, Nessen 4, Soames Hive
As the first ray of dawn rose, 10 giant metal horns let out a sharp and hoarse roar.
woo woo woo woo--------!
The deafening roar echoes across the mountains, as these horns are actually huge loudspeakers located in the sturdy towers surrounding the monastery fortress and high on the castle walls.
After more than ten seconds, the hoarse roars of the horns slowly disappeared, like the dim roars of ancient behemoths that gradually escaped into mythology, and then the sharp music followed - eight hundred silver trumpets and horns played Bright triumphal music sounded.
Wearing full ceremonial armor, Soshyan stood like a carved marble god on a platform specially built for the review.
This is the north of the monastery fortress. A huge plain stretches from the entrance to the monastery fortress into the distance. The magnificent tower gate is enough to allow huge machines like the Knight Titan to pass through with their heads raised.
In this victory celebration ceremony, Soshyan not only allowed the participation of mortal nobles from the entire planet, but also ordinary people. Thirty-five giant stands were even specially built to accommodate these mortals.
The purpose of Soshyan's doing this is to boost the morale of the planet's residents and give them confidence, letting them know that the Astral Knights will give them real security in the future.
The residents of Neisen No. 4 also responded very enthusiastically. One week before the ceremony, more than two million residents gathered near the venue, and three days before the ceremony, the number exceeded five million, and People have been joining since then.
All roads leading to the fortress of the Astral Knight Monastery have been blocked by various means of transportation, and the only two rail transportations are almost paralyzed due to long-term overload operation.
In order to prevent huge chaos, the planetary governor sent out guards and personnel to maintain order, and mobilized a large number of transport planes and aircraft to transport the residents blocked halfway. Soshyan even sent some vehicles.
Since such a scene had been expected, Soshyan had already ordered engineers to build a large number of tents and temporary houses near the site, and prepared a large amount of food inside - these things basically came from the Star Castle's food warehouse. Ration bars in a giant warehouse
There are more than 90 billion tons, and Soshyan even doubted whether Huron was still in the business of reselling grain.
Even with these preparations, Soshyan knew that most people might not be able to see the ceremony directly, so he simply removed the three huge imaging devices in the Star Castle.
This advanced imager will not be disturbed by light and can see clear images from a long distance. They are now standing on the edge of the venue, providing a clear viewing angle for viewers in three directions.
For this grand occasion, a large number of banners of the Astral Knights, as well as the banners of the Ascetics, Lamenters, and Errant Warriors were spread on both sides of the main axis of the entire venue.
The azurite and marble from the Soames quarry were polished and polished to pave the square with an area of 44 square kilometers. Soshyan overlooked it all from a high position, as well as the avenue that ran through the entire square.
It goes all the way north to the majestic long wall surrounding the main peak of Somus. On that magnificent cliff-like wall, the majestic towers and solid halls of Somus Hive soar upward, overlooking everything on the planet's surface.
Behind this majestic scene, the distant peaks of Somes pierce the sky. In this month, they are usually blue, but at this moment, the bright sunshine has painted them into a pale gold.
To the east of the fortress is a military barracks area that has begun to be rebuilt, as well as a large anti-air missile array that is being planned to be built. There is also an industrial and residential area extending westward along the canyon. In the distance is a beautiful countryside that houses many retired auxiliary troops.
Some people even call the areas around the Astral Knights Monastery the New City of Soames.
Most Astartes lived solitary lives, but Soshyan did not see it that way.
On the west side of the fortress, a river flows slowly, shining like smoked glass in the daylight, winding between the pyramid-like Mechanicum fortress and its dizzying chimneys and factory buildings.
This area actually existed before the Astral Knights settled down. It was originally just a huge garbage dump. It took Loken and others more than ten years to basically reach this scale - although currently that area can only produce some bullets. and consumables, but given time, it will be able to
Do more.
The airspace has been cleared. Soshyan could smell the strong scent of holy oil.
The time is coming.
The blast of horns shook everything around, but he knew the roar of the retarding engines and landing thrusters would soon drown it out.
Soshyan stood on the platform, with the three chapter masters Malakin, Magyar, and Titus beside him. Behind him were Armin and his honor guard, as well as other senior officers such as Ustad - in principle, here That’s all the power of the Astral Knights. For some special reasons, most of them
The Knights of the Astral Realm have no way to participate in the ceremony on the ground.
In addition to the Astral Knights, there are also officers and battleship commanders of the mortal auxiliary army on the platform, the planetary governor of Nessen IV and his family, several top-level nobles of the hive and senior priests of the national church, as well as other planets in the Nessun system. representative.
The first burst of trumpets had just ended, and as the second burst of sonorous music played, clear tunes like shining eagles were sent into the summer sky, and the whistles of the steel behemoths also resonated.
Forty armored vehicles of various types stand around the square or stand on both sides of the colonnaded avenue. They represent the steel power of the Astral Knights.
The air around him was not only shaking, it was almost bursting.
Soshyan smiled, glanced to his side, and saw the Planet Governor frowning and covering his ears.
Below, the smooth marble slabs covering the square gleamed, reflecting the rays of the sun, and a team of twenty thousand people gathered here.
They are the mortal auxiliary troops of the Astral Knights. All of them stand behind the banners of their respective companies, forming a perfect formation. Their polished armor shines in the sunlight.
The soldiers held their heads high and the flag bearers held high the flying military flag.
The trumpet blared, and a servant came to Soshyan and presented him with a data pad with genetic identification.
"The airspace awaits your opening, my lord."
The attendant bowed and said.
"permit."
Soshyan took the data pad and clicked on the screen.
The air defense system of the monastery fortress received and interpreted his order, and the airspace above everyone's heads was immediately released, and then many aircraft appeared from the shadows outside the dark atmosphere.
A group of fighter jets painted in bright yellow were the first to bear the brunt. Their fuselages were all engraved with the black Skyhawk logo - which represented the number of enemies each fighter aircraft destroyed. The sword-tail interceptor flying at the front, Twelve eagle emblems are engraved on the body!
After the fighter planes formed, the Thunderhawk formation appeared immediately. The first batch of Thunderhawks were dark green, with a line of black on the edge of the wings, like obsidian.
Behind them were arrayed landing craft.
Not only did they form an array, they also maintained perfect, perfect aerial synchronization as they descended.
Those spaceships were like a group of ballet dancers, landing in precisely rehearsed steps.
Soon, the flying vehicles began to land in batches of four, and parked next to the avenue in perfect sequence, next to the square.
The roar of the air flow they stirred up completely drowned out the shriek of the trumpets, and even drowned out the roars of the people.
