The Emperor’s Angel of Death

“In fact, apart from you and the Grey Knights, no Chapter can enjoy this kind of treatment. Not to mention warships, every bolter, every chainsword, and even every bullet is precious to most Chapters. They can only survive, continue, and fight with the most limited resources. Even the Astral Knights were like this for a long time, so how can we be so generous?”

“Astartes are born to die, and the mission of weapons is to destroy the enemy. As long as we can win, everything can be discarded. But you cherish your lives and your weapons so much, what do you want to do?”

Sorskyan smiled self-deprecatingly and replied:

“Because there is something more terrifying than death, it forces the Chapter Masters of the Astartes to make choices that are beneficial to themselves in unfavorable situations.”

“What?”

“Oblivion.”

After saying these two words, Asterion was also silent. The two of them stared at each other quietly for more than ten seconds, and finally he chose to turn and leave without saying a word.

With a slight smile, Sorskyan followed him out.

After returning to the hall, Sorskyan did not announce the result, but announced a series of defense plans, but everyone judged the result from this.

After dealing with the Minotaurs incident, Sorskyan found the representative of the Votan Alliance Shunfeng Interstellar Logistics Federation who came to Orpheus with him and proposed a new order, but the other party said that the risk of this order was a bit too high.

Based on Sorskyan's understanding of the Hearthkyn, saying it was high instead of directly refusing actually meant a disguised price increase. So, after further negotiations, an agreement was reached with an increase of nearly 170% on top of the already extremely high transportation price. According to the location given by Sorskyan, the Hearthkyn would transport all the materials in those warehouses to Orpheus within half a month—in fact, the transportation price alone far exceeded the price of these grains and materials, but now it is not a question of money. For Amara preparing for war, most things cannot be bought. The Hearthkyn's expenses can be settled with minerals and Eldar handicrafts, but food and materials may not be exchanged for minerals and Eldar handicrafts so quickly.

In order to increase the efficiency of material recovery, Sorskyan also announced a long-term reward order in the entire Orpheus in the name of the sector governor. Anyone, regardless of their identity, can exchange key materials brought back from the Orpheus occupied area for high-value physical rewards or promethium coins that have begun to be issued in Orpheus.

The materials were also classified according to their types, with the highest level being the technological products of the Adeptus Mechanicus, such as the personal memory storage units of dead Tech-Priests, or combat robots lost on the occupied planets.

The second highest was military equipment, with the highest level being heavy equipment such as Leman Russ tanks, Chimera transports, or Valkyries.

Dozens of levels were listed, containing thousands of categories.

In addition to increasing the efficiency of material recovery, this also had the effect of stabilizing local order, giving those desperadoes or adventurers a goal, at least preventing them from causing trouble on the planet or in the hive cities. It also provided more opportunities for the shipbuilding industry. Sorskyan, in his busy schedule, also formulated a ship development plan for Orpheus, planning to build 20 small shipyards, 5 medium shipyards, and 2 large shipyards within ten years. These newly built shipyards will definitely not be able to build warships at the beginning and must gradually train skilled technicians starting from small civilian ships. A large number of adventurers will provide many orders. Although their money may not be able to buy ships, the newly established Orpheus Relief Bank can lend a portion!

Having managed the Nysen system for so many years, Sorskyan already had his own set of governance models. He often activates the economic production vitality of a region by running both administrative directives and the private economy in parallel, and he attaches great importance to the role of finance and currency in it.

In addition, in order to complete Orpheus's future "self-sufficiency" plan, Sorskyan also brought the technology of Project 520, the Terror Lion tank, to Orpheus, as well as a series of self-developed weapons and equipment such as the Defender fighter and the Guerilla-class space gunboat. Their characteristics are simplicity, low cost, and practicality, which are very suitable for the Orpheus sector, which has a certain industrial base. As long as they are equipped in large numbers, the sector's defense capabilities can be improved by several levels.

Of course, his behavior may seem a bit too generous to outsiders. After all, Orpheus is not his or the Star Knights' territory. Protecting it is their duty and responsibility to the Imperium, but developing it only benefits the rulers of the sector.

And those who know Sorskyan know that when he makes this series of arrangements, it means that Orpheus will no longer be an area that has nothing to do with the Star Knights. Just like the Archdiocese, it is now nominally under the control of the Ecclesiarchy, but in reality, it has long become the secret territory of the Star Knights, or rather, the Eleventh Legion, and is firmly controlled from top to bottom.

The Archdiocese is like this, and Orpheus is no exception. Even with the existence of the sector governor, this matter is even easier—after the destruction of the Soul Drinkers Chapter, the only one who can protect Orpheus is the Star Knights. As long as the sector governor's brain is okay, he will know how to choose.

Now, what Sorskyan needs most is time, but he has no control over this time at all. He doesn't know where the enemy is, and naturally, he doesn't know when they will attack.

Fortunately, what Amnak said about damaging two Tomb Ships when he lost control may be true. In the nearly one month since the Minotaurs Chapter arrived, the Menak Dynasty has not launched any attacks. Even after the Hearthkyn transported the goods Sorskyan requested, they went to the occupied areas to run "private jobs"—helping some nobles find their lost family property or something else in the occupied areas. This kind of business is very popular in Amara. During the Bloody Hundred Days, a considerable number of nobles from the systems close to Amara escaped. However, the difficult life and high prices forced them to find their past property.

Correspondingly, various adventure businesses are also booming. Those explorers travel through the ruins, looking for anything of value. Their activities greatly expanded Amara's warning range.

With the enemy not reacting for a long time, the originally silent calls for a counterattack began to rise again, especially among those refugee nobles and ruling classes. They were eager to take back their former homes and territories, even if they were already empty. Anyway, the Imperium never lacks people, and they can recruit immigrants from other sectors or escort prisoners.

At first, Sorskyan didn't pay much attention to it, but after a long time, he began to consider whether to recapture several systems adjacent to Amara to see the Necrons' reaction, since those worlds had no garrison troops.

Finally, Sorskyan made a decision and dispatched thirteen vanguard teams, each with 20,000 people, mainly composed of soldiers and Mechanicus priests, to station in three adjacent systems and try to restore the facilities of the system capitals, and establish detection stations to form a basic early warning network.

However, in the midst of this anxious waiting, an unexpected guest came to visit him.