Warhammer Inquisitor Chapter 436

  Chapter 436 Expedition Road: War Conference

Loken stepped into the spacious throne room of the Emperor Phantasm with his head held high. This is a grand circular building with a towering dome hanging high above the sky, and a magnificent mural is painted on it. Unlike the Golden Throne that most ships of the Empire describe today.

The murals were painted during the Great Crusade. At that time, the empire still believed in the truth of the empire and rejected all religious and worship elements, so you can't find any shrines, churches, and murals depicting the greatness of the emperor on the Emperor Mirage, just like Here, too, on the towering dome above Loken's head, a field of stars was depicted.

The starry sky is based on the fantasy of the ancient Terra people before they developed aerospace technology to fly into the starry sky. It is the vision of thousands of stars from the stage of scientific and rational enlightenment, exaggerated planets, huge nebulae and Planetary orbits that do not seem to conform to scientific laws now.

But it is also a testimony of human civilization. That starry sky once only existed in human fantasy, but now, that piece of stars has shone together with the real stars. It was the dawn of a great era, and the emperor hoped that people would see it It will always be remembered, and Loken did the same. He believes that many people here are like this, especially Cole.

Admiral Cole looked up at the huge dome of stars above his head, on which thousands of diamonds were inlaid on the murals, thus forming a field of shining stars. Shine bright under the true starlight.

"It's so beautiful, isn't it? Every time I come here, I feel the same way when I see them." Loken walked to Cole's side and looked up at him together. The captain turned his back and looked at one of the spiral nebulae. With his rich sailing experience, Cole could recognize that it was Orion's giant arm.

"Although it is wrong, it is amazing how well the ancient Terrans have understood the starry sky." "It was a time of enlightenment, like the Great Crusade, and the Emperor wants us to remember." "I believe we Yes, Loken or not, I should call you Chapter Master." "Come on, Cole, don't laugh at me, just call me Loken as usual."

"As you wish." Cole turned his head and looked at Loken with his hands up. Although Cole was tall among mortals, he was still not tall enough for an Astartes. Eye to eye with Loken.

And here today, there are many similar situations. The mortal generals and the high-ranking commanders of the Astartes battle group gathered in the throne hall of the bridge, and they stood in groups of threes and twos on the silver throne on the high platform. Before, under the gaze of the two giant white wolves, they discussed the latest expedition.

Regarding the reconstruction and conquest of Ivan 4, the rebellion of surrounding planets, and whether it is necessary to send Astartes to suppress it, or only need the mortal legion, all these problems have occurred recently, with the arrival of the expedition team Near Baer, ​​everything continued to become complicated.

Today, they come here to make decisions for the expedition, where the fleet is going, how the legion will act, the high-ranking members of each battle group have their thoughts, and the same is true for mortal generals. Almost all the senior members of the expedition team who came here.

Loken, the chapter leader of the new Luna Wolves, is already standing beside Cole, and the leaders of the other chapters are also here. Ragnar and his wolf pack commander are standing on the throne of the roaring giant wolf One side, as if on purpose, like a wolf calling to his pack.

Or it was deliberate. Ragnar seems to have deliberately turned his battle group into the marshal's guards. They stood beside the throne, wearing weapons and armor. Although they were fully armed, they looked like a group of rambunctious wild wolves haha Laughing, but still meticulous.

Cole looked over there, and Olaf, the old wolf beside Ragnar, seemed to have noticed that the captain's gaze had turned. He gave Cole a greeting look. The captain knew that the old wolf had just returned to the expeditionary force, He had previously led the pack in pursuit of a broken Night Lords force in the surrounding systems.

It was a long chase, which took many days to finally come to an end. Olaf used an exquisite siege. He kept chasing the Night Lords, forcing them to stop for supplies and any replenishment. After a long pursuit, they were pushed to the limit, and at this time Olaf took the initiative to dispatch a fleet of Rogue Traders to appear in the pursuit area.

He deliberately exposed the whereabouts of the ship, and sent the wolves under his command to other places to search for the Midnight Lord with great fanfare, and finally lured the Midnight Lord's guerrillas, who were short of food and ammunition, to believe that the transport team had no escort. Assault Jump helped in the situation, but what they didn't know was that Olaf was waiting for them with an entire battalion of Terminator.

