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"My lord, that is a barge converted from a Strike Cruiser, though its exact model cannot be identified. Its hull is five kilometers long, so it must not be underestimated. We need to take it seriously!"
Battle Barges were warships used by Astartes Chapters. Put simply, they were conventional warships partially converted into troop transports.
Since these vessels served the Astartes, their internal passageways had to be widened, and specialized training grounds, surgical tables for transforming recruits, and other facilities had to be installed.
To accommodate the Astartes' tactical style, Battle Barges also contained large numbers of teleportation devices, drop pods, and armories for specialized weapons.
It was precisely because these compartments occupied space otherwise used for conventional weapons and energy storage that, theoretically, an Astartes Battle Barge's ship-to-ship combat capability was inferior to that of an ordinary warship.
But if an Astartes Battle Barge got close enough to deploy Boarding Torpedoes or teleport troops aboard, things would become quite spectacular.
The moment Li Qinwu heard that the incoming vessel was a Battle Barge of the Red Star Chapter, his eyes narrowed.
This Astartes Chapter had been one of the chief instigators behind the Agent Orange incident on Savage World.
During this period, Li Qinwu had also learned more about the Red Star Chapter through the Inquisition's intelligence network.
Just as he had suspected, the Red Star Chapter was a typical adherent of Super-Astartes Ideology.
Every Astartes in this Chapter was utterly indifferent to the lives of ordinary people.
Their battlefield conduct was extremely vile. They often drove mortal troops into dangerous, unknown regions to die while scouting the way.
Once everyone was dead, they would travel to the next Imperium world and forcibly conscript more recruits. To them,