[{"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-198":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},1510997,1962,"Chapter 198: Boarding the Attack Moon","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-198",198,"\u003Cp>Nareth knew that the Attack Moon's gravity lashes needed to recharge between every attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this recharge interval, the Attack Moon's defensive shield would also be inactive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light lances and other ranged weapons could not destroy the Attack Moon during its brief recharge window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only viable strategy against the Attack Moon was to exploit that shield downtime and weapon recharge gap, launching a close-quarters boarding assault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once aboard, there were two options:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first was to destroy its reactor, detonating the entire Attack Moon with no risk of it being reclaimed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second was to disable its internal corridors, severing its reinforcement channels, isolating it, and then clearing the greenskins off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth chose the second option. A war engine as advanced as this xeno construct would certainly have buyers willing to pay a steep price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He intended to handle it the same way he had with the Fra'al battleship cruiser, finding partners and developing it jointly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through cooperative development, he could share in the results while avoiding the need to permanently garrison the Attack Moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the Eleventh Legion's fleet commanders didn't fully understand, they obeyed their Primarch's orders and charged toward the Attack Moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The orc fleet escorting the Attack Moon immediately turned toward the black ships.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the Sixth Legion's flagship, Leman Russ clenched his fists as he gazed through the viewport at the torn-apart ships.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Moon had reduced his sons to dust in the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wolf King turned back toward the bridge with long, purposeful strides. He saw the Eleventh Legion's ships surging at full speed toward the Attack Moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enoch's eyes betrayed his grief; those were brothers who had fought alongside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forcing himself into the commander's role, he studied the holo-displays.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Shadows of Order have launched their attack on that accursed Moon. Once they commit themselves, their courage is awe-inspiring.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They had been maneuvering defensively before, yet now they're plunging straight into the greenskin fleet's center.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wolf Lord saw more and more black ships being destroyed on their approach to the Attack Moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Rashiel's estimates, if the Eleventh Legion truly meant to get close to that monstrosity, they would pay dearly; the losses would exceed all the ships the greenskins had destroyed over the past weeks combined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nareth must have discovered something. Perhaps another of his sorcerous tricks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To secure the victory of his hunt, Leman Russ had gathered intelligence on Nareth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew Nareth's sons had never yet clashed with the Orks on such a scale. His knowledge of the Attack Moon must have come through psychic foresight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How should we respond?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enoch looked to his Wolf King and asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nareth warned us before. Though he walks a mistaken path, he is still…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leman Russ had intended to say brother, but recalling Nareth's attitude toward him, he instead said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…a Primarch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Order the Legion fleet to attack the Ork ships,\" Russ commanded, his voice low and heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All ships, initiate wolf-pack raids. Tear into the flanks of the greenskin fleet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do not, under any circumstances, strike the dense central cluster.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I do not know that Moon's true condition, nor can I predict Nareth's moves. If our wolf-pack fleet enters the center, it may disrupt the Shadows of Order's tactical maneuvers.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The grey ships, obeying their Primarch, unleashed their fury on the Ork fleet, avenging the swallowed brethren.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aboard the Throne of Shadow of Sovereignity, Nareth watched as allied icons vanished from the holomap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flicker of grief passed through his eyes, then he cast it away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew the surest way to minimize losses was to disable the corridors quickly. He had to cripple them in the very first wave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Primarch gave his orders: \"Cease broadside fire. Divert maximum power to the Auger Matrix. Scan the Moon. Confirm all corridor locations.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Drop-pods and Stormbirds, prepare for launch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the commands were relayed, his equerry reported:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord, the Astropath has purged the interference. Star-chant communications are restored.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Eleventh Chapter has completed its warp transit and will soon arrive at its realspace anchor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Fifth Chapter is projected to arrive in thirty-four shipboard hours.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth's mind raced through countless scenarios of the coming occupation before he issued further commands:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When the Eleventh arrives, they will pursue the Ork fleet in concert with system ships.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When the Fifth arrives, they will form a perimeter around the Moon. Keep the Space Wolves away.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The memory of the Space Wolves' conduct at the Craftworld's Edge and other campaigns surfaced in Nareth's mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wild wolves always sought to destroy, to reduce everything to ruin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cost had already been great; he would not see this prize annihilated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arsena swiftly carried out the Primarch's orders. After consulting the Chief Auspex Officer, he reported:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord, scans of the Attack Moon reveal forty-one corridors across its surface.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He worked the control-staff. The holo-display of the Wheel of Fire system shrank into a corner, replaced at the center by a scan of the Attack Moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surrounding display screens switched to corridor data feeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Primarch's eyes swept across them, the data flooding into his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After only a few seconds, he raised a hand and circled the corridor with the highest energy reading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This corridor,\" he said, then swiftly selected four more nearby, \"and these are the targets of myself and the Honor Guard.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Second and Seventh Chapters will handle the others.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The orders were relayed to the two Chapter Masters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth cast a glance at the holomap, where the Gloriana-class battleship rammed aside orkish ships in its path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Void shield reports flashed warning runes, flickering between yellow and green.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Primarch rose and said to his captain:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Diana, the void battle is yours.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As you command, my lord.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth strode to the embarkation deck. Black drop-pods stood in rows on their launch racks; his Honor Guard was already assembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fallen Shadows of Order had been replaced with warriors from the Second and Seventh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Excluding the Wilshire squad, there were now 583 warriors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who had survived the Battle of Arlenis wore a medal upon their chests, crafted by the techmarines: a black arrow piercing a yellow heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Primarch entered his custom-built pod. At the same moment, the Honor Guard and Second and Seventh assault squads boarded theirs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When all were secured, the pod doors closed like armored petals, turning them into seedpods ready to fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Klaxons blared. The launch-rack's coils charged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the Stormbird deck, Arsena heard the shrill whine and smelled ozone filling the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The coils reached full power; sudden shifts in pressure signaled that the deck's void-shields had dropped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The drop-pods' machine-spirits howled with eagerness for battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the pods fired like bullets, shockwaves rattling the embarkation deck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wrapped in blue flame, they screamed down toward the Attack Moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On its surface, the orks saw the blazing lights streak from the sky. They howled with excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One towering ork, larger and stronger than the rest, bellowed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"OI YA GITZ! STUFF'S RAININ' FROM DA SKY!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"WAAAGH! LEGZ MOVIN', GRABZ READY, WEZ TAKIN' DA LOT!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of grot and snotlings ran after him, eager to snatch at the wreckage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pods slammed into the Moon, shockwaves flinging the greedy orks aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hatches burst open. Black-armored warriors strode out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth stepped forth, raising his left arm, blasting an ork with a bolter round.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as he fired, his gaze swept the battlefield, locating the highest energy fluctuations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At five o'clock, 2.7 kilometers,\" he told his Honor Guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nice zoggin' loot ya wearin', humie. Dat sword's gonna look real good in me hand, after I rip it off ya!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The striped Ork Nobz leered greedily at Nareth's ornate plate, more splendid than his own boss's armor, and charged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth met him head-on. The Sword of Vaul sang as it cut, the massive iron club split like butter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ork Nobz head flew from his shoulders.\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>",1332,"2026-06-06T05:05:10.769Z",1,"novelbin.me","308a6fd165a8defdc8af57bd5870b85be261a4eb8229a661fe7f3b4a814c799d","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-199","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-197",698,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-cover.jpg"]