In the final stage of the Badab War, the Star Phantom Chapter deployed 7 companies under its command, including 17 Dreadnought mechas, into the battle against the Huron's lair, the Palace of Thorns, located on the main planet of Badab. The troops assist other chapters in attacking secondary targets in the Badab system.
The Starry Phantom Forces that attacked the Palace of Thorns lost 200 battle monks during the landing stage, and a bloody battle broke out with the rebel forces outside the Palace of Thorns. In the end, only an assault led by the ninth company commander Jirucal Androcles was the only one. The commando team broke into the Palace of Thorns and encountered Huron and his bodyguards. Although the commando team was eventually outnumbered and annihilated, Androcles still severely wounded Badab with his composite melta gun before his death. Tyrant, forcing the surviving Star Claws to flee for their lives with their severely injured Chapter Master.
Varnai, the current commander of the ninth company, is one of the surviving commando members.
During the battle for the outer area of the Palace of Thorns, veteran sergeant Varnai led a combat team to hold on to the ruins of the destroyed administrative fortress for three hours under fierce counterattack by the Star Claws Chapter and the Tyrant Legion, until reinforcements replaced them. After the siege was lifted, all surviving members of Varnay's team were awarded the Iron Skull Medal by the theater's highest command, and Varnay, as the only remaining veteran noncommissioned officer of the ninth company, also took over the command of the company commander.
After the Badab War, less than 400 Star Phantom Battle Monks survived. As a reward for them, they were allowed to take over the Badab sector, which had lost its glory, and choose a devastated planet as their ’s new home world.
This reward is no different from a blank check. Because Huron is not dead, the Star Claw has also transformed into a red pirate and may come back at any time. However, the Star Phantom Chapter chose to accept this reward and conquer the ice and snow world of the Archaea Galaxy. As their new home, the scarred battle flagship "Memento Mori", which had witnessed the changes of the Chapter, sank to the surface of the icy planet of Garg and continued its service as the Chapter's monastery.
In fact, Soshyan knew that the reason why Star Phantom was willing to be this thankless "Watcher of Badab" had a lot of atonement mentality in it, because in the final stage of the siege of the Palace of Thorns, although the seriously injured Huron was He was rescued, but the orbit of the planet had been blocked, and it was theoretically impossible to escape. However, at the critical moment, the fleet of Starry Sky Phantom stabbed Lou Zi.
After realizing that the situation was over, the master forger of Starry Sky Claw activated the destruction machine inside the Palace of Thorns. The phased destruction of the reactor buried deep under the Badab Hive caused a chain reaction. The earthquake structure shook and the volcano erupted. The incidence increased exponentially, and the hole left on the surface after the entire hive area collapsed was occupied by the lava sea. The purification and occupation of Badab quickly turned into an unorganized retreat, regardless of loyalty. Both the rebels and the rebels desperately tried to escape Badab using whatever type of boat they could find.
In this chaotic situation, the starry phantom fleet in orbit was unable to identify ourselves and the enemy for a while. Therefore, after accidentally damaging its own side through hasty bombardment, it completely stopped the blockade bombardment, and finally allowed the warship carrying Huron to slip away from the area they were responsible for, giving The empire left behind this great scourge.
"Captain Varnai, I already know the situation in the Badab sector. I will send the Ravenwing company led by Teacher Samuel to support you. At the same time, I have informed Reza and asked them to build a path to the Archaea Galaxy. supply routes.”
"Thank you so much."
"Actually, I have different ideas."
At this time, Lysander suddenly spoke, then stood up, raised his hand and drew a line on the star map, from the Kliman Drift Belt to the Archaea Galaxy, then to the Senglad Galaxy, and then to the Sorrow Galaxy, Sa Gan galaxy.
"According to this deployment, our troops are arranged in a U shape like this line, which is very unfavorable. Our number of troops is far less than that of the Red Pirates. If we spread our troops in this way and create a protrusion, once If the enemy concentrates its forces to attack one point, we will be unable to reach it from head to tail, especially the several prominent isolated strongholds in Badab sector, which are too far away from other areas and difficult to rescue."
Lysander's words made Samuel and Varnai frown, but others were talking about it, and many agreed.
Soshyan thought for a moment and then asked:
"What's your opinion, Captain Lysander?"
"My personal suggestion is to abandon the secondary areas and concentrate the main force on the area from the Senglad Galaxy to the Endymion Galaxy. Rely on the dense planets and the original strong strongholds above for offensive defense. This can both It ensures smooth supply lines and protects the Sagan system, and also facilitates the mobilization of powerful mobile forces to threaten the Mago star cluster where the red pirates are entrenched, and wait for a decisive battle."
After Lysander finished speaking his opinion, he sat down, and there was a burst of discussion around him.
However, most people agree with this strategy, including Kosaro Khan, because it means that he does not need to put out fires for Badab's Star Phantom later.
"Captain Lysander, do you mean to abandon the Badab sector that countless warriors shed their blood to recapture?"
Varnay banged the table, looking very angry.
"Our duty is to protect the Emperor's territory, not to be deserters!"
Lysander glanced sideways at the other person without saying anything, and Soshyan stretched out his hand with a smile.
"Don't get excited, Captain Varnay, it's just a discussion now."
Suddenly, Seth, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke. He leaned back on his chair and said in a very rare mocking tone:
"Anyone can just talk. Guard, what kind of guard should we use? The Badab sector can still be called the emperor's territory in its current state? That place is a dead place now. Huron has no real intention to touch you. If he wants to touch you, Those hundreds of you guys have already finished playing, so please wake up."
"you--"
"According to me, it's too late to clamor to protect Badab now. If Huron was dead, he could still say this. He now has hundreds of thousands of traitors. Unless you can kill him again, otherwise It will be a matter of time before the Badab sector is thrown away. The plan for now is to wait for the Astra Militarum and the navy in various places to be in place, plus the billions of cannon fodder temporarily recruited. In the end, the more than 5,000 of us will rely on the Emperor. Huang Byou and Huron give it a try."
After hearing this, Samuel, who crossed his arms, sneered and said sarcastically:
"Is this the style of a descendant of Sanguinius? Thinking about how to escape before the fight is over."
Seth was not one to swallow his anger and immediately struck back.
"Samuel, are you qualified to say this? How many times has the Dark Angel left the battlefield without saying goodbye? I don't need to say more, right? To put it nicely, it means leaving without saying goodbye, and to put it badly, it means running away. Who knows what you all do? What happened? There are several Chapter Masters present who don’t know your reputation?”
