"Speed up, speed up."
In the monotonous voice of instructions, the loader slave loaded the missile into the huge ammunition bay of the Fury interceptor, as well as the heavy artillery shells for the main gun. The technical priest supervisor who commanded the servitor checked and rechecked the ammunition of the auxiliary weapons. With them, the Skitarii pilots flying these fighter jets stood beside them.
Although the Mechanicus are accustomed to using servitors to control vehicles, the complexity and responsibility of combat aircraft are difficult for even high-level servitors to control. Therefore, these magical weapons must be controlled by specially modified Skitarii.
These Skitarii are based on the Jaegers with enhanced posture modules and reaction modules, as well as high-strength bodies that are resistant to overload, and have very high autonomous combat capabilities. Perhaps they are a little dull in tactics, but in combat His skills are comparable to those of the best pilots.
The Emperor, the protector of the Empire, Omnisiah, the god of dominion over machinery
The spirit of machinery and the secret of technology are better than the physical body.
Praising the clever spirit is your vocation, guarding the clever spirit is the basis of your happiness, and appeasing the clever spirit is the basis of your survival.
Without dogma, the mechanical spirit cannot help.
Ring the bell once!
Push the lever to activate the piston and pump!
Ring the bell twice!
Press the button to start the engine, ignite the turbine and breathe life into it!
Ring the bell three times!
Sing in unison to praise the God of all opportunities!
After repeating the prayer that he recited countless times, the Tech-Priest started the engine and followed the pre-battle flight procedures step by step - the Mechanicus has a more unique way of starting fighter aircraft than the Navy, and they must use specific To strike the first rune on the engine casing rhythmically, its tip must be coated with engineering oil using the correct spell when the omen is correct, while to strike the second rune on the engine casing must be with the breath of power transmission end, if the second rune fails, the third one must use the tapping method of the first rune. If the ritual is completed correctly, the engine will press the large dashboard marked "Start" Motivated afterwards.
On the wide hangar apron and on the launch track for larger ships, the larger Starhawk bombers also began to ignite their engines one by one.
After the machine was started, the technical priests began to say mass for the pilots. When the pilots knelt down in front of the priests, parchment scrolls with prayers were cast on the shoulder armor with red ink.
The Omnisiah's will has been accomplished.
The holy anointing has been offered to you, may you shed the blood of your enemies.
The service of protection is etched upon you, and may the prayer of protection protect your soul.
As they stood up, they raised their voices and joined in the war chant that echoed across the multi-tiered flight decks.
Slave laborers and Tech-priests alike, men and women, young and old, joined in ancient rituals, singing to the glory of the Mechanicus and the destruction of their enemies.
After the ceremony, the pilots entered the cockpit. The Mechanicum's fighter planes were slightly different from those of the Navy. They did not require operating sticks at all. The pilot inserted the cable hanging from the top of the cockpit behind his head, and then used the highly modified arms to Plugged into the panel, the entire system and machine spirit are connected to their spirit, as are the weapons hand and navigator.
Soon, the warning horn sounded the signal to prepare for takeoff, and the whine of the engine became louder as the Fury's huge fuselage passed through the launch track.
The formation commander opened a separate communication channel and issued the only audio command to all fighters.
"Glory to the God of All Machines."
The status light, which had been flashing green, turned red, and the Fury's nozzle screamed, being jerked out as it reached maximum power, and the hangar sounds died down as the hydraulic ramp closed again and the engine cycled. , an amber beacon light swirling in the cramped space.
"Attack target marked, switch to full thrusters."
The engine note rose sharply, and the inertia pulled on the seat belts of all drivers.
"Combat speed, escort bomber formation approaching."
Viewed from a distance, the entire Liuli 3 is like an angry beehive. Countless tiny "bees" rise from the satellite and form a dense swarm, rushing into the void in the distance. At this time, it has been trapped In a fierce firefight.
When the Red Pirates concentrated their attack on Liuli No. 3, Soshiyan decisively ordered the formation to rush forward, dragged the opponent into the range of the fleet, and then conducted the first round of bombardment on the enemy's forward.
This blow instantly annihilated several frigates and a light cruiser, but the bombardment against the capital ship had no real effect.
In response, the Red Corsairs also turned their sights on the Imperial fleet.
Both sides opened fire almost at the same time. The mountain-sized battleships burst out with dazzling beams of light, attacking each other with beams and cannons as fiercely as they hated each other.
Another round of firefights. The Red Pirates continued to control the distance and did not enter the attack range of the planet's orbit. The Empire always only stayed within a certain range. The two sides entered a deadly and progressive maneuver dance-like battle, trying to become the cause of the enemy's attack. The party that does the most harm.
On the bridge of the Eternal Loyalty, Soshyan could feel the tremors caused by each shelling. The observation mirror flashed as the energy of the void shield was released, and the damage reports of each ship came to his ears along with the data link.
In less than half an hour of fighting, our side has already lost a moon-class cruiser, two strike cruisers and a dozen destroyers and frigates - fortunately, all space warriors have been arranged to stay on the battleships and battle barges, so the ship The loss of the ship did not result in serious casualties. .
Of course, the opponent also lost about double digits of small raiders and a few light cruisers. It seemed that the empire was not at a loss, but the opponent's battleships were not damaged at all. This is the most critical point. As the battle goes by, The role of capital ships will become increasingly important.
Soshyan must find opportunities and wait for weaknesses in the opponent's formation, which requires fighter formations to create.
"Either concentrate our efforts on dealing with the enemy fleet, or concentrate our firepower to knock out the satellite. But now we have to do both, and we also want to allocate our forces to land on the star fortress. I really don't know where Mogaro got his confidence. "
The captain of the Desperate Prayer, Kyle Kus, muttered the news he had just received, and then was attracted by a burst of fright. He looked at the observation window, which was a boiling sea formed by the plasma and missile explosion of a light cruiser named Paranoia. Surrounded by the sphere, these attacks were blocked by the shining arc of the energy shield, but with a blinding flash, the shield generator collapsed under the fierce and intensive attack. The cruiser was immediately surrounded by a swarm of fighters, and the Starhawk It fired melta missiles that were powerful enough to penetrate thick armor, triggering a series of explosions on the battleship, eventually breaking it in the middle.
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