Chapter 65: Orkish WAAAGH! (5)
'Yes... we will take that one out as the first one and then move towards the second one in the main control room of the Space Hulk. That one should be in overall command in this section of the battle.'
Arcturus stated to the Red Queen through their connection, as he knew that the Ork Nob in the lower parts of the Space Hulk should be less powerful than the one sitting comfortably in the control center of the Space Hulk and issuing commands to the hundreds of Orkish Spaceships fighting the Imperial Defense Fleet.
Still, if the Ork Nob was spending downstairs, it was a clear sign that something important was down there, to the warrant attention of the Ork Nob, who was already very high on the social hierarchy of the Greenskins.
Normally, the Ork Nobs wouldn't be really doing such lowly jobs or carrying such tasks, as those were typically left for the ordinary Boyz or some more elite warriors among the Orkish Boyz.
<Per your command. Calculating the shortest route to the place... Warning! Most of the paths are swarming with the Greenskins, so it is highly possible that you would need to fight your way to the Ork Nob.>
That was something that he didn't really want to hear, but nevertheless, he nodded his head and decided to go for the Nob anyway because he knew when he used all of his power, he was probably as destructive as Gamma-Grade Warriors if he used the strengthening with the Psionic Energy.
Having a Super-High Risk Primal Psyker Ability wasn't just for a show...
'Information acknowledged... let's go...'
Arcturus said to the Red Queen and, at the same time, tasked her with monitoring everything that was happening in the Space Hulk.
Once he got onto the Space Hulk, Red Queen managed to spread her nanomachines through the majority of the spaceship, and as the Obscurus retreated to a safe distance and rejoined the Imperial Defense Fleet in the battle against the invading Orkish WAAAGH!, she could safely monitor everything that was happening on the Space Hulk.
When he finished the task on the Space Hulk, she would control the Obscurus to approach the Space Hulk and beam him out. Relaying information in real-time was essential for him because, without it, he would be in the dark about what was happening on the Space Hulk.
However, he seriously doubted that the Greenskins would really notice that somebody had sneaked into their ships, nor would they probably care even if they did. Sneaking up or similar acts were seen as a weakness because, for the Greenskins, only those who lacked strength and power were using such methods.
Obviously, he chose the pathways through the Space Hulk that were least guarded to avoid unnecessary combat and, mostly, to preserve his energy. He wasn't keen on fighting useless battles without much result this time.
It would only deplete his stamina and Psionic Energy, even though his Psionic Energy was regenerating at a very fast speed. It was better not to waste it at all and save the power for the Ork Nobz and more powerful elite Orkish Boyz.
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Navigating through the decaying corridors of the Space Hulk that was made by some unknown High-Level Civilization proved to be more annoyance than Arcturus had anticipated at first because it was a pain in the ass.
The entire place was rather messy and even with the Red Queen giving him the direction and commands where he should go and where not, it was proving to be rather challenging to navigate.
Some of the corridors were in so bad shape, that they were either entirely destroyed and it was impossible to cross through over them at all, some were blocked with some kind of trash if he could call it that... most probably done by Gretchen.
Some of the corridors were instead filled with rocks or parts of the asteroids instead...
On some occasions, Arcturus even contemplated if he should just use his Psionic Capabilities and blast the obstacles away, though such action was advised against by the Red Queen for several reasons.
It seemed that the area where they were located right now, the engine area of the Space Hulk, was filled with tubes that were transporting some toxic gasses or whatever, something that was being used by some of the more exotic Orkish weapons, so if he blasted everything away, then the toxic gasses would leak.
And according to the Red Queen, not even his constitution would be enough to resist such a degree of poison and toxicity for more than two hours or so. Naturally, Orks would be right because it seemed that the gasses had zero effects on the dammed Greenskins.
So the only thing that remained for Artcurus was to go through various corridors, which seemed to be endless and if not for the Red Queen's navigation capabilities, then he would be most probably get lost in this needless labyrinth of steel, wreckage and trash.
Just after another twenty minutes, when he entered the lowest area of the Space Hulk's engineering area, he finally managed to encounter the larger squadron of the Ork Boyz guarding the doors leading to the long corridor.
This corridor led to another corridor, which led to one of the main weapon control rooms, where the Ork Nob was guarding the place.
After the Red Queen found out what was in the place where the second Ork Nob was located, Arcturus understood why Ork Nob was personally guarding the place.
Within this Space Hulk, there was an in-built rather advanced Electro-Magnetic Railgun, and its firepower wasn't less than that of some of the most advanced main cannons and main weapons of the Imperial Starships and Battleships.
Unfortunately, one of the weapon's greatest weaknesses was that it needed to be fired and controlled manually. So the Greenskins were rather clever and sent some of their strongest, the Space Hulk, to guard the place where the controls to the Electro-Magnetic Railgun were located.
This was rather smart move from them...
'Let's do it...'
He counted to three before he burst into a flash of speed and appeared in the middle of the room, where thirteen of the Greenskins were playing some games, drinking something that wasn't looking much appetizing or something...
Not to mention, they were also not paying attention to anything else, even though there was a war being fought out there. All of the Greenskins that were within this place, were actually the ones that were ordered by the Ork Nob to go and be on the guard duty.
In a split of a moment, a wave of the Psionic Energy of bluish energy burst out from his body, aiming at several of the nearest Orks. Several of the Psionic Blasts were sent even before he arrived, turning five of the Orks into the meat paste without a hunch.
He used the Aetherius the Power Sword to attack the biggest of the remaining Orks in the room. The very moment, he attacked the Greenskins and killed five of them, the remaining seven of them instantly got into action and grabbed their weapons as they were ready for the combat.