"Okay, I'll get ready and go find Chapter Master Malakin - but if we really want to solve all the troubles, we have to find a way to destroy the worlds controlled by the Tau nearby, and then delete the coordinates of this galaxy from the Tau database, right? Otherwise, there is a high probability that those guys will come to cause trouble again and again."
"Unless Titanium takes the initiative to bring us to their home so that we can establish a projection point in their hometown, this is an impossible task - after all, Big E can't lock the point in Titanium's hometown."
The technical sergeant spread his hands, saying that although the idea was nice, it was unrealistic - but the next second, he heard Redler cough.
"Ahem - I have an immature idea. If we do it well, after we destroy the follow-up fleet of the Tau attack, we might be able to destroy the nearby home planet of the Tau."
"
Huh? Come on, tell me!"
"Didn't Liang Feifan recently exchange a Manta for Big E? Let him lend us the Manta and provide us with some Titanium chess pieces. We can sneak into the Titanium army that was defeated by us and pretend to be remnants to sneak back. With the psychic power of Titanium that even demons don't want to chew, it is highly likely that it will not be able to distinguish the essence of the chess piece projection. We can even let our chess pieces ride on the Manta together - I believe this will definitely give Titanium Jun an unexpected surprise!"
"......It sounds good, but a thing like Manta...are you sure it can easily blend into the fleeing Tau army? It's no small thing!"
The technical sergeant didn't think it was "outrageous" to define the follow-up troops of the Tau as a defeated army. After listening to Redler's idea, his eyes lit up - indeed, theoretically speaking, the psychic idiocy attribute of the Tau made it difficult for them to discern the nature of the Hammer's pawns. If they really got in...
"It's just an idea. It's worth it whether it succeeds or not."
"Indeed, I will go down and contact Malakin first - I will study the rest later."
After saying this, Zhu Yan stood up from his chair, went to his room and started the projection mode. The technical sergeant, who felt that it was too early to consider Redler's suggestion, also left his chair and prepared to experience the scenery of this world with the first batch of chess pieces he projected. Seeing the other two people leave, Redler, who thought he had nothing to do, also went to his room and planned to take a motorcycle team to go around - in an instant, the combat command room temporarily returned to silence.
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I am not dreaming now.
His team, which was undergoing atonement, had actually encountered Astartes battle brothers who were willing to help his chapter without any conditions in this remote world that had not yet been included in the Empire. There was even a Son of Sanguinius like him among them. With the supplies they provided, Malakin and the other Weepers had recovered their peak combat effectiveness, and it was possible that they were even better than their peak.
But is this really a good idea? The Lamenters are now carrying sins. If my team accepts these supplies, won’t it really cause these kind-hearted battle brothers to fall into the situation of the Expedition of Atonement? Although judging from their performance, they really don’t care about this...
There was a gentle knock on the door, interrupting the thoughts of Malakin who was sitting on a simple chair and thinking about many problems. The Astartes Chapter Master with dazzling golden hair stood up and opened the door. Not surprisingly, he saw the Son of Sanguinius wearing the black armor of the Death Watch standing at the door.
"Have you figured it out? What I just said - if you haven't figured it out, then don't think about your current identity next. I just went back and talked to a Space Wolves battle brother who has had a lot of "dealings" with Tau, and found that we have to do more than just eliminate the Tau aliens that have landed on this world and are in orbit - if we want to ensure that this planetary system belongs to the Empire and that the people of the Empire on it are safe."
"How to say?"
Hearing the seriousness in the words of his blood brother in front of him, Malakin immediately entered the state that an Astartes chapter commander should be in when facing war.
"The Tau don't have true sub-space navigation technology, which means they can't use the sub-space to cross extremely long distances like the Empire. So, once the Tau's expansion fleet is discovered in a place, it means that there is definitely a Tau main fleet behind it."
Zhu Yangai walked into the room and found a place to sit down. He did not hesitate to tell Malakin the part of the discussion on the Queen of Glory that he had just allowed Malakin to know, and successfully received Malakin's thoughtful expression. After a few seconds, Malakin, who had figured out the situation, turned his head and looked at Zhu Yangai.
"That is to say, we may have to face an alien main fleet in the near future?"
"Once again, it is a main alien pioneering fleet. And it is not just possible, it is inevitable - the Titanium aliens will never let go of this world. According to the information of the Death Watch, the Titanium aliens are extremely proficient in transforming planets. They have better planet transformation technology than the Mechanicus, and can make some planets that are impossible to transform become habitable. However, in the eyes of some battle brothers in the Death Watch, the reason why they have this technology is that they are forced to do so."
