Well hello there people, once again the tales of the shadow foxes are unfolding.
On another note, i find it interesting that ppl are taking an interest in this little story, got many things planned for this. But I really want this story to be a foundation for future stories. So I am really taking my time in how i want to build not only this story. But the planned universe of 30-40k as a whole. Trust me, it wont be the same as the main cannon story. And who knows, maybe something might just happen that completely deviates this universe from the 40k we know :)
Anyway, onwards
Chapter 4: Where Machines' tread
Date: 007 M30
Operation Parameters: Crusade
Current Imperial Forces: 17,800,000 Est Troops
Current Enemy Forces: 89,380,000,000 Est Troops
Casualties:
Imperial Forces: 2,501,000 Est Troops
Enemy Forces: 163,120,000,000 Est Troops
Location: Cyph Primus, Ullanor Sector
The soul of the Machine God surrounds thee.
The power of the Machine God invests thee.
The hate of the Machine God drives thee.
The Machine God endows thee with life.
Live!
Cyph Primus was once a thriving city, now reduced to rubble. It's once great structures were tainted by ork iconography and bastardized ork tech. It's once glorious centers were reduced to dust as the ravages of time gnawed at it's heart.
Two bulging, belching machines tread through it's streets, these being crude and unrefined gargantuan walkers, smoke and soot billowing out of their ramshackle tubes. The sounds of gears grinding and fire burning coming out of speakers from these machines. No truer can you find such a crude representation of the orks gods in such a miserable state.
They were patrolling this sector of the block, their forms coming over the massive ruins that littered the landscape, their forms clanking as the crews of these giant monstrosities barely held the machine together.
The ork machines were slow in their patrol, itching to set their sights upon the enemy. Knowing that they wouldn't find such a great 'scap' as the fight among giants. They itched to dig their massive chainsaw like arm into the body of a 'umie' walker, to see them being ripped to shreds by the creation that they have wrought into this world.
The orks stopped, their movements sudden. In the distance, they could hear the sound of something. Something loud.
This brought a new face of eagerness, as the machine grinds ever so much more loud. The sounds of ammunition being loaded and the revving of the chainsaw driving them on to more acts of savagery.
Again they heard the sound, yet now it was more clear. The sound of a massive horn, defiant and clear through all the music of battle happening in the far distance. The orks gave out a massive battle cry as their machine's were being primed for combat, becoming ever more frenzied.
The third blaring horn call came from a cloud of dust and smoke. As it cleared the figure could be seen, it's glinting silver and sleek design being deceptive from it's human origins. Like the figure of man, this giant of a machine towered over the buildings around it, it's head; much like one of a human looking at the two ork machines as it blared out another blast of sound from it's massive horn, the battle call a clear signal to the enemy to fear this great machine.
The ork machines did not hesitate, already one of the massive machines was stomping it's way towards the enemy, it's massive cannon arm firing round after round in it's direction as a plethora of guns unleashed upon the human machine. The machine dodged the massive rounds as it strafed from building to building, using the ruins as cover against the large caliber rounds from the main cannon fire.
The ork was now running full sprint towards the machine, it's chainsaw arm lunging towards the walkers torso. With an agile grace, the machine dashed to the ork engines left. It used it's torso to pivot and deliver a brutal left hay maker into the body of the ork vessel, staggering the machine and causing it to start tipping over as it struggled to regain it's balance.
Even in such a compromising position, the ork engine still flung it's left arm into the body of the human machine, it was caught within the humans walkers right hand as the sparks and sound of crushing metal was heard as the chainsaw was still spinning full blaze. The human machine gave out a quick jab into the head of the ork vessel, it's force enough to dislocate the joints in the chainsaw arm as he delivered another punch into the joint supporting the massive arm.
The effect was instant as the ork vessel stumbled away, it's left arm missing as the chainsaw gave out a final gasp before running silent. Throwing the arm away as the human vessel looked upon his wounded foe, he was blindsided by the second ork walker as it got a good hit into the humans torso, a deep gauge was drawn on the machine, side steeping from the two ork vehicles, he took a stance as the two ork walkers started to charge the lone machine.
Side steeping the chainsaw while pushing the main gun from the second ork as it was blazing, the machine yanked the chainsaw arm to block the second ork walker with the first, the ork guns were still blazing as the first ones armour was peppered with cannon fire. It's head was caved in as the human walker grasped the chainsaw arm and using it as a makeshift sword, plowed it through the other ork walker.
The human walker was staring as the second ork vehicle was rattling around while a massive chainsaw was destroying it's insides. The sounds of explosions was heard as the vehicle detonated it's spare ammo. The other ork was still pinned as it tried to maneuver it's other arm to fire at the human machine, but was unable to free itself from it's grapple.
Raising it's left arm, the human machine slammed it's fist into the front of the ork vehicle, he repeated this, every time the armour would cave in more and more. The ork vehicle at this point was panicking, trying everything to get out of the grapple. It's armaments of rockets tried to make the human walker flinch as they exploded in front of his head, but it did not budge.
Finally, after a dozen punches, the front armour finally gave in as the fist grasped upon the crude reactor within the giant, giving a great heave, it pulled out the core as it started to overload. Tossing it aside, the human walker grabbed the walker by the hole in it's chest and tore the machine into two.
As the core was flying in the air, the chain reaction within reached critical as a massive explosion leveled the ruins into a crater. As the smoke and ash cleared, the dust cleared to show the human walker relatively unharmed. It looked upon the sky as it started to walk out of the crater.
"This is Nuclear Biscuit, Objective complete. Proceeding to the next objective"
Date: 450 M23
Operation Parameters: Unknown
Current Location: Teraria, Elementia Sector
The Emperor was looking from orbit, compared to the others Teraria was bathed in a golden glow on the dark side of the planet, signaling nighttime on the side they were orbiting. Out of all the planets this one intrigued the Emperor as he could see satellites orbiting the planet and other satellite like objects.
"As you can see my lord" Arhisa said as she pointed towards the planet "Teraria was an abnormality among these planets, a result of the first experimentation's with Chakra and it's potential. As a result, the chakra systems of the inhabitants did not develop like the ones in Elementia. Instead it formed a sort of quasi bond with each other. Allowing a sort of mental link to develop. This allowed them to develop technology at a phenomenal rate"
"This trait however did not last as an event known to the locals as 'the incursion' happened. Unstable chakra energy created a breach in which alien life started to appear on the planet"
The party, comprising of The Emperor, Sanguinius, Naruto, Archmagos Kane, Team 7 with Garra and his siblings, along with team RWBY and JNR were suddenly more interested in this event.
Initially, when team RWBY and team JNR were invited to be a escort for the Imperial group, they were not suspecting that they would meet the Ekouu, Blake got along just fine with the fact that there were people who looked a lot like birds, along with the others as well after the initial surprise.
"This breach introduced a whole new enemy that the people of this planet had to fight, and to survive this enemy. They had to be creative."
"They used their combined mentality and devised the tools to fight against this threat, using the very chakra link they had they would create a linking system that would help them pilot these tools as though they were their own bodies."
