Chapter 1180 Survival from a desperate situation
“We need someone, okay, company commander, a deck gun position commanded by Kaloni is now empty.”
“Understood, I will let Yi Ztok replaced him. After all, he is the executioner of Kaloni. "
Eli Dazaton's words can easily make people think that they are killing each other internally. In fact, this is not the case. All because of the curse that haunts the Crimson Saber.
After the Massacre of Umidia, individual members of the Chapter found that they were unable to clear their thoughts properly, and no amount of silent prayer or meditation seemed to have an effect due to their implanted genes Seed organs and genetic modifications, Space Marines do not sleep as most humans know it, but instead enter a comatose state that allows their brains to recharge even as their bodies remain awake (pseudonym, not a substitute for normal sleep ).
However, the warriors of the Crimson Saber failed in one attempt after another. They could not relax in their false sleep, and the brutally murdered faces appeared in their minds, as if they were in that brutal massacre again.
In the increasingly uneasy atmosphere, the fiercest warriors began to hear some voices - whispers from the slain.
Those voices cajoled, taunted, or pleaded, while others screamed endlessly or chanted incomprehensible words that sounded painful.
As time goes by, this voice becomes clearer and clearer. Only massacre can temporarily make it disappear. This has also become the most important reason why the Crimson Army transformed into the Crimson Slayer.
After leaving those betrayed brothers, the battle brothers of the Fourth Company stayed away from the whispers for a time, but they would still return during battles or prayers, trying to drive these loyal warriors crazy.
In addition to using long hours of prayer and meditation to fight against those whispers, the soldiers of the Fourth Company also established an "executioner" system. Everyone can choose one of their most trusted brothers as their "executioner". One day, when he can no longer support him or can no longer suppress the urge to kill, he will let the "executor" bring him the final mercy and loyalty.
This is the path of redemption chosen by the last Crimson Sabers, fighting against curse with death, fighting against corruption with death.
During the period of betraying the original battle group, seven warriors have chosen to accept the execution of their brothers.
"Company Commander, the enemy fleet has begun to change its formation."
They seem to have been really spurned by the Emperor. Bad news is coming one after another. In this place on the edge of the extreme star field In the nebula belt, the relatively calm void was submerged by the sticky, dusty nebula. The stumbling strike cruiser dived into the quagmire nebula, and the unfamiliar fleet followed closely behind. The environment here did not give them any provide no protection.
Soon, the frigates of the unfamiliar fleet began to move forward in formation, their engines shining like fireflies in the void, and then countermeasures were launched, like silver fireworks, making the bridge display of the Logon Pride There are filament-like lines everywhere that interfere with the sensors.
Then, a huge ship rushed forward, separated the small boats in front like an icebreaker, and quickly opened its broadsides to one side. The rest of the fleet circled around it, and there was also a main ship of the same size. The ship floated to the right of the flagship.
Then a large number of bombers set off from the flight deck shaped like an elongated cylinder, while interceptors clustered around it like fruits on a vine, spinning through the cloudy nebula, exploding bombers The squadron charged forward.
Electromagnetic fields crackle between them, creating observation blind spots where the fighters will be safe until they begin their attack.
The huge flagship stood proudly protected by its fleet of escorts, a strange blue light twinkling around the Nova cannon muzzle protruding from the bow.
Eli Dazadon only needed to take a look at the auspex to know how bad the situation was. Although most of the autoloaders had been rebuilt thanks to the efforts of the crew, many of the huge broadsides still required manual operation. Loading.
Because he was worried about the artillery problem, he temporarily left the bridge and went to the artillery deck.
A soldier was standing next to the nearest cannon, directing the team to drag a chain and drag a tank-sized shell into the huge breech of the cannon.
“Company Commander!”
A soldier shouted:
"What is our enemy?"
"We will know soon, what trouble do you still have now?"
"The No. 8 Macro Cannon also needs a strong arm. ”
A soldier was dragging a shell towards the No. 8 Macro Cannon. Originally this kind of thing should be done by servitors, but they don’t have so many servitors anymore, and the anti-aircraft gun emplacements cannot be filled.
Eli Darzadon joined the man, crouched down with his strong legs, lifted the shell, pushed it the last few meters, stuffed it into the barrel, and the other Space Marines banged The rear hatch closed with a bang.
"Ready!" the mortal master of guns shouted as he squatted on the gun shell, staring at the situation outside the spacecraft through the scope.
“The harassing battleship with a larger number of targets and a smaller tonnage is approaching!”
“Gal!”
Eli Daza Dun connected to the communication with the technical sergeant.
"Can we confirm who they are now? If we can communicate -"
"It's hard to tell!"
The technical sergeant replied on the bridge.
"They fired a lot of jamming bombs. This looks like a Mechanicus tactic. Do we need to reveal our identity?"
"Do we reveal our identity so that the other party can open fire immediately? And I guess the other party already knows our identities”
Eli Dazaton knew that even the Adeptus Mechanicus would definitely open fire on a warship marked as a traitor. Even if they realized that there were Space Marines on board, as soon as they saw the symbol of the Crimson Saber, they would Redouble your efforts and beat the ship to pieces.
"Company commander, one more thing, I sent a distress signal ten minutes ago."
The technical sergeant continued.
“Perhaps someone can——”
Eli Dazadon really wanted to laugh now, either bitterly or miserably, but he couldn’t.
"Brother, who do you think will come to save us now? Who is willing to receive our signal? You are wasting your time."
"Well, actually, the main reason is that there is nothing left to do, we can't Win—"
Suddenly, the technical sergeant let out a cry of surprise.
“Ah, wait, there is signal feedback!”
“What?”
"Someone responded to the distress signal I sent, wait! The other party is nearby! The auspicious device has detected the subspace disturbance."
The fleet also detected the same signal and began to change its team. shape.
In a moment, at the edge of the nebula, a subspace rift was torn open, and a huge fleet slowly sailed out.
The appearance of this fleet also made the imperial fleet feel nervous, but soon the weapons originally prepared were released from attack mode and continued to target the Logon Pride. Obviously they already knew who was coming. identity.
Eli Dazaton rushed to the bridge immediately, and then stared at the picture from the observation window.
"Who are they?"
"The identification system shows that they are the Astral Knights Chapter! One of the Chapters participating in the Battle of the Death Star!"
(End of this chapter)