From Terra to Terra, the Star Emperor's Holiday

Marshall hesitated for a moment when he heard Si Ye's question, but his tone remained firm, without a trace of deception or concealment.

"Sir Rogue Trader, if you consider my ideas to be heretical, you may imprison me, but please do not expel me immediately. The residents are emotionally unstable, and I fear they may become impulsive and anger you."

Si Ye had an unlikely guess: "...You don't believe in the Imperial Truth..."

As the words "Imperial Truth" came out, a flash of light seemed to light up in Marshall's calm eyes, making Si Ye want to pull his hair out.

A state religion priest who believes in the truth of the empire, how did this thing survive to this age?

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Chapter 311 Auxiliary Army Plan

"Sir Rogue Merchant, you are worthy of being descended from a family that holds a certificate of authority from the Primarch. I admire your high level of awareness. If you have any instructions, please feel free to give them. I will resolutely cooperate with you."

Perhaps he had found an ally he considered to share his ideals? Marshall left in a good mood, leaving Si Ye with a twitching mouth.

As a state church priest who practiced some of the Imperial truths, Marshall was able to leave the parish where he served as an acolyte alive instead of being treated as a heretic and burned to ashes by promethium fire, entirely because he once had a father who was a star region bishop.

But even so, his father, who was the bishop of the star zone, exhausted all his connections in order to protect his rebellious youngest son. He had no chance of promotion and died of exhaustion from his work as the bishop of the star zone.

Although Marshall was spared from being labeled a heretic, he was still exiled to the remote galaxy of Lagtomo. He had no appointment, no acolytes, and even no support. It was no different from being exiled.

Marshall, who practices the imperial truth, naturally does not want to deify the emperor, but believes that doing more practical things is a better way to show respect to the emperor.

But Marshall also understood the importance of faith in the Divine Emperor to the people of the Empire. Faith was an essential component in allowing the people of the Empire to survive in this chaotic world.

So even if Si Ye didn't mention it, Marshall, who had calmed the people's emotions, planned to take the initiative to find Si Ye and seek support for building the church.

Si Ye and Marshall had a great discussion on how to minimize the Emperor's influence when building the cathedral.

Marshall believed that Si Ye was the descendant of an ancient family of wandering merchants who believed in the truth of the empire, and was a comrade with similar ideals.

Si Ye, on the other hand, wanted to use the imperial truth left by Huangpizi as a sword to cut through the belief structure of the state religion, making it easier for him to shift his belief orientation.

It can only be said that Marshall was lucky. He encountered the Star Empire, an existence that truly possesses the power to allow humans to no longer need faith and fear the erosion of the subspace. Otherwise, sooner or later he would fall into a stubborn vicious circle because of the truth of the empire, and eventually face degeneration or death.

After all, there really are evil gods in the subspace in this world, and there really are otherworldly beings.

The Imperial Truth, as presented by the Emperor in the 30th Millennium, has been riddled with holes by the Emperor's own manifestations in the 40th Millennium.

No matter who sees the living saints under the Emperor's throne using golden flames to flatten demons, or sees those mortals who ignore the plague of Nurgle because of their firm faith, they can no longer insist on the purely materialistic concept of the Imperial Truth, and can only praise: This must be the power of the Emperor.

"The issue of the state religion can now be concluded. The subsequent focus will be on training the auxiliary army. This is the key point."

Regardless of whether it was Huangpizi's deliberate arrangement, with Marshall, a priest of the state religion who secretly practiced the truth of the empire, Si Ye could ignore the need for faith of the residents of the hive city and concentrate on recruiting humans from the 40k world to serve as the army according to his plan.

The Star Empire was wealthy and there was no need to be as stingy as the former planetary governor Griffin. Si Ye waved his hand and decided to expand the army by 50 million based on the 5000 PDFs under Will who had some combat experience to see the effect.

There is no need for compulsory conscription, but a dual-track system of registration + review. Manstein hopes to pick out 80 million good family children from the 5000 billion hive residents as a benchmark, so as to serve as a good example for subsequent military expansion.

The specific registration situation is still unknown, but Si Ye plans to solve the equipment problem first. With the industrial level of the Xinghai Empire, the equipment for 5000 million people can be met by relying solely on the ship-borne factory.

After sending out mining drones to roughly collect asteroids and small celestial bodies around the galaxy, the well-stocked shipboard factory entered standby mode.

The research ship collected the wreckage of the Chimera armored vehicles that were damaged in the battle against the greenskins in the hive, and reverse-engineered the blueprints of this sturdy and durable armored vehicle.

After some modifications, the drawings of conventional weapons and Chimera armored vehicles were sent to the on-call shipboard factory.

Lasers and automatic guns sufficient for 5000 million people were manufactured as training weapons. If the loyalty of these people is qualified, they will be issued standard equipment of the army cluster.

As for the Chimera armored vehicle, which is the highlight, the ship-borne factory took only ten days to complete the manufacturing process of a batch. 10 precision-made Chimera armored vehicles (modified version of the Star Empire) were piled up in PDF's resident warehouse.

