[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor":3,"chapter-warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-144":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Warhammer: The 11th Primarch - The Black Emperor",{"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},1511093,1962,"Chapter 144: Seizing Control of the Warp Gates","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-144",144,"\u003Cp>\"Forge Lord, activate the Warp Gate disruptor now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diana shouted urgently, clenching her fists. She refused to let her first battle as flagship captain of the legion end with a critical flaw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with hundreds, possibly thousands, of enemy ships, she couldn't possibly track every one or monitor all their movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, this wouldn't pose a major threat; a fleet alone couldn't change the tide. But the Primarch had warned them: the enemy might attempt to detonate the warp gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, all her hopes rested on the Forge Lord's interference device.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Beginning activation of the Warp Gate interference device,\" came Rosicky's voice over the comms, calm and firm, immediately soothing Diana's anxiety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Foundry Deck – Throne of Sovereignty's Shadow\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Forge Lord wore pauldrons painted red, signifying a close alliance with Mars. Unlike other legions whose techmarines often painted their full armor red to show allegiance to Mars, the Shadow of Order only painted the pauldrons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rosicky's mechadendrite reached out behind him, connecting to a massive silver machine, the size of a Knight-class war machine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spherical device was etched with dense arrays of runes and binary techno-script.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the lights across the Throne of Sovereignty's Shadow dimmed. The device required immense power; non-critical systems like lighting were temporarily rerouted to feed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One by one, the tech runes began to light up in sequence, activating the device. It began to glow with a blinding radiance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rosicky's augmented eye tracked the rapidly rising energy levels, and within his mind, a surge of inspiration exploded like a detonation of force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked toward the strategic display above the device, showing the warp gate designated \"Strategic Point B.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With activation complete, a shockwave of energy burst out, sweeping across the entire Necromunda system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The enemy's gates were circular, with eight folded mechanical limbs extending from the ring, bent at the middle like spider legs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These designs were born of Necromunda's millennia-long spider cults, stylized into an abstract insignia: the \"Round Spider,\" prominently displayed on all Continuity structures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, the energy cores embedded at the bends of those \"legs\" began flashing erratically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These gates drew power from nearby stars to perform interstellar teleportation. Using unique energy condensers, the Araneus Continuity captured stellar energy to feed the gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rosicky's device was engineered to disrupt those energy condensers, interfering with their ability to gather and distribute power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the pulse swept outward, five of the condensers shut down. Then, the crystals used in lieu of Imperial runes began flashing wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After mere seconds, a large number of data crystals flickered out. The warp gate's inner glow, the light resembling ripples in water, suddenly dispersed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three enemy battleships, advancing toward the gate, were caught in the energy pulse, paralyzed like prey in a web, completely immobile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Data streamed across Rosicky's bionic eye. Within seconds, he had analyzed the situation and spoke over command comms:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Warp Gate B disabled. Estimated disruption time: five hours, eleven minutes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Enemy warships are trapped in the energy surge, currently in stasis. Duration estimated at two hours, thirty-three minutes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Current energy storm radius: 152,000 km. Will reduce to 84,000 km within one hour.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diana exhaled in relief and praised him:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forge Lord, your work is exemplary.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With renewed confidence, she ordered the fleet to move toward Strategic Point B.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the command throne, Nareth nodded with satisfaction. Diana had performed well, despite a minor oversight; she had detected and addressed the issue even before he had to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under her command, the Eleventh Legion soon secured control of five warp gate zones. They began targeting Necromunda's orbital defense installations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining Araneus Continuity fleets attempted resistance, but once the Throne of Sovereignty's Shadow passed control of Node E to a frigate and destroyer squadron, entering the battle, resistance collapsed swiftly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Primarch received updates from the Master of Vox: all five other systems were also progressing smoothly, each warp gate under Eleventh Legion control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Most Difficult Front: The Agricultural System\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 2nd and 7th Chapters faced the fiercest resistance in the agricultural system, one of the Araneus Continuity's most vital worlds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Centuries of pollution had devastated the environment far worse than Vostroya. The Iron Tower, where the Techno-nobility dwelled were surrounded by ashen wastelands. With population levels far higher than Vostroya, these worlds were critically dependent on imported food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Continuity's hierarchy, the agricultural and data crystal production systems were the two most vital sectors. One sustained their food supply; the other underpinned their cyber-technological infrastructure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, both were heavily defended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 2nd Chapter was the last to finish space combat among the five strike groups.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system included four habitable worlds: two grassland planets, one oceanic world, and one mountainous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After clearing orbit, the Chapter Master reviewed Auger Matrix scans of the four worlds. He immediately realized that their population structure resembled that of other Imperial agri-worlds, millions of scattered serfs, largely indifferent to who ruled them, as long as they fulfilled their labor quotas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This insight led him to issue swift orders:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our next phase must follow the Primarch's directive: precise and efficient.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Target the towers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to Techno-nobility's influence, the ruling families on these planets had built their own iron towers, though far smaller than those on Araneus Prime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black drop pods rained from orbit, streaking across the skies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clad in black armor, the Shadows of Order formed tight formations and stormed the towers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The defenders fired Araneus las weapons, but against Mark II power armor, they barely scorched the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Reaver Attack Squads led the assault, synchronized, disciplined, and deadly. A single volley from their bolt guns shattered enemy formations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chainswords roared. Wherever they passed, only mangled bodies remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within 22 hours of initiating ground operations, 4,500 warriors of the 2nd Chapter had captured 163 towers across four worlds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though last to start, the 2nd Chapter became the first to complete planetary conquest, and with minimal casualties: only 13 marines lost to desperate suicide bombings by tower lords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, with orbital control of Necromunda secured, Nareth gave the final command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Climbing into his custom-made black drop pod, far larger than those used by regular legionaries, he stood tall even inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His destination: the highest Iron Tower of Necromunda.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His objective: the Supreme Techno-Lord\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you enjoy the story, my p@treon is 30 chapters ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[email protected]\u002FDaoistJinzu\u003C\u002Fp>",1054,"2026-06-06T05:05:10.769Z",1,"novelbin.me","da47d4074faa6332a069138578c13098a1be318e69d6db3318134b01fdc14319","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-145","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-143",698,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-cover.jpg"]