Some things could not be fought against. If you saw a Warp storm approaching, all you could do was run.
But when you commanded a planet-class warship, you could battle the storm—and win.
Though he had only recently replaced his flagship, Lion quickly experienced the advantages of a colossal vessel: supreme stability.
Ordinary light cruisers and transport ships could only drift helplessly with the currents in a Warp storm, but a Gloriana-class Battleship could resist and struggle against the storm to a certain extent. As for an even more massive planet-class warship, its terrifying mass was enough to keep it as steady as a mountain in an ordinary Warp storm.
Especially after being fitted with the Tuchulcha Engine, Lion led his cleansing fleet through the Five Hundred Worlds almost without restraint, eliminating enemies one by one.
After all, across the vast Ultima Segmentum, the enemy had never consisted solely of the traitor legions that had embraced the Warp. Countless xenos, interstellar pirates, and raiders seized chances to grow and harass isolated human worlds whenever humanity was weakened.
The Ruinstorm mainly affected long-distance Warp travel. For many xenos, however, their territories spanned no more than a single star system, so the Ruinstorm had not affected them greatly.
Conversely, with Warp travel obstructed, humanity's control over more remote regions had plummeted. In some places, only the cut-off local garrisons and native residents remained to face the xenos threat.
Previously, with the traitors' threat still unresolved and the chaos across the Five Hundred Worlds leaving Guilliman exhausted and constantly rushed off his feet, these highly mobile minor xenos factions and space pirates had taken the opportunity to grow stronger.
They were like locusts in space, well versed in the art of living off others. They often piloted ancient warships dug up from who