The leader of the fleet of the Knights of the Star Realm, the fourth company commander, Lotha, stood motionless on the edge of the command platform, straightened his back, with his hands behind him, and looked down at the bridge.
Just like the eye of a typhoon, the Souls' control center was working tensely, and other bridge staff, crew members and officers were also silently concentrated on their work, and the contact signals on the wall flashed urgently.
All instruments, all weapons, all sensors are normal.
Although the ground has not yet made a request, they must be ready for track bombing at any time. After all, no one knows what will happen next.
Suddenly, an alarm flashed on a communication terminal, which made a discordant sound and flashed again.
The sergeant in charge of this position immediately activated the console
"It's a ship call!"
Losa puts his curious attention.
"Whose boat?"
"Yes...is a signal from the Astart Order! It comes from the ring system of an outer planet, and they are asking for contact with us."
“Astadt Order?”
Losa frowned, and he suddenly had a bad premonition.
"Which battle group?"
"The communication logo is...Dark Angel!"
"What?"
Just when the atmosphere of the bridge of the Unbound Soul suddenly became tense, a crack suddenly opened up in the cosmic physical space not far from Vera III. A giant ship jumped out silently, and the slowing thruster ignited on the battlement turret on its bow and central ridge. The surging energy was generated on its dent armor due to the interaction between the non-realistic and real space. It crackled from the bow to the stern, creating a halo for the huge basalt statue standing on the church on the bow and ridge. It was a dark angel holding a sword and spreading its wings.
It is a heavy cruiser, active in the fleet of the First Legion as early as the end of the Great Expedition, and has a very ancient name - the Angel of Redemption.
The interrogation priest Erikon Goodberg was sitting and directing the battleship's bridge. He rarely visited everywhere, but everything seemed to be organized.
He stared at each control panel to make sure everything was in control and that any negligence was unacceptable, and he was the master of everything on this warship.
"Sir, we have successfully entered the physical universe from subspace, and now the warship is entering the orbit of Vera III."
From the voice of the technician, he could tell that he felt relaxed at this moment.
Erikon stroked the heavy book hanging on his belt: an ancient book with golden borders, with symbols of his own battle group on the cover, but only he could read the contents of the book.
A golden rose hangs down from the golden chains surrounding his neck. His robe almost completely covered his dark green power armor. The imperial eagle embellished on the breastplate was looming under the robe, and the whole face was completely hidden in the shadow of the hood. The gentle red light emitted by the biochemical prosthetic eyes kept flashing in it.
His priest scepter, an ancient weapon from the secret sect to which the battle group belongs, is hanging on the left side of the belt.
The Dark Angel has the honor of becoming the first Space Marine Legion. It was created by the Emperor to assist himself in completing the Great Holy War and thus liberate humanity from the rule of aliens.
In the early days of the Great Crusade, their victory had become the blueprint of legends and was the best space warrior in the minds of countless people. It is rumored that all the Astat Legion were formed with the Dark Angels as the model.
If the rumors spread like wildfire about the history of the battle group are ignored, all the characteristics of the startup battle group are deeply influenced by its gene primordials or the personality of the first person, and the Dark Angel is no exception.
In a world called Caliban, a young knight named Luthor, brought the geneprim to the monastery fortress of the Knights in a crisis-ridden forest and named him Leon Ai Zhuonen, which means "the lion, son of the forest" in Kaliban.
Zhuang Sen quickly adapted to human life and integrated into the society of his home in a short period of time. As time passed, Zhuang Sen and Luthor's relationship became as close as brothers. Both of them were trying to perfect the other's abilities and skills. Their stories of pioneering and victory were circulated everywhere in the Khalilban, and the youth who hoped to join the Knights became more and more year by year.
Imperial scholars are convinced that Zhuang Sen led an expedition sweeping across the planets, pointing to the terrifying behemoth wandering deep in the forest.
All the knights of the monastery joined Zhuang Sen's holy war, and in less than ten years it freed the entire world from the once raging dark forces. When the emperor came, the Kaliban, who had been liberated from the brutal scene, was immediately selected as the home of the Dark Angels.
Soon after, all members of the Caliban Knights became Space Marines, and people determined that Luther was the first to accept reinforcement, and his power in the Legion was second only to Zhuang Sen.
When the Emperor led the Great Expedition, he took away Zhuang Sen and most of the soldiers of the Dark Angels Legion, and Luther and the remaining troops of the Legion left to protect their homes and guard against the resurrection of chaos.
After the Horus rebellion broke out, the First Legion maintained its loyalty to the emperor, but Luther, who was left behind in Caliban, was bewitched by the forces of chaos and eventually betrayed the empire. When the Horus Rebellion was quelled and Zhuang Sen returned to Caliban, they launched an attack.
It was a battle that completely destroyed Caliban. In the end, the King of Lion defeated his former adoptive father and eliminated all rebellions, and he was seriously injured and died of hell.
Of course, these are the history claimed by the Dark Angels to the outside world, and one of the major tasks of interrogating the pastor is to ensure that people continue to believe in such a history.
After the second army was established, the Dark Angels separated many sub-groups like other startup groups, but there have been rumors that there are subtle connections between the Dark Angels and the sub-group.
In a sense, the Dark Angels are a battle group with as many glory as rumors. They give people the impression that they are not only brave but also mysterious.
To put it simply, no one knows what they are doing, no one knows what they want to do, and no one knows what they have done.
And they usually rarely deal with other battle groups.
Although it is also a sacred war chapter in theory, the Dark Angels are very different from other war chapters in terms of "details". For example, their priests, in addition to serving as soul mentors of the combat brothers, also shoulder a dark and heavy task.
But for Ericang, his mission this time was different from the past. The priest Azmodai asked him to perform a task that was more "diplomatic" in nature. Of course, due to the character of that adult, he also sent a whole company of troops to Ericang.
Of course, in the ideal state, the priest tried to avoid unnecessary conflicts when describing actions, so Erikon also tried to maintain his diplomatic etiquette. After all, the other party is also a battle group with a long history and a recent reputation.