v('ωˉ)~New Power Armor
After the investigation was clear, Captain Loken immediately reported the situation of the abandoned deck FC-N-01 to Horus, as well as the discovery of the Chaos Demon and the spreading corrosion of subspace energy, and explained the situation of the abandoned deck on the bottom floor.
The turmoil was not with the rebels but with the warp demons who appeared and begged Horus on the spot to leave the matter to him.
Because Loken and his 10th Company have rich experience in dealing with demons, it can even be said that they are not afraid of the corruption and contamination of those chaos monsters. Therefore, he guarantees that they can eliminate the entrenched demons in the shortest time and in the most efficient way.
Those threats at the bottom of the Vengeful Spirit.
Otherwise!
Surprisingly, Horus rejected Loken's application after reading his report, and instead turned around and handed the task over to Abaddon of the First Company?
Then, of course, Abaddon immediately sent his first company of Astartes to take over the passages guarded by the Imperial soldiers, and then began to pour elite forces into the abandoned deck in batches.
For example, those marauder teams, etc., just bit by bit and methodically cleaned up the demons entrenched at the bottom.
In this regard, I saw that Abaddon's people quickly took control of the situation, and then seemed to deliberately use those demons to train troops, although it was a waste of time for the opponent instead of using the power of thunder to clean them up in the shortest time.
His behavior was somewhat puzzling, but he couldn't find anything wrong with the other party's behavior, so he had to suppress his doubts.
After all, there have been a lot of strange things happening on the ship recently, and there are also a lot of things happening to Loken. It is impossible to just focus on the demon on the bottom deck who was deliberately indulged and suppressed.
For example, he recently discovered some abnormal behaviors of the original body Horus and the chaotic energy that still remains in his body; some kind of terrible things are often heard from the strategic research room on the command deck, which is now the Luperkar Chamber.
The repercussions; and the recent association situation within the Legion seems to be getting more and more serious, and some Astartes are spreading something mysteriously; and then there seems to be some people in the Legion who are dissatisfied with the Emperor and the Empire.
Too friendly dissatisfaction spreads, etc.
Anyway!
Recently, many things indeed require him to slowly investigate and sort out the clues, and since the threat of low-level demons and chaos cultists has been handled by Abaddon, the strongest guy, and what the other party does seems to be quite professional,
Loken naturally started to get busy with other things and temporarily turned his attention to other aspects.
For example, looking at the female assistant Ali next to him who seems to be a little bit agitated recently, leaving her post many times, and seems to be planning to run to the bottom deck to avenge Abaddon's Marauder team?
You know, the passage to the abandoned deck on the ground floor has been blocked by Abaddon's people, including the hidden passages. And I heard that elites from other companies were transferred there at the same time, so
, at this time Loken will definitely not let Ali run around anymore.
But thinking that he couldn't keep an eye on the other person or restrict him 24 hours a day, so after some thinking, he decided to find something for the other person to do so that he wouldn't have to worry about it all day long, so he thought about revenge.
things.
What's more, under the current situation, if the other party really dares to do something random, it will not be revenge at all, but giving someone else's head!
Therefore, while he was worried, Loken took advantage of the free day and took the opponent directly to their company's maintenance room and equipment warehouse, preparing to find something for the opponent to do, so as not to worry about running around every day.
As he walked, he saw that the passage ahead was still long and that there was still some distance left. After thinking about it, Loken suddenly turned towards the female assistant who was following him and was not even taller than his shoulders and asked:
"Ally..."
"How much do you remember about the Huagai Star?"
Loken has actually wanted to ask about this matter for a long time, but he has never had the chance. Now that the time is right, he will definitely not miss it easily.
"Hua Gaixing?"
"Hmm..."
"I can barely remember some of them, but a lot of them are a bit blurry because it's been so long."
Yes, although Ali found that her memory is very good, which can be said to be far better than ordinary people, but after all, it was decades ago, and she was only a few years old at the time, so she did not remember it very clearly.
It's not surprising.
"Captain Loken!"
"Why do you suddenly ask this?"
Then, Ali couldn't help but turned her head and looked up at the burly giant next to her who was a little taller than the average Astartes Space Marine. She didn't know why the other party suddenly asked this question.
"nothing!"
"I'm just asking casually, I'm just feeling a little emotional..."
If you ask casually, maybe only Loken himself knows, but anyway, he will definitely not admit it.
"I remember……"
"You seemed to have come into contact with Head Anne of the Huagai Star back then, right?"
