Warhammer, Rogue Trader Notes

Harkos' strong desire to control keeps him in a very busy state every day. He really doesn't like a small aviation academy. There are many planets in the Calixis sector, and many of them can produce excellent planets. The hive capital of HNA pilots.

"Since you brought up this matter, I can write you a letter of introduction, and you can send someone to Sepramondi to recruit a group of pilot instructors from the Obscure Starfield Fleet."

Harkos decided to send a gift anyway in recognition of Siegel's support of the Empire.

"Thank you so much." Siegel did not refuse the gift, and the gratitude and excitement in his voice satisfied Governor Harkos.

This gift is indeed precious. After all, it is a rare opportunity to poach someone from the Star Field Fleet.

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Volume 64 Siegel Foster: Chapter [-] You see this is coming, it's a bit much

"A little thing, too, about Sintila's Planetary Defense Force."

"I remember that the unit controlled by your family is... the 94th regiment, right? I remember that the trial court gave the regiment a commendation order before."

"Yes." Of course, Siegel would not argue with Harkos about whether the reward order was once or twice, "The problem I came this time is mainly for them."

"what happened?"

"I'm considering increasing investment in the Planetary Defense Force on Sintila. I plan to expand the 94th Regiment. But legally speaking, the Planetary Defense Force and the Galaxy Defense Fleet on Sintila are your personal soldiers. , which requires your consent."

"Oh yes, that's the case." As the governor of the star area, Hakos has the right to mobilize the imperial armed forces in the entire star area, but whether it is a special force like the Astartes, or the Imperial Guard or the Imperial Navy, these The ownership of military power belongs to the empire, and his own military power is only his army as the governor of Sintila.

The composition of the Planetary Defense Force has also been mentioned before. Although the planetary nobles will have a lot of influence in these troops, their nominal leader is undoubtedly the local planetary governor. After all, the salaries of the soldiers are still paid by the planetary government. Responsible.

"Hmm...94 Regiment..." Hakos pondered for a moment, he picked up a small thinker panel, and retrieved the information on it.From the direction of Siegel, you can see that there are some lists of planetary defense forces on it.

"How about I give you five more regiments?" Hakos was generous, and gave five regiments in one breath, "Heavy infantry regiment? Or armored regiment? You name it."

【You are shameless enough. 】

"Too many..." Siegel looked at Harkos with a look of embarrassment on his face. His bottom line was to change the 94th regiment to a reinforced regiment, or to prepare an additional infantry regiment.It was a surprise that Harcus gave him five regiments, but he still had to put on a show.

A standard Imperial Guard regiment has 7000 men. Of course, this number fluctuates greatly. For example, Krieger's iconic siege regiment can reach 20 men, while Tanis's only regiment has less than 2000 men.

Five regiments are planned to be established, including the previous 94 regiments, which is close to 6 people. The Foster family is responsible for the recruitment and training, and the planetary finance is responsible for the salary.As for the equipment, Siegel is definitely responsible for what was not mentioned. It happens that all kinds of weapons and equipment stored in the warehouse can be installed in the army to make room for the warehouse.

"Not much, not much, I originally wanted to give you the establishment of ten regiments."

Since Sintila is the capital of the star region, and above it is the berth of the Calixis fleet, the Planetary Defense Force on Sintila's mainland is theoretically only enough to pay eleven taxes a year under the condition of ensuring the planet's security.Every year when the [-]th tax is paid, officers, non-commissioned officers, veterans, and technicians are drawn from the PDF to set up the shelf of the army, and then start to catch the strong men in the middle and lower nests.

Even so, the nearly 6 PDF soldiers are inconspicuous among the planetary defense forces of the entire hive world.The reason why the Foster family only funded one regiment is that the family itself is not very powerful in Sintila. In addition, as a rogue trader, it seems strange that Siegel wants so many troops, so he has to pretend.

"It's really too much." Siegel looked at the old thing in front of him. Although he was very happy to pick up a bargain, he also felt strange. He didn't think that the other party was thinking about the things in his warehouse.Due to the comparison of the nobles of Sintila, whether it is the PDF funded by the family or the fusiliers handed over to the empire, the equipment is one after another luxurious.

