Chapter 607 Dark Angel!
The master of the fleet of the Astral Knights, Fourth Captain Lothar stood motionless on the edge of the command platform, straightening his back, putting his hands behind his back, looking down at the bridge.
Just like the eye of a typhoon, the control center of the Unbound Soul is working nervously. Other bridge staff, crew members and officers are also silently focusing on their work. The contact signals on the wall are urgently flashed.
All instruments, all weapons, all sensors are fine.
Although the ground has not yet made a request, they must be ready for orbital bombing at any time. After all, no one knows what will happen next——
Suddenly, an alarm flashed on a communication terminal. It sounded discordantly and flashed again.
The sergeant in charge of the post immediately activated the console
"It's a ship call!"
Lotha cast curious attention.
“Whose ship?”
"It's a signal from the Adeptus Astartes! It was sent from the ring system of an outer planet. They are requesting contact with us."
"The Adeptus Astartes?"
Losa frowned, and he suddenly had a bad premonition.
"Which Chapter?"
"The communication logo is. Dark Angels!"
"What?"
Just when the atmosphere on the bridge of Unbound Soul suddenly became tense, a crack suddenly opened in the physical space of the universe not far from Vera III, and a giant ship silently jumped out , the deceleration thrusters were ignited on the battlement turrets on its bow and central ridge, and the surging energy was generated on its dented armor due to the interaction between unreality and real space, crackling from the bow to the stern. The sound creates a halo for the huge basalt statue that stands on the back chapel at the bow of the ship. It is the dark angel holding a sword high and spreading his wings.
It is a heavy cruiser that was active in the fleet of the First Legion as early as the end of the Great Crusade, and also has a very ancient name - the Angel of Redemption.
Interrogation Chaplain Ericon Goldberg is sitting on the bridge of the battleship and taking command. He rarely visits places in person, but everything seems to be in order.
He watches every control panel to make sure everything is under control. Any oversight is unacceptable. He is the master of everything on this battleship.
"Master Priest, we have successfully entered the physical universe from the subspace, and now the battleship is entering the orbit of Vera 3."
It can be heard from the voice of this mechanic that he feels very good at this time. easy.
Ericon stroked the heavy book hanging on his belt: an ancient book with a gold binding. On the cover of the book was painted the symbol of the chapter to which he belonged, but the Only he can read the content.
A golden rose hangs from the gold chain around his neck. His robes almost completely cover his dark green power armor. The Imperial eagle emblazoned on the breastplate is underneath the robes. Faintly visible, the entire face was completely hidden in the shadow of the hood, and the gentle red light emitted by the biochemical prosthetic eyes kept flashing in it. His Chaplain's Staff, an ancient weapon from the Hidden Order to which the Chapter belongs, hangs from the left side of his belt.
The Dark Angels hold the honor of being the first Space Marine Legion, created by the Emperor to assist him in the Great Crusade to liberate humanity from xenos rule.
In the early days of the Great Crusade, their victory had become the basis of legend. In the minds of countless people, they were the best Space Marines. It was rumored that all Astartes Legions were formed based on the Dark Angels. .
If you ignore the widespread rumors about the history of the Chapter, the characteristics of all founding Chapters are deeply influenced by the personality of their Primarch, or the first man, and the Dark Angels are no exception.
In a world called Caliban, a young knight named Luther, in a forest full of dangers, brought the Primarch back to the monastery fortress of the Knights and named him Leon ·El Jonson means "Lion, Son of the Forest" in Caliban language.
Jonson quickly adapted to human life and integrated into the society of his homeland in a short period of time. As time passed, the relationship between Jonson and Luther became as close as brothers, and both of them were trying to make the other person Their abilities and skills were perfected, and stories of their pioneering and victory spread throughout Caliban, and more and more young people wanted to join the Knights every year.
Imperial scholars believe that Jonson led a planet-spanning expedition to target the horrific beasts that stalked the deep forests.
All the knights of the monastery joined Jonson's holy war. In less than ten years, the entire world was freed from the dark power that once ravaged the world. When the Emperor came, Caliban, freed from the brutal scene, immediately Chosen as the home of the Dark Angels.
Soon after, all members of the Knights of Caliban became Space Marines, and it was determined that Luther was the first to receive reinforcements, and was second only to Jonson in power in the Legion.
When the Emperor continued the Great Crusade, he took away Jonson and most of the Dark Angels Legion's warriors, leaving Luther and the remaining troops of the Legion to protect their homeland against the return of Chaos.
After the outbreak of the Horus Heresy, the First Legion remained loyal to the Emperor, but Luther, who stayed behind on Caliban, was bewitched by the forces of Chaos and eventually betrayed the Empire. After the chaos was settled and Jonson returned to Caliban, they launched an attack.
It was a battle that completely destroyed Caliban. In the end, the Lion King defeated his former adoptive father and eliminated all rebellions, while he himself was seriously injured and died——
Of course, these are all darkness The history that angels claim to the outside world, and a major task of interrogating priests is to ensure that people continue to believe in such history.
After the second founding of the army, the Dark Angels, like other founding groups, separated into many sub-groups, but there have been rumors that there is a subtle connection between the Dark Angels and the sub-groups.
In a sense, the Dark Angels are a battle group with as much glory as rumors. In addition to being brave, they give people the impression of being mysterious.
To put it in layman’s terms, no one knows what they are doing, no one knows what they want to do, and no one knows what they have done.
And they generally rarely interact with other war groups.
Although theoretically they are also a Codex Chapter, the Dark Angels are very different from other Chapters in terms of "details". For example, their priests, in addition to serving as the soul mentors of their battle brothers, also have other responsibilities. Carrying a dark and heavy mission.
But for Ericon, his mission this time was different from the past. Pastor Azmodai asked him to perform a more "diplomatic" mission. Of course, out of Because of that gentleman's character, he sent a whole company of troops to Ericon.
Of course, under the most ideal situation, the pastor would try to avoid unnecessary conflicts when explaining the operation. Therefore, Ericon also strives to maintain his diplomatic etiquette. After all, the other party is also a company with a long history and recent reputation. Warband.
(End of this chapter)