"It was Fourth Company Commander Sejannus who took you there at that time. So many years have passed in the blink of an eye..."
"pity!"
"Sejanus is no longer here. He had a very high reputation among the Luna Wolves back then. He was also an extraordinary diplomat and a great warrior..."
Speaking of this, Loken couldn't help but sigh sadly when he thought of the rare fourth company commander who disappeared with the planet on the Huagai planet and never saw his body alive or dead.
"Captain Sejanus..."
Thinking of the burly figure who didn't punish herself for her mistakes, but instead took herself to the Huagai Star to see the blue sky and white clouds and breathe fresh air. Subconsciously, Ali slowed down a little, and then her face couldn't help but appear.
He had a slightly dazed look on his face.
"I……"
"I can't quite remember his face..."
That’s right!
Like her father, whose face she could not remember for a long time, and her mother, who in the end only remembered hunched over and hurried to work and never came back, the only thing she remembered about Uncle Sejanus, the company commander back then, was
The other party was like a giant. Every time he spoke, she had to look up hard and could only see the gray-white breastplate and a little cheek.
"Too……"
"If I didn't look up the information, I would hardly be able to remember his face!"
"It's been decades, right?"
"cough--"
As he said that, Loken himself couldn't help but shake his head and sighed again.
"But seriously, Captain Loken."
"I have always been very grateful to Captain Sejanus. He allowed me to see a world that was completely different from the environment on the spaceship!"
"If you think about it carefully, he may be the only Astartes I have a good impression of?"
"Time flies so fast..."
In this way, as we talked, especially after talking about the Hua Gaixing incident and starting the conversation, it was rare that Ali, who had been keeping a straight face recently and looked like she was bitter and resentful, had a rare look on her face.
A slight smile appeared.
"oh?"
"The only one who has a good impression?"
"Then who am I?"
Loken seemed a little unhappy, and then glanced sideways at the woman beside him, his eyes flickering, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
"you?"
"You can only say that you don't have any bad feelings, right?"
After looking at each other with Loken, Ali didn't pay attention to the other person's gaze and just spoke with a relaxed expression.
"Is it just that I don't have any bad feelings?"
"It's so frustrating..."
Shaking his head, Loken didn't even know what to say.
Calculating carefully, he has helped the woman in front of him not once or twice so far, but as a result, he still doesn't have any bad feelings until now. The other party really doesn't regard him as one of his own!
Fortunately, Loken didn't care about those small details, so after thinking about it, he suddenly pretended to be casual and asked:
"Right!"
"Ally..."
"You are very close to that Führer Anne, right?"
"She must have given you a lot of gifts when she left, right?"
Yes, Loken is very concerned about this matter and has been investigating it for a long time.
It's a pity that he hasn't investigated anything in these years, so now he has to ask in person and a little too deliberately.
"Gift?"
"Captain Loken, why do you think of asking such a question?"
Ali was a little surprised. She couldn't help but stop and glanced at the other party several times suspiciously.
Obviously, she had never thought that the tenth company commander in front of her, who was busy with everything, and Lord Loken of the 'Council of Four Kings', would still care about such small things, and she subconsciously felt that the other party must have some agenda or want to ask something.
What.
"Um……"
"Let me think about it..."
Then after Ali felt a little weird, she couldn't help but start racking her brains to think about it. She seemed to also want to know if she had really missed something wrong back then, and then asked Captain Loken in front of her to say it thoughtfully.
Some kind of good idea?
"Some food..."
"There are still a few sets of clothes..."
"Um……"
"There are also some beautiful colorful goldfish..."
"Is that all?"
Yes, that's all Ali can think of, nothing else is special.
Some of those beautiful colorful goldfish were later given away by her, some were raised to death, and the last one, which was half dead, was put into the man's arms by her.
It was also from that time that Ali only felt that her world had completely lost its color. Then, step by step, she walked to today and became the leader of the resistance and was engaged in the greatest cause in the galaxy!
But it's a pity that after so many years, she still accomplished nothing!
Not to mention overthrowing the rule of the Empire and the False Emperor, she couldn't even overthrow Horus and take control of the Vengeful Spirit flagship. She even lost her base and died not long ago.
So many people….
As she thought about it, a look of melancholy and depression appeared on Ali's face.
"That's all?"
"Is there really nothing else?"
Loken obviously didn't believe it.
