Chapter 1286 Template Screening
“Chapter Leader, Chapter Leader?”
Soshiyang blinked and looked at Dietrian aside, realizing that he had just been distracted. .
"Sorry, please continue."
Dietrian nodded. Although he noticed that Soshyan had been uneasy, he did not ask in detail, but continued his report. .
"After preliminary analysis, there are a total of twenty-two clear STC templates, of which five are marked by the Blood Angels Legion. According to your request, Chapter Leader, I did not conduct an in-depth analysis. Among the other seventeen STC templates, three The items are vehicles, the six items are infantry weapons, and the eight items are various improved equipment."
Putting aside his distracting thoughts for the time being, Soshyan thought about the information in Dietrian's report, although now the Mechanicum is not there. There is no result yet on the final solution to Mechanical Ark, but judging from Zhao Akada's words, Mars is still relatively tough, and this Mechanical Ark was indeed forged by Mars, and it is indeed more confident. foot.
Now it depends on how much the Mars exploration sage is willing to pay to get rid of these forging worlds.
But what surprised Soshyan slightly was the Man-Eating Shark. When they clashed with malicious warriors and demons for the STC template, the Man-Eating Shark did the opposite and did not go for the STC template. Instead, he went straight to the armory, hangar and warehouse of Mechanical Ark.
Facts have proved that under the illusion of silence and cruelty, the man-eating sharks are also cunning that ordinary people cannot detect. Their decision has brought them very rich rewards.
At least as far as Soshyan knew, they took away at least three squadrons of various fighters and bombers from the hangar, and also looted an armory. It is difficult to trace how many weapons and equipment there were, and even Rumor has it that they also found a small amount of hidden STC templates or fragments in a secret warehouse.
If you look at the direct benefits alone, the man-eating shark is undoubtedly the biggest winner of this hulk exploration.
After the demon disappeared, Soshyan also sent a team to search the Mechanical Ark and found some vehicles, mainly the Avenger attack aircraft and the Fury fighter, which were found in another armory that was relatively well preserved. There are hundreds of pieces of equipment that are still usable, ranging from bolters to power armor, but most of them need to be repaired to varying degrees due to the failure of the stasis field.
After that, Soshyan simply turned his attention to the facilities inside the Mechanical Ark.
As we all know, the interior of Mechanical Ark contains production lines. He directly arranged for people to dismantle part of the production lines that could still be used, including the Thinker Array.
But he didn't touch the most important parts, such as the bridge and power system. The Mechanical Ark was the incarnation of the Mechanical God. If it was done too much, it would arouse the resentment of all Mechanical Cults. Soshiyang still knew how to grasp this measure.
“What’s in the vehicle?”
According to the previous agreement with the Mechanicus, he could only keep one-tenth of the STC template he found in the name of the Suffering Alliance, although it stands to reason that Soshiyang could secretly hide part of it, but the sage from Mars was also a thief. He sent lurkers into the bridge of the Mechanical Ark early, and retrieved the Ark's original storage data, which was clearly marked STC. Soshyan couldn't do anything with the number of templates.
Not even that, not long ago, Dietrian discovered that several servitors in the battle group were emitting abnormal signal waves. After an inspection, he found that they were installed at some point. The spy device was still transmitting data while he was parsing the STC template!
At the first opportunity, Loken and others were immediately sent to investigate all the servitors and staff.
Now that the Mechanicus already knows the number of STC templates, Soshyan can only choose the two most valuable templates as much as possible.
“.A variant of the Avenger attack aircraft, called the Hellfire Avenger attack aircraft. It is 30% larger than the original Avenger attack aircraft, has a more powerful engine and a stronger structure, so Hell Strike missile launch nests can be mounted on both wings. "
The Avenger Assault Fighter is a ground attack aircraft used by the Imperial Navy. Its main mission is to launch high-speed and low-altitude attacks on ground targets. Its ground-attack firepower alone exceeds that of most Imperial aircraft, and its Avenger bolt cannons and twin laser cannons are particularly powerful against armored targets. However, this thing is actually of little significance to the Astartes Chapter, because they have better Storm Crow gunships.
So this template was immediately abandoned by Soshyan.
"Next."
". A variant of the Stormhawk, called the Flame Raptor gunship, which sacrifices its original troop transport capabilities in favor of an array of powerful weapons, including twin Avengers The bolt cannon has a spherical turret on each side, which can be equipped with four heavy bolt bombs, heavy laser cannons or automatic cannons, and Hell Strike missiles can be mounted under the wings. "
This thing is Soshiyan. I have heard that the origin of the Flame Raptor can be traced back to the early days of the Great Crusade. It was once widely used by the Space Marine Legion, but gradually disappeared from the Imperial arsenal in the thousands of years after the Great Heresy. The small number of existing ones The ancient Flame Raptor gunship exists in the armory of a few Chapters and is considered a precious relic by them.
However, the value of this kind of vehicle seems to be far less than it used to be. After all, it has lost the ability to transport infantry, and the firepower in exchange is not very cost-effective compared to its huge size. After all, the double Combined Avengers bolt cannon + 4 sets of Hellstrike missiles + 2 sets of quadruple heavy bombs or 2 sets of twin automatic cannons or 2 sets of heavy lasers. It can basically hit Storm Crow or Thunderhawk. While Storm Crow or Thunder Eagle can't fight, for example, it can't actually fight enemy Titans.
Let’s use it for air combat. Due to its tonnage, its flexibility in the atmosphere is too poor. And when fighting in the void, why not use a more professional space fighter?
Its side turret is also very fascinating. Soshiyang can't see that it has any special effect. After all, now is not the time when everything was treasured. After being in charge of the family for a long time, Soshiyang has deeply realized the three aspects of "cost-effectiveness". After all, a vehicle requires a lot of resources and a long time from production to delivery. After delivery, it also requires a lot of manpower and valuable technical personnel for maintenance. Once the results are not satisfactory, it will cause terrible waste.
More importantly, the pilots of this thing are basically space warriors, and ordinary pilot servitors cannot operate it.
But it is an ancient model of vehicle after all, and Soshyan has previously promised the members of the alliance that the final decision will be made by everyone, not him.
"This will be used as a backup plan first, and the information will be forwarded to Chapter Leader Magyar and the others."
"Yes."
"The next one."
".The last one is not a variant, but the prototype template of the Javelin speed attack craft. The Broken Eagle warband had one of this kind of vehicle a long time ago, but the back was destroyed."
"Huh?"
Hearing the name of this vehicle, Soshyan immediately became energetic.
The Javelin is an anti-gravity speeder that was used extensively by the Legiones Astartes during the later stages of the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy.
Compared with the ordinary Land Speeder, the Javelin speed boat has a larger size and thicker armor. Its advanced anti-gravity system allows it to be equipped with a series of heavy weapons, and can use destructive laser cannons or cyclones. The missile launcher delivers precision strikes against enemy armor or infantry, making it more like a tank destroyer than an agile land airship.
After the end of the Great Heresy, because the template for the Javelin speed attack craft has been lost, only a few Chapters still have single-digit inventories, which exist as Chapter holy relics.
Compared with the first two, this one is completely different in terms of cost performance and function. It immediately became Soshiyang's first choice, but there was still a problem before that.
(End of this chapter)