"Captain, why do you need to wear a cloak? It feels weird."
Stepping down from the cabin, Ricas stepped on the dusty ground. It was hard to imagine that this place used to be a tree-lined forest, but now looking around, there is only desolation and half-buried trees.
Building debris in the gravel.
In front of him was Jacob, the team leader of the operation. On Jacob's left was another non-commissioned officer from the 10th company, Neil, and on his right was Kusakla, a recruit from the same batch as Ricas.
The mysterious black transport plane that dropped them off had slowly taken off into the sky at this time. Groups of gargoyles could still be seen flying through the spore clouds from higher altitudes, but they seemed to turn a blind eye to the big black thing until
This thing has become completely transparent from a visual level, and this technology even makes Ricas marvel.
This transport aircraft is a derivative of the Dark Night stealth reconnaissance craft. It is named the Night Watcher. It has been the top secret level equipment of the Chapter since its birth. Its appearance is very different from the existing aircraft of the Empire, and it has more capabilities.
The streamlined appearance even looks a bit like an Eldar aircraft at first glance, but its human technological features are also very obvious. It uses a low-mounted diagonal wing, a sharp-edged fuselage, double fins tilted inward, and no tail.
It has an edged delta wing, a fused wing body with a double vertical tail layout, and the engine is installed at half the wingspan.
The biggest feature of this aircraft is its stealth. Its own firepower is not strong. It has two hidden missile launchers and a hidden cannon on the nose. Overall its firepower is mediocre, but the materials used to make it come from dark night stealth reconnaissance.
The stealth material of the boat carries a large amount of interference equipment inside, which can not only interfere with electronic equipment, but also biological senses.
Another feature of it is that it is fast. Its engine is also from STC, which allows this aircraft to fly at a speed close to Mach 9 in the atmosphere. As for how it keeps quiet at such a high speed, this is a technical secret of the highest level (
In fact, the outer shell uses part of the solidified spiritual bone material).
The main function of the Night Watch is to carry 10 Space Marines and send them quietly to any place on the battlefield. Simply put, it is a super-fast transport aircraft that can be invisible. As for why it is not made into a fighter jet - because it is too expensive.
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Moreover, the Night Watchman is not only very troublesome to manufacture, but also very demanding on the pilot. Like the Knight Mecha, it must be bound to the cockpit for a long time.
When boarding the plane, Ricas asked Jacob how many of these Night Watchmen the Chapter had, and the other man's answer was that there were no more than three.
Because Jacob has only seen 3 of them.
"And this pattern always feels like..."
Kusak pulled the cloak behind his back and continued to chatter. This guy was also famous among the recruits for talking a lot, but he was also very strong, so they formed a very bad combination - a talkative person who was very good at fighting, and a lot of talkative people.
People can't stand his nagging and can't defeat him.
In fact, after hearing what he said, Ricas also felt a little strange. He picked up this emerald green cloak and looked at it. Its material was very unique. It felt like water, and you could even see ripples. There were no marks on it, but some on the edges.
The pattern, mainly based on vines and branches and leaves, didn't seem like much at first, but it was indeed strange after careful consideration, and it was a bit incompatible with the style of the Astartes Chapter.
The key is this delicate weaving technique, which always has a feminine feel.
"Shut up, I asked you to perform the mission. This is a requirement, unless you want to be overwhelmed by swarms of Tyranid bugs."
Jacob drank patiently and stopped Kusakla, and the other party did keep his mouth shut. After all, there were very few recruits who had not been beaten by Jacob, although most of them were in training.
Neil on the side also interjected:
"This stealth cloak is a good thing. When recruits still had to serve as scouts, this thing played a great role. Many seniors relied on it to survive."
The four of them then walked to the remains of a half-collapsed windmill and formed a circle. Jacob turned on the miniature tactical instrument mounted on his arm.
"Our mission this time is to find Tyranid's biochemical fortress and lair. According to the inference of the command headquarters, it is probably in this direction. If it is not destroyed as soon as possible, the defensive pressure on stronghold No. 7 will increase. As everyone saw yesterday
When we arrived, the Tyranids were almost touching the protective wall. Based on the results of aerial detection and the flow direction of the Tyranids, the headquarters calculated that the Tyranids should have established a further and more hidden hatchery. Our stronghold was the closest.
We are the first to bear the brunt, so the mission is also carried out by us. During the period, we will not fight if we can, find the target, report the coordinates, and then evacuate."
After saying that, Jacob looked out of the shadow and saw yellow mist filling the surroundings. There were various fleshy sacs in the low altitude that were constantly expanding and contracting like balloons, floating slowly, and there were even bigger ones higher up.
Spore clusters are covered with spikes and spouts and move faster.
"Everyone must be gentle when moving. Tyron has deployed a large number of defense facilities in this area, including this spore mine, which is a living mine that detects heat and vibrations around it through the sensitive tentacles covered on its body. Once alerted,
They will be a big explosion soon. This is why aerial reconnaissance equipment and night watchers cannot penetrate deeply. We must also be careful. I chose you two recruits because of your agility and flexibility. This is also a practical training.
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Ricas and Kusakla nodded at the same time. They were indeed lucky. After all, this mission only required four people. The defense pressure on the stronghold was also very high, and there were not many people available. Being transferred out proved their ability.
"clear!"
"Okay, everyone will check their equipment now."
Although such an inspection has already been carried out once on the transport plane, according to the battlefield regulations in the holy book, during infiltration operations, a second weapons inspection is required after landing.
Jacob, who was leading a team for the first time, chose to abide by the regulations. He first checked his weapons. There was a plasma sword on his waist, which was Bahram's broken-horned evil star. The other party insisted on letting him bring it, and there was also a plasma sword.
Pistol, a melta pistol, 6 grenades, 3 of which are fragmentation bullets, 2 plasma bullets, 1 shock bomb, and the main weapon on hand is a composite weapon that combines explosive bombs and plasma.
Generally speaking, they rarely use compound weapons in combat. After all, the disadvantages of this weapon are as obvious as the advantages. The advantage is that it integrates the attack methods of two weapons. The disadvantage is that compromises must be made in performance, and the weight will be greatly increased.
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However, the weapon he is using now is an "experimental work" and is the first finished product launched by Ulan Huda through unremitting efforts in the past twenty years under Soshyan's order to improve the bolt gun.
This new type of composite bolter has a longer barrel and a redesigned internal structure, "borrowing" the compact internal design of the short man's bedrock bolter, and making extensive use of high-temperature-resistant special alloys, while incorporating the Chapter's unique
The rapid-fire plasma weapon is integrated into it, but the position is changed from the traditional bottom-mounted type to the plasma shooting hole above the explosive firing hole, and the heat dissipation device is also moved to the top to avoid the heat dissipation of the bottom-mounted plasma composite weapon in the past.
There is a problem with the user's grip. Due to this series of improvements, the length of the composite bolt gun has reached 1.5 times that of the existing standard bolt gun. Fortunately, the weight has not increased too much. Even the arrogant mechanical sages can't.
I have to admit that Hearthborn's design is indeed superior.