Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 663 Guilliman, you may have lost five hundred worlds, but I have already surpassed your realm.
Arsène Dunn raised his control staff and brought up the holographic star map.

"My lord, the Legion's current territory is mainly concentrated in the Misty Starfield and the Extreme Starfield."

As the Primarch's attendant spoke, the shimmering holographic image magnified.

"With the Legion's homeworld of Vostonia as the center, a star sector with a diameter of 330 light-years has taken initial shape. Of this, 185 light-years have been explored, and there are 192 habitable worlds."

"The other two important worlds in the sector are the Legion's largest shipbuilding world and naval base, Sepra Mundi, and the Triken system, which consists of five Eldar virgin worlds."

"In addition, there is the Islington system, where the Legion's largest training base is located. New recruits from each chapter must pass the tests of various world environments and complete special training on derelict spaceships."

Alsena, with its snow-white hair, highlighted two more areas.

"A stable route has been established to the Mordian system, the world where the Third Legion recruits, as well as the vigilant system, the third most populous system in the Legion and the production center of the Defense Technology Center."

The scene shifts to the northeastern region of the Milky Way.

"The Colony New District is currently the largest territory of the Legion, covering the northeastern part of the Hazy Starfield and the northwestern part of the Extreme Starfield."

"Five of these worlds have undergone key development and have grown into the center of the sector. Hurricane Star and Zhua are mature industrial worlds, while Abyss Harbor, Manachia, and Moab are shipping hubs."

"After the threat of Randan was eliminated, the Cyclops Cluster began to develop rapidly. Of the three worlds in it, you rewarded Lewis von Valancius, and the remaining one hundred and two worlds are all growing rapidly."

Ninglu nodded. Although the new district of Colonid posed no threat in the short term, it would face a test during the grand birthday celebration.

He recalled that after Horus fired the first shot in Istvan, he immediately set his sights on the new district of Colony, where the Cyclops Cluster's production capacity of over a hundred worlds provided the industrial base the rebels desperately needed.

[During a grand birthday celebration, defenses must be strengthened.]
Although the Sixth Warband was stationed there, and it had the support of allies Lucius and Mezoa of the Forge World, as well as the Vironian Knights, Nimrod remembered Horus personally leading his legion, together with the Death Guard, to launch an offensive.

"The Legion's only territory outside of the Starfire is Broken Steel Keep, which is near the Collonid Abyss."

Ninglu nodded slightly. It was precisely because he had foreseen the future "Death Watch" fortress that he gifted the homeworld of Randan, which was also outside the Star Torch, to Peturabo as his place of retreat.

"Cariham Gate is currently the Legion's most important hub, serving as the landing point for our fleets to reach various battlefields."

"Portals have also been established in the surrounding space to the recruitment worlds of the various chapters and other key worlds, so that the warriors of the entire legion can quickly and without interference reach the Caligum Gate."

The Orb Spider Alliance's portal technology allows the "Shadow of Order" fleet to navigate through warp storms.

"A man-made war satellite and five Ramirez-class fortresses constitute the defense system of the area."

The Karigum Gate, as the Legion's most important nexus, was even more fortified than Vostonia.

Nimrod did not consider this excessive defense; he believed that Caligummen would inevitably be attacked by traitors during the grand birthday celebration.

The original Caligum Gate in his memory was not fully repaired by Ryan's "Dark Angel," and it attracted an attack from Perturabo during the grand birthday celebration.

Later, it attracted Chagatai Khan, who hoped to use this opportunity to return to Terra.

Now, led by the demonic psionicist and Legion's chief psionic artisan, San Diego Bergkamp, ​​along with the Beyonders and technical sergeants of the "Gate" pathway, all the space stations have been repaired, and this transportation hub is bound to attract even fiercer attacks.

[Even if Peturabo didn't lead the Caligumgate attack because of me, other rogue Primarchs would have launched their own attacks.]
"The supporting infrastructure is already in place, with starports and artificial space stations in the asteroid belt covering the entire area."

"The officers' families have settled here and multiplied."

The officers' descendants are mostly Void Children who grew up on ships.

Children in starports and space stations can also see the starry sky when they look up, making them the main source of new recruits for the Fifth Legion.

"We are in the northwestern part of the galaxy, outside the Empire's sight, in the star system you named the Colonus Expansion Sector, home to the Cradle of the Serpent and the recruiting world Sonem 8 of the Fourth Warband."

