Chapter 8 Long-term planning and the birth of Saint Marduk
The alien fleet relied on its weird high speed and powerful artillery fire to deal with the Astartes fleet, which had the strength and home field advantage, for dozens of minutes.
But after the world of Colkash Fortress exploded into a huge firework, he finally chose to retreat helplessly.
The alien ruler named the Silent King reserved the awakening device here for his subordinates. After it was accidentally dismantled by Calvin two thousand years in advance, the final remedy attempted by his guards was also announced under the prophecy of the Emperor.
Failed.
The curse that originated from the Necron dynasty and lasted for thousands of years on the rulers of Orpheus has come to an end.
This undead dynasty named Menak can only have a chance to be awakened from its slumber by waiting for their supreme ruler, the Silent King himself, to return to the galaxy and take action himself.
A tragedy that originally affected the four major star regions was eliminated thousands of years in advance;
The future of the annihilation of hundreds of billions of people and the deaths of several Astartes Chapters can also be rewritten.
Orpheus finally regained its long-lost tranquility. With the intervention of Calvin, the "variable", it escaped the tragic fate of being completely abandoned by the empire in the official history.
Calvin does not have the overall perspective of an emperor, and he has no idea of the impact of his actions here.
He is like a loyal soldier who only asks where the enemy is, not why he is fighting.
What this soldier is most concerned about at this time is the life and death of the old man named Marduk.
After trying his best to save his life, Calvin fell into the confusion of Orpheus's finishing work.
It was several months later that Marduk fully recovered and walked out of the life-support capsule.
During this period, Calvin, who returned to Amara, the capital of Orpheus, sat in the middle.
Use unprecedented energy to accelerate Orpheus's government affairs and transition from wartime to peacetime.
Orpheus sector (including the four major star sectors, the empire has not yet certified this, this is a special name given by the author for convenience of description)
The people of the Orps sector not only need safety, but also bread and milk are their basic needs after gaining precious peace.
Economy is the ultimate embodiment and extension of politics, and politics is the concentrated expression of economy.
Knowing this well, the first thing Calvin needs to do is to build a complete and stable ecological structure for the sector's politics, as well as political rules that can operate healthily and smoothly.
The appointment of personnel is the basis of everything, which is different from the materialistic world.
The absolute difference in strength caused by people's talents, and the different rates of return produced by investing the same amount of resources, are naked realities that cannot be denied or ignored by Calvin.
Can the Astra Militarum built with 10,000 Throne Coins really be equal to the Space Marines built with 10,000 Throne Coins?
If so, what should the emperor do?
This is not a time of peace, and Calvin has no right to ask an entire race struggling to survive to consider human rights equality.
The war between subspace and alien races has never allowed the empire to have long-term peace. Every world is either at war or preparing for war.
In such an environment, shouting that everyone is equal? That is too extravagant and too hypocritical.
This is the reality faced by Calvin, and he must adapt to this situation. The appointment of personnel also relies on this kind of thinking and can be put into action.
The successor of the Ondan family of Orpheus was affirmed by Calvin;
At a time when the family had just taken over the sector and lost its leader, they received support from the top of the empire.
As a reward and inevitable price, the Ondan family's transfer of the governance power of the sector has systematically strengthened the power of the Inquisition here from top to bottom.
The establishment of the Grand Council allowed the three major orders in Orps to form a complete permanent institution;
Penetrating into all departments of the entire sector, the Tribunal is like a cold star, integrating into the long-term operation of the entire sector in a moist and silent way.
The candidate for the governor of the Hassan sector has finally been decided, and several forces have failed in their bid for this place;
Under Calvin's dictatorship, Admiral Juan became a candidate beyond everyone's expectations.
The placement of the Astartes was also confirmed during this period:
Under Calvin's leadership, although the Astartes Chapter was already stationed in the Orpheus sector, it still sent an invitation to the Angels of Death Chapter.
As the fourth planet of the sector capital, the world of Liberace was finally selected by the war group and became their exclusive world to be stationed in the future.
This warband was highly praised by Calvin.
Compared to the Orpheus Archon Chapter, which also carries the blood of Guilliman, the Dead Angels had a much higher presence in the Battle of Orpheus;
The latter seems to be too obsessed with obeying Ultramar and forgets his basic responsibility of guarding the empire's territory.
During the long Battle of Orpheus, this battle group had Orpheus in its name. The main force under its control was in the distant extreme star field throughout the entire battle and never appeared on the battlefield of Orpheus. p>
Their unconditional response to Ultramar made them absent from the sector defense war where their home planet is located.
The Astartes Chapter, which neglects its basic responsibilities in this way, cannot be trusted by Calvin.
The Reviled Chapter is also on the list of those being rewarded. As an Astartes Chapter that once fought alongside Calvin, Calvin wanted to place it in the Hassan sector, as the former generously supported Orpheus.
return.
However, this battle group has its own profound cultural heritage, and due to some cultural influences from its parent group, they are not interested in garrisoning a certain star sector for defense;
On the contrary, the continuous pursuit of some Chaos Space Marines is the most important mission of this chapter.
Calvin discussed with the leader of this war group several times, and after many in-depth conversations, Calvin confirmed their demands.
These descendants of Corax are obsessed with hunting down their old enemies. In order to facilitate their support and supplement, the Chapter Alliance located in the Krieg system opened its arms to them.
They will receive unconditional support from the Chapter Alliance and its huge industrial system, and will continue to patrol the entire empire using ship-based operations.
The division of personnel and governance powers ends here, which can be regarded as laying down the basic framework.
The delineation of the economic circle and the layout of the industries within it also began to center on Orps and began to expand toward the remaining three star regions.
Under the strong leadership of Calvin, the sectoral government vigorously promotes the rational planning and adjustment of large-scale industries.
Local nobles and vested interest groups are invincible. Most of them embody the precious "risk spirit" and are willing to serve the overall interests of the empire and the sector.
As for the few local forces that continued to resist, under the pervasive and deliberate targeting of the Inquisition, they all withdrew from the political arena of the empire one after another for various strange reasons in the following decades.
It was against this background that Marduk woke up in the medical bay of the Angel of Punishment three months after the Battle of Colkash.
The imperial envoys who reported all the way from the Terran Administrative Council to the Senate for approval, and then returned to Orpheus via the world of Ophelia No. 7, also brought the news that Marduk could be canonized.
The Orps sector launched a huge celebration ceremony for this purpose, which lasted for decades.
Tens of millions of pilgrims who followed Saint Marduk paraded throughout the sector with singing and dancing.
Their colonization and resettlement also happened silently here.
More foreign populations come from all over the Storm Star Territory and even other territories of the empire.
This pilgrimage that lasted for hundreds of years brought a continuous foreign population to the entire Storm Star Territory, and also laid a solid foundation for the development of Orpheus.