Boss Copperhead walked up to the bone spike with a hostile look on his face. The pure white spike was as smooth as the finest porcelain. It had pierced Boss Slick's Ship's thick armor, yet the violent friction had barely heated its surface. When Boss Copperhead touched it, it was cool rather than hot.
A few drops of black liquid dripped down from overhead. Boss Copperhead hurriedly dodged aside. The liquid landed on the floor at his feet, and a corrosive hiss reached his ears as it ate away a large patch of the metal deck.
Boss Copperhead looked up, and a mass of Tyranid Warrior Bugs dropped from above. Fierce fighting broke out immediately. Only a few Nobz stayed behind to guard Boss Slick; the others and the Orks on the bridge were soon locked in combat with the Warrior Bugs.
Rottooth reacted fastest. He realized that the Tyranids might have infiltrated the ship long ago and were specifically targeting Boss Slick's Ship's bridge. He immediately activated the emergency defenses, covering the bridge in a layer of folded space and leaving only a single passage connected to the warship's outer structure, making it easier to defend.
This design had been intended to counter surprise attacks by powerful enemies, ensuring that an ambush would not leave Boss Slick's Ship helpless under enemy fire.
Some of the warship's control consoles had been destroyed, but the operating system had built-in redundancies. Rottooth quickly activated the Krakka Teleporter for the third time, teleporting Boss Slick's Ship far away from the battlefield where the Tyranid Fleet and the Ork Fleet were fighting.
Amid the chaotic fighting on the bridge, Boss Copperhead hacked a Tyranid Haruspex to death, held its head in his hand for a look, then tossed it away in disgust. Rottooth mowed