"These tools they created, they called them Jaegers, or hunters in their tongue. Massive war machines that would be piloted by a dual link cockpit, each pilot not only becoming one with each other in both mind and body, but also one with the machine"
"By the Omnisiah" Kane said as he heard this "They produced the means of a mind impulse unit?"
"Yes and no Archmagos Kane"
"Explain"
"The mind impulse unit connects a recipient and the host through a neural link that allows them to experience every single function the machine goes through. Wherever that is walking through the ruins of a planet to experiencing the effects of having a gun arm being cut off in the middle of combat. In effect this creates a sort of imprinting effect on the host recipient which would lead to a dependency upon this system. Much like combat drugs effect a soldier during war and peace time."
"The system they created however, relies more upon the chakra link within the individuals. This is not completely connected to the mind, but rather through their chakra. This means that the individual is not being imprinted upon the machine, instead the chakra is. This gives them an additional buffering layer between them and the machines logic engine, which is then still mitigated more by the two pilot system"
"Since their chakra is still connected to their thoughts and reacts to what they wish it to do, they can pilot this system for much longer periods of time before the effects of dependency set in. With their body motions also being used to pilot the mechanical aspects of the machine as a extra control, this offers them an incredible amount of agility and awareness then more conventional impulse units"
"So in effect. It is a mind impulse unit, but it connects to their chakra instead of their mind?"
"Yes"
"Fascinating"
"My lords... we are being hailed"
"Put them on screen"
The Emperor and the envoys watched as the main screen lit up as a brown haired man with a distinct tribal tattoo on his face appeared, he was reading something under the screen.
"Unidentified ship. This is Teraria central, state your business and declare your intent before we use deadly force"
The man looked up from his screen as he looked at the group. His eyes lit up in familiarity as he looked at Naruto.
"Mr President?"
"Naruto?"
"Yes Father?"
"Have you ever set foot on this planet?"
"I have not"
"Then that isn't just my own imagination"
The group were standing before the central capital building in Terraria central, a well placed central park situated in front of the governmental building. People around the envoy were looking at them with a look of surprise or shock.
The Group were a bit surprised themselves when they saw a monument in front of the building, the monument was a jaeger titan next to it's pilots, the pilot on the left was a female, her hair was long as it flowed from her head, her eyes had a piercing effect as she was carved in a pilot's suit.
But it was the male that interested the group, for the male pilot looked exactly like Naruto. Minus the massive height difference. Sanguinius walked towards the plaque in front of the monument.
"Dedicated to President Naruto Longstrider and his co pilot Mitsuki Sastsumoto. Pilots of the jaeger Bastion, Responsible for the closing of the incursion gate in the year 992AI. May this monument stand as a testament not only as a symbol of defiance but also to the human spirit"
"Even when he isn't on a planet Naruto changes people it seems" Horus said
"Also" Horus said as he was pulling on someone from behind him "It seems we had a stowaway from Remnant on the ship"
In Horus's hand was a squirming Sun Wukong, who was looking very sheepish as everyone was looking at him, none more than Blake who had a look of both frustration and embarrassment.
"Sun! What are you doing here!" Blake said/shouted in frustration at the Faunus
"Umm... would it help if I said I just wanted to hang out with you all?"
The group from Remnant were just face palming while Naruto looked on in amusement. The envoy of Imperials looked at the boy with a stone cold visage, the Emperor was the only one in the envoy who was looking at Sun with a look of interest and mild amusement.
Sun started to sweat as the looks from the Imperials was clearly intimidating him. He was squirming a bit harder in Horus's hand as he looked at the giant who was clearly not impressed.
"How did you even get on the ship?" Blake asked as he was dropped unceremoniously with the others from Remnant.
"Uhh... I used the crates that were delivered to the ship?"
"So. You used the crates of dust... that were a gift to the Imperials... as a means of sneaking onto their ship?"
"Yea?"
"YOU IDIOT!"
Blake slapped Suns face as he stumbled to the ground, the young Faunus had a hand shaped red spot on his face as he started to bow in front of Blake apologizing while she ripped him with all not so subtle words.
"Well" Naruto said to the others "It looks like someone is learning the hard way not to mess with a lady"
"Saves me the time of punishing the boy myself" Horus said
"The boy was only curious, it's in human nature to discover something new" The Emperor said
"Yet this boy could have been an assassin. What then?"
"Yet he was not" The Emperor said "And a lesson has been learned, we can tighten that part of the security the next time so it will not happen again. Better an ally shows these flaws then an enemy"
The group were then met with a man, his white hair and aged features looked at the group, pausing for a bit as he looked upon Naruto. The man gave a small bow of greetings to the group.
"We had not expected that Arhisa and the Ekouu had contact with new interstellar allies. Nonetheless it is my honour to welcome you all to Teristra Primus, I am councilman Teron"
"We thank you for the welcome, councilman" The Emperor said "I am the Emperor of the Imperium of mankind. And this" The Emperor said pointing to Naruto "Is my son Naruto Uzumaki, hokage of Konohagakure no Sato and Envoy of Elementia. As well as a representative team of huntsmen from Remnant"
"Well then. If you will please all follow me. The Council is eagerly awaiting your arrival"
The Group were taken into the capital building, awaiting what the Council of Terraria wished to ask of Elementia, Remnant and the Imperium.
"Arhisa has told us that Elementia and Remnant are writing a treaty with the Imperium and it's many branches"
This was the words of the Current minister of Foreign affairs and Council Member Asrok Arstrum, he was a fairly young looking man with a slight beard growing from his face. Beside him was the governing body of Terarria representing the sixty eight districts that dot the planets surface. Men and Women alike were looking at the envoy with looks of either mild surprise or calm, calculating looks, yet the Emperor could see that there was a look of uncertainty on some of their faces.
"This is indeed correct" Naruto said as the council members listened "We had establish this treaty for all that call this system home, so that we may have a future in the times that will no doubt come to pass"
"While we as the council will review and wish to add some amendments to this treaty. At this moment we cannot enter an alliance at such a critical time as this."
At this the group were confused
"I... do not understand" Naruto said
"I trust that Arhisa has told you of the history of this planet and the event known as the Incursion, correct?"
"Yes she has"
"What she forgot to mention is that another Incursion event is about to commence in Ten days. And we as a nation must prepare for the inevitable war that it will bring"
"This changes things" The Emperor said as he walked towards Naruto "If you all knew that an incursion were to happen, why would you not warn the Ekouu about it. Knowing their technological advancements it would give you all a much needed advantage"
"You must understand, lord Emperor. We of Terraria have always been a proud people, we do not burden others with our own burdens. For in our culture our word has always had a great significance. When one is connected at a spiritual and mental level, to give someone their word would imply that you wholly trust that person. In a way it is creating a bond that transcends one's body and mind"
"It is the reason why these districts, even with their differences and opinions are still unified, because we as a people have connected together in a way that cannot be so easily broken"
"And it is also the reason why we as a people cannot so easily trust others"
The Emperor pondered those words for a moment, it seems that Terraria had achieved a total unity of it's people through the bond they share with their chakra. It would make sense why they do not go to war with themselves, for it would be detrimental to everyone. In a society that values bonds so much, it would be hard for common behaviors that lead to toxic and hostile cultures to be able to develop in such a society.
