Chapter Ninety-Five: Raiders of the Nest Capital
After the death of the Thorndike family's Lord Hunter, Fu Qinghai carefully examined the shield fixed to his left arm.
Mirror Shield, a rare personal shield black technology, a product from the Van Sauer family of Neklomunda's nest, the core components are a kinetic energy converter and a power charging battery, the specific principle is unknown, and the function is that it can absorb energy attacks and kinetic energy, and transform them into its own energy attacks.
This is an analysis from "Tony Stark's Electronic Soul Backup".
However, through actual combat testing, it was found that the absorption ceiling was too low. And, like all products produced in the Van Shohl family's broken STC system, the Mirror Shield emits intense radiation far beyond the background radiation of the nest, and the Tony Stark Electronic Soul Backup determines that the shield is completely damaged and has no repair value.
Yes, as a reincarnation, Fu Qinghai knows a secret that many people in the Necromunda Nest don't know - a certain aristocratic family has hidden a broken set of STCs that have not been handed over to the Human Empire and the Cult of the Mechanical God.
As soon as Fu Qinghai saw the mirror shield, he immediately remembered the Van Shoor family in the nest capital of Necromunda-Fu Qinghai had not even played "Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War" in his previous life, but he had played "Necromunda: Battle of the Hive".
Because everyone has played a lot of real-time strategy games, I haven't seen much interesting things like the nest, especially the gang members who killed Matt's buttocks in the nest.
If it is the broken STC system itself hidden by the Van Sauer family, Fu Qinghai may still be a little interested, if it is the fake and shoddy products produced by the broken STC system, then forget it.
Fu Qinghai pursed his lips.
We now have so many science and technology lines in our hands, not poor and white, and we have to do some research and judgment when we encounter black technology, and the black technology with too many side effects is not so fragrant.
In the setting of Neklomunda's nest, the short-lived members of the Van Sauer family who have long been accompanied by the crippled STC system and are affected by severe radiation must live in life support suits for the rest of their lives, and some elderly family members will even die on the spot as soon as they come out of the life support suits.
An incomplete set of STC can determine the prosperity and decline of a thousand-year-old family in the nest capital, which is the power of the "Standard Construction Template (i.e., STC)" left over from the Dark Technology Era.
Fu Qinghai put down the mirror shield in his hand, stood up, inserted the blue blade back into his waist, clapped his hands, and said:
"Come and collect the body."
Several members of the Spartan gang quickly poured out of the shantytown, stripped the noble children lying on the ground, and then skilfully and quickly dragged the corpses away.
For these Nest gangsters, the power sword alone is already a windfall, and the power weapon is so expensive that not everyone can equip it even in the Space Marines legion.
It's just that the Thorndike family crest engraved on the sword body may lead to death for the wielder.
But it doesn't matter, Fu Qinghai no longer intends to continue to retain the existence of this family.
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In order to seize the position of Governor of the planets, almost all the five major families adopted the tactics of crowds, mobilized the young side children of the family and hastily armed them, and sent them all to the nest.
By the time he met this young nobleman of the Thorndike family, Fu Qinghai had already met five groups of similar nobles.
As Koshvito said, their equipment is very advanced, and black technology such as "Mirror Shield" is not uncommon, but their combat awareness and combat skills are poor.
Fu Qinghai subdued them almost at no cost.
Through the torture and interrogation of these noble children, Fu Qinghai learned the details of the five major families of Shiweilin Chaodu, and at the same time, without alarming the nobles of the spire, his understanding of the world of Shiweilin Chaodu became more and more comprehensive.
The development of a planet into a nest capital does not happen overnight, it takes thousands of years of evolution...... Or the process of degeneration, there are many nest capitals in the empire during the 40K period, but all the worlds that become nest capitals or have signs of nest capitalization at this point in time at 31K are ancient nest capitals left over from the dark technology era, and the history of these nests may be longer than that of human empires.
On the way from the bottom nest to the lower nest, Fu Qinghai saw the giant machinery that was still running, which confirmed this.
The Schwerin nest is such a nest capital.
