[{"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-574":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},1511301,1962,"Chapter 574 - 573: The New Gardinaal Tripod Walker, Performance Rivaling a Warhound Titan","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-574",574,"\u003Cp>In the Fourth month of 869, the Legions had established their footholds in the mountains and begun brutal siege warfare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Legio Gryphonicus had enthusiastically answered the call of their ally, Nareth, committing to the battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Sector S-4, a Warlord Titan and two Reavers advanced along cleared paths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glasner, princeps of the Warlord Titan Silver Sovereign, felt the machine-spirit's yearning for glory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the Legio Gryphonicus had already lost fourteen Warlords and thirty-five Reavers, he felt no fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He longed to avenge the Legion against the xenos in battle, and to win glory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the cockpit, linked via the mind impulse unit, Glasner felt the machine-spirit's desire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Silver Sovereign, you and I shall walk together.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This may be our final battle. We shall water every sacred metal with xenos blood.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Princeps, sensors have acquired a target.\" The voice of the senior operations officer sounded, and Glasner immediately focused outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Calculate firing solution.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Solution calculated.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fire!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At his command, the light intensity on the Silver Sovereign's arm cannons spiked rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scarlet beams lanced out, striking a pig-like xeno Overlord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its personal energy shield shattered instantly. The xenos evaporated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arcs of lightning leaped from the heads of countless pig-like creatures, streaking towards the Titan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a power plant core being breached, the crackling detonations erupted against its void shields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Suppressing fire!\" At Glasner's command, the Reaver on the left fired its Apocalypse missiles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One salvo equaled the full firepower of a standard Imperial artillery battery, slamming into the xenos positions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM, BOOM, BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sea of fire tore through hundreds of pig-like xenos. Blood rained down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Titans strode forward through the flames. The roar of golden griffins tore through the lingering mist, vortexes swallowing the enemy in waves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BEEP, BEEP, BEEP!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A piercing alarm echoed in the cockpit. The Silver Sovereign lurched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Plasma reactor damaged. Power output reduced to 83.5%.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the senior operator's report, Glasner said angrily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cunning xenos. They know our weaknesses.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll deal with it personally.\" Glasner felt the machine-spirit's fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Princeps, we've lost the sensor systems.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seasoned princeps quickly found a solution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Compile the targeting servitors' fields of view.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Executing. Compiling targeting servitor fields of view...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Compilation complete.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The data stream flooded into Glasner's mind via the mind impulse unit, forming an image on his retina.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glasner moved his left arm. The Silver Sovereign's arm followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blinding beam lanced out, striking a Osseivore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three of the Osseivore's arms blazed with searing beams, screaming towards the Titan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dazzling light echoed between the two giants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Silver Sovereign shuddered, threatening to fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it did not fall. It advanced with unwavering steps towards the xenos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Withstanding the beam assault, the Silver Sovereign's power claw blazed with dazzling blue light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Die!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Silver Sovereign's claw shrieked, tearing through the personal energy shield, then struck again at the flowerbed-like crown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The smoke-blackened Silver Sovereign lurched. The senior operator nervously activated the gyroscopic stabilizers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blackened giant steadied after a moment of rocking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Princeps, we've won.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The senior operator turned as he spoke, seeing Princeps Glasner's pale face and the blood at his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the Titan damaged, the feedback through the mind impulse unit had also injured Princeps Glasner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Silver Sovereign will triumph. Glory to the Griffon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Glasner declared victory, tripod walkers from the 2nd Chapter advanced through Operational Zone C-11.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wilshere observed the new tripod walkers. They were vastly different from the Gardinaal versions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the Vicious Sector campaign, all captured Gardinaal walkers had been thrown into battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pilots within their 'coffins' had burned out their final sparks of life, killing forty-six Osseivores and countless other xenos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Techmarines had collected combat data.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though time was short, the Master of the Forge had completed the Black Emperor's primary task for him, improving the cockpit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cramped, dark cockpit had been expanded, allowing the pilot to exist within as a human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the cockpit expansion, the current tripod walkers were now the size of Warhound Titans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Power systems were now required to allocate more energy to life support and other functions, resulting in slightly reduced firepower compared to equivalent Titans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the pilots' lifespans were also effectively extended. They were no longer short-lived gene-castes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A major advantage over Titan crews was that, thanks to the Gardinaal gene-caste technology, the first generation of pilots, freed from slavery, could rapidly acquire piloting skills from their genetic heritage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Training time was drastically reduced, far shorter than the average training time for Titan crew members.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gardinaal's production lines, refitted and fully utilized, with eleven worlds operating at full capacity, provided robust support, enabling the construction of sixty-one walkers in five years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wilshere watched twenty walkers navigate the mountains. Their tripod structure made them more agile and stable than Warhound Titans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blinding flash erupted in his vision. A tripod walker was pierced by three beams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There had been no time for brand-new improvements on these experimental walkers. They had not attempted to use Knight-scale plasma shields or Squat void-shield technology, let alone miniaturized void shields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had no defense systems, only the mature energy weapon systems the Gardinaal had developed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tripod walkers twisted, their energy beams shifting rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blazing beams lanced out, raining down on the Osseivore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK, CRACK, CRACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst a series of cracks, the expanding energy shockwave tore through the xenos around the Osseivore, vaporizing the mountain rock to ash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another tripod walker crumbled to ash as the group launched their second salvo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Energy beams screamed, slamming into the Osseivore's head and upper body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eighteen glowing holes appeared in its tree-like form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light rapidly spread across the Osseivore's body. Its green form melted away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wilshere watched the metal arm crash heavily to the ground, thinking to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The new tripod walker experiment was a success.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other Legions lack the capability for large-scale production of similar weapons to counter the Osseivores.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The Mechanicum's Warlord Titans achieve less than a one-to-one exchange ratio against Osseivores. Over thirty Titan Legions have already been destroyed.'\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>",1009,"2026-06-06T05:05:27.789Z",1,"novelbin.me","a60b7b680bb8c2700ccbde13c47409a8b418ca345c2b89208db7fadfc042afb8","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-575","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-630",698,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-cover.jpg"]