Chapter 1661: Taking advantage of each other
“Those followers of the Mechanical God are only responsible for their Omnisiah.”
Samuel sneered, crossed his arms and mocked:
"Empire? When did they really care about the Empire?"
Soshiyang raised his palms and then opened his mouth to end this very radical topic in the eyes of outsiders.
"Okay, now is not the time to discuss the relationship between the Mechanicus and the Empire. The focus is on the current battle situation."
"My personal opinion."
Mazza sitting on Titus's left hand side Er paused as he spoke, as if he wanted to consider the words, and then said:
"Huron's real purpose should be two-fold. One is to force Angstrom to make a choice. If we don't To save the Corkria system, Angstrom, who was forced to his doorstep by the Red Pirates, would lose his sense of security and trust in the expeditionary force. Even if he did not openly join the Hurons, he would no longer support the expeditionary force, and This situation is actually helping Huron. If we go to save the Colkeria system, failure is inevitable with the current strength. Once the expeditionary force suffers a disastrous defeat, the Maelstrom area will no longer limit Huron. Angstrom will consider succumbing to the red pirates in order to protect himself. Regardless of whether we save him or not, it seems that Angstrom's position will change."
"...The second is. To combat the prestige of the expeditionary force, according to my observations during this period, it is not just Angstrom that is swaying. Many worlds and nobles in the Maelstrom should be swaying. If we don’t save the Colkria galaxy, then in politics It's hard to say what Terra's attitude will be, but those nobles and imperial institutions will definitely exaggerate the matter. If they go to rescue, again, if they fail, then the empire's rule in the maelstrom area will be destroyed. Falling apart, Huron will no longer have any restrictions and will soon become an imperial disaster similar to Abaddon."
Mazar's words caused a discussion among everyone. Soshyan nodded, then tapped the table with his fingers, and all the sounds disappeared instantly.
“What Lord Magyar said makes sense. In other words, whether we save the Colkeria galaxy or not, the consequences seem to be not good?”
“Well, that’s what it looks like. , the best result is that Angstrom remains neutral."
Soshyan smiled slightly.
“But I have another idea. Since Huron can force Angstrom to make a choice with the tip of a knife, why can’t we?”
"Well"
Mazhar frowned slightly, not knowing what Soshiyang meant for a while.
Then Soshyan pointed to the star map, and then a planet very close to Angstrom lit up. It was the only habitable planet in the Sengrad system.
“I intend to deploy a force on Senglad Prime to deter Angstrom and deter the Badab Sector, a world that was a key area of contention during the last Badab War. , and was besieged by the rebels for 8 months without falling. It still retains very strong and complete defense facilities, and it is also the only place Angstrom leads to the Kliman Drift Belt and the Sagan System. Blocking it means blocking Angstrom's lifeline. Isn't it afraid of Huron? Since it can't be changed, then let it be afraid of us."
After that, he turned his attention to us. Khan Kosaro, stroking his beard and gazing at the star map. "Kosaro Khan, I hope the White Scars can take on this task. I believe that when your scimitar is pressed against Angstrom's neck, they will never easily have the heart to rebel, and you can also play The best harassment tactic is to remove the small stronghold of the Red Pirates in the Badab sector. Huron wants to force us to make a decision. Okay, then I will try to force him to see if he will take care of his hard work. Territory protection.”
Corsaro stood up slowly, then bowed slightly to Soshyan.
"Supreme Commander Soshyan, thank you for your trust. My hunting team and I will proudly take on this glorious mission."
"In order to strengthen your regiment's rapid strikes Strength, I will transfer to you a squadron of destroyers and two squadrons of frigates from the system navy, and I will appoint you as the forward commander of the expeditionary force. The Imperial Armed Forces and Ministry of War inventory of the Sengrad system will be at your disposal. "
"I swear on my life and honor that I will live up to your trust."
"I also believe that you, the hunting master, will bring surprises to all of us."
After Corsaro sat down again, Soshyan looked at the others.
“Do you have anything else to say?”
At this time, Varnai, the captain of the ninth company of Star Phantoms as the representative of the battle group, suddenly said:
"Commander of the Supreme Lord Soshyan, heretics have been increasingly active in the Badab sector recently. The Piero system has been attacked more than a dozen times in six months. Although we have tried our best to fight against the enemy, However, the heresy still caused huge damage and casualties to the local defense forces. At the same time, the Isin system was constantly attacked and invaded by green skins. Until now, Chapter Master Christoph is still leading the chapter to drive away the enemies in the Isin system. The regiment now has only 549 people and is in great need of reinforcements and assistance in weapons and equipment.”
The Star Phantom Chapter originated from the 23rd army founding in the early days of M38. This army was called the "Sentinel Army". Its purpose was to assist the Empire in the defense of many unfortunate and vulnerable areas in the galaxy, just like this army. Many chapters have the same background, and even during the creation process, the specific origins and parent group of the Star Phantoms Chapter remained a mystery.
Some high-level people in the Empire hinted that the Star Phantom used the gene seeds of the Dark Angel. However, this statement was strongly denied by the Dark Angel and Star Phantom. This speculation is probably just based on people's painting on both sides. , patterns and decorations, these factors, as well as the Chapter's introverted nature, have led to hypotheses among some scholars within the Order of Terra and the Strategis.
Actually, as far as Soshyan knows, they do have some relationship with the Dark Angel, but this cannot be said clearly.
This chapter originally used the tomb world Harkonis as its home planet, but after the world was destroyed by the migrating Hrud in 120.M40, the chapter had to use the fleet as its base of operations. Since then, they have He has been traveling through the dark starry sky in the hazy star field.
After the Badab War broke out, the Star Phantoms became the last chapter to join the battle, and there are different opinions on their purpose of coming to the Badab War Zone. Some said that they had dedicated their loyalty to the Inquisition. , some people said that they came to settle old scores with the renegade Star Claw Chapter. At this time, the only fleet that the Chapter was once proud of was the flagship battle barges "Death Symbol" and "Pale Fury", and 7 1 strike cruiser and 25 frigates. Although this number is still large, it is far lower than the heyday of the chapter.
(End of this chapter)