Exploration Sage Deejay Katona followed the giant Terminator from the tarmac to a secondary conference hall of the Eternal Loyalty. He saw almost no servants along the way, only servo skulls flying in the sky. .
Before he entered the hall, he saw a smiling Soshiyang waiting for him at the door.
"Ah, long time no see, Sage Katona, you've had a hard journey."
Exploration Sage Deeji Katona glanced at it and found that the representatives of other forging worlds were already seated, so he responded softly:
"Thank you so much, Captain Soshiyang, for your kindness. It's not hard."
"Sit inside."
Deejay Katona quickly found his seat. The entire hall was not big. There were 8 chairs in it. There was an independent small table in front of each chair, and there was a steaming cup of something on it. Drinks.
After Soshiyang sat on the largest and highest chair, he glanced at the sages, then opened his arms and smiled:
"Now that everyone is here, let's get started? Which sage is willing to host this time?"
All sages, you look at me, I look at you, and finally all look at Soshiyang.
Soshyan still had a smile on his face.
"Don't everyone look at me. I'm just the convener, not necessarily the host."
After a while, no one said anything, so Soshyan nodded.
"Since everyone is so polite, I will preside over this meeting. If you don't have any urgent matters, please don't leave without authorization."
With that said, the door to the hall slowly closed.
Soshyan put down his hand, leaned back slightly, and said in a more relaxed manner:
"About the space hulk Aureros, all the sages must have their own sources of information, so I won't introduce it in detail. This time, its appearance attracted more than a dozen large and small forging worlds and mechanical repairmen. will organize attention, but based on my personal assessment, most of them are not very capable of exploring hulks, so I talked to their managers separately not long ago, and they all gave me face. Finally, I persuaded them all to retreat, and Grand Master Belial of the Dark Angels understood my thoughts very well because of the friendly relationship between our two war groups."
Soshyan paused, picked up the hot drink on the table and took a sip.
"There are only 7 people present now... We are all powerful factions within the Mechanicus. As an Astartes, I cannot interfere in your internal affairs, but I still call on everyone to unite. If everyone does his or her own thing, what if you find the Ark Mechanic in the end? The price will definitely be high, and even the same roommates may not be able to avoid fighting, and they may not be able to bring it back safely. I hope that everyone can value peace and work together to put this huge waste together. Let’s clean up the ship and work together to dig out all the knowledge and wealth that will be beneficial to the empire. This ruined ship is a veritable treasure.”
As he spoke, he sighed softly, looking quite worried.
"And this hulk is full of gene stealers. It is a huge threat to the galaxy and even the entire sector. As the guardians of the empire, we cannot sit idly by."
Bursenlia, the exploration sage of Mars, turned his jackal-like head and said with a human smile:
"So what's your opinion, Chapter Commander Soshyan?"
"I came up with a plan for everyone to study... It's not considered research, it's just doing me a favor. You may not know that I established a brotherly alliance with Chapter Leader Azrael on Paidu, and Grand Master Belial is here this time for a missing strike cruiser of the Chapter, which carries the precious relics and sacred objects of the Dark Angels. As a brother, I am naturally responsible for this matter, and in order to avoid you and the darkness. There is some misunderstanding among the angel brothers, so I put forward two conditions."
In fact, Soshyan specifically asked Beria about the Sword of Caliban, because this battleship was still in service before.
The Grand Master of Deathwing later told him the truth. Originally, the Sword of Caliban was a battleship from the Great Crusade era. It led a company to get lost in the subspace in the middle of M35. The current ship was rebuilt in the late M36, but the Dark Angels have always It was not announced to the outside world and kept its original name and keel code, so everyone assumed it was still there.
Speaking, Soshyan raised two fingers.
"First, this ruined ship will be completely cleaned up by the Adeptus Astartes. No one or organization is allowed to board the ship privately during the exploration, in case the Holy Relics of the Dark Angels are lost. No one can tell at that time."
"Second, after cleaning up the wreck, in addition to returning the Dark Angels' belongings to their original owners, the Suffering Alliance will only keep a small amount of other technological relics, including STC templates, as spoils of this operation, and the rest will be divided equally among you. , This can also avoid bad conflicts for everyone. After it is finally confirmed that there are no gene stealers or other threats inside the hulk, you can decide whether Aureros should be dismantled or destroyed. We will not continue to participate."
