"Welcome, our hero, guardian of the Maelstrom."
When the foundry general Ud Udia Laski moved slowly, its body, which was much larger than Soshyan's, roared lowly, and various metal original parts with sharp edges wrapped around his body, which was probably less than the size of a palm. Under the deep hood, a string of glass-like eyes emitted a strange light, full of irony.
Although it seems so bulky, Soshyan has heard from Tirian that this Forge General has a defense system like a Dreadnought Mecha, and is even heavier than the Thunder Eagle in terms of mass. It is heavy. The body is surrounded by a large group of interlocking servo arms, and various joints click, tremble, rotate, buzz, and flash - a hybrid of insect-like scalpels and micro-lasers can be seen everywhere. , and there are metal tentacles that are squirming under the robe.
Although most sages of the Adeptus Mechanicus despise the physical body, most of the core structures can still be seen in human form - this can be understood as a stubborn affectation, but Ud Udiya Laski seems to have completely cut off this part , his body no longer has any human physical characteristics, and is wrapped in fine gold that is mostly used to build void battleships.
"I didn't expect you to have a good relationship with Prime Minister Tirian. You must know that this person has not contacted me personally for more than ten years. Have you reached any alliance?"
As one of the high lords and the Foundry General of the Adeptus Mechanicus, Soshyan obviously did not have a clear status advantage in front of him as the leader of the Astartes Chapter, so Laski spoke without mercy.
"To be honest, such a meeting does not comply with the rules——"
Soshyan interrupted the other person's subsequent words.
"But you agreed anyway."
The Forge General's mechanical dendrites made a nodding-like movement.
"Tyrion said that you might have something that interests me, but he didn't mention why you wanted to see me. So my nineteen logical processors told me that it might be related to gene seeds."
“Then let’s get straight to the point, I want the tithe seeds that the Star Claw Chapter and Tiger Claw Chapter paid in the past——”
"there has never been."
However, the other party immediately interrupted him.
"No Astartes has ever made such a request to the gene seed bank of Mars. Only the High Lords Council has the power to mobilize the sacred resources there. I don't know what kind of mentality you have in making such a request, but just The results of my eight logic processor analysis, this is not something a sane person can say."
Soshyan was too lazy to talk nonsense, raised his right arm and opened the arm box.
In an instant, the Foundry General, who in theory should be extremely slow, suddenly moved like a giant mechanical dragon, and rushed in front of Soshyan with an astonishing momentum. Soshyan was so shocked that Soshyan took a step back and raised his left hand.
"This is!!"
"etc--"
The nearby Forging General has a strong oppressive force, as if a knight mecha suddenly appeared in front of you, and you can see many of the equipment and weapons on its body at close range.
Then realizing his gaffe, Lasky straightened his back, but all the visual processors were still staring at the little thing locked by the small metal tweezers in Soshyan's arm box, a very small but very mysterious thing. Small chips often represent one thing - the STC template of the dark ages, because only the STC template of that period was in the form of this small chip.
"Dear Sage Lasky, here are the stc templates collected by the battle group over the years. They contain a total of 19 kinds of science and technology from the Dark Ages, and they are all in the medical field."
Hearing this, the Forge General's visual equipment almost turned into light bulbs. After all, the empire is not actually short of weapons. On the contrary, the loss of this kind of civilian technology is extremely serious, and the Mechanicus is more concerned about civilian technology. Because the military technology empire always tries to find ways to prostitute for free, and due to the Olympian Agreement, the Mechanicus had to let the empire use their military technology.
But civilian technology is different. It is not within the scope of the Olympian Agreement. Even if the High Lords Council of the Empire wants to get involved, it will have to pay a corresponding price. This is equivalent to saying that these things can "generate income" .
For Soshyan, these are only a small part of the STC templates found from the remains of the underground ancestors of Armageddon. It doesn't make much sense to keep them in hand, and there is nothing wrong with exchanging them.
Anyway, there is already a copy of the blueprint in Ulan Huda, so having the original copy is just a souvenir.
But at this time, the casting general changed his attitude. He took a few steps back, and the sound-producing equipment became more humane.
"Why? Why do you want the gene seeds of these two Chapters?"
Then he briefly told General Forge about Andal Skarian, but the purpose was slightly modified.
"Sergeant Andal gave me a lot of help during the expedition. I promised him that I would help him rebuild the Tiger Claw Chapter. Astartes' promise is life."
After listening to Soshyan's remarks, General Casting did not speak immediately, but seemed to be analyzing and thinking.
After more than ten seconds, the deep male voice came out from the huge metal body again.
"This is inconsistent with the regulations governing gene seed banks."
Soshyan smiled slightly.
"But it won't get in anyone's way."
"But it will cause an uproar in the High Lords Council, and I will have a hard time explaining it."
"The Storm Star Territory is far away from Terra, and it only takes forty or fifty years to rebuild a war group, or two to three hundred years at most. By that time, the members of the High Lords Council may have changed."
The Foundry General fell into silence, with only the ticking sound of the equipment on his body, but Soshyan already knew that the other party had made a decision.
Sure enough, half a minute later, the casting general said slowly:
"Are you ready to leave Terra?"
"There is nothing going on here anymore, so naturally I have to leave. The war group still has many things to deal with back home."
"Then...you might be able to stay on Mars for a short while."
Implicit, but the content was very clear, Soshiyang smiled and nodded.
“If it’s convenient, that’s great.”
"Chapter Commander Alexei, if my inference is correct——"
At this time, General Casting suddenly changed the topic.
"Do you have more STC here? Did you get it from the hulk Oreros or the Red Pirate? If I didn't promise you, would you continue to make an offer?"
Soshyan replied easily:
"We are warriors, not businessmen. We will contribute to any discovery that is beneficial to the empire, but you know, just discovering the contents of these things is very time-consuming."
"I learned about the last STC auction, so I have to refute your words. You are not only a warrior, but also an excellent businessman."
"I just hope I can make the most of it."
"Making the best use of everything, I like this word, so when we get to Mars, let's slowly talk about how to make the best use of everything."
(End of chapter)