Before the expeditionary fleet discovered the nest capital world and took it under control, there was already an inherent pattern of domination in the region, which was broken by the arrival of the Space Marine Legion, but thanks to the rapid surrender of the ruling class to the Human Empire and the act of submission, this "break" was not very complete.
Under the condition that the classic urban structure and social class of the spire, upper nest, lower nest, and bottom nest are basically solidified, the specific composition of the ruling class in each nest world is actually in constant dynamic change, that is to say, the so-called "five families of the nest of Shivilin" is not the same as the iron king, and there are constantly families that disappear in the bloody struggle, and there are families that continue to rise brazenly in the bloody struggle.
The latter replaces the former's ecological niche in the food chain of the nest, which is big news in the nest, but it is also normal.
The biggest change and biggest requirement of the Terra government for the Nest of Schwerin is tithes, and the rest is ignored. On the other hand, in order to meet the demands of tithes and not provoke the wrath of the Imperial fleet for not paying the taxes, the Schvilinnest gradually developed into the current political structure:
The Somerfeld family, the first family to express their submission and allegiance to the expeditionary fleet, controls the electrical union, water union and gas union of the eight merchant unions in the nest of Schwerin, lighting, drinking water and air, it can be said that most of the lifeblood of the main nest city is under its control, and was awarded the position of planetary governor by the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Ministry of the Interior. 1
The former is responsible for the recycling of corpses in the nest, that is, the manufacture of corpse starch, and the latter is responsible for the slave trade, providing necessary consumables to mines and factories, and providing private customized services to high-end customers.
Bounty hunters and gang members in the nest capital, if they want to become stronger, they have to go to the operating room of the Bentham family for remodeling. However, the techniques of the Bentham family also have many flaws, and some drugs can make people's canine teeth longer and suffer from the problem of liking raw human flesh.
The Cronin family, who are in charge of the promethium and iron unions. The former is responsible for extracting millennial biogas from the ancient bottom nest wastewater to produce promethin. The latter is responsible for prospecting and mining, whether it is digging for usable resources in the wasteland or continuing to destroy the few natural environments on the planet.
The Cronin family has the largest private armed forces in the city of Schwerin, a huge mine guard, and an endless supply of flamethrowers. There is a lot of friction between them and the Somerfeld family, because the Electrician Union and the Promethium Union happen to be competitors, and whether it is energy or lighting, the power of the two is one and the other, which determines whether the residents of the nest will mainly burn fire or use electricity for a while.
The Thorndike family, once a ronin trader, the Thorndike family has the thin blood of the navigator family flowing in their veins, and navigators may be born after multiple generations of close relatives intermarry, relying on this, plus the license issued by the expeditionary fleet, the Thorndike family has become a ronin merchant in this star area, some people speculate that their ancestors may be a blinded family or a rebellious family in a navigator family, and the navigator bloodline has degenerated and become what it is today.
The Thorndike family hasn't had a navigator for hundreds of years, but their fleet of privateers and the spaceport they control are still an important guarantee for the rest of the world.
The outbreak of the Horus Rebellion led to a depression in the trade of the merchants, and the Thorndike family returned to the Schwerin nest to become the merchants, and through a series of bloody battles and political compromises, they wrested control of the money union from the Somerfeld family, holding the power of currency and trade routes firmly in their hands.
Unlike the nouveau riche who nested in the spire of the nest, the Thorndike family, who had a boat in their hands, had a wide range of knowledge in the star field, and could travel to various worlds within the empire in peacetime, and there were a lot of rare gadgets in their hands, and it was they who brought back from Neklomunda's nest such a novel game as "Lord Hunter".
At the same time, they also brought back drugs such as reflex tablets and necromancy.
Drug trafficking is a serious crime in the laws of the empire, and it is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice, especially these two drugs that are contaminated with subspace, even the trial court can interfere, but this is not the reason why Fu Qinghai sentenced him to death.
The main reason is that as an interstellar soldier, Fu Qinghai doesn't like the feeling that a battleship is parked in space orbit and can launch an orbital bombardment on him at any time, this feeling makes him feel like a man on the top, and it is difficult to sit still, even if the Thorndike family honestly does not engage in these small actions of smuggling drugs, Fu Qinghai must find a way to control the frigate in his hands.