The more the Emperor studied chakra and it's effects on mankind, the more he became interested in it's applications, what other scenarios could chakra mend fractured bonds? What forms of chakra were there to explore? If chakra had such a profound effect on a society, what would happen if it were to be integrated on a galactic scale?
The Emperor was becoming more convinced that chakra could solve fundamental problems that he could see with his ever expanding empire. But that opens even more questions, ones that would need more study and research before he could even begin to start implementation across the galaxy.
"What if we were to assist your world with this incursion as a show of good faith?"
The Emperor said as the others were surprised at his quick reaction to the council's decline of the treaty
"This would show that you indeed would be an empire that values the worth of your allies. In such a case that would show that you are indeed willing to give us trust. We would find this a satisfactory agreement"
"We of Elementia will also help, but we will help with no other motive. I just don't want to see others suffer while I can still do something about it"
The council chamber was ablaze with hushed whispers and mutterings as the council members looked towards Naruto, even now the group could tell some of the words they were saying
That's something he would of said
It's like he was still here
"While it would be somewhat diplomatic if the Imperium would help is in our troubles, we would not wish such a burden on a planet who is still developing such as Elementia."
"I wasn't giving a suggestion" Naruto said "We will help you guys wherever you want it or not. I will even personally see that your planet will be safe"
Again the council was ablaze as members looked at Naruto with looks of Awe.
"Father"
"Yes Naruto?"
"How soon can we get a task force from Elementia to Terraria here?"
"Two days at most, three if the task force is of a much larger size"
"We'll send in a force in three days, that is my promise to you all. And I can tell you now, I never go back on my word"
"Naruto... you really jumped the gun this time didn't you"
Standing in front of a massive monitor screen, Naruto was looking as multiple faces from both Elementia and Remnant appeared in small communication boxes.
He was currently on his Fathers vessel as he had opened a direct line to all of the major people from both Remnant and Elementia.
How this was possible was through an implementation of the Trans continental system, but using relay towers on stationary and orbital stations across the sector. Elementia even had it's own trans continental system courtesy of Atlas and other technical personnel.
The Implementation of such a system ensured that all the planets could keep in contact with each other, usually for trading purposes or for people contacting each other. Trading routes were also established between the planets using port Antemurale
"The shinobi forces regard you as a hero and a lot of them are actually itching for another round of combat after the last fighting with the grim. So I would wager a guess that about 200 thousand shinobi, give or take will answer the call"
"That sounds about right"
"And Remnant? I know your guys forces have been recovering nicely since the kingdoms had multiple successful expansions Ironwood, Oscar"
"Since your a hero on this world Naruto, you'll probably expect the same amount, maybe even 300 thousand huntsmen and soldiers"
"I'll arrange the ships to transport you all over, have your gear and anything you guys would need. Come loaded and armed to the teeth, we don't want to have anyone die for any stupid reasons"
"Understood. Garra Out"
"Got it. Darui out"
"Understood. Kurosuchi out"
"Got it bossman. Chojuro out"
"Understood Naruto. Ironwood out"
"I'll get on it. Oscar out"
Naruto stood up from the monitors, a look of pure determination on his face. Come hell or high water, this incursion will be snuffed out and Terraria will be safe.
Date: 450 M23
Operation Parameters: War Preparation
Current Location: Salacor Implus ,Teraria, Elementia Sector
WARNING: INCURSION EVENT IN 9 DAYS
"What you are all about to see is the main production facility for the Mark 3 to 5 Jaegers. Please be aware that machinery crews will be in full production so I advise not to intrude upon their work"
The envoy looked on as a massive production line was happening before them, standing above the line were the jaegers themselves.
These machines were massive in scale and the automation that assembled them were just as big. Enormous plates of Steel covered the body parts of the jaeger as technicians were busy welding or bolting the pieces of the huge behemoth together, Crews were communicating with each other as a steady stream of parts were being craned in.
To the Emperor, such co ordination was unseen even in his empire. But to Archmagos Kane, it was both a sight of wonder and concern.
"Such mighty machines... yet why are they not being blessed in the machine gods name?"
The technician that was showing them the facility was looking at the man in confusion
"Machine god? What's that?"
Kane stumbled from that simple phrase. A look of shock plastered on his face as he was trying not to have an aneurysm from the blase response he had received.
"Surely you all have some semblance of belief in the machine?"
"I... guess? It's more the fact that if we treat the machines that we use as something more than just a tool the machine will take care of you. That's how we were taught in school at least"
Kane was intrigued by this answer, indeed the people of Teraria did not believe wholly into the faith of the machine god or the Omnissiah, but in their own way acknowledge the spirit of the machine which settled down the growing suspicion towards these people.
"The pilots of these Jaegers make sure that whatever problem their machine is having that it be fixed and serviced asap. A lot of the crews say that the pilots develop quite deep relationships with their jaegers."
Walking through the production facility, they appear to be walking through a docking yard. Where rows of Jaeger titans are being serviced and repaired, plates of steel being re welded and hydraulic lines checked for any signs of ware.
Alongside their Jaegers, the pilots are talking with each other, two pilots are in front of the mark 3 to 5's, while the smaller mark 7's to 9's have a single pilot who were checking everything on their more compact titan counterparts. Kane could see that each pilot looked to their machine with a sense of trust and understanding, a bond that he had only seen in the oldest of house knights and titans within their legions.
Even now he could see some placing small trinkets or markings on their machines, some even placing a mark that looked quite distinct, it was a circle with three lines crossing the edge with the symbol of a hammer etched into the middle.
"What is that symbol the pilots are carving on their jaegers?" Kane asked
"Ohh right. That is the symbol of the sentinels. You could say that it is the closest thing we have to a religion in this place"
"Religion?" The Emperor said, suddenly very interested in what the technician had to say "Can you please explain?"
"The symbol represents those who have passed from the incursions on Terarria. The first incursion was said to be a bloodbath, everywhere whole cities and communities died. But through all of it were ten fighters, each within their own unique Jaegers. The mark 1 to 3 jaegers were the only means we had of fighting the enemy, and these ten held the tide of monsters back. Stories of these ten warriors spread throughout our world, giving hope to those whom lost so much. Yet each one had that symbol on their armour."
"It was recorded in the archives that they held the very power of the world in their hands. That the pilots had connected with each other through their jaegers, and in turn their machines performed beyond the normal parameters of the jaegers of the time. In time, our forces were able to replenish our numbers and took the fight to the incursion gate, sealing it the first time. Yet those ten jaegers in the final moments, became petrified and turned into stone."
The technician walked towards a terminal as he punched in a few commands, a picture appeared that interested the entire group.
