The Emperor’s Angel of Death

Chapter 3429: Musings of a Lexmechanic

Ever since understanding the history of his family and Armageddon, Solzhenitsyn had paid close attention to this place, because he knew what was hidden underground, and if the Greenskins occupied it, they might find something, then the Empire might face the Third Beast War.

The first two battles were a mess, and this third time, given the current situation of the Empire, it might be too much to handle, so prevention is the only option.

For this reason, he must always ensure that he has forces that can be mobilized at any time, instead of being stretched thin as in the Orpheus campaign this time.

In addition, there was also a message from the Archdiocese, but it was a bit strange. Ustade meant that the Tyranid offensive suddenly showed signs of weakening. Several tendril fleets either disappeared out of thin air or changed direction, which greatly reduced the defensive pressure on the Archdiocese. At the same time, the fortification work of the Archdiocese was progressing smoothly. More than thirty simple space fortresses based on satellites and asteroids have been built. In addition, eleven planets have completed ground fortification work. In addition, the guerrilla gunboat formations have initially taken shape, forming a defensive patrol system in several frontier star systems. The Defender fighter grid system has also deployed more than two thousand units and tens of thousands of fighters in the combat zone. These two legion-led star system defense plans have demonstrated extremely high efficiency in recent operations. Although they cannot pose a real threat to the Hive Fleets, they can resist those small-scale bio-ship clusters, which frees the fleet from having to put out fires everywhere and greatly improves strategic support capabilities.

In addition, after the reform by drawing on the structure of the Legion Auxiliary Army, the Faith Watch has also become a large-scale, well-trained, and professional force. The number and level of officers have been significantly improved, and the level of its weapons is also rapidly strengthening. In medium-intensity battles, it can completely operate independently of the Space Marines, and can even independently plan and deploy small-scale battles.

If the astropathic transmission is correct, Ustade said that the Faith Watch has been formed to a scale of more than two billion, which has reached the basic defense needs set by Solzhenitsyn before he left. He is also happy about this, because Ustade has shown the signs of a mature administrator.

There is nothing else. The main information is about the forge worlds of various allies. The Nason star system and Ulan Huda have produced another batch of warships. Together with the follow-up orders from Yellow Springs No. 8, these new ships have been assembled and are heading towards Orpheus. They should arrive soon. In addition, a large batch of weapons and equipment will arrive together. In addition, a batch of power armor produced using mordant-ceramic steel technology has been sent to the Archdiocese. This is the first time that Ulan Huda has used the cracked mordant technology. Its effect remains to be tested. If it is proven to be able to resist Tyranid acidic weapons to a certain extent, then the replication of this technology will be considered successful and can be fully promoted.

After reading it, Solzhenitsyn put down the data-slate and looked at Iliyan.

"Thank you for your hard work, Lexmechanic Iliyan. You seem to be a little confused?"

Hearing Solzhenitsyn's words, Iliyan coughed lightly, and then said in a low voice:

"I'm just a little...surprised to see the Randall being repaired so quickly."

Previously, due to damage to the internal facilities of the Randall, many devices in the astropathic tower also malfunctioned. Therefore, Iliyan and the choir temporarily worked on the main star of Amara. It was only these two days that he returned to the Randall. Although the external appearance was no different from the damaged state before, after entering, he realized that the damaged areas inside seemed to have been completely repaired. He even specifically walked around the ship to confirm his guess was correct. The Randall was almost completely repaired, only some of the outer armor was not repaired.

Considering that the Randall had been "missing" for a while, this inevitably raised suspicions.

Of course, this was not something that a "mere" Lexmechanic could investigate and doubt. In fact, the Space Knights had shown enough anomalies. With a little thought, one could know that this chapter was neither codex-compliant nor normal, and few chapters were as "inseparable" as the Space Knights and the White Templars. Even the closest brother chapters would live separately, not like this...

But now it's almost the forty-second millennium. After working in the Ultramarines for many years and being exposed to a lot of confidential information, Iliyan is naturally not the kind of person who only stares at rules and regulations. He still has some concept of the current situation of the Empire. To sum it up in one word—

Chaos!

Especially chaotic!

Not only is the situation chaotic, but people's hearts are also chaotic. In order to survive, everyone is not so particular about the rules. Even the Astartes may not be able to keep their former principles.

Treason, disobedience, and separatism are emerging one after another. Even Chapter Master Calgar often privately laments the turmoil and decay of the situation. Therefore, no matter how abnormal the Space Knights are, if the High Lords don't say anything, then others will naturally have nothing to say. After all, there are too many examples of "breaking the rules".

But not saying it doesn't mean there are no thoughts in my heart. After experiencing the tragic Battle of Amara, Iliyan's view of Solzhenitsyn is still quite complicated. He is convinced that this is a leader with great personality charm and ability, but he seems to have a very dangerous tendency towards separatism.

Iliyan is by no means an arbitrary person, but he believes in his observations and guesses all along. This Chapter Master Solzhenitsyn is not a simple warrior. He has his own unique political and military ideas, and is closer to a ruler. Such people are often the least willing to be restricted, because they all have a lot of ideas and strong personal will, and often feel dissatisfied with the existing system and institutions. Iliyan can be regarded as well-read. In history, such existences, no matter what their original intentions and original intentions were, will eventually move towards de facto separatism. This is also why simple warriors are often the easiest to get praise and rewards from the top—at least they can be reassured.

He knows that he is insignificant, but after serving in the Ultramarines for many years, Iliyan has personally formed a strong sense of responsibility.

Sometimes he often asks himself, should he do something?

Looking at Iliyan's hesitant expression, Solzhenitsyn chuckled.

"Doesn't it still look dilapidated on the outside?"

"Of course, I'm talking about the inside. When I saw it before, many facilities were damaged, and the Amara dockyards have not been repaired yet, so..."

"I did use some special methods."

Solzhenitsyn stood up.

"Lexmechanic Iliyan, are you interested in taking a look?"

Iliyan was very surprised by the other party's mention, but after thinking for a moment, he nodded.

"Since it is your request, I will of course accept it."

Solzhenitsyn then picked up a communicator on the table.

"Prepare Silver Sword One, yes, immediately."

Just as Solzhenitsyn put down the communicator, the doorbell rang again. Iliyan instinctively stood up, but Solzhenitsyn said:

"It doesn't matter, some private matters."