Warhammer, but Emperor's Chosen

"Gorgorion has made their glorious sacrifice, they are the heroes of the chapter! But there is no shame in surviving the battle, you have preserved the flame of the chapter, you are also heroes of the chapter!"

"The Rogue Trader has promised me that Dagonus will become the new homeworld of the Soul Drinkers."

"We will rebuild the Soul Drinkers, right here, on Dagonus! The new recruits will carry the gene-seed of the fallen. They will carry the will of the dead. And it is our responsibility to teach them how to fight, to show them what it means to die with honor."

"My brother, now is not the time to be depressed, raise your head!"

Chapter 101 Did you just say take away the young man?

In the study of the Dynasty Palace in the main hive of Dagonus.

Noah handed the signed data pad to Clementia and asked:

"Where is the Soul Drinkers stationed?"

Clementia whispered:

"It has been arranged. It is located at the spire of the Drevstad family. It will be expanded into a monastery for the Soul Drinkers."

As the former planetary governor and the family that had been in charge of the administration of Dagonus for generations, the wealth of the Drevstad family was almost inestimable. However, since its members had become street lamp pendants, their property was naturally confiscated by Noah.

Now giving the spire to the Soul Drinkers is a good way to make the best use of it.

"grown ups."

Clementia continued to report, "The wandering merchants Caligos Winterskell and Insentia Kurda sent us an astropathic signal. They will come to visit you in the near future to congratulate you on inheriting the von Valancius dynasty. Should we prepare a grand banquet?"

Noah thought thoughtfully. The Winterskyl Dynasty and the Kurda Dynasty were both famous Rogue Trader dynasties in the Coronus Expansion Area. They were the few Rogue Traders that could be ranked alongside von Valancius.

The difference is that the Winterskell family came to the Colonus Expansion from nothing, while von Valancius had to come to the Colonus Expansion to accumulate wealth again because his previous colonies had lost contact due to the isolation of the warp storm.

As Rogue Merchants from the Colonus Expanse, they were bound to deal with each other, and placing spies in each other's core worlds was a routine operation, so they knew each other well.

But it is hard to say how good the relationship between the three parties is.

After all, Rogue Merchants are in competition with each other, but there are only so many colonized planets. If you have one more, I have one less. They often stab each other in the back for the sake of profit.

They didn't come when Noah returned to Dagonus, and the successor Songdian didn't come to visit until more than half a year later. He even said that he came to send blessings. Who would believe it?

As for the real reason, Noah could guess it with his knees. It was most likely because of the Soul Drinkers.

If the Soul Drinkers really were to settle in Dagonus, it would have a sensational impact on the entire Coronus Expanse.

On the one hand, the security of the star regions where the Space Marines are stationed will undoubtedly be greatly guaranteed. After all, the tax exemption of the Space Marines' home planet is not free. The Space Marines not only have to defend their home planet, but also the security of the star region where the home planet is located.

On the other hand, the settlement of soul drinkers will inevitably lead to a redistribution of the power structure.

Therefore, even if it is for the sake of protecting their own interests, Winterskell and Kurda should come to Dagonus to find out the truth.

Since he had already guessed what they were going to do, Noah didn't bother to pay attention and said casually:

"No, I'll be leaving in two days, they can come if they want."

Clementia was a little surprised, but she quickly figured out the reason.

Dagonus has been pacified, and Noah is obviously not a person who likes to enjoy life.

Like Lady Theodora before him, this Rogue Trader has a love of adventure in his blood.

Although this is dangerous, it is the source of the wealth of the Rogue Merchant Dynasty!

Clementia did not ask Noah where he was going. A traveling merchant could go wherever he wanted and there was no need to report to her as the housekeeper.

Clementia asked carefully:

"My Lord, if they are going to contact the angels of the Soul Drinkers Chapter, do we need to stop them?"

Noah said nonchalantly:

"Why stop them? Don't worry about them. Don't stop them from doing anything, but remember to collect the money."

Just meet if they want to. Can they snatch the Soul Drinker away?

He and the Soul Drinker have a life-and-death friendship, what can others do to compete with him!

"clear."

Clementia had a smile on her face. She was quite good at this kind of thing.

"Go out, and ask Captain Sarpedon to meet you in my study."

"Yes, sir." Clementine Fuya bowed and left the study.

An hour later, Noah met Sarpedon and his honor guard in the study.

"Noah, what do you want from me?"

Sarpedon walked into the study and nodded slightly to Noah, while his honor guard remained outside.

Noah was almost like a rebirth for the Soul Drinkers. No matter what request he made, the Soul Drinkers would definitely help him!

Noah didn't beat around the bush and said briefly:

"Madam Theodora, the former Rogue Trader of the von Valancius Dynasty, once left behind a star map that contains fifty star systems that have never been visited by humans. And each of these fifty star systems has at least one planet that can be colonized. I hope that the Soul Drinker can explore these star systems on my behalf."

"Fifty colonized planets?"

Sarpedon's eyes were somewhat suspicious. Was your predecessor a wholesaler? How could there be so many?

It is not difficult to find a habitable planet in the universe, but it is difficult to find the subspace channel leading to these worlds. If there is no subspace channel, it will take decades to fly back and forth in the galaxy with a sublight speed engine.

New colonies are discovered in the human empire every day, and old colonies lose contact with the empire every day for various reasons.

Some were due to alien invasions, some were due to warp storms blocking the warp routes, and some were simply due to the negligence of Ministry of the Interior officials, which led to the loss or destruction of archives related to these worlds, and thus they were completely forgotten by the Empire.

The human empire rules over at least a million worlds, but there are even more planets that were once ruled by the empire but lost contact for various reasons. After all, humans once had a glorious dark technological age, and there are only a few planets in the galaxy that have never been visited by humans.