Because he had investigated, Ali was a child of an ordinary boatman's family before going to Huagai Star. It was very ordinary, nothing special, but what about now?
Therefore, he felt that the matter was not that simple. That Head of State Anne might have given Ali something, and that was the truth he needed to find!
"It's really gone."
After continuing to frown and think for a while, Ali still denied in frustration.
"Captain Loken..."
"What exactly are you looking for? Why not just say it directly!"
"As long as I have it, I promise I won't hide it from you!"
To be honest, if it was the kind of thing that even Loken in front of her valued, Ali would also want to study it carefully, but the problem is that she really doesn't have it, and she can't remember it at all.
"..."
However, Loken just frowned and shook his head, with no intention of saying anything clearly.
"Right!"
"Fourth company commander Sejanus didn't tell you what he wanted to do when he took you to Huagai Star?"
Then, after thinking for a while, Loken changed direction again and asked.
"ha?"
However, Ali was laughed out of anger, so she directly asked, dumbfounded:
"How old was I then?"
"You think he would say something like that to me?"
"uh-huh?"
To be honest, Ali has almost forgotten many things from that year, and even if she still remembers, most of them are about going to eat, drink and have fun with Sister Anne. As for what the fourth company commander Sejanus was going to do back then.
, how could she know?
And even if the other party mentioned it accidentally, she would never remember it!
"I want to know, wouldn't you go to him and ask?"
Then, Ali, who was a little angry, continued to joke.
"I do think so!"
"But he has been missing for many years. Where can I find him?"
Loken sighed and smiled bitterly, and couldn't help but cast a sidelong glance at Ali next to him again. He was hesitant to speak, as if he wanted to say something, but he held back in the end.
"Then ask your original body!"
"Your warmaster Horus must know!"
Ali didn't notice the weird and tangled expression on the other side's face. She just sneered, then walked forward and suggested.
"The original body..."
"Forget it!"
Shaking his head, Loken had a trace of bitterness and helplessness on his face.
Of course he knew that he would know all the truth by looking for the Primarch Horus, but the problem was that the other party would not tell him, nor would he let him inquire about it!
And then...
The current original body is a little strange. He has not been to the strategic research room on the opponent's command deck for many days, which is now the Luperkar Chamber.
For no other reason than that he was a little confused about the state of the original body but did not dare to ask more questions, he also instinctively feared and stayed away from that place. It was a very strange feeling, and it was something he felt recently.
The reason for confusion and starting an investigation.
"Right!"
Finally, gradually walking forward, I found that there seemed to be many Astartes Space Marines of the 10th Company sorting out the power armor and weapons in this place on this deck. The more Ali looked at it, the weirder she felt, and she couldn't help but curiously asked:
"What brought me here today?"
"This is the Astartes equipment warehouse?"
"You're not asking me to come visit, are you?"
If you let her come to visit, you can avoid it!
Although Ali had never been to a place like this, she was no stranger to the equipment and weapons of the Astartes. After all, she was once a serious female officer in the Imperial Army.
And if the other party comes to find weapons and equipment for her, that’s not necessary!
It's not that Ali looks down on those weapons and equipment, but her body type is not suitable for using those gadgets at all. Instead, she can use those weapons more easily if they are suitable for ordinary soldiers of the Imperial Army.
“Not a tour!”
"I'm showing you the power armor!"
"I plan to give you a complete set, which will somewhat increase your combat capabilities and protective capabilities."
Loken didn't hide this kind of thing, he just said it openly.
"Power armor?"
"MK Type 2?"
Blinking, Ali felt dumbfounded, and her original expectations were instantly gone.
"no!"
"The model MKII is too big, you can't even wear it!"
Looking at the female assistant next to him who was a bit too small for the Astartes Space Marines, Loken quickly shook his head in denial, saying that he was not that stupid and would not forcefully put their equipment on the opponent's body.
"Sister Silence's armor may be suitable for you, but..."
"I don't have that stuff!"
As he said that, when he saw the rare trace of expectation in Ali's eyes, he became more playful and couldn't help teasing her.
"Eh?"
"Could it be..."
"Is it the armor from Huagai Star?"
Thinking that the other party had just mentioned the Huagai Star, Ali suddenly became excited.
Because she remembered that the armors worn by the soldiers of Huagai Star were slightly shorter than those of the Astartes, and it was said that those armors could be worn by ordinary humans, and the soldiers of Huagai Star were all ordinary people. The key point
Are they still strong?
