Chapter 1611 Material Raising
In fact, Soshiyang did not choose to set off soon because he wanted to make as many preparations as possible, so as not to be overwhelmed when he arrived in a maelstrom where he was unfamiliar with the place. Subject to others.
The first is manpower. The Star Knights still have several battleships that lack crew members - formal crew members are different from slave labor. They must have at least the most basic ability to repair, maintain and operate equipment, which is the lowest level. of technical staff.
In order to quickly fill this gap, Soshyan contacted the naval department of the sector and tried to ask them for some reserve crew members in the name of the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force.
But who knew that the navy did not buy his account at all, and used all kinds of excuses. And Soshyan himself was only the commander-in-chief of the Maelstrom Expeditionary Force. There was really nothing he could do against the local navy in the sector.
Just when he was at a loss, Talos gave him an idea.
In addition to the navy, there is another department in the imperial organization that has a large number of sailors and crew members, and that is-
The Ministry of Justice.
Soshyan didn't understand it at first, but after Talos reminded him a little, he understood the reason. The anti-smuggling department of the Ministry of Justice captures a large number of smuggling and illegal ships every year, which is not good for the empire. There is some uninformed theory that if the captain is guilty, everyone on board will be unlucky.
Therefore, many sailors and crew members arrested for smuggling and other illegal activities are imprisoned in the Ministry of Justice's prisons.
Although the quality and literacy of these people may not be as high as those trained by the Navy, their experience is definitely first-class. After all, the empire's shipping routes are never smooth, and those without some skills will not be able to survive.
According to Talos, what Soshiyang wants is only mid- to low-level crew members, and their quality is almost the same.
Soshiyan also approved the plan and immediately contacted the District Legal Department and proposed his idea of obtaining a group of criminal crew members.
In principle, his behavior is also inappropriate, because the Ministry of Justice has its own set of management plans, and giving out prisoners at will is not in compliance with the rules and regulations.
However, compared to the Navy, Soshyan has a better relationship with the Ministry of Justice, because the District Legal Department often encounters difficult-to-handle situations, mainly various serious alien activities. At this time It is not appropriate to go to the slow Astra Militarum. Astartes who can strike quickly are often needed to come forward. As the only and most powerful Astartes force in the sector, the Suffering Alliance is undoubtedly the legal department of the sector. The most direct target for help.
Since there is something to ask for from others, there can naturally be a backdoor to the rules.
According to regulations, the foundry world of the Mechanicus can apply to the Ministry of Justice for prisoners to carry out colonial development, large-scale servitor transformation and other production activities. Therefore, under the hint of the Ministry of Justice, Soshiyang asked Zhao- The Sages of Akada requested a criminal crew from the Sector Legal Department.
The Ministry of Justice was also very happy. With a stroke of a pen, two million criminal crew members were allocated from the world of punishment to Zhao Akada.
Then these people appeared in the fleet of the Astral Knights.
After screening and testing, these people will be assigned to different positions - it is worth mentioning that during the screening process, the person in charge reported to Soshiyan that the Ministry of Justice accidentally arrested The rate is really high, and the circumstances of many people simply do not match their crimes.
But Soshyan has neither the strength nor the energy to take care of the law enforcement issues of the Ministry of Justice. After all, the empire is like this now. If you are in trouble, there is nothing you can do, no matter whether you are really innocent or not.
Misjudgement? It doesn't exist. If you don't believe it, you can try it and see if the shock stick in the hand of the law enforcement officer is powerful enough. With the crew issue resolved, Soshyan moved on to the second matter.
Problems of supplies and ships.
After having a basic understanding of the situation in the Maelstrom area, Soshyan knew that it would definitely take a long time to build a complete logistics supply system this time, and they also had to build a complete logistics supply system in the forge world around the Maelstrom. If you are not familiar with them, it will take more time to reach cooperation with the other party, so you must prepare sufficient supplies before that to support you through this period - even if these supplies are only a drop in the bucket for the entire expeditionary force, it is better to have them than not.
To this end, Soshyan contacted all the forging worlds that he thought had good relations and had cooperated before, hoping that the sages could donate generously to help the expedition.
Of course, he was not so naive as to really think that an expedition slogan could make those sages empty their pockets.
According to his many long conversations with Malakin, the Lamenters Chapter Master told Soshiyan that the Maelstrom is one of the oldest natural phenomena in the galaxy, and there are a large number of ancient creatures in its area. There were ruins, both human and alien, so there were many Mechanicus exploration teams active there, so he suggested Soshyan use this as a condition to negotiate with the Forge World.
The conditions proposed by Soshiyang and the sages of the Forge World are also very simple. The Forge World can send exploration fleets to join the expeditionary force, and during the army's expedition, Soshiyang will also give priority to protecting these exploration teams. , if anything suspected to be a ruin is found in the occupied area, the nearest exploration team will be notified first.
And he also hinted that if there was a conflict with other cast exploration teams, he would support those who joined his own.
The ruins of the Maelstrom are indeed very attractive to various forging worlds. However, due to the chaos and rampant pirate activities there, the exploration teams sent by the Mechanicus are small adventurous teams, and the results will naturally not be great. Where to go.
However, with Soshyan's guarantee, the situation seems to be different again.
After a period of consultations between envoys, five foundry worlds including Griffin IV, Grea, Lucius, Huangquan VIII, and Zhao-Akada decided to provide free assistance to the expeditionary force, including weapons. , equipment, ammunition, vehicles, transport ships and other supplies, and dispatch exploration fleets of varying sizes to join the expeditionary force - but the Forge World also has the same conditions. The exploration fleet is not under Soshyan's command, and whether to join the battle depends entirely on it. His own choice was that Soshyan could negotiate and mobilize them only as a last resort.
Among them, Griffin IV supported three large transport ships with supplies, including 20 specialty Leman Russ Vanquishers.
Graia supported two large transport ships with supplies, including a certain number of Graia type Cerberus armored vehicles and Gladius laser destroyers.
Lucius only supported one large transport ship with supplies, and most of the supplies were logistical supplies. But in addition to this large transport ship, they also added two troop transport ships, which carried Lucius's capable troops. The ninth cluster of the Skitarii Battle Group Beta, although led by the Dominant Sage, is willing to accept Soshiyan's command, which can be regarded as reciprocating his long-term cooperation.
Huang Quan No. 8 is also the material of two large transport ships, the more conspicuous of which is the unique Hydra anti-aircraft vehicle, but the exploration fleet sent by this forging world is the largest, according to the other party , the fleet size should be around thirty ships, and obviously the sages there have an unusually strong interest in the ruins star area in the Maelstrom area.
In other words, they actually already have a goal, but there are some huge obstacles, and Soshyan gave them a chance.
As for Zhao Akada, they sent out three large transport ships, but only Soshyan knew that one of the transport ships was filled with Skitarii and "normal" combat robots.
(End of this chapter)