New Gardinal Tripod Walkers Rival Warhound-class Titans
Performance of the Canine Titan
By the fourth stellar month of 869, the legions had established a foothold in the mountains and begun a brutal offensive.
The Titan Legions "War Griffons," gladly answered the call of their ally, Nimrod, and joined the battle.
In S-4 region, Warlord-class Titan and two Reaver -class Titan traverse a wide, pioneering path.
Captain Glasner of the Titan Silver Monarch, Warlord-class Titan, felt the Machine Spirit's thirst for honor.
Despite having lost fourteen War Griffons -Warlord-class and thirty-five Reaver-class Titan, he showed no fear.
He longed to exact revenge on the Xenos in a duel, and even more so, he craved honor.
Inside the cockpit, Glasner, connected via Thought Impulse unit, felt the yearning of the Machine Spirit.
"The Monarch, we shall journey together."
"This may be our last battle. We will use the blood of Xenos to nourish every piece of holy iron."
"Captain, the sensors have detected the target." The chief operations officer's voice rang out, immediately drawing Glasner's attention to the outside world.
"Calculate the trajectory."
"Calculation complete."
"Fire!"
At his command, the cannons on the arm of the Silver Monarch emitted a rapid surge of light.
A burst of blazing Red Light shot out and slammed into a pig-shaped Xenos Overlord.
The individual energy shield shattered instantly, and the Xenos evaporated in a flash.
Arcs of electricity shot up from the heads of countless pig-like creatures and hurtled towards Titan.
The sound, like the explosion of a power plant's control core being destroyed, echoed around the Void Shield.
"Suppress fire!" With Glasner's command, Apocalypse Missile roared into the air from the shoulder of the Reaver-class Titan on the left.
A single salvo is equivalent to the firepower of a standard Imperium artillery battery, striking the Xenos positions.
Boom boom boom!
A raging inferno tore hundreds of pig-shaped Xenos to shreds, their blood splattering everywhere.
The Titan strode forward in the firelight, the roars of Golden Gryphon tearing through the thick fog, vortexes engulfing swathes of enemies.
Beep beep beep!
The piercing alarm echoed in the cockpit, Silver Monarch swayed violently.
"The plasma reactor is damaged, and power has dropped to 83.5%."
Upon hearing the chief operator's report, Glasner spoke angrily.
"A cunning Xenos; he knows our weaknesses."
"I'll deal with it myself." Glasner sensed the Machine Spirit's fury.
"Captain, we have lost our sensors."
The experienced captain quickly came up with a solution.
"Summarize the target Servitor's field of vision."
"Execute the command, summarize the target Servitor's field of view..."
"Compiled."
Information flowed into Glasner's mind through the Thought Impulse unit, forming an image on his retina.
Glasner rotated his left arm, and the arm of the Silver Monarch moved accordingly.
A dazzling beam of light shot out and slammed into the Bone-Eater.
The Bone-Eater's three arms unleashed blinding beams of light, hissing as they shot forth.
Blinding light echoed between the two enormous objects.
The Silver Monarch trembled violently, as if it were about to capsize at any moment.
But it did not fall; it strode confidently toward the Xenos.
Despite the beam attack, the Silver Monarch's power claw glowed with a blinding blue light.
"Die!"
The Silver Monarch's claws hissed as it cleaved through personal energy shields, then struck the flowerbed-like top of its head with another claw.
The Silver Monarch, billowing black smoke, swayed violently, and the chief operator nervously activated the Gyro-Stabilizer.
The enormous, charred object stabilized after a series of shakes.
"Captain, we have won!"
As the chief operator spoke, he turned around and saw Captain Glasner's pale face and the blood at the corner of his mouth.
Titan was damaged, and Captain Glasner also suffered serious injuries due to the influence of the Thought Impulse connection.
"The Monarch will ultimately triumph; glory belongs to the Griffin."
At the same moment Glasner issued his declaration of victory, a fleet of Tripod Walker from the Second Legion advanced through Operation C-11.
Wilshire gazed at the new Tripod Walker, which were quite different from the Gardinal versions.
In the operations of the Vicious Sector, all acquired Gardinal walking mechs were deployed in battle.
The pilots' lives shone brightly in the "coffin," as they killed forty-six Bone-Eater and a large number of other Xenos.
The Tech Sergeant collected combat data.
Despite the tight schedule, the Lord of the Forge still completed the main task given to him by the Black Emperor —improving the cockpit.
The cramped, dark cockpit has been expanded to allow the pilot to feel like a human being inside.
With the expansion of the cockpit, the current Tripod Walker is the same size as Warhound-class Titan.
The energy system is forced to consume more energy for life support and other purposes, resulting in a slight decrease in firepower compared to other Titan of the same class.
But the lives of drivers have also been effectively extended, no longer belonging to the short-lived genetic caste.
One of their major advantages over Titan pilots is that, thanks to the genetic caste technology of the Gardinal, the first generation of pilots who escaped enslavement were able to quickly acquire piloting skills from their genes.
The training time was significantly reduced, much shorter than the average training time for Titan crew members.
The Gardinal people's production line was fully utilized after being modified, and the eleven worlds operating at full capacity provided strong support, enabling the manufacture of sixty-one walking mechs to be completed within five years.
Wilshire watched as twenty walking mechs moved through the mountains; their three-legged structure made them more agile and stable than the Warhound-class Titan.
A blinding light suddenly shot into his vision as a Tripod Walker was pierced by three beams of light.
The experimental mechs didn't have time for entirely new improvements, nor did they attempt to use the Ion Shield of the Knight Mech or the Shield-Weave technology of the Squats, let alone try to miniaturize the Void Shield.
They have no defense systems, only the Gardinal people they carry, and a sophisticated energy weapon system.
As the Tripod Walker twisted their bodies, beams of energy flowed rapidly.
Brilliant beams of energy shot up and rained down on the Bone-Eater.
Bang bang bang!
Amidst a series of explosions, the spreading energy shockwaves tore apart the Xenos surrounding the Bone-Eater, evaporating the rocks into ashes.
As another Tripod Walker was reduced to ashes, the Tripod Walker launched a second attack.
The shooting beams of energy slammed into the Bone-Eater's head and upper body with a hissing sound.
Eighteen light holes appeared on the towering ancient tree-like trunk.
The light rapidly spread across the Bone-Eater's body, and its green form melted and disappeared.
Wilshire watched as the metal arm slammed heavily to the ground, thinking to himself.
The new type of Tripod Walker has been successfully tested.
Other legions lack the capacity to mass-produce similar weapons to combat the Bone-Eater.
The Adeptus Mechanicus's Warlord-class Titan, on average, couldn't achieve a one-for-one trade with the Bone-Eater; over thirty Titan Legions have already been destroyed.