"Being forced out?"
A question mark appeared on Malakin's face, while Zhu Yangai put on an "elegant smile" like the son of Saint Guinius and pointed to the beautiful scenery outside the window.
"One of the direct consequences of their superluminal flight technology not being able to support their rapid crossing of the star sea is that if the Titanium aliens want to expand their sphere of influence, they cannot be picky and must establish frontline bases on necessary planets - even if that world is a death world - so, do you think the Titanium aliens will let go of such a naturally habitable world? Let go of this world that the Empire thinks is very good?"
"I will inform my team to focus all their attention on eliminating the aliens and protecting the people of the empire, and stop thinking about other things."
Malakin solemnly promised, and Zhu Yangai patted his shoulder with satisfaction.
The smile on his face turned into relief.
"It's great that you think so, brother. Let's go and have a meeting to discuss the next battle plan. We must use a great victory to warn these ignorant aliens. The territory of the empire is not a place they can set foot on!"
12. The Weeper - Bait for Titanium
"Tai, a type of alien with a clear trajectory of civilization development in the Empire's records. According to credible records, when the home planet of Tai was first discovered by the Empire's expeditionary force, the Tai aliens were still living a primitive tribal life. However, several thousand years later, this overly daring alien has stretched its claws out of its home planet, trying to spread its perverse doctrine called the Greater Good along with its footsteps throughout the galaxy. Because the action style of this alien is far different from that of most aliens, some of the people of the Empire were confused by them and had some seemingly friendly exchanges or cooperation with them. However, most of the cases of contact with Tai aliens made one thing clear - aliens are aliens!"
With the efforts of the Tech Sergeant pieces, all painted in the style of Dark Angels, a temporary command room has been built. Malakin, who was invited by Zhu Yankai, is now sitting in his own chair in the command room, earnestly learning the knowledge about titanium that the Death Watch battle brother on the stage has taught him - of course, this simple Lamenter Chapter Master does not know that the Space Wolf on the stage with the Death Watch paint is actually his Blood Angel battle brother, and most of the endless words are information and copywriting found on various search engines in the real universe...
After teaching Malakin the general origin of the Tau race, Zhu Yangai tapped the projection screen behind him and turned a page - suddenly, a bunch of images of things that were obviously weapons and equipment appeared on the projection screen.
"Although the history of the Titanium aliens is very short and they have not mastered the true subspace navigation technology, this does not mean that we can take it lightly. According to some information that has not yet been verified, the most fundamental reason why the Titanium cannot use the subspace navigation like us is that the Titanium alien race is extremely weak in psychic power. Extremely."
Zhu Yankai paused for a moment and pointed the indicator at a Tau drone.
"This racial characteristic also forced the Titanium Alien to go down a path that seemed to us to be a dead end. They began to use AI on a large scale to assist them in combat, and introduced AI into every aspect of their combat system. Even small things like consumables like this have Titanium AI installed inside."
"!!!"
"Although the performance of these AIs is only on par with that of regular Cogito arrays most of the time - it may even be slightly worse, the extensive use of AI has given the Tau alien a different fighting style - first of all, when the Tau fight, unless it is absolutely necessary, they will never consider close combat. Their favorite tactic is to try to mark the target in various ways, and then concentrate the firepower that can be mobilized under the guidance of AI computing power to eliminate the target in the most efficient way. Due to the Tau's firepower deployment style, in extreme cases, the forces fighting the Tau aliens may not even be aware of the existence of the Tau troops, and will be covered and eliminated by ultra-long-range firepower - this tactic, Captain Malakin, what do you think is its weakness?"
After finishing a bunch of things in one breath, Zhu Yankai looked at Malakin. The captain of the Weepers only thought for a few seconds before giving a positive answer.
"Their tactics are too dependent on the integration of data link intelligence. As long as we can interfere with or paralyze the key communication links, the combat accuracy of the Titanium aliens will be greatly reduced. Therefore, electronic countermeasures and electronic penetration are crucial in fighting against this type of alien."
"That's right. Not every time we fight, we can accurately lock onto the Titanium Alien's command center. Therefore, electronic warfare is crucial in fighting Titanium Aliens. As long as we don't destroy their data command chain to pieces, we must keep fighting... Brother Redler, there's still half an hour before the meeting. You're a little too early."
After continuing to "talk a lot" for a while, Redler, who followed the plot in the script, also controlled his own body and "just in time" pushed open the door of the combat command room, interrupting Zhu Yangai's teaching.
"The combat meeting is postponed. The best technical sergeant in our company has done something interesting. I believe it will provide a lot of help for our future operations."
