Invincible after death, but in Warhammer 40K

The fleet consisted of several small ships, three to four hundred meters long, escorting an Ark Mechanicus exceeding three kilometers in length.

Contrary to common impressions in space, internal ships are usually more vulnerable the larger they are.

The reason for this phenomenon is simple: the larger something is built, the heavier it becomes. The heavier it becomes, the greater the stress on the structure. At the same time, inertia makes maneuverability extremely difficult.

Given the same materials, facing a Lance Batteries capable of penetrating a hull and punching a five-meter-diameter hole, a small ship could continue to fly if it was not hit in a critical area, while a large ship might sink due to an avalanche-like structural collapse.

One can imagine two buildings with a design limit of six hundred meters, one built only one hundred meters high, and the other built a full five hundred and fifty meters. The latter's structure is close to its limit in bearing its own weight, let alone facing destruction?

This is also why it is rare to see internal armed ships - the weapon system itself and its supporting facilities take up too much weight.

Of course, it is not impossible to build it with military-grade materials, but this thing generally has another name: Defiant-class Escorts.

But before using this thing to bully the army, you need to pay attention to a problem. Because of its large mass, your ship will become an extremely conspicuous gravitational anomaly under Auspex Array, even the planet's own background gravitational waves can't cover up your glimmer.

Then pray that this planet had best not have land-based anti-air weapons or that there are no other enemy ships in space, otherwise you will first have to face a bunch of cannon arrays of equal specifications to your own.

You should know that gravitational waves, a phenomenon based on the curvature of spacetime, are almost impossible to conceal. In theory, it can even transmit information across dimensions.

Unless it is equipped with some sub-space or Dark Age Archaeotech, the only way to hide is to have a larger-scale gravitational field cover up your characteristics.

At the same time, this is also why space ships don't bother to carry optical cloaking modules. Before the enemy can see you with the naked eye, your gravitational wave signature has already been exposed, so there is no need to do such a self-deceiving thing.

Well... there are exceptions. For example, some technologically advanced ancient lost races can conceal most of their characteristics, including gravitational waves.

This is also why Calgar, who is preparing his grand plan on this planet, has to cooperate with the Eldar, rather than simply modifying a stealth ship himself.

After understanding this background, you will find that the seemingly mighty engineering ship is actually the weakest in combat power among those ships, and the main force is those small ships surrounding it.

In the gaze of the crowd, several ships slowly dispersed, and the ship-borne guns mounted on them pointed unreservedly at the crowd below, forming a circle that surrounded the crash site and the Land Battleship in the center.

However, the crowd did not panic. This was just a normal procedure. Before the identities of both sides were fully confirmed, it was necessary to maintain absolute vigilance against each other... The reason why the Yarkalan Garrison did not do so was because they did not have the ability to do so.

Aside, Artwood looked up at several ships for a moment, then looked down at the crowd and said:

"Preliminary identification has just been completed in the communication. Rescue operations will begin after people are sent down from the ship to inspect."

As soon as he finished speaking, two Stormhawk Interceptors flew out, both with the same great blue livery.

One flew into the crash site, which was the main Yarkalan Garrison, and the other passed unreservedly over the 1st Mechanized Regiment, treating the air defense zone as if it did not exist.

But after she docked on top of the Land Battleship and opened the landing bay, Zhang Ge understood why she dared to play like this.

Standing boldly at the forefront was a Space Marine.

This was not surprising, after all, it was a Stormhawk Interceptor.

He had an exaggerated number of various honors, prayers, wax seals and gold ornaments on his body.

This was also not surprising, it was only natural for a veteran to lead the team.

And on the helmet, the part below the eyepieces, which should have been the faceplate, was covered with unfolded golden eagle wings.

This was a bit... in fact, more than a little surprising.

Because the troops wearing this distinctive helmet are called Victrix Guard in the Ultramarines Chapter. They are composed of the absolute elite of the chapter and the veterans of veterans, and are usually only responsible for the bodyguards of senior officers and the defense of Ultramar.

To put it exaggeratedly, their status is equivalent to the Emperor's Custodes.

Their martial ability is equal to being stronger than ten thousand enemies and as powerful as a champion. Everyone has their own strengths, everyone has their own unique skills, and their wisdom and knowledge are even more astonishing, and may even bring unexpected surprises to the Primarch.

Not only that, behind this Veteran Sergeant were more than twenty Primaris Space Marines.

Before the guards could react, these Space Marines had already occupied all the key positions, and even almost wanted to take over the control of the Tribesmen from the Sisters of Battle.

This was only after the Victrix Guard glanced at Amilia that he slightly signaled to stop it.

The reason why the Stormhawk Interceptor was so unscrupulous was also revealed at this moment—if you shoot this thing down in your own air defense zone, then the contents inside it will initiate Terminator Protocols in your defense zone.

Seeing that the situation had been brought under control, the Veteran Sergeant did not deal with the others first, but walked up to Artwood.

The complicated rituals between the Space Marines that were expected did not happen. He took a few big steps closer and raised his palm to slap Artwood's helmet hard. The palm hit the white helmet with a crisp sound, and at the same time, a curse was heard from the faceplate without reservation:

"Why did you lose? Is that how the 2nd Company Captain is leading you now? I've only been transferred to the Victrix Guard for more than ten years, and you've become like this!"

Zhang Ge's eyes twitched slightly.

Considering that Space Marines are also individuals after all, it is normal for some individuals to have large deviations in personality.

And because of the system in the Chapter where each recruit first joins the Tenth Company and acts with the veterans, some more gifted recruits are specially picked by the veterans after "graduation" and taken to their own company to continue to lead them. This relationship makes the two more intimate than the usual Chapter brothers.

It is not difficult to imagine why Artwood is now a Veteran Sergeant himself, but he will still obediently bow his head to be scolded when facing this "master" who has fought alongside him for decades.

However, Zhang Ge was still a little puzzled at this time: Why would such a Flesh Tearer's temperament be sent over for a security mission? The teacher-student relationship should not be the biggest influencing factor.

But when one Space Marine after another walked out of the Stormhawk Interceptor, and finally revealed the Sororitas Superior who walked out at the very end, Zhang Ge suddenly smiled in relief.

Her style was also different from the usual impression of the Sisters of Battle.

Although she was alone, even the corners of her eyes seemed to bear the arrogance of Sororitas Superior, and her Rosarius Signum on her luxurious Force Feedback Armor marked her identity as a Palatine of the Order of Our Martyred Lady.

Obviously, this one was an even more Primarch-level Dignitaries.

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