Standard Terra Calendar 970.M41
Solar Sector, Beta-Garmon Star Cluster
“This is Beta-Garmon.”
Standing on the Eternal Loyalty Behind the observation window, Soshyan stared at the endless morning stars in the distance and sighed. Even in the maelstrom, there are rarely such high-density galaxies.
The so-called Beta-Garmon Cluster was actually not originally named this way. The cluster is located at the balance point on the border of the solar star field. The six star systems are closely connected by stable subspace routes. It is the most critical part of the solar star field. Barriers and natural dangers, the Human Empire included the star cluster into its expanding territory in 811.M30. At this time, only five human civilizations of star systems in the star cluster survived. The Human Empire named them: Alpha, Beta, and Delta. , Zeta and Theta, among which the Beta star system is the largest and most valuable. It later became a common collective name for this star cluster in the human empire.
After occupying the star map, due to the star cluster's key position at the crossroads to Terra, the five star systems were greatly fortified by the Empire. Since the Battle of Ullanor, the Emperor's men have marched towards the east and north of the galaxy. The army uses these worlds as gathering places and arms storage depots. Each world in the Beta-Garmon cluster stores countless precious resources and armaments, and its strategic significance can be said to be extremely critical.
Therefore, during the bloody Horus Heresy, it became a trophy coveted by the traitors. The largest Titan war in human history took place in the Beta-Garmon system, which also It is sadly called the death of the Titan by the Mechanicus people. (Readers can check the relevant content online, there are many)
Due to the horrific warfare methods of the traitor side during the Horus Heresy, the Empire was eventually forced to abandon the Star Cluster, although it was recovered after the war. , but the prosperous Beta-Garmon star cluster basically fell into ruins after the war, and many worlds turned into dead tombs. At its peak, the Beta-Garmon star cluster included more than thirty worlds with human settlements. After the war, only four planets are still suitable for human habitation - one of the important reasons is that when the loyalist defenders cannot hold on, they often choose to blow up their own cities, or trigger nest cities and fortresses process of destruction rather than watching them fall into enemy hands.
And what’s worse is that the largest Beta galaxy was directly lost in the real universe due to the traitors’ terrifying subspace methods during the war (I don’t know how it was done).
It was not until 679.M36, when the Rogue Trader Colu rediscovered and conquered the legendary Beta System in the Veil of Kans that the Empire rediscovered this lost Sun Star Domain heritage, although it was already devastated. Basically reduced to a world of death.
Because of the Silver Skull Chapter's help, Colu later gave the Silver Skull Chapter the pearl of the Begatarmon system, Betagarmon IV, but the Silver Skull Chapter did not regard it as their own. The mother planet only built a monastery fortress here as a place to obtain recruits and equipment. The battle group still spent most of its time in the extreme star field.
“There have always been two theories about the Beta-Garmon War in historians.”
Andal Skairion crossed his arms, walked to Soshyan, and said:
"The Mechanicum believes that this is a meaningless, even failed war of attrition. It neither stopped Horus nor defended the key portal to Terra. It just It was simply a waste of precious divine machines. If these forces were invested in the battle to protect Terra, the outcome of the war might have changed. However, imperial historians believe that it was the huge consumption in the Beta-Garmon War that Only then did the rebels finally stop in front of the palace gate."
". According to the records of the chapter's historical archives, the original body responsible for guarding Terra at the time believed that as long as Guilliman and his legion could be delayed, If they return reinforcements, then this battle will be won without a doubt. The original body himself also believes that this line of defense cannot stop Horus, but it is necessary to consume the rebels through this line of defense, because the victory conditions required by both sides are The difference is that the victory condition required by the rebels is to destroy the throne, while the victory condition required by the empire is only time. It is based on this judgment."
Lysander also walked to Soshyan's side, but his gaze was much deeper at the Beta-Garmon star cluster.
"The original body made the decision that it must fight the rebels here, and"
After hesitating for a moment, Lysander whispered.
". The Primarch believed that the Titan Legion was not completely controllable. Instead of letting them kill each other in front of the palace and cause terrible destruction, it would be better to let them fight to the death here. The Adeptus Mechanicus should not If we have such excessive power, the number of Titans participating in the decisive battle should be weakened."
This is a strategy full of political significance. Soshyan just smiled and sighed: "It has already been done. It is a mythical past. It is meaningless to judge the decisions of the predecessors from the perspective of future generations. I would like to go to Beta Garmon 2 to see it in person. I heard that it was the place where the war was most intense. "
"This should be no problem."
Since this location is the gateway to the Sun Star Domain, any navigable ship needs to be inspected by the Sun Star Domain Guardian Fleet, but when Faisal When I came forward, all procedures were simplified to almost nothing.
Soon the fleet was heading towards the planet Betagalmon II.
"This is the Titan's graveyard."
Through the storm bird's open hatch, Soshyan stared at the red wasteland below in the roaring wind.
Countless twisted metal piled up into broken hills, various huge impact craters, explosion cracks and deep bombing traces still remain on the surface of this planet even after thousands of years, just like Scars that will never heal.
During the fiercest moments of the battle, the Empire gathered hundreds of Titans from more than twenty Titan Legions onto Beta Garmon II, while the Rebels also gathered almost the same number of engines, even though The rebels recovered part of it after the war, and the Adeptus Mechanicus recovered part of it after recovering Beta Galmon II. There are still quite a few remnants of past wars left on the battlefield, through those giant broken metal structures, and what seemed like With the engine dismembered by a huge sharp blade, Soshiyang could still imagine how tragic and desperate the war was -
Just by closing his eyes, the scene seemed to appear in his eyes.
Walking in the wasteland, the divine machines are fighting under the bloody setting sun. The knight mechas are running at the feet of the Titans like hounds. In the plasma flare, the most glorious glory of mankind crumbles in the self-struggle.
It was as if all the battles he had experienced before were just playing house in comparison.
Soon, the undulating outline of Nekon City appeared in front of us. This was the heart of the Beta-Garmon star cluster. At least three large-scale battles broke out, so that now the remains of its old city Parts have long since sunk underground, and what can be seen now are all newly built later. However, because the planet's ecology has been completely destroyed, all the hydroponic farms that could have supported hundreds of billions of people in the past have been destroyed, so the current Naikon City is only a small The fortress, designed to house soldiers who guard it, is less than one percent of what it used to be.
Soshiyan didn’t plan to go and see it, because there was nothing left to see.
The Storm Bird stopped on a cliff, followed by other aircraft one after another. Soldiers wearing silver-gray power armor walked out of it one after another, looking around curiously.
This is the best location to observe the battlefield on the outskirts of Naikom City. In the past, this was the outer perimeter of Naikom City’s hundreds of meters high alloy city wall, but now it is thousands of kilometers away from the new Naikom City. .
The vicissitudes of life are nothing more than this.