Redler, who also knew the script by heart, immediately responded and turned to walk somewhere. When Redler's figure disappeared from sight, Zhu Yangai turned off the projection screen behind him.
"It looks like we have to postpone this meeting for a bit. Come on, brother, let's go see what kind of surprises the Dark Angels' Techmarine has brought us."
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"What is this thing?"
Malakin had no problem following his battle-brother into Redler's Dark Angels camp along a road that looked ordinary at first glance, but was in fact filled with traps, bunkers, and worse.
He was attracted by a thing in the camp that exuded the aura of a non-imperial creature from head to toe.
"This is the main signaling device of the aliens that I successfully repaired using the materials collected from that camp. With its help, we can interfere with the judgment of the aliens to a certain extent. Although they will realize the existence of this thing sooner or later, it is our best cover now."
The Tech Sergeant's incarnation, an ordinary-looking Dark Angel Tech Sergeant standing next to the device, spoke up to answer Malakin's question.
"Ah this..."
Looking up and down at the Dark Angels technical sergeant who, despite wearing a helmet, could easily sense an aura of "this is very common", Malakin felt that there were thousands of words stuck in his throat - if Zhu Yan, who was standing next to him, hadn't punched him hard on the back, the captain of the Lamenters would probably have been unable to breathe...
"Don't think too much. Using the aliens' own technology to dig traps for them is not a big problem for us Astartes who have been fighting against aliens for many years - as long as we don't cross the line - Redler! Since you asked your people to show us this thing, you must have a rough plan! If this thing is useful, our top priority is to use it to set traps for the aliens that they can't refuse and make them fall into it!"
"We have made arrangements, brother. With the help of those Titanium Aliens who are willing to repent for their crimes of invading the Empire and are willing to exchange their actions for our mercy, we will get more than just the technology of this communication device..."
As he said this, Redler controlled his descended body to take off his helmet, revealing his face with a 'friendly' smile. The meaning behind this smile was so terrifying that even the battle-hardened Malakin felt a flash of chill in his heart - of course, after thinking that the creatures that might have suffered a tragic event were a bunch of aliens that invaded the empire's territory, this chill quickly dissipated.
"I also learned some things that are hard for those aliens to refuse."
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"Okay, after this round of operations, the Crybaby shouldn't have any doubts about what we're going to do next - or even what we might do later. Even if he has any doubts, it'll probably be a long time from now - but having said that, Redler, your expression is really cool, and it completely fits the classic scene of 'Azmodai! Make him repent' in my mind."
Above the Queen of Glory, Malakin, who was a little confused about the situation but had not figured out too many things in the past two days, had actually shown a bit of a Buddhist attitude in the entire Astartes. He returned to the base that the technical sergeant's pawns had helped the Weepers to build, and told him that the specific combat meeting would be held later. Then, Zhu Yangai, who had cancelled the descended body state, threw himself into the soft seat again, asked the servo skull to find some snacks for him, and chatted with Redler who followed him back to the Queen of Glory. As a hammer man who actually didn't like the Dark Angels, Zhu Yangai happily admitted that the indifferent and vicious feeling shown by Redler just now really fits his stereotype of the Dark Angels, a crazy group...
"That's because Big E's expression system is so good. However, judging from the experiment just now, the success rate of the Tech Sergeant's crazy idea has reached more than 50% - using titanium pieces can really repair titanium things. To put it another way, it is possible to use titanium pieces to sneak into the titanium fleet without revealing any major flaws!"
Thinking about how they had just tried to project some special units from a box of titanium chess pieces borrowed from Liang Feifan to repair the communicator that had been torn to pieces by their own Dark Angels, and it actually worked, Redler's face showed a hint of subtlety - but thinking about the performance of chess pieces of races such as Tyranids, Spareribs, and Bean Sprouts that other Hammers told him about, he felt that it was indeed reasonable for titanium chess pieces to perform like this - after all, in the real 40K universe, it was no joke that titanium was weak...
"It's a good thing. By the way, I haven't asked you yet, what message did you ask the Technical Sergeant to arrange for those Titanium pieces to send to the Titanium spacecraft? Why did you decide that it would be difficult for the Titanium to refuse? They would definitely send troops to deliver it?"
"It just means that there are humans in this world who have been influenced by Titanium and want to join the Greater Good, and then they are blocked at a certain location, waiting for rescue. Unless Titanium can recognize the nature of the Titanium behind the camera, whose face is pinched according to the appearance of the guy who is obviously the leader among them, I think Titanium will definitely take the bait because he believes that the Greater Good is the truth of the galaxy."
