The direct reason that led to the separation between Andal and Huron was that in 718.M41, after Huron smashed a failed coup, he put the ruler's coat on himself, proclaimed himself the Lord of Badab, and announced that Badab would be conquered. The surrounding areas, including the Dabu system, were all turned into the private property of the war group. At that time, Andal strongly opposed Huron's move, believing that such a rough and hasty crossing of the border would cause a strong backlash from all sides. The nobles and merchants seemed vulnerable. But if they unite to oppose, the matter will easily go to Terra. Andal's suggestion is to let Huron slowly take advantage of it and slowly expand the war group's influence in the Maelstrom by supporting agents.
Obviously, Huron couldn't listen at all at that time. The extremely disappointed Andal seemed to have foreseen the possible drastic changes in the war group in the future. In addition, Huron was disgusted with his dissuasion this time, and Andal chose to leave. Chapter, heading to Deathwatch.
The place Andal chose to serve was the Illioch Watch Fortress, which is located in the Jericho sector. Its main enemies are the infiltration and invasion of the Tau Empire and the attacks of the Tyranid Dagon fleet. The main direction of the Kiris expedition.
Andal served in Achilles' Expedition until his return to the Maelstrom.
In the Achilles Expeditionary Force, Andal used his ruthless fighting methods and keen political sense to successfully make himself valued by the expeditionary force commanders, especially his relationship with the expeditionary force's supreme lord commander Sebiasco Ebongrave's personal contacts are considered a valuable asset by the Lord of the Death Watch. Only he can control the complex political life of the expeditionary force and control the growing influence of Commander Ebongrave. Crazy behavior to ensure that he would not affect the Death Watch's operations in the Canis Salient.
"Loyal warriors should not be implicated by their past identities. The Empire is strict enough in all aspects. As the Adeptus Astartes, we do not need to be more strict."
Hearing Soshyan's words , Andal looked at the expedition commander meaningfully with his remaining right eye, and said solemnly:
"I have to say, Commander Soshyan, in some respects, you do Much like the Hurons of old."
"Andal, you are so rude"
A clear rebuke sounded from Sartak's trumpet.
"Take back that inappropriate metaphor."
Soshiyang raised his hand.
"It doesn't matter, more than one person said that."
Then he asked:
"In your opinion, Captain Andal, Hugh and I What’s the difference? ”
"Just judging from his style of conduct, you know how to use and adapt to the rules better than him. Although Huron has always behaved like a political veteran in the past, he still has an extremely naive side. He is impatient and wants to create his own rules. Once If he doesn't get what he wants, he will become furious, and at the same time he cannot hide his prejudice against mortals. Although Astartes is indeed fundamentally superior to ordinary people, and although he knows how to unite allies, his vision is still too narrow, limited to temporary emotions and The original unhappiness with the Black Templar was totally unnecessary, causing the war group to lose a possible ally."
Soshiyang raised his eyebrows slightly. He had heard Sartak introduce this runaway. The company commander of the Chapter, Sartak's evaluation of Andal is that this person and Huron are almost the two sides of the same coin. If he had become the leader of the Chapter, the ending of Star Claw may have been different, but it is also true. He may have been destroyed in the war. The biggest problem with Andal is that he despises mortals even more than Huron. This person completely regards mortal troops as expendable resources in battle, and any loss is completely tolerable. And Huron would at least be kind to the Chapter's auxiliaries and the mortals willing to follow him.
But there is no doubt that Andal hid his contempt very well. It is no wonder that Sartak evaluated this person as a "political animal".
If it weren’t for the fact that there was really no one left in Star Claw, Saltak wouldn’t want to be in the same boat with him. Soshyan nodded.
"Captain Andal, although the Sartak brothers said they were looking for you, I planned to send a message to the Death Watch after the expedition was over. Now you have returned to the Maelstrom on your own initiative. Do you have any plans? Or are you talking about it? What news and rumors have you heard?”
Andal didn’t say anything, but took out a scroll and handed it to Soshyan.
After taking the parchment, Soshyan opened it and looked at it. He was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and said to Andal:
"Have you lifted the oath of watch?"
"Yes, now I am no longer Captain Andal Skarian of the Watch Company, I am Andal Skarian of the Star Claw."
"Then what are your plans in the future."
"Complete this expedition first, and there will be a lot of time to talk about it in detail later."
Since Andal said so, Soshyan He did not continue to ask further questions and asked him to temporarily serve as his tactical advisor. After all, he was once the commanding officer of the Star Claws, although there were not many Star Claws in the Red Pirates now.
While Soshyan was making final preparations for the decisive battle, he did not forget another uncontrolled battle group, the Man-Eating Sharks.
According to the latest news, the Man-Eating Shark Chapter has also been swimming near the Mag Star Cluster. Although they did not show any target, they just attacked a few unimportant red pirates to occupy the world and captured them. There were a large number of residents above. Soshyan also knew the virtues of this group of people, so he was not surprised. However, he still recognized the combat effectiveness of this ancient war group. He used the Astropath several times to send messages, hoping that Tiberian could join the battle order. , at least contribute something in this decisive battle.
But there was no response from the other party, and Soshyan had no choice but to hope that the other party would not cause trouble. However, judging from the way the other party acted, he actually had some guesses. The Man-Eating Shark Chapter might be planning to attack Huron. During the decisive battle between the main forces, they attacked the opponent's last foothold in the Maelstrom, the Mago Galaxy.
I have to say that this behavior of picking peaches is still very disgusting, but this is the case with man-eating sharks. They don’t care about honor or what other people think of them.
But will Huron really ignore these "old rivals"?
You must know that the Man-Eating Shark Chapter in the Badab War can be said to be one of the war groups that dealt the biggest blow to the Maelstrom Alliance. Their behavioral logic should be very familiar to Huron. Soshyan felt that Tai Brian's plan may not come true.
About half a month later, news came from Occam that Huron was about to attack, and Soshyan also made final adjustments to his troops. Considering that the pressure on Azrael would be greater, he Half of the fleet of the Mechanicum was also moved in this direction, and then an order was issued to prepare for war. All senior commanders must respond 24 hours a day. In order not to expose the intelligence line in advance, Soshyan could not publicize that Huron was coming, but Claiming that abnormal fluctuations in the subspace tide may be a sign that the enemy is about to launch an attack, although this may lead to misunderstanding that he is a bit weak.
As for Huron, although he also knew the information that the expeditionary force was on alert, he did not change his plan. He also knew that once a large chaotic group like the Red Pirates started to move collectively, it was almost impossible to hide the plan. To put it simply, it is not a "raid" per se, so the concealment requirements are not very high.
One day and two days passed, and a tense atmosphere gradually filled the Kara galaxy and its surrounding areas.