Looking at the attendant nun who had been constantly scrutinizing herself from the beginning, Soshyan responded gently:
"Hello, Sister Meia."
The Acolytes are one of the three major systems of the Sisters of the Ecclesiarchy. They have a role similar to the diplomatic service. They also manage and maintain the families of certain Imperial Governors and Imperial nobles, serve as advisors, and remind them of their loyalty to the Emperor through their presence.
The Order of the Holy Seal of Loyalty is one of the six major orders of the Acolytes and the largest order of Acolytes, with its headquarters in Terra.
Then Ebanks turned to the right.
"This is Sister Wayna Winter from the Order of Pure Water."
"Hello, respected Chapter Master Soshyan."
Although the old nun's voice was lowered due to age, it was still very soft, giving people a feeling of spring breeze. Soshiyang nodded in response.
"Hello, Sister Wei Na, there have been many injured civilians and soldiers in the war. Your arrival is exactly what we need."
The reason Soshyan has to say so much is because the Order of Pure Water is the largest order of medical nuns in the state church. For war, medical care is also a very important logistics part.
"We have long sworn to burn our lives for the eternal holy war for the throne."
"Um."
Soshyan nodded and turned around to introduce Talos.
"This is one of my company commanders, named Charles. Everyone, please sit down."
Everyone sat on the chairs surrounding the huge round table, and then a star chart rose from the round table.
"From the time when the Lamenters Chapter first encountered the Tyranid Hive Fleet in the Sondheim System, one year and seven months of standard Terran time have passed until we withdrew from the Winoshi System.
The Diocese has been devoured by six star systems, and more than 37 inhabited worlds have been completely destroyed..."
Soshyan introduced the current situation to the state church delegation in detail, and those few also listened attentively and asked some questions from time to time.
But it can be seen that Baldo Slister is very particular about the people he chooses. They don’t have the desperate mania of ordinary believers in the state religion. They look at problems from a practical point of view, and they don’t express any irrelevant fanaticism.
Speech.
"...The current situation is that the main force of the Tribulation Alliance has deployed troops in the Westeros system. The Genestealer rebellion behind the Archdiocese has been basically suppressed. At least it cannot pose a threat in a short period of time. The Tyranid Hive Fleet has been temporarily attacked due to the attack.
There are no more actions, but I must emphasize that what we currently understand and detect is not necessarily the full size of this Tyranid Hive Fleet. According to the inferences of the biological sages, this Cerberus Hive Fleet
Its final strength is likely to exceed that of the Behemoth fleet during the First Tyran War."
After listening to Soshyan's introduction, Ebanks put his hands together on his chin and frowned. Everyone else, except Long, whose face could not be seen, also showed worried expressions.
After all, even if you don't understand military affairs, you can at least understand the situation.
After a while, Ebanks said slowly:
"On behalf of His Holiness the Pope, I am very grateful to Chapter Master Soshyan and the Tribulation Alliance for their assistance and sacrifices to the Archdiocese of St. Casperon. Faith is the pillar of the empire. We cannot let the fallen aliens eat away this
A pillar, otherwise the order will collapse. I have brought your Majesty's Great Holy War Edict. All the national religious worlds and devout believers in the Storm Star Territory will spare no effort to assist the Archdiocese of St. Casperon."
This surprised Soshyan, but then he thought about it and realized that this was not very reliable.
First of all, with such a long distance, you only know how long it takes to expect those slow-moving jihadists to arrive. Moreover, Soshiyang saw the quality of the national religion's jihadi army during the Maelstrom Expedition. It can only be said that it is similar to or even worse than these local militiamen.
This is also the reason why he is unwilling to randomly organize the Holy War Army but wants to establish the Faith Watch and the Holy Armor Army.
"Manpower... is actually not very scarce. We are now short of ships, both transport ships and battleships. In addition, we also lack heavy weapons, ammunition, and supplies. The continuous loss of several systems has made the archdiocese's supply problem serious.
stand up."
Soshyan said it tactfully, but Ebanks showed an understanding smile, nodded and said:
"This is not a problem. There are many pilgrim fleets in the Storm Star Territory. Although there are no warships, there are many civilian and semi-civilian ships. These will arrive in St. Casparon Archdiocese one after another. In addition, the Rogue Trader families who are connected to the State Church will also
In response to the call of the Great Holy War, precious supplies and weapons were transported here. Before leaving, Your Majesty told me to defend this place of faith at all costs, and at the same time, completely obey your arrangements on the military level."
Hearing the next sentence, Soshyan also smiled slightly.
"Speaking of which, what is the Pope going to do with that thing?"
"Locked in an absolutely safe and completely isolated space, guarded and executed by soulless jailers until she repented of all her crimes...forever."
This time Baldo Slister was able to so generously give up all the power of the State Church in the war, which is directly related to the gift Soshyan gave to the State Church. This is why Soshyan can boldly accept the power of the State Church.
The reason - politics is all about exchange, and his gift was too heavy, and the Pope had to repay it with the same heavy gift.
"As for the battleship issue..."
Ebanks slowly opened his palm, and in his hand was a small memory device.
"...Here may be able to help you."
Taking the memory handed over by the other party, Soshyan picked up the data pad handed over by Servo Skull. As the memory was connected, rows of numbers began to float, and Soshyan's eyes gradually widened.
About two minutes later, he turned to look at Talos.
"Look."
Talos took the data pad, and Soshyan turned to Ebanks.
"Where are they?"
"The Archdiocese, a fringe world of Itak III."
The reason why Soshyan was so shocked was because what the other party gave was a huge fleet containing 170 battleships, including seven Emperor-class battleships!
In fact, before the end of the Apostasy Era, the State Church did have a very large jihad fleet. However, with Sebastian signing the taming edict, the State Church was deprived of all its male armed forces and all its armed fleet forces were under the command of the Imperial Navy.
sequence, the state religion was left with only a pilgrim fleet composed of civilian ships with basically no self-defense capabilities.
Therefore, it was hard for Soshyan not to be surprised when he saw such a fleet appearing, and the name given to this fleet by the State Church was the Silent Fleet.
Soshyan immediately turned his attention to the man named Long, because he belonged to an organization called the Silent Knights.
"Deacon Ebanks, there are no outsiders here. I personally have a very good relationship with the state church. I will tell you some things directly. What is going on with this fleet?"