Warhammer: The Beginning is the Crisis of Annihilation Chapter :

 Chapter 195 The confrontation between two empires

  Hearing Calga's words, several Mechanicus sages, including Regula and Ploy, showed smiles on their mechanical faces.

   Clearly Calgar meant that they could see Vigilus as a testing ground for new weapons and equipment.

   For them, this is indeed good news.

  The awakened Guilliman abandoned many old rules, allowing Mechanicum to develop brand new war vehicles and develop new technical equipment without the STC standard construction template.

   It can be predicted that in the future, there will inevitably be many mechanical sages participating in the road of transformation and research and development.

  Human technological creations will spring up like mushrooms after rain.

   Mechanical sages will also undergo earth-shaking changes, and learning old knowledge is no longer enough for them to maintain their current transcendent status.

   It is necessary to come up with enough amazing scientific research results in order to stand in the wave of the future era, otherwise it will be eliminated by the era.

  The meeting went on for a long time.

   Calgar made a comprehensive analysis of Vigilus' current situation.

  Vigilance, a super-large subspace amplifier, allows demons to continuously appear in this world.

  As time goes by, the number and power of demons will increase, and the Vigilante will gradually become demonized.

  The human empire has many new technologies and weapons, but that doesn't mean that Calgar and others can ignore those demons.

   Calgar has no choice now, he can only stick to the Vigilante, and try his best to prevent the situation from deteriorating further.

"Maybe we shouldn't just focus on the Vigilante, there are other places that need our support." Anville said, "The Nachmond Corridor spans the Great Rift. In addition to the Vigilante, there is also the Red Earth Star." , and many worlds. If these worlds are controlled by chaos, the disappearance of the Nachmond Corridor will be exacerbated. At that time, even if we reverse the warning star, the Nachmond Corridor will not be able to reappear. For this reason, I suggest that the human empire control the world contained in the entire corridor as much as possible."

  Hearing the words of the Elder Prophet, many officers started talking.

   Calgar frowned slightly, then nodded, "He makes sense, we must control this corridor."

  Under Anvil's prompt, Calgar and others incorporated the entire Nachmond Corridor into the overall strategy.

   Soon, a large number of vanguard fleets and intelligence collectors set off from Vigilus to check other worlds.

   A lot of information is collected by them.

   was sent to Calgar and other high-level military commanders.

  The Nachmond Corridor is one of the most strategically important locations in the Empire today.

   Although on the scale of the Milky Way, this is a narrow channel.

   But it was still large enough to allow two Imperial fleets to pass at the same time without noticing each other.

  A large number of planetary satellites and asteroid belts are wrapped in it.

   However, the situation in the Nachmond Corridor is not easy to be optimistic.

  Many worlds surrounded by this corridor were out of the control of the empire before the era of the Great Rift.

   Countless lives live in the Nachmond corridor. Because of its special geographical location, it has become a gathering place for pirates, traitor mutants, criminal exiles and various aliens before the era of the Great Rift.

  Even without subspace energy fluctuations and many monsters, this is an area full of hostility to the empire.

  Although there are many imperial worlds that still maintain their loyalty to the empire, they are weak like candles in a long winter night.

  After the emergence of the Great Rift, the world of these loyal empires became even more difficult.

  Many worlds will be impacted by energy storms from time to time, and even under the scouring of unpredictable subspace tides, the worlds near the edge of the corridor will be completely submerged by violent subspace storms at intervals.

  This has led to many worlds that have fallen into madness due to space pollution and demon invasion in the Nachmond Corridor.

  Many Imperial ships are corrupted by evil and an insatiable hunger.

   Unleashed a savage attack on the crew inside.

  Hundreds of warbands plunder the space tunnel, opportunistic Dark Eldar ravage the weak and the fearful, orc rogues seek the greatest loot and the best strife.

  The heretic Astartes established their own empire through terrible massacres, and did all kinds of terrible things to win the favor of the Destruction Power.

   Pirates from different races, here to conquer, enslave, trade and fight for the highest bidder.

   Soon, Calgar and others listed several worlds that need to be taken care of.

  The first one is the Red Earth Star. There are a lot of black stones under its stratum, which also forms an anti-subspace force field. Like the Vigilance Star, it is the key to the Nachmond Corridor.

