"Okay, I take back what I said before..." Calvin smiled and did not argue with these ardent admirers of the emperor.
With his current status and resources, if he wanted to do something for these battle sisters, there could be a better way that the other party could not refuse.
In fact, this is exactly the case.
In the twentieth year after Calvin returned to Terra, after the proposal of the Imperial State Church and the promotion of the Inquisition, the Senate of Terra finally approved:
The three major Orders of Fighting Sisters, headquartered in the Holy Hermitage of Ophelia, all received valuable quotas to establish branches at once.
At that time, the Order of the Bloody Rose Battle Sisters, which had recovered from the damage to its organization, had received double favor from the Imperial Church and the Inquisition:
The Imperial State Church showed a rare display of generosity.
They promised to pay all the expenses of this new order during the establishment of the army, and to guarantee their future recruitment and garrison distribution around the world.
As for the Tribunal, it was even more silent.
In an unknown night, a mechanical priest who claimed to be from Krieg walked down from the starport of their garrison world.
On behalf of the huge industrial complex behind him, he signed a 300-year equipment supplement agreement with this Order of Battle Sisters.
The price is a throne coin. Well, it’s extremely expensive…
Of course, these are all things for later, and now, after finishing the conversation with the Battle Sisters, Calvin turned his questioning eyes to the captains of the Ultramarines and the Imperial Fists.
The former, backed by the strong strength of the Five Hundred Worlds of Ultramar, does not lack industrial consumables such as weapons and equipment.
Therefore, from Stuart's highly emotional and politically savvy dialogue, Calvin expressed that he owed a valuable favor to the Ultramarines Chapter on behalf of his Order of the Holy Hammer.
And at the former's warm invitation, Calvin promised that if he had time, he would go to the Five Hundred Worlds of Ultramar in person to "pay homage" to the Emperor's Children, Imperial Regent, Holy Gene Primarch, and Lord of the Thirteenth Legion. ——The glory of Roboute Guilliman.
As for whether the relationship between Calvin and the Ultramarines is really a simple visit and "pilgrimage" trip as they agreed on, only they themselves know...
His eyes turned to Captain Hornthorne of the Imperial Fists.
Although Calvin had dealt with the Sons of Dorne more than once, he was mentally prepared for this conversation.
But when it came time to actually come into contact with these "stone men", Calvin would still lament their stubbornness, and seriously doubt whether the genes of the empire's "Final Wall" were too powerful.
Otherwise, why would every son of Dorne he met be so introverted and not good at talking...
"We have nothing to say... Well, if I have to say it, Terra's conscription incident is even."
After saying this, the high-ranking commander of the Imperial Fist turned around and left amid the astonishment of Calvin and Stewart.
"This..." Even though he was as emotionally intelligent as Stuart, he was also overwhelmed by Hornthorne's operation.
He looked at Calvin for help, hoping that this "giant" who was not only rising rapidly in the imperial power system, but would also have a strong influence among the Astartes group, would not let Hornthorne Offended by bluntness.
As far as he knew, the current situation of the Imperial Fists was far from the ideal shown outside.
Their losses in the "Beast War" were extremely heavy.
After the "Final High Wall Agreement" was launched, although they concentrated the power of all the "Emperor Fist" series battle groups, they struggled to win the battle against the orcs.
But as a price, the Imperial Fists' Chapter Headquarters—that is, this direct force originating from the Seventh Legion during the Great Crusade—has died in battle with the death of the last Bloodborn of the Chapter, Second Captain Kurland. Completely losing the last spark of fire.
Yes, this founding war group is no longer the one left by Rogal Dorn.
Today's Imperial Fists are mainly composed of the Astartes of the Paragon Fist with a shameful record of rebellion, and are composed of gene seeds donated by other Astartes chapters of the "Imperial Fists".
And their situation is not satisfactory. The coup led by Kurland can be said to be a helpless move due to the current situation.
But even if the final result was good, it still destroyed Roboute Guilliman's original intention and painstaking efforts in compiling the Codex Astartes.
The fragile trust that it took thousands of years for the political center of the Empire to re-establish in the Astartes was once again trampled and shattered in this coup.
The mortal rulers headed by the Imperial Administration Council, without exception, for thousands of years since then, have all looked at the Phalanx floating behind the moon with suspicion and fear when they first took office.
Are the Imperial Fists guilty? Of course the current empire would not admit it.
Because without the sacrifice of the Imperial Fists, it is doubtful whether the Empire would still exist today.
Are the Imperial Fists innocent?
It was precisely because of their reckless and brutal "riot" that the Empire never thought of destroying this dangerous beast, the Astartes Chapter, no matter how great the crisis was in the following thousands of years. Release from the constraints of the Holy Code.
There is no other reason, just because mortals clearly know that this beast is an existence that they cannot control. Once released, there is no chance of driving it back into its cage.
Warlord separatism is already the lightest consequence of this behavior. Under the leadership of the military government, the most likely outcome is the military government's complete destruction of the empire.
Can't let it go...can't put it...
This is the most important entrustment given by rulers of all ages to their successors when they reach the end of their lives.
How innocent are the other Chapters of the Empire? What are the crimes of the billions of people in the empire?
The internal depletion of resources caused by this distrust, the failure of local wars caused by this distrust, the hundreds of millions of imperial soldiers who died, and the deaths of hundreds of millions of civilians, who should they turn to to collect debts?
Every time this time comes, someone will always make an entry in the Imperial Fists' ledger.
Perhaps it was a certain Imperial veteran who knew the danger of the war ahead, but did not dare to let the Astartes fight together;
Perhaps it was the leader of a certain Astartes Chapter who had lost sight of one thing because he only had less than a thousand troops in his hands, seeing countless people of the Empire in ruins.
Because of the information and intelligence advantages brought by their status, these high-ranking people all have a deep understanding of where this nail that has been deeply engraved in the body of the empire since the Great Rebellion came from.
They also knew who it was that, after experiencing a precious millennium of life, had once again tore this wound that should have healed gradually with the passage of time into an inextricable knot.
Death is a big deal.
The dead Kurland is destined not to know and cannot continue to pay the price for this behavior. Perhaps if he were given another choice, he would make the same choice as the son of Dorne. Who knows?
But living sins are hard to redeem!
Every failure in the empire's foreign wars due to these problems is a bad debt recorded by the mortal rulers on the Imperial Fist!
The humiliation and suspicion that every Astartes chapter suffered because they were not trusted was their increasing indifference towards the Imperial Fist. In the end, they saw this Imperial Fist having a bad relationship with the Black Templars within their own system. The ultimate reason for its decline and irrelevance!
But now, an opportunity was placed in front of Hornthorne, but he stubbornly refused to bend down to pick it up.
Because of the emergence of Calvin, the Imperial Senate was capable and confident for the first time, and had power equal to that of the Astartes Chapter.
And its leaders have enough goodwill towards the Imperial Fists to promote the opportunity for the Imperial Council and the Imperial Fists to reach a comprehensive reconciliation for the first time in thousands of years! Right in front of Hornhorn!
But he just refused to open his mouth!
Stewart is going crazy!
It’s true that the emperor is not in such a hurry that he is... anxious!
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