Yule's voice intervened in the conversation between the two. It was definitely a surprise that such favorable news arrived before he left.
"At the edge of the Lyak star sector, there will be no more. But this is enough! When will we set off?"
Gavins looked at the two commanders expectantly, hoping to hear a positive answer from their mouths.
He could not forget the moment when Calvin disappeared in front of him. The feeling of being torn apart in the soul was still fresh in the memory of all the members of the Honor Guard.
From that moment on, these champion swordsmen who were deeply bound to Calvin's soul fell into some kind of depression.
They all know that their souls are no longer complete. Unless their Calvin is recovered, they will be like the Blood Angels who repeatedly witnessed the death of Sanguinius and will never forget it.
"Now!" Yuler asked the question, then turned to look at Aidan.
"Now that the target is clear, can I bring more support? A mere cruiser and 50 soldiers are not enough to penetrate the fleet blockade there."
Aidan laughed, annoyed.
"Do you want to fight another Corridor naval battle?" he asked Yule.
It was the largest naval battle since the establishment of the Orps sector.
And it was the failure of this battle that left one-third of the entire Orps fleet in the warship graveyards in the Hassan and Yuldis sectors forever.
It can be said that half of the current internal and external troubles in Orps, as well as the enemies from both sides, are due to the losses in this battle.
After this battle, the empire, which suffered serious losses in its main force, was no longer able to support offensives in two directions at the same time.
As a result, as the war situation continued to deteriorate, the initiative in the battle was completely handed over.
In the front, there is the Orc fleet in the Hassan sector that is struggling with the main force of the fleet, and in the back, there are the Chaos forces crawling out from the ruins of the Shadow War in Lyak centuries ago.
This is how the so-called Siege of Orps took shape.
The leaky house happened to be raining all night, the external war was difficult, and there were constant problems internally.
The contradictions between the central and local forces within the star region have accumulated for centuries. They can no longer maintain even the appearance of harmony, and can only be separated from each other.
At this critical juncture, the Orps family, which has dominated the star region for decades, has become extinct.
Whether it was a conspiracy or an accident, the failure of this family made the sector government completely lose their ambition to make progress.
The powerful aristocrats of the capital, the Ondan family, are jumping up and down in the parliament, connecting with all the forces that can help them sit on the governor's throne.
As for chaos pollution and alien invasion, as long as they don't hit their doorstep, they can't stop their "business".
As for the support of the sector to the front line, it is still difficult to maintain due to the inertia of previous policies.
The entire theater command now has tens of millions of Astra Militarum troops in its hands, but the number of battleships used as deployment tools and mobile troops is very small.
Several main fleet battle groups have been deployed in the Hassan sector to resist the increasing number of fleet raids by the Orcs.
The recent support from the Storm Star Territory government can no longer be counted on, and the large-scale religious war in the border area with the Pacific Star Territory has become a serious concern for the empire.
All the power of the Star Territory Government is gathering there, and Orps, who is just in a remote rural area, may have already been included in the list of expendables...
Under such a background, Orpheus's defense forces can only place their hope on themselves.
Without extra troops, they can only leak and block everywhere.
After several twists and turns, there are only a handful of troops left for the defense commander in the direction of the Lyak sector, and even a decent naval counterattack is no longer possible.
That's not all.
The Celestali cult and other chaotic forces that are rising one after another in the sector are endlessly killing and destroying them.
Ever since Aidan took office, he has been trapped in the Inquisition combat hall in Amara, unable to take a step forward.
Five task forces composed of 250 Gray Knights, like fire brigade, ran between 80 planets in a total of 21 administrative districts in the star sector within ten years.
Thousands of cults and chaos rituals were exterminated, but the stability of the rear was just maintained.
But just maintaining the stability of the overall situation is already a small miracle thanks to the full cooperation of Aidan and the Sector Tribunal.
Under such circumstances, how could Aidan allow Yule to take the remaining fleet in his hands to forcefully break through the blockade in the direction of Lyak?
"There is no way!"
Aidan's nose was almost crooked with anger, and he rejected Yule's request without thinking. He pointed at Yule's nose and said solemnly:
"You are going to rescue, not to kick in the door! A cruiser is enough! If you negotiate the price, I will give you a dagger, you go or not!"
"Okay, just one ship. But I want the Revenant Angel!"
Seeing Aidan's face, Yule knew that this was the bottom line.
So he immediately changed direction and selected the most powerful ship from the specific list of battleships.
This was once Calvin's ship, and later it was Grand Master Aidan's own ship. Needless to say its basic performance.
After following Aidan to Orpheus, the battleship based in Amara also made many modifications in response to Calvin's previous requirements for the battleship.
Especially during the ten years since I arrived in Orps, I saw that there were too few people and many boats, which were temporarily vacant.
Aidan simply approved Captain Tabos's request and took it to a large shipyard near Amara for a complete upgrade.