It was a massive gate, formed from a combination of organic flesh and crystallized energy, it's arching design showing how massive the structure was. Yet circling around it were ten statues, these being the very jaegers that held the first incursion back. The symbol proudly showing on their shoulders as they watched the gate, silently.
"They still stand there to this day, even now in the academy they tell this story. And it sticks with every jaeger pilot out there. They carve that symbol on their jaeger to honour those who had not only fallen. But to those ten who held back the darkness so that we as a people could survive our first nightmare"
The technician looked at the envoy as he pulled out a small trinket, this one being a small carved version of the symbol.
"It's considered to be the greatest honour and burden to be a jaeger pilot, but to us normal people we consider it our duty to honour and ensure that these machines and their pilots continue to protect us. So we carry these around to show our appreciation and commitment to the cause"
"Interesting" The Emperor said as the group were lead into a massive chamber.
The chamber itself was barren, but it's sheer size suggest it was important for something. The technician pulled them over to the side, where they could hear the sounds of hammers hitting.
"Give me a second" The technician said as he walked into the doorway leading to the back area
"OLD MAN! YOU GOT VISITORS!"
The sound of someone fumbling and the sound of piles falling down graced the group as someone was screaming curses while the sounds of falling objects echoed into the main chamber. After a minute of clanks and crashes an aged man walked out from the chamber.
From his appearance he was an interesting looking, his grey hair made him look well aged despite the fact that his face was fairly young looking. His eyes were the most interesting shade of blue as they had a otherworldly look to them, but what interested the group was the fact that the man had two robotic arms and legs as his torso looked quite synthetic.
Kane was fascinated as he inspected this man, already his augmented eyes counted no less than twenty mechanical augmentations on this mans head before even looking at the rest of his body. Such a person augmented so much was unheard of outside of the mechanicum. Yet he could not deny that this person had a skill set in machinery that outshines even his own.
"May I present to you Alabast Ryflo Augustus the third, or as we call him the old man. Head technician and scientific genius that created the hollow matter chamber that we now stand in, among other things"
Alabast looked at the group, pausing as he noticed Naruto. He walked towards him, inspecting him as his eyes zoomed across his body.
"Fascinating, if I had no idea that you were a different person, I would say you look just like President Longstrider. Truly fascinating"
"And also" Alabast said as he walked around Kane "Such an interesting spec you are running Mr?"
"Kane"
"Kane. I see that you have a twin support life preserver unit coupled with a... Lyonic power supply?"
"Yes. How did you know about that?"
"Call it an intuition. Also your programming manifold explained to me the specifications of your systems. Was rather easy to find out"
"By the Omnisiah, do not intrude upon my systems manifold. Such a violation of the machine is not tolerated by myself or my organization"
"Well, encrypt your manifold at least. A child could access it, it has no protection systems at all"
"What do you mean by 'encrypt'"
"I mean, go to your system maintenance file and configure the encryption pass code, it should be easy enough for you to do"
"I do not ne... Ohh, so that's what that is"
"There you go. Now people cant just waltz in like they own it now."
"Minor things aside" The Emperor said, interrupting the conversation, "We were told from the council that the production of Jaegers needs to be somehow increased due to the limited time factor that is presented. And that they said to come see you to find a way to increase productivity"
Alabast looked at the group, a sigh comes from his mouth.
"Those stupid whippersnappers... Not knowing a single thing that happens in this place I swear... Well. I guess I should show you how this works then, so I can tell you what my problem is. Although it's rather simple"
Alabast lead them into a room overlooking the chamber, inside were some of the most technological controls any of the envoy had ever seen, even Kane, who studied in the mechanicum had not seen such advanced controls.
The monitors were all hollow graphic, while the keyboard interfaces were also hollow graphic as well, two strips of glass were on either side of the room as s massive hollow graphic screen encompassed it. Alabast started to wave his hands across the screen as it came to life. The screen showed many small and large hollow graphic projections as various interfaces opened up from his typing into the screen. Most of the information passed in the blink of an eye to the envoy, all resulting in a surreal experience.
"By the Omnisiah... such technology..."
"Impressed? Well I sometimes outdo myself. This whole system I built from the ground up"
"You made all of this?" Kane said "But surely you had to have some template which you used?"
"Nope. Had nothing to start off with whatsoever. This is all my own original work"
"By the Omnisiah... such innovation"
"Well... if your finished gaping at my system. Ill show you how this works"
Typing a few things, Alabast started talking
"How many of you are familiar with the principal of matter and energy?"
Everyone in the envoy, except the Emperor was confused at what he just said, the Emperor however was surprised at hearing such an ancient scientific theory said so casually
"I understand it" The Emperor said
"Figures that the person whom I can't tell their age would know about this. You look quite spiffing for someone who doesn't look the part of an old person"
The Emperor was once again impressed that he could discern such information just from his appearance. Alabast continued
"For everyone else, matter is the building blocks of all things in the universe. From the air we breathe to even our very bodies. We are composed of matter, a simple but overall complex process involving three basic things. Protons, Neutrons and Electrons"
"Another thing to note is that Energy, no matter what. Is consistent. You can never have more energy than what you start off with, and that no matter what, you cant create energy from nothing. It's always changing it's form from one thing to another."
"My hollow matter device is rather simple. It uses the basic blocks of matter and compiles it into elements that can be used for production. How it gets that is quite simple. It's simply converting one form of matter into another. Using a rather energy intense process"
Typing in a few commands and looking over a manifest that was sent from the production crews, Alabast and the envoy looked on as a tinted glass settled over the chamber.
"And now... just a few more tweaks and..."
Two massive pylons appeared from the edge of the chamber, humming with energy, this was followed by a massive robotic arm with a specialized tool on the extended end. The room was filled with the sounds of machinery winding up as the two pylons started to glow brighter.
The envoy could feel the air shift as something was happening. Already they could see that the arm was moving rapidly between the two pylons and the light became even brighter. Just as it seemed the machine was getting louder, the arm pulled out from the blinding light as the pylons started to power down.
What the envoy could see was beyond anything they would have imagined, as the tinted glass moved upwards, they could see where there was nothing, a massive jaeger fist was resting in the chamber. Elevated above the ground through some means, it stunned the envoy silent.
"How... that's impossible" Kane said as the others were awestruck, even the Emperor. Who had seen many innovations within his time could not believe what he had just seen.
"What sorcery is this? Is that even real?" Horus said as Alabast gave a bit of a chuckle.
"It's as real as anything around us. What you just witness is matter conversion. Taking the very molecules in the air of the chamber and being converted to the steel that is now currently resting in that chamber. The pinnacle of scientific logic made real"
Kane started muttering prayers to the machine god as he had just witnessed such a wonder before his eyes. The Envoy, especially Horus and Sanguinius has looks of awe upon their faces. Naruto looked at the chamber with wonder and the Emperor was actually speechless at what he witnessed.
"Okay" Naruto said "I am officially impressed"
"Unfortunately" Alabast said "This actually leads into the problem I said before" typing in a few things on the keyboard, the envoy were shown what looked to be a power grid.
