Chapter 2800 Storm Pearl
“Although the High Lords Council ended our atonement expedition, it did not return our original home planet or give us a new world. It only gave us some old frigates. We thus became a ship-based warband. After raising the issue of replenishing troops, the High Lords Council allowed us to recruit troops for the last time in Endymion. After that, we had to find our own way. After leaving Terra, we continued Returning to the Maelstrom, we recruited the last batch of soldiers under the supervision of the Inquisition. In order to improve the success rate of the recruits, we had to turn to the White Scars, so we stayed in Chegoris for a while, and later participated in a confrontation. The green-skinned war has not had time to visit you until recently."
As he spoke, he raised his head and looked at the huge orbital structure flashing deep in the night sky, and couldn't help but sigh:
"I didn't expect that the Nessen Galaxy, located in the poor Storm Star Territory, would be so prosperous, like a pearl in the endless darkness. I guess you managed and operated it well. The former Endymion was also like this. Alas, yes We don’t cherish it ourselves.”
Metellus’ emotion is not just a compliment. As one of the five major star regions of the empire, the Storm Star Territory has been torn apart by the fire of the Great Rebellion for a long time. It has always existed as a "dark frontier" in the eyes of the empire's high-level officials. Although there are also a large number of dark frontiers in the extreme star field, there are a lot of stars in the extreme star field, and it also has an unusual status in the empire's politics. Storm The star field is different. 60% of the entire star field is dark and empty. A few scattered star systems cannot form a particularly prosperous star cluster corridor. This results in the storm star field actually getting nothing most of the time. Attention, whether it is colonization, construction or military investment, is very minimal. In addition, subspace nodes in this area are relatively rare. Therefore, although there are some prosperous areas in this star field, it is generally still relatively barren, poor and backward. The Baka fleet guarding the Storm Star Territory is also the weakest among the empire's main fleets.
However, the real decline of the Baka fleet is also related to the Ultramarines. One of the most famous battles during the First Tyranid War involved the Baka battle fleet.
At that time, the Tyranid fleet swept through many planets in the area ruled by the Ultramarines. Macragge, the hometown of the Ultramarines, was also attacked by the Hive Fleet Behemoth. This founding group was destroyed by the aliens. The wave of terror was pushed back step by step.
Then, just when everything seemed to be ending, the Baka battle fleet, urgently dispatched by the High Lords Council, arrived.
What followed was an extremely cruel naval battle. In order to save the Ultramarines, more than two hundred warships of the Baka fleet fought a bloody battle with the Tyranid fleet, which was thirty times their number. Even the flagship of the fleet used self-destruction at the last moment. This method dragged the surrounding Hive Fleet into the subspace. Admiral Rath, the legendary fleet commander of the Baka fleet, was also killed in this battle. After the war, only 12 battleships of the entire Baka fleet survived.
After suffering such heavy losses, the size of the Baka fleet has been less than half of its original size. However, since the First Tyran War, the fleets in various star regions of the empire have been constantly requesting new warships like babies waiting to be fed. , the High Lords Council gave priority to supplying new warships to the fleets in the Obscure Star Region and the Pacific Star Region. The Baka Fleet could only get a small amount of old or even mothballed ships to make up for the losses, resulting in losses in the First Tyrannic War. The more than two hundred warships have not been replenished so far. This scale is not to mention the main fleet of the star field. It is not even as good as the secondary fleet of the hazy star field, but it has to shoulder the responsibility of guarding a star field. (When Leviathan comes later, the Storm Star Territory has no resistance)
Not only Metellus, but also other war groups in the Storm Star Territory believe that this place is not valued by the empire at all.
So at first, the Mantis Warriors thought that the home planet of the Astral Knights was also a primitive world or a relatively "original" hive world, but they were shocked when they arrived.
First of all, there is the monitoring and detection network that has begun to take shape and surrounds the entire galaxy, as well as the huge galaxy defense weapons under construction. The other is the busy waterway. After the fleet of the Mantis Warriors leaves the subspace node They found themselves near a huge merchant fleet, and new merchant ships continued to leave the subspace. It was so busy that they seemed to have returned to the whirlpool of the empire's commercial hub.
After entering the galaxy later, what I saw was a prosperous galaxy full of vitality, full of aircraft and space facilities under construction. This was not at all like an "unnamed galaxy" in the Storm Star Territory. ——Before the Astral Knights became famous far and wide, the Nessen Galaxy was indeed unknown.
Hearing what the other party said, Soshyan said with a little humility:
"These are just the efforts of the people in my hometown. Without their efforts, there would be no Star Knights today. I also believe that the honor of the Mantis Warriors will be rebuilt, but your current strength is indeed too weak, mainly the fleet and equipment. There is no replacement, and the replacement of the ship-based battle group depends on luck. Are you considering joining the Suffering Alliance?" It was obvious that Metellus had already considered this matter. He nodded and answered very simply:
"As good as it is, I'm worried that it might cause trouble for you, after all, the Ranger Warriors."
Soshiyang waved his hand.
"It doesn't matter, I will solve it. Besides, it has been so long. No one wants to see the tragedy that happened. You can't hold on to it for the rest of your life, right?"
According to the rules of the Suffering Alliance, a new member must be voted by all members to join. There happened to be a member of the Relic Chapter waiting for a vote, so this time the Mantis Warriors did not need to wait any longer.
“Without a home planet, it will be more troublesome to recruit new soldiers. Brother Metellus, you can look for them in the Storm Star Territory and look for them. If there is a suitable planet, you can recruit soldiers there first, and so on. When the time comes, I will find a way to get Terra to grant you new rights to rule."
"This-"
Metellus looked at Soshyan in surprise and asked. It's not easy to say such a thing, but the other person said it as if it was just a small thing.
“Don’t worry, it’s allowed by the rules.”
Seeing that Soshyan was so sure, Metellus nodded and said sincerely:
"Thank you very much, Soshyan Chapter Commander."
Soshyan's follow-up After arranging the management matters of the galaxy, Velez and others are sitting here. Even if there is no Astartes to take charge, it will not be a big problem. He also inspected part of the expedition force that has been trained in the Nessen galaxy. Their establishment is all It is the latest Vashti and Pashti class designed by Soshyan. It has trained three million people so far, which is very close to the expected number of five million. Soshyan led the expedition to Ekvolia before. It was here that the Auxiliary Army came from, but this number was not enough when faced with the battle against the Necrontyr, and Soshyan increased the standard again, raising the number to ten million.
Everything was arranged, Soshyan took a guard composed of some soldiers from the 1st and 2nd companies, took the Eternal Loyalty and set off for the Scar of Victory with the fleet of the Mantis Warriors, taking over the job of the rotating leader of the Tribulation Alliance. .