Void Keeper Wars - Warhammer 40K
This is a crossover between Warhammer 40K and StarGate, StarWars, StarCraft. I always wanted a new race for Warhammer 40K. The new race is an amalgamation of the Galactic Empire of StarWars, Goa'uld Empire of StarGate, and the Terran and Protoss from StarCraft. I will mostly be using the Clone Wars era for the StarWars, and post Ori-invasion for the Goa'uld, and units from both StarCraft and StarCraft 2. I don't own anything from Warhammer 40K, StarGate, StarWars, StarCraft. I am just writing it for fun.
Don't forget to leave a comment! Also, recommend this story to your friends!
Chapter 50: Escape from the planet
Just as Jonas and other exited the temple, they saw that the area around the temple turned into flaming hell. The massive plasma balls rained down upon the temple. Several shuttles came down from the Righteous Claw as it hovered quite low over the landing zone. As Jonas moved forward, he saw a group of Space Marines guarding one of the shuttles that already landed. Four plasma balls came down from the sky and two of them hit the port side of the Righteous Claw, destroying a plasma cannon and a missile launcher, and the remaining two came down right upon the shuttle. The shuttle crumpled under the heat of the plasma and the Space Marines who were about to enter the shuttle were trapped in that fire. With a short scream, their armour disintergrated and they died quickly. The impact flung Jonas' group across the ground.
Barius growled as he picked himself up and grabbed Jonas by the arm and helped him. Afterall, Jonas was not a Space Marine. Another plasma ball fell and exploded upon the temple, crumbling one of the pillars to the left. Evial shouted.
"We must hurry! Get on the shuttles!"
As they found a shuttle about to land with several Imperial Guardsmen and three Space Marines getting ready to step on, another plasma ball landed between them, killing a battlebrother who was standing too close. Jonas shouted as he pointed at another shuttle.
"That one! Let's go!"
The orange plasma balls continued to come down from the sky and the only shelter was under the giant ship of Righteous Claw. Thankfully, the ships moved to cover the forces on the ground and Jonas could step on to the shuttle without being shot down. Surveying the ground, Evial spoke.
"We lost four shuttles and those who were near it."
Barius slamed the side of the shuttle.
"Emperor damn it! Where is our fleet?"
The pilot of the shuttle answered.
"The rest of the fleet is on the other side of the planet picking up whatever civilians and military forces possible. We have sent a transmission but it will take a while for them to get back here, my lord."
"Just get us back to the ship!"
"Yes, my lord."
The shuttle lifted off but the plasma continued to rain down. The closer the shuttle got to the ship, the louder they could hear the explosions the plasma caused on Righteous Claw. The Righteous Claw was a cruiser and was large enough and strong enough to withstand against the sporadic bombardment.
The three ships trying to move out of the planet's gravity and atmosphere did not fare well. With the Void Shield at low efficiency and outnumbered, they faced the brunt of the attack. The frigates were the smallest among the Imperial Navy ships, but they were strong ships. They were strong enough to withstand plasma firing from five or so ships. The first frigate, Maimed Foe IX fired its lances as soon as its frontmost section exited the atmosphere. A dozen low-powered lances that survived the attacks fired at the Ha'taks and several torpedoes were launched. The lances missed their targets but some of the torpdoes managed to hit their targets.
By the time the second ship exited the atmosphere one of the Ha'taks lost its shield. As the first frigate turned and fired its lances and destroyed the Ha'tak that lost the shield, six hyperspace windows formed behind the Ha'taks. Each of the hyperspace windows let out five Ha'taks. The reinforcement of thrity Ha'taks gave the first Ha'taks some courage and they increased their firing rate. The rest of the Ha'taks also fired. The frigates were quickly outnumbered and outgunned, as the plasma balls filled the sky and crackled against the Void Shield.
With the whole ships out of the planet's atmosphere, the three frigates returned fire with zeal. Four Ha'taks were quickly dispatched but the Goa'ulds had a lot more ships coming. Another eleven hyperspace windows opened up behind the Goa'uld fleet and Ha'taks and Alkeshes came out. Suddenly reinforced with over eighty ships, the Goa'uld fleet began to pressure the three frigates. The Alkeshes moved forward, using their agility and maneuverability to weave in and out between the frigates and making them fire their weapons at each other. Under the constant bombardment, Maimed Foe IX began to break, and when one of the stray torpedoes hit its missile bays, the chain reaction of missiles exploding caused the destruction of the ship.
With Maimed Foe IX exploding and showering the remaining frigates with pieces of the hull, the frigates thought it could not get any worse. However, it did. Six hyperspace windows opened up above the frigates and Ha'taks and Alkeshes came out. This time, the new fleet was lead by an Apophis Ha'tak. In this glory and size, it fired precise and powerful plasma cannons at the frigates. The Void Shield flashed and buzzed as the powerful plasma balls crashed upon the frigates.
--
Admiral Cole was overseeing the evacuation of the planet's military forces. While the civilians were important, the Imperium was protected by its military forces, and therefore as much military power possible had to be preserved. The supplies, ammunitions, military hardware and trained soldiers of PDFs and the Crimson Gorgons were the priority. As he decided to retreat to his quarters for the much needed rest, an officer came running to him.
"What is it?"
"Urgent transmission from Righteous Claw, my lord. They are under attack, sir. They request immediate relief."
Cole bit his lips. Most of the bigger ships were occupied with evacuation and the smaller ships might not be much help. He decided to send as much as possible.