Therefore, she had already begun to think that if Captain Loken in front of her got her such a pair of armor, then she would definitely not refuse.
"No……"
"Although we have captured a lot of things, both damaged and intact, they are not the same system as our power armor after all, and the empire has not completely cracked it yet..."
"so……."
So Loken didn't say anything, he just sighed helplessly.
Come to think of it!
Speaking of which, Loken himself found it a bit funny. After all, who would have thought that under the influence of the empire's outdated thinking, most of the equipment they serve in service would be obtained from previous archaeological discoveries?
Then there is the fact that although they captured a lot of novel technologies in the victorious and defeated battle with Huagai Star decades ago, the road to copying and cracking is very difficult. It is said that many things of the Mechanicus
No one has studied it yet and understood it?
"What is that?"
Ali was a little disappointed when she heard that it was not that kind of CMC armor, and then she quickly said seriously:
"State it first!"
"I can't wear your Astartes power armor!"
Yes, if you want to wear power armor, you must have the "black carapace" of the Space Marines, which means the kind of thing that is implanted in the bodies of the Space Marines.
It is said that it is something that every Space Marine must be specially implanted. When it grows in the culture tank, it looks like a black plastic film. After the culture medium is removed, it is cut into large pieces and then directly implanted into the torso of the Space Marine.
Under the skin, within a few hours the tissue began to expand, harden on the outside, and extend nerve bundles deep into the Space Marine's body.
After a few months, when the carapace is fully mature, the receptors can bind to neural sensors and injection points cut into the hardened carapace. Those artificial 'insertion points' connect various parts of the power armor, such as surveillance, medical and life support units, etc.
.
Without the assistance of the black carapace, the power armor of the Space Marines is almost completely useless. Therefore, even if those power armors are reduced in size, ordinary soldiers cannot wear them and use them normally.
And Ali is very sure that she doesn’t have that kind of interface, not even one!
"I know!"
"But that's the latest model, and it's a modified model. It adds the sensor unit of CMC armor like Huagaixing. Can you imagine it as a direct combination of CMC armor and MK armor?"
"That thing might be difficult for an average person to operate, but it shouldn't be a problem for you."
"Let's go!"
"It's right in front.
With that said, as Loken led the way, the two of them soon walked to a maintenance room, and then Ali saw a short and sluggish armor that was equivalent to an ordinary MKII type that had been flattened and was placed on the maintenance rack.
.
"this……"
"Can I not wear it?"
"So ugly!"
"And I feel like I'm already strong and don't need this stuff at all!"
Yes, Ali has no expectations at this moment.
Because, although that thing still looks very powerful and domineering, compared to the normal Astartes power armor, that thing really looks like a short and slumped thing that has been flattened. She really doesn't
Very attractive.
"You are indeed strong!"
"But it's not enough!"
"Relying solely on the strength of your body, you will suffer a lot in battle, whether you are attacking or defending!"
"so……"
"You'd better get used to it as soon as possible!"
With that said, Loken began to formally introduce the combination monster that integrated the original Huagai Star's CMC armor and the latest MK Type 4 armor.
Yes, it’s the MK Type IV!
As the Great Crusade reached its climax in the 31st Millennium, the Empire's technology and strength gradually reached its peak, and the Space Marine Legions began to find that their original MK II Crusader armor had been severely worn, so
, the Adeptus Mechanicus designed a new variant, called the 'MK Type IV' power armor, which can be said to be a product of the Empire's most glorious period.
The main change was the abandonment of separate adjacent armor plates in favor of a larger, inflexible armor shell with flexible joints.
While that slightly reduces the Astartes' mobility, it is easier to produce and maintain, and due to the reduced weight, the suit of power armor is actually lighter, providing the wearer with more overall mobility while matching Mark's
Compared with II, the actual level of protection provided by this suit is not too reduced.
Of course, the set in front of me is the modified MK4. It is the suture monster that Loken made urgently in order to give Ali enough protection. The specific performance is not yet known. Maybe a lot more will be needed in the later stage.
Time to adjust and improve?
But no matter what, this is what Loken uses to make the female assistant in front of him consume time, so he doesn't mind even if it takes a year and a half, and he is not anxious if it takes ten or eight years.
.
"."
"Can I say no?"
However, after staring at that short, depressed thing with no aesthetics at all, and no aesthetics of violence at all, Ali finally looked at Loken with a grimace and expressed her dissatisfaction.
"cannot!"
"Come!"
"Go and try?"
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Chapter completed!