Warhammer: In the Name of the Emperor

Imperial Calendar: 997.M41

Cole stood in front of the holographic projector, his blue eyes staring at the dots formed on the holographic screen, looking thoughtfully at something. Bell also stood aside, and the tall son of Ultramar was also thoughtful, Thinking about the same question.

The beacon kept flashing on the holographic projection in front of them, and soon, new meditators joined them.

Vito took the remaining three Astartes warriors and walked out of the arcade of the bridge and went straight to the holographic projection. The tall giants nodded to each other and stood around like a high wall.

Judge Vito stood opposite Cole and looked at a red dot on the large star map, a small red dot that shone with an unsettling light.

"Tell me, what's going on?" Vito asked, and Cole cleared his throat, as if to make it louder so that everyone present could hear clearly.

"We have been sailing in the subspace for more than a month. According to the reality of the navigator and the divination instruments of the Adeptus Mechanicus, we have roughly approached the edge of the Victoria system and are approaching the local Mandeville Point. With the blessing of the Emperor, we There is no distortion between time and the real universe.”

"Isn't this all a good thing?" Ragnar said, pointing an armored finger at the display. "If the All-Knowing Father is willing, we will soon be able to leave this cursed place."

"Unfortunately, Ragnar, it is not, or not entirely, a good thing." Cole said, and a space station suspended in the sea of ​​​​stars appeared in front of everyone. It was a deep space exploration station that was very common in the empire. Usually, They are all responsible for the edge warning and observation tasks of a galaxy and star region.

Olaf looked at the space station and nodded thoughtfully, "You mean, there is trouble in this space station?" "Yes, Old Wolf, you are as wise as ever."

Cole looked at the space station and raised a hand, "The Astropath has received a message. As you all know, the Astropath's communications are usually all kinds of riddles, metaphors and the like, just like the damn Eldar. Annoying.”

"That's right, every time I hear them talking, I want to kill these Riddlers with an axe." Ragnar said with a smile, "Wouldn't it be better to just speak human words? Just say riddles every time."

"That's an ancient custom, Ragnar. I thought you Fenris people also valued customs." Lancelot said, still holding the winged helmet under his arm, while Ragnar snorted indifferently. , "Our customs are all simple and practical. Unfortunately, I don't understand such complex and profound etiquette meanings like the noble knights."

Lancelot smiled silently, and Vito was relieved that the Caliban knights were not going to quarrel with the wolf cubs right now. It was obvious that they had more important things to do.

Vito nodded slightly to Cole, who looked at the two tall warriors, "Then you need to know that this time even our Ms. Astropath didn't understand what was said, not even a word. ”

The playful atmosphere suddenly turned cold. The four tall giants looked at Cole, who nodded in affirmation.

"This is not good news. Ms. Olya is an excellent astropath. She once told me that she was trained in Terra. If she cannot understand astrology, it means that the situation is not simple." Olaf said, Then he looked at the star map and asked, "Has the cause of subspace interference been ruled out?"

"Excluded, the power of subspace did not affect the astrology. On the contrary, the astrology was greatly enhanced. Ms. Olia believes that it was caused by the opponent's astropath burning all his spiritual energy at the cost of his life. "

Vito held his chin and pondered for a while before speaking, "What is the content of the star language?" Cole shook his head, "The words are evasive and confusing, but only one thing is clear, fear, pure Fear and confusion.”

Vito breathed a long sigh of relief. He raised his hand to open the detection station and switched the star map back to the star sector level. He repeatedly slid the coordinates and report information on it.

Bell stood behind him, looking at the star map with him, and then frowned, "No Chaos activity has been detected around here. Inquisitor, I think this is not caused by Chaos traitors."

"We don't rule out the possibility that our star map has expired. After all, the last time we updated the situation in the extreme star field was a year ago, near the Ultramar sector." Cole concluded, holding the hands behind his hands. Behind him, he looked at the dots of light, and all the information displayed here had already been stored in his mind.

"It is certain that the space station has been attacked, but it may be a small group of Chaos raiders, other alien pirates, or even human pirates. This is not uncommon."

"But generally speaking, there will be one or two destroyers deployed near the space station, and the firepower itself is designed to resist small-scale attacks. If the space station is destroyed, I think the scale will definitely not be one or two cold shots."

Vito nodded slightly, stopped checking, and switched the coordinates back to the Victoria galaxy. He clicked on Victoria's main star, which was a hive world. The data on the side showed the data on it, but most of them were The lackluster content is no different from most hive worlds in the Empire.

"Is there any news from the main star Victoria?" "No, our ships haven't received the news from the main star yet. Do you think they may already know?" "It's very possible. After all, we have received it, and we are still in the subspace. The main star You should know it too.”

Cole nodded affirmatively, turned around and walked to the bridge and looked down, "Navigator, how far are we from Mandeville in Victoria?"

"Six seconds, sir, we are about to enter the Mandeville Point range." The navigator responded. He was obscured by the mechanical equipment. His covered eyes were staring at the instrument interface in front of him, staring at it with invisible psychic eyes. parameters on.

Cole clicked on the communication interface and quickly selected the receiving point, "Astropath, send a message to Victoria Prime to inform them to prevent the sector fleet from treating us as enemies."

"No, Ms. Olia, wait a minute." Vito suddenly came over and stopped Cole from turning off the communicator. The latter looked at Vito and frowned slightly. He looked into the judge's eyes and suddenly understood something, "Oh Ms. Riya, don't send the message. "Understood, Captain."

Cole turned off the communicator and looked at Vito who walked back to the hologram, "Do you suspect there is a traitor on the main star?"

"We don't rule out the possibility. We have been to this kind of hive world many times, and everyone knows what is most popular there." Vito said, and Lancelot laughed mockingly, "The greedy governor is dissatisfied with the empire. Rebels, and God knows how many mutants, Chaos cultists and whatnot."

"Ah, and the occasional Genestealer," Ragnar added, and both men laughed, as if it was an unimportant joke.

"That's right, you two. If this is the result of collusion between the traitors in the hive and the enemy of the empire in the void, then we must first figure out who the enemy is."

"Ah! I hate this step the most. Can't you just hit me first?" Ragnar complained, crossing his arms in annoyance, while the old wolf Olaf pressed his brother's shoulders, "Patience, brother, you will There is a chance.”

"Yes, the old wolf is right. Before that, please bear with me and don't kill people before I finish asking the question." Vito said, putting one hand behind his back and looking sideways at Cole, " Jump into the system and head to the space station. Let's go take a look first, but before that we stay silent and don't let the locals find us."

Cole nodded slightly, turned his head and began to immediately deploy the order. Amidst the constant chatter of the naval crew, Vito raised his arm and awakened the communicator on his wrist.

"Octopus, is our bus ready?" "Thunderhawk is ready to go, Inquisitor."

Vito looked at the four Astartes. They all raised their weapons in tacit agreement, pulled the bolt and loaded the weapon. Vito also took out his bolt pistol and turned on the safety.

"Let's go for a ride."

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