You have to know that the former planetary governor Griffin ordered the Chimera armored vehicles one by one. Will had never seen such a scene before, and his eyes widened.

"Are these for us?"

Facing the endless group of armored vehicles, Will's voice trembled a little.

"Yes. The unit you command is temporarily named the Xinghai Auxiliary Army. This is the first batch of military supplies supplied to you. You must quickly organize personnel to complete the training of the new recruits. The specific training plan will be discussed with you."

The synthesizer in charge of the connection looked at the data panel in his hand and continued to issue notifications.

"There are still remnants of green-skinned orcs on the mining satellites near the Hive World. Three months from now, those orcs will be your test papers. Whether you can give Lord Si Ye a satisfactory answer will depend on your ability."

The people on the mining satellite have been rescued, and only a few hundred thousand greenskins are left wandering around on it.

It was easy to clean up and easy to control, so Si Ye kept it and planned to use it to test Will's ability and see whether this PDF commander from the lower nest could take on the important task.

"Three months... When will the new recruits arrive?"

Will felt the blood boiling in his chest, and his heart felt like it was about to jump out of his chest due to his excitement.

"The first batch of recruits will arrive in the next few days. From your training to the actual combat exams, you and your group will be graded and evaluated. This evaluation will determine whether you will become auxiliary troops with a designation, or simply serve as a planetary garrison."

Hundreds more containers fell under the pull of the tractor beam, containing imitation carapace armor and various energy and kinetic weapons. After counting the number, the synths signaled Will to sign for them.

"I wish you a good performance. If you have any other needs, please let me know. We will satisfy you within a reasonable range."

After the synths left, Will and some PDF veterans looked at the container full of carapaces and couldn't help but click their tongues.

Carapace Armor is a heavy bulletproof armor that is much stronger than ordinary bulletproof armor. Usually, only important departments and institutions such as the Medical Sisters, Arbitrators of the Ministry of Justice, senior officers or top Astra Militarum have a stable supply.

But in the hands of Si Ye, the mysterious traveling trader, this precious protective equipment was thrown into Will's hands as if it were free. Judging from the quantity, it seemed that he wanted to complete the replacement of all the PDF members.

"Wow, this is the first time I've seen so many armors. This wandering trader is so arrogant."

An old soldier touched the smooth armor layer of the carapace and his saliva was about to flow out. No one would have too much of such a treasure that can save lives in battle.

"But if we don't perform well, these benefits may be taken back."

Will poured cold water on these veterans. He knew that there was only one chance and he needed these veterans to work hard instead of being lazy.

"Understood, understood. I'll inform Old John and the others. This kind of opportunity may not come once in a lifetime. We know what's important and what's not."

The veterans nodded. They also understood how precious this opportunity was. If they didn't take advantage of the opportunity to cling to the Rogue Merchant, they felt that they would slap themselves in the face even in their dreams.

"I'm going to dig out the notes the commissar left behind. I hope I didn't lose them during the previous battle with the aliens."

Training new recruits is not an easy job. Will has no idea what to do, so he can only look for the records left by the previous political commissar of the Star Army when he trained them, trying to sharpen his skills before the battle.

The old soldier asked, "Do you recognize all those words?"

"Even if you don't recognize me, I have to admit it!"

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Chapter 312 Various Preparations

Perhaps because they had gained new homes and new jobs and their living environment had greatly improved, the experimental military expansion work progressed very smoothly and many people signed up enthusiastically.

The first batch of 50 new recruits were immediately sent to the newly built PDF base. Will, who had been studying the notes of the political commissar of the Star Army these days, trying to activate his memories of when he was a new recruit, looked a little haggard, but he quickly completed the division of the new recruits into groups and teams, and asked the veterans to start adaptive training with the new recruits.

Easy, very easy.

Si Ye is not the impoverished and stingy Governor Griffin, and the Star Sea Empire is not the administratively bloated human empire.

With sufficient food, equipment and ammunition, Will doesn't have to worry about anything and just needs to focus on training.

If there was any equipment missing, he could just report it in a nice voice and get immediate feedback. This took Will a lot of effort to adapt to, as he was used to the slow processing style of the Hive City bureaucracy.

The original plan was to train for one month and then conduct simulated battles in the simulation cabin, so Will submitted a report two weeks in advance based on the idea that the Rogue Traders seemed more efficient than the Hive City Government.

As a result, the virtual cabins for simulating combat quietly filled up the empty warehouse overnight. When Will checked the warehouse the next day, he almost thought it was haunted.

The super efficiency of Siye and the Star Empire gave the residents of the Human Empire a sense of dimensionality reduction, but this efficiency also made the energetic Will feel deeply decadent.

After all, under such favorable conditions, anyone can train a group of decent recruits. Will felt that he had lost an opportunity to demonstrate his abilities in all aspects.

