Standing behind the observation window of the Eternal Loyalty, 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 star cluster was actually not originally named this way. The star 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 barrier and natural danger of the solar star field. Humanity
The Empire incorporated the star cluster into its expanding territory in the 30s. At this time, only five human civilizations in the star system survived in the star cluster. The Human Empire named them: Alpha, Beta, Delta, Zeta and Theta, among which Beta
The star system is the largest and most valuable, and 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 leading 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 eastern and northern parts of the galaxy.
The army uses these worlds as assembly areas 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. This war was also saddened by the Mechanicum.
Call it - Death of the Titans. (Readers can check the relevant content online, there are many)
Due to the horrific war tactics used by the traitor side during the Horus Heresy, the Empire was eventually forced to abandon the star cluster. Although it was recovered after the war, the prosperous Beta-Garmon star cluster was basically reduced to nothing after the war.
Ruins, many worlds turned into dead tombs. At its peak, the Beta-Garmon cluster contained more than thirty worlds with human settlements. After the war, only four planets were left suitable for human habitation - one of which was very
The important reason is that when the loyalist defenders cannot hold on, they will often choose to blow up their own cities or trigger the destruction process of nest cities and fortresses, rather than watching them fall into the hands of the enemy.
And what's worse is that the largest Beta system was directly lost in the real universe due to the traitors' horrific subspace methods during the war (I don't know how it was done).
It wasn't until 36, when the Rogue Trader Colu rediscovered and conquered the legendary Beta system located in the Veil of Kans, that the Empire rediscovered the lost heritage of the Sun Star Domain, although it was already devastated and basically reduced to a dead world.
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.
On the home planet, a monastery fortress was only built here as a place to obtain new 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 Skarian crossed his arms, walked to Soshyan, and said:
"People in the Mechanicus believe that this is a meaningless and even failed war of attrition. It neither stopped Horus nor guarded the key portal to Terra. It just simply wasted precious resources.
God Machine, if these forces are put into the battle to protect Terra, the outcome of the war may be changed. However, historians of the empire believe that it was the huge consumption in the Beta-Garmon War that made the rebels finally stop.
In front of the palace gate."
"According to the records in the Chapter's historical archives, the Primarch responsible for guarding Terra at the time believed that as long as Guilliman and his legions could be delayed to return reinforcements, the battle would be won. The Primarch himself also believed that this was the case.
It is impossible for the defense line to stop Horus, but it is necessary to consume the rebels through this line of defense, because the victory conditions required by the two sides are different. The victory conditions required by the rebels are to destroy the throne, while the victory conditions required by the empire are
It’s just time, it’s based on this judgment.”
Lysander also walked to Soshyan's side, but his gaze was much deeper at the Beta-Garmon star cluster.
"The Primarch made the decision that he must fight the rebels here, and"
After Lysander hesitated for a moment, he whispered something.
"The Primarch believes that the Titan Legion is not completely controllable. Instead of letting them kill each other in front of the palace and cause terrible destruction, it is better to let them fight to the death here. The Mechanicus should no longer control such an overly powerful force.
Strength, the number of Titans participating in the decisive battle between the enemy and ourselves should be weakened."
This is a strategy full of political significance. Soshyan just smiled and sighed:
"These are already mythical past events. It is meaningless to judge the decisions of the predecessors from the perspective of future generations. I would like to go to Beta Garmon II 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. However, when Feisal 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 metals 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, like scars that will never heal.
At the fiercest moment 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 them after the war.
Part of it was recovered by the Adeptus Mechanicus after retrieving Beta Garmon II. There are still quite a few wreckage of past wars left on the battlefield, through those giant broken metal structures and engines that seemed to have been dismembered by huge sharp blades.
, Soshiyang can still imagine how tragic and desperate the war was——
Just by closing his eyes, the picture seemed to appear in his eyes.
Walking in the wasteland, the divine machines fought under the bloody setting sun. The knight mechas ran at the feet of the Titans like hounds. In the plasma flare, the most glorious glory of mankind collapsed in the struggle between themselves.
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 the remaining parts of its old city have long since sunk underground. Now
What can be seen are all newly built later, but because the planet's ecology has been completely destroyed, all the hydroponic farms that could support hundreds of billions of people in the past have been destroyed, so the current Naikon City is just a small fortress, specially used for garrisoning.
The size of the guarding soldiers is less than one percent of what it used to be.
Soshyan didn't plan to go there, 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.