   Cole gave Olaf a nod of greeting, and he gave the excellent hunter a look of approval, who also smiled and nodded to Cole to thank him.

Then the captain's eyes continued to move aside, on the opposite side of the wolves, and a little further away, the knights of Ryan were also here, Lancelot was gathering with his knights, and several ships of the Imperial Navy The captain was also with them, and seemed to be talking about the situation of the voyage. Maybe Lancelot had already made plans.

While Lancelot was thinking and planning something, at his side near the Throne Gate the Silent Sons of Dorne also gathered there, surrounded by the scrupulous Sons of Dorne in golden armor Next to them was Eisenstein, Chapter Master, who himself was talking to several Imperial generals.

Cole can see that everyone here today has a lot of thoughts and plans, and they are all ready to speak. The order of their speeches is determined by the personal items placed on the stone steps beside the throne. According to the unwritten rules set by the master, anyone who wants to speak at the expedition meeting needs to express their attitude, and the method is to place a personal item in front of the throne.

In this way, he can clearly know who he needs to talk to, the general content of the meeting, and the duration of today. Cole knows that he is not a person who likes to talk about war issues. He understands the situation, talks and thinks, and finally gives orders. That's it, it never changes.

And once the order is issued, the entire expeditionary force will respond immediately, and the huge fleet composed of hundreds of thousands of warships will immediately pull anchor and set sail, and the tens of millions of Astartes carried in it, and the number is even more The huge Imperial Starfield Army will follow suit upon hearing the news.

  Any enemy on the planet he set the target will usher in disaster, no matter who they are, they will not escape the judgment of the Emperor, the judgment of the Marshal.

And now, the judge of the Milky Way has come to the throne room. The heavy footsteps from the gate are accompanied by hearty laughter. Captain Eisenstein at the gate is the first to look. The sons of Dorn around him They all looked together.

"Hahaha, Master Michelan, I, please forgive me, how can we have such an outstanding talent like you?" The leader of the expeditionary force, Supreme Marshal Vito Constantine pressed the shoulder of a mortal Walking into the hall, he laughed endlessly, while the master beside him who was hugged by him seemed extremely reserved.

He was obviously unprepared. It was a great honor to come to the Marshal's War Council to report in front of everyone. The leaders of the entire expeditionary force were here, and many of them were ordinary mortals. No equal, let alone an Astartes who can expect them to hear your words.

When Vito passed the gate, the commander of Eisenstein on the side bowed his head and bowed his head to salute him, and soon the surrounding sons of Dorn and their generals also nodded their respects, and then It was the entire hall, the lord of wolves and his wild wolves, and Ryan's knights all cast respectful gazes at the marshal.

Of course, there are also the Luna Wolves in white armor and the sons of Guilliman. The latter's chapter leader Bell is not there. According to Cole's knowledge, he is still on the ground to establish a new government for the planet. But he still sent a representative, and the honorary first company commander of the chapter, Arkele Sidserius, spoke here on his behalf.

  Cole looked in the direction of the throne, and Vito jumped onto the high platform of the throne, but he didn't sit there but stood in front of the throne, just like everyone else.

"My beloved colleagues in the Expeditionary Force, I must praise and praise our beloved Master Michelangelo, who told me that the entire planet will be rebuilt in a few years, and all cities that were destroyed will be rebuilt, and it will be more powerful than before. Magnificent, how can I not praise him for such a remarkable achievement?"

After the marshal praised him so much, everyone around him gave Master Michelan approving glances, which made the master's face with a horned mustache flush a little, and he nodded to Vito in shame, "This is what I should have done. Do, my lord, I wish I could."

   "You will definitely do it, I believe in you, master, I will leave enough supplies and manpower for you to send, and the Mechanics will fully cooperate with you, right? Priest."

   "Indeed, so Marshal, I have sent three labor fleets to orbit to stand by according to your order. In the name of Ohm Messiah, we will rebuild this planet until you are satisfied."

"Haha, how can I make the Mechanics and the people of the entire planet happy for me? All of this will be decided by Master Michelan." "I, I, this is my honor! I swear not You will be disappointed!"

  Michelle said nervously, his hands kneading the skirt of the clothes at a loss, Vito watched the nervous master smile and then looked at Olaf, his smile became much brighter.