A sword-class frigate that has been eliminated from the expeditionary fleet and has been repaired many times, the Lady Luck, is anchored in the spaceport of the nest in Schwerin.
The Thorndike family's greatest reliance.
Although the sword-class frigate is a little larger than the broadblade-class frigate, that is, the Short Sword that Fu Qinghai once boarded, the size is a little larger (1.6 kilometers long vs. 1.4 kilometers long), but it is still a frigate after all, this kind of weak firepower wants to carry out orbital bombardment of a planet, Fu Qinghai lying on the ground and letting him blow up for ten years may not be able to blow himself.
But Fu Qinghai and Koshvito are both superstitious people who believe in air supremacy, they are easy to talk about with warships, and they can attack and retreat and run, and after getting information about the Thorndike family, the plan to seize the frigate Lady Luck has been put on the agenda.
The above is the basic information of the four major families in addition to the Zedu family.
Looking at the political structure of the nest capital of Shiwerin, it will be found that unlike the stable power structure of the nest capital of Neklomunda - the Hemar family is the dominant family, and the other families are all vassals of the Hemar family. There is no particularly obvious difference in strength between the five major families in Shiweilin Chaodu, everyone is about the same, this structure is the most unstable, even if there is no Fu Qinghai and Keshvito to stir up this muddy water, the five major families will have to fight sooner or later.
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Fu Qinghai returned to the humble shanty, looked at the two men and a woman who were sitting on the ground tightly bound, ordered Hulda to tear open the seal of their mouths, and asked:
"Why didn't I see anyone from the Zedo family?"
Fu Qinghai is here in the ruins, using mutant girls to fish and enforce the law, and has captured five batches of hunters, and the others have been executed, these three people are the noble children of the Somerfeld family, and their lives have been spared.
One of the women replied:
"Dear Lord Astarte, before the departure of the Lord-Hunting event, the Zedu family suddenly announced that they would withdraw from this Lordship Hunt and give up the competition for the position of Governor of the planet."
Well?
Fu Qinghai was stunned.
Actually voluntarily gave up the tempting position of governor?
What kind of moths?
Seeing that the Space Marines in front of him lowered their heads and did not speak, as if they were lost in thought, one of the men interjected:
"My lord, I guess they're avoiding suspicion."
"Avoiding suspicion?" Fu Qinghai raised his head, "What do you mean?" ”
The young man hurriedly explained:
"The planetary governor Otis Somerfeld who died unexpectedly is a member of our family, and we immediately conducted an inquest on the scene of the governor's mansion at the time of the crime, although we did not understand the cause of death, but the elders of the family believe that it is likely to be related to psionics."
He breathed a sigh of relief, and continued:
"And the Zedu family, although they are the weakest among the five major families, they manage the great library of the nest capital of Shiweilin, and the nobles at the spire know that they have a close relationship with the illegal psionics in private, but there is no evidence."
"And this time, when we announced the speculation on the cause of death of the planetary governor, many people pointed the finger at the Zedu family, believing that they killed the governor. I think that they suddenly announced their withdrawal from Hunter and gave up competition because of the reason for avoiding suspicion. ”
Is that so......
Regarding the young man's inference, Fu Qinghai was noncommittal, and listened to it.
Fu Qinghai sat in front of the three of them, his fingers tapping his knees rhythmically, and the huge body of the Star Marine's iron-clad body was filled with a suffocating sense of oppression.
The silent atmosphere froze the dirty air of the bottom nest, and after waiting for a while, seeing that Fu Qinghai still did not speak, another boy who looked to be only fifteen or sixteen years old moved his sore knees, plucked up the courage to raise his head, looked at Fu Qinghai's face armor carefully, and stammered:
"Ah...... Lord Astarte, we are all legal citizens of the Empire, and I don't know about you...... Why are you imprisoning us. ”
Legal citizens? The nest dwellers are also legal citizens, are you hunters acting legally?
Fu Qinghai is too lazy to talk to these stupid nobles, although the empire has laws, as long as the tithes can be paid on time and in quantity, the empire allows the planetary governor to interpret the laws of the empire in any way he likes, and it is useless to talk to the nobles of the nest capital.
