The slingshot is a relatively useless way of navigation in the stars, because its accuracy decreases as the distance increases.
After players have the conditions to build a slingshot, there is often a more convenient and accurate way of navigation.
But those are the stars.
And here is Warhammer.
For this world, Hades knows how precious it is to have a way to escape the warp.
Hades suppressed the joy in his heart and hurriedly asked Blake about a few details about the slingshot. The more he asked, the more ecstatic Hades became.
He was pretty sure that the quantum slingshot from Faos was the ultra-low-spec version of the StarCraft version he knew.
Although it is more unstable, although it can handle fewer ships, and although it consumes more energy - it is purely physical navigation and exists completely outside the warp space.
Hades was almost high.
The Emperor went to great lengths to build the Webway so that humans would have a way to navigate without being interfered with by Chaos!
You know, during special periods, as long as the Four Chaos Gods want to, they will never be able to reach their destination by sailing through the Warp, and the messages from psychics will be completely cut off.
It's okay in normal times, but in wartime - for a huge empire, this is almost fatal!
This is why a means of navigation and communication that escapes the warp is the key to whether the empire can truly develop.
And after getting rid of the influence of the subspace, humans developed this physical technology themselves!
Hades was sure that he had never left any information on this matter. He only told Phaos to develop physical navigation technology, no matter how difficult it would be to achieve this technology.
This is the glory that the sages of Faos have arrived at on their own initiative!
After learning about the folly of the High Lords, Hades, who was angry and disheartened with the parasites among humans, instantly rekindled hope. He should know that in human history, humans and stars have always appeared together.
Not only the Emperor and the Primarch, or the Living Saints are qualified to lead the Imperium forward, there are also shining stars among humans.
Hades calmed down, but he couldn't suppress the smile on his face. Perhaps only he and the Emperor knew what this technology meant.
Hades continued to ask calmly,
"So how does the Empire treat this technology?"
"The Astronomican, Navigators, and Astronomican have united to declare this technology heresy and launch an attack on Phaos."
Blake said truthfully, and almost the next moment, Mingzi froze. Blake stared cautiously at the Pluto sitting next to him.
Compared to before, Hades had hardly changed at all, but Blake was sure that something had changed. The smile on the corner of Hades' mouth became dangerous and cold...
"What's the result?"
Hades asked gently.
Blake swallowed, his intuition told him that the Father of Genes would not vent his anger on others, but in fact, even watching a volcanic eruption was thrilling enough.
"Fauos was defeated and took the initiative to close the Blackstone Obelisk. He used the psychic energy of the Great Vortex to repel the Imperial Army and then hid in the Great Vortex again."
Hades in front of him was like a statue, motionless.
Blake held his breath quietly.
I don't know how long it took, maybe ten seconds, maybe five minutes,
A broken fragment fell from the black sculpture.
The next moment, a gust of wind slapped Blake's face, and the Pluto in front of him turned into a shadow -
At the same time, a roar came from the darkness in the distance, accompanied by bursts of lightning and thunder.
"—FUCKING—INSECTS!!!"
"A bunch of bugs!"
"Insects!!!"
BANG!!! A huge explosion sounded in the distance!
Blake sat quietly in his seat, feeling the fury of the Gene Father and knowing that he would probably have to wait for a long time again.
He looked at Barry and confirmed the combat veteran's vital status again.
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As the sky began to glow white, Hades, emitting darkness all over his body, slowly walked back.
"Blake,"
Pluto's voice was icy cold, and Blake immediately stood at attention and saluted.
"Do you know why Phaos failed?"
"Yes," said Blake. In fact, under the roar of the Golden Sage, this was a lesson that every son of Hades had to learn.
"The Astronomican Court and the Navigators are imperial institutions run by psykers. These psykers monopolize the empire's long-distance navigation and communications. It is their monopoly that brings these psykers supreme status and power, allowing them to have a seat on the High Lords' Council."
"And [Quantum Slingshot] is a naked challenge to the status of those in power."
Black said, "Psychics are already discriminated against in the Empire. If they lose their value for long-distance travel, they will be completely despised."
"Therefore, the position and status of the psychics determine that they must oppose this technology and stifle any newcomers who challenge their monopoly."
"Yes," Hades said slowly, "I think that at that time, Faos had not yet established the entire empire, so it could temporarily replace the way of warp navigation?"
Blake nodded.
"Yes, my lord," he said smoothly, "This is why Faos is doomed to fail. If Faos wins this battle, at least four-fifths of the astropaths and navigators in the entire empire will go on strike - this is something the empire cannot afford."
Hades stared at Blake for a long time, then sighed and sat down again dejectedly, lowering his head.