"Ah, welcome back, old wolf, you spent a lot of time on the hunt." "They are a group of tough opponents, cunning and cruel, and I have seen their atrocities along the way with my own eyes, so they are indeed worth my money." Months to go hunting."

The calm and reliable old wolf was just as Vito remembered. He looked at the rune priest wearing the priest's armor and nodded with a smile, "And you did bring them the emperor's judgment. Good job. Now I hope you can do another, more difficult job, control Ragnar next to you, and don't let him go crazy like before."

"I'll try to keep these wolf cubs under control, right, brother?" "Ahahaha! This will be harder than killing some traitors, father wolf." After Ragnar said, the wolves behind him also Everyone burst into laughter, and even Lancelot on the side showed a smile.

The old wolf and Vito looked at each other, and then they both shrugged with a smile. Vito narrowed his eyes and stared at the objects on the stone platform in front of his feet with a smile. There were not many things on it, which meant that today would not be Long meeting, fine.

Vito glanced at the navy pistol that was first in line. There was a laser tied to the holster that was branded with the anchor. Cole, "Okay, the pleasantries are over, let's start today's meeting, you are the first, Cole, please start."

"As you wish, my lord, I believe everyone has noticed that we have suppressed the rebellion on this planet, and the follow-up reconstruction and reorganization of the planetary order are also proceeding steadily, but all of this will be undertaken by the Ministry of Government Affairs, the State Church, and the Ministry of Justice. functions, the planet will soon be returned to the Empire, and that is not our job."

   "The role of the expeditionary force is to conquer and fight." "I agree, this place has begun to become a playground for those bureaucratic sissies. We have to hurry up and leave before those annoying guys arrive from Terra."

Ragnar next to the throne bared his teeth and laughed loudly, and the wolves around him also burst into laughter. Vito glanced at them and smiled, "Then, general, what advice do you have? Where should the army go?"

"At present, the route to Baal is still shrouded in the shadow of subspace. The navigators and scout ships are still trying their best to find any available routes, but there is no reliable discovery so far, so I suggest that we should start with the return of the surrounding star fields first. resume work to facilitate the follow-up logistics and transportation work."

The quartermaster next to Cole nodded, he looked up at Vito and raised a hand, "The captain's words are very serious, the consumption of the expeditionary force is very large, and there are no foundry worlds or any supply stations in this galaxy. , our supplies need to be transported from three galaxies, the fleet's fuel and ammunition, as well as the combat troops' ammunition and food.”

The quartermaster wanted to continue talking, but was stopped by Vito raising his hand, he smiled bitterly, "Leave these complicated issues to professionals, but Cole is right, we do The galaxies along the way need to be settled first."

"Exactly, Marshal, the intelligence of the Tribunal claimed a few days ago that there seemed to be some anomalies in the government of the Balthos galaxy after we left. Simply put, after we left, the Church of the Church may have messed up There have been riots against the Empire, and the system's loyalty is at stake."

Cole said the name of the planet, and Vito already knew where it was without the help of any star map in his mind. He smiled softly and turned to Lancelot, who also Holding the sword and turning around, he raised his head and waited for the order.

"Lancelot, lead your knights to Balthos, suppress the local rebellion, and if necessary, make an example." Vito ordered, Lancelot nodded silently, and then raised his gray hair Looking at the marshal with the blue eyes below.

   "What about the local planet officials? I suspect that their incompetence caused all this. When we went there last time, a famine broke out on the planet because of the incompetence of the Governor's Palace, which led to a rebellion against the empire."

"Well, it does, and it looks like the agent we chose didn't do a good job of reminding him, Lancelot, of what he should do as governor, and the people of the State Church, to execute them The bishop and the corrupt officials on the planet, warn the rest of the people not to let me down again, otherwise, the consequences will be very serious."

"Yes, my lord." After receiving the order, Lancelot stepped forward and picked up the helmet on the stone platform. Obviously, he still got what he wanted. After the two looked at each other and nodded, Vito continued to look at To Cole.

"Go on, Captain, tell us other news." "It's the marshal, and it's about this galaxy. On the edge of the Ivan galaxy, a riot broke out in the mining world Ark 4. Now the court has determined that it is the local gene theft As a result of the remnants of the former, the local imperial power has collapsed and the planet has fallen."

