The Astartes Family's Notebook

However, including Katz, the entire Fourth Company couldn't understand why an extinction order would be issued for a planet with such a level of chaotic pollution.

That's three billion people! Even if you, the Grey Knights, kill thirty million, three hundred million, or even a billion, the Fourth Company won't say a word. The Astartes warriors all know how great the threat of Chaos is. Sacrificing the few for the many is what our brothers in battle have always done, and they feel at ease doing so.

Because the Astartes never backed down or feared when they became the sacrificed minority.

But they skipped even the verification process and just spouted an extermination order. Is this how you squander the emperor's currency?

Although Motor Sich was not a member of the Fourth Company, he was prepared to live and die with them.

If you can't win a fleet battle, then switch sides.

I finally understand firsthand why the Grey Knight is so universally hated.

Words are useless; only war will suffice.

With the Divine Emperor above, I have no fear of death.

However, just before the situation slid completely into an irreversible abyss, Mandeville had another guest.

The Grey Knights, who were prepared to strike first, temporarily withdrew the knife they had been holding to the necks of the four.

Because the one that came was a sub-group of the Dark Angels, or even the Black Knights, a warband that even the Grey Knights had heard of.

Why is the Black Knights Chapter considered a well-known and prestigious chapter in the Pacific Starfield?

Because a typical Astartes Chapter typically has only two or three combat barges, and poorer ones may even have to use heavy strike cruisers as mobile monasteries for the chapter.

Now, let me list the dishes for you. This is the Black Knights' arsenal:

Battle barge: The Wrath of Caliban.

This ship deserves special mention. As an ancient relic, it doesn't belong to any of the Empire's standard models. It's said to be a human vessel that existed before the Great Crusade, and it was also the flagship of the Black Knights Chapter. She was directly assigned to the Black Knights by their parent organization, the Dark Angels, after the chapter's founding.

Goliath-class battle barge Angel Redemption

Hell-class combat barge Angel Shadow

The Dark Confession, a contempt-class battle barge

The Ambassador-class combat barge, Tolerance

Corpse King-class battle barge Iron Will

Olympic-class battle barge Lionfire

The Black Knights' strike cruisers don't even deserve a mention; these seven combat barges say it all.

Especially the flagship, the Rage of Caliban, whose Black Knights were already formed during the second warship's formation. They didn't even need to put on any show. What kind of modifications were they? This is a battleship!

As a branch of the mystical Dark Angels, the Black Knights have always recruited new soldiers only in the feudal world of the Pacific Starfield.

Although their areas of activity largely overlap with those of the Desolation Wings, they have never had any dealings with the Desolation Wings in over two thousand years. The two chapters have only heard of each other, and that's about it.

However, thanks to the Oathkeeper's matchmaking, everyone crossed paths on Frankish III. Faced with such a tense situation, the Black Knight did not hesitate to take sides.

The four-man squad of the Wasteland Wings, though somewhat immature, will absolutely not collude with the Chaos traitors.

So, the current situation is mostly the fault of the Grey Knights.

Look at this, that's what word-of-mouth is!

What does TM's reputation mean?

Although the Black Knights only sent three companies and three combat barges, the arrival of the Rage of Caliban forced even the lesser-class battleships like the Nascent Soul to obediently lower the muzzle armor plates of their broadside cannons.

After bypassing the Desolate Wings' four-man squad, the Grey Knight secretly communicated with the Black Knight.

Company Commander Motor Sich, who had just been deeply moved and thought the rumors were wrong, was no longer moved.

However, the Black Knight still sent someone to inform the Fourth Company that he could not clash with the Grey Knights here, and that the chapter could do nothing more than support the Desolate Wings and ensure that the Fourth Company would not have any "accidents".

That's enough. From now on, if anyone brings up the Black Knight when they're criticizing Dark Angel, Kaz will be the first to get angry with them.

Company Commander Motor Sich understood the Black Knight's predicament, so he made a reasonable request, which the Black Knight agreed to.

An anonymous member of the Black Knight Think Tank arrived on the Victory Balance aboard the Stormhawk and sent out a Star Language communication to help the Fourth Company break through the Grey Knights' psionic blockade.

Then, the Black Knight kept his promise and maintained a restrained attitude, taking no further action except sending people into Omidas's lair.

With the Black Knights protecting them, the Victory Balance and the Pioneer Star directly blocked all firing angles from the Gray Knights' battle barges and the Imperial Navy's Retribution-class battleships.

Although the other ships brought by the Grey Knights still had the ability to destroy Planet Omidas II, the Fourth Legion had already made its stance clear, and with the Black Knights watching from the sidelines, the Grey Knights couldn't afford to turn against them before the Black Knights Legion achieved its goal and left.

