Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 277 Steel Hand: Do you think I don't know if this father is real or not?

Guilliman's reorganization of the High Lords lasted a full year before it was finally over.

The problems within the Ministry of the Interior consumed a great deal of Guilliman's energy. The task of selecting and reorganizing the Ministry of the Interior was far too complicated. After all, the Primarch was not a god, and the chaos caused by Chaos was still far from over. It was as if the humans living at the bottom of hell were the endless source of soldiers for Chaos.

The conditions of the bottom nest and the bottom nest in Terra are far more complex than those of a regular nest.

However, with Gao Yi's help, and through a combination of SCVs, medics, an ecological cycle system, and a massive supply of mushroom man food, Guilliman gradually gained control of the situation.

The SCVs are forcibly repairing the long-neglected air circulation and purification systems beneath the hive, medics are healing people's injuries and illnesses for free, and the ecological cycle technology can even bring a touch of natural green to the bottom hive. Most importantly, the change in food rations has improved their lives.

Gao Yi did not choose to claim the credit, but instead gave it to Guilliman. This made the people of Terra begin to believe that the Primarch's return would truly improve their lives and prevent them from being easily seduced by Chaos.

The last High Lord to fall was Pope Leicester, who, relying on his prestige within the Church of England and the Church's unique nature, stubbornly resisted until the very end.

But in the end, he met his end in an unexpected way.

The worst thing he could have done was to use the rumors spread by Slaanesh followers that Feralus was no longer the real Feralus in his final act of resistance.

If Felus hadn't yet entered the throne room to meet the Emperor, it might have actually had some effect. But no matter what Felus's physical form had become, the Felus who walked out of the throne room safely was in a state recognized by the Emperor.

He remains the genetic prototype of the Empire.

The Iron Hand, who had rushed to Medusa's aid and reunited with their original form, and their two sub-churches were enraged. The state religion, which no longer openly allowed itself to possess its own armed forces, could hardly possibly withstand an entire enraged original chapter and its sub-churches.

They absolutely do not allow anyone to question their Primarch, and they have been looking forward to the return of their Primarch for thousands of years.

I finally have a dad again, and you insist that he's a fake?! Do you think I don't know whether my dad is a fake or not?
Look at my dad's perfect mechanical body! Anyone who says it's fake, I'll fight them to the death!!!
Mechanical modification is not considered heresy in the Empire, but cases of 100% pure machinery without a trace of flesh and blood are extremely rare.

However, the veterans of the Steel Hand are in a similar situation; they are essentially a group of oily guys wearing power armor.

In Felus's absence, the Steel Hand Chapter also became a group of twisted people obsessed with hatred.

Without informing Felus, the current Chapter, Cardan Stronos, organized a commando team to storm the state church and carry out a swift decapitation strike, killing Lester on the papal throne he so cherished.

Afterwards, the Steel Hands only received symbolic punishment from Felus and Guilliman.

Who told Lester to get so worked up and slander the Primarch?
Seeing his offspring staring at him with such fervor, Felus was utterly exasperated.

The Steel Hands' acceptance of Feralus's mechanical body is astonishingly high; isn't this precisely the mechanical ascension that the Steel Hands are currently pursuing?
Feralas's current state indicates that the path they are pursuing is correct.

Despite the current state of his offspring, Felus, who believed in the supremacy of humanity, felt no joy whatsoever. Yet, he was powerless to change his own body, and his offspring were ultimately developing in a direction he did not desire.

He could only plan in his heart that he must do everything he could to regain a physical body that could carry his soul.

Ultimately, the positions of High Lord were filled by people trusted by Guilliman.

Upon becoming High Lord, Gao Yi presented Guilliman with his first gift: a quantum communication system. Compared to the potential turmoil that warp drives could cause within the Empire, this technology had far fewer negative consequences.

Under Guilliman's impetus, the Star Court also began to reorganize that year, and the emergence of quantum communication caused a large number of Star Speakers to "lose their jobs".

In order to maintain stability among this group, Guilliman also began to establish a new communications department between the Star Court and the Mechanicus to compensate for the power vacuum that had emerged within the Star Court.

The head of the Star Language Court didn't have much of an opinion on this. After all, in addition to training Star Speakers, the Star Language Court also trained various official psionicists for the Empire. They still held some rights related to communications. Although those rights had been weakened, they no longer needed to face the extremely dangerous warp.

Interstellar communication is no easy job; every interstellar communication session is a torment to both the will and the body.

Regarding this technology, Gao Yi generously stated that he would not charge any fees to the planets that needed it. His dynasty and the Holy Machine Cult would manufacture and install it for them free of charge. Compared to other forces in the galaxy, humanity's communication methods were the most severely hampered and the most in need.

The existence of the Heavenly Secrets Project meant that Gao Yi didn't need to worry about this technology being cracked.

Gao Yi also had his own selfish motives in doing this. Only by promoting quantum communication technology within the empire could he proceed with his next plan.

Free infrastructure projects are not truly free; they often have ulterior political motives and other needs.

This benefit is the internet that Gao Yi has always envisioned for the Warhammer world. He hopes to use it to link the seemingly unified but actually divided empires, and humanity will unleash power far beyond what it currently possesses.

If successful, Warhammer, this medieval empire disguised as an interstellar empire, will truly be able to fully centralize its power and exercise real-time control over its planets, as well as quickly review and regulate the vast resources within its territory. The massive empire is not lacking in resources; too much of it is simply being wasted.

If there are too few users, then the Warhammer Network loses its meaning; only with enough users can Gao Yi gain more benefits from it.

In that year, Guilliman began to change the policies he had implemented before his period of dormancy.

For example, the Astartes Code, but reforming this code, which the Astartes have followed for thousands of years, is not so easy. Things that have always been followed are suddenly said to be wrong, which has a very serious impact on the various chapters.

Meanwhile, Caul has already begun bringing the original Space Marines, which he and Guilliman had accumulated over thousands of years and were now fully modified, to the Imperium.

A large number of original gene seeds also arrived.

With the help of Gao Yi's nano-therapy gun, the first batch of Ultra Warriors who underwent the original forging modification process also went extremely smoothly, and the probability of failure was suppressed to the lowest level.

As long as one's willpower is sufficient, the surgery can be successfully performed, and any physical accidents that occur during the modification process can be compensated for with the nanotherapy gun.

Most Astartes are inherently resilient enough, otherwise they would not be able to become Astartes.

Following Guilliman's orders, teams led by the Imperial Guard, carrying Primal Gene Seeds, Nanotherapy Guns, and hastily manufactured quantum communication devices, headed to various warbands and planets. At Gao Yi's request, 2000 Gene Seeds were also sent to the Montgomery Dynasty, allowing the Blood Raven Warband within the dynasty to expand its numbers once again.

Gao Yi also plans to modify his Night Guards to improve their combat effectiveness and survivability on the battlefield.

(End of this chapter)