[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-warhammer-starting-as-a-planetary-governor":3,"chapter-warhammer-starting-as-a-planetary-governor-warhammer-starting-as-a-planetary-governor-chapter-714":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Warhammer: Starting as a Planetary Governor",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1681555,2147,"Chapter 714 - 713: Nightmare Reborn—Cadia Stands Unbroken!","warhammer-starting-as-a-planetary-governor-chapter-714",714,"\u003Cp>That catastrophe was the nightmare of almost every Cadian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wreckage of a Blackstone Fortress falling from the sky had annihilated their homeworld, turning them into wandering children of the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No Cadian who'd lived long enough to see the present could forget the terror and helplessness of that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They couldn't stop it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That agony had even seeped, in some way, into their descendants—like a hereditary gene of fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now the Blackstone Fortress was here again, close enough to feel, drifting toward Vigilus just like it had back then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Emperor…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old Cadian veteran stared at the black colossus, trembling head to toe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't imagine how the Imperium could possibly stop something that massive. That same suffocating helplessness surged up inside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nightmare had returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the Blackstone Fortress appeared in Vigilus space, it dredged up terror from countless Imperial souls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many knew exactly what had destroyed Cadia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A complete Blackstone Fortress—with engines—will be several times harder to intercept than it was back then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fleet commander of the 9th Battle Group stood under the shadow cast by the fortress and murmured to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a Cadian-born Imperial commander. He knew what kind of planetary death that ancient heretek construct could bring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after life-extending procedures had kept him alive to this day, he could still recall the destruction with brutal clarity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same memory replayed in nightmares, again and again:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A black behemoth sliding out of the void, its burning trajectory splitting the heavens in two. The air itself screamed, clouds turning into fire-red ribbons under impossible heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the whole world shook. The fortress wreckage slammed into the ground, cracking it open in endless fractures as magma surged upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mountains became dust. Forests ignited. Seas boiled and steamed away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the humans caught beneath it turned to ash in an instant—no time even to scream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The superheated flames brushed past them, and they were simply gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even warriors inside warships could hear the dying planet's wail—overheated hurricanes forcing themselves through hull seams and into their ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cadia had been pierced by hateful debris, splitting apart over molten rock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their world—motherworld—was dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It just hadn't stopped twitching yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't only Cadians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>White Scars warriors, Martyr Sisters, and the Knights of House Raven all issued the highest-level warnings the moment they saw the fortress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had fought in Cadia's defense. They had watched an Imperial fortress world die beneath the impact of Blackstone Fortress debris.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had exhausted every method they had—and still failed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was the same tragedy about to be reenacted on Vigilus?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many stared at the Blackstone Fortress with hatred boiling in their chests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter what, they couldn't let it happen again. They couldn't let the Imperium be humiliated again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the Redemption Third Fleet—responsible for establishing the void defense net—made its decision immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stop the Blackstone Fortress from closing, at any cost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could not allow that horrific fortress to fall onto Vigilus and recreate a Cadia-class disaster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hummm—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside a shipboard conference room, more than a dozen holographic projections rose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fleet Commander Voladi of the Redemption Third Fleet, and his senior officers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The intelligence officer delivered the latest status at speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord, the Blackstone Fortress will enter low orbit within half a Terran hour. Once it's within the planet's gravity well, we won't be able to prevent its fall anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given the fortress's defenses, our shipboard firepower can't stop it. Several cyclonic torpedoes have already been launched, and none achieved the expected effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the data provided by the tech-priests, we can only use physical measures to reduce its velocity as much as possible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The situation was lethal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Blackstone Fortress had arrived too suddenly, too close—catching the Imperial fleet flat-footed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was barely any interception window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Worse, the fortress was simply too large. Ordinary firepower couldn't budge it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Imperium's world-ending weapons—cyclonic torpedoes—couldn't meaningfully damage its hardened blackstone structure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which meant every existing interception plan was now dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only option left was physical interception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire fleet would have to eat the fortress's fire, charge in, and brace that moving moon with their hulls—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then use hundreds, even thousands, of ship engines to shove it off course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once everyone absorbed the briefing, the room fell into a suffocating silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the feeling of despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all understood what this plan would cost—what it would sacrifice. The Redemption Third Fleet would be gutted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the odds of failure were enormous. It might be pointless death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been a long time since they'd faced a moment like this—when victory demanded the old Imperium's calculus: sacrifice for a sliver of chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Voladi met their eyes and spoke slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"His Majesty the Savior has said that Vigilus is a world the Imperium must reclaim. There is no negotiation here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if the Redemption Third Fleet is annihilated, we will stop that heretek Blackstone Fortress.