This is our Warhammer journey

Chapter 224 Remembering the Past

“What is Crick hiding? He disappeared from the Martian records for over a hundred years, and he didn’t even care when the Sage stole his factory.”

During an internal meeting of the Dawnwings, Kaul spoke up.

"This planet is very important to him."

Contrary to what Sage Krick had anticipated, the Dawn Fleet did not rush to send troops to achieve great things; instead, it held a restrained discussion meeting.

The goal is to establish communication channels with human forces on the surface and to understand the current state of the planet.

Krick did not recognize the Mechanicus fleet accompanying the Dawn Fleet.

Kaul kept a low profile. Although he disliked the exaggerated and complicated decorations, he still made adaptive modifications to his fleet, making it perfectly fit the mainstream appearance of the Imperial Navy today.

The Mechanical Ark simply docked in Macragge, alongside the Radiance of Macragge, and was guarded by its clone.

Although he's been working with the Primarch recently, he still doesn't want his colleagues to know what he's doing because he hates trouble.

He usually shuttles between the Dawn and the Silent Oath, participating in research as an advisor for various scientific research projects.

"What is the state of human power on the surface? Is it the Empire?"

Karna asked.

"No, the Empire wouldn't struggle so much to cope with extreme environmental changes."

Romulus shook his head.

Although the levels of civilization and technology varied among the different empires, their infrastructure and technology were generally similar.

The Empire's infrastructure technology is quite mysterious. It has a large number of these technologies inherited from the pioneering era, and fortunately, they have not been contaminated by chaos. They can even ignore the violent activity of continental plates and forcibly build human colonies on lava.

Aside from a very few death worlds, such as the hospitable and mysterious places like Katachon and Burnskool, which seem like they don't belong to any planet, very few planets have environments that can escape human conquest.

If it were an empire, they wouldn't use mobile cities to chase after fertile plains; instead, they would use structures that penetrate deep into the earth's crust to directly fix the continental plates of the entire plain in place.

The Empire has never had to worry about numerical advantages.

If necessary, a planet cannot stop a great sage of the Mechanicus.

Therefore, the actions of this great sage who forged the stone are questionable.

This planet is so important that he himself has wasted nearly a century here, and the small amount of Mechanicus power he possesses suggests that he doesn't want anyone, not even his own people, to know too many of the planet's secrets.

So who sent the distress message?

He glanced at the report de la Cruz handed him and smiled knowingly.

"There are many people volunteering."

The state religion, including the Black Church, and various imperial armed forces of the present era are already eager to go down and slaughter heretics.
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Led by the Dark Angel, Captain Tiberius of the Shark Squadron and Ultramariner Sergeant Titus arrived at the ground construction base.

The mechanized forces did not rush to deploy, but instead waited for new orders in their Stormbirds.

This is only a temporary area, because due to the drastic changes in the planet's environment, they are destined not to stay in the same area for too long.

“waaaagh!”

Similar to what the Sage of Forging had said, Tiberius and his companions were warmly welcomed by the Greenskins as soon as they landed.

The roar seemed to detonate some kind of signal, and a surging green tide suddenly rose on the horizon. The tactical display on Titus' helmet was instantly flooded with countless red dots, and he instinctively gripped the hilt of his power sword.

Gunfire and explosions never ceased. On the moving, ancient debris, the green-skinned hordes roared towards the troops that had landed.

They crave to fight.

The dense swarms of Stormbirds continued to howl high in the sky, but none of them opened their hatches.

The defensive fortifications of the temporary outpost were being assembled under the operation of the technical team. The fine metal plates made a crisp metallic clanging sound as they were joined together. The figures of the Ultramarines appeared and disappeared in the sandstorm as they silently constructed crossfire points.

As the outline of the ancient giant emerged from the sandstorm, a thin layer of frost formed on Tiberius's breathing mask, which was then shattered by the howling sand.

The rusty steel behemoth spewed black smoke, and the roar of its gears even drowned out the Stormbird's engine.

Suddenly, the shrill roar of the railgun ripped through the sky, and the first ancient junk was reduced to scattered scrap metal in a blinding white light.

But this did not affect the Greenskins' attack. Just as the Maneater's heavy weapons squad set up the Melt Cannon on the high ground, towering giant war machines emerged from beneath the sandstorm.

The greenskins on this planet are very strong, and large war machines like the Ancient Giants are everywhere.

"Elder, why don't we conquer a mobile city first?"

Watching the sandstorm relentlessly advance ahead, Titus turned back to look at the giant, mobile city in the distance, now only its outline remaining, and asked with a puzzled expression.

The environment on this planet is too harsh; their temporary base will be abandoned within twenty-four Terra hours.

The Dark Angels are always willing to answer their questions, provided they are addressed correctly.

