Warhammer 40 Spring: Loyalty of the Multiverse

Chapter 114 Nano-Soldiers Astartes
The Blazing Armor, developed based on the Viper Armor, not only significantly improved its defensive capabilities but also slightly enhanced its endurance.

However... the Warhammer people's aesthetic sense is still terrible! If Ironfel hadn't finally taken a liking to it and said a few words, it probably wouldn't have changed at all.

What's even more terrifying is that the Emperor didn't say anything when he saw these data reports; he just nodded with a bright, innocent expression.

While the reason might be the presence of Slaanesh, it couldn't have been this awful. It was truly unspeakable!

A helmet made of skull, and smooth, rounded red armor all over its body.

There were no decorations whatsoever, only the emblem of the Seraphim Legion on his chest.

It's fucking hideous!

Fortunately, after his strong protest, Sage Huidan was forced to change the design of the Fiery Armor.

It retains its blood-red appearance, but the overall lines are smoother and more in line with the human body. It resembles armor with layers upon layers of armor stacked up to form the shape of human abdominal muscles.

The head is no longer the inverted triangle shape of the original viper armor, but a head armor modeled after the helmet of Astartes. However, the overall head armor is more three-dimensional and does not have the original round and smooth surface of the helmet of Astartes.

The energy engine inside the armor was a temporary solution using existing technology: a combination of modular battery packs and micro-turbine engines. Although the Cult of Mechanics had fully mastered this technology and could mass-produce it.

However, this is far too short a range for the Blazing Armor. With only fifteen hours of endurance, the war environment of Warhammer makes it too reliant on logistics.

The originally envisioned power source was a miniature nuclear fusion reactor. This was intended for elite units of the Inquisition, such as the Holy Hammer Order!
Their power armor features miniature nuclear fusion reactors.

This battery life can last for several weeks and supports heavy workloads.

But the key cost is a bit high!
Furthermore, it requires frequent maintenance, and frankly, before their power is fully established, fitting this thing onto mass-produced Blazing Armor would be a huge burden for them.

Wearing the MKVII double-headed eagle power armor with the assistance of the Mechanic, Karl stood with his legs apart, arms outstretched, gazing ahead at the desolate landscape outside the depressurization chamber.

The mechanical priest was conducting final checks and replenishing the energy at the site of the nanocore transplant in the posterior spine.

As the technical priest finished his final preparations, prayers and chants began all around.

Karl closed his eyes and sensed the nanocore implanted within his body. With the nanocore's assistance, the black carapace provided him with feedback on his current physical condition.

The next moment, the thought arose. A silver-gray light suddenly flashed on the black shell, and the transparent lines outlined the shape of a suit of armor.

Seeing this, the mechanical priest waved his hand and began to put power armor on Karl.

Although this power armor was developed towards the end of the Horus Rebellion, its superior overall performance made it the standard power armor for all Astartes Chapters from the Rebellion until the following ten millennia. To this day, it remains standard issue equipment for most Chapters.

Moreover, for this experiment, the Empire's latest MKVII double-headed eagle power armor was pulled out of the storage and put on Karl.

It's not just because this armor is cheap and its overall performance is acceptable. It's also because this power armor was used in previous defensive tests.

As the final helmet of the power armor was slowly put on, the nanocore at the back of Karl's spine was instantly activated at his command.

Countless nano-biological cells flowed wildly within the carapace, rushing into the power armor worn on the body through the densely packed micro-nerve bundles on the surface of the black carapace.

In less than a second, countless blue nanoparticles began to emanate from its body. Then, as if alive, the nanoparticles slowly gathered and rotated around it, and finally, after a short while, the light around it began to disappear.

The blue nanoparticles also seemed to lose their activity, slowly dimming and dissipating into the surrounding wind.

A burly, armored man appeared in the spot.

Its overall shape is more like the burly figure of the Nanosoldier Tyr. Its armor surface has a dark red base tone, with fine, dark blue patterns flowing within it.

The breastplate protrudes slightly outward, making it appear thicker, while the five-pointed star at the very center, which is the mark of the warband, is blazing with fire, so much so that even ordinary people can see a bright flame burning inside.

The wings on both sides, made of lightning bolt symbols, extend with a fluorescent vein pattern that spreads along the seams connecting the power armor on the collarbone, sides, and spine.

This is nano-bioarmor filling the gaps in the power armor.

The shoulder armor retains the heavy, semi-circular outline of the Astartes, and the arm armor has not changed significantly, still having the smooth surface of power armor.

However, the hand armor is different; the power armor's hand armor has been perfectly preserved. But its surface is covered with a completely new exoskeleton made of nano-armor, and it looks longer and thicker than the original hand armor, with a more perfect overall proportion.

The leg armor did not change much, except that the armor on the front, back, left and right sides of the hips became thicker, and the armor at joints such as the knees was changed to a diamond-shaped armor structure.

Even more outrageous is the head armor.

It still has a planar structure, but it is no longer the smooth, round structure of the past. Its head is an inverted triangular plane that slopes downwards, modeled after Tyr's head.

At the same time, there is a circular blue light object on the forehead, which is the external detector of the nanoarmor and can provide real-time feedback to the Astartes helmet.

This new armor looks more streamlined than traditional Astartes power armor. It doesn't look as rugged as traditional power armor. And overall, it appears to be about half a head taller than traditional Astartes armor.

Furthermore, when not needed, the nano-armor on the surface of the power armor can be removed at any time, restoring it to its original traditional form.

The servant handed Karl a specially modified bomb gun for training, and then hung the modified combat dagger and training chainsaw sword on his waist.

Everything was ready. Red lights illuminated in both eyes, and blue light flashed from the detector on the forehead. The hatch slowly opened, releasing the pressure!
Meanwhile, ten Fiery Armor Warriors, who were already prepared, were watching Karl intently as he walked out.

Although they are mortals, if they win this battle, they will all be eligible to participate in the Astartes recruit selection.

Even if they ultimately fail, as long as the fight lasts long enough, they still have a chance.

Because… the great sage Yuramirs once said that the most advanced Blazing Armor was issued to those who successfully completed Astartes recruit training but did not survive the recruit selection process, yet still managed to live on.

Ordinary mortals are not even qualified to wear the basic models of the auxiliary military personnel.

The front-line Fiery Armored Army soldier swung his modified monomolecular dagger from his waist, and a red nanoblade emerged from it, splitting the blade of the monomolecular dagger open.

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(End of this chapter)