The return trip to Stormbird was as bumpy as ever.
Talal turned his head to look at Fu Qinghai beside him and asked, "So, what's the problem with that woman?"
Fu Qinghai said: "She killed a person from the Midnight Lord, using the same method as you. I guess this is the reason why the Midnight Lord caused the massacre in the city."
"Oh." Talal nodded, turned his head and said nothing more.
A mortal woman, even if she can kill a soldier of the Legion of Astartes through a surprise assassination, is very brave and very good.
Can't ask for more from her. That's how Talal sees it.
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The changes brought to the Gladius frigate by this short landing operation are visible to the naked eye.
Fu Qinghai did not participate in damage control repairs, but it can be seen from the smile on the face of Captain Konrad Adenauer that after this wave of additions, the frigate's condition has improved.
The most intuitive feeling for Fu Qinghai was that what was placed on the plate in front of him was finally no longer a bowl of batter, the special rations for Space Marines - a kind of amino porridge mixed with ceramic balls, but turned into a whole bowl of batter. A grilled Glocks hind leg.
Fu Qinghai picked up the hind leg, which was almost as big as a power tomahawk. He didn't know where to start.
I found a place that fit my mouth, bit into it, and the meat juices overflowed. The feeling of the teeth quickly cutting through the muscle fibers brought a good taste. The frigate chef smoked the meat just right to retain the moisture in the meat.
Fu Qinghai tore off a large piece of bloody meat, chewed it twice and then swallowed it.
Fu Qinghai tasted the meat of this creature carefully. It was a bit like the curry-fried crocodile meat that he had eaten when traveling in Vietnam in his previous life. It had a texture that was a mixture of chicken and fish, with almost no large chunks of fat, but the meat was very moist. foot.
Reptile meat does have a slightly different taste.
Grox is a kind of livestock similar to a large dinosaur. It is also a close relative of crocodiles. It is widely raised in various agricultural worlds in the human empire. It produces a large amount of meat and has delicious meat. The disadvantage is that it has an extremely bad temper. Generally speaking, agriculture The world will remove part of their brain tissue to control their violent and aggressive temperament.
The Space Marines were all feasting. Soon, Talal wiped his mouth and stood up, sat next to Fu Qinghai, and asked:
"How's it going, Qingshan? It's your first time in the battle. How does it feel?"
Fu Qinghai shook his head and said, "It's not that good. I feel like I haven't had the pleasure of beating Albslang in the training cage."
Albus Lang, who was engrossed in eating meat across from him, raised his head: "Who are you going to beat again?"
Talal laughed, patted Fu Qinghai on the shoulder, and said: "A newly cleaned indigenous planet is indeed not as strong as a training cage, but don't worry, we have entered the war zone and will encounter the real enemy soon. ”
Before he finished speaking, he heard Ogedai's loud voice on the radio:
"Space Marines, assemble in the war room!"
The Space Marines at the table stood up one after another.
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War room.
A messy meteorite belt appeared on the holographic projection in the center of the table.
Wokuotai didn't talk much. Seeing that everyone was here, he swiped his finger to enlarge the projection. Two spaceships appeared in the meteorite belt.
Connected together in a strange posture.
Captain Konrad Adenauer first said: "We received a distress signal from one of the two ships and locked their position."
"Pirate?" Talal asked with a frown as he looked at the holographic image in front of him.
"It's very possible." Konrad Adenauer nodded, "But we also heard some other information in the distress signal."
As he spoke, he tapped on the desktop, and a recording sounded intermittently:
"Zizhi...zi...please help, I am the imperial merchant ship...Var...zi...long, we have been attacked by pirates, I am the captain..."
"The other side has... sizz... psykers... wizards, the throne is up there... What do I see, melee wizards wielding daggers? They are killing my crew..."
The voiceover ends here.
A dagger-wielding melee wizard? Everyone in the war room looked at each other.
"Ahem..." Wo Guotai in the wheelchair coughed lightly and said: "First of all, we can confirm that there are unregistered illegal psychics in the pirate ship. As for what method they decide to use to fight, that is not our responsibility. Questions to consider.”
Various psykers have appeared in the human empire, and some of them are extremely dangerous. However, generally speaking, psykers are not known for their physical fitness or physical strength. From the perspective of exploiting their strengths and avoiding their weaknesses, most psykers do not Will fight with people in close quarters.
In particular, veterans like Ogedei and Talal who had participated in suppressing psyker rebellions knew that if the Space Marines were allowed to get close to within three meters, the psykers would almost be dead.
At this time Talal glanced at Ogedai, who understood what he meant, waved his hand and said:
"Our first priority is to escort Master Quinto to Mars. Although these two ships are blocking our way, destroying space pirates is not our business."
"But the auspicious sign shows that there is another spaceship that jumped nearby an hour ago and is coming here. It is most likely a warship, so..."
Wokuotai suddenly looked at Fu Qinghai and said solemnly: "Qingshan! I will send you to use the torpedo jump gang to find out the situation on the merchant ship, and set up a teleportation beacon. If necessary, you can teleport the Terminator Tactical Dreadnought Armor aboard. "
Fu Qinghai, who was suddenly cueed, was shocked and quickly stepped forward to respond.
Teleportation, yes, this is the correct way to deliver the Terminator on the battlefield. Before, letting the Terminator spread his legs and run on the planet Moradigan was not the normal way to use this heavy and slow tactical armor. Use teleportation directly. It is the conventional way to deliver technology to front-line battlefields.
Teleportation is not without conditions. The teleportation beacon needs to be set up in advance by scouts, mortal auxiliaries or other Astartes.
If the transmission beacon is inaccurate, there is a high probability that people will be stuck in the wall.
Wokuotai continued: "The rest of us are preparing for battle on the frigate, preparing to welcome the arrival of the warship."
Talal frowned and asked, "We can't hide..."
Konrad Adenauer shook his head and said: "No, the other party has discovered us and sent us a signal asking for identity information."
After saying that, the bitter-faced black-bearded man added: "That's a moon-class cruiser."
The important thing is this last sentence.
The Moon-class cruiser is the standard main battleship of the Imperial Navy. It is five kilometers in length and carries more than 90,000 crew members. Its numerous macro guns, lance layout arrays and torpedo launch tubes are far superior to a series of light cruisers in terms of positioning. , not to mention the ancient Broadblade-class frigate "Dagger".
The most important thing is that cruisers are known for their speed. If the Moon-class cruiser wants to pursue it, the Gladius will not be able to escape.
Talal nodded and understood. Ogodei sent recruit Fu Qinghai to deal with the pirate problem, while all the main Space Marines were left to deal with the Moon-class cruiser. This shows that the key to the problem is not the pirate ship, but the distress signal that attracted them. That moon-class cruiser.
Wokuotai said: "Everyone, please take your places. Qingshan, take your new toys and go to the torpedo tubes to stand by."
Everyone should stand up.
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