From Terra to Terra, the Star Emperor's Holiday

"No, no, that's enough."

Tiberus and Malakin waved their hands repeatedly. This was the first time that a legion like theirs, which had been struggling on the poverty line for years, said no to material supplies.

Although the battle barge is larger than an ordinary battleship, its storage space is still limited. The warehouses of the Weepers and the Carcharhinus are already filled with various plasma, incendiary, and melta weapons they have copied. The two regiments also have 500 sets of Iron Cavalry and Hades type Terminator armor each.

If it weren't for the fact that the Terminator power armor would still affect the agility of the Space Marines to a certain extent, Tiberus would have wanted to have all his men change into Terminators and set up a 1000-man Terminator company.

The Weepers also had two master-level relic power weapons, a power broadsword and a power spear. These were powerful melee weapons that, once activated, could generate a decomposition force field on the surface of the weapon. Everyone had one, which made Malakin feel mixed emotions.

A lot of Tiberus's Ancient Terminator Power Claws were also copied, but there were relatively few Astartes who could perfectly control this power claw with its own chainsaw cutting function, so they could only be placed in the warehouse for now.

"...If that's enough, then that's it for now. Now I'll assign you some more detailed tasks. First, the Carcharodon Squadron."

Since they had said enough, Si Ye didn't force them. He sat up straight and began to assign more detailed tasks to the two regiments.

"Captain Tiberus, the Maneater and the Ember Claw share a common origin and have sufficient connections. Are you confident you can bring them over?"

Crimson Claw.

A Space Marine pirate chapter, deemed traitorous by the Imperium of Man, has been roaming the periphery of the Empire. Although they plunder the population of hive cities and attack Imperial merchant ships, they also fight against alien heretics that appear outside the territory, practicing their unique will.

Its origins can be traced back to M31, after the return of the Raven Guard Primarch Corax. Disliking these Terran veterans with a tradition of slave warlords, Primarch Corax formed an expeditionary fleet and sent these Terran veterans and some prisoners who did not conform to Corax's vision for the Legion to the Ghoul Stars on the edge of the human empire's territory, as a form of exile in disguise.

Although they were defined as traitors, these veterans of the Great Crusade were actually the last few Space Marines who believed in the truth of the Empire. They were just angry at the attitude of the Primarch Corax towards them, and thus gave up their allegiance to the Imperium of Man, but still did not fall into Chaos.

Even because of these ten thousand years of tempering, the Ash Claws have transformed from the former slave warlords into Corax's ideal of the best way for Astartes and mortals to get along. It has to be said that fate is a fickle thing.

For Si Ye, he already has a priest of the Ecclesiarchy who believes in the truth of the Empire, so adding some renegade Space Marines like the Ash Claws who are not "renegade" will naturally be no problem.

"Uh…"

Upon hearing the name of the Ash Claws, Tiberus's expression first became a little serious. After all, trading with the Renegade Chapter was not something that could be discussed openly. But considering Si Ye's identity, he felt relieved.

"The Ash Claws are older than the Great Shark... I'm not sure they'd want to return to the Empire."

"It doesn't matter. Just convey the message. If they refuse, tell them to come to me in the Lagtomo galaxy. I'll give them a reason they can accept."

Most of the Ash Claws' resentment towards the Imperium of Man comes from their Primarch Corax. This Raven Lord has now awakened his Warp essence and is blocking Lorgar's door, but this does not affect Nyx's promise to vent the anger of these aggrieved Space Marines.

If the Ember Claws proved more helpful to Nyx's subsequent plans, the Emperor would probably be happy to find an excuse to give his good-natured but foul-mouthed son a good beating.

"I understand. I will take people to contact the Ash Claw later."

Seeing that Si Ye seemed to prefer the style of the Ash Claws, Tiberus began to silently think about a plan to rectify the group's ethos.

"Captain Malakin, the Lamenters will do their utmost to restore the Chapter's numbers. It won't be long before the High Lords issue a transfer order for you to join the defense of the Maelstrom. I need you to contact the Astral Claws, a successor chapter of the Ultramarines, who are also defenders of the Maelstrom."

The Star Claws are a regiment with distinguished military achievements but also ambitious ambitions.

The earliest records date back to the Tenth Founding in M35. They resisted the Black Crusade of the Chaos Warmaster and hosted the Cursed Founding Chapter that collapsed during the Atonement Crusade.

After being assigned to the Maelstrom region with a higher degree of autonomy, in order to pacify the Maelstrom region and to gain more honors and victories, the then Chapter Master Luft Huron began to secretly withhold seed taxes for military expansion. He was eventually labeled a traitor for openly opposing the Terra government. After being wiped out, the remaining personnel entered the Maelstrom and became the Red Corsair War Gang.