He snorted disdainfully and said:
"Then do you know what my purpose is in the Nest of Shiweilin?"
After saying that, he turned his head away, ignoring the three of them, and concentrating on the next steps.
As a result, the woman who was kneeling in the middle suddenly spoke:
"I know, sir."
You know?
Fu Qinghai looked at her with some surprise.
I thought to myself that I was teleported from the network node for some reason, and even I didn't know the purpose of my coming here, why would you know?
The helmet covered Fu Qinghai's expression, and the three of them didn't know what he was thinking at the moment, the woman's hands were tied behind her back, her eyes looked at Fu Qinghai fixedly, and said:
"That's right, my lord, I know what you're here for."
"Oh?"
Fu Qinghai said with a smile: "Then tell me?" ”
The woman said firmly:
"You are a Space Marine loyal to the Emperor."
"yes, go on."
"You came to Shiweilin Nest Capital this time to reclaim this place."
"Why the word 'reconquest'?"
"Because the Star Whisperers in the Great Library told us that the Warlord had won."
What?
Fu Qinghai's eyes widened in surprise.
No wonder, no wonder Shi Weilin Nest has not taken a position so far.
"How dare he say it......"
Fu Qinghai said with emotion.
Fu Qinghai was not referring to the Star Whisperer, but to Baron Zedu.
"And what do you mean?"
Fu Qinghai looked at the woman in a playful tone.
The woman gritted her teeth and said in a deep voice:
"And the real truth is that it was His Majesty the Emperor who won, not the traitor Horus."
Well, the names have changed.
Fu Qinghai asked lightly:
"Why don't you believe the Star Whisperer?"
The woman said seriously:
"Because you killed all the other families of the Lord Hunters, leaving us alone, our Sommelfield family is the family of the former loyal planetary governors, unless His Majesty the Emperor wins, there is no reason for you to do so."
The woman was clever and bold, and for this reason alone, she dared to guess the end of the siege of Terra.
Although it is a bit of a suspicion of over-analysis and interpretation, it is undeniable that there are still some smart people among the nobles of Chaodu.
The reason why Fu Qinghai killed the hunters of other families was not only because of these people's swinging ride on the wall, but also because it was his deal with Koshvito:
There are too many vested interests in the nest, too many vultures to peck at this rotting and stinky meat, and many nobles will have to die to make room for Spartan warriors to ascend to the throne.
The cake is so big, if you don't get rid of a few eye-catching spire families, how can the Spartan Gang become bigger and stronger and create more brilliance?
Fu Qinghai hadn't spoken yet, and the woman thought she had guessed correctly, so she immediately lowered her head and said loudly:
"Lord Astarte, the Somorefeld family has been loyal to the Empire, to Terra, to His Majesty the Great Emperor for generations. Deceived by the heresy and failing to show loyalty in time, participating in the hunt is a helpless move, please be clear! Whatever the punishment and wrath from the Empire may be, I beg you, I beg you, for the sake of the loyalty of the Somemerfeld family...... Open the net! ”
This......
Fu Qinghai smiled dumbly.
This woman thinks too much about it again.
Obviously, in her heart, it is very unreasonable for a space soldier to appear alone in the world of the nest.
Naturally, the Space Marine Legion would not send a single Space Marine to deal with an entire Hive World.
She took it for granted that Fu Qinghai was just a starfighter who quietly infiltrated the nest capital to be responsible for the early reconnaissance, and that there would be dreadnought mechas, Rand raiders, Sikaran battle tanks and other heavy loads on the surface of the nest world, strike cruisers on standby in orbit, stormbird landing craft roaring out, orbital bombardment and orbital airborne are ready......
This is how the Schwerin nest was conquered.
I surrendered directly without much resistance, and I was frightened.
The invisible brain supplement is the most deadly.
Women's brain supplements are not unreasonable.
A space soldier can't conquer a planet, especially a planet like the Hive World, where the level of technology is basically the same as the average of the Empire.
The heavy firepower of the planet's local forces is enough to kill the Space Marines, and a single Space Marines do not have the ability to fight guerrilla warfare and law and order warfare with the entire planet.
But Fu Qinghai is here.
