This is our Warhammer journey

Chapter 191 The Course of the War, Reform Plans

For the eastern part of Altramar, the threat of the Zerg swarm has been effectively contained.

Despite the unimaginable destruction caused to numerous planets by various hostile forces, including Chaos, these areas contaminated by warp energy and devoured by the swarm will be a long-term problem to be dealt with in the future.

However, these impacts and losses are acceptable to both the Empire and Alteramar.

When the expeditionary fleet arrived, a joint combat force composed mainly of nearly 20,000 Astartes was fully deployed in the eastern star system, and victory in the war was a foregone conclusion.
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Inside the Dawn, the auxiliary administrative body built upon the foundation of the Ultramarines is operating efficiently. These giants process various documents with far greater efficiency than mortals, but aside from general strategic deployments, the content focuses more on governance projects for each star sector.

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Romulus, who was focused on correcting documents, raised his hand and dipped the quill tip into the ink to moisten it. The quill tip touched the ink bottle lightly, and the jet-black ink flowed back along the groove on the fine gold pen barrel, much like the territory being reclaimed on a star map.

In his mind, countless projects are still underway simultaneously.

As various star sectors were gradually recovered, the Dawn Fleet's operational posture began to shift from armed assault to star sector governance.

As the core of the expeditionary fleet, while providing combat supplies and military guidance to friendly forces, Romulus always preferred to support planets that were still in a tug-of-war.

Reorganize the local planetary governments, organize human resources, and then use these planets that still retain combat capabilities as a base to radiate outwards.

The war that swept across several secondary star sectors caused humanity heavy losses, but it also created a large power vacuum in one star system.

Rather than having the future empire-appointed sector governors engage in pointless infighting with the nobles of various planets over matters of interest, it would be better to take advantage of this time, before anyone has a chance to react—

In the name of the expeditionary force, immediately take over all surviving administrative institutions.

Expansion, reconstruction, deterrence, compromise.

Ministry of Justice, Ministry of the Interior, wandering merchants, Astartes, courtroom.

Romulus wasn't particularly concerned with honor and profit; he cared more about the overall improvement of humanity. The results of this expedition were already dazzling enough, so now he would turn his attention to places that others hadn't yet noticed.

"You cannot do this! This is usurpation! This is rebellion!"

A sharp roar pierced through the soundproof doors of the government building. The planetary governor, who claimed to be a descendant of the ancient Terran nobility, was being dragged away down the corridor by two Ultramarines.

His cloak, embroidered with gold thread, dragged on the ground like a skinned snake struggling desperately.

"I am the esteemed governor of this planet, and the blood of the ancient Terran nobility flows in my veins. I demand to see Romulus!"

The guard's movements were as precise as if he were carrying a fragile item. He controlled his shoulder joint with his left hand and supported his lumbar spine with his right hand, ensuring that the opponent could not break free and would not be left with bruises under the pressure of the terracotta armor.

"I want to see Romulus!"

He was yelling loudly, trying to protest this 'overstepping of authority', and as the heel of his leather shoe made its last thud against the bulletproof glass and gradually disappeared into the distance, Romulus continued to unfold the next file without even looking up.

The parchment rustled in the Primarch's hands as he reorganized the industrial network of the entire eastern sector of Alteramar.

The Altrama region had a very good foundation. Even after declining for tens of thousands of years, the industrial system that Guilliman meticulously arranged based on subspace routes still benefits us today.

Therefore, he only needs to make slight changes to the administrative systems of each planet to quickly reconnect them with the main body of Alteramar.

The empire's industrial level and productivity have never been a problem, but due to the abstract nature of its social structure and management, the empire has always had a rather low utilization rate of this production capacity.

Of course, Romulus wouldn't dare to let Astartes coordinate military and political affairs alone. Absolute power, like that of Huron, could breed an ambitious individual and cause even greater damage.

This is a problem he must pay attention to. He needs to increase the reaction speed in the border regions of the Empire without causing even greater chaos before Guilliman awakens.

He simply hoped to integrate the high efficiency held by Astartes into the Imperial Far East system, a process that would require the assistance of various Imperial powers.

Every reform document was deliberately designed with checks and balances in place; the courts had the power of surprise reviews; the Imperial Ministry of the Interior was embedded in every decision; and the state religion was able to control the lives of ordinary people to a certain extent.
The Astartes serve as efficient processing nodes that link each other. Undoubtedly, this requires sufficient 'military strength' and a large amount of 'money'.

Fortunately, the STC, which they had acquired through their long expedition and research, and the secrets known to the time travelers came in handy.

Kaul had always avoided being in the public eye, but considering that this person was in charge of maintaining the safety of Otramar, he decided to use the connections he had accumulated over thousands of years.

The Mechanicus has always disdained providing the Empire with low-end industrial products. If possible, they would prefer to engage in higher-return productions such as warships or focus on their own research.

They welcome the establishment of a powerful industrial system.

As for other forces, they are currently unsure how much they can gain from it, but Romulus's powerful military force has made them choose to remain silent.

The Empire no longer possesses a military force capable of traversing most of the galaxy and annihilating an expeditionary fleet.

Thus, just as Guilliman intends to do in the future, Romulus is using 'military coercion' and 'political deals' to resolve certain issues in the Altrama region.

Although the Ultramarines made it clear that they would not interfere with the autonomy of the various sectors, Calgar continued to send squadron members to the Dawn without slowing down.

Clearly, Kargar also realized the problems that the Imperial system had encountered when dealing with enemies like the Zerg during this operation.

If similar swarm threats recur in the future, the Altrama region must make changes.

In short, Romulus hopes that in the future, more human empire star systems will be able to develop according to his own ideas.

Although such a move would lead to a rise in Great Astartesism, trigger conflicts among various factions within the Empire, and make the High Lords more sensitive.

Moreover, he himself believed that such measures were full of loopholes and not a long-term solution, and the High Lord would continue to try to suppress this fire of reform.

It may even become an unmanageable problem in the future, a brand new wound for humanity.

But it doesn't matter.

As the year 900 arrived, with the full-scale invasion of the Tyranids, the resurgence of the Necromancers in space, the intensification of Chaos activity, and the resurgence of the Orks, a series of events kept the Empire too busy to think about these matters.

As long as the power of the star field can be maintained to increase in a short period of time, the existence of loopholes is actually a good thing to some extent. Otherwise, it would be very embarrassing if Guilliman woke up and found that he had nowhere to hide.

Lion King has now been completely replaced. He's waiting for Guilliman to come and clean the poop pit. Right now, the most important thing is to make the 'shovel' more handy, but also to prevent someone from taking the shovel and throwing poop around.

This period is one of the few remaining windows of opportunity. Once this Tyranid invasion ends, the next enemy worthy of gathering such a large empire's strength will be another 150 years away.

Once they obtain Guilliman's complete data and combine it with Sangeles's to construct the Primarch's body, there will be few in the material universe who can match them in terms of individual combat power.

Two hundred and fifty years.

The time travelers wanted to create a world that belonged to humanity, a better template that could be shown to other humans.

Then, they intervene in the subsequent series of events, enhancing their own power while preserving humanity's strength to the greatest extent possible.

As long as you don't make any major mistakes.

Romulus's fingertips tapped the console unconsciously.

They still have a chance.

(End of this chapter)