"Other families will be happy to accept your proposal. I want to know what happened behind this. I need to prepare an army for you."

After thinking about it, Siegel realized that the other party wanted to build an army by himself, which obviously had a purpose. Since he didn't value the guy in his hand, he valued the combat effectiveness of the army.

"You are very sharp. If I hadn't stopped you, the 94th Regiment would have been conscripted by that fellow Solomon." Huckos leaned back in his chair, his tone becoming a little heavy.

Siegel understands the melancholy question of Harkos, the Achilles expedition, which began in his childhood, is now caught in a dilemma.

Through the Arch of Jericho, the vast military power of the Empire can emerge from the Calixis Sector of the Obscure Sector to the Jericho Sector of the Ultimate Sector.Through this leap channel across the entire galaxy, the Empire began its own expedition.

But in fact, the expedition was more difficult than imagined. Many people who knew about the expedition, including Siegel, also believed that the expedition had failed.

"I'm happy to do my part for the cause of the Empire, but with all due respect, on the massive front of the Achilles Expedition, a regiment of the Imperial Guard could die quietly, and the 94th seems to have nothing to note The place."

From what he knew, the Jericho sector was full of ghosts and monsters: the human world lost in the universe in the dark ages, the military power of the Tau Empire, Chaos, Greenskins, Tomb Kings, and the swarm called "Dagon".

"The logistics department of the expedition is just using this method to accuse us of insufficient supplies in the rear... Now the prospect of the entire expedition is not clear." Harkos's understatement is not clear, and behind it are the deaths and injuries of billions of imperial guards.

"Compared to the army formed by those nobles, the imperial guards recruited from you don't look like people from Cintila. Although I don't care about the rumors outside, since you are here, why not solve this problem one time."

Siegel felt that the other party did not say something, but now there is too little information in hand, and it is not clear what kind of medicine is behind the star governor.

"Since you said so, as a Sintila, I should do something. I can guarantee that the soldiers turned in from the legion I have built will have a considerable degree of combat effectiveness." Siegel agreed to this job, This kind of army with records, Siegel is not too much. If he can use the eleventh tax to infiltrate his influence into the Imperial Guard, it will also be good for future operations.

In fact, the way to keep Xintila's troops in combat is very simple, that is to let those noble officers roll as far as they can.Sintila Fusiliers is a typical representative of a raging nest. Siegel only needs to dig some reliable commanders from other planets.

"Okay, I appreciate your aura, I won't let you make such a big sacrifice in vain." Harcus patted Siegel's shoulder with his hand with a huge ruby ​​ring, "Do this well , you will get something in return from me."

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The Achilles Crusade was badly fought, and the Jericho sector was also the main area of ​​Deathwatch activity.

How miserable is the Achilles expedition... probably because of my update time

Volume 65 Siegel Foster: Chapter [-] A Good Thing

Since Siegel returned from Governor Harkos, he has been studying the records of Calixis' major events collected by the family during the past few days. Siegel is not sure about the intentions of Governor Harkos. , he doesn't mind being used by others, but he still wants to figure out what the other party is going to do.

He intuitively felt that this was not a good thing, but since the heads of the star regions had spoken, he couldn't just fool around with this matter.Siegel felt that expanding his influence in PDF would help to maintain the safety of the Foster family's property in Sintila, and these armed forces were also a means of deterring those who had two hearts outside the family.

Siegel took Tarsus' storage list and studied how to design the preparation plans for these PDF regiments.

His plan is to divide the five regiments to be established this time into two mechanized infantry regiments, two armored regiments, and a self-propelled artillery regiment.As for the 5th Regiment, which will be reorganized into an elite force, Siegel intends to build the troops into a force similar to that of Kasherzin and Krieg Engineers, but it will focus on the narrow and complex formation of hive capitals and hulks. Special forces performing missions in the region.

