When the mech vehicle called the Tengu appeared before the White Scars warriors, not only Gantula, but every son of Jaghatai Khan stared fixedly at the unknown machine before them.
Their gazes were intent and fervent, and faint, crackling arcs of impatience seemed to flash whenever they looked at one another.
Compared to the Knight mechs fielded by the Imperium, this humanoid vehicle Lox called the "Tengu" was far slimmer and leaner. Its sleek, streamlined construction and silhouette deeply appealed to the White Scars, for that meant its atmospheric speed would be absurdly fast.
As it drew closer, Gantula and the others realized that the Tengu Mech was not actually standing on the ground. Its anti-gravity engines in its legs and waist kept it hovering half a meter above the surface at all times.
"Allow me to introduce the Tengu Mech, a humanoid vehicle from the Age of Strife. It is a branch of the Knight mech family, but rather than a dual-purpose colonial Knight, it is a weapon built purely for war."
Gantula stepped forward two paces and stopped before the Knight mech known as the Tengu.
It stood over eight meters tall. Even an Astartes had to look up at it. From his angle, the most striking feature of this war machine from the past was the protruding air intake on its chest.
The intake extended deep into the mech's core, where the Knight's power engine was housed. Dark silver-gray alloys formed its ferocious shell. Even standing silently there, it resembled an ancient Tengu poised to devour its prey.
"I have heard the legends of the Tengu from ancient mythology. They seem to date back to humanity's first millennium."
Chogoris possessed an exceptionally deep understanding of Terra's past. Even on a distant alien world thousands of light-years from