Chapter 93 Rust Belt
The candidates for the commander of the task force have been approved by the veterans on the bridge.
And they didn't seem to ask about my wishes at all.
Knowing that the situation was over, Calvin also gave up the struggle and simply waited to see what new surprises these old birds could come up with.
But the veterans had a thorough understanding of the new recruits' psychological defenses. They knew that everything must turn against itself when it reaches its extreme, so they did not cause any new trouble for Calvin.
The Grand Master and the Mechanical Archbishop, whose addiction to drama was satisfied, drafted the personnel of the task force with super high efficiency, and then confirmed his opinions to Calvin:
"Tariq and Golden will follow you. I will stay with Gavins and the other three. I will add two and a half strike teams to you, equipped with weapons in a ratio of one to one between Interceptors and Purifiers." . There are 15 people in three teams. Is there any problem?”
"No problem, but we need to get out of the subspace navigation state as soon as possible, otherwise we will deviate too far from the target, and I am not sure how long I will be delayed on the road.
"Then go get ready. The deck has received the order. You should be almost ready when you get there."
"Your will." After Calvin saluted, he turned and left the bridge, heading towards the flight deck where the landing craft was located.
When he arrived on the flight deck, the remaining fourteen people in the entire team had been notified and were waiting for him below the landing craft.
The members of the task force are as mentioned above:
A temporary command team was formed by Calvin, two terminators, a pharmacist and a flag officer;
The remaining ten people were divided into two teams, forming a standard melee team equipped with interceptors and a heavy fire support team equipped with purifiers.
Except for the lack of some heavy armored units such as the Holy Dreadnought, the entire team is exactly the standard configuration of a regular multi-purpose mission unit.
Do veterans make this mistake? of course not.
So on the delivery deck of the Supreme Decree, the full set of equipment of a huge Heavenly Punishment Dread Knight has been pulled to the cargo bay door of the Hummingbird landing craft.
The warning lights on the deck began to flash regularly.
Calvin knew that it was a sign that the Supreme Decree was about to leave the subspace navigation state.
The mechanical slaves have loaded all the equipment and supplies, and the mechanical priest is guiding their exit.
The number of people on the entire deck was decreasing rapidly and quietly. The crew leader in charge of logistics had already come to Calvin with a list of supplies in his hand, waiting for his confirmation and signature.
Calvin bent slightly, took off his helmet, and then reached out to take the data pad from the logistics team leader's hand.
While he quickly glanced at the supply list on the data board, he motioned with his eyes to Tarik beside him to check.
The other party was also familiar with the process and had already climbed into the Hummingbird's warehouse when Calvin found the data pad.
After a while, Tariq came out of the cabin after confirming the quantity and type of supplies with Calvin one by one.
After getting back the data pad with Calvin's electronic signature, the logistics team leader quickly walked to the standby channel next to the deck.
The deck had become completely silent, and in the large empty cabin, only the Gray Knights lined up in silence, waiting for Calvin's orders.
Seeing these soldiers focused on him, Calvin's instinct about his previous military career began to kick in.
He subconsciously prepared to give a pre-war speech and mobilization after coughing slightly.
But under the gaze of these Gray Knights, he quickly reacted.
Do the group of fighting machines in front of them, who have experienced countless wars and are more professional than professional soldiers, really need his speech? Is he here to be funny?
Calvin, who had nothing to say and was a little depressed, waved his hand:
"Get aboard!"
Then, amidst the slightly strange looks in the eyes of the Gray Knights, he took the first step towards the Hummingbird's transport hatch.
The Gray Knights didn't have any extra thoughts. They followed Calvin's figure and lined up into the Hummingbird's transport cabin.
"I'm so stupid, really. I only know that veterans in the barracks always trick new recruits, but I don't know that the Gray Knights are like this too. I rushed over as soon as I received the notice, and I didn't hesitate or think too much. They asked I just said so. When they asked who could go, I couldn’t get away. I was so stupid..."
In the transport boat cabin, the Gray Knights stood facing each other along both sides of the bulkhead, waiting for the locking clips above the cabin to lock.
Calvin, the first pick on the left, looked at Tarik across from him with dull eyes, and muttered some words that Tarik couldn't understand.
