The Astartes Family's Notebook

This negotiation is nearing its end. Since neither side is prepared to fight to the death on the spot, it would be more logical to settle the terms and move on to the next round.

Kaz's top supporter has once again saved this little subspace streamer from disaster. Seriously, I'm crying my eyes out.

However, confronting the emperor is no easy task, especially when it comes to negotiating with Tzeentch and Slaanesh, who clearly have ulterior motives.

Khorne won't have time to watch Kaz's livestream for the time being.

If Kars still can't handle this after all he's done, then consider the past donations as a funeral gift.

Khoronid love is both intense and cold.

As the spear of light fell, the divine beast, which had been dormant for a long time, finally broke through the boundary between life and death and returned to the human world.

All believers, heed the command of our Lord, commit suicide and return to heaven!

Ah, how wonderful it is to dedicate everything to the gods!

Fathers kill their sons, wives kill their husbands, and the survivors greet each other with eerie smiles, then ascend to heaven together.

Suicide is not an option, as it would attract the emperor's attention; the only option is homicide.

So one child was left behind.

He didn't believe in God or man; he simply longed for his father's warmth.

But Father, why would you rather kill that wretched woman you've only known for a few days than take me with you?

Father, oh Father!

A minor twist of fate can be a devastating blow to an individual, like the sharp crack of a hunting whistle.

In fact, it's not a big deal if the ritual is incomplete in normal times; the Chaos Ritual wasn't that particular to begin with.

But Kars was no ordinary Astartes; he was an Astartes who had caught the Emperor's eye and had contributed to the human empire.

Khorne and Nurgle's successive lapses in concentration were noticed not only by Tzeentch and Slaanesh, but also by the Emperor, who was not in good condition.

The Emperor's wrath surpassed even that of Kars.

Heretics and evil spirits, how hateful!

It was a close call, and Kaz didn't even know how he did it afterward. He just smashed the void shield protecting the evil spirit with a single hammer blow.

Then came the righteous brawl between Astartes and the Light Spear Macro Cannon.

The invisible blade is the most deadly; the visible enemy is merely a matter of how long their health bar is.

A chaotic threat that could have endangered the entire sector if left unchecked has been eliminated.

Although the Eighth Company lost eleven combat brothers, no one who has seen the chaotic behemoth reborn from the corpses of believers can deny that this was an epic victory.

Just then, a communication came from the Imperial Icon.

"Kaz brothers, a ship is coming from Mandeville. It's most likely the Inquisition."

Ha, what a perfect timing!

Why didn't Katz believe it?

Chapter 414 is about the Governor.

Could you lend me twenty yuan?

Forget it.

No need to transfer money anymore.

Consider it a treat for you to have milk tea.

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Be careful when making friends, because when you choose friends, you also mean you've chosen potential enemies.

This statement makes sense both ways.

Because when you choose your opponent, you are also filtering out potential allies.

A friend of a friend is not necessarily a friend, but an enemy of an enemy can certainly be a friend.

Katz considered this issue when he was working on the Belt and Road Initiative.

I've threatened some people's interests in Sidraf; when will they retaliate?

The right to choose trade routes at the star sector level has always been a product of compromise among various factions within the star sector government.

The formulation of this thing actually has little to do with economics, or even politics. It was just something a big shot casually drew on a star map, and I came up with it.

This is the sheer arrogance of privilege!

My second uncle's third daughter married into this planet and became the governor's wife. Your subspace highway is building a toll station here.

This isn't just about adding a few more crates of promethium to ships. It's about choosing escort fleets, promethium refineries, trading hubs, and the interaction hubs between subspace and real-world routes. Once you've poured massive amounts of resources into these areas in the early stages, there's no way to change them later.

Doesn't the Starfield Governor know about these things?

I know.

So what if you know? The High Lords of Holy Terra can't do without the support of the Starfield Governors, and the Starfield Governors can't do without the support of the Sector Governors. Without the support of their subordinates, who the hell are you?

Kaz can succeed because Saint Ma is still protecting him, Saint Mamen is on his side!

If it weren't for the expeditionary bonds that emptied the Pacific Star Region government's coffers, and if the border free trade zone hadn't been a model cooperation project between Sidraf and Sepmundi, would your Desolate Wings Chapter, with only a thousand or so people, even think about taking a bite out of the big shots' cake?

This matter may seem simple, but it is actually not simple at all.

With the big men losing their support, the little men are thinking with their butts, blindly going all in on the Einsteins family, who also have the support of the clergy behind them. It's only right that they get 90% of the profits.

The economic base determines the superstructure. The governor of the Pacific Starfield has been dissatisfied with certain people for a long time. Is this Hydrafar the Hydrafar of the Human Empire or the Hydrafar of you local bureaucrats?

Allowing the Instans family to connect with each other was itself a means for the number one figure in the Pacific Star Region to express his political leanings.

I don't care about trivial matters like thousands of promethium refineries, nor do I care about shipping routes in a few star sectors. This is a vanity project for Hydrafar and Sepmund. Anyone who dares to delay things will die, understand?

Showing favoritism in a high-sounding manner is just a basic skill for high-ranking leaders.

Katz and the interest groups behind him had been working together for years, and the original planners only realized what was happening then.

The initiative has been lost; a slow start leads to a slow and steady decline.

To be honest, while the development plans for the five remote star sectors are very lucrative in terms of engineering and construction, the payback period is measured in millennia.

We're all locals from the Taiping Starfield. If we back down and lower our heads, we can all make money peacefully. There's nothing wrong with that. We'll go with your plan, and you can leave me a share of the benefits. That way, the matter will be over.

After all, the Taiping Starfield nominally governs over a hundred thousand planets, but in reality, the number has long exceeded two hundred thousand.