"The various warbands have already entered the twelve Eldar virgin worlds of the Cradle of the Serpent."

The Colonus Expansion Zone was the space region that Nimrod envisioned being handed over to him after subduing Peturabo during his grand birthday celebration.

The neighboring Calissis sector will be the target of the "Shadow of Order's" conquest after the Great Birthday celebration.

"We are in the Misty Starfield, and there are three important worlds, including the recruitment world of Kasayi of the Eighth Legion."

The Kasser are skilled in the Elvira swordsmanship and possess the expertise to forge psionic blades. They are the primary source of recruits for the Eighth Chapter, which mainly utilizes the "Twilight Giants" route.

"The Ape Star System, which you and Lord Horus conquered together, is one of the sources of even-numbered black gold and a high-gravity training base for new recruits."

Even-numbered Black Gold is the source of materials for various ritual items in the Black Emperor's domain.

“The Fahrenheit regions, such as Duran and Yeni, have become shipyards and industrial worlds.”

Nimrod not only gained leverage over the wolves, preventing Russ from making any further statements detrimental to himself and the "Shadow of Order," but also preserved most of the Fahd industrial area.

He also had one more request: that Ruth repay him for not revealing the existence of the Kennis Spiral mutant werewolf, without violating his principles.

Alcéna raised his control staff, and the stars in the northern part of the Milky Way shrank. The scene shifted, and the stars in the eastern part lit up.

"The Legion's two largest contiguous territories in the Limitless Starfield are the eleven star systems of the OSIRIS Sector and the sub-sector centered on Gadinal."

"Gardinar is not only the recruiting world of the Second Legion, but also one of eleven industrialized planets with a production capacity comparable only to the Triken system. Its population of hundreds of billions is only smaller than that of Necromonda. In accordance with Your request, it has also remained hidden from the Empire's sight."

With silver hair flowing, the scene focuses on the southern part of the extreme star field.

“Around Macurag, we have the Veredian Galaxy and the Gan Meteor Galaxy in the north.”

"West of Macurag lies the Tarasa Galaxy."

The image of Guilliman flashed through Ninglu's mind. In the future world of Ultramar 500, he would control the two core elements.

Ganymede was originally intended to be named after Guilliman's adoptive father, Connor Guilliman, and along with Karls, it was one of the two major shipbuilding centers in Altramer.

Connor was originally not only the northern core world of Alteramar, but also the territory of the northern Champion among the four Champions of Alteramar, but now Guilliman has no choice but to choose the northern core instead.

Meanwhile, Kos of the Veredian system, before the grand birthday celebration, grew into the fifth largest world and the third largest shipyard in Alteramar, and was considered to become a new center of development, with a new hero emerging from it.

For Yu Ninglu, it was still the place of retirement chosen by Or Perzon, the first war general of the old man Huang Laohan, the first hero who defeated Horus, and the one who mastered the secret language. Tarasal was the hometown of the future Grand Prince of Tarasal, Cato Sicarius.

During the "Unyielding Expedition", it served as the homeworld of the newly formed "Void Trident" chapter.

This ocean world is now also the recruitment world for the Ninth Warband, which primarily uses the "Tyrant" route.

The Tarrasa system is also the western development center of the Macurag 500 world, and its main star was given to the Deathwatch by the Ultramarines as a training and operational base.

Ninglu's gaze swept across the southern part of the Extreme Starfield, where three other brightly lit worlds were visible.

Mankola is also the world of the Niu-Giriman cubs, the future homeworld of the "Roaring Griffin" chapter.

Because of the high proportion of psionicists and the fact that the Golden Griffin allows people to learn the "Griffin's Roar," which is effective against warp creatures, it is now the think tank's main recruitment ground.

The Ryan system is the offspring of Dorn, "Crimson Fist." Ryan will be the benchmark for the Legion's agricultural worlds in the future, while Blackwater is the Legion's first penal world.

The gem world of Ventrilian, whose edge is illuminated by starlight, has nothing to do with cows; it is the homeworld of the future elite "Ventrilian Noble Army" of the Astral Army.

The Ventrilians are of noble birth, fond of fighting, and, along with the Kassers, are the two main sources of the Eighth Warband.

The Primarch servant with snow-white hair shook his control staff, and the scene switched to the northern part of the Extreme Starfield.

“We don’t control many worlds in this region. There are four important ones: Catachan, Firestorm Star, Attila, and Pertitus.”