The Revenant Redeemer appears again, completely changed beyond recognition.
Its size has jumped from the previous conventional cruiser size of 7.8 kilometers to a behemoth of 11 kilometers long.
On the basis of strengthening the weapon array and engine power, the delivery capability that Calvin once proposed has also been solved.
They even turned the Revenant Redeemer's extra Nova Cannon from one other cruiser into four with the help of the mechanical priests from Rezat.
This kind of extreme transformation that "doesn't care about life, but requires firepower" will become the beginning of a nightmare for any enemy who is "sniped" by it from a long distance.
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In short, except for the adamantine armor belt on the bow that is not thick enough, today's Redeemer is just a battleship covered in cruiser skin.
Well, you can call it the "Battle Patrol" Revenant Redeemer for short.
Anyway, the empire's navy ships are already in a chaotic system, and there is no shortage of this strange ship to join them.
"Okay."
Aidan didn't want to hurt Yule's heart, so he waved his hand and threw out the trump card he had left for the naval battle in the Star Zone.
It's not that he doesn't want to rescue Calvin, it's just that the war situation in the sector is like this.
If conditions allowed, he could not wait to go to Lyak in person on Yule's behalf, to lead a fleet, no matter what the bullshit situation, to find the proud disciple who he had single-handedly led into the door...
After receiving permission, Yule and Gavins turned around and left, but were stopped by Aidan before they took two steps.
The two of them turned back to look at Aidan eagerly, fearing that they would hear some bad orders from his mouth.
But this veteran really "disappointed" them this time.
He stood there and thought for a few seconds, then said to the two of them:
"Recent intelligence, in the Chaos warband in the direction of Lyark, there are not only traces of the former "former Emperor's Children", but also many Night Lords have been discovered. According to past experience, there must also be traces of the Alpha Legion warband
portion."
This information, which was supposed to be learned before leaving, made the two people who heard it look serious.
An "Emperor's Son" warband is easy to talk about, but coupled with a Night Lord who is good at fighting, lurking, and night fighting, it is more difficult.
But if you add in the Hydra, which is famous for its infiltration and tricks, the difficulty of this rescue operation will really be sky-high.
Of course they are not afraid of death, and those who are afraid of death cannot become Gray Knights.
But they were afraid that if they failed to complete the rescue, they would expose Calvin's importance.
Then this failed rescue will cause them to suffer heavy casualties and increase the possibility of Calvin being encircled and suppressed.
You must know that it is enemy-occupied territory.
No matter how powerful the Primarch is, how can Calvin, single-handedly, still be able to defeat the macro-cannon of a hard steel battleship without losing control of the universe?
If you take a step back and think about it, after the Chaos war gang who knew Calvin's existence failed to encircle and suppress him on the surface, the battleships were unable to locate his whereabouts.
But what about cyclone torpedoes? The Empire has them, but Chaos is not lacking either!
"Bring the Tindalos Legion with you, otherwise I won't be able to keep them in my hands for long. The Tribunal has been keeping an eye on them for a day or two. Take them away as soon as possible so that they won't worry about them." Aidan said.
"Is it useful? Although they are of excellent quality, we are facing the Night Lords. Numbers are of little use in front of them." Gavins asked worriedly.
"At least they can be trusted. If something goes wrong, you can choose a planet to defend on the spot and wait for my rescue."
Aidan said seriously, giving them the possibility they least wanted to see.
The two of them also understood the meaning of his arrangement:
If the expected enemy list includes the "old partners" of the Night Lord and Alpha.
Then the defense forces of any planet will become untrustworthy, and only their own direct troops are the most reliable backing.
"Understood, I'll contact them right now. They should have been practicing on Amara's satellite recently, and it won't take long to recover them urgently!"
Gavins was talking to the two of them, and they were already running towards the flight deck.
This kind of order cannot be handled by communication equipment and can only be conveyed by himself.
Otherwise, the Inquisition, which has already coveted these "hounds", will definitely come to their door and cry out their ancient drama of "crying, making trouble, and hanging themselves" to take this precious power away from their hands.<
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"Is there anything else you want to explain?"
Yule was not in a hurry to leave. He understood that this was probably the last report on the war situation before leaving.
The more secretive the search for Calvin is, the better.
He knew that after the battleship left port, as long as it was not an emergency, Aidan would never have the opportunity to communicate with them again.
"There really is..." Aidan thought for a while and added:
"Go find the Tauren battle group. They have just entered the war zone and the garrison mission should not have been issued yet."
"Can they listen to my orders?"
Yuler was delighted. The combat prowess of this war group was undeniable, but their name of "High Lord's Watch Dogs" was equally resounding.
Aidan also touched his nose and smiled, but he didn’t explain much:
"I don't know, but before I left, the Prophet Brotherhood came to me mysteriously and said that this group of people owed us a favor. If there were not enough people, we would go to them. That's absolutely right!"
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