The individual combat ability of the Space Marines is very strong, but it has been over-exaggerated by many unscrupulous second creators, making people who don't know the truth think that the emperor relied on this group of people to fight alone and conquer most of the galaxy.
The huge armor cluster and space fleet behind the Space Marines have all been ignored.
Fu Qinghai was trained to pilot all the ground armored vehicles of the Imperial Army, and he could command armored troops in battle, not only that, but he could also fly gunboats, fighter planes, warships, and command a small naval battle in space.
This is the awesomeness of the Space Marines, and many people only care about whether the Star Marines can beat Captain America one-on-one.
Super Soldier Serum Injector, what can be counted in a large-scale battle? A special spearhead, up to the sky.
This is also the reason why the U.S. government used Steve Rogers as a mascot to prevent him from going to war in the first place. The key to deciding the outcome of the war is the aircraft carrier formation, not Captain America. The U.S. government is well aware of this.
Let's get back to business.
Fu Qinghai felt that this woman who loved brain supplements was quite interesting, and he asked with great interest:
"What's your name?"
"Gladys, my lord, my name is Gladys Somerfeld."
"Untie her, no, untie all three of them, this young lady is qualified to stand and talk to me."
Fu Qinghai instructed Hulda behind the three of them.
Hulda drew his saber and used the tip of the knife neatly, and the strap that bound the hands of the three men was broken.
The three of them hurriedly stood up, the young man rubbed his stiff and purple knees, and the woman tidied up her clothes, bent her knees slightly, and performed an aristocratic etiquette to Fu Qinghai.
is also a noble child under the age of eighteen, this Gladys Somerfeld seems to be much more mature than the others, and Fu Qinghai also tried to learn some more critical information from her:
"What is the situation of the planetary garrison of the world of Shiweilin Nest now, the mortal auxiliary army?"
The Imperial Guard (Astral Army), the Imperial Navy, and the Planetary Garrison are all split from the Space Marine Corps after the second establishment of the army, and the Great Expedition of the Human Empire has not completely ended before the Horus Rebellion began.
Gladys replied without hesitation:
"The Schwerin Corps, not fully established, has four regiments, namely the 'Chariot' Regiment of the 1st Regiment of Schwerin, equipped with five Riemann Ruth main battle tanks, five Chimera armored personnel carriers, and one petrified lizard self-propelled gun, stationed in the waste wasteland on the outskirts of the main nest."
"The 2nd Regiment of Schwerin, the 'Walkers' Regiment, is equipped with twenty Sentinel Walking Mechs and is stationed in Satellite City One."
"The 3rd Regiment of Schwerin, the 'Punishment' Regiment, is a daredevil's infantry regiment composed mainly of criminals from the Lower Nest, mainly equipped with automatic guns, and a team of noble warlords who supervise them, mainly equipped with laser guns, stationed in Satellite City No. 3."
"The 4th Regiment of Schwerin, the 'Arsonist' Regiment, is a soldier provided by the Cronin family, mainly armed with flame-breathing weapons using refined promethium fuel, and is stationed in the main nest."
Gladys was very conscious of leading the way, and immediately poured the information of the planetary garrison of Shiweilin Nest to Fu Qinghai.
Fu Qinghai was immediately a little impressed by this woman.
You know, when he asked about the planetary garrison, nine out of ten noble children couldn't say clearly, and Gladys didn't know what the exact number was, but he knew the number of major equipment.
Fu Qinghai asked, "Why do you know so well that you have served in the Shiweilin Corps?" ”
The woman lowered her head a little embarrassedly:
"I peeked at my uncle's desk."
Well...... Although the number of garrisons is small, the armored vehicles are not bad, and they are the most classic styles in the Imperial Army, and the leather is durable and powerful.
Fu Qinghai then asked:
"When the rebellion broke out, didn't anyone recruit troops to the Schweilin nest?"
Gladys Road:
"He was recruited before the rebellion, and he is said to be a war commander...... Oh no Horus personally issued an order, took most of the Schwerin Corps away, only the present point remained, and then the entire Schwerin system was covered by a subspace storm, and communications and communications were cut off, and the planet was not visited by the fleet again until a month ago, the Star Whisperers of the Great Library told us: Horus won. ”
It was the traitors who took the lead in transferring the troops away, and Fu Qinghai was not surprised, the former commander of the rebellion was the supreme military commander of the Human Empire, and he was qualified to dispatch any imperial army.