———————————————Flagship of the Titanium Pioneer Team——————————————————————
This planet is a miracle.
This planet must be a gift from the Greater Good to the great Tau Empire.
As long as this world can be controlled, the borders of the Tau Empire will gain another critical expansion - if there are a few more habitable planetary systems around, this world may even become a new home world for the Tau Empire.
Of course, these are all to make this planet completely belong to titanium
As for things after the Empire, his main task now is to find a way to persuade the Imperial humans who landed on this world before them to join the Greater Good, or disappear from this planet forever before the follow-up troops arrive. Although the Tau Empire is kind, they don't mind using the wrath of fire to make the races that do not recognize the road and block the way understand their mistakes.
Sharma Li sat in his chair, clasping his hands slightly, staring at the beautiful planet on the projector in front of him with a calm gaze, thinking about all aspects of the matter. As the person who shoulders the responsibility of the exploration team, Sharma knows much more than ordinary Tau people - therefore, after the first diplomatic effort with the human side failed, he immediately arranged a strategy to fight with the human side - although this was not the best solution, but Sharma knew that he had no other choice.
that is.....
After learning that the front-line base had lost contact after an explosion, Sharma almost wanted to adopt a cautious tactic to ensure that things did not get too out of control. However, this idea was thrown out of the window when one of his attendants walked into his room and reported the latest news to him.
"Elder, an emergency communication from Li Radel - he informed us that the reason he lost contact was because the base was attacked by humans and the core energy area was destroyed, so he had to retreat. In addition, he also reported another good news - some humans are willing to join the Greater Good. They have joined Radel's team, but they have been hunted down by the Empire. At present, they do not have enough weapons and equipment, so they can only hold on and wait for support."
“This is indeed good news.”
After connecting to the message port from his attendant and confirming that the face displayed on the screen was the face of the commander-in-chief of the first batch of people who established a base on the planet below the spacecraft, Shamal couldn't help but smile.
"Elder, should we..."
"Immediately send a rapid-action force to provide support. We cannot abandon any believer of the Greater Good."
Shamal raised his head slightly, his words full of finality.
"Yes, elder."
13. The Wailer - Titanium's wonderful 'adventure'
"Drip-drip-"
Surma de Liva sat in the driver's seat of his combat suit, and with the help of the drone, he carefully adjusted this old friend who had accompanied him through dozens of battlefields, making sure that every part of it was still in a reliable and solid state. When the fleet elders issued orders, requiring a fast-moving force to support those compatriots trapped somewhere on the planet below and those... well, humans who were willing to join the Greater Good. He was chosen as the captain without hesitation - not only because he was the most experienced champion in the fleet, but also because he was a good friend of Li Radel. There was no doubt that the entire fleet believed that Surma could easily lead the team to complete this task and return to them with glory.
However, Surma always felt that there was something wrong with this matter - the source of this feeling of something wrong came not only from some judgments based on inferences, but also from his intuition as a warrior.
Indeed, the face and voice of his friend on the screen, who had been missing for a while and then regained contact with the fleet and brought some good news to the fleet, was indeed Li Radel's, and the identification information was all Li Radel's. Therefore, the elder believed that it was Li Radel - but Surma knew that his good friend, who was also from the Fire Caste, was not very well versed in the principles of the Greater Good. It was incredible that he could talk about the most basic and profound principles of the Titanium with the aliens who had no understanding of the Greater Good and even convince the aliens. You know, this was a task that the Water Caste diplomat who was best at explaining the Greater Good in the fleet had not completed!
Hmm... Considering that he actually accomplished this after the frontline base was destroyed by those humans, this matter seems even more confusing - it's not that Surma has never seen humans surrender to the Greater Good, but when the Tau Empire's troops were suppressed by humans, humans took the initiative to express their willingness to follow the pace of the Greater Good. Surma has never heard of this - if the Greater Good is really so useful, then what do they need these Fire Caste warriors for? Wouldn't it be better to let the Water Caste spread the message of the Greater Good!
"......"
Shaking his head vigorously, forcing himself not to delve into the issue any further, Surma continued his debugging work. After he completed all the debugging and replenished the supplies for the plug-in, a communication from a fellow Air caste member appeared in front of him at the right time - of course, this was because the news of Surma's completion of preparations was uploaded to his combat suit.
"Champion of Surma, Manta is ready."
"Very good, notify my team members to assemble for the Greater Good."
After throwing what he had just been thinking out of the window, Surma controlled his combat suit and walked out of the maintenance room step by step - soon, all his team members were docked in Manta's locking position.
