Chapter 189 About the Iron Heart Chapter (two-in-one chapter)
Indeed, as the Conqueror King of Nuceria told Ms. Salin, the communication sent back by this forge and hive world this time extended a warm welcome to their visitors.
At the same time, their "Great Sage" - different from the records in the Desert Ark database, the Great Sage who rules here now is no longer Daedus - the Great Sage "Kaidomo" ”——“Sincerely invite the noble descendants of Ohm Messiah” to come to the underground of this frozen planet. He will host a banquet in the mechanical palace at the center of the planet to wash away the dust. At the same time, he promised to open the orbital maintenance platform to other members of the fleet. And replenish them with fresh water and energy.
At the same time, they even said that there is a certain berth that can be immediately provided for a large ship like the Desert Ark to rest and rest. The orbital platform can accommodate the list members entering the port in batches. At the same time, they have a full-time person responsible for maintaining the Astartes. Battleship personnel and equipment.
This is tantamount to a shot in the arm for the nearly exhausted and scarred refugee fleet. Although the three main Space Marine warships seem to still have the strength to fight, in fact many of them are Using the built-in energy source of one's own power armor to adjust resources, allowing mortal crew members to distribute as much of the edible portion of the daily supplies originally provided to the Astartes as possible. These food and water adjustment measures are completely dependent on Astartes power. A's internal circulatory system and other life support functions.
In short, this seemingly huge fleet is actually like a shiny thin-skinned helium balloon, which will explode with a bang at the slightest external force. The reason why it can maintain its formation at this precarious level of hunger is almost entirely because Their leader is Angron. The power of the Primarch calms the hearts of mankind and manages to maintain the calm mood of the fleet. If the Forge World of Belakarn intends to fight a war of attrition against them, then they will not be able to survive for long - if the Primarch and the Chapter intend to continue to protect these civilian ships.
"I think this is too risky, my lord, my primarch! No matter how fallen Belakaan is, it is a forge world with Titan Legions and Skitarii, and their hives and machines The tower is too deep underground and is protected. If you enter the opponent's ruling core rashly before confirming their purpose, I may not be able to teleport you up immediately if there is any accident." Ms. Lotara's electronic voice gradually changed. She must have raised her voice, "I strongly request you to launch a decapitation raid against them..."
As expected, the first person to speak up expressed objections to this and started talking about her plan for a surprise landing was still Luo Lady Tara Saleen, but because everyone knew her fanatical and loyal protectiveness towards the Twelfth Primarch, the captains summoned to the bridge wisely remained silent, even the most senior ones present. The same is true for the old officer and Second Company Commander Ancient Sage Sklar.
This mighty ancient warrior is one of the warriors who were drafted from Terra to survive to this day, serving as an officer in what was then known as the Legion of Warhounds, before the Primarch returned to his children. After the Holy Great Crusade, he tenaciously created several war miracles, shattered the enemy's conspiracy to destroy Ultramar, and finally entered the sarcophagus to protect the original body and has been fighting for dozens of centuries to this day.
But now, this holy scorner Fearless, covered with thick marks of purity and ropes of honor, is shamelessly pretending to be an old man taking a nap, standing there and ignoring the others flying towards him. , the eye knife that signaled him to come forward to argue.
Angron's reaction to the great sage's name was a pause, as if he remembered some scene, and then he listened patiently with a smile after Ms. Lotara met any planet that did not kneel down to serve Angron. After the routine speech of "Insolent maniac! Burn! Kill! Rob! Dedicate all battles, skulls and glory to Lord Angron!", he softly appeased the violent captain's machine spirit of his flagship and said, "I Madam, there is a problem that has bothered me for a long time. Maybe you can help me solve it. Please think about how to cook a delicious meal for us for dinner today with water, promethium and some parchment paper." This world-class problem has been successfully solved. After letting Ms. Machine Soul fall into silence and think.
Angron turned his face towards his long-awaited Chapter Council.
Obviously, the Primarch already had an idea of what to do next, but was still happy to get some input from his officers.