"This is my problem"
They could see the power levers for the facility had dropped dramatically during the time the machine was used.
"There isn't enough power?" The Emperor said
"Not even close" Alabast said "That procedure drains so much power that the only thing that we could do practically is make the metal in bulk cubes. Then we have the fabricators cut out the parts from the processed metal, which leads to the slow production rate. And that's not even getting started on the more intricate and important parts of the jaegers"
"The more complex the element that is required the more energy that is used. This machine is terribly inefficient because it has to follow the rules of the universe. Which means that some elements required to produce the jaeger are limited by their nature"
"We could technically make it but the process would be too long and the resources hardly worth the effort as it would be too small to be used in production"
"Council has been hounding me for months on the topic. But no matter how I look at it, the problem is always the same. Unless you all know of a way to break the laws of physics then I cannot speed this process up. Frankly, unless I can find another energy source as a stop gap solution to provide me with the energy I need, we ain't gonna get anywhere"
Tapping a few keys he showed the envoy the current state of the production line.
"I have twenty five Jaegers all needing parts, and these ain't your run of the mill parts either. This is specific elements, metals too complex for our current power grid to handle. But if I had the power, I could actually finish these jaegers in time for the fighting"
"What about plasma reactors?" Kane suggested
"Too bulky. And the amount you would need would be too impractical in the time frame we have"
"Trimethican Fusion Reactors?" Kane suggested again
"Not enough energy. And if the power grid were to surge then we could kiss this planet goodbye"
"What about dust reactors?" Sun said as everyone looked at him with looks of either surprise or confusion.
"Since when did you know about power plants Sun?" Naruto said, suddenly interested in how he knew such a thing.
"I uhh... I don't want to talk about that right at this moment if you all don't mind. But last I remember, dust reactors use lightning dust to generate power to most of Vacuo's manufacturing. In fact I remember that there was really only one power facility needed to power the whole kingdom"
"He is right" Weiss said "Atlas has a single main power facility that only has two reactors, that powers the whole continent"
"Interesting" Alabast said "And do you have a sample of this 'dust' at the moment?"
Weiss pulled out a crystal of lightning dust. It's crude shape suggested that this was unrefined dust
"This is the dust we are talking about"
Alabast tool hold of the crystal and was looking at it critically
"Hmm... Crystallized structure... yet is not made from an organic compound. Shows remarkable resemblance to silicon crystals yet is not a storage material. Even just holding this I can feel the energy contained within the crystalline structure. Such an impossibility... yet here it is. Fascinating"
"What do you mean Alabast?" Naruto said
"I mean that this material shouldn't be able to exist. It is fundamentally pure energy given crystal form. Which should be impossible by natural law. This is essentially what is called lightning in a bottle"
"Our planet produces that. And all other assortments of dust. The Ekouu said it was a result of our planet being the origin of where chakra came from"
"Chakra... of course! It's pure chakra solidified! Why did I not see that before!" Alabast said as he scrambled around the room. The Envoy were looking at him as he walked through the backdoor into a storage room. The sound of papers and clanks of objects hitting the floor as they could hear the man scrambling through the room. Finally, after five minutes Alabast came back into the room. A small object within his hands along with a parchment.
Setting the parchment on the table, he placed the object on the paper as a holographic projection filled the space.
"This was an old prototype generator I was working on. At the time I was thinking about ways in which we could utilize the chakra link among us but never had the means of storing and processing that energy so I decided to shelf the design"
"But this" Alabast said while showing the dust crystal "This is the solution I've been looking for. With this I can complete this generator, and since I designed it to only need a quarter of the space needed for a standard power core, it was also theoretically possible to put this into a jaeger"
Kane looked upon the blueprint, and he couldn't deny that the machine indeed looked similar to a plasma core, just much smaller in size. Yet seeing the theoretical power output that the design stated, he could see that this would produce more power than even mars main power production facility.
"It just might work" Kane said "How long would it take to create this 'chakra' core?"
"with these plans? Twenty four hours. I just need twenty tons of lightning dust crystals"
"That we can arrange" The Emperor said
"Then I guess were gonna pull through with this after all"
Date: 007 M30
Operation Parameters: Crusade
Current Imperial Forces: 17,799,000 Est Troops
Current Enemy Forces: 89,000,000,000 Est Troops
Casualties:
Imperial Forces: 2,500,000 Est Troops
Enemy Forces: 163,500,000,000 Est Troops
Location: Vermanti Valley, Planet Ullanor, Ullanor Sector
"Sergeant Blake. We've got activity"
Blake, crouched down in cover as her squad pointed towards a tide of orks heading in the other direction from her squad. From this distance she could hear the sounds of bolter fire as the mob rushed to the fighting. Blake gave the signal for her team to move towards where the orks were going.
Swift and silent, they passed the ork groups, all the while hearing taunts and warcries from the ork mob
"Da 'umiez all alone!"
"lets take 'em"
"he's only wun 'umie. How hard kan 'e be?"
Blake could still hear the sound of bolter fire when a distinct bang was heard by the squad. Blake paused momentarily before her eyes widened.
"Sergeant?"
"I know that sound. Squad alpha, double time now"
The group rushed towards the sounds of fighting as they could now hear the sounds of orks being smashed by a blunt object. A boltgun was heard as the sounds of another bang reverberated through the forest.
Appearing before a clearing the orks were rushing a lone figure. His armour the telltale black of the shadow foxes as his blond hair and what appears to be a monkeys tail was swaying behind the figure. He had a boltgun in one hand while a double barreled shotgun was in the other. Orks tried to rush him from all sides but with the two weapons in hand he held his own against the tide, an ork leaped towards his back but he sidestepped the leap while his shotgun blew his head.
Another ork tried to flank him but the warrior turned his boltgun to the ork, a quick burst and his head exploded. Again the orks tried to outflank him or overwhelm him with bodies but each time he would do a quick sidestep while either his shotgun or his boltgun stopped the orks cold.
"yer gunna die 'umie!"
"da Boyz are gonna tear ya up gud!"
"stand still so i kans kill ya"
"WAAGH!"
The lone figure weaved through the ork horde, his shotgun folding into a staff as he used the weapon to deliver blunt force trauma to the orks in his range. Sidestepping and delivering a bolter shot to an ork. The figure was then blindsided by a salvo of rockets as he was smashed into the mob.
Blake, taking no time to act, leaped into the fight, a look of anger on her face as she tore the orks apart with her hands. The orks were not prepared for ten marines to appear from nowhere as their numbers were cut down.
The hesitation of the orks was apparent as some turned tail and ran away as the horde was being cut by blade and bolter.
Blake rushed to the area the fighter was, finding him lying on the ground, two golden clones around him providing cover as the person groaned. Blake turned him over, to reveal the face of Sun Wukong.
"What took you so long?" Sun said, a spike of pain from his side as blood flowed from a part of broken power armour
"We got here as fast as we could" Blake said as she applied first aid towards the wound. Already Sun's laramans organ was sealing the wound close as Blake looked for any pieces of armour lodged in his side.