"The route has been determined, flight protocol initiated."
The mechanical report echoed in the ears of the Tau Empire champion, and the feeling of the Manta flying machine starting up was transmitted to his battle suit.
In this brief moment of relaxation in his mind, inexplicably, the question that Surma had just thrown out of his mind came back like a lingering ghost, once again haunting the champion of the Fire Clan.
"Is there really nothing wrong with my friend?"
——————————————Manta is in flight————————————————————
The air composition is excellent.
The average humidity was slightly lower, but this was not a problem.
The soil quality is excellent.
All the animals and plants that I have come into contact with so far have certain value.
When Surma and his team members landed on the ground in stealth mode and began to move towards the coordinates of the target area, the Tau champion took a moment to look at the data that could be scanned by his combat suit and related to the natural environment of this world. The results made this Fire Clan warrior feel overly satisfied - and the direct result of these data was that Surma couldn't help but brainstorm again - even though he knew this was not a good idea, he also knew that he had to be responsible for his team members.
"Team Two, this is the Surma Champion. Things are a little fishy. I ask that you go on alert."
"As you command, champion."
After thinking for a few seconds, Surma began to give orders to his subordinates within his authority, and his soldiers also increased their vigilance according to his orders. Soon, some "discordant" movements were "discovered" by the invisible drones hovering outside the Tau action team and reported to Surma.
"Astartes..."
After speaking this difficult Human Empire importation in the language of Titanium, Surma no longer had any doubts that the people waiting for rescue were his friends - if there were such Human Empire warriors with strange styles and who completely failed to understand the Greater Good appearing here, then many things could indeed be explained - when Surma was still an ordinary fire warrior, he had witnessed with his own eyes the scenes of such warriors slaughtering ordinary humans as if they were killing things that had nothing to do with them. Assuming that the humans in this galaxy were also being hunted down by such beings, then it would be natural for them to join the Greater Good.
Although another mystery arose, why his friend did not report to the elders in the communication that there were special warriors of the human empire on this planet, but the existence of Astartes at least explained the previous questions he had not figured out, and also reminded him by the way - those so-called humans who followed the Greater Good were likely to be afraid of being killed by the warriors of their own empire, so they had to pretend to follow the Greater Good. In other words, they would betray the Greater Good under certain circumstances. Therefore, for safety, if necessary...
"Attention, all teams. There are Astartes of the human empire active nearby. Be careful to hide and use all the extra energy on the stealth system and propulsion system. We must rush to the target area and reunite with Li Radel as soon as possible."
After silently thinking about what to do next and estimating the troops at hand, Surma forcibly suppressed the urge to hunt down these Astartes who were obviously enemies rather than friends, and asked his team to speed up their advance. Soon, the traces of the nearby grass leaves being moved disappeared, indicating that Surma had disappeared in this small forest with his team.
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"......"
Malakin could swear to his Emperor and Primarch that this war of annihilation against the aliens of the Tau Empire was absolutely the weirdest battle he had ever participated in, no doubt about it.
Watching the movements of the Tau squad, who thought they were perfectly stealthed, on the big screen in front of him, and following the advice of his blood brother serving in the Death Watch to "don't be surprised by what the Dark Angels do", Malakin forcibly suppressed his desire to apply for battle and chop up those hateful aliens. He controlled his anger and soothed the emotions of other battle brothers on the communication channel to ensure that his regiment would not have conflicts with these mysterious battle brothers in inexplicable places. Although he had been soothed many times by Zhu Yan using the Blood Angel's advent body, Malakin still adhered to the principle that his regiment was on a redemption expedition.
However, one of the Weepers' battle brothers eventually spoke up out of curiosity - the good news was, it was a technical sergeant who spoke up.
"Brother, how did you do it?"
After watching the Tau's stealth march for about ten minutes with his Chapter Master, the curiosity of the Weepers' Tech Sergeant surpassed a certain limit and he tried to strike up a conversation with the Tech Sergeant-Major - in the eyes of this Astartes, who had studied with the Mechanicus for a period of time in order to become a Tech Sergeant and had a certain degree of understanding of this special combat method of electronic warfare, the things that electronic warfare can do definitely do not include this kind of plan to directly turn the enemy's actions into a live broadcast - even if it was done, it would not have been possible to remain undetected for so long!
"We used some method to replace some of the drones in this wave of titanium aliens invading the planet."
The succinct answer almost made the Weepers' Technical Sergeant's eyes pop out of their sockets - he wanted to ask more questions, but before he could open his mouth, the communication from Malakin shut him up.