The Twelfth Primarch, under his huge power armor interlaced with gold and silver, with a classic style, has a healthy and warm wheat-colored skin that is as pleasant as a continuous harvest field, as well as a tall, strong, as if The body is as vast as the earth and surpasses many of his brothers. This huge body alone will make many mortals who see the original body's appearance for the first time fall into a trance similar to "the fear of giants" Amidst the symptoms, until they were combed through their souls by the power of warmth, they regained an unprecedented experience of tranquility.
Although he has extremely excellent fighting background and literacy, he also has a deep understanding of war and military writings. Some people have even described that when Angron is really angry, he descends on the battlefield like a god descending from the wrath of heaven. Like a god of war, the Primarch himself was trained in special abilities so that the battle scars he acquired almost never remained on his body. His noble face, due to his strong aquiline nose and thin lips, may make people a little intimidated at first glance, but the soft corners of his eyes and the curvature of his lips will immediately put people at ease and gain a sense of comfort from him. A strange sense of security, like standing in the embrace of towering mountains or protected by a great solid city wall.
The pinnacle of ancient genetic engineering technology from the Emperor's laboratory completed his power and also gave Angron a distinctive noble face as if carved from an ancient statue. The compassion, wisdom and wisdom gained from his growth experience Thinking also made a footnote for his heroic eyebrows and skull lines that any rational person can't help but love and be loyal to.
Those thick, voluptuous and slightly curled hair shone beautifully like molten copper threads, and they were well gathered on the top of his head by the sage's horn crown made of fine gold and moonsilver. Behind his head, the original body's eyes are distant and profound. When these eyes look at you, they are full of patience, comfort and understanding, making you want to tell him all the pain in your heart.
This was the Primarch of Ironheart, the one beloved by all his descendants and people, and the Iron-Hearted Benevolent Angron who loved all his descendants and people.
On Belakahn's Desert Ark, not all captains of the companies were now united under the Primarch's command, although Angron did skillfully avoid certain things that would have destabilized the Storm after the Heresy. The Empire fell into a civil war crisis and nominally split up its own legion - but in fact, because the Primarch claimed that most of his legions were scattered on the routes of various independent expeditions, they could not immediately receive orders to complete the dismantling. Divided and reorganized, he would preside over this significant event in the years to come.
Well, the orders and detailed implementation methods regarding the division of legions and the reorganization of battle groups were finally notified to each company of the Twelve Legions, and they were told that they should refer to themselves as battle groups in the future, but for the Battle Order Internally speaking, the Twelfth Legion just changed its name. As their last ship also unloaded its anchor and sailed away from Terra, everyone tacitly agreed. And company commanders, when necessary or on occasions - for example, well, the following situations:
Have to leave for Terra to be questioned by the high lords (if there is no wise captain to deal with it, then it is usually a lucky person who is unlucky enough to vote);
Needs sufficient authority to An extermination order was issued (this place was said to be hopeless even by our genetic fathers, and it would be unreasonable not to issue an extermination order against it!);
A dispute arose with some secret mission teams (the Inquisition's There are really people from all backgrounds in some mission teams, how do I feel...);
Contact with aliens (these Ada aliens have either sharpened their heads and thought... Those who have become servants of the original body are either trying to kidnap the original body. In my opinion, they should all be killed. Who wants to listen to those nonsense prophecies?);
Thinking that a certain planetary governor or noble who was too lawless should be killed in the name of the Emperor and the Primarch, and actually killed him in public (usually only the Eighth Company Captain would do this when he encountered it, and then the Second Company Captain would try his best Angrily cleaning up for the Primarch and the First Captain before they find out);
or visits from various Inquisitors from various Inquisition Order factions - they will take turns to become a "chapter" as needed "Commander", with the exception of the tenth company commander, because the recruit reserve team of the tenth company is, well, slightly overstaffed, which makes their company commander, instructor Chios Ranado, always very busy.
