Warhammer Inquisitor Chapter 304

  Chapter 304 Rise of the Primarch: World of Thrones

Holy Terra, the holiest, holy and great place in the galaxy, it is the undisputed jewel in the crown of the Imperium of Man, so great that even the lowest thugs of any hive have heard of Terra The name, imagined in the ballads of sailors and poets its gorgeous city, golden walls and prosperous social scene.

Even on the most barbaric, desolate and savage worlds, people loyal to the Emperor will look up at the starry sky at night, they look up at the light of truth that illuminates the night in the dark sky, whether it is the storm of the hazy star field close to the subspace At the rift, there is still the deep part of the galaxy filled with eternal storm and whirlwind of space magnetic storm, the border of the limit star field far away in the sky, or the border of the mysterious Taiping star field, and people all look up to its light.

Cole stood on the bridge. He stood behind the handrail and stared at the huge planet in front of him. Everyone stood up, and the operators on the bridge who were usually idle stood up. In the battleship corridor of the Infinite Frontier, everyone, from sailors, to marines, to maintenance workers, and even chefs, stood behind the glass in the corridor, staring at the planet together.

  The golden planet hangs in the dark galaxy, but here, it seems that all the darkness has disappeared. Cole's eyes looked at the hive city, which was completely composed of towering buildings, and densely covered the surface of the planet.

The oceans of Terra were evacuated, the mountains were flattened, and the entire surface of the planet was completely covered by cities. It was the largest, complex, and dense city group in the human empire. They covered the planet, and countless sacred Palaces and churches thrust their towers into the sky, and the eternal bells echoing in the atmosphere proclaim the sanctity of this planet all the time.

   Cole's eyes turned to the city group on the north side of the planet, which undoubtedly attracted the attention of everyone including Captain Cole.

Captain Cole and the sailors on the bridge looked at the golden city with high walls. In the city surrounded by stars and moons, there was an absolute core, and there was a city above Terra. The only high mountain, on the snow-capped peak, there is a tower that reaches into the sky, a lighthouse.

  It is the place of the most shining light in the dark galaxy. On that sacred planet, the towering lighthouse projects the most holy and shining light into the deepest part of the galaxy, into the dark frontier.

Its name is the Astronomican, the great tower that has been burned by the holy lord for thousands of years. Cole straightened up involuntarily when he saw the lighthouse. Everyone in their positions stood up and stood at attention.

Their eyes were shining brightly, and they looked at the magnificent palace complex beside the astronomical torch, the magnificent palace standing among the golden high walls and countless gorgeous palaces, it is the most sacred place in the galaxy , there is no church and palace as magnificent as it.

The golden palace covers almost the entire plateau of Terra. On the snow-covered plateau at the foot of the Himalayas, the greatest and most sacred place in the human empire is revealed to everyone. It is the palace of the emperor, the lord of mankind himself. location.

   "Stand at attention!" Someone suddenly yelled in the bridge, but the voice exploded in the bridge like a thunderbolt, and everyone regardless of military rank stood at attention and looked at the core of the palace.

"Salute to the throne!" The voice shouted, and what responded to him was a neat wave of arms. Countless hands were raised from their sides, and they were raised to the side of their heads almost simultaneously. Everyone on the bridge Salute to the palace.

Cole raised his arms and looked in the direction of the palace with the most standard military salute. His eyes under the big-brimmed hat shone with light, as if directly shining from the golden palace. The light directly It radiated into his soul, burning an unparalleled enthusiasm in his chest.

Not only Cole, everyone felt the enthusiasm, everyone, they have never been so proud of themselves as a member of the Imperial Navy, as a member of the loyalists, all sacrifices There is meaning now, the golden palace and the burning astrotorch give meaning to everything.

"Captain, there is a communication connection." Just as Cole was still staring at the palace, Anna below him said while looking at the screen in front of Captain Bird. His slender fingers tapped on the mechanical keyboard in front of him. , The ticking sound echoed in Cole's ears.

   Cole reluctantly moved his eyes away from the position of the palace, he looked down at Anna and nodded, "Come closer."

