The Emperor’s Angel of Death

After listening to a brief overview of Planet Naisen's mining industry, Sorsaryan nodded thoughtfully. Naisen Five's mineral resources were indeed abundant. After detailed exploration of Naisen Four, the Adeptus Mechanicus only identified eight rare minerals with exploitable value. In comparison, it was not surprising that Naisen Five could develop such a large-scale mining industry and its associated industries.

Afterward, he said meaningfully:

"Mines will always be exhausted."

Veleton XIX was stunned upon hearing this, unsure how to respond.

"Governor, I believe we should take advantage of the planet's resource advantage to transition smoothly, developing industry towards higher-end sectors. After all, the industrial foundation has already been laid. But if we maintain the status quo, the planet will be riddled with holes, leaving nothing behind, and the miners will lose their livelihoods. Then the hive cities will truly be left with only chaos and starvation."

"The Chapter Master is right."

As he spoke, the Governor glanced at the Adeptus Mechanicus representative not far away. Naisen Five's initial industries were brought by Gryphon Four, so the Mechanicus forces here also primarily came from that forge world. The planet's mineral resources were mostly exported to Gryphon Four in exchange for other electronic products and promethium.

In addition, the Mechanicus would also establish very harsh agreements, not allowing the planet to develop high-end industries on its own without their consent, otherwise they would impose severe energy import sanctions. This was also an important means for the Mechanicus to use its position to monopolize trade and technology.

Sorsaryan, of course, knew all of this. He glanced at the Adeptus Mechanicus representative, then said calmly:

"What I said is correct, so do it. The decisions of the Star Knights are only responsible to the Throne. You don't need to worry about anything. If there are any external troubles, I will take care of them. You only need to consider the internal affairs of the planet."

This was exactly the assurance the Governor was waiting for. A shrewd person like him wanted Sorsaryan's promise that "the tall ones will hold up the sky if it falls." So he nodded hastily and said:

"Everything will be done according to the Chapter Master's instructions."

"Sage Lightninger."

Hearing Sorsaryan slowly call his name, this sage from Gryphon Four immediately stepped out of his position. Although he came from Gryphon, after taking office on Naisen Five, he essentially had the dual identities of an Imperial official and a Tech-Priest, so he naturally knew that Sorsaryan could "manage" him.

"I will personally visit Gryphon Four and explain the situation here to the Fabricator-General another day. In the meantime, I will trouble you to cooperate with Governor Veleton to do a good job in all aspects."

The subtext of Sorsaryan's words was not difficult to understand, and it was also very domineering - there was nothing to talk about with you, you just needed to listen.

"Yes, Chapter Master Aleksei. The forge world has also sent a message instructing me to prioritize your will in everything."

The Mechanicus Sage very sensibly accepted Sorsaryan's arrangement.

"What is the current situation of the planet's industrial facilities?"

This time, the Mechanicus Sage answered him, and the numbers were very precise.

"Currently, Planet Naisen Five has a total of 4,611 production conglomerates, with a total of 199,276 subordinate factories and composite assembly lines, 95% of which are located on the planet's surface. There are also 34 power plants and energy conversion plants. The power grid covers 91% of the planet's settlements. Planetary transportation mainly relies on roads and railway facilities. The currently statistically available road mileage is 70 million kilometers, and the total length of railway facilities is 12.08 million kilometers, all of which are connected to the hive city airport facilities."

"What is the planet's production capacity? I mean civilian products."

"The planet can currently produce most civilian small commodities and some vehicles. More than one hundred types of light industries such as textiles and chemicals have been developed, but most of them are privately invested. The types and prices of production are not controlled. In fact, price gouging and hoarding occur from time to time—"

Hearing the Mechanicus Sage mention this, some nobles coughed lightly from time to time.

Sorsaryan raised an eyebrow slightly, then asked:

"What about military products?"

"The planet can currently produce M35M-Galaxy Short-Barreled Lasguns and Mars Mk3 Lasguns. Under non-emergency production conditions, the average annual output is 1.5 million units, which is also the planet's main tithe project. At the same time, the planet can also produce Hellhammer-type infantry squad lascannons, with an average annual output of 100,000 units. In addition, the planet has a flamer production line, with an average annual output of 50,000 units. In terms of vehicles, the planet can produce Taurus armored vehicles, Centaur transports, and Mars-pattern Sentinel walkers."

After the Mechanicus Sage gave a brief introduction, Sorsaryan still carefully looked at the data slate.

Naisen Five's industrial base was indeed good. As long as the technology was in place, producing Leman Russ tanks or Basilisk artillery should not be a problem. However, the planet could not produce whatever it wanted, but rather it could only produce what the Imperium wanted it to produce. Naisen Five could only produce very basic infantry equipment, at most it could only arm some light infantry - this was also an important means for the Imperium to check and balance various worlds, preventing a large number of heavy equipment from participating in the event of a rebellion.

But now it was different.

"In the future, the planet's industry will develop to a higher level. Some production lines will be transferred from Naisen Four, and more Tech-Priests will participate in the construction of new factory facilities."

The Chapter had many equipment production lines stuffed into Naisen Four, but the development of one planet was ultimately limited. Now that there was Naisen Five, Sorsaryan would definitely expand the scale of equipment production, especially the plasma weapon production line. The factory built with Ryza's assistance had been operating for a long time, and the priests of Ulan Had had basically mastered the technology, and were fully capable of opening one or even several more production lines on Naisen Five. In addition, there were more auxiliary army weapons, including Leman Russ tanks, Wyverns, Basilisks and other production equipment to be built.

In Sorsaryan's plan, the Naisen system would have at least 65 million Astra Militarum standard troops stationed in key locations in the system as defensive forces and reserve forces. At the same time, the Chapter's auxiliary forces would be expanded to 8 million as mobile forces. The goal was for the Chapter to be able to independently organize a system-level campaign without any external assistance, and the Naisen system's industrial production capacity and inventory would also be able to organize over 100 million armed personnel at any time.

If more long-term goals were considered, then the ultimate goal was for the Chapter to independently organize a force of over 200 million, Astra Militarum standard troops to launch expeditions or long-distance military operations when necessary.

As for the reason for doing so

Of course, it was because the defense forces of the Storm region were weak, and recently it was a time of many events, so he naturally had to make the worst plans. If the Third Legion really came in full force, and other allies could not provide timely support, then Sorsaryan would have to rely on himself.

Preparedness prevents misfortune.

As for whether others would be suspicious, Sorsaryan felt that his current reputation should not be so easily suspected, right?

Moreover, the Codex Astartes did not stipulate the number of non-Space Marine armed personnel in the Chapter. Although this was indeed a bit similar to the Tyrant Legion organized by Huron in the past, Sorsaryan's original intention was good. He felt that he was essentially different from that traitor. Huron was for armed secession, harboring evil intentions, while he was for protecting the territory and people, preparing for a rainy day!