In the original history, the battle known as the Battle of Badab also involved the Weepers. The Weepers stood on the side of the Children of the Stars and were severely damaged by the Minotaur Legion who were ordered to quell the rebellion. Although their sins were later forgiven, a redemption expedition was still inevitable.

But it is still early now. Si Ye's arrival has completely destroyed the old established destiny, and a war group like the Star Claw, which is ambitious but also capable, is naturally a target that can be recruited.

"Star Claw... Lord Si Ye, I understand."

Although Malakin didn't know what was so worthy of Si Ye's attention about the Star Claw, he still decisively accepted the task.

"Well, while we can't expand our military forces in a big way, we don't need to hide it either. If your two Chapters can still contact some remote and struggling Chapters, please recommend them to me. Before the Emperor's children return, you need to do your utmost to accumulate strength so that you can contribute more to the Empire's transformation."

Although Robert Guilliman had a gift pack of Primaris Space Marines prepared for him by Cawl, given the bloated size of the Human Empire, there was no such thing as too many Space Marines. It was better to prepare more to be on the safe side.

"If anyone from the Terran government is targeting you for military expansion or something else, let me know. If necessary, Huang... the one in the palace will also take action."

Si Ye's words startled Tiberus and Malakin, and made them even more excited.

After all, after the Primarchs disappeared one after another, the Terra government has always maintained a high level of vigilance against the Space Marines, and the Space Marines who have lost the support of the Primarchs can only endure it silently. Now that Si Ye has expressed his willingness to support them, they are overjoyed.

"Understood. We will follow orders to expand our military and accumulate strength. In the future changes, we will do our utmost to serve the Empire."

"For the Emperor, for the Imperium of Man!"

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Chapter 344 The Plan on the Right Track

The green tide of the Velo system was shattered.

The director of the Border Forge World was implicated in a heretical and blasphemous ritual and has been beheaded.

The Elfendor Dynasty used the Ragtomo system as its base in the peripheral expansion zone.

The border forge world changed hands, and the Elfendor Dynasty actually controlled the forge world.

The Carcharodon Warband openly declared themselves allies of the Elfindor Dynasty.

...

Although there were some issues with the stability of information transmission through the subspace, pieces of breaking news gradually spread through astrologer, shocking many people.

The marginal expansion star district government really has no way to deal with Si Ye. The privileges that the wandering merchants can exercise are basically linked to the strength of the merchant dynasty. When the total number of ships in the entire star district navy fleet is less than half of the dynasty fleet under Si Ye, the star district government really has no confidence to speak loudly.

The pretending to be dead behavior of the Inquisition and the Ministry of Justice made the sector government speechless. They could only start to collect information and report it to the Terra government, hoping to get assistance or confirmed orders before the Elfendor Dynasty caused chaos.

The reason why the star district government is worried about chaos is that even though the border forging world is a monkey version of the forging world, it is also responsible for the supply of heavy equipment for several surrounding star districts.

Without the help of the monks and priests of the Mechanicus, the sector government did not believe that Si Ye could handle the extremely complex situation of the Forge World, nor did they believe that Si Ye could maintain a stable output of the Forge World.

Given the tight yet loose supply demands of the various fronts of the human empire, a single misstep could lead to the collapse of defenses that would otherwise not have been breached, resulting in unnecessary losses.

The officials of the sector government should have righteously brought the Inquisition and the Ministry of Justice bailiffs to stop Si Ye's illegal occupation of imperial property, but Si Ye's fist was too big. After verbal persuasion failed, they could only grit their teeth and wait for the response of the Terra High Lords Council.

However, the worries of the star district government are actually unnecessary. With the automation technology of the Star Empire, it is very easy to take over planets like the Forge World that are full of furnaces and production lines.

The Star Empire does not need flesh and blood to lubricate the factories and forges on the forge world. After evacuating the remaining population on the forge world to fill the population gap in the Lagtomo system.

Si Ye stood in the planet's orbit and sprinkled a handful of silver-gray nano dust onto the forging world. Under the control of the central AI, the nanomachines began to gradually take over the production lines and furnaces.

You asked what to do if the machine spirit is unhappy when using nanomachines to force the machine to work?

Machine Souls, a native product of 40k, are ultimately the fragile souls bestowed upon mechanical creations by the power of the Warp. Seeing the five big guys behind Si Ye... well, there are no big guys, their presence will naturally make the Machine Souls obedient.

The Weave of Life even suggested to Night that he use these delicious mechanical souls to exchange for the power of his brother, the Shaper of Clay.

I have to say, this proposal is very good.

The Clay Shaper possesses the ability to modify a Gestalt regime into an ordinary mechanical regime, which in reality means giving machines independent consciousness and soul.