"Jin has told you all, so what did the Forge Worlds do afterwards?"
Blake raised his voice slightly.
"In fact, my father, Phaos had predicted the occurrence of this scene."
"And the High Lords Council has long known about Faos's quantum slingshot technology, which is why those psykers reacted so quickly."
"So," said Blake,
In front of him appeared the image of the usually calm Jin Sage, who sometimes cursed and sometimes spoke passionately during class. It was the Jin Sage who revealed the truth of the past to them.
"The Empire has made all sorts of plans to unite with Mars, but they didn't anticipate the first move of Faos."
The Golden Sage paused in front of the sons of Pluto who were eagerly waiting for the answer. The huge sage spread out all his mechanical arms and was completely immersed in his own world. He was bathed in the light, and his red robe was shining like a galaxy.
"Fauos has taken the initiative to publish all the manuscripts and details of the slingshot—sending a copy to all the forge worlds!"
"In this world where knowledge is wealth, these are noble deeds that fools will never understand!"
Jin raised his main robotic arm high in front of himself, as if he wanted to grasp the light in front of him. In a trance, the neutron star that was building the slingshot appeared in Jin's palm.
The neutron star with blue and white light floating in it rotates slowly, like a bright light in the dark night.
"They may be able to kill a world - but they cannot kill all hope, just as we cannot wipe out all psykers at once, they cannot destroy all seekers of knowledge!"
"As long as the time is right," Jin clenched his fist and slowly put down his hand, "the seeds will sprout and the ashes will reignite. We only need a moment for them to mess themselves up - to unite with other forging worlds - even if there are fools who don't understand the meaning of the slingshot, there will always be people who understand what it means, and there will always be people who lend us a hand!"
Jin paced angrily.
"Furthermore, coercion! Inducement! Use the means you all know, in the name of Pluto! We have enough patience and time to do this - as long as the Empire has not escaped from the haze of the warp, then we will keep taking action!"
"We will always be closer to truth and success than those biological beings driven by their own base desires!"
"This is faith. This is the guidance He left behind. We will—"
"Listen to the class!"
A small turret rose up in front of Jin's shoulder, and a small cannonball was fired at the Mingzi in front of Blake. The Mingzi dodged suddenly, and then the cannonball hit Blake's forehead accurately.
“Ouch!”
"That's it."
Blake repeated Jin's words. The Pluto in front of him buried his head and covered his face, so he couldn't see his face clearly, but Blake felt that the Pluto seemed moved.
The Gene Father kept taking deep breaths until Blake finished explaining how the subsequent quantum slingshot was built. Then the deep voice of Pluto sounded,
"… Blake, why didn't you tell me the rest of this earlier?"
Blake blinked, "I spoke in the order in which the lessons were given."
Hades sighed a long, long sigh.
"Well done, Jin, Phaos..."
Hades looked up and thought that he needed to visit Phaos in person again.
The planet's star rose, and the sky that had been ravaged by Tyranids now turned a pale reddish white again, shining down on them.
Hades has basically sorted out the situation. In fact, apart from the annoying past... Hades took a deep breath again... The current situation before him is not too bad.
At least several legions were operating well, the Emperor was not seriously injured, and the most fatal navigation problem was also solved by Phaos.
Even if... Hades couldn't help but ponder, if he didn't wake up, the Forge World led by Phaos and Graeae would continue to persevere in advancing physical remote navigation technology,
Perhaps, even if he no longer appears, amid the ups and downs of human history, these people will eventually reach the other side of victory.
But... now that he's here,
Thinking of those hard-working people, Hades smiled.
"Blake, do you know how to speed up the construction of the [Quantum Slingshot]?"
Blake paused.
"Another Warp Storm?"
"No," Hades said calmly, "We only need to kill the navigators and astropaths until the Empire has to establish other means to ensure normal navigation."
"Break the monopoly," Hades glanced at Tianshi calmly. The unfortunate Space Marine was about to wake up.
"The quickest way is to kill the monopoly."
"Of course," Hades said slowly and methodically, "We can give these psykers some room to surrender, but it's best to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys beforehand to serve as a warning to others."
Hades signaled Blake with his eyes, and Blake hurriedly helped Barry the Lion up. It was obvious that the warrior had not yet reacted.
Hades, who was sitting, smiled kindly.
"Hello, brave warrior. I am Hades, also known as the God of Hell in the Empire."
"We seem to be trapped on this planet. Can you use psychic communication to contact the outside world?"
Blake glanced quickly at the Gene Father and then quickly at Barry, who he didn't think had heard what had just been said.
This is really great.
Because... because Barry is a psyker.
Blake swallowed. This might be what they taught in the chapter, to distinguish the real enemies.
(End of this chapter)