Chapter 229 - 229: The Rebel Psyker

The rebel 120mm rocket launchers were relatively low-capability weapons — effective range around a thousand metres, optical sights, shaped-charge warheads that could kill a Chimera. In urban terrain they were a serious threat. In open ground at fifteen hundred metres, with Kian's entire force outranging them significantly, they were mostly a concern to manage rather than a genuine tactical problem.

The Chimeras held at standoff distance and suppressed. Old Kae and Little Kae worked the indirect fire grid, walking grenade rounds into the trench network on coordinates fed from the auspex. Aimed indirect fire into prepared positions — the defenders couldn't return effective fire, and the arc of the grenades found them regardless of how deep they dug.

Fifteen minutes. Then a rebel officer's voice carried over the din: "We can't hold this! Get the Marshal!"

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