"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, and we became a ship-based battle group.
After raising the issue of replenishing the supply of troops, the High Lords Council allowed us to recruit troops for the last time in Endymion. After that, we had to find a way on our own. After leaving Terra, we returned to the Maelstrom and recruited under the supervision of the Inquisition.
We had to recruit the last batch of soldiers. In order to improve the success rate of transforming the new recruits, we had to turn to the White Scars. Therefore, we lingered in Chegoris for a while, and later participated in a war against the greenskins. It was only recently that we had time to come.
Visit you."
As he spoke, he raised his head, looked at the huge twinkling orbital structure 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 it well and managed it well. The former Endymion was also like this... Sigh
, it’s us who don’t cherish it.”
Metellus's emotion was not simply a compliment. As one of the five major star regions of the empire, the Storm Star Region has long been regarded as a "
"Dark Frontier" exists. Although there are also a large number of Dark Frontiers in the Extreme Star Territory, there are a large number of stars in the Ultimate Star Territory and it also has an unusual status in imperial politics. The Storm Star Territory is different, with 60% of the space in the entire Star Territory
It is dark and empty, and the few scattered star systems cannot form a particularly prosperous star cluster corridor. This also leads to the fact that the Storm Star Territory does not receive much attention most of the time, whether it is colonization, construction or military investment.
It can be said to be negligible, and there are relatively few subspace nodes in this area. Therefore, although there are some prosperous areas in this star field, it is generally relatively barren, poor and backward. The Baka fleet guarding the Storm Star field is also the main fleet of the empire.
The weakest among them.
However, the real decline of the Baka fleet is also related to the Ultramarines. One of the most famous battles that took place 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 driven back step by step by the alien terror wave.
.
Then, just when everything seemed to be ending, the Baka battle fleet, which was 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 battleships of the Baka fleet fought a bloody battle with a Tyranid fleet that was thirty times their number. Even the flagship of the fleet self-destructed at the last moment to destroy the surrounding insect nests.
The fleet was dragged into subspace, and the legendary fleet commander of the Baka fleet, Admiral Ras, 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 Tyrannic War, as the fleets in various star regions of the empire are constantly asking for new warships like babies waiting to be fed, the High Lords Council has given priority to them.
By supplying new warships to the fleets in the Obscurity and Pacific Stars, the Baka fleet could only get a small amount of old or even mothballed ships to make up the numbers, resulting in the loss of more than 200 warships in the First Tyran War.
Not much has been added so far. This scale is not to mention the main fleet of the Star Territory. It is not even as good as the secondary fleet of the Obscure Star Territory, but it has the responsibility of guarding a Star Territory. (When Leviathan comes later, the Storm Star Territory has no
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 that are under construction. The other is the busy waterway. After the fleet of the Mantis Warriors left the subspace node, they found themselves in a
A huge merchant fleet was nearby, and new merchant ships continued to leave the subspace, so busy that they seemed to have returned to the maelstrom of the empire's commercial hub.
After entering the galaxy later, what I saw in front of me 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 - in the Star Knights
Before its fame spread 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:
"That's great, but I'm worried that it might cause trouble for you, after all, the Ranger Warriors."
Soshyan waved his hand.
"It doesn't matter, I will solve it. Besides, it has been a long time since it happened. No one wants to see the tragedy that happened back then. 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 it in the Storm Star Territory. If there is a suitable planet, you can recruit troops there first. When the time is right, I think
Find a way to get Terra to grant you new rights to rule."
"this--"
Metellus looked at Soshyan in surprise. It was not easy to say such a thing, but the other party seemed to say it was just a trivial matter.
"Don't worry, it's allowed by the rules."
Seeing Soshyan so certain, Metellus nodded and said sincerely:
"Then thank you very much, Chapter Commander Soshyan."
Soshyan subsequently arranged the management of the galaxy. With Velez and others sitting here, it would not be a big problem even if there were no Astartes in charge. He also reviewed part of the expedition force that had been trained in the Nessen galaxy.
Their establishment is the latest Vashti and Pashti class designed by Soshyan. Currently, three million people have been trained, which is very close to the expected number of five million. Before Soshyan led the team to Ekwo
The auxiliary army of the Leah Expedition came from here, but this number was not enough in the battle with the Necrontyr. Soshyan increased the standard again, raising it to the number of ten million.
After 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 to take over the job of the rotating leader of the Tribulation Alliance.