After the celebration ceremony, a lot of work began to get on track.
And Soshyan also had to solve many problems, the first of which was the Star Castle.
The Ramirez-class Star Fortress, named the Eye of Hell by Huron, will serve as the headquarters of the Tribulation Alliance in future plans and will not be exclusive to any one battle group.
All alliance members will send a team to garrison the star fort, which is both a representative and a defensive force. The ship-based battle groups in the alliance can use the star fort as a temporary anchorage and use the equipment on it for training or recruit transformation and other operations.
If there is a major war or a member of the alliance is in danger, the temporary supreme commander of the alliance has the authority to use the star fort to provide support.
Not only that, in the conception of Soshyan and others, the Star Castle is not only a military fortress, it will also be a platform for material exchange.
In the long campaign, the Astartes Chapter often obtains a large amount of trophies, as well as some special equipment or cultural relics, but not all of them are immediately usable by the Chapter, or are urgently needed by the Chapter.
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With the Star Castle, the four war groups will have an internal material exchange system. Each war group can take out things that are temporarily unnecessary or not so critical and exchange them with other war groups for urgent supplies or equipment.
, this can greatly improve the efficiency of the use of materials within the alliance.
And considering that some war groups within the alliance do not have stable sources of supplies, Soshyan proposed to regularly send invitations to trade fairs to the surrounding forging worlds or Rogue Trader families, and use the surplus supplies or special trophies to compete with these forces that control a large amount of resources.
exchange.
This proposal has the support of the other three Chapter Masters, and the Ranger Warriors have always had the tradition of signing contracts with the Rogue Trader families. They can take the lead in inviting some powerful families.
If necessary, representatives of these forces can even be stationed in the Star Castle for a long time, allowing the Star Castle to function as a liaison office.
As soon as this proposal came out, another issue was involved.
It is normal for the Adeptus Astartes to go out to fight. Unless the four Chapter Masters conduct joint operations like this time, there is a high probability that they will not be together for a long time. So once there are so many representatives of forces in the Star Fortress, there are so many things.
, someone must come forward to resolve or negotiate.
However, one of the principles of the Suffering Alliance is that it does not have an alliance leader or manager. It only elects a temporary supreme commander when a war breaks out. At other times, the four chapters do not interfere with each other.
This is to prevent others from misunderstanding them as Star Claws, but it will also lead to the possibility that no one will handle the daily affairs of the alliance.
After a short discussion, the four Chapter Masters found a feasible plan - the Lord of the Star Fortress is rotated by four Chapter Masters, with a term of 10 years. If the Chapter Master is unable to perform his duties due to important events, he must
Assign officers above the company level within the battle group to serve as acting fort masters.
Therefore, as the initiator of the Suffering Alliance, Soshyan naturally became the first castle master.
After determining the issue of job titles, the second big question before the fortress owner Soshiyang was——
How to repair the Star Castle?
Although the Eye of Hell did not suffer much damage during the war, due to being in the maelstrom for a long time, the chaos corrosion has been very serious. There is no possibility of purification in many areas, so it can only be demolished and rebuilt.
With the day and night efforts of the technical sergeants, it is roughly estimated that 43% of the area inside the Star Fortress needs the highest level of purification and transformation, 26% of the area must be rebuilt, and the remaining area only needs basic purification and transformation.
Such a huge project would probably not be completed in a thousand years with just one Nessun 4.
In this case, we must rely on the power of the Mechanicus.
However, Soshiyang has seen through the nature of those followers of the Mechanic God who are useless and unwilling to do anything early. It is unrealistic to use slogans or authority to make their efforts go in vain. However, the price required to repair such a huge star fortress, the Suffering Alliance could not bear it for a while.
Can't take it out.
When discussing this issue, Malakin suddenly reminded Soshyan that in the highest security level area of Star Castle, there is a warehouse with the highest confidentiality level. The thing inside should be able to get help from a certain forging world.
Of course Soshyan knew about that thing, but it was too important. Once it was exposed, it might cause unnecessary trouble.
Some people may think that it is an STC fragment, but if it were just this thing, Soshyan would not be so nervous.
In fact, once this thing spreads, it is likely to trigger a civil war within the Mechanicum throughout the star field, and even lead to war on Mars and other forged worlds.
There was only one thing in that warehouse, a silicon chip the size of an adult's fingernail floating in a stasis field.
The warehouse management system has only one sentence to describe it——
[Fragments of the key to the Book of All Machines]
The Book of All Machines is to the Mechanicus what the Golden Throne is to mankind, its value cannot be described in words.
The Mechanicus once organized an extremely large fleet because of a vague message from the Book of All Machines, and rushed straight into the Eye of Terror. They fought the devil for decades. After confirming that it was just a rumor, they decided to retreat.
During this time, countless fighter servitors and battleships were destroyed in the subspace.
The reason why it is worthwhile for the Mechanicus to go to war in such a big way is because the Book of All Machines is known as the ancestor of all STC templates. It brings together the ultimate existence of all STCs in the dark technological era and is the embodiment of the power of the Mechanical God in the mortal world.
Owning it is equivalent to gaining the agency of the Mechanical God and becoming its messenger in the human world.
So it is conceivable that once the news about this thing is leaked, even dozens of complete battle groups tied together will not be able to stop the crazy Mechanicum legion.
When he learned that this thing was in the Star Castle, the first thing Soshyan thought of was not its value, but a huge trouble, a volcano that could erupt at any time.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Although it is currently impossible to determine the authenticity of this object, the name alone can easily lead to big trouble.
When it came to trading with this thing, Soshyan immediately rejected it.
He is not like Malakin, who still has any beautiful illusions about the Mechanicus. In fact, apart from the four of them, only Technical Sergeant Rogris knows this news. No one else, including the Mechanicus in the battle group, knows this.
thing.
As the owner of the castle, he immediately announced the matter as the alliance's top secret, which would never be leaked without the consent of the four people until the authenticity of the item was confirmed.
Although he was a little puzzled by Soshyan's overreaction, Malakin accepted the request.
Since this road didn't work, Soshyan proposed a new plan after thinking about it.
They can sign a contract with the forge world that repairs the star fort, and use a period of "assistance" in exchange for the other party's technical power and supplies. During the contract period, they can send forces to help the forge world explore or perform military missions.
Although it sounds like a bit of a bargain, in the spirit of pragmatism, Soshyan feels that this plan is very feasible.
After thinking about it, the three chapter leaders also felt that this plan was feasible and unanimously approved it.
After the second problem is solved, it is logical that the third problem will arise.
Obviously, this fortress of the Suffering Alliance can no longer be called the Eye of Hell. It needs a new name.
The name proposed by Malakin is "Scar of Victory", which is more meaningful and poetic.
The name proposed by Magyar is "Red Star Castle", which is obviously purely based on its appearance, because its outer shell is still dark red.
Titus's proposal is "Defeat the Enemy Barrier", which is concise, concise and easy to understand.
Soshiyan is even simpler, just called [Fortress of Suffering].
After several rounds of discussions and comparisons, the three had to admit that Malakin was indeed much more literary and talented than them.
So the name [Scar of Victory] was decided.
Afterwards, Soshyan told the three of them that news came from the Astropath not long ago that Holy Terra had made a ruling on their alliance and also made a judgment on the war they launched.
An envoy has already departed from Terra and will arrive on Nessen 4 in a few days.
Soshyan seemed relaxed when telling the news. Malakin noticed this and asked him if he knew anything in advance.
Soshyan nodded and admitted, because before this envoy arrived, a team of Imperial Fists was about to arrive.
According to the Astropaths, they bring good news.