Within the orbital structure of Nessen 4, which has been built to be extremely grand and far beyond the ordinary world, there is a huge space station second only to the main shipyard of the planet. However, this space station is not open to the public. Its semicircular
On the main building, there is a huge symbol etched on it, a sign of two crossed swords, which represents that it is the military port of the Astral Knights Chapter, and it is also a military restricted area that is not allowed to enter unless allowed.
Under normal circumstances, the people parked here are battleships, transport ships or other spacecraft belonging to the war group, but today it is particularly lively here.
Battleships of different shapes but all red in color crowded the port area. They were engraved with different marks, symbolizing the different worlds they set out from, Mars, Reza, Huangquan No. 8, Steel Ball, Gray
Ya, Phaethon, Griffin 4, Urdesh, Atta Central Star, Ma'kande 2, Angstrom, etc., more than twenty-five large and small forge worlds sent out
Their sages are best at analysis and language logic.
And they came here for what is most cherished and valued by the followers of the Mechanicum, the stc template.
This may sound magical. How can an Astartes Chapter have so many STC templates? Being an Astral Knight must be an exception, because their Chapter Master is so legendary that it is difficult for people to understand it.
It is suspected that the magnificent Maelstrom Expedition alone may have gained him a lot. Many forge worlds also participated in the Maelstrom Expedition. Their exploration fleets are still operating in the Maelstrom area, where it has been proven that there are a large number of
The ancient ruins are worthy of excavation.
As for whether the stcs in this auction are trophies obtained from the Maelstrom, no one will delve into it. After all, in the empire, if you have to find a group of people who don't care so much about "the process is correct", the mechanical priests will definitely bear the brunt. In their eyes, the result will be
It's the only one, and it doesn't matter what happens in the middle.
After all, it is nothing new for the Adeptus Mechanicus to purchase technological products of unknown origin from certain war groups or Astartes that behave strangely.
In this auction, Soshyan took out nearly half of the STC he had obtained from Ullanor in the past. If he hadn't been worried about "depreciation" and aroused some unnecessary suspicion, he really planned to except the biological and medical items for the legion's own use.
Everything except technology was taken out, but even so, the number of STC items in this auction reached an astonishing 52 items. You must know that only 11 items were sold in the first auction.
Soshiyang always has a sense of urgency now. Instead of holding on to gold and silver, it is better to spend things in exchange for something more practical.
Of course, his generosity really frightened the sages. They didn't expect there to be so many before they came.
But you can have too much of anything in the Adeptus Mechanicus, and you can never have too much STC. This represents the future level and strength of a forging world. No matter how many resources are thrown at it, it must be obtained.
During the 23-hour auction process, the sages showed unparalleled enthusiasm and strength, which also made Soshiyang realize the true strength of the Adeptus Mechanicus - it is not that they have no production capacity, but they lack the sense of "dedication" and cannot
If absolutely necessary, I will never take out anything that is not my responsibility.
This auction still uses the "base object" rule, but the exchange items have changed. Basic weapons and equipment are no longer an option, they are all "big items", either terminators, super heavy tanks, or battleships.
Especially for those high-value electronic products STC, Soshyan stipulated that they can only be exchanged for battleships.
As for what a Chapter needs so many battleships, no one will ask, and naturally there is no need to answer. The Adeptus Mechanicus is actually not that serious about "Imperial Order".
The final result made Soshiyang very satisfied. The powerful Mars still got most of the STC, a total of 20 items. Of course, the sages of Mars still have a sharper "political sense" than other forging worlds, because Soshiyang had already done it before.
I used STC to trade warships from Mars, and now I took out so many, so I asked Soshiyang where he got so many STCs from, and Soshiyang simply said that he picked them up from the Red Pirate's treasure house.
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There is nothing to say here. Mars paid a high price for these STCs. 5 Cardinal-class heavy cruisers, 3 Tyrant-class heavy cruisers, and 1 Mars-class battlecruiser will be transferred from Saturn’s ships.
Awakened in the ship graveyard, and using the modified navy code in the name of dispatch to steal the ship as part of the destroyed fleet, and then secretly transfer it to the fleet of the Astral Knights.
As for whether this is considered stealing the empire's property, anyway, this is Mars' matter, and Soshyan has no way to interfere.
After all, most of the affairs of the Empire are just a confused account in the end. At least it can be confirmed that Mars has done this kind of thing a lot. In the past ten thousand years, how many ships have "quietly" sailed from various places that should be used as emergency war preparations?
It's hard to tell if it disappears in the ship cemetery.
It is worth mentioning that Soshyan did not expect that the Cardinal class could still be pulled out of the ship cemetery on Mars. You must know that this ship type can be traced back to the early and middle stages of the Great Crusade. This is
A light spear ship, the tonnage and size are slightly larger than the Moon class, and the side firepower is not as good as the Moon class, but there are two large light spear turrets on the ship's spine, which is more in line with Soshyan's ship aesthetic.
If it were anyone else, they might think that Mars was perfunctory and exchanged completely obsolete ships for precious stcs, but Soshyan's research on imperial ships for so many years is now considered half a naval expert.
He is quite satisfied with the Cardinal-class ship type, because this ship was escaped not entirely because of its earlier design, but more importantly because of its subsequent improved model, which is the Styx (also translated
Influence of the Hades class heavy cruiser.
On the eve of the Gothic War, the Cardinal class had been gradually retired from the Imperial Navy. A sage from a certain forging world noticed some shortcomings of the Cardinal class. The main reason was that due to the limitations of the energy supply system, the light spear could not fire continuously for a long time.
, resulting in poor firepower sustainability of the ship. Based on the principle of waste utilization, we began to develop the follow-up ship type of the Cardinal class. It is said that the sage who designed the Styx class found an alien spacecraft, and then used it from above
He obtained the technology to improve the Cardinal-class light spear, and presided over the transformation of a new type of battleship based on the Cardinal for experimentation. This battleship was also listed as a separate model, the Styx-class.
The design of the Styx-class was successful. It fixed the flaws of the Cardinal-class light spear without making major changes. It could have revitalized all retired old ship types, but things in the empire continued to take a turn for the worst.
In the direction of development, this experimental ship actually rebelled during the Gothic War! This is a bad news. In the atmosphere of the empire, one stain can easily cause the entire thing to be completely negated. Coupled with the previous rumors of alien technology,
The Styx class was sentenced to death, and the Cardinal class was also completely reduced to a "corpse" in the ship cemetery that will never be turned over. Now it can only be seen occasionally in a very few border fleets, such as Storm
There is also a Cardinal-class ship in the Baka fleet in the Star Territory.