Although strictly speaking, the nest capital world of Schwerin is a world that is undergoing nest capitalization, with only one main nest city and three satellite cities, not the real nest world with tens of billions of people and hundreds of nest capitals, but this amount of troops is indeed too small for the entire planet, not even as good as the earth in the previous life, it turned out that most of the planetary garrisons were transferred by Horus.
"What do the Schwerin Corps think of the news of the Star Whisperers?"
Fu Qinghai asked again.
Gladys Road:
"The commander of the garrison is Lieutenant Colonel Cyril, who currently declares the neutrality of the Schwerin Corps."
"Idiot ......"
Fu Qinghai shook his head and said in a low voice.
The two sides did not please and chose the most stupid way.
I think that the people who were not taken away by the war commander are naturally not excellent and courageous officers.
Is it the planetary garrison that comes first, or the frigates on the spaceport first? Fu Qinghai fell into thought.
The garrison was a bit scattered, and if they were to resist, it would be difficult to catch them all, and to take the ship, they had to enter the spaceport first.
Times have changed, when the Horus Rebellion did not break out, the Space Marines could directly command the mortal army, and now, the civil war between the Star Marines has been fought for so long, so that many mortal soldiers are confused and shaken in their thoughts, and they don't know who they should obey their orders.
Seeing that Fu Qinghai scolded "idiot" and didn't speak for a long time, Gladys thought that he was thinking about how to destroy the Shiwerin Corps, she thought about it and asked, tentatively:
"My lord, what are you going to do with them?"
Fu Qinghai said in a cold voice:
"Needless to say, there is no such thing as 'neutrality' in the creed of the Imperial soldiers."
"Ahh Gladys snorted lightly, his expression was uncertain, and he finally made up his mind, looked at Fu Qinghai and gritted his teeth and said:
"My lord, I beg you to take me to the garrison of the 1st Regiment in Schwerin, I am 80% sure that I can persuade them to surrender, they are only blinded, please give them another chance to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor."
Fu Qinghai asked lightly:
"Why do you care so much about the first group, is your boyfriend still some relative in it?"
Gladys lowered his head and whispered:
"Lieutenant Colonel Cyril is a member of our Somerfeld family, my own uncle."
Fu Qinghai pondered for a moment, pretended to be reluctant, nodded, and said:
"Yes, I can give them a chance to make meritorious deeds, but only if I don't waste too much time."
The words are hinting that I can afford to wait, but the fleet behind me can't afford to wait.
This kind of ambiguous attitude is put to the judge, that is, loyalty is not absolute, and the execution was directly ordered, but the white scar is different, Chagatai Khan is willing to give another chance even to the interstellar soldiers who launched a rebellion against him, so that they can launch an atonement expedition with meritorious service, and this is how the Black Cowardly Xue Terminator came.
Gladys's brain gave Fu Qinghai an idea.
It is not impossible to force the planetary garrison of Shiweilin Chaodu to submit by force, but there is a certain risk, after all, there are only two people on his side who can get their hands on the combat power, although they are strong but small, especially after Baron Zedu spread the false news of the victory of the war commander, it is even more difficult to force them to submit by force.
But what if the fox pretends to be a tiger and uses the pressure that does not exist to force the planetary garrison to submit?
Hearing Fu Qinghai's words, Gladys nodded firmly:
"My lord, they will see the situation clearly, give me an hour and I will be able to convince them!"
"Yes."
Fu Qinghai smiled with satisfaction:
"Gladys, you are so concerned about family affairs, are you the direct heir of the Somerfeld family?"
Gladys blushed, lowered his head and said:
"I'm not."
"I am, my lord, I am! I am much closer to the former Governor by blood than Gladys. ”
The young man, who had been unable to interject, finally seized an opportunity and hurriedly raised his hand and shouted:
"Otis Somerfeld is my second grandfather."
"Hmph."
Fu Qinghai snorted disdainfully and stood up.
"You're far worse than her."
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