"Of order, connect to the signal." After Anna finished speaking, she leaned down and put her hands behind the bird leader and said. The latter nodded and quickly clicked on the keyboard in front of him. His mechanically modified fingers were extremely flexible and efficient. Operate on the interface.

Cole tidied up his military appearance. He straightened the collar of the raised captain's coat, straightened his military cap, and walked to the holographic projection. Following the bird captain below, he tapped the last button, and the holographic projection In a flash a bust of a man appeared.

It was a man wearing a gold and gray military uniform. His clothes were gorgeous. The golden silk thread and the aquila logo were inlaid on the well-crafted military uniform. The eyes on the collar of his collarless coat looked at Cole in front of him. .

   "This is the azimuth orbit of Terra, alien ship, report your identity."

   "The Imperial Navy, which belongs to the Inquisition Court Fleet, the Mars-class battlecruiser Infinity Frontier pays tribute to Terra. I am Captain Cole Markarian. On behalf of the entire ship, I swear allegiance to the Emperor."

   After Cole stood up straight, he saluted the defenders of Terra in front of him with the most standard military salute. After saluting, Cole lowered his elbow and pressed a corner of the holographic panel, "Ship identification code to send."

  The officer on the orbital defense base station glanced to one side, he seemed to be looking somewhere, and then he nodded quickly, "Received, the thinker is verifying."

The officer looked in that direction, his eyes stayed on Cole's left side for a while, and after a while, there was a vague voice, the officer nodded and looked at Cole again, this time he looked at Cole. Cole stood at attention and saluted.

   "The identity verification has been completed, and the data is correct. Welcome to Terra, Captain."

   "My pleasure, sir."

Cole nodded to the officer on the holographic screen, and the latter also nodded slightly, "Now the situation in the solar system is critical, and any loyal warship is a valuable combat power. You are welcome, Captain, and you will once again serve Your Holy Majesty serves and fights."

  The officer raised his eyes and looked at the things in front of him. Although it may be a coincidence, he also looked out of the window from Cole's perspective, and the officer frowned slightly as he looked at something.

"You didn't come alone, did you? What are those civilian ships behind you?" The officer said and looked at the things in front of him. Cole also subconsciously looked out the window, and looked at the side window of the Infinite Frontier bridge. A transport ship is slowly flying in parallel.

   "They are survivors of settlements in the outer solar system, survived the onslaught of Chaos, and came to Terra with us to seek refuge."

   "There are quite a few transport ships, more than we expected. You said they are survivors of the entire outer ring of the solar system? How did such a large refugee fleet safely cross the war zone?"

The officer asked vigilantly, his eyes were full of suspicion and distrust, Cole could see what he was worried about, the captain turned to the officer and nodded slightly, "We have not been chased or intercepted by Chaos along the way, only in Jupiter's orbit There was a battle, and then we went to Mars to replenish ammunition and fuel. Many ships in the refugee fleet set off hastily after the chaos attack stopped, so we need to go to Mars to replenish fuel before we come to Terra. .”

   "Chaos stopped attacking? Can you guarantee your words? Captain." The officer frowned and asked seriously. Cole responded to the officer with the same formal and calm eyes. He nodded slightly and stood at attention in front of the image.

   "I swear to the emperor, we didn't encounter any attacks along the way. The refugees who joined the fleet from the outer ring also confirmed our conjecture. The Chaos fleet stopped attacking. Although we don't know the reason, this is the fact."

The officer looked into Cole's eyes, he squinted slightly at those eyes, then raised his head slightly and looked down at Cole, "Very well, I will notify the Solar System Fleet Command, and then you need to make a formal report to us .”

   "Yes, sir." Cole saluted, and then looked at the refugee fleet outside the window, "Besides, the refugees need resettlement and help. Can Terra provide support?"

The officer looked at the refugee fleet outside the window and was silent for a while, then he slowly turned his head to look at Cole, "Okay, let them obey the tower's instructions and drive the ship to the designated star port first, where the defense forces Relevant persons from the State Church will conduct strict inspections on them, and after making sure everything is correct, we will provide them with a place to live.”