"Lord Romulus has clearly ordered that we communicate first before making a decision."

Zabril replied in a low voice.

Sometimes he didn't quite understand the fervent attitude of these younger generations.

They were in such a hurry, as if they had already confirmed that the other party was an alien lackey and were planning to wipe them out completely.

It's acceptable not to engage in diplomacy with aliens, but what's the point of not engaging in diplomacy with human subgroups?
During the Great Crusade, Interles initially amassed a large collection of Chaos Artifacts, but in the end, no conflict broke out. After communication between the two sides, they learned that Interles had chosen to collect Chaos Artifacts for centralized management in order to prevent Chaos contamination.

Although the negotiations ultimately failed due to the theft of the artifact, and a fierce battle ensued, it was enough to demonstrate that the human empire did not simply attack every branch it encountered.

The empire has millions of worlds, and the Great Crusade has lasted for two hundred years. There are also many powerful and capable branches of humanity. If we were to fight them one by one, it would take forever.

Zabril also thought it unnecessary; it was just the sage's side of the story, and there was no need to fight on the spot. They should first clarify the cause and effect. Moreover—

He looked up at the densely packed ancient junk in the distance, and the green-skinned troops who were fully armed but not covered in loose parts.

These greenskins are not much different from the orc warlords of the Great Crusade.

Without support from space, Zabril wasn't even sure they could handle these greens.

The fact that the Greenskins could be forced to this extent shows just how exaggerated the fighting power of the surface humans must be.
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"Yan Yi has already made contact with them."

After a brief discussion, Arthur raised his hand and spoke after Romulus stopped the proceedings.

He switched the holographic image in the center of the hall to a battlefield recording:
The Broken Steel Wings squad confronted several silver-gray figures in the wilderness. These figures were all clad in silver combat suits, and their outlines revealed human characteristics. The Gauss weapons remained in a ready-to-fire state but did not fire.

"The other party did not express any intention to attack, and after making contact with the Broken Steel Wings team in the wilderness, they expressed a willingness to negotiate. I think it is possible to negotiate."

Arthur had no intention of fighting. Even if they could win, there was no need for them to be used as pawns by the Great Sage Krieg.

Although the great sage spoke the truth, he also concealed a lot. What is needed now is a review.

"Alright then, let's vote by raising hands."

Romulus nodded, then looked around.

"Raise your hand if you refuse to communicate."

Swish!
Representatives from the state religion and various imperial departments raised their hands.

Meanwhile, they noticed that the motionless Primarch and the representatives of the various chapters, except for the Black Templar, all showed expressions of surprise.

The adults never hesitated for a moment when they were exterminating the aliens.

They shouldn't lose the initiative either, as no one knows how cunning the aliens are.

"Please put it down."

Ernesto de la Cruz then spoke.

The representatives lowered their hands in confusion.

"Those who agree to communication, please raise your hand."

Uh-huh! Swish!

The four time travelers present, along with Kaul and many veterans from the 30k era, all raised their hands.

'Thanks to Ramses and Assassin, they managed to salvage a group of veterans.'

"Very good, the minority shall obey the majority."

Romulus smiled and raised his hand to indicate that everyone had finished their greetings.

"De la Cruz, you are in charge of organizing the delegation and preparing for the communication."

"Yes, my lord."

"Arthur, you take command of the troops. Bring Ramses along and prioritize dealing with the Greenskins in the plains."

"receive."

"Karna, you'll be in charge of communication with the team."

"no problem."

"other people."

Romulus surveyed the chamber.

"Return to your posts and await orders."

I have a mouth so I can speak, I have eyes so I can witness, and I have ears so I can listen.

I also have a brain and can think calmly.

Do you think I'm like an extremely stressed wild animal that will bare its fangs and tear apart any other animal that is even slightly different from its own kind?

I'll make sure you don't get your way.

"Yes, my lord!"

The group responded, then left with questions in their eyes.

The crowd quickly dispersed, and when the last figure disappeared at the end of the corridor, only Romulus and the Great Sage Caul remained in the council hall.

Romulus looked up and met Caul's gaze.

He saw nostalgia in those mechanical eyes.
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Yes, wars did happen, and necessary acts of violent conquest did occur.

No one can deny that history has recorded all of this.

However, whenever a world or civilization rebels and rejects our offer of friendship, whenever an alien race attacks human civilization, countless worlds rejoice at the sight of an expeditionary fleet appearing in the sky.

Although the expeditionary fleet set out from Terra with troops and artillery, their journey was not one of destruction.

Rather, it is to find those 'lost' branches of humanity and rebuild the human civilization destroyed by the Age of Conflict and the Eternal Night.

This period, which later generations called the 'Great Expedition,' was mostly—

It's actually not bloody.

(End of this chapter)