This is why Will is not clear about the evaluation mechanism of the Star Empire. Although Si Ye's unique Level 5 treatment allows the people of the human empire to not enjoy all the benefits in terms of rewards for their efforts, every achievement and contribution begins to be recorded when Will takes on the task.

Because of the time constraints, the recruits Will trained only barely reached the passing level, and were not particularly outstanding.

But the fact that Will was able to train a group of ignorant Lower Nest residents to be able to skillfully use various individual equipment and barely operate the Chimera tank and its combat modules within a few months also shows that he has indeed put in a lot of effort.

If everything goes well, once this group of new recruits show their performance in actual combat, Will and the veterans around him will get actual appointments and become core officers of the Star Sea Auxiliary Army.

Si Ye and the Ninth Fleet have not been idle these days. The only gas planet in the galaxy has been placed on a collection station to provide cheap explosive fuel to the fleet and the army. The star base located on the side of the star has also been upgraded to the "star fortress" level and has begun to expand the dock and defense platform to provide logistics for the fleet and strengthen the defense system of the entire galaxy.

The research ship seemed to be competing with the greenskins. I don’t know what stimulated the scientist on board the army, but he actually wanted to study the feasibility of injecting delicious genes into the greenskin orcs.

They even call it that: Orcs reproduce by spores, which means they are strictly speaking a kind of fungus, and mushrooms are definitely edible.

You have to know that the green-skinned orcs are the creations of the "Ancient Saints", and the Ancient Saints in the 40k world are actually corrupted old men. If it weren't for the "War in Heaven" between the Ancient Saints and the Star Gods that stirred up the warp, the 40k world might not necessarily become what it is today.

Even though the green-skinned orcs are already a degraded version of the 'Ancient Orcs', the creation of the Ancient Saints, it would be difficult to intervene with the genetic technology that the Star Empire barely has enough for. Si Ye could only wish the scientist good luck in his research and quietly increase the security control level of the other party's laboratory to prevent the other party from making any mistakes.

The time in the Warhammer 40k world is now M41, the 41st millennium, but the specific time is affected by the disturbance of the warp and other factors. The time obtained from the hive world and the time obtained from the mining satellite equipment are completely different, confusing the agents responsible for collecting intelligence.

Si Ye made a rough guess based on the fragmentary messages in the Star Language Tower of the Hive World that this was probably after the end of the Great Crusade of Macrius, that is, after M41.470.

Because at this point in time, there is still a long way to go before major events that can shake the galaxy occur, so the plan of external exploration was arranged by Si Ye after the fortification of the Lagtomo galaxy, and all the energy of the Ninth Fleet was focused on construction and adaptation.

"Has the hyperspace lock been completed?"

Although the hyperspace lock used by the Stellar World to lock the hyperspace channel is not quite suitable for dealing with the subspace channel of the 40k world.

However, since most of the subspace navigation in the 40k world needs to enter and exit from Mandeville Point, Si Ye asked the Academy of Sciences to modify the hyperspace lock and still built one in the Lagtomo system.

"It's already been built. The experimental drone's route has been successfully distorted and it's nowhere to be found."

Although it is no longer possible to lock the hyperspace lane like in the Stellar Universe and force others to take a detour, this modified hyperspace lock can now do some even more outrageous things.

By detecting changes in the subspace rifts, as long as a large mass object leaves the Mandeville point, the subspace rifts can be interfered with, and the warships and spacecraft heading to the Lagtomo galaxy can be induced back to the subspace route, causing them to deviate.

As for the deviation distance, it depends on how quickly the ship's driver reacts. The subspace is unpredictable, and time and space are not fixed. It is not impossible that if you are distracted, it will be a hundred years before you come out of the subspace again.

"New equipment is also being deployed and is currently undergoing stability testing."

The Stellaris universe doesn't focus much on land warfare, so many pieces of equipment have completed technical verification, but have been sealed because there is not such a great demand.

The 40k world is obviously different. The army cluster needs more and stronger atmospheric vehicles and equipment. If you want the locally recruited auxiliary troops to keep up with the pace of the army cluster, it is also necessary to properly replace the equipment of their elite troops.

Although the technology is not unlocked, the Star Empire also has a powerful weapon like the Cyberlux Battle Body, but the Cyberlux Battle Body is too large and has extraordinary destructive power, so the Star Empire cannot deploy it so casually.

The Emperor-class Titans of the Human Empire are only 40-140 meters tall, and the smallest model of the battle body produced by the Cyberlux factory is 4000 meters tall. Its traces of ground activities can be directly witnessed in the planetary orbit. A Cyberlux battle body can fill a transport ship that can carry 5 army groups and 10 billion people.

Reality is not a game. If the Cyberlux battle body is deployed onto the planet, then except for a few special forces and specialized armored clusters, the rest of the land combat units must stay away to prevent being accidentally injured by the unintentional movements of this moving mountain.

"Complete verification and deployment as soon as possible. Wars in this world keep happening one after another, and we won't have time then."