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.
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Chapter 51: Broken Sword
Fire Warrior Shas'El Koari breathed in deep through his mask. He readied his pulse rifle and looked around. He still had six Fire Warriors in his squad remaining. They were rookies but they were well trained and ready to give up their life for the Greater Good. Koari peered through the gaps between the half-torn down metal pillars that still managed to hold up the building. He waited as the sounds of footsteps to close in. These new enemies were not like the Imperial Guards or the Space Marines, and definitely not like any other races… in fact, they fought very much like the Tau. The Tau warriors kept their silence as the stomps of hurried footsteps came closer and closer. Koari gestured at his squad then whipped his rifle around the pillar and squeezed the trigger.
Blue plasma pulses rained down upon the enemies of the Tau, sizzling through the air. The Tau Fire Warriors were taught well enough to aim and fire, and at such short range the shots could not miss. The plasma struck the white armours of the Clones and knocked them down to the ground. The Clones were no less amateur than the Fire Warriors. After the first shots from the Tau, the Clones quickly returned fire, shooting their own rifles at the Tau Fire Warriors who hid behind the covers. The Fire Warriors were outnumbered and that was proven as more and more Clones filled the destroyed corridors.
Koari continued to fire, shooting down his fourteenth kill, but as more and more Clone Troopers filled the narrow corridors he found his attacks to be futile. Silently frowning under his helmet, he grabbed his last plasma grenade with his left hand. Still firing his rifle with his right hand, Koari ran to the next cover, throwing the grenade in the middle of the Clone Troopers. Other Fire Warriors saw this and they quickly took cover, preparing to retreat to the next cover. When the grenade exploded and killed at least eight Clones, Koari gestured others to fall back. The Tau warriors filed into two main corridors, taking cover behind the wall. The surviving Clones and the fresh new Clones came forward, firing at the retreating Tau.
Shas'El Koari was the last one to fall back, covering for the younger warriors. Just as he reached the safety of the wall, one of the Clones threw a thermal detonator. Koari reacted instantly, kicking the grenade back at the Clones. With a loud explosion, the Clones were thrown back once more, allowing the Tau to make escape. As they ran through the winding corridors of the old structure, the Shas'Ui leader of the squad he took command of spoke to him.
"Shas'El, where must we go, now that our base is destroyed?"
"There are some outlying bases to the north. We must reach them."
"North, Shas'El? The Orks infest the north."
"Why do you think those bases are there, Shas'La? They are there to fight off the Orks as much as they can. Now that our main city is taken, and the largest military instaliation on the planet destroyed, that is the only place with equipment, supply and manpower to mount any mission."
"Mission, Shas'El?"
"To retake the base and expell the invaders from our city."
"We will not have enough forces to mount such risky campagine, even if we get an outpost."
"Not just one outpost, Shas'La. There are three bases in the north, with at least a hundred Fire Warriors and Kroots. That is three hundred. We will then move to the west."
"West is the desert… where the Necrons are."
Koari nodded as he peered around the corner. He saw the other half of the survivors and gestured them over.
"Yes, the west is perilous, but there are a series of settlements and small outposts that we can go. I expect at least another two hundred warriors to join us as we go toward west, until we reach the desert."
"We will need vehicles, Shas'El."
"Where do you think we are going? Hear that sound? That sound means that the vehicle depots to the north are not yet comprimised and there are warriors still fighting."
A rookie Fire Warrior spoke.
"What good is that going to do, Shas'El? Aun'Vre is missing and Shas'O Shivah is dead! All is lost!"
Koari grabbed the Fire Warrior.
"You are a Fire Warrior, who fights for the Greater Good! Even Aun'Vre and Shas'O can be sacrifised for the Greater Good. Get a hold of yourself and get moving! We must take vehicles and head north. If you find anyone stranded Fire Warriors, bring them. Go spread out and reassemble in the depots."
"What of the other castes?"
"It's mostly the Fire Caste here… but there can be some Fio and Por… save them if you can."
"For the Greater Good, Shas'El."
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Battleship Golden Sword XIV fired its weapons, sending scores of torpedoes and missiles and a couple of hundreds of lances blasts and plasma bolts at the Goa'uld fleet. The sheer number of weapons on the massive ships of the Imperial Navy had meant that the Goa'uld only had numerical superiority. The orange plasma of the Ha'taks harmlessly dispersed by the Void Shield and the Imperial Navy ships were free to return fire. The Goa'uld ships, though outnumbering the Imperial ships by three to one, they were outmatched by the sheer firepowers of the massives ships of Imperium.
Captain Helios of the Golden Sword XIV, the flagship among the ships that engaged the Goa'uld fleet, gripped the arms of his chair as his ships shook lighty from the attacks. His ship was the largest among the Imperium ships fighting the Goa'uld, and most powerful. He surveyed rows of junior Techpriests and Imperial Navy officers seated in their control stations as they continued to maintain control over the ship. Helios roared at one of the senior Techpriest.
"Techpriest! The readings show that the lance batteries on sector 4A-3 are under strain. Do something about it!"
"Yes, my lord. I will ease the machine's pain. It will return to its full health and function."
"Very good."