Combined with the power of the Weave of Life, a two-in-one ability that can transform machines into living things, Si Ye felt that if he showed off his skills a little, the Necrons would rush to serve him like dogs.

In the Warhammer 40k world, there is also a being who has not yet ascended to godhood, but whose power tendencies are somewhat similar to those of the Shaper of Clay.

[Zhengdong. Vicious Skills] Soul Forge Master: Vashtor

Vashtor is the designated arms supplier for the Four Warp Vendors. Items like the Infernal Dragon, the Demon Engine, and even the Omen Ark are all produced by it.

In accordance with the contract between Si Ye and the Emperor, as an echo of the abyss representing the ambition to extend technology, this powerful warp who wants to become the fifth god is naturally an obstacle to the rebirth of the human empire.

Therefore, finding an opportunity to exchange the good flesh of this half-immortal Wa for the support of the Earth Sculptor for the Star Sea Empire is undoubtedly a good win-win idea.

It means Si Ye won twice.

"...I feel a bit free..."

In the marginal expansion star district government, the middle-level clerk looked at the empty desk at a loss, revealing an extremely uncomfortable expression.

In the human empire, due to the existence of subspace pollution, highly intelligent automatic transcription equipment is at risk of being tampered with. Therefore, most of the time, the clerical transcriptionist who is responsible for transcribing information from all parties and summarizing the records will have a decent but painful job.

It is decent because, as an important position, the generous salary of a scribe can often support a family of three to live and work in the nest city, and have slightly decent food and water to maintain their health.

But the pain that accompanies this dignity will always be with you. The human empire is too large, and every day a huge amount of requests for help, war reports, new laws and regulations, astrologer communications and other documents are sent in. The transcribers have to copy down this information word for word without stopping, and then summarize and archive it for review by higher-level government officials.

When information was at its most complex, the best outcome for a transcriber was to die of exhaustion at his or her workstation; that was a decent price to pay.

But at this moment, the scribe who was used to working more than 20 Terra hours a day suddenly found that no new documents had been delivered to him. During working hours, he actually got a rare moment of leisure.

"...It's because of the Rogue Trader..."

It was a novel experience for the transcriber to be able to find some time to chat during work hours.

Another scribe also discovered that no new documents were delivered. As someone with some connections in high places, he seemed to know the reason for this strange situation.

Elfindor Rogue Trader Dynasty.

This was the most common word copied by scribes in recent days, second only to "Great Emperor" and "Human Empire" in frequency.

This Rogue Merchant Dynasty controls a crucial industrial production base in the Edge Expansion: the Frontier Forge World.

Almost all senior officials in the sector government believed that the Rogue Traders were incapable of controlling and managing a Forge World, and that the Edge Expansion Zone and surrounding sectors were about to fall into chaos due to insufficient equipment supply.

But soon, the officials who held this view were slapped in the face.

The border forge worlds became revitalized in the hands of the Rogue Traders. Orders and supplies that once took a long time to be delayed were quickly completed. A large amount of armed equipment needed by the surrounding star regions began to pile up. The transportation capacity of the star region government was soon stretched to its limits, and the warehouse world was on the verge of overload and collapse.

There are too many goods and the district government cannot deliver them all.

After the sector government was pointed at and ridiculed by the mysterious Rogue Trader, the information about the surrounding sectors' requests for supplies and material assistance was intercepted and leaked from the sector government by the Rogue Trader. The sector government had no choice but to continue to report to Terra.

Rogue traders began to take over these troublesome and complicated tasks of transporting supplies, and soon received rave reviews.

Although there will be an additional 'delivery fee' charged for transporting supplies by the Elfendor Dynasty, the Rogue Merchants are truly capable of delivering the supplies within three to seven days after the sector government receives the request for assistance.

You have to know that the transportation of materials to the human empire is as abstract and outrageous as the collection of tithes.

When the request for help that had been floating in the subspace for a long time was finally presented to the warehouse world director or the star district government from the complicated pile of documents, the allocation of materials and transport ships in months or years was just an appetizer.

When the transport ship enters the subspace channel, everything becomes a blind box leading to the unknown.

If you are lucky, the supplies you need will be delivered one second before the call for help is sent, but if you are unlucky, the supplies you need will contribute to the imperial forces' reoccupation of the planet a hundred years later.

This is why the human empire's taxation and cargo transportation are often carried out in a saturated manner. Due to the uncertainty of the subspace, they cannot confirm which batch of taxes can be received safely, nor can they confirm which batch of materials can arrive on time. They can only cast a wide net and get the greatest possible probability.

Therefore, the timely delivery of aid supplies was a "timely rain", and the reputation of the Elfindo Dynasty became more and more famous, and its influence began to spread unknowingly.

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Chapter 345: Gray Wind Waiting for the Rabbit