This time, only two members of the guard, Golden and Tariq, were accompanying him. The other four also had to bear the important task of being the skeleton of the heavy armored force, so they could not all be assigned to Calvin.
That's right, the Gray Knights' combat philosophy has always been that people are more valuable than equipment.
The basis for being able to say such strong words is that as an Astartes battle group, they have a rich and arrogant equipment background that can be said to be rich and arrogant among their colleagues in the entire empire.
The Gray Knights have no shortage of power armor, so they don't have a recruit company.
Any Gray Knight recruit who has passed the test will receive a brand new Aegis-type power armor on the night of the orientation dinner.
And if he is willing, he can even directly participate in the Terminator Power Armor training tutorial after his career as a recruit without any test or competition.
Yes, you read that right.
In other warbands, the Terminator Power Armor is treated as a holy relic and requires an application to be touched.
There is no threshold for the use of the Grey Knights, it only depends on whether the specific battlefield needs are met.
There is no need to be a veteran, and there is no need to serve for hundreds of years to enter the most elite company.
The training course of the Grey Knights' Terminator Power Armor starts directly after the end of the recruit period.
This also means that if necessary, the Grey Knights can take out a full Terminator lineup including recruits to appear on the battlefield.
This behavior is considered a crime of luxury in the eyes of other warbands and even the Imperial Guard.
And the Grey Knights are indeed good at using this extreme full-armor lineup.
The psychic power they all have makes the Terminator's inherent teleportation ability more accurate and effective.
And the number of teleports far more than their peers also makes the Grey Knights' Terminators basically have no chance to charge long distances on the battlefield.
This greatly reduces the possibility of exposing the weakness of the Terminators who are not good at fast movement.
The Grey Knights make full use of the teleportation advantage brought by their psychic power, and always tend to teleport accurately to the enemy's face with the help of powerful psychic power to fight.
The most common tactic is to teleport and then kiss the opponent's head with your 120-yard metal sole.
If there are still survivors in such a wave of attacks, then the remaining people are qualified to see what the destructive power of the goddess of vengeance is.
The Supreme Decree has gone far away, and left in a hurry after delivering the transport boat that Calvin and others were riding.
It needs to recover as much time as possible.
There is not much redundant time left for it, and it will not have time to consider anything else before the next Manzeville point arrives.
Calvin's side is a different scene. The hummingbird they are riding is quietly passing through the uninhabited area outside the galaxy.
The information received in the public channel between galaxies allows the driver to know his position at the first time.
And this information was also transmitted to Calvin, the commander of this team, at the first time.
"Rust Star Belt? Someone in this place will also call for help from the Inquisition?"
Calvin looked at the star map in his hand, and he was a little confused.
The geographical location here is very special, located at the confluence of the three parties of the Sun Star Field, the Hazy Star Field and the Storm Star Field.
Not to mention the countless imperial military forces that the Empire has stockpiled in the Hazy Star Region to resist the Dark Expedition and the core military force of the Solar Star Region as the central region of the Empire.
Even if we only talk about the Rust Star Belt, which is less than a month away from here, a total of more than ten forging worlds, large and small, are hugging together and entrenched in the center of the entire mining planet group.
Under the aura of martial virtue that is almost overflowing from these oil men, Calvin can hardly imagine that any force dares to make a move here.
After all, when you have at least one Titan Legion, a dozen Titan Knights, tens of millions of intelligent control legions living next door, and there are more than a dozen forging worlds to provide logistical support for them, you may even consider whether the volume is too loud to wake up the adults next door when you breathe.
When martial virtue is abundant to this extent, the rules will change for you.
This powerful force is reflected in all aspects of the operation of the entire empire.
And the easiest way to know this influence is to look at the imperial emblem in your hand.
You should know that the golden war eagle in the original imperial emblem has only one head.
After the Emperor went to Mars and signed an agreement with the Mechanicus on Mars, the Imperial Eagle became a double-headed eagle.
These two eagle heads that look down on the galaxy are the fundamental symbol of the Empire's military power. One represents all the armed forces of the Empire, and the other represents the Mechanicus they represent.
"What kind of person would go to great lengths to send a distress signal to the passing Grey Knights?"
While Calvin was thinking about the background of this unusual mission, a black ship belonging to the Inquisition had appeared from the end of their sight at some point, and was quietly and quickly heading towards Calvin and others.