Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 145 Controlling the Portal
"Master of the Forge, please activate the transmission jammer immediately!"

Diana shouted anxiously, clenching her fists. She absolutely did not want any major flaws in her first battle as captain of the legion's flagship.

But there were hundreds of enemy ships, and she really didn't have the ability to capture the position of every enemy ship and follow their movement trajectories.

At any other time this would not have been a major problem, as one fleet could not turn the tide, but the Primarch had warned that the enemy might detonate the portal.

Now, she could only pin her hopes on the Forge Master's teleportation jammer.

"Begin activating the transmission jammer!"

Rosicky's voice came from the communication headset. The calm and powerful voice eased the tension of the female captain.

Casting deck.

The Forge Master's pauldrons are painted red, representing his close connection to Mars.

The Techmarine of other Legions would paint their armor red to indicate their close connection with Mars, but the Shadows of Order did not, they only painted their shoulder armor red.

The mechanical prosthetic limb behind Rosicky extended out and inserted into the silver mechanical creature in front of him, which was as big as a knight mecha.

The silver machine is spherical in shape, engraved with dense runes and binary technological words.

The lights of the entire Royal Shadow dimmed instantly. Activating the jamming device required huge amounts of energy, and the energy of the lower-priority lighting system was dispatched to the casting deck to power the silver-white machines.

The words of technology lit up one by one in a regular pattern, runes were activated and lit up one by one, and the silver machine burst into dazzling light.

The energy reading in one of the Forge Master's artificial eyes rose rapidly.

An invisible force suddenly burst out from Rosicky's inspiration.

He shifted his gaze towards the portal area marked as Strategic Point B in the holographic image suspended in the air above the jammer.

The interference device was activated, and the energy shock wave quickly spread to the entire Necromunda system.

The portal of the Orb Alliance, an overall circular ring.

Eight folded mechanical forks extend outward from the ring, all of which bend at the central node like spider legs.

This is the abstract symbol formed after the spider worship developed by Necromunda for nearly ten thousand years - the Orb Spider Emblem, which is commonly seen in various buildings of the Orb Spider Alliance.

The circular energy devices embedded in the bending nodes of the eight "spider legs" began to flash at a high frequency, sometimes lighting up and sometimes dimming.

The portal requires a huge amount of energy to transmit across galaxies. The portal of the Spider Alliance is built with a star as the center. It is through a unique energy device that the energy of the sun is gathered to power the portal.

The jamming device designed by Rosicky is designed to interfere with the gathering and transmission of energy.

The energy pulse that swept across the entire galaxy disrupted the energy gathering process of the portal energy device.

The five energy devices finally went out, and the next moment the densely packed data crystals on the eight spider legs flashed wildly.

The Orb Alliance does not use runes like the Human Empire, but instead uses a large number of data crystals to achieve functions such as startup and control.

After more than ten seconds, the large area of ​​data crystal dimmed and the flickering light in the ring suddenly spread out in all directions like waves stirred up by a water float.

The three warships of the Orb Spider Alliance were like prey caught in a spider web, trapped in the energy wave and unable to move.

Data streams danced on the Forge Master's artificial eye. He parsed it within seconds and spoke on the command communication channel.

"Portal B has been disabled. Estimated duration: five hours and eleven minutes, ship standard time."

"The enemy ship is trapped in a burst of energy and is in a state of stasis. The estimated duration is two hours and thirty-three standard ship time."

"The energy storm's current range is 152,000 kilometers, and it is expected to shrink to 84,000 kilometers in one hour."

Diana breathed a sigh of relief and praised him.

"Master of the Forge, your work is fruitful."

The captain calmly dispatched the fleet to strategic point B.

Nimrod nodded in satisfaction from his command throne. Diana had performed well overall. While there had been a minor oversight, it had been manageable, and she had discovered and addressed it before Nimrod could raise a warning. Under the command of the female captain, the 11th Legion secured five portal zones and subsequently launched an offensive against Necromunda Prime's orbital defenses.

The remaining Orb Alliance fleet attempted to intervene, but the battle quickly ended when the Sovereign's Shadow handed over the defense of Node E to a convoy fleet that arrived on the battlefield.

The Primarch received a report from the Master of Sound Array that progress in the other five galaxies was smooth and the portals were all controlled by the 11th Legion.

The galaxy that the Second Regiment was responsible for was the agricultural galaxy of the Orb Alliance. They and the Seventh Regiment encountered the greatest challenge in the space battle.

During the nearly ten thousand years of development of Spider Star, the ecological environment on its surface has been severely damaged, much more serious than that of Vostronia.

The tower where the Iron Lords live is surrounded by the Ash Wasteland, and its population is far greater than that of Vostronia, making it more dependent on foreign food.

The agricultural galaxy and the galaxy that produces data crystals are the two most important galaxies for the technological nobles.

One galaxy maintains the food supply of the entire alliance, while the other is the foundation of the cyber technology system of the entire technological aristocracy.

Because of this, the technological nobility stationed a large number of warships in the two star systems.

The second regiment that encountered resistance was the last of the five regiments to end the space battle.

The agricultural galaxy has four habitable planets, including two grassland planets, one ocean planet and one mountain planet.

After the Second Chapter destroyed the enemy ships, Lord Mersen reviewed the Auger Matrix scan results for the four worlds to be conquered.

He keenly noticed that these four worlds, like the other planets in the empire classified as agricultural worlds, had a small population of millions.

Merson immediately realized that the management methods adopted by these worlds should be similar to those of the empire's agricultural world.

Serfs are scattered across the planet. They don't care who their masters are, as long as they complete their labor and hand over their prescribed share.

Conquering such a world can be accomplished with a swift strike against the ruler.

Mersen gave orders over the Chapter's command channel.

"For the next attack, we must follow the Primarch's instructions, with precision and efficiency."

"The target is the towers of each world!"

Influenced by the technological nobles who dominated the Orb Alliance, many ruling families of the four agricultural worlds also built towers.

Of course, the population and scale of these towers are far less than those towering towers on Spider Star.

Black airdrop pods were scattered across four worlds.

The dazzling light produced by atmospheric friction illuminates every world.

The shadows of order, wearing black armor, formed a neat formation and attacked the towering tower.

The defenders used laser weapons manufactured on the Spider Star to attack the black-armored warriors.

The blazing beams of light hit the Mark II power armor, leaving only spots and marks, without causing any harm to the Order Shadows.

The Marauder Squad was the spearhead of the assault. They moved in unison, raised their bolt pistols, and with a single volley, they broke up the enemy formation.

The chainsaw sword roared and started, leaving only broken limbs wherever it passed.

After the ground battle began, in just twenty-two hours, the 4,500 soldiers of the Second Regiment completed the occupation of 163 towers in four worlds.

Among the five chapters, the second chapter that started the ground assault last was the first to capture the target galaxy. Their losses were also the smallest, with only thirteen unlucky people unfortunately killed by the bombs detonated by the desperate rulers.

At the same time, after seizing the orbit of Necromunda, Nimrod also issued an attack order.

The Primarch climbed into the black drop pod built specifically for him, so much larger than those used by the Legionaries that he could even stand upright in it.

The black airdrop capsule fell towards the tallest tower of Necromunda. Nimrod's target was the Chief Iron Lord.

(End of this chapter)