Motor Sich put the concept of a battle group into practice and did everything he could.

The rest is up to time.

Chapter 47 The Horse-Taming Man, You Are Mighty and Mighty

Only a storm can topple a tree. — Excerpt from Qin Chuan Derich's quotes, *FNNDP*

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Although the Astartes know that the Thinkers are not omnipotent, the Chapter cannot function without them.

The Wings of Desolation suffered a setback because they lacked the support of psionicists.

The Grey Knights may be better equipped, but what's with all the talk about being well-trained? The fighting brothers of the Fourth Company are certainly not inferior to anyone.

However, this battle is indeed impossible to fight. The Grey Knights can use psionic teleportation to launch surprise attacks on the Victory Balance and Pioneer Star of the Desolate Wings at any time, while the Terminator teleportation of the Quadruple Company requires the placement of beacons in advance, otherwise they can only use boarding torpedoes or landing craft for boarding operations.

Furthermore, the Grey Knights can use their psionic foresight to anticipate the Desolation Wings' battle plans, making the battlefield completely transparent to them.

Until the very last moment, when it came to turning against him and taking action, Motor Sich could only think about it in his heart, and dared not even say it aloud.

Because powerful psionic beings are truly unreasonable, and everything they say is known to all, the Wings of Desolation's flirtatious talk led to a strategic miscalculation by the Grey Knights, which could lead to a lot of trouble.

The Space Marines' claim is not a baseless, illogical argument; rather, the more you look at it, the more plausible it seems.

With over a thousand branches, some of the sub-branches from the same lineage dare to turn their backs on the parent branch, and some even cut off all ties with it. If a real conflict were to occur, how many warbands would risk offending the Grey Knights for the sake of the Desolate Wings?

Motor Sich was also unsure.

The request for help has been sent out. The fourth company commander can't fathom how the warband commander will think, but the Grey Knights will at most send a company. As long as the scale is large enough, even if the Grey Knights are military police, they'll have to have a proper talk with our border guards.

That's what Motor Sich thought, and coincidentally, that's what the Grand Mentor of the Grey Knights thought too.

The First Legion has no secrets; the Black Knights are simply a puppet group of the Dark Angels, a fact the Gray Knights know.

So how could the Dark Angel receive images of the mysterious hooded man, and how could the Gray Knight not know?

Whenever this mysterious dual-wielding swordsman is involved, the First Legion collectively loses its mind. Even though both sides have reached a non-interference agreement, the Grey Knights are still worried that the Black Knights Chapter might suddenly go crazy.

So the Grey Knights called for reinforcements.

In the chaos, nothing is insignificant. The seemingly ordinary Omidas hides secrets known only to the highest levels of the Inquisition and the Assassin's Court. These secrets must never be revealed, and the Grey Knights must ensure the mission goes perfectly.

Especially during this sensitive period following the recent conclusion of the Battle of Amegiddon, the Grey Knights were on edge.

However, the court made a mistake in the end, inadvertently dragging the Grey Knights into the same mess.

Just as 99% of the Astartes Chapters were undecided about whether their Tech Sergeants believed the Emperor or Omnisiah, they were never able to truly consider the Tech Sergeants as one of their own.

The Grey Knights consider themselves part of the Astartes Chapter, and the Inquisition is merely a tool for them to fight evil and uphold justice.

However, in the eyes of the other gang members, you, Grey Knight, are nothing but the Inquisition's dogs!

Although the events surrounding the Moon of Shame were suppressed by the Empire and the participating parties, those who wanted to know, those who were entitled to know, and those who should know already know.

Motor Sich only notified the regimental commander and the acting company commander of the 2nd Company.

Ultimately, they didn't want things to escalate and wanted to limit the conflict to the two Astartes chapters, Desolation Wings and Grey Knights.

However, things took an unexpected turn that was completely beyond his control.

The squadron leader didn't come, nor did the Second Company of the Wings of Desolation. But Zhu Dan, the First Company Commander with the white scar, did come.

Originally, Kublai Khan, the commander of the white-scarred battalion, intended to come in person, but the battle was too intense and he couldn't get away, so he sent the company commander, Judan Khan, with his company's fighting brothers instead.

The arrival of the White Scars spurred the Gray Knights and the Black Knights, who tacitly lifted/released their threats/protection against the four waves of Desolate Wings and adjusted their warships' positions to target the White Scars.

This situation left Zhu Dan somewhat bewildered.

I came here to resolve the conflict, but it feels like the Wastewing, Grey Knight, and Black Knight have set a trap to lure White Scars in and kill him.

The situation was too abstract, and Zhu Dan Khan gave up on such an outrageous guess after only a moment's thought.

