Chapter 370 Navy Conference Room
In the rotation of stars orbiting the Rubicon II system in the huge, wild, and remote Drusus sub-sector in the Calixis sector, Wandering Port The huge, ancient core of the main power chamber slowly rotated for another week.
The faint red light of the Rubicon 2 star shines into the upper-level senior officer conference room of the central fortress as the main axis of the void hive rotates.
This room, which is rarely fully used except during the war, now contains almost all the senior officers of the Imperial Navy stationed here and some of their allies - obviously, some people do not recognize the Empire very much. The authority of the navy here is that although Port Wandering was initially and later nominally under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Navy, more often than not, serving here is not a good place for an ambitious Imperial Navy officer.
The expressions on people’s faces range from solemn to panic, confused, or greedy.
"Gentlemen." Larius Sanse, the titular commander-in-chief of Wandering Port, cleared his throat. Although this man took care of himself as elegantly and rigorously as possible, he could not stop himself from saying that not all the guests on the invitation were present. The frustrated rear admiral tried his best to appear dignified and convincing.
Although in the eyes of most civilians here, Larius is undoubtedly a glorious and great officer and a successful person, only the real upper class people know that in Wandering Port, the most powerful person The person who spoke was not the Imperial Navy, the Ministry of Justice, the Mechanicus, the Ecclesiarchy, or the Inquisition.
After all.
After starting from here and crossing the Great Mouth, law, rules, order and even the God Emperor’s Star Torch may not be as important as wealth——
“It should be said that one of us here This was the case for centuries before a series of strange events occurred."
Some of the people sitting around the long table nodded, while others continued to listen.
“But!”
The commander of the Imperial Navy’s Wanderport Space Station slapped his gloved hands on the table.
He shouted, "But now! Gentlemen! Things are different! I'm sure each of you, everyone sitting here, should have heard that in recent times , we are here, our little port, our last space port before going to Kronos expansion, all kinds of incredible facts that happened in it - the temporarily given subspace resistance, the astrological choir The reported body repairs, the members of the Navigator family and the Chamber of Commerce who are rushing here like crazy, and - those -"
He paused, seeming to be a little unspeakable or taboo, " ——Those are highly suspected to be experienced Astartes disguised as service personnel. Your Majesty, just saying this makes me feel ridiculous. I hope that the Lord Bishop can do a purification for me later. Pray.”
Some murmured in agreement.
“...So we are gathered here today, and the first thing we need to discuss is what is happening here. As far as I know, in the past three weeks, the number of people pouring into Wandering Port has exceeded The number of people in the same period has increased by at least five times, and more people are coming to us in order to see the so-called Holy Communion, angels and miracles. So the issue we are going to discuss today is, first of all, my dear Friends and staff, can you tell us more about these recent events?"
At this time, a naval officer sitting at the table stood up and spoke first. The commander recognized that this was Samour, one of his confidants, and he nodded to him. Indeed, well, he knew that he would not let him embarrass himself in a meeting like this.
"According to intelligence," the naval officer said, "the earliest changes started with the opening of those two strange stores. Yes, everyone, it is the 'Silver Mask' Royal Store. I I believe that even if you have not bought his products, you will have heard of his name. To be honest, even the respected master builder and his pious people in our mechanical shrine are familiar with the technology used in the products of this store. Colleagues have not been able to completely crack it..."
At this point, someone suddenly raised a question. "With all due respect, Major Samour, I have no intention of going against you, but I want to know, with such technology, why can this store be opened openly under our jurisdiction?" The speaker heard the reputation. Go and discover that the person who interrupted was Grand Law Enforcement Officer Dorin of the Ministry of Justice. This stern top local official of the Ministry of Justice has always been famous for his strict admonitions to the citizens of the empire and his resolute suppression of heresy and evil.
"That's right, Lord Dolin, although we can't crack it for the time being, it is obvious that their products and technologies are endorsed by an imperial forging world."
"A forging world ? Which one? I am quite familiar with the forge world in this sub-sector and even the entire Calixis sector. I have not heard of any masters in the forge world who have recently discovered a new STC or are proficient in such extreme counter-attacks. Gravity Craftsmanship." His question was also raised by another man, who was wearing some kind of work uniform of his own and was obviously a representative of the shipyard.
