MTL - Warhammer Inquisitor-Chapter 538 Rise of the Lion: Sectors in Trouble

  Chapter 538 The Rise of the Lion King: A Troubled Sector

   "Unless I'm drunk, it's definitely a heavy cargo ship."

After the cabin door was opened with a bang, the person behind the door said that he was buttoning the button and walked in with a cup of steaming coffee, although compared with the three heavily armed Astartes behind him, he looked It's almost like a person who walked on the wrong set, but fortunately, there is another one in a loose robe who can accompany him on the show.

"And I'm never drunk. I used to drink Russ to the ground in the past, when they competed in their weird three-round challenge in Fenris." Vito said and walked in, and he said to Eisen who had already arrived here Captain Stan looked at each other and nodded. He seemed to think that there would be some combat needs here, and he came wearing a fully armed Terminator armor.

The Fist of the Empire looked at his brothers, and after Loken patted him on the shoulder, they looked at the huge ship ahead. It was definitely an empire transport ship across star regions, the only ship of this kind It is necessary to make the body so large to accommodate the jump engine, life support system, and huge transportation needs.

   But this boat can hardly be called complete. It is covered in bruises, like a toy bitten by a wild dog, picked up by its owner, and its owner is right in front.

  Vito came to the terminal and glanced at Helen standing on the plane interface. She stood there compactly, only the size of a palm, but her body was far from being so small.

  The huge mechanical devices all around obeyed her commands, as if they were moving their fingers, following Helen's finger direction, or even a simple moment of thought, and responded quickly and sharply.

That dilapidated transport ship has almost been dismantled, and now only a small part of the several-kilometer-long hull remains. An energy pipeline extends from the dismantled gap, like a claw piercing into the prey.

   "Guilliman's stupid son is looting our armory. You didn't take care of it, but you brought back a broken ship? Or, where did this **** thing come from? It looks quite fresh."

It is quite fresh, the explosion traces on the battleship are still scorched black, black smoke is rising from the broken gap, some are even worse, and there are burning red irons on it, and the huge mechanical arm floats over it, and the A piece of such armor was thrown to the ground.

"Where did it come from?" "In space." "I know it's in space, or where else could it have come from? I mean, where did this **** thing come from, and whose ship it is." "Captain Cook, but he Already dead." "Well, the question is changed to, how did he die?" "Pirate attack."

Vito glanced at the wrecks of pirate ships floating outside the dock in the distance, and the broken skulls on their ships floated by the door. He put his hands on his waist, "Okay, it's really classic, the third question, why is no one there?" Tell me, there was a naval battle just outside?"

"I don't think it's necessary. The three pirate ships couldn't pose any threat, and you were sleeping at the time." "Don't be so sure, maybe you haven't fallen asleep yet, so you solved it yourself? Get something back? Although ours is empty, it is not suitable for a hulk."

"The Nebula-class transport ship has been damaged too badly to be repaired. Has its reactor not overheated?" Bell asked with his head raised from behind, while Helen pointed blankly at the interface in front of her. Constantly scrolling the data loading bar.

   "I have cooled it down, and I am not going to repair it. Its crew members are all dead, and the automatic program on board does not allow me to directly control the entire ship."

"Then what are you doing bringing it back? Surprise me in the morning? Then you should prepare breakfast for me. I haven't eaten a bite yet." Vito said cynically while drinking his coffee. Big boats are not interested.

But that's all right, at least he's still watching, Sicarius has already started discussing with Sirksos before going to that cabin to loot, so Vito better not spend too much time on it .

   But he knew Helen, she didn't know what jokes or fun meant, so she wouldn't pull in a space hulk that could explode at any moment, and take it apart and put it back together for "fun."

   "I'm scanning its system. Although its program is very old, not that kind of old, the voyage records and communication records are still normal and can provide some useful information."

"Then have you scanned it?" "Yes." "Then tell me, what treasure is hidden in this big ship." Vito almost drank the coffee in his hand, and looked at the broken ship. The second half, whatever it once contained, is now gone.

The only thing that might have value in this ship is what is in its mind, and based on Vito's experience, generally speaking, this kind of hulk floating in space will always bring some surprises, you know , such as critters below decks, or unpleasant spores or something.

   But now Vito hasn't seen anything coming out of it, so he guesses that he doesn't need to put down the coffee and change to a gun, and Eisenstein and the others don't need to prepare to fight with something.

Helen quickly manipulated the interface in front of him, and then pushed it away. She raised her blue eyes and looked towards the damaged bridge of the ship, "This ship is empty. It started No cargo was transported."

"That's not good for the pirates, and it's not good for us either. Sicarius likes to raid." Vito took a sip of coffee and scanned the signs of damage on the ship, "But even so, the pirates still care about it." A lot of effort has been put into it, and the fight was bad enough."