"I hope you can understand, Captain, we must be cautious in the current situation." The officer looked at Cole and said, the latter nodded in understanding, he was right, although it seemed a little too cautious, But the corruption of Chaos is very dangerous. If there are Chaos believers on the transport ship, they will take this opportunity to sneak into Terra and set off a riot to cope with the possible attack of Chaos at any time.

   And this is definitely not unfounded worry. Cole just said that Chaos stopped attacking. From a certain point of view, it is quite doubtful. Will they use this method to secretly send the cultists to Terra? Trying to establish an internal response in Terra in this way, so the quarantine review is very normal.

  The premise is that if it is just a simple review.

"I understand sir, but Grand Inquisitor Constantine also hopes that you can guarantee that these refugees can safely go to the surface to be taken care of after receiving a "proper" inspection, and will not be hastily "loyal" for some reason. .”

Cole looked at the officer and said solemnly, his eyes were full of authority, as if he was speaking directly on behalf of the judge, "The grand judge gave them a guarantee, a guarantee of the reputation of the court, we hope that Terra will defend The Army can understand the Inquisition's concern about possible "unpleasant" surprises."

The officer looked at Cole and hesitated to speak. Facing Cole, who had a lower rank than himself, he was completely unable to reprimand him with the majesty of an officer, because he mentioned the Tribunal. This ship belongs to the Tribunal. There was an Inquisitor too, and he was speaking for the Grand Inquisitor, and the officer wasn't going to mess with the Inquisition, no one on Terra was that stupid.

  So he put his head aside and pondered for a moment, then sighed, then nodded helplessly to dispel the ridiculous idea.

   "Okay, I understand what you mean, we will make sure everything is normal." "Very well, on behalf of Grand Inquisitor Constantine, thank you for your cooperation."

   "But" the officer said suddenly, Cole looked at him and frowned slightly, "but what? Sir."

"We hope they have sufficient supplies, food and drinking water, enough for their own consumption." The officer said carefully, as if he could hide something, Cole looked at the officer's eyes slightly, and he noticed his words something of deep concern.

   "There is a problem with Terra's food supply?" "What? Ah no, no, no, everything is normal, there is just a little distribution problem. We hope that the refugees you bring will not add these troubles to us, purely on paperwork."

  The officer smiled awkwardly, Cole looked at his fake smile, he was lying, Cole could see it, but he also planned to keep silent now, he didn't intend to expose that lame explanation.

"We have replenished food and drinking water on Mars, and the Mechanic Order of Mars has generously helped us, but we also hope that these generous gifts can continue to be kept where they should be, and will not be "officially requisitioned" .”

"Of course, of course, I assure you of this." "Not to me, but to the Grand Inquisitor that he will go to the Inquisition headquarters in Antarctica when he arrives in Terra. I don't want any surprises. You understand me mean?"

Cole's absolutely threatening words made the officer tremble all over. Just thinking of the headquarters of the Inquisition in Antarctica made him shudder, as if he had already stood on the snow in Antarctica. No one wanted to provoke the Inquisitor. The entire empire This is true, and even more so on Terra.

   "Of course, Captain, I can guarantee this, and you can tell the judge that there is no need to worry." "Very well, I believe the judge will be happy to hear the news."

   Cole cleared his throat after finishing speaking. He put his hands behind his back and looked at the officer in front of him, "Can we enter the port?"

   "Of course, captain, welcome to Terra, please obey the instructions of the tower dispatcher." "Of course, sir, I wish you a happy day and praise the light of the emperor." "You too, captain, praise the emperor."

  After the unpleasant greetings were over, the holographic image was quickly closed. Cole walked to the captain's armrest after watching the image completely shrink down and disappear, and he looked down.

   "Anna, the docking tower has instructed you to prepare to enter the port." "Yes, Captain, I believe you still have a meeting to catch up, right?"

Anna smiled and said, Cole also turned around and walked towards the exit of the bridge with a slight smile, and behind him, Anna had already started to give orders, and the window of the Infinite Frontier began to rotate with the jet port, aiming at Natera's The orbital starport sailed away.

  Cole walked into the dark corridor outside the bridge, he stepped into the darkness, and their plan officially started.

  (end of this chapter)

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