Chapter 839: The Man-Eating Shark Chapter
“The Man-Eating Shark Chapter——”
Looking at the pale shark pattern curled up in a ball on the screen, Soshi frowned.
The Shark Chapter can be said to be among the top ten most mysterious Chapters in the Empire. Before the Badab War, they could be said to have no sense of presence within the Empire. Even the ancient Astral Knights There are only fragmentary fragments in the archives.
The only thing that can be confirmed is that they are a Space Marine Chapter of unknown origin, and much information is hidden under various legends.
Soshyan has always been interested in those mysterious battle groups that are not well-known. For this reason, he also specially read all the information about the Man-Eating Shark Group.
But there is no trace of them in the public records. It seems that this Chapter has no known officially recorded battle honors, and there are some unknown Chapters who use similar weapons to theirs. names and symbols, causing further confusion due to potential misidentification of these Chapters.
However, after delving into specific ancient writings on the history of Imperial warfare, Soshyan was able to acquire some hints and references regarding the shadow cast by this Chapter, the oldest of which is contained in the Utai The Myth of the Angels of Death, written by scholars and civil servants of the Secretariat of Military Affairs in La, this often obscure and incomplete work mentions a Chapter of Space Marines known as the "Star Sharks" who were sent to "The outer darkness... carries out endless voyages... slaughtering and ravaging the enemies of mankind", and "showing no mercy to traitors, aliens and traitors, uprooting them from their own territory", and this article seems to come from Certain far older but now lost documents dating back to the unknown era of the Astropathic Wars of late M32/M33.
The period is now shrouded in myth and fable, its truth so thoroughly sanitized in the historical record that the higher echelons of the Empire are less aware of it than they are of the Horus Heresy or the Great War expedition, but the Astral Knights instead recorded some events at that time.
The records mention that the Shark Chapter displayed a ferocious but thoughtful cruelty in several battles, even those who were indifferent to the Empire's methods of warfare found them terrifying. .
More importantly, the chapter records also mention that this vicious chapter seems to have been given a sacred but never-ending duty: they are entrusted to carry out an endless battle in the dark deep space beyond the borders of the Empire. Voyage with the purpose of finding, locating and destroying humanity's enemies.
But these alone could not give Soshyan a deeper understanding of this mysterious battle group, so he turned his head and said:
"Instructor Sol, Talos, you know them "
For this kind of missing history, Soshyan usually turns to Thor or Talos.
Talos glanced at the sign, then showed an expression of disgust.
"Ah, of course I know. Although I have never fought against them, the guys from the Prince of Thorns were given a good education by them. They should be a branch of the Raven Guard, but according to the experience of the warbands who fought against them, In other words, these bastards seem to have some of our blood. As for why they are like this, I really can’t tell.”
Saul thought for a moment, and then replied softly:
< br> "I know a little bit about it. In the late period of the Great Crusade, the Lord of the Crows banished a group of descendants, including senior commander Alcahas Farr. I have some old acquaintances with him. This commander is Tai. Hispanic served in the 19th Legion long before the return of the Lord of the Crows. Because he was born in a slave-owning family, he has a fierce personality and is not very friendly to mortals. After he was exiled, I specially found someone to inquire about him. news, but I only knew that he and a group of Terran veterans were exiled. As for where they went, no one knew. After the great rebellion, I tried to find him, but after searching, the only thing I knew was that they went In the dark sky where the light of the Star Torch cannot shine, we can only give up in the end."
"Captain Thor, you mean that they are indeed a branch of the Raven Guard?"
< br>“This can be confirmed.”
"Can we still communicate?"
Saul shook his head.
"After so many years, they have changed too much. The war in the dark deep space has made them more cruel than before."
At this time, the Lord of Chasing also announced loudly gain the opponent's strength.
“——According to the scanned keel identification code, there are a total of five enemy warships, namely the battle barge Nikkor, the Tyrant-class cruiser White Taotie, the Sword-class frigate Gray Reaper, and the Wrath The Hammer-class frigate Void Hunter, and the Cobra-class destroyer Deepsea! ”
The fleet of Man-Eating Sharks arriving this time is not that large, but there are at least four companies. Soshyan must confirm the other party's attitude.
"Communications officer, pick up the Nikkor for me."
After waiting for about a minute, the communication was connected.
"I am Soshyan Alexey, Chapter Master of the Astral Knights. Is that the Chapter Master of Tiberius across from me?"
After a while, there was a burst of sound from the communicator. A growl-like response.
"Yes."
Tiberius, nicknamed the Scarlet Scar, served as the commander of the Sharks during the Badab War, and was therefore considered by the public to be the Chapter Master.
It is said that throughout the Badab War, he wore a set of ancient Terminator armor and never showed his true face.
But his terrifying fighting power spread in just two years. "I want to know your attitude."
"Counter rebellion."
The answer was as simple and indifferent as ever.
“Where is the rebellion?”
“In front of you.”
“The Minotaur Chapter attacked the Weepers innocently, they are the traitors.”
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"I only saw you attacking the Minotaur war group for no reason."
Hearing this, Soshyan had a problem in his heart, and did not try to hide it, but said loudly:
"So, what price did those people in Terra offer that could impress the man-eating shark? How much is my Soshiyang head worth?"
This time the other party did not respond, but closed it directly. communication.
Then, the voice of the Lord of Zhancha rang again.
"Report! The fleet of man-eating sharks has begun to accelerate! The fleet of Minotaur is also approaching us!"
Soshiyan shook his head.
“What can those people get by paying such a high price?”
Talos grinned.
“To defend their imagined power.”
"Since we refuse to give up, we will show no mercy. If Terra is destined to shed tears, it will not be because of us!"
Speaking, Soshiyang suddenly shook his head. A hammer on the railing.
“Send the signal!”
Soon, as the signal was sent, fluctuations occurred in the subspace jump node, and then several battleships from the White Templar rushed out at the same time.
"White Temple?"
On the bridge of the Power of Daedalus, Asterion's voice suddenly changed its tone.
“Didn’t you say that they have left?”
At this time, a voice behind him suddenly said:
“It seems that they have formed an alliance with the Astral Knights. "
"Judge Marcus, is this what you expected?"
Marcus, who walked gently out of the shadows, shook his head.
“This was not in the plan.”
The appearance of the White Templar was immediately captured by the man-eating sharks. Their fleet immediately turned around like a stressed shark, attacking Targeting the White Templar fleet that was closer to them.
A big melee seems inevitable——
(End of this chapter)