   "They came early. They should have waited until the ship returned to attack it. I guess it was an intelligence problem." "A mistake worthy of vigilance, but what about the Imperial Navy? Pirates just come out for a stroll in broad daylight, don't they care?"

"The Imperial Navy does not have a fleet stationed in this sector, at least not on a large scale. According to the data records of the navigation terminal, the naval fleet of Damocles Bay has all been recalled before to support other theaters. The rest A small number of ships will not be able to suppress the border areas of the empire, and rampant pirates are rampant."

"Sounds like the usual empire sector, pirates, heretics, let me guess, and there is a difference." "Not bad, here is bordering the Tau Empire, there is no shortage of aliens." "Honey, don't call Their little shabby house is called "Empire" every time I hear it, I want to laugh."

Vito was drinking coffee, with a smile on his face, Tau Empire, this is simply a natural joke, "So, our blue-skinned friends, are you taking this opportunity to make trouble? Launched at the same time as Abaddon Another expansion, what do they call it? Crusade of the etheric or something?"

"The expansion of the sky, but, no, from the records, the Tau tribe did not launch any military operations in the east of Damocles Bay, but they did take advantage of the emptiness of the empire's management to increase some trade with the frontier, but it is still expected within range."

"Sounds boring." "Then if I say that the Tau tribe will launch a war soon, will you find it interesting?" After Helen said, Vito did put down the coffee cup, and he smiled mockingly, The Astartes behind them also laughed together.

"Go on, our alien enemy, what are you going to do?" "From the navigation records and communication records, it seems that the Tau tribe has a dispute with Tyrell Munda (the capital of the empire in the Damocles Bay star area). The merchants and caravans of the Tau tribe were attacked, and the Tau tribe believed that it was human beings, and launched some revenge actions to attack pirates, but it was the fleet of the empire's rogue traders."

   "Many rogue traders are different from pirates only in the flags they hang out."

"But the captain of this ship, and the trade group he belonged to obviously didn't think so. They protested this behavior to the sector government, and the sector government did listen. According to the communication records, the captain believed that war was imminent, and planned to set sail and leave here immediately after receiving the cargo. According to the records, this route is quite safe.”

   "That looks like he's unlucky, really unlucky."

   "Indeed, sir." "You said someone attacked the Tau fleet?"

"Yes sir, the government of Damocles Bay and the Tau race have accused each other of being responsible for this. There have been serious frictions between the two sides on some trading planets that both have colonies. In the communication records, the Rogue Traders Association notified the captain that some The planet may be instigated by the Tau tribe to riot, and then join the Tau Empire after independence, so as to serve as the forward position of the Tau tribe and the fuse of the war."

  Vito laughed when he heard this, and he shook his head helplessly, "After the last sky expansion, the Tau tribe really shined with a little sunshine, and I feel that I can do it again."

"The empire's troops in this area are scarce. I think maybe it should be taken seriously. Although the Tau race has a poor record in the past, after all, it is the power of the whole country to attack a star area that the empire has neglected to defend. Tyrell Munda has sent A call for help from Ultima Command was taken as a signal of war, causing further confusion."

Vito stroked his chin and thought about it thoughtfully, "Huh, the timing is really just right, it won't be natural, someone is instigating the situation in Damocles Bay, I guess, it's what this letter said People, and it seems that they have contacts with senior officials in Terra, which shows that the local government is not reliable."

"What's your plan?" Bell stepped forward and asked, Vito glanced at him, rubbed his chin and began to think, "Check the situation, as usual, but it's a pity that those pirates seem to be dead, otherwise they should It saves us a little trouble."

   "Sorry, sir, they chose to resist." Helen's reason was quite weak, and with the ability of Heavenly Blade, she could catch them all when they were desperately resisting.

  Vito looked at Helen, frowned slightly as if he saw something, Helen raised his eyes and looked at him, but fortunately Vito didn't say anything in the end, he turned around to look at the damaged merchant ship.

   "Where is its destination? I have a hunch there will be something of interest there." "Terrell Munda." "Sector capital? Excellent."

  Vito turned to look at the space warriors behind him, and put the coffee on the console aside, "Let's go to the capital and send them some care from the empire."

"Caring?" Sicarius folded his arms with a smile, and Vito also smiled, "It depends on their performance, whether it is good or bad depends on what kind of care they will get, greetings from Terra, or from the Tribunal. greeting."

   "Besides, Helen, this boat is not good. Find a way to find us another boat that can fly and won't blow up. I don't want to use the Skyblade to go to the capital. For now, we have to keep a low profile."

   "Yes, sir."

After Vito finished speaking, he walked towards the space fighters, explaining and making arrangements with them, while behind him, Helen turned around. She looked at the debris of the battleship floating outside, and a red light flashed briefly on her body .

  (end of this chapter)