   "Ragnar, send your pack of wolves to Arc 4 to remove all threats on it. This planet has been polluted, and the remaining residents have become potential infection targets, so shoot and kill."

Vito looked at the lord of the pack closest to him without the slightest emotion. The latter smiled with a mouth full of fangs, like a wild wolf smelling blood, "In the name of the Almighty Father and you, There won't be any news coming from there."

Cole nodded to Ragnar, he did not show any displeasure with the purge order just now, this is what needs to be done in this era, although cruel, but must be done, he is the fleet commander of the expeditionary force , is clearer than anyone else, and he also knows that there will be more such things in the future, more than one planet.

"One last thing, Marshal, our reconnaissance fleet is at the edge of the Lurvinsen galaxy beside Ivan. The observation ship of Mechanicum has detected the subspace shadow. We suspect that the Tyranid Hive Fleet attacking Baal was attacked. A certain amount of loss is about to rush to the adjacent star field to replenish biomass."

"Well, this is news that Barr is still resisting and gave those bugs a head-on blow, so we can't let the Tyrans succeed, Cole, send a fleet to Ruhrvinsen to execute the extinction order, and give the local planet three days to evacuate , three days to no matter what else is on the planet, blow them up, and can't give any biomass to the Tyrannosaurus."

   "Understood, Marshal." "Very well, then the next person to speak is" "I, my lord."

Next to Cole's pistol was another gun, but it was indeed an Army one, with a striking red cord on its holster, which meant that it was a commissar's gun, and in the Throne Hall there was another gun. There is only one commissar.

  The political commissar of the Star Militia Army wearing a black coat uniform took a step forward. He stood in front of the throne with his hands behind his back, looked around at the crowd, and looked at Vito on the stage. The latter smiled and raised the power claw in his hand.

   "Military-level political commissar Ivanov, I'm glad you're here too. The political commissar and his army will stay at Ivan 4 to help the local government restore order. Then political commissar, do you have any troubles that I can help you with?"

"Unfortunately, yes Marshal, although the established gene stealers have been defeated and wiped out on Ivan planet, sporadic resistance is still burning on the planet, most of which are not worth mentioning, but in a western part of the planet In the place known as the "Whispering Mountains" by the locals, local gene stealers and rebels have occupied an abandoned ancient mountain fortress and are staunchly resisting."

   "I have ordered several attacks, but due to the rugged terrain of the mountains, it is impossible to deploy heavy artillery or armored units, resulting in huge casualties in the infantry attack. So far, we have not been able to take down the fortress, so we ask for your support."

"Well, this is indeed a trouble. Before the expeditionary force leaves, we can't leave this kind of hidden disease to the political commissar and planetary government. The characteristic of gene stealers is that as long as they are not killed, they will definitely come back, so the threat here must be eradicated .”

After Vito finished speaking, he began to scan the hall. His eyes told everyone that he would take the initiative to take responsibility. Loken in front of the throne looked across the crowd to Eisenstein at the door, begging him to let him carry out this honor with his eyes. And Eisenstein also silently nodded in response to Loken, he was willing to give up this honor to the Shadow Moon Wolf.

   "Master Vito, the Luna Wolf is willing to take on this responsibility." Loken stepped forward and said loudly, as if to let everyone present hear his words clearly.

   "The Shadow Moon Wolf was born soon, we ask you to give us the opportunity to win this honor, and at the same time help the political commissar eliminate this trouble."

  Vito and Loken frowned slightly after looking at each other. He looked up at Loken in front of him, "You mean, in order to destroy a stubborn enemy in a mountain fortress, the entire legion must take action?"

"No, my lord, one company is enough, and I will lead the first company to eliminate hidden dangers." Loken and the company commanders of the Shadow Moon Wolf behind him cast a firm gaze on Vito, who looked at them Then that one started to look around at the people in the hall.

"Is there any objection?" He asked, but of course no one would object. The three chapter leaders present, Ragnar, Lancelot, and Eisenstein, all cast affirmative glances, especially Ragnar Worst of all, he folded his arms and grinned loudly, "Teach them a lesson, Garviel, and if you cut off a purebred, remember to bring me back two heads."

  Vito then turned around and looked down at Loken. He nodded silently, and then said, "Then Chapter Commander Loken, make your oath before the battle as soon as possible, and then set off. I wish you good luck and kill them all."

  (end of this chapter)

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