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He issued the order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All battlegroups of the Redemption Third Fleet will move to the designated intercept vector. Advance on the Blackstone Fortress. No one is permitted to fall back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any retreat will be treated as heresy and treason.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Voladi knew it was a suicide mission. Many warships—and everyone aboard them—would be destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This may be the Redemption Third Fleet's final battle. My flagship will spearhead the push.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I will lead the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let the Emperor's light guide our path. We die, but we do not yield.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Voladi's will was iron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The interception had to succeed—even if it demanded his death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why he kept winning. He had always placed life and death behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Advance, and advance again, until victory was forced into existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the order went out, multiple battlegroups assembled at their assigned positions, massing into a dense formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a steel wall in the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So many warships clustered together that their plasma wakes nearly lit up space itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They drove their speed to the limit and charged the slow-approaching Blackstone Fortress—like a moon drifting toward a world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An unstoppable posture, meant to block that vast object head-on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the observation dome, Cadian officers and veterans gathered together, staring at the fortress as it drew closer, their expressions grim beyond words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time was too short. None of the ships assigned to this mission had time to evacuate personnel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At best, they could extract a few high-value supplies and technical specialists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the mass of Astra Militarum troops aboard these vessels—there was essentially no evacuation window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they had no objections.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one wanted to run when facing a Blackstone Fortress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was cowardice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was Cadian shame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, the Cadians were the loudest supporters of this mission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, they hadn't managed to stop the Blackstone wreckage from falling onto Cadia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Cadians would meet the ancient heretek fortress head-on—and stop it from destroying Vigilus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They left themselves no room to retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord, we've moved all munitions and explosives into the forward holds. We can produce maximum frontal impact.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The logistics officer saluted, voice fever-bright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long ago, the fleet commander had chosen to stop the disaster at any cost, ordering every ship to shift all explosive material forward to maximize impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meaning: if necessary, this ship would execute a martyr-detonation interception—using its own destruction to generate reverse shockwave impulse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They would become martyrs to blunt the fortress's momentum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every life aboard would vanish with the ship's explosion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it wasn't only this ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the Cadian-line vessels had communicated and made the same choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heh. Fine by me—go down swinging with those damned heretek traitors.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A scar-faced Cadian veteran grinned, trying to hide the fear underneath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone feared death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But their faith outweighed that fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If not for His Majesty the Savior, I'd have died of injuries years ago. How would I still be here, eating bread and synth-meat every day?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Die, then die. No—this is sacrifice. The compensation will be enough for my woman and my kid to live.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We've gotten our money's worth. Cadians will wash away the shame!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soldiers' emotions rose. They lifted their chins. Some even smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They felt honored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cadian ships were at the very front—and had volunteered to be the first wave of martyr-detonation hulls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Voladi praised their fearlessness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He'd intended to use martyr-detonation only after the first interception wave failed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn't expected the Cadians to be this decisive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They wanted their reverse shockwaves to reduce pressure on the ships behind them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Voladi couldn't refuse. This sacrifice aligned perfectly with the Imperium's current interests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it maximized interception success probability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone looked at those soon-to-detonate ships with respect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would be a monumental sacrifice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining battlegroups quietly prepared their own contingencies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As time passed, the front of the interception force—the martyr ships under Cadian command—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>entered the countdown to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the observation dome, the black colossus swallowed the entire view as it pressed closer, generating a crushing sense of scale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Making the Cadians before the dome feel impossibly small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those martyr warships, before the Blackstone Fortress, were nothing more than slightly larger insects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which only made their charge more heroic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those ships couldn't truly stop the black behemoth—but slowing it was enough, letting the rest of the fleet close and brace it more effectively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We Cadians will never bow to this damned Blackstone fortress again—ram it over!