Iax sat inside the Thunderhawk Transporter, repeatedly checking his route through its Auspex. His reason for abruptly flying off in the Thunderhawk was simple: the remains of the Hulk, which resembled the wreckage of a gigantic Drop Pod, contained a Quantum Signal belonging to the Men of Iron.
The newly detected signal was very weak and carried no identifier indicating its specific type. Quantum Signals did not suffer from attenuation, but its energy level indicated that its source was already in terrible condition.
Although Iax sent a signal in response, unfortunately, he received no reply.
This thoroughly piqued Iax's desire to investigate.
With almost no hesitation, Iax took two Peltasts and his Bodyguard straight into the Glory of Fire's Hangar, using a small program to block the ship's Machine Spirit from detecting him.
Then he found a Thunderhawk Gunship bearing Ultramarines markings and climbed straight into its cargo hold.
By the time the Hangar's rotating mechanism delivered the gunship to the exit, Iax had completed his data intrusion, successfully creating the only unmanned Thunderhawk Gunship in the entire Imperium.
Standing over four meters tall, Iax could not possibly squeeze into the Thunderhawk's cockpit. Besides, this method of operating craft, widely used throughout the Imperium, still relied on antiquated control sticks and physical buttons.
Iax cut open part of the hull and located the complex control hardware. Relying solely on the external optical view provided by the Thunderhawk's fire-control system, he controlled the craft directly through its hardware.
It was troublesome, but very effective.
As for simply tearing off the cockpit and sitting inside, Iax had never even considered it.
This was a battlefield, surrounded by countless drifting particles of cosmic dust and fragments of ships.
Although his body's outer casing was much tougher than the Thunderhawk's hull, it was still