Chapter 519 Traces of Victory
After the celebration ceremony, a lot of work began to get on track.
And Soshyan also had to solve many problems, the first of which was the Star Castle.
The Ramirez-class Star Fortress, named the Eye of Hell by Huron, will serve as the headquarters of the Tribulation Alliance in future plans and will not be exclusive to any one battle group.
All alliance members will send a team to garrison the star fort, which is both a representative and a defensive force. The ship-based battle groups in the alliance can use the star fort as a temporary anchorage and use the equipment above for training or recruiting. actions such as transformation.
If there is a major war or a member of the alliance is in danger, the temporary supreme commander of the alliance has the authority to use the star fort to provide support.
Not only that, in the conception of Soshyan and others, the Star Castle is not only a military fortress, it will also be a platform for material exchange.
In the long campaign, the Astartes Chapter often obtains a large number of trophies, as well as some special equipment or cultural relics, but not all of them are usable by the Chapter. In other words, what the war group needs urgently.
With the Star Castle, the four war groups will have an internal material exchange system. Each war group can take out things that are temporarily unnecessary or not so critical and exchange them with other war groups. In exchange for emergency supplies or equipment, this can greatly improve the efficiency of the use of supplies within the alliance.
And considering that some war groups within the alliance do not have a stable source of supplies, Soshyan proposed to regularly send invitations to trade fairs to the surrounding forge worlds or Rogue Trader families, and use surplus supplies or special trophies to compete with these Powers that control large amounts of resources are exchanged.
This proposal was supported by the other three Chapter Masters, and the Ranger Warriors have always had the tradition of signing contracts with the Rogue Trader families. They can take the lead in inviting some powerful families.
If necessary, representatives of these forces can even be stationed in the Star Castle for a long time, allowing the Star Castle to function as a liaison office.
As soon as this proposal came out, another issue was involved.
It is normal for the Adeptus Astartes to go out to fight. Unless the four chapter leaders conduct joint operations like this time, there is a high probability that they will not be together for a long time. Then once there are so many representatives of forces in the Star Fortress , there are so many things, someone must come forward to solve or negotiate.
However, one of the principles of the Suffering Alliance is that it does not have an alliance leader or manager. It only elects a temporary supreme commander when a war breaks out. At other times, the four war groups do not interfere with each other.
This is to prevent others from misunderstanding them as Claws of the Stars, but it will also lead to the fact that no one may handle the daily affairs of the alliance.
After a short discussion, the four Chapter Masters found a feasible plan - the Lord of the Star Fortress is rotated by four Chapter Masters, with a term of 10 years. If the Chapter Master has an important event If you are unable to perform your duties, you must appoint an officer above the company level in the battle group to serve as the acting fort master.
So, as the initiator of the Suffering Alliance, Soshyan naturally became the first castle master.
After determining the issue of job titles, the second big question before Castle Lord Soshyan is -
How to repair the Star Castle?
Although the Eye of Hell did not suffer much damage during the war, due to its long-term exposure to the maelstrom, the chaos corrosion has become very serious. Many areas have no possibility of purification and can only be demolished and rebuilt.
With the day and night efforts of the technical sergeants, it is roughly estimated that 43% of the area inside the Star Fortress needs the highest level of purification and transformation, 26% of the area must be rebuilt, and the remaining area only needs basic treatment. Just purify and transform.
Such a huge project would probably not be completed in a thousand years by just one Nessen-4.
In this case, we must rely on the power of the Mechanicus.
However, Soshyan has seen through the nature of those followers of the Mechanic God who are helpless and unwilling to do anything early. It is unrealistic to use slogans or authority to make their efforts go in vain, but the cost of repairing such a huge star fortress is , the Suffering Alliance couldn’t get it out for a while.
When discussing this issue, Malakin suddenly reminded Soshyan that there is a warehouse with the highest confidentiality level in the highest security level area of Star Castle. The thing inside should be able to exchange for help from a certain forging world.
Of course Soshyan knows about that thing, but it is too important. Once exposed, it may cause unnecessary trouble.
Some people may think that it is an stc fragment, but if it were just this thing, Soshyan would not be so nervous.
In fact, once this thing spreads, it is likely to trigger a civil war in the Mechanicus throughout the star field, and even lead to war on Mars and other forged worlds.
There was only one thing in that warehouse, a silicon chip the size of an adult's fingernail floating in a stasis field.
The warehouse management system has only one sentence to describe it -
[Fragments of the key to the Book of All Machines]
The Book of All Machines is to the Mechanicus what the Golden Throne is to the Mechanicus. To humans, its value cannot be described in words. The Mechanicum once organized an extremely large fleet because of a vague message from the Book of All Machines, and rushed straight into the Eye of Terror. They fought the devil for decades. After confirming that it was just a rumor, they decided to retreat. During this period, countless fighter servitors and battleships were destroyed in the subspace.
The reason why the Mechanicus is worthy of such a big war is because the Book of All Machines is known as the ancestor of all STC templates. It is the ultimate existence of all STCs in the dark technology era. The power of the Mechanical God is in the world. materialization of time.
Owning it is equivalent to gaining the agency of the Mechanical God and becoming its messenger in the human world.
So it is conceivable that once the news of this thing is leaked, even dozens of complete battle groups tied together will not be able to stop the crazy Mechanicus legion.
When he learned that this thing was in the Star Castle, the first thing Soshyan thought of was not its value, but a huge trouble, a volcano that could erupt at any time.
Although the authenticity of this item cannot be determined at present, the name alone can easily lead to big trouble.
When it came to trading with this thing, Soshyan immediately rejected it.
Unlike Malakin, he still has some beautiful illusions about the Mechanicus. In fact, apart from the four of them, only Technical Sergeant Rogris knows about this news. No one else, including the Mechanicus in the Chapter, knows this. thing.
As the owner of the castle, he immediately announced the matter as the alliance's top secret, which would never be leaked without the consent of the four people until the authenticity of the item was confirmed.
Although he was a little puzzled by Soshyan's overreaction, Malakin accepted the request.
Since this road was unworkable, Soshyan proposed a new plan after thinking about it.
They can sign a contract with the forge world that repairs the star fort, and use a period of "assistance" in exchange for the other party's technical power and materials. During the contract period, they can send forces to help the forge world explore, or perform military operations. Task.
Although it sounds like a bit of a bargain, in the spirit of pragmatism, Soshyan feels that this plan is very feasible.
After thinking about it, the three chapter leaders also felt that this plan was feasible and unanimously approved it.
After the second problem is solved, it is logical that the third problem will appear.
Obviously, this fortress of the Suffering Alliance can no longer be called the Eye of Hell. It needs a new name.
The name proposed by Malakin is [Scar of Victory], which is more meaningful and poetic.
The name proposed by Mazhar is [Red Star Castle], which is obviously purely based on its appearance, because its outer shell is still dark red.
Titus’s proposal is [Destroying Enemy Barriers], which is concise and easy to understand.
Soshiyan is even simpler, just call it [Fortress of Suffering].
After several rounds of discussion and comparison, the three had to admit that Malakin was indeed much more literary than them.
So the name [Scar of Victory] was decided.
Afterwards, Soshyan told the three people that news came from the Astropath not long ago that Holy Terra had made a ruling on their alliance and also made a judgment on the war they launched.
An envoy has departed from Terra and will arrive at Naisen IV in a few days.
When Soshyan told the news, he seemed very relaxed. Malakin noticed this and asked him if he knew anything in advance.
Soshiyan nodded in recognition, because before this envoy arrived, a team of Imperial Fists was about to arrive.
According to the Astropaths, they bring good news.
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