  If this world is also polluted by the Black Stone Crown Ceremony created by Chaos, the consequences will be disastrous.

   At that time, even if we find a way to reverse the warning star, I am afraid that there is no way to open the corridor again.

   For this reason, Chidixing was listed as a first-level strategic goal, and priority was given to guaranteeing the supplies and military strength in the area.

  The second is the knight world Dalowa, the ancient knight dynasty with the Mandeker knight family as the supreme king ruled that world.

  After the events of the Great Rift, the Supreme King, the knight of the Dalova world, became more and more extreme, and the loyalty of the Supreme King to the empire was slowly decreasing.

  He believes that loyalty to the Empire is no longer in the interests of his subjects.

  Especially after Guilliman's various reforms in Ultramar came out, the other party cut off the connection with the empire.

  Those imperial ships trying to get through the Dalova galaxy were attacked, causing a lot of casualties.

  After the civil war, some loyal knights left the world of Dalova and came to Vigilus, continuing to fight side by side with the Empire.

  The world of Dalowa fell into the hands of the knights headed by the Supreme King. According to some escaped knights, the Supreme King of Dalowa has betrayed mankind and thrown himself into chaos.

   Regarding this situation, Calgar knew that thunder must be used to express the attitude of the empire.

  Many people in the empire have independent ideas.

  The scary thing is that thanks to the imperial system, they also have independent strength.

   Now, with the opening of the Great Rift, the Empire is in disarray.

   They are naturally eager to move.

  If the suppression of Dalowa World is not strong enough, it is very likely that it will stir up thousands of waves for a while, setting off a chain reaction, and accelerating those guys towards betrayal and independence.

  Wait until the situation on Vigilus stabilizes or the arrival of reinforcements from Terra, Calgar will choose the opportunity to launch a counterattack against the world of Dalowar, bringing it back under the control of the Empire.

   In addition to this, there are some important strategic worlds and some worlds that need support within the scope of the corridor.

   Calgar et al. conducted a comprehensive analysis and formulated a complete strategic plan.

   Try to preserve the many worlds in the Nachmond Corridor as much as possible, and even if they are inevitably cut off by the Great Rift, evacuate many civilians who are loyal to the empire to a safe world.

  The Nachmond Corridor is destined to be a protracted struggle.

   Calgar knew he had let Guilliman down, he failed to hold the Nachmond Corridor.

  But he must minimize the damage caused by the Blackstone Demon Crown Ceremony, and even find a way to reshape the Nachmond Corridor. Only in this way can he redeem his sins.

  Far East Star Field.

   This is the territory where the empire's control is weakest.

   And this is where the Tau Empire rose.

  Compared with the huge empire, the Thai Empire is still an extremely weak alien force.

  However, the Tau Empire can now be regarded as a rookie of galactic civilization.

   So far, they have expanded several times, and their territory has reached one percent of the empire.

   Compared with other alien civilizations, it is a very powerful civilization.

  If nothing happens, they may really have the possibility to replace the human empire.

Compared with the human empire, which is constantly infighting, the Tau Empire is united and very eager to learn. Even if it is a race conquered by them, the other party will sincerely learn the knowledge and advantages of the other party. If possible, they will accept it. Those races became their vassals.

  For this reason, the Tau also consider themselves the destiny of the galaxy, and often promote it like this.

  However, the battle in the Havers galaxy made the Tau Empire, which has always been pretentious, realize that it is not a fluke that the human empire can stand in the dark universe.

   They have a sufficiently powerful army and terrifying technological power.

  In the past, these forces were suppressed.

  The high-level empire does not allow those forces to appear, let alone those technological forces that are out of control. They must be controlled within a certain scale and within a designated path.

  But a resurgent king lifted these restrictions and revitalized the human empire.

  The human empire is like a towering tree that has survived the winter, looking decayed and crumbling.

   However, its roots and essence have not been changed.

  Humans are a greedy race, a smart race, and a race that despises everything.

  They are intelligent, full of desire, possessing all the evil essence of a demon, yet loyal, brave and fearless enough.

  When it is suppressed, it is as soft as a harmless sheep, but once it releases its nature, its terrifying side is revealed.

