Chapter 2294 Choosing a Ship
After returning to the flagship, Soshyan simply prepared a few things and went to the palace of General Mars to discuss cooperation with the other party in detail.
The closed-door meeting with General Mars lasted for 3 hours. In fact, from Soshyan's point of view, the foundry general was much worse than Reza's foundry director in terms of vision and temper. The perennial intrigues of the Council of High Lords poisoned him. In short, Soshiyang felt that this person was a typical type of person who forgets his life for small gains, even worse than Bangura.
However, this kind of person is indeed easy to deal with in a sense. The temptation of stc easily allows the other party to secretly transfer out the parts of the gene seed bank that belong to the Star Claw and Tiger Claw. After all, these things There is no one to supervise at all, and no one will find out more or less, let alone the rebel war group in the past, and even some ancient gene seeds have become invalid and have not been cleaned up. Soshiyang feels that General Casting has done it. There should be no psychological pressure at all.
But this also made Soshyan feel very sad about the current situation of the empire. So many gene seeds were "rotten" in the warehouse. They should have created many warriors to defend the empire's territory. and the people, but many battle groups cannot get the tithe tax they originally paid even after defeating every soldier. The high lords set up a group of new battle groups like a miser, limiting the number very much. Low, as if they were afraid that one more battle group would kill their heads.
The gene-seed tithe was supposed to be a life-saving straw for the Chapter in the most critical moment, but it turned out to be a scythe that limited the scale of the Astartes. Just like the Astral Knights, they would rather rebuild a new Chapter than Being willing to replenish gene-seed to the old Chapters, it is not difficult to understand the resentment and hatred of many Chapters.
After talking about these, Soshiyang simply talked about new cooperation with General Casting.
Mainly battleships.
This expedition to the Astral Knights still suffered certain losses. Although the Silver Redemption was captured, the losses included the heavy cruiser Atonement, the strike cruiser Endeavour, the Resolute, the moon-class cruiser Absolute Force, and the Gold There are a total of 5 capital ships including the Wind. The battle group only had 14 capital ships when they started the expedition, which is equivalent to losing one-third of the fleet strength. The small battleships also lost 20, accounting for half of the total. .
As the main shipbuilding and repair base of the empire, Mars is also the main location for mothballed ships, so Soshyan plans to "replace" some mothballed ships from Mars.
Maybe this sounds a bit strange. Although the empire needs fleets everywhere, why are there still ships mothballed?
In fact, even the navy cannot increase the size and number of fleets at will. The number of fleets and ships that a naval base can support is limited. Each huge warship means massive investment, not only It’s not just about construction, but also the cost of maintaining it and using it. This means that if the navy wants to replace new warships (the navy is generally a counter-intuitive area in Warhammer, it does not get stronger as it gets older), it often needs to retire for a certain amount of time. A large number of old battleships free up budget and resources for new battleships and fleets. However, for an empire facing long-term war, it would be wasteful to directly dismantle the battleships, and there would also be protests from the Mechanicus Adeptus. The best way is to seal them. Get up, let the machine soul sleep, and put the hull into the battleship graveyard to wait for reawakening.
Looking at the entire empire, there are not many airports that can store a large number of battleships. They are basically naval sector bases or forge world airports. Mars is the largest forge world in the Solar Sector and is also home to the Adeptus Mechanicus. The center has naturally become the largest shipyard storage area in the entire star field.
However, new problems will soon arise after the storage of battleships accumulates over time. Since the maintenance costs during the storage phase all come from the Mechanicus Adeptus Mechanicus, the Mechanicus Adeptus Mechanicus "should" consider these sleeping battleships For example, the ownership of "retired" soldiers has been returned to the Adeptus Mechanicus during the storage stage, so they have the power to dispose of these warships. This immediately caused a backlash from the navy and other high lords. After a long game, , a storage agreement was drawn up. The agreement stipulated a period of time. The ownership of battleships with a storage period of more than three thousand years would belong to the Adeptus Mechanicus. However, if the navy needs it, it can still make a request while the battleships are still in storage.
So after so many years, Mars has a lot of inventory, but Soshyan had to complain that the Adeptus Mechanicus are all squirrels, and they would rather rot in the warehouse than take them out to support those in need. Many of these ships have been sealed for six or seven thousand years, but the Adeptus Mechanicus still let them lie there, as delicately as if they were their wives!
But complaints are complaints. There is no doubt that for the Astral Knights, who currently have less than ten capital ships, this is a very huge treasure trove. After all, there are so many enemies now, even if there are no big battles to be fought in the short term. You have to prepare for a rainy day. Although Reza, Ulanhuda, and even Zhao Akadana still have ships under construction, they still have to wait after all, and Mars has an existing ship, which can be taken away directly. kind. After provoking Fulgrim, Soshyan now has a strong sense of crisis. He must not let go of the power that can be immediately enhanced. After all, only by being prepared can there be no danger. If something happens to the ship that is still being built in the dock, there will be no chance. I regret taking the medicine.
In the Martian ship cemetery, the main ones are the Emperor-class battleship, the Retribution-class battleship, the Mars-class battlecruiser, the Gothic-class cruiser, the Avenger-class large cruiser, and the Exorcist Class large cruisers, etc.
They all have one characteristic, that is, they have a relatively old history. For example, the Retribution class, Avenger class, and Exorcist class are already relatively old ship types in design.
It’s not that they are not powerful, but that their design does not match the main tactics and mission requirements of the current imperial fleet.
But no matter what, they are precious capital ships, the golden pimple in the eyes of the Adeptus Mechanicus, perhaps second only to the Titans.
Although Soshyan has plenty of money and additional stc templates to trade, it is not enough for him to buy too many ships.
After carefully browsing the status of each ship and thinking about the future needs of the battle group, Soshyan decided to use all the stc templates brought this time and part of the "mysterious instruments" seized from the red pirates. Exchange 2 Mars-class battlecruisers and 1 Oberon-class battleship from the Forge General.
The reason for this choice is that these two types of battleships have outstanding independent combat capabilities. The Mars-class battlecruiser had close contact with Soshyan during the Maelstrom Expedition. The speed of this type of battleship He was impressed by the coordination with the firepower.
Although the Nemesis-class battleship or the Avenger-class large cruiser are indeed very powerful and sturdy, they are too slow and bulky, and their lack of maneuverability makes them poor in independent combat capabilities. , must be accompanied by a large fleet to attack, it is a decisive battle battleship, and the design concept of the Mars-class battlecruiser is to build a true all-rounder, hiding that it not only has excellent speed and maneuverability, but also It is very good at orbital bombing, ship-to-ship close combat and performing cover attack missions as an aircraft carrier. It is equivalent to a comprehensively enhanced Astartes strike cruiser. The price/performance ratio is very high, and it is also very suitable for the rapid speed of the Astartes Chapter. Attack, take charge of the tactical thinking and combat habits.
(End of this chapter)