The chief navigator was accompanied by Captain Hodges, and they came to the command podium on the bridge together.
Sosh Yang stood on it, with Thor, who was not wearing a helmet, next to him. Then he raised his palms wrapped in armored gloves and motioned to the two of them.
The chief navigator stepped forward and stopped five meters in front of the command platform, while the captain stayed further back.
His third "eye" was obscured by the flat silver band on his forehead, but Soshyang could detect the invisible touch on his body, like a spark of fire splashing onto his flesh.
"what happen?"
"An urgent matter."
"Let's talk."
"Dear Chapter Master, after setting sail from Safinius, my family companions and I saw a ship following us. At first we thought it was just a coincidence - a ship of a certain transport fleet, maybe A certain route overlaps with ours by chance."
"Don't you think so now?"
Soshyang took a step forward, pressed forward, and held the guardrail with both hands.
"As far as I know, it's very difficult to track a ship in the warp."
"We think so too, sir... Many times, navigators try to keep the distance between each other to a level where they can detect each other, but within one day, or at most two days, there is a 99% chance of losing each other's tracks."
The Chief Navigator paused for a moment, seeming to organize his words.
"Sometimes we compare subspace with the ocean, but that is just a simple comparison. The flow of subspace not only includes the spatial dimension we are in, but also covers different time dimensions."
"I know all this."
Sosh Yang interrupted the other party's speech.
"The past hour in the subspace may have been several days in the physical universe. On the same voyage, a ship may arrive at its destination weeks earlier than another ship that sets off at the same time, but you haven't given it to me yet. A reasonable explanation...why the appearance of that ship you saw was not a coincidence? Chief Navigator, you should have made hundreds of warp jumps, meeting a ship in the warp currents during a warp voyage It’s nothing strange.”
"No, dear Chapter Master, that is not the case."
The chief navigator straightened his spine and met Soshyan's gaze, although after a moment, he had to look away under the pressure of the Space Marine's eyes.
"What's special about this incident is that we changed the course and direction four times in a row, but less than an hour after each change? The ship hung behind us again? It was following us, although I didn't Know who has this ability."
Soshyan did not waste time asking the chief navigator if he was really so sure? Because the frankness in the other person's tone and the firmness in his eyes showed that he was convinced of his discovery.
Then he nodded and motioned for the captain to come forward.
"I apologize for my hastiness, and thank you for informing me of this matter. Captain Hodges, I believe? You have some understanding of this, right?"
"The chief navigator told me his suspicions yesterday, my lord, but it sounds incredible. No navigator can keep tracking another ship in the warp. It is impossible."
"No Navigator can do that."
Sol on the side suddenly said softly:
“It doesn’t mean that other things can’t be done.”
Hearing these words? Soshiyang nodded thoughtfully.
He doesn't believe in any coincidences now. Unless there are clear facts to prove the error of the chief navigator's inference, he would rather believe that the enemy can do anything.
Although he still couldn't know what the enemy was.
"Is it possible to get rid of this enemy without adding additional risk or delaying the voyage?"
The Glory Saber was not a powerful battleship, and Soshiyang chose wisely not to confront this unknown enemy head-on.
The chief navigator frowned slightly.
"I don't know what to do? This isn't in anything I've ever learned."
"You must have been chased by something other than a ship, right?"
Sosh Yang hinted:
"It is known that there are other 'things' chasing ships in the warp."
"Of course? I know some ways to avoid it, but the most appropriate way is to jump to the physical universe."
"You mean? The jump makes it undetectable by another ship?"
"Generally speaking, yes, the storm created when leaving the subspace will cover our tracks."
"But we can't guarantee that the haunting ship behind doesn't have relevant detection methods."
Saul interjected?
"We know nothing about their abilities? As far as I know? Any ship's jump will cause ripples in the subspace, and the reverberation of the fluctuations cannot be suppressed. If our normal voyages in the past are tracked, the jump will To them, the movement produced by the return to the real universe is more like the scorching summer sun, unable to cover up its traces."
"Emergency jumping even more so, my lord."
Hodges added.
"The tail flames and air currents are like the movement caused by throwing a boulder into a calm lake. Even an inexperienced navigator can detect it."
"There is also a risk that the energy generated by the operation of the subspace engine may collide with the Geller force field of that ship."
The chief navigator mentioned another possibility.
"Because no matter what method they use to follow us, they must stay close enough to us. This distance is not considered safe."
"interesting."
A strange voice appeared.
The chief navigator and captain turned around and saw a warrior wearing power armor with a stern face and a mocking smile.
They had never seen this Chapter warrior before.
"Listen to me, prepare the entire ship for an emergency jump, prepare all weapon arrays, and then let this fool navigator find a subspace current that can quickly travel in the opposite direction and flow quickly."
"What's your plan?"
Soshiyang asked, his brows furrowed with sullenness. He had already told Sevita not to appear in public easily.
"Although the guy was very close to us, he couldn't react immediately."
The Prince of Crows explained impatiently:
"We take the initiative to close the distance with them, then activate the subspace engine and jump back to the real universe. The energy fluctuations can grab the ship and drag it out of the subspace. When it arrives in the real universe, it will be easy to deal with. ”
"If the two ships get entangled, a more serious accident may occur, sir!"
The captain immediately objected loudly.
Savita sneered, without even looking at the other party, but walked to Sosh Yang and whispered in a volume that only the two of them could hear:
"There are Astartes and... demons on that ship. They have smelled her, and they will definitely not be able to escape."
It only took Soshiyang a second to realize who "she" Sevita was talking about.
Only then did he realize what such a powerful and pure psyker meant in the subspace.