"What happened to your team?" Blake said, at this Sun took on a look of somber
"Their at peace"
That was all Blake needed to hear, she had heard from the radio chatter that the legion suffered some pretty serious casualties. But then again that was the price of being the vanguard force for a huge invasion.
"And... their reductor vials?"
"Safe" Sun said as he pat the carry pack on his belt. Blake was thankful of that at least.
"At least they wont be forgotten. That's all we can do for now" Blake said as she finished up her inspection. Looking around the clearing she could see the orks had been routed as her squad cleaned up the survivors.
"Sergeant. Receiving a vox call. We have a new directive"
Blake grabbed Sun's hand as he lift himself up. She could see the wound had closed up as Sun looked onwards.
"Well Blake. Looks like it's gonna be one of those days huh?"
Blake smiled, hearing the radio chatter she nodded.
"Seems like it's gonna be"
"You know. We never got to visit that monument on Uraska 7, do you think we could... you know?"
"Sun!" Blake said, a blush forming on her cheeks "Is now really the time to be talking about that?"
"But Blake. You know you would like it, like that time at Yisni primus. You know... That time"
"Sun... just for one time. Can we please just focus on the battle"
"Only for you my girl"
Blake still couldn't get the blush on her face to go down, she heard a few chuckles from her squad as she gave them a stern look, instantly making them stand at attention. Honestly, in all her years with Sun, she still thinks he is an idiot.
But he is her idiot.
Date: 007 M30
Operation Parameters: Crusade
Current Imperial Forces: 17,799,000 Est Troops
Current Enemy Forces: 90,000,000,000 Est Troops
Casualties:
Imperial Forces: 2,500,000 Est Troops
Enemy Forces: 162,500,000,000 Est Troops
Location: Rakas Thrung, Planet Setimus Primus, Ullanor Sector
Setimus Primus was a barren,cold world in the Ullanor sector. It's hard permafrost surface hid an immeasurable amount of minerals, making it a perfect place for orks to set up their main mining operations. Previous Imperial colonies had establish mining operations on the planet, which the orks had looted and used for their war machine.
A group of fourty marines were traveling through the barren land, a recent snowstorm starting to howl at them as they continued their pace. Leading the group was a giant of a man, his mane of blond hair whipping behind him as the soldiers behind him followed suit.
Two massive wolves were following by his side as he had an ornate sword in his right hand. Standing still for a moment he started to sniff at the air.
One of the warriors, this one in the armour of black with orange, stood beside the giant man. This warrior was a she, her hair long and feral looking as a pair of red triangles were upon her cheeks, a pair of fangs protruding from her mouth as she was followed by three massive hounds.
"Lord Russ?"
"Do you smell that Hana?"
The lady known as Hana took a few sniffs, her eyes widening as she could trace a specific stench on the wind
"I do my lord... greenskins"
"Heh" Russ said as he got into a ready stance, the fighters all reading their weapons
"We walked into this trap of theirs"
A shout of a few hundred orks ringed through the howling of the blizzard, as green appeared from the white storm. The sound of bolter fire and blades ringing as the ork mob encircled the group.
The cries of orks and battle cries of astartes rung through the howling of the blizzard, and as the sound of battle faded, the blizzard started to subside. A few of the marines in the group were on the ground, bleeding from wounds as various weapons were impaled on their power armour. A few were on the ground, their bodies still as the biting cold started to seep into them.
Russ had blood all over his face, dozens of orks surrounding him, forming a ring of death. While beside him his brother wolves Freki and Geri had blood over their paws and fangs, a ring of orks around them.
Hana also had a couple dozen orks surrounding her, her triplets each having their own ring of orks as blood dripped from their mouths. The triplets circled around the two brother wolves as grunts and grows were exchanged, the triplets giving submitting grows to the two brothers.
Russ looked around, he could tell that this ambush group was the biggest group they had seen so far. And yet their miles away from their main objective, the main mining facility on the planet. He gave a small chuckle, it seems that the orks will not give up their 'loot' without a fight.
"Hana"
"Yes lord Russ"
"Have the apothecaries tend to the wounded and dead, but make haste. We cannot let the orks recover too long. Have the dead be laid on the snow, the cold shall keep them till we return; mark this site well"
"As you wish lord Russ"
Another of the warriors, this one in cataphrachi armour with a massive Ferisian pelt on his shoulder, walked up to the primarch.
"My lord. Five marines are too injured to continue, what do you wish us to do"
"Have a detachment of five stay behind, the rest will proceed onward. Have them radio for thunderhawks to extract us when we are done"
"Understood"
Russ had been told that this planet wouldn't be protected according to Imperial Intelligence. He had to give a bit of a chuckle at such lies.
No matter, to him such a challenge was all the more thrilling, he had been itching to stretch his fighting muscles in a while, leading his troops from the back lines was becoming a bit of a bore.
And he also had to thank Naruto for supplying him with such an experienced tracker company, without which he would be having a bit of trouble trying to find the orks in such extreme conditions.
He was a little interested in the company leader Hana, she radiated a scent that made Russ feel a bit more primal. In a way it made him very interested in the female astartes, his wolf blood being excited at such a fine specimen.
But that would have to come at another time, for now the hunt for greenskins will have to do.
Date: 450 M23
Operation Parameters: Incursion
Current Location: Salacor Implus ,Teraria, Elementia Sector
WARNING: INCURSION EVENT EMMINENT
"All Jaegers and personnel to battle stations. Incursion event imminent. This is not a drill"
The alarms in Salacor Implus were blazing as Jaeger crews scrambled to get their machines to battle readiness. Ammunition and maintenance crews were rushing all over the place as gauges and ammo racks were filled and pressurized. The jaeger pilots were getting geared up as they either gave a few words of inspiration to their team members or remembered the oath that they took to defend Terraria.
The Emperor was looking around as drop ships from his battle fleet dropped in either his Custodian Guard or the newly reinforcing Ultramarines, A thunderhawk was approaching his location, it's distinct blue bearing the symbol of an inverted omega.
From the front hatch came a giant of a man, his blonde hair and regal appearance showing he was someone of importance. His ornate armour shone in the light while his gauntlet on his left hand hid in the shadow of his cape. Following behind the man was a full company of astartes, each one with the symbol of the Ultramarines on their left shoulder.
"Father. It is good to see you"
"And it is good to see you as well Roboute. I am glad you all arrived safely, with all these warp anomalies and all around the wider Imperium"
"We came as fast as we could. However I was only able to spare two chapters of the legion to these efforts"
"Well then. They will have to do. Come, a war council is assembling"
The Emperor and Guilliman walked into a operational bunker, in the main room was a control table and along the sides were all the leaders of the operation.
From Elementia were the four Kage's. Each with their own personal escorts, along with Mifune of Iron country, his distinct Samurai Armour making him stand out from the others. From Remnant was General Ironwood, Crow and Raven Branwen and Winter Schnee, along with the envoy from Remnant which consisted of team RWBY and JNR.