   The Battle of Havers suffered a disastrous defeat.

   The Tau Empire has been completely crushed both in terms of tactics and technology.

  One ether is unknown.

  Many Tau Empire elite commanders were declared dead.

   This is a huge loss.

   It was also a heavy blow to the Tau Empire.

  When the news reached the Tau Empire, countless Tau clan clamored for revenge.

   Let human beings know how powerful the Tau Lords are, and taste the invincible iron fist of the Tau Empire.

   Humans strike first, however.

  The large-scale fleet crossed the Damocles buffer zone and began to attack the home world of the Tau Empire.

   And the Tau Empire is fearless, they want to let the human race be smashed once again in Damocles.

  The tau's confidence is not their arrogance.

   Rather, their past achievements convinced them that they could defeat humans.

   Like the first Damocles battle.

  During the third expansion of the Tau Empire, humans and the Tau Empire had a head-on conflict.

  For the Imperium of Man, that was a disaster.

  The imperial army, exhausted by the Zerg, rushed from one battlefield to another.

  And the local world has betrayed the empire, causing them to be unable to build enough lines of defense and get enough supplies.

   The Imperial commanders at the time were also unaware of the emerging threat to the Tau Empire.

   Think of them as insignificant xenomorphs.

  Under the superposition of various unfavorable conditions, the empire suffered a lot in the Battle of Damocles.

   Finally had to acknowledge the power of the Tau Empire and face up to the threat.

  Then, the threat of the Zerg resurging forced the empire to abandon that extremely bad expedition, evacuated the Damocles campaign, and burned many worlds controlled by the Tau Empire, creating a very large buffer zone.

  The Battle of Damocles was undoubtedly a very failed battle.

  A large number of Star Militia Army was abandoned, a large amount of armaments were left in place, and even the Space Marines suffered heavy casualties.

  Many worlds betrayed the Empire, causing expeditionary forces to suffer.

  Many commanders of the Tau Empire felt that they would be able to repeat the glory of the Damocles battle, and let mankind go back in despair.

  Star Tide Hub is the latest research and development of the Tau Empire, an important technological device for subspace navigation.

  It is huge, like a giant space station, helping the warship open the subspace entrance, allowing it to quickly connect the two places.

   Of course, this technological device also has certain consequences.

  The fleet of the fourth expansion suffered heavy casualties due to the star tide hub, and the surviving Tau tribe revealed an important message.

  Under the continued faith of the Tau Empire, a Being of the Greater Good was born in the warp.

  Although it is still very weak, its power cannot be underestimated.

It helped the Fourth Expansion Fleet escape from the crazy subspace, and helped the Tau Empire establish a stable channel in the chaotic subspace, allowing them to go to the dark side of the empire and shuttle between various worlds within the Tau Empire, faster than It used to be much faster.

  The appearance of this subspace existence of the Supreme Good Dao once caused panic among the high-level people.

  Many high-ranking Tau people believe that it is the vassal races, especially the worship of human beings that lead to the birth of the Supreme Good.

  Especially everyone in the fourth fleet expansion is convinced of this.

  They also slaughtered the vassal troops of the fourth expansion fleet, and were finally ordered to stop by the ethers, and concealed this matter, continued to maintain their belief in the superior good, and continued to unite the entire Tau Empire.

  With the decision-making of the ethers, the panic gradually disappeared, and the Tau people gradually accepted the existence of the Higher Good. The fleet of the Tau Empire also sailed in those stable subspace passages, sailing quickly in the interstellar space.

   Obtained a superior super-light technology, and the confidence of the Tau Empire expanded even more.

  The Battle of Havers is a manifestation of this inflated confidence.

   Unfortunately, it failed.

  But the Tau tribe didn't think they were inferior to humans, they were just caught off guard.

   Now, many senior officials of the Tau Empire have put away their contempt and are ready to get serious.

   "Here they come."

  In the Startide Nexus, a Tau scientist of the Qi clan looked at the flickering screen in front of him, and countless symbols emerged from it.

  The human empire crossed the long interstellar distance and came to the buffer zone of Damocles, heralding the beginning of a battle.

  (end of this chapter)