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For the Savior!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Cadians roared, as if launching their final assault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fleet commander drew a breath and whispered to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cadia stands…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, just as the ships began their final charge at overloaded speed, the bridge received a new command from Fleet Commander Voladi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fleet commander read it—and froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was an order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He executed it, fast and without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rumble—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The martyr ship suddenly veered hard, angling toward the Blackstone Fortress's flank as if fleeing for its life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The martyr-detonation plan had been cancelled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cadian veterans were thrown to the deck by the brutal inertia. Many cracked their heads open, blood splashing the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn't care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment they realized the ship's course, rage erupted—along with a thread of grief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are we running?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cadians are running again—watching the world we swore to defend die!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cowards!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it—did the higher-ups get scared? Are they turning traitor and deserting at the line?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Turn back! Turn back and block that heretek fortress!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the veterans' fury threatened to boil into chaos, the fleet commander's voice cut in across the shipwide vox.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He broadcast Voladi's order—and the Savior's will—to the ship and its escorts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the Emperor, we are executing the Redemption Third Fleet Commander's command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As you can see, the martyr-detonation plan is cancelled. We will withdraw along the flank to a safe vector and avoid collision with the Blackstone Fortress.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice carried a heavy emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander Voladi relayed the will of His Majesty the Savior, the Emperor of the Imperium.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When His Majesty learned of our martyr-detonation plan, he said—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the new Imperium. Humanity no longer needs massive sacrifice to purchase victory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cadian courage is beyond dispute. But Cadians should not die like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They should live, create greater value, and receive the reward they deserve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Imperium needs Cadian will—and hopes to see Cadians recover from their pain and rebuild a home…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time he reached the end, his voice had thickened, almost breaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn't expected His Majesty to still carry Cadia in his heart—remembering their courage and their defiance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cadian soldiers around the ship began to weep openly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The commander continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In short, we will shift to a safe sector and await new orders. The fleet's interception plan is not being abandoned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire Third Fleet's plan has been adjusted.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then what about the Blackstone Fortress?! Who's stopping it?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some soldiers still didn't understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They saw every battlegroup in the Third Fleet pulling away—opening a corridor, as if clearing the path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The veterans still cared about the Blackstone Fortress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They still cared about Vigilus's fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn't want to watch another world die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The commander's next words answered them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander Voladi also said this:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Majesty the Savior will destroy that heretek Blackstone Fortress with irresistible might.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he finished speaking, the black void seemed to ignite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flood of golden light poured across space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Emperor… is this His Majesty's power?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Praise the Sun!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The commander and the Cadians turned toward that light—and went wide-eyed, stunned into silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their hearts boiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A reverence beyond words surged through them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one could have imagined the Savior would mobilize something so holy, so overwhelming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the work of a god.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In their vision—a burning sun was coming toward them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Get +30 Extra Chapters On — P@tr3on \"Zaelum\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Every 300 Power Stones = 1 Bonus Chapter Drop]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Thanks for Reading!]\u003C\u002Fp>",2140,"2026-06-06T13:29:36.128Z",1,"novelbin.me","31d0495cec15f677b04980b7d96271f1396cc31fdbf4820ab76c41cda9faed22","warhammer-starting-as-a-planetary-governor-chapter-715","warhammer-starting-as-a-planetary-governor-chapter-713",771,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarhammer-starting-as-a-planetary-governor-cover.jpg"]