People gathered at the commanding heights dock were waiting. The reception hall was filled with docking facilities. This was the main port of the dock.
The space surrounded by the metal dome is comparable to a small world, and the gravity coating makes the inside of the sphere become an upside-down cave. Above the head, the ground curves into a complete sphere. This spectacular scene is exactly what the Mechanicus An amazing display of uncanny craftsmanship.
A graceful jungle of butt columns extends towards the center, with a floating pier at the top. Huge lighting panels decorate the interior with binary patterns, telling everyone who sees it the power of the mechanical god, until the distance squeezes them together. Pale yellow glow.
The satellite-oriented structure leads to a huge cable highway, all the way to the central hub tube.
On the opposite side of the cable, there are a large number of holes opening into the void, and the stars in the distance are dyed light blue by the shimmer of the artificial atmospheric field.
Farther away are the moored void ships, locked on the pier. Among them are a large number of giant mechanical arms and cranes, blending into a forest of steel.
The crowd all faced the center of the reception hall, where there was only a landing platform, plated with gold, and a bright red cloth dragged down.
A broad banner of holography rolled up and down around it, periodically shattered into swirling particles of electronics as hundreds of servo-skulls passed by, chants of praise drowning out the constant binary chants and copious amounts of gothic. announcement.
A holographic screen the size of a house showed the platform to the crowd.
At frequencies in the electromagnetic spectrum that are invisible to the naked eye, countless data transmission packets are churning throughout space.
Curiosity is permeating the crowd. After all, most people, even members of the Mechanicum, will rarely see the legendary superhuman warriors who defend the Empire once in their lives.
Not to mention, a warrior among warriors, a Chapter Master.
There are less than a thousand Chapter Masters in the entire empire, which means that for most people, the probability of seeing a Chapter Master in their lifetime is almost zero.
Eventually, curiosity came to a head just before a craft entered port.
Scanners and augurs focused on it, displaying a magnified image on the screen - this was a Thunderhawk, very common in all Chapters, painted in the silver-gray color of the Astral Knights, without any Too much decoration.
The most conspicuous thing is the imperial double-headed eagle and a symbol of two swords crossed upward.
As it flew into the reception hall and landed on the platform, the crowd became more curious.
With the hissing sound of steam, the Thunderhawk sat on the platform, expelling exhaust gas from the exhaust pipe, while the servitors were silently busy with their work.
The cockpit windows were dark, the beacon lights were turned off, and the machine spirit inside was silent.
Soon, the rotating warning lights flashed at the rear of the spacecraft, and with the hiss of atmospheric balance, the huge rear ramp lowered.
The assembled members of the Mechanicum waited in an eerie silence.
With a clang, the ramp dropped heavily to the apron of the deck. Thick red light lit up the interior of the spacecraft, making it impossible to see more than one meter inside with any form of vision.
Everyone's eyes widened, and the mechanical prosthetic eyes were also frantically adjusting their focus.
Suddenly, a group of heavily armed human figures appeared from the red interior of the spaceship, as if they were coming out of a thick fog.
They were all terrifying giants. The first one who came out was a smiling warrior with a handsome face and short golden hair. His vigilant gaze swept across the entire hall, and then nine more warriors walked out.
The other soldiers, all wearing helmets, stood in a row at the edge of the ramp after leaving the cabin.
Then Soshyan appeared.
He wore a specially made ornate ceremonial armor, with an iron-gray cape behind him. The armor was covered with various scriptures and medals. His face was exposed to the public because he was not wearing a helmet. There was an iron halo hanging behind his head, and a ring hanging around his waist. A long sword.
The face of this Chapter Master was both tough and terrifying. He seemed calm and intimidating, but not overly pushy. Every pair of eyes in the audience were fixed on that face and could never take their eyes away from it.
"Everyone from Zhao-Akada."
Soshyan spoke loudly, but his voice spread farther than a mortal roaring with a trumpet.
"I am Soshyan Alexey, the chapter leader of the Astral Knights. I am here today to witness your efforts. I also feel very grateful for your hard work in the past twenty years. A sharp blade of the empire, and it will soon strike hard at the necks of those heretics and aliens!"
As he spoke, a giant ship shrouded the dome through hardened glass.
It is surrounded by a large number of construction machinery, and the dense pipelines and beams seem to be scaffolding supporting a large group of workers and engineers.
If you look closely, you can see the church rising high from the gorgeous hull. Its spire stretches out to the stars like a curved finger. Compared with other types of imperial warships, the bow of this warship is less sharp. It is a huge The golden double-headed eagle is spreading its wings, and its wings are back to surround the huge bow.
The huge macro-cannon barrels on both sides, divided into upper and lower rows, sparkled against the distant stars. The huge gun base sat on a sharp-edged metal block, which was covered with various viewpoints. It implies that there are countless operating rooms inside.
Laser arrays are densely packed along the central axis of the dorsal and belly, and in their gaps, spiers rush outward from the numerous sub-decks, dotted with more small arms arrays and torpedo bays.
The powerful weapon gives its owner a terrifying sense of violence.
At the stern, a massive exhaust shroud gleamed in the glare of the heated engines, seemingly preparing to unleash enough thrust to force the warship away from the satellite.
From a distance, the engine nozzle is so huge and terrifying that if you stare at it for a long time, it seems that your sanity will be swallowed up in the unfathomable darkness.
This battleship is the Avengers-class large cruiser that Soshyan captured in the Battle of Gages.
A remnant of the Empire's early fleet tactics, the Avenger was designed as a battle line breaker. It was a powerful but extremely simple warship, usually deployed in squadrons surrounded by frigates and light cruisers.
As the fleet engages the enemy, the Avenger will advance at full speed until it reaches the core of the enemy fleet.
Once in position, she would engage enemy ships at close range by firing continuously at the enemy using arrays of heavy weapons on both sides.
The Avengers-class large weapon array is very terrifying, about 1.5 times that of other battleships of the same tonnage, and can cause serious interference and damage to enemy fleets at close range.
To put it simply, it has only one tactic: rush up and beat the enemy wildly.
After acquiring this battleship, Soshyan did not immediately repair or transform it due to the weak strength of the battle group and its relative "poverty".
Until twenty years ago, after the Astral Knight had developed to a certain extent, he secretly contacted Zhao Akada of the Forging World, hoping that the other party would accept the contract, and he would ensure that he would give the Forging World adequate compensation in the future.
Now, the battleship has been repaired and renovated, and he has been given a new life, and he has received a reward that satisfies Zhao Akada.
And what satisfies Soshyan the most is that in the past twenty years, no one except the staff in the dock knew about the existence of this ship.
His enemies in the future will not know either.
"Here, I name it, Eternal Loyalty!"
At the same moment when Soshyan officially determined the name of the battleship, several engineering ships flew to the bow of the battleship and began to use high-energy lasers to inscribe Gothic language on it.