He had seen the Fourth Company of the Wasteland Wings being held at gunpoint, at least before the White Scars intervened.

Wow, White Scar, Desolate Wings, Black Knight, Gray Knight—this lineup is qualified to participate in an apocalyptic battle.

Zhu Dan Khan originally thought that the battle group commander Kublai Khan was making a mountain out of a molehill, that the entire White Scar Company had to come in full gear to mediate the battle group conflict.

It seems that Zhu Danhan is still too young; the small number of people he brought is probably not enough.

Is this over?

This is nothing. The Grey Knights' speed in recruiting members is unmatched by any other chapter. Other chapters need to rely on the personal qualities of their navigators to conduct warp travel, but every Grey Knight can replace a member of the navigator family.

Note that this is not a cameo appearance, but a superior replacement!

Soon, an entire sector fleet was brought to the standoff by the Grey Knights, and the balance of power completely shifted.

Will white scars give way?

Zhu Dan Khan ordered the Storm Prophet (White Scar's think tank) of the warband to spread the word.

The Black Knight's think tank can break through the Grey Knight's psionic blockade, and so can the White Scarred Storm Prophet.

Calling for reinforcements is something anyone can do. If we back down today, not only will we have trouble explaining to the leader of the Desolate Wings, but the reputation of the White Scars founding team will also be shattered.

However, time waits for no one. Faced with overwhelming power, the Grey Knights were determined to get things done by forcing the White Scars and Desolate Wings companies to comply. What could Judan Khan and Mad Sich do?

With no other options, are we really going to have to fight an imperial civil war in this godforsaken galaxy?

The Grey Knight's stance was clear, while the Black Knight's position was unpredictable. The White Scar was already struggling to protect the Wings of Desolation.

Just then, the real master appeared.

The first person in the Empire to purge the court of corrupt officials, the inventor of the Eternal Expedition, a peerless hero who truly used the Astartes Codex to clean up his mess, the exclusive user of the phrase "filling mountains and seas," the Black Templar Chapter, commonly known as the Black Orcs, has arrived.

Moreover, the first thing they did was send a fully equipped and organized expeditionary fleet.

The veteran then gave Katz a further explanation.

The Black Templars were the first branch of the Empire to exploit loopholes, because the Codex Astartes stipulated that during an expedition, an Astartes Chapter could not adhere to the rigid rule of a 1000-person limit.

The Black Templars, unwilling to abide by the Codex Astartes or openly defy the laws and regulations of the Empire, declared the Chapter to be in perpetual expeditionary status. This was truly using Robert's spear against Guilliman's shield, making a complete mess of things.

A Black Templar expeditionary fleet is absolutely compliant with the rules and does not exceed 1000 people, but how many expeditionary fleets the Black Templar has is something that only the Chapter's Grand Marshal knows for sure.

Once the Black Templars understood the cause, process, and outcome of the matter, they unequivocally sided with White Scars and Desolate Wings. Their actions were so smooth that their previous seemingly serious investigation was merely a formality to silence others.

Your Excellency, why are you so skilled?

Chapter 48 The Shameful February

Some people are alive but already dead, while others are dead but still alive.

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Odachi's teacher still loved him, and seeing that things were getting out of hand, the old man decided to come in person.

The Grand Instructor of the Tribunal was not going to come empty-handed; he planned to bring along the General of the Pacific Star Region Military Affairs Department and the Deputy Commander of the Star Region Fleet.

The Inquisition also issued a notice that it would send a formal judge to assist in the mediation.

Restraint is being urged by all those involved. This is just a conflict between the Astartes Chapters. Although there were quite a few participants, the situation was a bit tense, and both sides were quite heated, a full-blown fight ultimately did not break out, and there is still a possibility of a proper resolution.

However, with the intervention of the Martian Mechanicus, things once again veered off course and spiraled out of control.

Don't forget, the fact that Omidas II was renamed Omidas I and then sold to the Cult of Mechanics cannot withstand scrutiny.

Although the Star District government has done even more outrageous things, some things are only worth a few ounces when weighed, but once weighed, they are worth a million tons.

The Great Sage claimed that the conflict had nothing to do with the Cult of Mechanics, and that they were only there to reclaim the planet for terraforming. However, he clearly positioned the Mechanical Ark and the escort fleet near the Desolate Wings.

What a convenient excuse of being detached and having nothing to do with me! When faced with the infringement of his own interests, the motorist is indeed decisive and resolute.

They were always eager to make things worse, but things really got really bad, and everyone was on edge again.

Such a large fleet and force would incur astronomical costs just for daily berthing.

Fortunately, Omidas Nest had a fully equipped promethium refinery. After the Mechanic took over, the sealed production capacity was released, and everyone didn't have to go hungry during the armed standoff.