The Emperor’s Angel of Death

Soshjan's sigh was not subtle, startling everyone in the luxurious cabin, including Governor Veleton XIX, who feared he had seen something "bad" or "indecent."

"Chapter Master Alexei, why do you sigh?"

Finally, Veleton XIX asked in a low voice, otherwise no one else would dare to speak.

Soshjan turned around and shook his head.

"Nothing."

With that, he stepped away from the viewing window. Maximillian also moved his position; he only brought one company on this trip, as the other companies had their own matters to attend to.

The Governor's airship was practically a mobile palace, and they were in the spacious hall. Looking up, a huge relief mural came into view, with gold flower reliefs of varying sizes embedded in wave-shaped decorative panels. Under the light, the flower patterns in different shapes on the relief appeared even more realistic, as if blooming in smoke.

Various square display stands held dazzling crafts, their wave-shaped patterns echoing the mural.

The partitions and wall lamps on both sides of the hall were adorned with gold or red, showcasing the beauty of luxury. The huge floor-to-ceiling glass windows on both sides were connected to a pear blossom-shaped canopy, making it feel like sitting high in the clouds, or like a god overlooking the world, holding the life and death of all in their hands.

The huge incense burners, each the size of an adult and made entirely of gold, were adorned with large gemstones. But what was truly expensive was the smoldering incense within, made from costly spices transported from distant planets. Each inch was worth a factory's annual output, and now hundreds of them were burning, filling the massive hall with fragrance.

Veleton XIV quickly picked up a data slate from the coffee table and began reporting like a diligent statistician.

The previous tithe only accounted for 6% of the planet's average annual gross production value, mainly in primary industrial products and weapons, such as lasguns and lascannons for infantry. But after the tithe standard was changed, it soared to 21% of the planet's average annual gross production value!

The Imperium really knows how to 'make up' for things, to say the least.

The Hammer-class frigate is the most common and oldest frigate in the Imperium, or rather, by naval standards, it should be called a patrol ship or patrol boat.

After reading it, Soshjan frowned slightly. If Naysen VII hadn't been assigned to the Star Phantoms, he might not have known about this. If it continued, the planet would easily fall into famine and unrest.

Soshjan stepped onto the soft red carpet and walked down the platform step by step. The dignitaries present watched his steps cautiously, as if he were stepping on their hearts.

Soshjan carefully looked at Naysen VII's import and export data. As he expected, the planet's main exports were various semi-finished metal parts, refined minerals, and Hammer-class civilian industrial products and weapons. The main imports were food, energy, electronic equipment, advanced instruments, luxury goods, and medical supplies.

This warship is one-eighth smaller in tonnage than the common Gladius-class frigate and does not have a warp drive. It is mainly used to protect civilian and commercial ships within the system and assist the Adeptus Arbites in some space law enforcement activities. Therefore, the ship's firepower is relatively weak, with only two laser arrays and no void shields, but instead employs a blind-field generator.

As he spoke, a servant lowered his head and approached Soshjan with a data slate in his hands. Soshjan took it, glanced at it, and nodded.

This blind-field generator is more of a concealment facility than a protective one. It is more like a smoke screen, capable of generating a huge broadband electromagnetic interference field, making it appear like an impenetrable dense white cloud in electronic instruments. However, this is not necessarily effective against military ship scanning equipment, and is more often used to interfere with civilian equipment to better initiate law enforcement actions. Therefore, if the system is truly invaded by enemies, there is no point in expecting these warships to do anything.

The orbital facilities are basically complete, and the spaceport is even larger than Naysen VII's. It is worthy of being a planet that started with mining. If it weren't for the Star Phantoms, Naysen VII would definitely be the big brother of the Naysen system.

Moreover, the types also include the planet's minerals and primary refined products, which will cost everyone on Naysen VII their lives, because this will inevitably squeeze the planet's export share, leading to the impact on the planet's food and energy, which in turn will lead to a decline in production capacity and inability to cope with the tithe.

"The planet currently has seven large hive cities, three in the Northern Hemisphere and two in the Southern Hemisphere. The statistical population of the hive cities is about 42.3 billion, but according to the analysis of the Department of the Interior, the actual number should be around 70 billion. There are currently 19 million regular defense forces, mainly stationed in hive cities and orbital facilities. There are two large space stations in the planet's orbit, capable of docking battlecruiser-class and smaller ships, with an annual throughput of about 71 billion tons. There are also 140 defense platforms, one medium-sized dock, and two large docks, capable of building Lunar-class cruisers and smaller tonnage warships. At the same time, the orbit also has one integrated detection facility and more than seventy types of auxiliary facilities. This is a briefing on all orbital facilities."

"Of course, of course."

"Governor Veleton, what is the current situation on the planet? Can you tell me specifically?"

Then, he sat down in the huge chair prepared for him, located in the back of the first row on the left, and turned to look at Veleton XIV on his right, who was holding his hands together, his feet together, and only a little bit of his buttocks touching the chair, appearing very cautious and even a little 'well-behaved'.

"Currently, the planet has 21 self-owned trade fleets, totaling 271 various transport ships, and the planetary defense fleet has 23 warships, all Hammer-class frigates, as well as 112 auxiliary ships such as engineering ships and salvage ships."

"What is the current production situation of the planet?"

Of course, Naysen VII's real export 'big deal' is still the tithe. The Imperium's previous tithe standard for this world was very high. Naysen VII was determined to be a Gamma-class civilization world very early on, and the tax rate for this level of world is generally between Eighth-class High and First-class Low. Seventy years ago, the world's tax level was still Eighth-class High, but suddenly it became First-class Low, perhaps to compensate for some of Naysen VII's 'losses', but this directly burdened Naysen VII with a huge burden.

"Returning to the Chapter Master, the planet currently has 221 large mines, 985 medium-sized mines, and an estimated 30,000 or so small mines. Various private micro-mines cannot be counted. Last year, the global total output of iron ore was about 7 billion tons, copper ore was about 900 million tons, bauxite was about 700 million tons, and gold and silver ore was about 200 million tons. Adding other types of metals, the total output is about 100 tons. In addition, there are 21 types of A-level rare metals assessed by the Adeptus Mechanicus, with an output of 30 million tons, and another 9 types of S-level rare metals with a total output of 9 million tons."