To the other cosmic empires, the Asgardian Empire was a terrifying opponent.
These barbarians possessed exceptionally formidable physiques, and their fiercely martial culture of honor drove Asgardian soldiers to hurl themselves fearlessly at the Empire's enemies. But to the Emperor of Latveria, Asgard's technology was what mattered most. That was why he was willing to pay any price to profit from Ragnarok.
Asgard's most terrifying weapon was the star-slaying weapon, the Bifrost. No matter how sturdy a starship's armor was, it seemed fragile before the Bifrost. Asgardian elite soldiers rode the Bifrost straight at enemy bridges, destroying enemy command systems through decapitation strikes—a method of warfare Asgard had practiced for tens of thousands of years. Even without the Bifrost, Asgard's longship-like Voidcraft could approach their enemies like bloodthirsty wolf packs and surround them, probing without cease, bleeding them dry until Asgardian soldiers could leap through damaged hulls into enemy starships and slaughter their weaker foes with superior physical strength and fine equipment.
These Voidcraft resembled floating longships. Their Void Engine and anti-gravity engine technologies were more advanced than even the anti-gravity engines of Wakanda and the Mars Foundry, while the melta launchers mounted on them could breach hull armor in an extremely short time. Even the melee weapons used by Asgardian soldiers were fitted with high-powered Disintegration Fields and high-energy capacitors. Had they not received Wakanda's Vibranium resources and technical support, the Disintegration Fields on the weapons of the Praetorian Guard and Hellfire Knights might not have matched them.
The source of all this technology was the race known in myth as the Dwarves. This race could not escape the chain of catastrophes brought about by Ragnarok. The Emperor intended to offer them protection in exchange for their loyalty, so that they would forge weapons and equipment for his armies