The ship shook again as the second Apophis Ha'tak fired its powerful plasma weapon at the Golden Sword. One of the junior Techpriests shouted at another senior Techpriest.
"My lord, our void shield is falling. The dispersion rate is falling and the field strength is greatly weakened. The generator's spirit is suffering!"
"By the Emperor and the Machine God, keep them from failing!"
"Yes, my lord."
Suddenly, the whole ship shook harder than before and the screens that revealed the outside turned off. The captain felt that something was wrong. He roared at the Techpriest.
"Get me back the visual!"
Within moments, the Techpriests managed to turn on the screens again. Helios slowly turned as he watched any anomolies. Then he found it. A massive white ship, looking like a large ring with glowing energy ball inside it, was moving toward them surrounded by at least a hundred ships including a dozen of the bigger pyramid ships. The white ring ship was firing blue bolts of energy weapon from a dozen points on its body. He saw as one of the frigates being shot down by three of the ring ship's weapons. The blue bolts came down in bursts of five or six, and after four bursts from three points, the frigate lost is shield and its hull buckled under the explosions.
The thick hull of the frigate was no match under the incredibly destructive power of the phase cannons that made up the secondary weapons of the Ori mothership. Its communications, shield generator, life support and auxillery power was gone within minutes. It became worse when the Ha'taks joined in on the attacks against the shieldless ship. When seen Ha'taks and an Apophis Ha'tak concentrated their firepower on one ship without shield, the frigate began to crack. Large explosions covered the frigate and just as escape pods flew out of the ship, the frigate cracked in the middle. The orange plasma of the Ha'taks began to go through the frigate and come out the other side. The engine of the frigate crumpled under its own explosion and when the fuel tank filled with massive amount of prometheum and the numerous plasma generator cores ignited, the explosion was big enough to cripple the nearest Ha'tak that strayed too close.
Helios' lips bled as he bit down so hard seeing one of his ships being destroyed. He shouted orders at the weapons consoles.
"All weapons on that white ship!"
Unfortunately, even the powerful weapons of the Imperial ships were no match for the Ori mothership. All they did was attracting its attention. Helios stared as the Ori mothership slowly turned and pointed its primary weapon at him own ship. The Ori ship fired once. The yellow beam weapon struck the void shield, and despite its incredible dispersability, the ship quaked, flinging crew and servitors into the air. Then the Ori ship fired again. Helios watched as the second beam strike the void shield, dispersing a bit then the shield failed and the rest of the beam weapon struck the ship. It hit the forward section of the ship and the large ship schematic screen in the front section of the bridge showed a lot of red coloured part in the front of the ship.
"Report!"
"We have lost all access to the front sections through level one to six, sir."
"Forward lance batteries are not responding!"
"The Machine Spirit of the ship is in coma. The attack damaged one of its main cores! The secondary cores are coming back online."
"Reserve torpedoes in the forward sections are exploding, my lord. They are causing secondary damage!"
"Get damage control teams there now!"
"The whole section is inaccessible, sir!"
"Emperor damns it!"
"Enemy is firing again, sir!"
Helios quickly turned and stared as the Ori ship fired once more, this time at the rear section of the ship, where the engines were.
"Turn! Turn portside! Now!"
The massive ship groaned from the stress fractures to the hull as it turned to face the incoming attack straight on. The yellow beam entered from the front, eating and destroying its way into the ship. It almost looked as if it would not stop until it reached the engines and destroy it. Helios braced himself as he waited for his death. However, it was not yet so. With a large explosion, the front section of the bridge exploded and the yellow beam ended there, leaving a very large hole. Then after a moment, the air rushed out. Helios was flung out of his seat and flew into the void. Thanks to quick actions of a junior Techpriest, the bulkhead closed just in time. Helios groaned as he struck the bulkhead and fell to the floor. Several officers came to assist him. He waved them away.
"Get me the sit rep!"
The last Senior Techpriest reported.
"My lord, most of the ship's functions are gone! The Machine Spirit is crippled beyond repair! Only the engines remain."
Helios paused for a moment then he spoke grimly.
"Full power to the engine. We die for Emperor and his glory! Is self-destruct possible?"
"No, my lord."
"Fine. All hands to the escape pods! Techpriest, set the ship's engine to the ramming speed and go to your pod."
"No, my lord. I will die comforting what remains of the ship's Machine Spirit. Setting engines to ramming speed."
Helios nodded grimly and got to his seat. Standing in front of his chair, stared at the emergency screen installed on the bulkhead that showed him that his ship was heading directly toward the Ori ship. He smiled. Then his simile faded as the Ori ship moved away to attack at other targets. Instead, Golden Sword IV was heading to an Apophis Ha'tak and three Ha'taks behind the Ori ship. The Ha'taks fired at the approaching Imperial ship. Before the Apophis Ha'tak could destroy the ship, the Golden Sword thrusted itself into the Apophis Ha'tak, truly like a golden sword thrust into the heart of an enemy. The two ships exploded, their impact, splitting apart the nearby Ha'taks and four Alkesh which were maneuvering through the fleet. The dozens of Death Gliders caught up in the wake were also destroyed.