"General Derius and others on Righteous Claw are of extreme importance to the safety of the Imperium and the Emperor's armed forces. We must send reinforcement now! Get every frigates and destroyers up and running! Get them off the planet and into the high orbit now! Get the cruisers and battleships that are not stocked up with civilians or supplies to get off the planet now!"
"Yes, my lord!"
--
The Apophis Ha'tak opened a channel to the Goa'uld Jaroks. Jaroks bowed his head lighty. The Goa'uld on the bigger ship peered down on him through the screen.
"Jaroks, continue the assault. I will lead my ships against the vessel in the lower orbit and take the temple."
"My lord, these ships of the Imperium are most powerful. Even though the Goa'uld Empire is vast and… your share of it is indeed great, I do not think we have enough Ha'taks on this galaxy to…"
The bigger Goa'uld flashed his eyes.
"Silence! Do as I say! My master will arrive shortly and I have called forth the rest of my fleet I brought to this galaxy."
"Yes, my lord."
--
The Imperial frigates were superior to the Goa'uld ships but they were severely outnumbered, and even the thick and powerful hull platings could not withstand a storm of plasma fire. The second frigate began to buckle but it managed to take out another four Ha'taks and three Alkesh before its hull gave out and exploded. Just as it exploded, several dozen escape pods ejected from the ship, heading toward one remaining frigate. The Ha'taks sent out their gliders to hunt down the pods. Several hundred Goa'uld fighters swarmed around the remaining frigate and shot at the pods, destroying about half of them. With other frigates destroyed, the Goa'uld began to concentrate their fire on the last frigate.
As the Goa'uld fired at the ship, a dozen ships appeared from the left. These ships were well out of the atmosphere, and thus fully defended by the void shield. Flanking four battlecruisers and an Avenger class Grand Cruiser Broken Halberdier, the two dozen frigates and destroyers powered their weapons to destroy the Goa'uld fleet. The Goa'ulds decided to move the majority of their fleet to meet the new threat. The Apophis class Ha'tak and six Ha'taks descended into the low orbit, while a dozen Ha'taks and Alkesh continued their assault on the sole frigate.
--
The Apophis Ha'tak and the six Ha'taks waded through the clouds and descended upon the temple. Great shadows covered the grounds as the massive ships stopped above it. After a few minutes three rings came down from each of the Ha'taks and six rings from the flagship came down to the ground. Jaffa who came down the rings quickly spread across the ground and secured the temple gate as the second wave of rings came down. The third wave of rings included the Goa'uld. Haughtily, the Goa'uld stepped into the temple, followed by a hundred Jaffa.
The Goa'uld was interested in the corpses of the warriors who fought in the halls. The Chaos and Space Marines who spilt their blood on the ground were numerous and interesting for the Goa'uld. He barked some orders at his Jaffa and several of them began picking up and carrying the dead bodies and fallen weapons outside. The Goa'uld went forth but the Jaffa who went out carrying the bodies returned with greater numbers in cleaning out the halls of any Space Marine or Chaos technologies.
When the Goa'uld arrived at the top of the stairs and found the staircase full of dead bodies. The Goa'uld smiled as he gestured at the bodies. There was a pool of blood, slowly oozing down the stairs but there was no body. The Goa'uld ignored it and moved on. He arrived at the chamber and he frowned. Enraged, he stamped his feet on the ground.
"How dare they take the sword! Jaffa, Kree!"
He turned around quickly and left.
--
The Apophis Ha'tak and four Ha'taks began to rise, leaving hundreds of Jaffa and two Ha'taks near the temple. The rising ships spotted Righteous Claw moving toward north and set course toward her. The Apophis Ha'tak powered up its weapons and fired.
Fizzz… Fizzz… Fizzz… Fizzz… Fizzz…
Five powerful plasma fires flew toward the Imperial ship, two of them hitting their mark. One of the shots hit the fluctuating void shield and was dispersed. The second shot also hit the shield but in its weakened state most of the plasma went through the field, and it hit the edges of one of the engine exhausts. Had it gone into the actual exhaust port and up the shaft, the engine would have exploded. Fortunately, the plasma merely heated up the rims of the exhaust port to red glow.
The ship of Imperial Navy retaliated by firing six torpedoes and four lances. With dark smoke trails, the torpedoes streaked toward the Goa'uld ships, exploding upon the orange coloured shield. The lances flashed but stopped by the shield. Then as the second volley from the torpedo launchers fired, the Goa'ulds fired their own weapons. They continued to exchange fires while the Righteous Claw began to rise to higher altitude. As the ships engines were becoming less affected by the atmosphere, the Righteous Claw, which was rising ahead of the chasing ships, picked up speed and began to increase the distance between them. The advantage of the being in the thinner atmosphere was not lost on the Imperials.
--
Jonas entered the bridge with others behind him.
"Captain, get us back to the fleet, now!"
"Yes, my lord, but we will have to lose the chasing ships."
"Now that we are on higher altitude, we have advantage, have all weapons to aim and fire."
"Yes, my lord. Techpriest Cordalius, command the weapons stations."
The Techpriest, most senior Techmage on board, bowed his head and walked toward whole rows of computer stations where junior Techpriests filled the seats. The captain acknowledged the Techpriest and turned back to Jonas.
"My lord General, we will be joining the rest of the fleet within fifteen minutes, and we know that our ships are superior to these 'Goa'uld' ships. We will defeat them before they come with overwhelming numbers and swarm over us like locust."
"Indeed."