But if this is done, the various equipment transported from Vraks before will not be able to meet the needs of the 94th Regiment. Weapons such as plasma and fusion are fine, but hell guns and carapaces must be ordered from the foundry world. Even Vraks doesn't have these as storage supplies.

When Siegel and Mel talked about this matter, she said that the biggest goal of Dynasty should be to bid for the next warship. As for the small matter of PDF equipment, she can solve it in one night.

Then she took out the design drawings of an automatic gun and a shotgun the next day and gave them to Siegel, and said disdainfully that there is no need to eat a fat man in one go, no matter how elite the PDF is, it is not worth giving it to them With Hellgun and Carapace, with her products and Guard's flak.

With a lot of pride in her tone, she said to Siegel that the firearms on the blueprints are more than enough as a low-level replacement for the hell gun. As for the more dangerous enemies, a plasma or melta is better than the hell gun. .

Siegel thought about it for the same reason. After all, his armed sailors haven't used the hell gun and carapace yet.

He took the few blueprints from Mel's servo arm, and complained in his heart that the Mechanic Adept's research on basic firearms is really proficient.After realizing that he didn't understand much, he humbly asked Mel for advice on the design of firearms.

The design ideas of firearms are in line with the aesthetics of the empire as always.On a deeper level, the empire and the green skins have basically the same level of weapon appreciation, and they are both designed based on the idea that more is beautiful, and bigger is better.The shotgun adopts the largest caliber acceptable to the mortal army and a reasonable ammunition capacity; while the automatic gun is equipped with rails for hanging weapons and equipped with auxiliary sights.

Compared with ordinary shotguns and automatic guns, the design drawings provided by Mel are more sophisticated in terms of materials and technical requirements. Siegel may need to find the best gun factory in Gunmetal City to process these guns.

In his heart, he was a little speechless about the fact that he suddenly got busy, and he remembered that he wanted to find a ship steward to help him with trivial matters. It seemed that this matter had indeed been put on the agenda.

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The bidding for the navy's decommissioned warships will begin in a few days, and Siegel begins his own journey to the hive capital Tarsus.

When Siegel led a group of people to Tarsus, the establishment promised by Hakos had been approved.Two days before the start of the bidding, Siegel came to the resident of the 94th Regiment. Looking at the noisy scene of the regiment's resident, the atmosphere of the whole regiment was in a rather delicate atmosphere.

With the expansion of the army, the planetary government did not parachute down a commander, but instead promoted him to Colonel Kellerman. He will serve as the commander-in-chief of the group after all the training of the six regiments prepared by the Foster family is completed.

After all, the next five regiments to be established are all based on the 5th regiment, which means that the 94th regiment is not only officers and non-commissioned officers, but even veterans have been promoted by leapfrogging.

After learning that he came to the barracks, General Kellerman, the former head of the 94th regiment and now promoted to lieutenant general, came to the barracks gate to greet him enthusiastically, "My lord, I am so glad to see you, Foster No matter what the family needs, I will spare no effort to repay my lord's cultivation."

This big gift was indeed too much for Kellerman. Siegel looked at this officer of the Planetary Defense Force who was much older than him without the slightest arrogance or reluctance. He flattered himself respectfully and said: I don't care about some inappropriate remarks. On the contrary, some people feel refreshed and refreshed on happy occasions.

After all, all of this is inseparable from the support of the Foster family. At Kellerman's age, what else can't be let go?Moreover, Siegel's refusal to accept the request of noble officers made him a lot easier. Without those uncles in the team, even a commander like him who only went to an ordinary military academy can lead the team well.

"You look very good, and the general's uniform and collar patch look suitable for you." Siegel did not enter the barracks, he turned and walked towards the storage area on the other side. After all, he still wanted to save some face for Kellerman , as for the officers and soldiers, the frost on their uniforms will tell them who it all comes from now.

The current appearance of the storage area is similar to that of the military camp. After receiving Siegel's warrant, the entire storage area also started the "separation" operation.The warehouse that was originally full of piles has been emptied by nearly half, and boxes and boxes of laser guns are put away according to the difference of the next group membership.The equipment of the heavy weapons team and the fire support team were also packed.

