Chapter 55 Mission and Supplies

Going out to see good luck is an auspicious omen; cutting the blade and seeing blood is the romance of the war blade.

707.M39, in the Pacific Star Region, Wayne Star Region, Hercules Section, Hercules Star System, on the orbit of Pablo V Business World, a ship that obviously does not belong to the local defense section fleet and the outsider resident in Astartes from the paint job is quietly docked in a corner of the airport.

This silver-gray strike cruiser with a towering church looks brand new and bright, as if it has just sailed out of the iron ring of a forge world.

The huge specialized engine carries the Gothic church symbolizing Astartes, and the heavy silver-gray deck is embedded in the slender hull, making the whole ship in this tone.

In line with these main silver-gray tones, there are eight black Hector plasma macrocannons symmetrically installed on both sides of the hull.

This ancient armament sequence, which is no longer common after 32K, also causes a huge contradiction in the inference of the specific service time of the ship by the onlookers, if there are any onlookers.

And if you are more careful, you will discover more differences on this "inconspicuous" strike cruiser:

For example, the transmission matrix under the hull has been obviously modified and enlarged; for example, in addition to the two conventional Mars-type nova cannons on the shovel-shaped bow, there is an additional hidden Ryza-type nova cannon installed in the central depression of the bow.

Such excessive firepower configuration is rare on strike cruisers, and if a total of two or three nova cannons are fired at the same time, it will also cause people to have reasonable concerns about the keel strength of this cruiser.

"You'd better not do that, otherwise, in the name of Ohm Messiah, the God of All Machines, you will definitely pay a heavy price for it." BY an unknown manufacturing director on Mars commented on this ship.

Calvin is on this ship now. He stands quietly beside the star chart simulator on the command desk, looking at the mission brief in his hand, and is also waiting for the "special materials" on the transport barge moored near the airport.

This batch of materials was temporarily transferred from the nearest command node of the Inquisition. Before Calvin's "Dead Soul Redeemer" is about to enter the war zone, it is urgently required to receive these equipment that Calvin thinks may be too extreme at a designated location.

"Is there anything you can tell me about this mission briefing?" He looked at the technical priest from Mars beside him, Klein Ankarris, who was also the latest mechanical bishop of this ship.

Bishop Klein, who was wearing a red robe and had completed more than 80% of the transformation of his body, heard Calvin's question and issued a voice with obvious mechanical resonance from the loudspeaker on his face:

"PL-44-SIT-90-LOA-33, the authority was approved. The briefing information is as follows, the destination is Santa District, Santa Galaxy. The galaxy sent a distress signal to the star zone channel 29 Terra cycles (years) ago. Suspected chaos pollution. In addition, there is a previous information that the Demon Tribunal Inquisitor Swain found an abnormal population fertility coefficient in the data reported to the Ministry of the Interior by the Santa Galaxy 70 years ago. Inquisitor Swain went to investigate and then disappeared. The Tribunal filed a case on this 51 years ago, and received the above distress signal before sending a follow-up investigation team. "

Calvin did not need the bishop to explain the following information, as he had already seen the specific situation in the briefing documents sent from the front.

The SATA galaxy has one commercial world, one industrial hive city, two agricultural worlds, and two mining planets.

Governor Taran, a former Imperial Astra Militarum Major General, had made outstanding contributions in the last Aegis Crusade. The Taran Division he led was the first to reach the outer reaches of the Mangra system with the help of the Astra Militarum Navy. Without the support of the Bearded Troops and heavy equipment, they forcibly captured the defensive fortress outside the planetary orbit, establishing the first bridgehead for the assembly and deployment of subsequent troops.

Before the subsequent Astartes arrived, the regiment held the outer fortress of the system for more than a month in the face of the attack of the Black Mechanicus, and his troops also suffered heavy casualties in this battle, with only one in ten surviving.

After the war, General Taran and his surviving subordinates were proven to be uncontaminated. While losing their reorganization value, they became victims of the game between the Imperial Ministry of the Interior and the Military Command.

They did not even get the customary right to local resettlement in the Astra Militarum. After 10 years of passing the buck among the Imperial bureaucrats, he and his remnants were finally sent to the SATA system, a place where no one lives, to serve as the governor of the commercial world, and also the actual person in charge of the system.

"So, what is our mission?" Calvin looked at a veteran soldier on the other side who was also wearing a Holy Shield Tactical Dreadnought Power Armor. The other person was Sergeant Major Tibers from the Second Company, and he was also the most experienced commander of countless professional warships in the regiment.

Tibers' voice was hoarse and low, and his old face and firm eyes seemed contradictory but convincing. He explained the current situation of the war zone to Calvin, the highest person in charge of the cruiser strike ship, in the shortest words:

"According to the information, a company of the Astartes, a company of the Malice Warriors, whose holy code registration number is unknown, first responded to the call of the Inquisition and arrived in the galaxy 10 years ago. But after going to the agricultural world SATA5, they disappeared. After comprehensive consideration, the Inquisition asked for help from our Grey Knights. After receiving the language of the Prophet Brotherhood about the demonic activities here, the Grand Master decided to send Grand Master Aidan to be in charge of this battle."

He changed the subject: "As for us, our current task is to receive the special ration of materials, go to the war zone to meet with Grand Master Aidan, and then see how to use these materials under the decision of him and the representatives of the Tribunal."

"How are our equipment and ammunition?" After waiting for Tibers to finish speaking, Calvin turned his head to look at Gavins behind him. He and his team naturally participated in this operation.

After hearing Calvin's question, he patted his chest without hesitation and said: "All members of the Terminator Power Armor are in good condition, and the temporary transmission array is also running well! The same is true for the two additional interceptor teams! All members are ready to participate in the battle at any time!"

"Beep~! Beep~! Beep~!" Amid the harsh sound of the whistle, the display bar about the progress of material reception on the light screen in front lit up a signal indicating that the reception was completed.

Calvin turned his head, and his 3.2-meter-tall body slightly bent down and supported his hands on the central command desk.

As the first battle was approaching, he was full of desire for victory. Looking at the members of his core decision-making layer, he took a deep breath:

"Then, I declare that the Soul Redeemer will set off now! Target, SATA galaxy!"

Following Calvin's order, the "Soul Redeemer" stationed at the airport broke free from the gravity lock of the starport berth.

On the flanks and decks of the entire ship, the signal lights that symbolized that the spacecraft engine was fully output began to flash at a high frequency. The slightly glowing jet at the rear end of the hull suddenly emitted a bright and dazzling blue wake when the engine was fully supplied with energy.

After quickly leaving the gravitational range of the planet, the spacecraft headed straight for the Mandeville Point of the Hercules galaxy.

With the opening of the subspace engine, the empty space in front of the "Soul Redeemer" was torn apart. The portal to the subspace opened quickly.

The spacecraft did not stop any more, and quickly disappeared into the hole in the subspace due to its own inertia, and the gap that was opened also disappeared in a flash with the disappearance of the ship.

The Soul Redeemer, this "new ship" that has been sleeping on Titan for 8 thousand years, after waiting for such a long time, finally has the opportunity to carry our protagonist to the depths of the galaxy to perform its duties and mission that was 8 thousand years late.