In fact, since the "Warhounds" of the Twelfth Legion, later the first Chapter Master of the Ironhearts Chapter, Gael from Terra has been in an enviable position. Ending in peace and glory - refers to the fact that Gale, due to his age, after struggling to kill an greenskin boss, told his hermit battle brothers that he wanted to rest before rushing to the next battle. So he drove his ax into the Ork Warlord's massive head, sat down to rest, and never awoke - and under the auspices of the Primarch, leadership of the Chapter now rested with the Chapter Council. organization to determine.
The members of this meeting include the ten captains of the Iron Heart Chapter (Legion), the Potion Master, the Hermit Master, plus the Primarch himself, which just constitutes the brains of the Chapter: enough to make any major decisions A joint meeting of thirteen members of the Chapter. This meeting can increase the number of participants to up to fifteen people, including the captain's lady and a hermit brother. At least three of all basic members need to form a small discussion meeting to decide the direction.
The first company commander of the battle group, who has outstanding achievements, has been on an expedition to the Eye of Terror since thousands of years ago, and every time he goes back and forth, he will kill all the heretics and aliens there and along the way until their heads are rolling. Captain Kahn, he and their fifth company commander Nur, Hermit Secondary Sylvonias and others have not yet returned from this expedition to the Eye of Terror. Due to the uncertainty of subspace navigation, Even Angron still doesn't know where they are and whether they were unfortunately traveling in the warp when they disappeared.
Captain Giustilia, the commander of the Fourth Company and the fleet master of the Iron Heart Chapter, is leading his fleet to brave the danger and swim in the more distant star sea. He carefully accepted the instructions from the original body. The order is to lead the fleet to try to explore a passage that can pass through the Great Rift relatively safely within the designated range, so as to restore contact and understand the situation with the Holy Terra side as soon as possible. The last time this dedicated company commander contacted them has been It was a few months ago, and Captain Borgia Yaldo of the 6th Company was leading his soldiers to act together with the 4th Company.
Therefore, in addition to the second company commander, the ancient warrior Sklar, who has always been guarding the original body and rarely leaves, the current Joint Meeting of the Iron Heart Chapter also has the third, seventh, eighth, ninth, The five captains of the Tenth Company are still with the original body, and the original body himself has exactly seven members. However, for a Queen of Glory flagship and two cruisers, these Astartes forces can only be said to be Just enough to not be stretched too thin.
Of course, Captain Endred Hall of the 8th Company, who was always strong and strong, disappeared without knowing where he was. This made Sklar hate him until a team of soldiers who were ordered to find him stopped him. The eighth company commander who had already sneaked into the Thunderhawk hangar skillfully and cleverly left one person to run away, so as to notify other company commanders to come and put this full-body Seiko Terminator power armor on before everyone was knocked down. The strong man, who was all embedded with the secret soul stone, dragged him back to the bridge for a meeting.
“What kind of meeting are you having!” said the Eighth Company Captain, who was more than a head taller than the others, waving his huge power ax, with the logo of an eagle head and crossed lightning shining brightly on his armor. "Can a meeting kill our enemies? No! Can a meeting immediately create scarce resources for us? No! If we have all this nonsense time to hold a meeting here, it is better for me to go and chop off their heads first, and then we will Okay..."
"Okay, Endred." The Twelfth Primarch spoke, and the indescribable mysterious power in his mellow magnetic voice was extremely effective in raising the fighting mood. The Eighth Company Commander, who was once again excited, hummed and put down his axe, "Although the Joint Conference cannot do this 'immediately', conquest cannot be completed by just destroying it. Remember what I warned you. , now go to your seats, I want to hear your opinions.”
After the meeting quickly reached an agreement, Ms. Lotara Salin was not very happy but still carried out the original order very faithfully, and sent a positive reply to Belakahn.
Soon, several guidance ships were dispatched first, heading towards the long-awaited fleet at Mandeville Point.
Subsequently, the huge fleet of refugees followed the guidance and slowly poured into the orbital platform outside Belakane.
A Stormbird, whose layout and decoration were in line with the level of welcoming the original body, landed lightly in the hangar of the Desert Ark.
(End of this chapter)