Like war, parties must come to an end.
When the green-skinned forces in the Ferron system were basically crushed, the Imperial Navy and the Astra Militarum took the lead in withdrawing from the war zone.
The navy was severely damaged in the continuous battles. Many warships were in urgent need of repair, and a large amount of supplies and personnel needed to be replenished. Only one patrol fleet was left in the system and it quickly left the sector.
The Astra Militarum only left a few regiments in the system, and then set off to places where they were needed more.
As the initiator of the campaign, the Ascetic Chapter, after relieving the great trouble in the Fulen System, will also set out to the edge of the Storm Star Territory to deal with the increasingly serious problem of gene stealers - this task the Ascetic Chapter intends to complete alone .
On the other hand, the greenskins on the main planet of Fulun were not completely wiped out, and there were still some strongholds that were still resisting. However, the greenskins who lost their top command quickly fell into internal fighting and had no time to organize a powerful counterattack.
The Weeper Chapter will finally eliminate this problem. They will temporarily stay in the Ferron System and use the temporary space orbital station of Gages as a base. On the one hand, they will continue to suppress the green skin activities in the system. To protect the colony ships coming from other galaxies - the Ferron galaxy and some valuable mining planets, the sector governor has already made corresponding development plans.
However, at the request of the Magyar Lords, most of the traces of the Weeper's existence were erased, and it was announced that they had gone on expeditions to other areas - except for a very few people, no one would know that this chapter is currently staying in Fernando. In the Lun Galaxy, all activities are secret.
The real mastermind, Soshyan Alexey, the Chapter Master of the Astral Knights Chapter that was the last to leave the galaxy, determined the Chapter's plan for the next thirty years.
Hibernating, gathering strength, and trying to collect any information about the planet Ullanor.
Specifically, it is to increase the number of new blood in the battle group as much as possible and restore the size of the battle group to at least one company's strength.
After leading the battle group back to Nessen IV, the first thing Soshiyan did was to actively contact Griffin IV near the Forge World in an attempt to repair the Vengeance-class large cruiser they had captured from the Orks.
However, the Mechanicus of Griffin IV did not seem to be too concerned about this project. Instead, they hoped that Soshyan would transfer this warship to them, which may contain some ancient relic technology.
The price is a squad of Indomitable Terminator armor, or a number of armored vehicles, such as Leman Russ tanks, or some variants of Chimera, as well as flying vehicles such as Storm Raven gunships, or a large number of individual weapons and equipment.
It has to be said that the people of the Mechanicus are still very down-to-earth in doing business, and their prices are not low.
But Soshiyang wants to make the battle group's fleet stronger. They are currently very few in number. Even if they have the combat equipment, there will not be enough manpower to use it for a while. As for the equipment used by the auxiliary army, there is not much equipment. value.
So the plan to repair the battleship can only be put on hold, waiting for an opportunity, or looking for a new forge world - there are several forge worlds in the Storm Star Territory, but they are all relatively far away.
As for the Spark, according to Loken, according to the current technical level and industrial strength, it will take at least three to five years for her to regain the combat capabilities of her heyday.
It is equivalent to saying that the Astral Knights Chapter will no longer be able to conduct any expedition activities or battles for a long time, and can only stay on the temporary home planet - unless they want to drive a frigate to fight.
At this point, Soshyan could only suppress his inner urgency and slow down his pace.
The battle group thus entered a long period of calm. The soldiers were separated from the fierce battles and trained, studied, and polished their combat skills every day to fully prepare for the next battle.
As for Soshyan himself, in addition to participating in daily training, what he does most is to inspect the transformation of new recruits.
The operation has now entered the fourth stage, and only 35 recruits have survived.
The situation is not optimistic.
But he had no better way than to encourage and appease the pharmacist as much as possible.
Because that's the way things are.
In addition, in his spare time, he would occasionally ask Brother Seid about some old things and problems of the Legion during the Great Crusade, especially about the original body and the aliens he traded with, as well as the way they used to fight.
Soshyan understood this not only out of curiosity, but also a little confused. What allowed the original body to touch the emperor's taboos at all costs. If it was just the webway, then Soshyan felt that such a drastic method was not needed. .
There must be other reasons inside.
But whenever he talked about this, Said would choose to avoid it and just told him that he would understand everything after finding the flagship.
"Welcome back, my lord."
Before walking through the corridor to reach his private room, Soshyan had to pass through his private armed room, where his servants were already waiting.
"Thank you."
Soshyan sincerely thanked his servant, and after a day of training, his body was eager to relax.
After he stood still in front of the weapon, before he could say anything, the servant came up.
The three men took off the Sheng Yan Sword from his waist and placed it on the weapon rack.
The other two men removed the bolter from the left thigh and placed it on the weapons rack as well.
Then, Soshyan walked to the armor rack and touched its touch screen.
In an instant, the red light above the glass door turned green, and the sound of the air pressure equalizing turned on.
The candlelight swayed due to this brief and sudden airflow, and the armor platform stretched out with a burst of mechanical sound.
It stopped, opened its fixed claws, and Soshyan turned around and retreated inside.
Then, round-headed claws grabbed hold of his backpack.
Then he raised his arms, and the other fixed claws grabbed his elbows.
The support frame came up to support his forearm, and the fixed frame grabbed the back of his shin guard.
He turned off the last bit of data flow on the visor, and then turned off the engine that powered the armor.
The armor suddenly lost power and pressed heavily on his shoulders, retracting the data interface connecting his nerves to the armor.
The servants stepped forward, and they pushed a metal cart forward. On the cart were many tools for dismantling armor.
While chanting the armor-removing prayer, they began to dismantle Soshyan's armor.
Soshyan also closed his eyes and quietly recited the armor-removing prayer with his attendants.
"The battle is over, but the war never ends."
They chanted:
"Rest belongs to warriors, repair belongs to ordnance, and praise the machine soul that protects us."
The helmet is the first part to be removed.
Of all the equipment, this one is the heaviest, even though it is not the one with the greatest mass.
As the helmet was removed from Soshyan's head, he breathed in the air of the monastery mixed with incense and holy oil, which made his lungs relax.
The air-tight part of the neck is the second to be removed.
The part peeled away from his slimy skin, releasing the moist air between the cracks in the armor.
The strenuous training gave him a smell of sweat, and Soshyan couldn't help but frown.
The body odor produced by angels is not much better than the body odor of ordinary people, and there are also many pungent chemical compounds in it - which are by-products of his strengthened body and flow out of the body with sweat.
