On the Starport of Rostov II, alarms blared, threatening to burst eardrums, as various defensive weapons were brought online and into operation.
Priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus were working to soothe the machine spirits, agitated by the emergency activation, while the Defense Force and Imperial Navy sailors ran frantically under the Starport's dome.
Several cruisers docked at the Starport berths were urgently preparing to set sail, but for now, they couldn't even recall the sailors who had gone ashore.
The Necrons' attack was almost without warning, and their Necrons warships, which never traveled through the Warp, caught the Imperial Navy off guard, as they were accustomed to enemies attacking from the Mandeville Point.
This was also where the Necrons differed from most races in the galaxy; they were a purely physical race and had never ingested any of the Warp's filth.
Or rather, for various reasons, before the Necrons could ingest the Warp's filth, they first took a mouthful of the C'tan's excrement, which wiped out their entire race. The current Necrons are merely a group of robots with the memories of the Necrontyr, and since they don't even have souls, how could they be connected to the Warp, which requires souls?
This also meant that the Necrons' method of faster-than-light travel was completely different from the major races in the galaxy; they didn't use the Warp at all but achieved faster-than-light speed directly in the real universe.
(The oldest first-generation Necrons were called Chaos Androids.)
(The name Necrons comes from an Italian hentai.)
Not only that, but the Necrons could also use the power of the C'tan Shards to hack into the Webway built by the Old Ones, using the Webway to achieve long-distance teleportation. The Necrons' Monolith portals were achieved by utilizing the Webway.
Because of this, the Space Necron Fleet's mobility was terrifyingly high, appearing and disappearing like ghosts, even surpassing the Eldar, who also used the Webway.
As a result, the Space Necron Fleet's attack left Rostov II no time to react. Almost as soon as the enemy was detected, the Necrons' green warships had already appeared right in front of the Rostov fleet.
At this time, most of the Rostov fleet's cruisers were still docked at the Starport for maintenance, and the sailors had all gone on leave, with only a small number of duty personnel on each ship.
Even some officers had left their warships to visit the Starport's trade zone for a drink or some special services to relax.
Therefore, when the Necrons attacked, even if the remaining officers immediately ordered the warships to raise anchor and set sail, and recalled all the sailors, it would not be possible to get the warships ready for combat immediately.
Fortunately, Alex was very concerned about Rostov's defenses, and he had previously had his Space Apes upgrade the Starport's shields.
So, after the Starport activated its Void Shield and energy shields, the Necrons were temporarily unable to do anything to the Starport, nor could they destroy the undeparted warships within the Starport.
However, this did not mean that the fleet in the Starport could slowly prepare before leaving the port.
Currently, on Rostov II's orbit, in addition to the Starport, there was also a partially constructed Orbital Ring. Although only one-tenth of the section was completed, the operational hydroponic farms could not be damaged.
Even though the hydroponic farms had Void Shields installed and their Orbital Ring sections had defensive facilities, they were not yet fully completed and would struggle to withstand the Space Necron Fleet's attacks.
Therefore, the fleet had to set sail and meet the enemy as quickly as possible. Otherwise, even if these Space Necron warships didn't attack the Orbital Ring, their bombardment of the planet would be even worse.
Although Rostov City was protected by city-level Void Shields and Ape Force Fields, it could not withstand fleet-level orbital bombardment.
Fortunately, the warships of the Rostov fleet were considered elite, and under the threat of a major enemy, preparations were completed quickly.
Not long after Alex and his team received the notification and arrived at the Black Ship's teleportation room via psychic teleportation, four cruisers were already ready to set sail and engage the enemy.
Alex's Black Ship was the first to complete its departure preparations. After all, the Inquisition's Black Ships had relatively strict requirements, and Alex also had travel plans recently, so this Black Ship had been preparing for departure.
Therefore, when the alarm sounded, the Black Ship was the first to gather its crew and prepare for departure.
If it weren't for waiting for Alex and his team to teleport aboard, it would probably have already rushed out.
Next to complete departure was the Ash Knights' strike cruiser; the Space Marine warships were equally efficient.
Following closely behind these two warships was the Dominator-class, which, due to being sponsored by the Ecclesiarchy, was officially under the Adepta Sororitas. Influenced by the Sisters of Battle's religious fervor, their efficiency was also quite high.
If it weren't for waiting for the Battle Sister troops to board, they could have been even faster.
Following these three ships were the three newly arrived Moon-class ships. However, for various reasons, when Alex had already commanded the Black Ship out of port and the other two ships followed, only one Moon-class ship kept up.
The other two still had some crew members who had not completed gathering, but it wouldn't delay much time, and they would soon be able to join the battle.
In addition to the several cruisers, Gutierrez's light cruiser and Donia's forge ship also completed their departure preparations and followed behind the four cruisers, ready to enter the battlefield.
They were facing five Shroud-class light cruisers and three Scythe Class harvest
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