But as long as there are subspace channels, the journey can be greatly shortened and colonization becomes easy.

Sarpedon asked doubtfully:

"If there is a subspace channel, this task will not be difficult, but why leave it to me?"

Noah explained:

"I will be leaving Dagonus in two days. I have some matters to deal with in Macragge. I am not confident in leaving this matter to others. I can only leave it to the Soul Drinker."

For any Rogue Trader dynasty, finding those lost planets is their greatest source of wealth!

What does it mean to have fifty colonizable planets?

It is a lifetime of endless wealth and glory!

You must know that there are only five planets under the rule of the von Valancius Dynasty, and other merchant and wanderer dynasties will have even fewer!

Precisely because it is so precious, the star map in Noah's hand is enough to drive all wandering merchants crazy.

Such a simple colonization task can be done by any ship that can navigate in the subspace, but whether it can be accomplished is another matter.

If this matter were handed over to the nobles of Dagonus, the star map would almost certainly be leaked, and the colonial fleet sent by Dagonus would certainly be intercepted and killed by "pirates" on the way.

Even if this would offend the von Valancius dynasty, the huge benefits were enough for them to take the risk.

So although this matter seems simple, Noah can only feel at ease if he lets the Soul Drinker do it!

Sarpedon didn't dwell on anything else and asked with concern:

"Do you need me to send a team of Space Marines to escort you?"

"Need not."

Noah shook his head. "The Soul Drinkers are in a critical period of reconstruction now. There is no need to waste precious manpower on me. And you know that I have no shortage of guards."

Sarpedon remained noncommittal. He had fought alongside Zaku before and knew very well how powerful these knight-like mechas were.

Sarpedon asked:

"Once we find these planets, what do you need me to do?"

Noah had obviously thought about it, and explained in detail:

"If these planets are suitable for colonization, you can go find Clementia and migrate there from Dagonus. She will be responsible for coordinating the colonization work. Although Kiawa Gamma is only an industrial world, its production capacity is sufficient to meet general colonization needs. If that doesn't work, you can also seek cooperation with the Mechanicus."

Sarpedon nodded slightly:

"I will be responsible for ensuring the safety of these colonies."

"How's the recruiting going?"

"very nice."

Speaking of new recruits, Sarpedon's expression softened a lot. "There are 300 qualified people in the first batch, which is far beyond my expectations. According to this trend, the chapter can be completely rebuilt within half a century."

Noah smiled and said:

"Then you can take this opportunity to train your troops."

Sarpedon nodded heavily when he heard this, thinking that Noah was right.

Fifty colonizable planets can directly expand the scale of the Rogue Trader Dynasty by 1000%.

But Noah did not expect to be able to eat the big fat man in one bite. On the one hand, although the colonizable planets in these galaxies are real, Noah did not know whether there were people on them. If it was a world occupied by aliens, then the only way to deal with it was to issue an extermination order.

On the other hand, the Von Valancius Dynasty was limited in size, and was lucky to be able to colonize five planets in the early stages. After all, although Dagonus had hundreds of billions of people, these people had to maintain the production capacity of the hive, and it was impossible for all of them to be used for immigration.

Of course, it would be a different matter if there were already highly developed human civilizations on these colonizable planets.

Therefore, these fifty colonizable planets are actually the long-term plan that Noah has made for the von Valancius Dynasty. The huge benefits are enough to ensure the prosperity of the von Valancius Dynasty.

But Noah himself had neither the time nor the interest to do such a small thing, so he handed it over to the Soul Drinker.

As for Noah, he was going to the Maelstrom to find Huron, and to Macragge to find Calga.

This is the big deal!

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Latium Galaxy, Rome.

Before setting off for the Maelstrom, Noah made a special trip to Rome.

It is necessary not only to replenish the number of Zaku S-05, but also to see the development progress of Roma.

Noah asked: "Nono, is everything going well?"

Nono read the data cache of Love and Peace and said:

"So far, everything is going well. The unification of Rome has gone very smoothly. The Centaurs have some resistance to the change of faith between 'Qiba' and 'Emperor', but it has not spawned other branches of faith. It is still within controllable range.

"The Skitarii are still exploring the outskirts of that hive city and have found a number of usable STCs."

After a pause, Nono emphasized:

"It is complete."

Noah's face turned serious:

“The kind with a production plant?”

"Yes, although there are many signs of destruction outside the hive city, based on the exploration during this period, the Crusaders found that the core facilities of the hive world are still well preserved. If the plasma reactor of this city is restarted, it is very likely to come back to life. However, the Crusaders have not yet found the location of the plasma reactor, so this is just speculation."

Noah frowned and asked:

"Then how did it die?"

"It's not clear yet."

Noah felt more and more that something was wrong.

The appearance of the centaurs alone is a bit strange, and the demise of this hive city is even more difficult to understand!

If a war had ever broken out on this planet, resulting in the destruction of the previous civilization, and the remaining centaurs re-developed into a feudal society within ten thousand years, then Noah could barely understand it, as similar things had happened quite a few times in the world under the rule of the empire.

But if even the factory facilities of the hive city can be preserved intact, then even if a war has broken out on this planet, it would not be too intense, at least it would not cause civilization to directly regress to feudal society or even the Stone Age.

If it wasn't war, how did the civilization of this planet disappear?

Nono saw Noah's worry and asked softly:

"Do you want to suspend the exploration of the hive city?"

Noah pondered for a moment and said slowly:

"No, let the Skitarii continue exploring. But if a plasma reactor or similar energy source is found, it must not be activated without authorization! Do not let this city come back to life before finding out what happened."

Noah asked again: "How many Zaku do we have now?"