Chapter 63: Orkish WAAAGH! (3)

Red Queen warned, as the Ork ships attempted to intercept their maneuver. The Obscurus's shields flared under the barrage, but the ship pressed on, weaving through the chaos with practiced precision.

"Target those ships in the northeastern way..."

Arcturus commanded.

"Fire at will!"

The Obscurus's main batteries unleashed a devastating volley, striking the Orkish Fleet with a tremendously powerful barrage, though it was quickly eclipsed by the volley launched by the Imperial Fleet under the leadership of the Vice Admiral Pyriel Cade.

One by one, the enemy vessels erupted in flames, their crude construction no match for the Imperial firepower. The effect was immediate.

The Orkish Fleet began to lose cohesion, their formations breaking apart as the opportunity that they had waited for finally appeared when one weak point in the Orkish formation appeared like a thunder from the clear sky.

<We've disrupted their coordination.>

The Red Queen Alice stated when she analyzed that the formation of the Greenskins was disrupted, which was a mission that he was given from the Bashar-General Varathar Medes.

<Their movements are becoming erratic, activating the Stealth Systems and setting course for the command ship of the Greenskins, determined as the Space Hulk.>

Arcturus allowed himself a brief smile.

The Imperial Fleet surged forward, exploiting the chaos within the Ork ranks. The once overwhelming wave of Greenskin ships began to falter, their disorganized attacks proving far less effective against the disciplined Imperial forces.

Explosions rippled through the enemy fleet as ship after ship was torn apart by concentrated fire. Yet, despite the seeming success, Arcturus's instincts told him that the battle was far from over. The Orks were nothing if not resilient, and their sheer numbers meant that victory would not come easily.

The sheer amount of weapons and other things that were installed on the Space Hulk was something to behold. If the Obscurus was hit by the weaponry of the Space Hulk controlled by the Greenskins, it would be destroyed faster than anyone could decide on what to do.

Even though the Orkish weapons were not the most advanced, they were still exceedingly good at causing unprecedented degrees of destruction and carnage, something that even some of the best weapons of Imperial science and engineering couldn't really compete against.

That was a rather simplistic view, but it was also the truth because the Greenskins were rather adept at creating and building weapons of mass destruction. Even though their ships looked like a total scrap of metal floating in space, they packed a really strong punch.

"When we are close enough, initiate the Teleportation Beam and transport me to the pre-designed location within the Space Hulk so I can commence the operation."

Arcturus stated as he looked at the Space Hulk, while pondering over the inevitable attack of the Mind Flayer's Mind Fleet Leviathan that was just coming for them. If he had to guess, then he would say that this entire mess was most probably engineered by the space squids themselves so that they could harvest the benefits.

Obviously, the Mind Flayers were scheming something, and it was a very well-executed scheme... as he observed how the Imperial Defense Fleet was destroying the Orkish WAAAGH! Fleet, he pondered how they would handle the Mind Fleet Leviathan when they arrived.

However, he was also aware that the Imperial Fleet was using only part of its true capabilities, as they were saving their true power for the Mind Fleet Leviathan when they arrived, because the Mind Flayers represented a true threat, not the hastily created Orkish WAAAGH!

Not even one of the powerful Imperial Psionics or Psykers participated in the fight, and certainly, none of the Beyonders floated in the emptiness of the space and fought against the enemy.

It seemed that every single hitter of the Imperial Forces was waiting for the moment when the Mind Flayers arrived. Only when the Mind Fleet Leviathan arrived at the Rylon Star System, one could say that the true battle would begin.

<At your command.>

When Red Queen accepted the command, she controlled the Obscurus to start slowly approaching the Space Hulk of the Greenskins under the Stealth Systems, still activated as they soon enough were in the range of the Teleportation Beams.

It didn't take long for them to reach the Space Hulk of the Greenskins with the Stealth Systems activated. When the Obscurus was close enough, it initiated the Teleportation Beams and transported him into the predesigned location within the Space Hulk.

Interestingly enough, the Greenskins were not using any kind of protection against the unwanted teleportation to their Starships. Obviously, they were considering employing such methods as cowardly; in fact, they even rarely used the Void Shields actively in their flying scraps of metal.