Chapter 3070 Forced Landing
Relative to the huge subspace black hole, what is even more terrifying is the change in the physical universe. Under the mysterious power of those Tyranid satellites, the gravity well of the galaxy has also begun to change.
The originally dead galaxy boiled instantly, stars shifted, and meteorites flew across the sky. Byrno stared at the various panels, calmly commanding the fleet to accelerate while being pursued and intercepted by Tyranids.
"Gravity correction coefficient, 441"
"The engine output power has been increased to 89% and cannot be increased further!"
"Start the backup output!"
"Gravity correction coefficient, 497! It has reached the dangerous value!"
"Adjust the course, 171!"
When the positions of the stars in the galaxy are When the change began, the human fleet would have been confused by the disturbed gravity, but the unique design and super computing power of the Hearthborn ships allowed them to make subtle adjustments in speed and direction in the first place. Minimize the possibility of being captured by the planet's gravity well.
However, even so, the speed of the fleet inevitably slowed down, and the fastest small biological ships were already approaching the attack range.
"Carry out blocking fire on the marked area!"
As railguns and lasers flashed in the void, one Tyranid biological ship convulsed to death, and the heavy conversion beam cannon was able to destroy those small Tyranids. The Lun biological ship was directly destroyed.
But there are too many Tyranids. Those Tyranid satellites have not only awakened the original biological ships, but are even constantly building new biological ships. On the scanning instrument of the Hearthborn battleship, the entire galaxy is It was quickly filled with dense red dots.
Soon, the planet that had turned into a dirty yellow-green appeared in the sight of the observation window. At this time, the instruments on the bridge began to sound various shrill warning sounds, and even various All emergency lights started flashing.
“A huge amount of psychic signals detected!”
"The navigation equipment has been seriously interfered with!"
"The communication array has been seriously interfered with!"
"The fire control system has been seriously interfered with!"
A series of warnings made Byrnona The hard face was almost wrinkled into an undulating hill. Fortunately, the Hearthborn have relatively high psychic resistance, and their equipment is also more advantageous in resisting psychic energy (it comes with a gold content of 20% magic resistance). So there is no fatal danger yet. But it’s hard to say if it continues.
"Change the course to 220, slide past the high orbit of the planet, and turn on the auxiliary thrusters."
Then he turned on the internal communication.
“Captain Soshyan, we will pass the planet’s high orbit point in about 10 minutes, and the flight deck will be opened at that time. There is only a window of about 2 minutes.”
“ Received. "
Ten minutes later, the Furnace fleet quickly slid past the planet's high orbit point, and at this time, there were densely packed biological ships behind them and in all directions.
As the flight deck opened one by one, the silver-gray Storm Crows and Storm Eagles separated from the ship and headed straight towards the dirty planet atmosphere, followed by two Black Star gunships, and finally two unmanned Storm Birds—— For this operation, Soshyan did not choose the traditional Thunderhawk, but instead selected 10 Storm Crows, 10 Storm Hawks, and 12 Storm Claws.
The smaller Storm Crow carries the warriors of the 9th Company, while the larger Storm Eagle carries the Terminators of the 1st Company.
This batch of Storm Eagles and Storm Crows are relatively new equipment and are not relics in the legion's armory. The Storm Eagles are new equipment that only appeared in the later stages of the Great Crusade. They were mainly produced by the two forging worlds of Tigres and Anverus Nine, but since these two forge worlds fell to the hands of the traitors, the production of Storm Eagle has been greatly reduced. Compared to the Thunder Eagle, the Storm Eagle is smaller, but its structure and flight system are more advanced. Complex and taking longer to build, only a few Forge Worlds in the Empire can still produce them. In addition, only Chapters such as Salamanders and Iron Hands that are skilled in manufacturing still maintain a considerable number of Storm Eagles, while other Chapters have stocks It is because of technology loss and battlefield attrition that are decreasing day by day.
But it happens that Ulan Huda, as the former Eighth Legion supplied the world, retained most of the STC of the expedition equipment, including the Storm Eagle, so when it manufactured the Storm Falcon and Storm Claw in large quantities, it also produced small batches. The Storm Eagle was created, but since the war group was already accustomed to using Thunder Eagles and big guys like Storm Birds, the Storm Eagle's positioning was a little awkward, and the frequency of use was relatively low.
The same is true for the positioning of the Storm Raven, even smaller than the Storm Eagle. It is a relatively new piece of equipment in the Astartes arsenal, but for a complex and multi-faction bureaucracy like the Human Empire There is no record indicating when the Storm Raven entered service, but there are rumors that the Storm Raven's STC template was a long-forgotten machine on Mars discovered by a Blood Angel trainee technical sergeant during his early study abroad in M41. Teaching archives.
There are only two important reasons for Soshiyan to choose these two aircraft-speed and maneuverability.
In past battles, most of the time, air superiority and orbital control were in one's own hands. In this case, flying vehicles with strong transportation capabilities such as Thunderhawk and Stormbird are naturally more useful. After all, A single transport volume determines the number of people that can be dropped on the battlefield within a certain period of time. In this case, the transport capacity is the decisive indicator, and the other is the vehicle's defensive power. After all, considering the need to rush into the enemy's defense zone under artillery fire, mobility And its own firepower is secondary, because at that time, it did not rely on cumbersome vehicles such as Thunderhawk or Stormbird for air support.
But this operation is different. They are going to operate in a completely isolated world. The enemy will definitely have absolute air supremacy and there will be basically no support in orbit.
The most important thing about these aircraft is firstly speed to ensure that they will not be overwhelmed by Tyranid flying creatures, and secondly the combat capability, especially the comprehensive combat capability, which can handle both air combat and ground support, such as storms Raven can be equipped with a twin-linked heavy bomber, a turret equipped with twin-linked laser cannons and controlled by a servitor on the back, and can also carry 4 anti-armor Stormstrike missiles on the hardpoints on the wings. An additional pair of hurricane bombs are installed on the side to enhance the firepower, making its anti-air and ground capabilities very balanced. The Storm Eagle also has a similar configuration, with a double heavy bomb on the nose and one on each wing. For twin-mounted laser cannons, their most powerful weapon is the twin-linked Vengeance missile launcher on the top of its fuselage. This missile launcher is similar to the launcher equipped on the Tornado missile launcher. It can be used before the assault begins or during the attack. Carry out saturation bombing on the target range while proceeding.
Based on this series of indicators, Soshyan finally chose the Eagle and Crow combination, and the three Stormbirds were equipped with ground vehicles and used as backup transportation and escape vehicles. It will hide after reaching the ground, and will only take off again in an emergency or when evacuating.