The mechanical priests repaired and awakened the Leman Ruth tank and the petrified lizard self-propelled artillery in turn. Among the vehicles, only the Valdor destroyer and the Krasus armored vehicle were not put into the preparation work.

"Although the strength of the six regiments is a bit large, it should not be a problem for you. Sintila will not have any complicated battles, but given the level of other colleagues, I think there will be honors and awards." Siegel encouraged the general of the defense force in front of him.

Hearing Siegel's words, Kellerman couldn't help showing a smile on his face, as if he had a good fantasy about his future.

Siegel did not break his fantasy. It is foreseeable that a large number of soldiers and officers from these 6 regiments will enter the ranks of the Imperial Guard in the future, but Kellermann is definitely not among them.After all, a militia general with mediocre abilities may not be able to bear the heavy responsibility of the empire's war.

But this must be a good thing for Kellerman, a great thing.

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Saw the new toys of the Astra Militarum,

The Regent gave his "favor" to the Astra Militarum with new tanks.

Looks a bit like Matilda?I don't know much about this, I've heard others say it.

Speaking of which, the armaments of the empire are moving in the direction of multi-strength, "big is better, and more is beautiful".

It's not unreasonable to think about it carefully. After all, the 40K ghosts and snakes look relatively defensive in the background.

Volume 66 Siegel Foster: Chapter [-] The Financial Industry and the Starship Auction

The center of the hive Tarsus.

Siegel and Sandolahi walked into the VIP channel of the Golden Hand, where they could go to the next bidding site.

In this passage, Siegel can see the most important institution in the center of the hive capital Tarsus, the trading hall of the Golden Hand.It is a vast, infinitely complex financial market where commodity futures and stocks are bought and sold at dizzying speed, with vast quantities of goods changing hands every hour.

Traders representing companies across the planet or industry buy and sell stocks here, and intrigue is the norm here.The golden hand never closes, the hall is always full of people, and traders operating from it shout out quotes or expletives in a complex trader code called "gold talk".

Most traders are accompanied by armed bodyguards. After all, some violence or assassination is harmless in the face of huge interests.The activity here is also intense, and those who work there rarely last long before exhausting themselves.

Siegel watched as a trader was stripped of his clothes and thrown out of the hall. Naturally, the risks in the financial market need not be said. It is normal to win and lose. Those financial agents who caused the nobles to lose a lot of gold coins will have no Anyone who walks defensively into the desert outside Tarsus, atones for their mistakes.

Siegel has a certain degree of prejudice against the financial market. After all, as a galaxy empire, the financial market of a planet or star area is too vulnerable to setbacks caused by various accidents.A family that has been cultivating on a planet for a long time can't control the market of a planet. Why should the Foster family take such a big risk to make money in this situation.

Siegel's exploration in the void is already full of danger.He only handed over a small portion of the Foster family's property to the Colleen family, and he operated in the financial market. He didn't care whether he made money or lost money. contact.

Rogue traders have their own preferences when it comes to relocating the fixed assets of the dynasty. After all, they have different ideas about whether to store grain, store guns, or build factories.

Among them, there are indeed players who like the financial industry, such as the current leader of the Saul Dynasty, Jon Kun Saul.He is an outlier among rogue traders, keen on honest management, steady and steady operation, and working as a charter fleet with a trading license.

Aside from the fact that most of his routes are between the Expansion and the Calixis star sector, it is hard to see the difference between him and those charter fleets that drive huge fleets of sub-light transport ships. Even the flagship of the family is a transport ship. Boat.Every time he travels, he will bring a huge fleet of transports, and he will happily hire those small dynasties to serve as escorts for his fleet.

But the huge transport fleet also gave him the capital to influence the financial market of a planet or star area. He proclaimed himself a trade admiral, and he did have the confidence to call himself that, because their dynasty was indeed rich and very rich.