"Belakarn. Belakarn Forge World. In fact, according to our Navy Procurement Directory, this is not an unknown new forge world or a small forge world. It was once There have been a lot of important orders, and the history is quite long. I believe you have heard of it."
The senior technician who got the answer frowned, "That's true. But Belakarn? As far as I know it has not communicated with the outside world for nearly five centuries. This may be new information. Also, my great-great-grandfather recorded it, and it is not famous for its stasis stance technology. ? It has never been known for its production of anti-gravity engines on any record."
"But this is the fact. Although they did not directly put the 'Bela Kahn' logo on the product, but used the trademark name 'Silver Mask', those abbreviations and origin graphic codes are printed on the import tariff documents Yes, they even submitted the customs declaration documents, shipping bills, invoices and other documents honestly and with all legal procedures. Well, the codes showing the origin and manufacturing world on those documents are Bella Kahn, and Bella Kahn. It is indeed a legitimate, loyal ancient empire forging world, so we have no reason to intercept these products and prevent them from being sold here."
"All documents? All legal documents? Are all these products entering our ports legally and normally? This is really surprising news, even more surprising to me than whether they are illegal or smuggled,” said a chamber of commerce representative.
"It changed my mind a bit. Originally, I was very dissatisfied with the huge battle they put up in the Court of the Dead. You know, that place is now more popular than the cathedral in the central fortress. The employees in the Legal Department are already overwhelmed by the work pressure of working overtime day and night, and are almost unable to cope with the surging crowds. And you morons who only care about making money refuse to let us block the port and control the flow of people entering! "
Commander Dolin angrily criticized. Then the voice changed, "If they are such law-abiding imperial citizens, maybe I can consider asking the negotiators from the Ministry of Justice to choose a time to talk to them."
"The Imperial Navy has no objection. "The space station commander immediately responded, "It would be best if Law Enforcement Officer Duolin is willing to talk for us. Before that, is there any latest sacred relic that you can summarize here? Those we already know, such as the 'Holy Fire in the Eyes', such as the 'Exorcism Communion', such as those suspected of being the Emperor's angels... hotel operators, and such as the calm and gentle Black Templar monks who carry out the Emperor's will with them Champions and stuff like that. ——Your Majesty, it’s ridiculous to think that all of this happens within a few kilometers of me! It’s ridiculous!”
"Oh, yes." The priest, who is the representative of the state religion, said, "For example, well, there is more than one respectable and noble Emperor Champion monk of the Black Templar."
"What?"
"Yes, in fact, all our sects here currently admit that they now have three respectable Emperor Champions."
"...Very good, I can think of this What will happen after the new news comes out, maybe we should consider adding more ports and accommodation in the roaming port, and Sir Dolin, the Ministry of Justice may need to call in some reinforcements from the main sector."
Karsu? Captain S. Har, the representative of the mercenaries, had been watching all this with a cold eye from the beginning. At this time, he suddenly said, "But aren't you worried?" He said, "Don't you think about what will or has happened? A bad situation requires the sudden gathering of three Emperor Champions here? Although I have not seen their battle, I have heard of the Black Templar Expedition Fleet - not to mention those others, I have carefully observed that one. Those waiters in the restaurant who claim to be just transformed people, ordinary transformed people?! I bet each of them can kill an entire hive city by themselves. Aren’t you worried if they show up here? , what unimaginable horror will appear here? ”
"Actually," Grand Enforcer Dolin turned to him, "I have considered it. The result of thinking is that I finally had to use drugs and some strong methods to make myself sleep. It is useless to talk more, let us do the things in front of us first. , if it is such a big battle, the involvement of the entire Wandering Port will be small. Perhaps it is a trivial matter for the entire galaxy, or even our entire sub-sector, to be involved. Maybe the entire sector will be shaken by this. In the face of an incident of this magnitude, your and my personal will are too small. Hal. Before the boots fall, the only thing we can do is to pray devoutly to the God Emperor and do what we are doing. Wait and see what happens.”
(End of this chapter)