The Emperor’s Angel of Death

After seeing that Watch Fortress Keeper also agreed, the other members of the Kill Team then had a brief toast, and then drank the Votann Federation's Bergman beer. Sorskyar's taste was indeed correct, the taste of this wine was more in line with the taste of the Astartes - mellow, with a bit of a metallic texture.

"Sorskyar Chapter Master, is there any more?"

Seeing Uleson's appearance as if he hadn't had enough to drink, Sorskyar smiled slightly and turned to point outside the cabin.

"Of course."

There, stood a tall metal wine tank, with two Ironkin standing next to it. Uleson's eyes lit up immediately when he saw this, and he walked out, ignoring the Ironkin and poured himself a large glass.

Sorskyar also took a glass from the Ironkin at this time, and then walked to Vidrian.

"Fortress Keeper, I would like to chat with you privately, is that convenient?"

The other party nodded.

"Of course."

Then the two walked out of the gunship with their wine glasses. Vidrian first went to another gunship, told the Deathwatch soldiers inside that they could drink some Dwarf beer, and then came to a secluded corner of the flight deck with Sorskyar.

".I was on the bridge before, observing the Hearthkyn's navigation patterns and technology. To be honest, I personally think that compared to the Empire's unstable navigation methods, the Dwarfs are indeed leading in this regard. Fortress Keeper Vidrian, do you think these technologies should be introduced to the Empire?"

After listening to Sorskyar's words, Vidrian was silent for a moment, and then said slowly:

"The Deathwatch is not a collective organization in the true sense, Chapter Master Sorskyar. I really have nothing to say about the technological development of the Empire."

"But I also know that the Deathwatch is relatively less conservative, and often uses some non-Imperial technologies. It's just a chat, you don't need to mind."

Vidrian raised his head and looked at the Ironkin guarding the metal wine tank not far away.

"Chapter Master Sorskyar, do you have a good relationship with the Dwarfs?"

"During the Maelstrom Expedition, I cooperated with them, of course, only commercially. They are pure merchants, and only speak for profit."

"I have been looking up information about the Dwarfs before, but the Silent Fortress does not have much information about the Dwarfs."

Hearing the other party say this, Sorskyar raised his eyebrows.

"Oh? Are you also interested in them?"

"Interested."

"I have always regretted that the Empire does not understand this neighbor. Increasing communication and cooperation with them is beneficial to the Empire, and I have been trying to understand their society, culture, science and technology."

Vidrian retracted his gaze, looked at Sorskyar, raised his glass, and Sorskyar immediately raised his glass as well. The two lightly touched, and then Vidrian took a sip, and asked:

"Why do you want to understand them?"

Sorskyar blinked.

"This can increase the opportunity for cooperation with them, as well as the depth of cooperation, and even get their assistance, and obtain technology that is useful to the Empire."

"Forgive me for speaking frankly, you really don't look like an Astartes."

"Hmm? What do you mean by that, Fortress Keeper?"

"When we go to understand a group of aliens, the only goal is how to destroy them. This is also my only motivation for understanding them."

Sorskyar was silent for a long time after hearing this, and then took a sip of Bergman beer.

"Brother Vidrian, don't you think the Empire has.too many enemies now?"

A subtle expression appeared on Vidrian's stern face, and he replied:

"We are soldiers, we are weapons, and the only two things we need to consider are, where are the enemies, and how to destroy them. As for defining who is the enemy, it is not within our scope of responsibility."

Sorskyar squeezed out a somewhat reluctant smile.

"Speaking of which, the Adeptus Mechanicus seems to have a saying that the Dwarfs and humans may have a common origin? Perhaps they are really a kind of abhuman."

Vidrian shook his head.

"Brother Sorskyar, I don't know if you've heard of the T'au."

"Of course I've heard of them."

"The T'au are a group of aliens who are good at bewitching people. Many mortals have been bewitched by them and defected to the T'au's territory, or those occupied worlds have been bewitched by them to join the aliens. Then, they, and their descendants, do you think they are still human?"

"Uh."

"That's the same principle. The criteria for defining aliens are not just physiological. Even if the Dwarfs really had an ancestor with humans, but now they deny the Empire, deny the Emperor, deny all the beliefs and dogmas on which the Empire is built, and even deny that the Empire is the only natural and legal regime of mankind, and operate a social system and culture that is completely different from the Empire, then does it matter whether they are physiologically aliens? The great crusade of the past destroyed not only aliens, but also those regimes that were unwilling to join the Empire and integrate into the Empire. For us, those who oppose humanity are enemies, those who oppose the Empire are also enemies, and those who do not submit to the Empire are still enemies. There is not much difference between enemies and enemies."

"But their technology has a lot in common with the Empire, and the benefits of cooperation outweigh the hostility."

"If their technology can be used by the Empire, then we should destroy them even more, and plunder everything the Empire needs from their corpses and ruins. This is the rule that the Empire has been operating for ten thousand years. We are not only guardians, but also conquerors. I do not deny that non-violent means are applicable in some occasions, but the Emperor has granted us eternal responsibilities, and the oaths we have made must never be forgotten. We must slaughter all enemies of mankind, and die for the interests of the Empire."

Then Vidrian sighed lightly and drank the contents of his glass.

".That's why I said that, Brother Sorskyar, you really don't look like an Astartes. The taste of this wine is very good. My first thought was to kill them all, steal these brewing techniques, and make them belong only to the Empire, and all you did was ask them to give you some more."

At this time, Sorskyar's heart was also heavy. His original intention in looking for Vidrian was actually to open a gap here in the Deathwatch, and use the Deathwatch's relationship with the Ordo Xenos to see if he could determine a "subhuman" tone for the Dwarfs within the Ordo Xenos, so that he could facilitate the introduction of some Dwarf technology into the Empire in the future - even if it could only slightly promote the technological progress of the Empire, which is already a dead sea, it would be good.

But Vidrian told Sorskyar a very cruel truth, most of his ideas are actually alien among aliens in the Empire, not to mention Astartes, perhaps in many occasions, everyone will not say it because of his prestige and status.

However, when it comes to promoting something at the Imperial level, these resistances are very obvious.

"I do not deny that the Empire will conduct brief cooperation with some aliens when necessary, but Brother Sorskyar, you have to understand one thing, I only say these words to you, the Empire is a huge iron box, we are people standing outside the box, so we can see more, but we cannot let the people in the iron box know that they can survive without this box, then the box will be immediately demolished from the inside, I do not deny that the Dwarfs are quite powerful in some ways, and even they may really be abhumans. However, the more this is the case, the more cautious we must be, and even try to avoid them from getting involved in the Empire, or exerting influence on the Empire."