In the middle of the council was Naruto himself, looking over battle logs and tactical data, a stern face as he made sense from all the archival data Terraria had from this enemy.
From Terraria there were three people. One was a man whom looked in his senior years, his grey beard and hair showing his age as his scarred face showed his marks from battle. This was General of the Terraria Infantry corps Imperus Volklan, alongside him was Alabast whom was head first into hollow graphic projections, inserting algorithms and calculating patterns from the information that they have. The third person was rather young, his striking red hair gave him a charming look, yet his face was set in stone in determination. This was the senior General Knight Vance Val Rakan, commander of the jaeger forces.
Captain General Constantine Valdor,Archmagos Kane and Sanguinius were also present on the war council as they were looking at the data presented.
"What is the situation" The Emperor said as he and Roboute took a seat on the war table
"We have detected the first fluctuations of the anomaly. This is consistent with archival data and indeed tells us that the first 'tear' will commence in a few hours. From this information and past archives, we can confirm that this will only be the first in what will be thirteen incursion tears. Each tear after the first will happen around the general field of battle, and will last upwards of a few weeks" Alabast said as the hollow projection shows the even in what will happen on the battlefield.
"During this time, the enemy will deploy unrelenting swarm tactics. Which can overwhelm even our most fortified defenses. The main incursion tear will deposit titan sized 'kaiju' Monsters too big for conventional means to fight, hence the Jaegers will provide a shield wall to stop catastrophic damage to our infantry, who will bear the grunt of the enemies advance"
"What information do we have of our enemy" Guilliman said, Alabast gave a few button presses as a host of data projections came on the field.
"Cross referencing your imperial data, we were able to find a match. The first line will be shock troops; designation 'gene-stealers'"
A hollow projection of an alien creature showed on the screen, it's size and shape so abnormal yet that image made the Imperial commanders give hardened faces.
"These 'gene stealers' are usually only encountered on space hulks. To hear that they are the vanguard of this force is disturbing"
"There's more. They will be followed by smaller organisms. Designations 'hormagaunt' and 'termagaunt'"
The screen showed two variants of an alien, one with massive blade like appendages while the other carried what looked to be a firearm that was molded in it's arms.
"What manner of creature is this" Guilliman said in disgust as the Imperial envoy agreed with him.
"A creature genetically made to kill. The homagaunt variant is born with microscopic sharp bone filaments, it's nimble size and increased muscle strength in it's hind legs allow it to traverse terrain at an average of 70 to 80 miles per hour. Faster than our fastest recorded land animal. The Termagaunt variant grows it's ammunition within it's body, this living ammo then proceeds to bore into the enemy's body and consume it from the inside out. A truly gruesome way to die. Body armour however, proves to be a somewhat effective defense against the projectiles"
"Anything else that we will need to know about these creatures" The Emperor said, looking at the screen.
"There is one important thing to note. The creatures themselves do not posses an individual intelligence, rather they are actually completely driven by genetic instinct. It is only through what we call 'the hive mind' that they are actually able to function as an extension of the army"
"A hive mentality" The Emperor said "This makes things more complicated"
"We have gathered intelligence from previous incursions and have made strides on this 'hive mind' theory. And have been able to find out key organisms within the army that act as a conduit for this mind. We call it 'synapse'"
"The synaptic creatures are as shown. Designation 'warrior' and 'Zoanthrope'"
The screen showed two creatures, one with a massive sized cranium while the other looked more humanoid like. It was shown with a variety of biological load outs.
"The next class of creatures are known as the monstrous class, the first being designation, 'Carnifex'"
The image showed a hulking creature, it's small head with it's massive body were outclassed by it's massive arm like appendages.
"This creature is known to be the main battering rams of the enemy forces, each blow from these creatures have been measured to contain twenty five tons of force."
"That is enough to rip a standard tank apart" Sanguinius said
"Indeed. Ranged attacks are recommended, however should you encounter one in close combat. The head is your best bet, as it's hardened carapace is resistant to most attacks, a thrust into the head should also cut through it's secondary brain"
"It was also reported that there are multiple variants of this creature, each tailored to a specific role. This is the close combat variant, however there are two more close quarters variants and three shooting variants"
"Next creature: designation Trygon"
The creature was massive, it's body a combination of an armoured beast and a serpent, the creatures jaws unhinged at such a odd angle that made the council think it was designed to comsume creautres much bigger than it's own size
"This is the basic trygon, there are confirmed two more variants, one whom can be considered a synaptic creature, this one is designated alpha. And the other which is designed to only consume, this one is designated mawloc"
"Anything else we need to know about these creatures?"
"Apart from variants of these creatures, there is only one last creature you need to know about. And this one is the most deadly. For not only is it a creature of a large size, but it is also the main conduit for the hive mind"
A creature appeared before the projector as the group looked at it with a calm stare.
"This creature is designated; Tyrant"
"The size of that creature..."
"Indeed, this is one of the largest creatures apart from the kaiju class monsters. This one is not only surrounded by a field of energy, but also is outfitted with a combination of mono filament crystal bone swords or talons, along with a large cannon like weapon that spits crystallized acid"
"The creature itself possesses a supreme intelligence from the other creatures, and can respond to the battlefield scenario's instantly. But that is not it's most dangerous part"
"It has the ability to save it's consciousness onto the hive mind itself. Making it virtually immortal"
"So we not only face an enemy that is much larger than us" The Emperor said "But can also be saved by it's hive mind to fight once more in another host"
"That is indeed correct lord Emperor. Even with the other incursions we barely scratched the surface on this creature"
"This became more complicated" The Emperor said as the hollow graphics showed statistical data on these creatures, including known variants and adaptations.
"The enemy is known to mostly rely upon sheer numbers to overwhelm any defenses, should that not work, then it creates these tyrants to invoke battlefield strategies as the situation develops. We have lost many defensive points due to the enemy adapting to our tactics and changing their battle plan"
"Guilliman"
"Yes Father"
"Organize the defenses of this army, ensure that our battlefield communications are to remain intact for as long as possible. I am giving you authority to conduct our battle plans as needed"
"Understood father"
"Sanguinius, Naruto, Valdor. You are all with me, we shall be on the front lines. If these tyrants show themselves we must eliminate them with all haste."
"Guilliman, ensure the Jaeger teams and ground forces co-ordinate with each other if a dire situation comes"
"I will get my teams ready" Vance Val Rakan said as he saluted the group
"My men are under your command, lord Guilliman" Imperus Volklan said, Guilliman gave a nod of confirmation before he started to sift through the battlefield data at an inhuman pace.
"Let us go. And may we claim victory this day" The Emperor said as everyone gave a salute.
Date: 007 M30
Operation Parameters: Crusade
Current Imperial Forces: 17,500,000 Est Troops
Current Enemy Forces: 88,090,000,000 Est Troops
Casualties:
Imperial Forces: 2,199,000 Est Troops
Enemy Forces: 164,510,000,000 Est Troops
Location: Cyph Primus, Ullanor Sector
The sound of gunfire rings loudly within Cyth Primus, battles are raging as ork titan machines belch out their deadly payloads. Within the ruins are three jaegers, using the buildings as cover while the orks unload every conceivable weapon against the three.