The homeworld of the future elite Astral Army's "Katachan Jungle Warriors" and "Attila Barbarians" is the primary recruitment world for the Seventh Chapter, which mainly recruits through the "Red Priests" route.

Firestormstar is another one of Guilliman's protégés, the future "Aurora" Chapter, whose production capacity rivals that of the Foundry World, manufacturing equipment for the Ninth Chapter.

Aventinium in the Extreme Starfield is also the offspring of Guilliman; it is the homeworld of the future "Bronze Archon" chapter.

It, along with Vostonia, is the recruitment world of the 11th Legion.

Pertitus VI is the Tuchucha engine of Nimrod Lane, and at the same time, it harvests a world rich in minerals.

It was originally intended to grow into a casting world under the vigorous development of the engine oil enthusiasts, but now, together with Planet Two, it is a rapidly growing industrial world.

Ning Lu examined the star map of the Limitless Starfield with awe.

[I've become much more powerful; Guilliman and his bastards' world is something else!]
Nimrod's territories under his control in the Limitless Starfield are not limited to the worlds he directly controls.

There is also the world of Incarardion, the forging world, and the surrounding wild world of Humala, as well as Ganz, a satellite of Ganz, which is applying for the qualification of a forging world.

Nimrod's chosen focus of conquest for the foreseeable future—the Sak Trada Abyss—should also fall within the Limitless Starfield, but he will not allow this region, far from the Empire's borders, to come into the Empire's sights.

In the future, this space region, which will reach the scale of a star sector, will be the largest hidden territory.

As Ninglu sighed inwardly, the scene shifted again, switching to the center of the human empire, the Solar Star Region.

"We also control three key cosmic regions in the Solar System: the Necromonda sub-sector centered on the six star systems of the Orb Spider Alliance, Alicia in the Prosperity Path, and Ariga, the Beacon of Civilization."

Necromonda is the largest and most populous hive world in the Empire, and its population is so large that its exact number cannot be determined.

With tens of millions of people born and dying every day, death culture is prevalent, making it an important recruitment world for the Fourth Warband, which primarily uses the "Grim Reaper" route.

Alicia is the homeworld of the future elite Astronautical Army, the "Alician Paratroopers," and is currently a recruitment world for the First Chapter, along with the Osiris Sector.

Ariga is a culturally advanced and civilized world, and also the world where the 10th Regiment recruits soldiers primarily through the "Hanged Man" route.

"In the Pacific region of the western galaxy, we only have nine worlds in the other Terra system and the Tannis system."

Tanis is the homeworld of the 1st Tanis Regiment, led by the future legendary Commissar Ibram Gaunt, and also the recruitment world of the 12th Regiment.

Of the five star regions, only the Storm Star Region in the southern part of the Milky Way has not yet been set foot in by him and his legion.

Alsena proudly pointed his head back, zoomed in on the Milky Way, and said.

"To date, the Legion controls a total of 513 worlds."

Nimrod smiled and nodded. When the Great Expedition ended more than a hundred years later, Guilliman only had five hundred worlds, and now he has less than three hundred.

Furthermore, he has already taken control of four crucial worlds and sixteen other worlds.

More importantly, many of these key worlds are similar to, or even surpass, the best among the five hundred worlds.

The population of Necromonda is equivalent to the sum of any one hundred of the five hundred worlds, and the population of Gadinar and the Vigilant System is also the sum of dozens of worlds.

The combined production capacity of the five worlds of Triken and the eleven worlds of Gadinar exceeds that of any other galaxy.

Hurricane Star, Firestorm Star, Gan Meteor, Vigilant System, Duran, Pertitus, can also stand alongside Guilliman's Macragge, Kars, Medusa of "Iron Hand", and Nocturne of "Salamander".

Cypra Mondy's shipyard is unparalleled by any Primarch territory, except for the Forge Worlds of Mars, Voss, Lorraine, and Gruulgard.

Only Carlsson can compare to Vostochny, Gannett, Connor, and Duran shipyards.

Guilliman, you have lost five hundred worlds, but I have already surpassed your realm.

Moreover, even when considering total population and total production capacity, it already exceeds the total of the next five hundred worlds combined.

In terms of both quantity and quality, my territory is undoubtedly the foremost among the Primarchs.
Ning Lu thought with satisfaction that his past efforts had yielded quite good results.

The Primarch's servant, with snow-white hair, glanced at the data panel and continued reporting.

"My lord, I have tallied the numbers of the legions from all divisions."

　PS: The next legion summary will be before the grand birthday celebration.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)