Chapter 25: The Transaction (Thanks to the Night Ghost for the Tip)

The traitors are still bombarding Puran, and if they are allowed to continue bombing, Puran will be a devastated planet before the Imperial Navy's reinforcements arrive.

During this time when the Imperial Navy had not yet arrived to help, the mechanics on the planet Puran had to do everything they could to hold on.

Fortunately, Puran's manufacturing director, Fell, was an artillery fanatic, and he deployed a large number of guns on Puran, including heavy guns that could damage the cruiser.

Fell ordered the planetary defenses to fight back with all their might, and had the Technopriests go and manipulate the heavy artillery. Puran's powerful counter-fire caused the two cruisers to temporarily abandon the bombing of industrial facilities and begin to focus their attacks on these defensive facilities that threatened them.

Just as the traitors' attention was attracted by various counter-fire, under Fair's orders, the Tracker, a Mechanistic dutiful-class light cruiser anchored at the Puran Research Station, secretly flew into space from the other side of Puran.

The Cult of the Mechanics sometimes searches known systems for lost STCs or ancient ruins in unknown galaxies, and in order to achieve these goals more effectively, the Cult of the Mechanics has a large starfleet. And these starfleets are scattered in the hands of countless casting worlds. The Tracker is a dutiful-class light cruiser belonging to the Cult of the Mechanics in Puran.

If the Tracker chooses to flank the traitorous cruisers from the planet's orbit with the defensive fire from the ground of Puran, the ship, which is several kilometers long, will fall to the surface under the influence of planetary gravity, causing a strong impact on the ground of Puran.

The impact would not only be devastating to buildings on the surface, but would also have the potential to trigger an earthquake, and if the mining plants collapsed in various parts of the underground due to the shaking, a chain reaction could actually cause the entire Puran to lose all productivity.

This could not happen under any circumstances, so when the Tracker left Puran's orbit, it began to harass the traitors in space, hoping to lure the traitors' ships out of Puran's planetary orbit and keep them away from Puran.

The Stalker's harassing attack caused the traitors to divert their target, abandon the attack they were carrying out on Puran, and begin to turn the ship's bow towards the Stalker.

Seeing that its goal had been achieved, the Tracker immediately began to retreat into the distance, and it was difficult for a light cruiser to withstand the firepower of the other party's two Moon-class cruisers. Although the ships and equipment left by the Cult of the Mechanics, who are responsible for shipbuilding, are undoubtedly the best in the Empire, it is still impossible to fight one or two.

And while the Mechanic ships are staffed by Mechanic cathar companies in place of naval soldiers, most of the ship's crew is made up of inexperienced Technopriests and rigid mechanical servants. Perhaps these people are excellent talents in archaeological excavation and ancient technology, but in space battles, they may not be as good as those experienced in actual combat of the Imperial Navy.

All the Tracker can do now is hold off the two Moon-class cruisers as much as possible before Imperial naval reinforcements arrive. But as the capital ship of the Empire, a properly used Lunate-class cruiser would be one of the most effective warships in the galaxy, while two well-coordinated Moon-class cruisers would become even more deadly.

They fired long-range torpedoes to block the Tracker's escape path, then poured their powerful fire on the Tracker with light spears and cannons.

The Tracker's Void Shield was gradually overloaded by the powerful firepower of the two Moon-class cruisers, and when it lost its protection, the Tracker would be destroyed by the enemy's relentless artillery fire.

The Tracker's captain knew that he was no longer capable of holding off the enemy, and that he would lose the last bit of counterattack if he ran. He ordered the ship to turn around and rush towards one of the enemy's Moon-class cruisers. Prepare to take advantage of the Void Shield while it is still there, and hit the enemy ships under enemy fire for a gang jump.

As if the Tracker's mind had already been seen through, the two cruisers of the opposing side turned around and no longer pursued the Tracker, but began to distance themselves from it, fighting and retreating. Although this made their angle not good, and their firepower could not be fully utilized, it did cause the Tracker's dying blow to be missed.

But just as the crew aboard the Tracker grew desperate, an unexpected group of reinforcements arrived.

It was a fleet of dozens of Imperial transports, two sword-class frigates, and a Conquest-class schooner. These ships belong to a group of Ronin traders who are stuck on the planet Puran.

After the Tracker had taken away two traitorous cruisers, Fell approached the Rogue Trader and lifted the red robe that covered his body to make a deal with the Rogue Trader.

Looking at Fell's body under the red robe, the Ronin couldn't help but speed up, feeling a little dry mouth, his throat stirred up and down, and he swallowed a mouthful of saliva unconsciously. calmed down and said:

"Whatever the deal, I am willing to make it with you, Honorable Sage."

Seeing the Ronin Merchant behave like this, Phil was very satisfied.

It seems that no one can resist the charm of the four-barreled thunderfire cannon, Fell thought to himself. Then he re-covered the four swarthy muzzles of the four swarthy guns aimed at the ronin traders.

Fair requisitioned all the fleets of the Ronin Merchants, and ordered the technical priests to refit these merchant ships and cargo ships as soon as possible, and arrange more artillery on them to improve their attack capabilities.

He knew that a single tracker would not be able to hold off the traitors for long, and that more ships would have to be held back. Although the strength is not enough, the larger number of merchant ships and cargo ships will definitely buy more time for Puran.

These cargo ships and merchant ships, which had installed more guns in their haste, were unable to suppress the fire of the Moon-class cruisers, but their arrival successfully disrupted the traitors' plans to sneak the Tracker kite.

The two Yue-class cruisers that cooperate with each other are too difficult to deal with, so it is better to paralyze one first. When the Tracker saw an enemy ship slowing down, it immediately pushed the plasma engine at full speed and crashed into the enemy. The firepower of the Dutiant-class light cruisers may not be as good as that of the Yue-class cruisers, but the combat capabilities of the various mechanic cathars on them far exceed those of the Imperial Navy's naval infantry. Jumping gang war, the advantage is mine.

The Tracker's speed gradually increased, and there was nothing to stop the impending impact, and with a violent shaking of the enemy's hull, the outer armor of the ship was completely torn open, and the bow of the Tracker was slammed into the Yue-class cruiser.

After the bow was fully inserted, the Tracker fired a number of armored troop carriers at the enemy Yue-class cruiser, and once these armored troop carriers were shot, they immediately scrambled towards the enemy ships.

A powerful electromagnet clamp is installed at the bottom of the armored troop carrier, which is tightly attached to the surface of the enemy ship after approaching it, and then uses hot melt explosives to blow through the outer hull armor of the enemy ship.