"This is strike team Gamma, we have visual of twenty two ork super heavies, any forces that can respond, our co ordinates are Tango 217 location 480 heading 250. Be advised, targets are lead by a gargant class war machine, please advise"
A barrage of rockets forces the three jaegers to ditch their cover, as the blast levels the hab block. Two of the jaegers have hand mounted plasma cannons as their unloading rounds at any opportunity they can get, but the horde of machines continue to pummel them with a constant, unending show of force.
The loud war cries of the machines echo through the buildings as the jaeger team fall back block after block.
One of the orks landed a lucky shot that crippled the leg of one of the jaegers, forcing it on it's hands. The other jaegers turn back to look at their downed ally.
"Rick, Keira! Are you two alright?" One of the other jaegers said, forcing themselves to a crawl, the wounded jaeger tried to take a step on the damaged leg, only for it to cave in, collapsing down to the knee joint. Hydraulic fluid was flowing from the jaeger as the others looked on somberly.
"Sorry Captain" Keira said "This leg is gone. Were a dead weight"
"Dammit you two, were gonna get you both out of here" at this one of the jaegers tried to rush at the downed jaeger
"No captain. Just run, before it's too lat..."
The signal was lost as the jaeger was run through with a massive chainsword, this was attached to the largest ork machine.
The monstrosity was a belching smog of unholy machine, the constant clanks of gears grinding and flames bursting from it's armour belayed it's sheer size. It's chainsword was impaled through the chest and head area of the jaeger, as an ungodly screech was heard as the chain spun up, ripping the jaeger to pieces.
"Captain! We need to Run!"
The two jaegers started to move as the massive machine followed them, it's other arm a weapons platform as multiple cannons were spewing out their ammunition's. The other two jaegers were using the buildings as makeshift walls, but even those were no match for the sheer number of shots that were pounding the buildings to dust.
Yet they were still running, because if they stop then their the ones who are next.
One of the jaegers ducked as a massive round flew past their head, the other one strafing through buildings as it tried to use it's plasma cannon to give some suppressing fire.
The plasma detonated on the orks body, yet the machine continued as though nothing happened.
Already, the jaegers noticed that the other ork machines actually moved around their position, pinning them in one place.
The two jaegers were standing back to back, as the ork machines encircled them
"Yer kompletely surrounded 'umiez. 'der isn't nowhere left ta run"
the two jaegers stood as the main ork gargant blared this out from it's speakers. The massive machine lifted it's arm as the chainsword whirled back to life.
"I ratha like a gud chase wit' a propa fight. But ohh well, i guess i'll have ta jus kill yer both"
"This is Princept Arcturus on-board Invictus, co ordinates acknowledged. Brace yourselves strike team, vengeance shall rain from the sky"
A high pitched sound filtered through the air, the jaegers knew this familiar sound and readied their Ion impact shields, while the orks were confused
"Wot iz 'dat racket?"
That was what the head ork gargant said as a massive rain of rockets bombarded the area, the amount of explosions in the area was deafening. The two jaegers tried to keep themselves as small as possible while all around them explosions were going off. Warning signs were blazing in their command heads as their shields were starting to fail. Yet before the shields went down the explosions stopped.
All around them they could see nothing but dust and smoke, a few ork machines were nothing but scrap as the explosion ripped them apart. The two jaegers were wary as they surveyed the site, already their scanners show that the ork machines had been stopped.
They were about to give a message in thanks to the support when their warning sirens went off, as they could see that one target is still alive. As the dust cleared they could see what the warnings were saying about.
The main gargant was still there, massive chunks of it's armour was destroyed as parts of it's machinery and crew were able to be seen, it's shooting arm was completely destroyed as belching smoke was coming from all the ork machines parts. The head of the gargant was ripped apart, leaving a hole where a single massive ork was looking at the two jaegers with a look of pure rage
"Ya 'umiez! ya wrecked ma stompa! ma beaulty, me pride an' joy. I'z gonna stomp yer gud 'umiez! an' den I'z gonna wreck da sorry git dat wrecked ma stompa! Waaaaagh!"
The sound of gears grinding became more prevalent as the stompa started to pick up momentum towards the two jaegers, their senses showing a massive increase of activity within the shell of the mighty machine. The gun arm of the stompa was nothing but a pile of scrap, yet the chainsaw on the other arm started to come to life as the ork machine went full tilt into the two jaegers.
"Strike team to Invictus, main enemy threat is still operational. I repeat, main enemy is still operational. Request fire support"
The two jaegers were dodging the rampaging stompa as it's massive arm was cleaving through buildings, the brute of a machine was giving broad swings but the jaegers were finding it hard to avoid the hit completely, already a few of the swings have taken chunks of armour from their torso's as they strain their jaegers to avoid the whirling death.
"Invictus to strike team, acknowledged. Awaiting fire data, volcano cannon powering up"
"Captain! Laze the target!"
The two jaegers activated a pair of small lasers situated on their heads, the two lasers providing a detailed scan of the enemy stompa, and included such telemetry data that showed it's current position and the location of it's most vital machinery parts
"This is Invictus. Targetting data received, firing the volcano cannon!"
It came as a roar across the wind, a massive beam of pure energy screamed across the sky as the two jaegers cleared the stompa. It hit the body of the machine cleanly as the beam got progressively more violent. Pure energy caused a cataclysmic reaction as the gargant itself exploded in a massive ball of fire. The two jaegers applied full power, trying to get out of the immediate blast zone. A massive cloud of ash was pulled into a mushroom shaped explosion, the size of which could be seen across the planet.
The two jaegers braced against a building as the shock wave pummeled the site, already they could see chunks of the buildings they were using being melted into slag as they continued to brace, their ion shield straining under the explosion's force.
After ten seconds, which felt like forever to the crews of the jaegers, the dust started to settle. A massive figure's shadow was behind the cloud, and when it cleared the warlord titan Invictus was walking past them, it's volcano cannon smoking as the cooling vents tried to expel the excess heat. The titan itself looked towards the two jaegers as it's head gave a nod.
"Thanks for the assist Invictus"
"You take care strike team, and may we claim victory this day"
The titan walked away from the two jaegers, it's strides rumbling the earth as it looked for fresh targets. While the two jaegers walked into the city, eager to hunt for more ork machines.
DATA CORRUPTION:...Standby
Retrieving data from Secondary site...FAILURE
Retieving data from auxiliary site...SUCCESS
Data Defragmentation in progress
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DATA DEFRAGMENTATION COMPLETE
Resuming Functions
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Oooh... i wonder who this enemy is with the incursion?
who am i kidding, 40k players should know exactly who these aliens are, after all this changes the story. I mean, just imagine a guardsman from the Imperium being told that the EMPEROR himself fought against the alien xenos they are fighting, roughly 5000 years in the future.
Opens up a lot of options for future stories. Lots of opportunities.
Just as planned
Anyway. Cya all in the next installment