High-ranking bureaucrats who can decide major policies in a star sector are not so idle.

However, some people felt uneasy after learning that it was Astartes of the Desolate Wings who orchestrated this.

Are Astartes so great? This human empire is our human empire. These monsters should just be watchdogs. How dare they sit at the table and eat?

This is outrageous!

This is the true social ecology of the empire. The state religion spent tens of thousands of years elevating Astartes to the level of demigods, but in the eyes of the imperial bureaucrats and nobles who actually sit at the table, angels are nothing more than royal hounds.

The prevalence of Great Astartesism is not a baseless conjecture, but has deep roots.

Astartes, however, did not care about the mortals' reverence and wariness towards it.

This family will fall apart without me, and this empire will collapse within a century without Astartes.

The status of the founding group is not simply due to being the "mother group." Many times, it is the nine founding groups that have stepped forward to exchange interests with the imperial high command, barely maintaining the status quo of the empire.

So here's the question: which is the theoretical parent chapter of the Wastewing Chapter?

I can't find it.

Oh, so you're just a nobody.

But the Desolate Wings are a local warband in our Pacific Starfield, so we can't make it look too bad.

Then kill the troublemaker who started this, and teach Saladin a lesson.

Ah, me?

You idiot, go contact the Astartes inquisitors.

clear!

Among the hundreds of thousands of inquisitors in the Empire, the inquisitors of the Astartes were the fewest in number.

Because investigating the gang members is really easy to get lost in the subspace, you can't do this job without exceptional skills and a good destiny.

However, this faction of inquisitors specifically tasked with investigating Astartes is essential, a consensus reached throughout the Empire, even among the Astartes Chapters.

Huh, would the various synagogues of Astartes tolerate the existence of a tribunal with the nature of a "military policeman"?

Yes, while this thing is annoying to Astartes, its very existence is actually beneficial to the Astartes Chapter.

The relationship between the Inquisition and Astartes was already bad, but it got even worse after the events of the Moon of Shame. The Imperium of Man was a makeshift organization, and the Inquisitors were an even bigger makeshift organization.

The Supreme Grand Master of the Inquisition has no control over the many Inquisitors scattered throughout the galaxy. If it weren't for these Inquisitors who are specifically tasked with investigating the Astartes, the Inquisition and Astartes would have been locked in a life-or-death struggle a thousand times over.

In layman's terms, the Antarctic Hotel needs these specialized judges to liaise with the various tribunals. The High Master of the Inquisition has the psychic contact information of the Astartes Inquisitors. The High Master cannot control all the Inquisitors, but he can control these more than a thousand people.

Astartes, on the other hand, didn't have the time to argue with the Imperial departments. When they encountered troublesome matters, they would even proactively invite the inquisitors of this order to examine and determine the nature of the matter.

After the professionals make their professional judgment, the other judges can go away. If you have any complaints, go and reason with the lobby manager of your Antarctic Hotel.

After understanding this background, doesn't that feeling just suddenly overflow, impossible to suppress?

The Prime Minister cannot interfere in judicial proceedings; this is a matter of principle.

However, the prime minister can appoint a “suitable” judge to hear the case.

Those nearing retirement with no desires, those wanting a royal medal, those who have come to terms with reality and yearn for advancement, and the idealistic young man suited for warp voyages.

In the seat of the Star Government, the Astartes Inquisitors are not hard to find.

Not only are they easy to find, but there are also several candidates to choose from.

The Star Government wanted to settle things, so it selected an Inquisitor who was biased towards Astartes to go on the mission.

If the Starfield Government wants to establish its authority, it will select an Inquisitor who is seriously hostile to Astartes to handle matters.

If you encounter a warband that has good relations with the Starfield Government, choose a middle-aged inquisitor who has become indifferent to his own future and only wants to reap benefits.

The warband, seething with anger, committed a crime, so they chose a young judge who had just started working to set the stage.

The Star Government always stands on the sidelines, but through personnel power, it can achieve a dynamic balance with the Astartes Chapter.

Those who wanted to cause trouble for Kaz didn't need to assemble a large private fleet. They only needed to hint to an Astartes inquisitor who wanted something to remember to "keep business as it is." As long as the price was right, the inquisitor would handle everything.

In fact, Goff Seschel has been with Katz for several years.

To the Empire, or rather, to Holy Terra, the Desolation Wings were nothing more than one in a thousand, an ordinary Astartes Chapter.

But for the Inquisitor of Sidraver, who had been married and established for over a hundred years, the name Desolationwing meant very much to him.

They just came to cause trouble; they died for nothing.

But with Astartes, if you just wait patiently, they'll come to you on their own.

Well, here comes the opportunity!

Having direct ties with the Antarctic Hotel offers numerous potential benefits.

For example, Goff Seschel had several highly qualified, legitimate psionic servants around him.

One of the judge's attendants was particularly skilled at eavesdropping on interstellar communications.

Extermination order! Goff Seschel really admires the brave man who dared to issue an extermination order; he's truly unafraid of being investigated and held accountable afterward.

It was fine back when your Desolate Wings were still a ship-based battle group.

Now that we have a home planet, can we escape our home planet?

There's no need for all those fancy tricks; all you need to do is "invite" Company Commander Katz to Sidraf, and then the rest will be none of your business.

The methods of warp voyage are not unique to Astartes; everyone knows the same techniques.

So Goff Seschel didn't put on any fancy, useless show. He simply leaped out of Mandeville and revealed his identity: "I'm an inquisitor of the Astartes, here to investigate your extermination order."

Tch, you piece of trash...

Although Katz was quite unhappy, he did not prevent the judge from exercising his legitimate powers.