Chapter 29 New Structure
Facts have proved that the rumor is indeed correct. The venerables in Fearless are unable to move for a long time as their bodies shrink.
Soshyan spent a lot of effort to move Brother Said out of the secret room after sleeping, and asked other battle monks to move him to the armory of the fortress, where the technical sergeant was usually in charge.
But now Soshyan is facing a serious problem of manpower shortage.
In the World Engine War, the battle group could be said to have been completely wiped out. Not only were all veterans and elites killed, but also all technical personnel, including pharmacists, priests, forging masters, think tanks, etc. were lost.
It can be said that the current Astral Knights Chapter cannot even maintain the most basic structure of the Holy Code.
The Armory, Apothecary Guild, Chapter Monastery and other institutions are all vacant, so many things are impossible to do.
In desperation, Soshyan could only search the existing personnel list. He didn't know it without looking at it. When he looked at it, he found that there seemed to be some mystery about the personnel left behind by Captain Amurad.
Among the thirty-three recruits, there happened to be a technical sergeant, a trainee pharmacist, and a trainee priest, but there was no think tank.
According to Brother Said, the Eleventh Legion does not have a think tank.
Soshyan immediately summoned the technical sergeant apprentice.
Leco Rogris officially entered service ten years ago. Because of his sensitivity to machinery, he was spotted by the Forge Master of the Chapter and became a reserve technical sergeant. He was also gifted with a weapon handmade by the Forge Master. Forged servo skull.
"Chapter Commander, you are looking for me."
In the Chapter Commander's separate meeting room, Soshyan met the reserve technical sergeant.
This is a young man full of energy and enthusiasm. The red power armor fits him very well. As a technical sergeant, he naturally carries a heavy servo arm and a large number of maintenance devices, but this does not It doesn't affect his steady pace.
The comment left by the previous foundry master was that he was a young man with great potential and had his own unique insights into the transformation of machinery.
“Yes.”
Soshiyan behind the desk picked up a data tablet and said:
“The large equipment that can still be used normally in the armory includes How much?"
"Uh...Battle, the previous Chapter Master took away most of the ordnance, and now there is only one Land Raider, one Stormraven gunship, and one in the armory. Thunderhawks under repair, two tactical motorcycles.”
"There is a reserve of small arms."
"There are still one hundred and thirty bases of bolt bombs, nineteen spare bolt guns, twenty chain saws, ten power swords, one plasma pistol, and melta Two guns, two flamethrowers, two heavy explosive bombs, nine armor-piercing rockets, and ten boxes of various grenades."
Soshyan rubbed his head, these numbers looked okay. But it actually can't sustain a few battles.
“Why are the small arms reserves so low?”
“Because it coincides with the equipment replenishment period. If there are no accidents, the next batch of replenishment supplies will arrive in a standard Terra month... ”
One standard Terran month.
Soshiyan is not sure if he still has that much time.
"I understand, Roglis, you should also know the situation of the war group. Now the armory can only rely on you alone for the time being. Are you confident?"
"I——"
Rogris hesitated for a moment.
"I still have a lot of things to learn. If I operate indiscriminately, I'm afraid it will cause serious consequences."
Soshiyang knew that what he said was not modest. To become a qualified technical sergeant, one must The process is necessary - go to Mars of the Adeptus Mechanicus in person to study abroad for a period of time.
There they will learn how to properly appease machine spirits and serve the Omnisiah. Before that, they could only be regarded as laymen. Rogris hasn't gotten this far yet, so he's legitimately worried.
“But there are currently no extra manpower to take over your job, so I can only try. If I have the opportunity in the future, I will definitely let you go to Mars to learn the way of the Omnissiah. , the situation is difficult, we can only focus on the future of the chapter.”
The technical sergeant's legs suddenly closed together and he said loudly:
"One breath is still there! The battle group will last forever!"
"Very good, you go deal with Brother Seid's dormancy first, and then Check the inventory and report anything in time."
After the technical sergeant left, Soshyan summoned the trainee pharmacist Nasin Balitaem.
“How much gene seed inventory is left in the war group now.”
Nasin Balitaem is an old acquaintance of Soshyan. They served in the same batch, so he knew this capable man very well. After meeting, he went straight to the point without any polite words.
“After submitting the tithe tax, there are still 22 seeds left in the Chapter’s gene seed bank, plus the 27 seeds you brought back, Chapter Leader, for a total of 49 seeds.”
“ If we rely on the existing gene seeds, how long will it take to return to normal scale?"
The trainee pharmacist in white armor sighed softly and replied helplessly:
"War. Leader, frankly speaking, it will be difficult for us to return to the past scale even if we only rely on the existing gene seeds.”
Then before Soshyan spoke, he added another sentence.
“And because I haven’t completely mastered the process and steps of the reconstruction surgery, the success rate of the surgery is likely to be only one-third of the original. This is a very realistic situation, and I have to make it clear.”
"I understand, then your task now is to take good care of those gene seeds."
"Received."
The third person to be summoned is the new war group Pastor Yazdan Shahinian.
He has only served for ten years, but this seemingly taciturn man has some kind of enthusiasm that is difficult to detect. In the past brief contact, Soshyan discovered that he has an extremely firm belief.
It was this belief that allowed him to enter the discernment of the chaplains of the previous generation of war groups.
During the meeting, Soshyan also discovered that no matter how well the two of them hid it, they could still feel some kind of uneasiness and loss.
Only Yazdan has not shown any trace of this from beginning to end. The fire in his heart has not been extinguished. It is more intense than before. The crisis of the battle group prompted him to give himself a higher level. goals and requirements.
Such a person, under the current situation, is undoubtedly an excellent helper for Soshyan to clean up the situation in the war group.
He immediately shared with the other party his views on the low morale within the battle group, and Yazdan also said that he would do his best to boost everyone's morale.
After the day's meeting, Soshyan sat behind his desk, listening to the ticking sound of the Thinker's computer. He was thinking about the future of the Chapter in his mind, and was suddenly dragged into the weird and bizarre place. In ancient secrets.
Secrets, sometimes the more you know, the better. Soshyan realized this very deeply.
Those appalling secrets were like a torture, torturing his mind.
The Great Expedition
Emperor
Network
Eleven Legion
Primarch
Soshyan never imagined that something so far away would one day come into direct contact with him Contact, he leaned back tiredly, resting his head on the chair.
He decided not to explain their true identity and position to the recruits for the time being, including the path they would take in the future. He was not sure that it would be beneficial to say this now. He could only wait for the opportunity, or first recruit a few core members to form a composition similar to that of the Seid monks. of secret societies.
It can be foreseen that for a long time, they will be able to operate in the name of the original war group.
No matter what, he can only move forward now.
(End of this chapter)