Warhammer 40K in a box

Chapter 63: Mercenary Gear
"Governor, this machine is making a solemn protest/application to the Governor. The number of Mechanicus priests on the Rostov II world is seriously insufficient. The Governor's act of transferring low-level priests to the forge has seriously affected this machine's normal performance of the sacred mission entrusted by the Ohm Messiah." A mechanical priest in a red robe was standing in Chen Xi's office and making a protest to him.

Looking at the high-ranking Mechanicus priest standing in front of him, Chen Xi couldn't help but hold his forehead.

The problem raised by the other party is of course real, and the cause of this problem is largely related to Chen Xi's own choices and decisions.

Rostov II itself is a colonized planet that has not been developed for a long time, which makes the planet not highly developed and its industrialization level is quite low.

Naturally, the number of people related to the Mechanicus on this planet is relatively small.

Although there is a bio-magus stationed there, it is a restricted tech-heretic.

The remaining ordinary low-level priests were quite busy maintaining the various mechanical equipment on the planet before Chen Xi arrived.

But as Chen Xi began to purchase large quantities of military equipment, buy casting furnaces and other actions, these gear boys began to be insufficient.

After all, Rostov II was an emerging colony planet, and the Mechanicus' missionary work on the planet was influenced by the state religion, so it didn't produce many new gears.

Now that a large number of new jobs have been added, Chen Xi has not yet hired more gears from the Casting World, which naturally leads to a shortage of manpower.

Originally, Olivia had given a solution. She asked Chen Xi to cooperate with Dongnia, with the intention of asking Chen Xi to recruit her former apprentices and technical team.

If Mai Mai had reached relevant cooperation when he went to the Casting World before and brought the people here directly, there would naturally be no problem.

But Chen Xi did not do so out of caution against her and the Mechanicus, so the problem was magnified.

"I understand. I'll take care of it." But Chen Xi couldn't give any guarantees at the moment, and he still hadn't made a decision.

Faced with Chen Xi's attitude, the Mechanical Priest was helpless and could only express his indignant protest again. After cursing a bunch of binary swear words, he left Chen Xi's office.

After the Mechanical Priest left, Chen Xi thought about it and dialed the contact with Mai Mai.

Mai Mai, who uses the identity of a Rogue Trader, plans to embark on a tour, making a Rogue Trader-style visit to the entire star region and opening up some trade routes.

At present, he has basically completed the preliminary preparations and is just waiting for the last batch of supplies to be loaded on board before setting off.

This is also the main job of a Rogue Merchant. They keep moving forward on a void ship, and few Rogue Merchants will stay in one place for a long time.

Their primary mission was to continuously open up new routes and territories for the empire, earning them the nickname "the empire's last remaining force of progress," though they also amassed astronomical wealth along the way. "What's wrong? What's going on? I'm almost leaving." Mai Mai, perplexed by Chen Xi's decision, was surprised to learn why Chen Xi had contacted him now.

"Just now, the people from the Mechanicus came to protest to me, saying that there are not enough Gear Boys on the planet. I thought you should go to Griffin IV and help me hire a group of Gear Boys, and by the way, go to Gria to order an orbital star ring." Chen Xi told Mai Mai his request.

(Griffin IV's emblem, primarily recorded as being gnawed by Tyranids)

The emblem of the Gria, also known as the Griae, features a network of circular space stations called the Gria Crown, which can warp into the warp on their own.
However, upon hearing Chen Xi's request, Mai Mai was stunned for a moment before saying, "No, buddy, what were you thinking? Choosing these two Forge Worlds? Griffin IV has already been taken over by Tyranids, right?"

"No, I've checked the data on Griffin IV. It wasn't until 988.M41 that it was attacked, which is more than ten years away!" Chen Xi was able to confirm this information. After all, it was a time record clearly given by the official.

"Even if Griffin IV is fine, what about Gria? If I remember correctly, that world is the planet where Titus tore the devil apart with his bare hands, right? Can that place accept orders now?" Mai Mai still couldn't understand why Chen Xi chose such a place.

In the plot of Star Marines 1, this place was invaded by both the Greenskins and Chaos at the same time, and a demon lord also completed his ascension to demon. Although he was torn apart by Titus, the Chosen One, the entire planet was isolated by Inquisitor Jerome Serkis who came to investigate.

Of course, Titus himself fell into the hands of this Inquisitor and was imprisoned and tortured in an Inquisitorial torture station for a hundred years.

Later, the Inquisitor was possessed by a demon, and the Grey Knights who followed him decisively killed him. The Inquisition then took over his assets. It was at this time that Titus was released and sent to Death Watch along with other imprisoned Space Marines.

"Don't worry. The main factories of the Griya Forge World are all on the self-flying star ring of the Griya Crown. They drove that thing away before the greenskins waaaagh went there. Besides, it has been so many years since this happened. Griya has been rebuilt long ago." Chen Xi was not worried about this issue. If his memory was correct, Jerome Serkes should be about to die or has already died.

After all, when Titus reappeared in Star Marine II, he already had two more golden spikes on his head than in Star Marine I, which means that there was a time difference of about two hundred years between the two.

Sicarius, who succeeded Titus as Captain of the Second Company of the Ultramarines, took over the position shortly before 849.M41. Comparing the two dates, it can be basically confirmed that the invasion of Griya happened a long time ago.

Hearing Chen Xi say this, Mai Mai thought about it and agreed, so he responded: "Okay, I will go to these two forging worlds to take a look, but hiring a mechanical priest is easy, as long as you apply, there is usually no problem.

But will Gloria take the order for the orbital ring? Even if they do, can we afford it?

"The money issue is easy. I will contact the state religion to get sponsorship. They are eager to strengthen the defense of Rostov II. The state religion should pay for an orbital ring star zone." Chen Xi estimated the current attitude of the state religion and felt that getting an investment would not be a big problem.

"I think you'd better be cautious. The state religion may not pay for such a large expense for you." Mai Mai was not optimistic about this matter.

(End of this chapter)