Siegel looked at the broad-shouldered and handsome middle-aged man in front of him. The two of them looked at each other with smiles on their faces, and after earnestly saying hello to each other, they walked side by side enthusiastically.

"My God, I haven't seen you for a long time, Siegel. Your hand is..." The relationship between Jongkun and Siegel can be considered harmonious, and he is also a devout believer of the state religion , he is even more fanatical than Siegel, and he prays to the Emperor every day.

If there is anything that makes Qiong Kun choose to use force instead of negotiation, then it must be the heresy trampling on the belief of the God Emperor.Naturally, there was a missionary on his ship. Compared to Remulle, this missionary named Lucius had more normal abilities. He successfully converted several worlds to the state religion.

"You have scars on your face. In our line of work, there is no one who is not injured. Moreover, in terms of the danger at that time, I can accept this loss." Siegel made fun of the other party. A vertical scar above the eye, and signaled the other party not to care about it.

"It must be the God Emperor's blessing that allowed you to escape from such a trap, my brother." In terms of age, Jon Kun undoubtedly knew Siegel's father, but in non-kinship family interactions, generally They will adapt to their seniority.

"Naturally, it is God's blessing." Siegel still recognized this point. Without the magic spell performed by Remulle, Siegel might not have the chance to escape from that catastrophic subspace accident.

"You are also here to participate in the bidding today? Why don't you tell me your goal, so as to save me from wasting effort on it, I can't compete with a trade general."

"It's just to buy two small boats to support those boys who have just gone to sea, how about you? Are you looking at the moon-class ship or the dictator-class ship?"

"Hey, Governor Harkos asked me to expand the planetary defense force by 5 regiments. God Emperor, I equip them according to the highest standard. Now the money is very tight. I will see if I can pick up a cheaper one. , Anything can be used to supplement the number of family fleets." Siegel naturally laughed and bypassed all this, friendship is friendship, business is business, we still have to look at it separately.

"There is no truth at all." Joan Kun nodded Siegel with a smile that I understand you.The two then walked into a small room that was dark, lit only by some servo skulls and candles.

On the high platform used to finalize the deal, the imperial sky eagle was carved in metal. The room was slightly small, but Siegel could feel the air circulating.

He looked at the official personnel who were already seated in front of him, including naval officers, clerks of the Ministry of the Interior, mechanical priests in charge of data verification, and the master of ceremonies for bidding work, but when Siegel noticed the general star on the collar badge of the naval officer , he frowned slightly.

Siegel and Jon Kun sat separately, and Siegel and Sandoraixi sat side by side.As time went by, more and more Rogue Traders appeared here.

Marchenko, Bastille, Lee, Almeran, Jarrett, Trasco, Saul, Kulda, and Foster, the masters or representatives of several dynasties gathered in this small and dark venue.

Each of them made a name for themselves in either the Kronos Expansion or the Calixis Sector.Obviously, the bidding for the decommissioning of this ship has attracted a lot of attention.

The entire venue fell into a strange silence. The bidders looked at each other, making each other's faces match the opponents or partners in their impressions, recalling the previously analyzed information about the opponent's power, financial resources, and goals.

The tense competitive atmosphere has begun to spread in this room, and Siegel even felt that the sound of the hammer falling at this time might make some people couldn't help touching their waists.

Snapped

The sound of the hammer falling echoed in the small room, and the auction officially started.

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Yes, the empire has a financial industry.

To be honest, I think those who play finance in the environment of the empire are all ruthless people.

After all, the only unsurprising thing about the Empire is that accidents happen.

Volume 67 Siegel Foster: Chapter [-] Accidents happen unexpectedly.

In this not-so-spacious room, the atmosphere of the bidding meeting was tense and exciting.After seeing the list of participants, Siegel gave up the competition between light cruisers and frigates. He calmly observed the noteworthy objects in the room, not only his next competitors on the cruiser, but also Taiwan. Several people on the board.

Siegel watched the admiral seriously watching the rogue traders who were bidding fiercely in the audience. From his expression, it seemed that he was not very satisfied with the buyer who was about to accept the naval ship.