"Although Nathan III is a dead world, there are still some fragile civilizations. Long before the Griffin IV exploration team arrived here, there were already recorded human settlements in this world. Some of them may be fugitives, and some may be adventurers, trying to find some opportunity here. In short, after Griffin 4 established resource extraction stations at the poles of the planet, it closed the orbital route rights of the planet. This is a mechanical The teacher's consistent strategy is the so-called enclosure race. When they see an uninhabited world, they randomly arrange an exploration station or mining station. According to the Olympian Agreement, they have the priority to develop this world, but they There will be no immediate development, this is just preparation for if any rare resources and ancient ruins are discovered in the future.”
In the Storm Bird's cabin, when the cabin door opened, a wave of heat that was enough to burn the skin hit the face and instantly filled the entire cabin.
Soshyan and Andal stood on the edge of the cabin, watching the desolate and hot land of the planet speeding past below.
"Because this planet has a weaker atmosphere and is closer to the star than Nessin 4, its average ground temperature is nearly 20 degrees higher than that of Nesson 4, and the maximum temperature difference between day and night can reach 80 degrees. At perihelion At that time, the radiation can reach lethal levels, and its mass is about 78% of that of Nathan 4. There is currently no ground water source. Fortunately, there are still a small amount of ice caps at the north and south poles. This is why the mining station of Griffin 4 was established there. , they also dug drainage channels under the planet to discharge the filtered wastewater from the collection station. The State Church forcibly sent a missionary ship here about two thousand years ago, and Griffin 4 did not pay much attention to it. There has been no further conflict between the two sides. At present, the localized and improved state religion has basically occupied the planet's faith consciousness. This should also be due to the drought-tolerant crop seeds and livestock brought by the state religion, as well as the missionaries' fearlessness of hardship. Will, it’s really hard to imagine what kind of determination could prompt them to come to such a world of death and work hard to spread the teachings. So sometimes my feelings about the state religion are really complicated. The troubles they create are almost equal to the miracles they create. many."
Andal, who appointed himself the leader of the Tiger Claw Chapter, then smiled and said:
"The state religion is very big, with as many followers as stars. It cannot be explained in a few words. It is just like an empire. From a practical point of view, who can imagine that one of the two adjacent planets is still a primitive tribe, and the other is highly developed. The industrialized world. Chapter Commander Soshyan, do you think this place looks like Baal?"
"Baal? Hmm. It's hard to say. At least the radiation level here shouldn't be that serious. I think it might be more like Taran. According to the last rough statistics of the Adeptus Mechanicus, the total population of Nessen III should be between 6 and 12 million. The closer you get to the two poles, the denser the population becomes. Currently, there are about 20 cities with a population of over 10,000 in the northern and southern hemispheres. The rest of the population is scattered among various small city-states and tribes. This way of living may make There are certain difficulties in recruiting soldiers, and precisely because of the geographical climate here, the state religion here has become a decentralized structure without a unified religious organization."
As he spoke, Soshyan also pointed at the rolling hills passing by on the ground.
"In addition, this world is not only civilized. There are also many barbaric tribes living in many mountains. They account for about 12% of the total population of the planet. These tribes are basically organized in units of a hundred people, and there are very few at the thousand-person level. In large settlements, since there is no interference from the state religion, their beliefs are still very vague totem worship. To tell an interesting thing, what the barbarian tribes of Naison III generally worship is the symbol of Griffin IV."
Andal looked surprised when he heard this.
"Why?"
"Ha, because the resource transport ship only visits once every ten years, the Adeptus Mechanicus stronghold here often does not get resources, especially the replenishment of servitors. Since it is just a collection station and there is no cloning equipment, it can only be carried out by local people. The number of priests left on the planet was basically about 10, and they could not do it on their own. So they used tricks to fool these predator tribes and let them capture slaves for them, and correspondingly The predators will also continue to receive water, food and even weapons. Over time, they will become believers of the so-called "Red Witch King", and they will also worship metal extremely. But this is good, at least they will not go Believe in some cult or be contaminated with Chaos. Due to inbreeding, a considerable number of these barbarians have deformities and lesions, but there are also a small number who have particularly strong bodies and are bloodthirsty and cruel, which is very suitable for transforming new recruits." (Bloodthirsty) Cruelty is a compliment in the eyes of many warbands.)
"Interesting. Looks like I'll have to take some time to observe it myself."
"Currently, the Mechanicus Priests on Griffin IV are ready to evacuate. I have arranged for other priests from the forging world to take over the Mechanicum facilities here. However, the chapter now does not have more resources to develop this place. Those priests' The work is more about maintaining the operation of the local collection station, as well as conducting in-depth exploration of the planet and drawing a complete resource information map. The number of people will not be too many at first. Andal, as you can see, this world is very barren. It is difficult to build a complete fortress with the ability to transform new soldiers by relying on the strength of local people, so Tiger Claw can only temporarily use the crude small space station in orbit as its base. In terms of equipment, I will arrange for ships to be sent over, Griffin 4 It’s up to you to arrange the remaining personnel.”
Andal turned to look at Soshyan and said very sincerely:
"That's enough. Your support for Tiger Claw will be remembered forever by both me and the future Tiger Claw warriors. After all, in this era of war, almost no war group is willing to give up one of its recruitment sites to other soldiers." For the warband."
Soshyan then smiled and said:
"This is my promise, and the Chapter doesn't need so many recruitment sites now. Besides, as long as it's not a recruitment model with high intensity and elimination rate, I don't think there's any problem with two Chapters recruiting troops in the same world. "
"The Astral Knights also plan to recruit troops here?"
"Well, let's recruit a group of them symbolically, also to study the compatibility between the residents here and the gene seeds of the war group."
Andal nodded, and the two of them walked away from the hatch, and the thick hatch slowly closed -
"etc."
The sharp-eyed Soshyan seemed to catch a glimpse of something on the ground through the screen hanging on the cabin wall and the observation camera connected to it at the moment he turned around.
"Enlarge the picture."
Soon, the screen zoomed in, and Soshi raised his eyebrows.
"Captain Andal, it seems we are in for a good show."
I found that many readers said they couldn’t understand it. In fact, this world is a DND script written by Neta called The Setting Sun of Catastrophe. It is a very niche script.
(End of chapter)