After Soshiyang finished speaking, he glanced at everyone with stern eyes.
"After I have finished speaking, who is in favor and who is against?"
To the ears of all the sages, Soshiyang's plan cannot be said to be unreasonable, at least it is arrogant and overbearing.
But although they were all fidgeting in their seats and making eye contact with each other, no one came out to object.
About ten seconds later, a voice sounded.
"I object."
Soshyan turned his head and saw Dije Katona who turned out to be Reza.
The sage glanced at everyone, and then continued without being humble or condescending:
"I often tell people around me that Chapter Commander Soshiyang is a role model and hero for the younger generation of the empire. When he gets the STC template, he never turns it in according to the regulations. Instead, he cuts it into four, five, six, seven or eight pieces, and then takes them separately. Come out for auction or sell multiple items at once, and make a lot of money... Besides, the STC template in this hulk is in double digits at least. The 'small amount' you said must be at least half, right? By then, right? If you use some innocuous template fragments to deal with us, do you still have the conscience of an Astartes!?"
Soshi raised his eyebrows slightly and did not refute for a moment, but Diji Katona's words did resonate with other sages, including Zhao Akada, who had a very good relationship with the Astral Knights. The sages also whispered softly. Yinghe arrived.
"Sage Deeji Katona...what he said seems to make some sense."
At this moment, the door of the hall suddenly opened, and Captain Maximilian suddenly walked in, and his eyes kept resting on the sage from Mars along the way.
When he came to Soshyan, he randomly bent down and whispered.
"Chapter Commander, just now the battleships of the Shark Chapter and the Malicious Warriors Chapter suddenly appeared in Mars' fleet."
Soshiyang frowned suddenly, and then looked at the exploring sage Bursenlia who was holding the cup very easily.
No wonder the Martian Sage barely expressed any opinions from the beginning. It turned out that he had prepared a back-up plan. Apparently he believed that the support of the two Astartes Chapters was enough for him to challenge the Alliance of Suffering.
As if aware of Soshyan's gaze, the sage put the cup on the table, and then smiled in that special high Gothic tone:
"Those are my former partners. I originally asked them not to come, but they insisted on coming. They said they were afraid that something would happen to me. They are just some country bumpkins who would make a fuss. I hope Chapter Commander Soshiyang can understand. "
At this time, the whispers of other sages also stopped, and they all looked at Soshyan and Bursenlia.
"...But Chapter Commander Soshyan, before coming for this hulk exploration, I had already negotiated with Sage Alexandre of Phaethon. Our two families will work together to do it. No matter what, we will do it together." We must find the lost Mechanical Ark and the relics inside, but after what you just said in front of me, I feel that it will be difficult to do it this time."
Soshyan looked at the other party, suddenly laughed, and then waved his hand to signal Mark to leave.
Then he stood up, his huge body towering over all the sages.
"Okay, okay, you are all prominent figures within the Adeptus Mechanicus. I don't want to cause too much trouble, so let's take a step back. The basic conditions remain unchanged. The ruined ship must be cleaned up by the Adeptus Astartes, but the man-eating shark and malicious warriors can participate, and what they find will belong to them - except for the relics of the Dark Angel, in addition, I promise to make all the STC templates found public, and promise to keep only one-tenth, and the rest It can be divided equally. If there are any disputed parts, auction or bidding can be adopted. First of all, I personally declare that I and the alliance have no intention of resorting to violence, but if anyone thinks that two more battle groups can challenge me, then the Alliance of Suffering More than a thousand Space Marines who are also Dark Angels will accompany us to the end!"
He glanced at the crowd again.
"Who is in favor and who is against?"
Bursenlia stared at Soshyan, and after half a minute, he suddenly nodded and then raised his hand.
"I agree."
As soon as he expressed his stance, other forge worlds followed suit, and in the end only Dije Katona was left with gritted teeth.
After struggling for a minute, he finally had to put his hands up.
"I agree!"
