"We were attacked by the Minotaur Chapter in Dakia! The Chapter Leader and other brothers were trapped on the planet. We fought our way back to seek help!"
When Soshyan came to the Fortress of Tribulation, the first thing he saw was the scarred Mother of Tears. Almost none of her armor plates were intact, and the superstructure was almost torn apart. If it weren't for her ancient and solid structure, If it fails, I'm afraid it won't be able to support the return trip.
Afterwards, he met Taimur Ace, the fourth company commander of the Lamenters, who was in no better condition than the Mother of Tears. His power armor was full of craters and there was dried blood inside.
But when he saw Soshyan, he became very excited, grabbed his arm and roared.
"Captain Soshyan, save them quickly!"
"Don't worry, brother, what happened?"
Soshyan was completely confused now. He knew about the Minotaur warband, but why did they suddenly attack the Weepers? Even more strange is, why do they appear in the Storm Star Territory?
However, his understanding of the Minotaur Chapter was limited to "knowing".
The Minotaur Chapter is one of the more mysterious of the many Astartes Chapters, as most of their records appear to have been tightly sealed over the past thousand years, even by members of the Inquisition. It is difficult to unlock these records.
In addition, other records appear to have been lost or lost. The matter is further complicated by conflicting historical records about the Minotaur Chapter. These records make it unclear whether the "Minotaur" appearing in m32, m36 and m41 belong to the same species. It remains unclear whether one Chapter or different Chapters shared the same name.
As early as the M32 period of suppressing the rebellion in the solar system, the Empire officially recorded the activities of a chapter called the "Minotaur". The key point is that this "Minotaur" acted together with other Astartes chapters.
However, other records indicate that the Minotaur Chapter was formed in the 21st Founding of the Army during the M36 period, known as the "Curse Founding". The activities of this "Minotaur" between M36 and M38 earned it The title of Berserker, because while the Minotaur were known for responding quickly to requests for aid, they were also known for their complete disregard for command trees and battle plans, simply engaging their enemies until they were annihilated.
This reputation as an unreliable ally led to the Minotaur being shunned by the majority of Imperial forces, which suited the Minotaur well, but at some point in m38 they disappeared from Imperial records and were listed as Entered the list of missing battle groups.
Surprisingly, the Minotaur Chapter reappeared during the Macarius Rebellion in the early days of M41.
The Inquisition noticed that the "returned" Minotaur Chapter had obvious differences in behavior, organization and appearance compared to the Minotaurs during the founding of the Cursed Army. The difference from before was that this time they were more compliant with the Imperial battle plan - — as they said in reports of relevant operations during the m32 period, but they still tend to remain silent.
While they tried to stay away from Imperial observers, no one could ignore the fact that they were a heavily armed and well-equipped force, with a dozen strike cruisers deployed during the campaign.
This is hard not to attract attention and curiosity. How did a small war group that had lost news for a long time obtain so many resources?
Some observers have noted that the Minotaur Chapter is highly responsive to orders issued by the High Lords of Terra, and naturally they associate this apparent unquestioning behavior with the vast amounts of high-quality war materiel they possess. Linked together, it is rumored that this Chapter has some form of direct connection to the High Lords of Terra and has completely bypassed other forms of Imperial institutions.
But this statement cannot be confirmed yet.
Although the current Minotaur Chapter is still a standard Astartes Chapter, and seems to have the patronage of the High Lords, it has still gained an unsavory reputation among some of their fellow Astartes. In particular, the Ultramarines and their sub-chapters openly refused to fight alongside the Minotaur Chapter - mainly because the Minotaur Chapter almost wiped out all the Forerunners and also robbed the Forerunners of armory. Some relics and flagships.
Some people think this is an overreaction of the Minotaur Chapter, others think it is a blatant insult to Marius Calgar. In short, the Chapter Master of the Ultramarines Chapter, also a hero of the Empire, publicly expressed his disapproval. The Minotaur Chapter's disgust.
This kind of thing rarely happens to the Ultramarines, which shows how serious this humiliation is to the Ultramarines.
But the Minotaur Chapter still went its own way, as if it had endless equipment and endless sources of troops.
"——We went to Dakia to implement a contract with the forging world Greia. They have a research station there, but it seemed to have been attacked by unknown forces. They lost contact completely two months ago and sent The Skitarii have never returned, so we go to investigate and destroy the enemy."
As Taimur narrated, Soshyan saw servants carrying corpses down from the Mother of Tears. There were not only mourners in yellow armor, but also warriors in brown armor with the red bull symbol.
Seeing this, he couldn't help but sigh. Many things would go bad once they see blood.
"Everything was normal after we entered orbit, but there was no response from the ground. So the chapter leader led two hundred brothers to the ground to investigate and deal with it. But not long after they left, the Minotaur fleet suddenly came out and opened fire without explanation. "
At this point, the fourth company commander of the Lamenters was already gritting his teeth.
"Those bastards knew that we would not leave our brothers on the ground, so they planned to capture the Mother of Tears just like they captured the Storm Daughter. Fortunately, the Chapter has recovered a lot of strength in the past few years, and its armament level is much higher than before. , the guys who came up to join the gang did not succeed immediately. At the critical moment, the chapter leader sent a message, asking us to withdraw to Nessen IV immediately and seek support, so we left the battlefield and forcibly started the subspace engine."
"They didn't say why they attacked you?"
"We sent them hundreds of inquiries and communications, but they always remained silent."
Soshiyang frowned slightly and looked at the corpses that were brought down. There were no less than twenty corpses of the Lamenters alone, and there were also more than a dozen corpses of the Minotaur, including two Terminators.
This beam is really big.
"You...killed them all?"
"It was them who fought tooth and nail to resist."
Soshyan rubbed his forehead, then turned to Dietrian and said:
"Get me Grea's representative."
Soon, as soon as Dietrian made the operation, the voice of the representative of the Forging World Grea in the Suffering Alliance rang out.
"Hello, Chapter Commander Soshyan."
"Hello, let me tell you the truth. The Weeper's brothers went to support one of your expedition stations, but were ambushed by another battle group there. Do you have any explanation?"
There was silence on the communicator for a while, and then there was still the same calm and indifferent voice.
"We have just received the message, and we hereby promise that we knew nothing about it in advance."
"Then what do you plan to do next?"
A few seconds later, Soshyan heard hesitation in the representative's voice for the first time.
"In principle...we do not interfere in disputes between Astartes Chapters."
"That's your research station."
"We will negotiate with the other party afterwards."
Obviously, Grea planned to stay out of the incident completely this time, and they did not intend to provoke this vicious dog raised by the high lord.
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