Pirate Apothecary hasn't yet fully gained his trust, so he can't yet wear power armor and can only wear a robe.
His face was also expressionless.
"Before that, Valier, tell us about Huron's current strength. After all, you are familiar with them."
Valier stood up with a calm voice. responded:
"After the failure of the Barbuda War, Huron took the remaining soldiers and retreated to the demon world of New Badab. Although there were only more than two hundred warriors left after the war, they relied on their huge With its fleet and solid material foundation, Huron quickly absorbed a large number of Chaos warbands, expanding its scale to what it was before the war."
According to Valier, there are currently more than 3,000 Red Pirates, as well as a large number of cultist servants. The two largest ones are called the Iron-Blooded Oath and the Nine Eyes, both of which are composed of renegade Astra Militarum. Well-equipped and powerful.
In order to gather as many powerful warriors as possible, Huron held a competition called "Skull Harvest" at all costs.
This competition is held on the surface of New Badab, with many alien mercenaries and Chaos warbands participating, and its format is also very simple - the leader or champion of the warband fights to the death, until the remaining The three strongest.
These warriors will fight in a free arena until one wins.
The skull of the failed leader was presented to the Blackheart King and became a decoration on the peg of his throne. The winner will become the leader of all participating warbands, and will also receive the Blackheart King's recognition and a temporary army. fleet.
It was precisely with this generous incentive and generous reputation that Huron quickly gathered a large number of powerful Chaos Champions.
For example, Adnus, nicknamed "Blood Forest", is a former captain of the Mantis Warriors Chapter.
There is also Copras, nicknamed 'The Plague Sea Maggot'. He was originally a squad leader of the Devotee Chapter, and later became a member of the Nurgle Rebels. He broke through into the Eye of Terror. Little fame.
In addition, there are the wizard lord Garon Sulet, the war lord Onius Plaid and so on.
But the most terrifying thing about the Red Pirates is not the powerful warriors, but its fleet!
Before the outbreak of the Badab War, the Star Claws Chapter was famous for its fleet. It was stationed in the Maelstrom Sector for hundreds of years. In order to fight against the ubiquitous pirate harassment, Huron resolutely implemented the strategy of supporting war with war. Strategy.
Any battleship that can be captured, no matter where it belonged before, he will do his best to capture, even if the battleship is not strong enough or has been used by heretics. After seizing the battleships, Huron would organize these large and small battleships to form training formations to continuously compress the pirate activity space in the star area.
The advantage of doing this is that he solved the piracy problem that has plagued the Maelstrom for thousands of years in a very short period of time, but the disadvantages are also obvious. The Claws of the Starry Sky destroyed The Codex Astartes compiled the rules, and its fleet had grown beyond control.
Before the rebellion, Star Claw conservatively estimated that it had more than a thousand warships of various types. Although the quality was not very high, many of them were armed transport ships and small warships, but this number alone was already very large. Horrible.
After the rebellion ended, although most of the battleships were destroyed and captured, Huron still retained a considerable part of its power, especially its main battleships.
The current Red Corsairs have more than three hundred battleships, including a battle barge of the Astartes Chapter, a small number of battleships, a bunch of cruisers, various frigates, and a large number of interceptors and interceptors. bomber.
The most famous of them is a Ramirez-class star fort called the 'Hell Iris'.
The Ramirez-class star fortress is a movable cosmic fortress capable of subspace navigation. These magnificent creations have served the Human Empire since the early days of the Great Crusade of M30. The supply of these giant space stations is insufficient, and their role as the Imperial Navy fleet base and interstellar strategic point has become increasingly important in the past ten thousand years. The deployment of one of them alone is enough to advance the end of the long campaign by decades.
The designer of the Ramirez-class star fortress is believed to be the inscrutable Mechanicum Sage Leian Ramirez, and its technology comes from the purification of "Rock Vision" Usanix Based on the STC template recovered from China, the Ramirez class is equipped with various long guns and short cannons to complete its mission, and can single-handedly repel an incoming fleet.
It is almost impossible to rely on battleships to join them, because most of the current starships cannot hold the huge number of soldiers who want to occupy the entire star fort.
Sometimes these starforts will be ordered to stop in orbit on the fortress world as a permanent artillery array, or play an important role in guarding key systems - such as Elioko, the famous alien hunter Death Watch One of the Watch Fortresses, located in the Jericho Frontier in the Ultramarine Star Territory.
It is not uncommon for a Chapter Astartes to be given command of one of these for their meritorious service, and to use it as a mobile fortress monastery.
In the sky above the forging world of Chipla Monti, the main base of the Imperial Army and Navy in the Obscure Star Region, there are always six to eight Ramirez-class star forts docked in orbit to form an iron-clad defense. ring.
Some of these star fortresses are used by the Adeptus Mechanicus as deep space research facilities, and projects that are not secretive enough in any world are carried out in them. An unknown number of Ramirez-class have flowed to the Inquisition. Serves as a powerful base for their secret organization.
The star fort in Huron's hands was one of the rewards he received during his service in the Maelstrom.
In addition to the Star Fortress, the Red Corsairs also have an Overlord-class battlecruiser named Eagle Hook, and a battle barge named Destruction Ghost. This battle barge is said to have been taken from the Word Bearers, and is also Now Huron's flagship.
The main force of the cruiser sequence is three Executor-class large cruisers, Midnight Loneliness, Afterglow of Hope, Nightmare Dawn, and more than twenty Carnage-class cruisers and Vanguard-class strike cruisers.
As for all kinds of destroyers and frigates, the number is overwhelming.
It is also because of such a fleet size that the Red Pirates have developed the tactical characteristics of advocating and proficient in jumping gangs and anti-jumping gangs. Their anti-ship combat capabilities are very powerful. When it comes to naval battles, apart from the largest of the Chaos Rebels The Black Legion, as well as some of the Chaos Legions that were still organized, were almost invincible.
In addition to his own fleet and Astartes power, Huron can also mobilize huge mortal pirates and even alien pirate resources, which also allows his power to penetrate into any star region.
For example, if the Red Pirates' reconnaissance team invaded this time, if Talos hadn't discovered it in advance, Soshyan might not have been able to catch them.
“.My personal suggestion is not to fight the Black Heart King in the void. The chance of winning is slim.”
After saying this, Valier sat down again with an expressionless expression. on the chair.
(End of this chapter)