The Astartes Family's Notebook

Every new recruit begins preparations after the blood selection ceremony, even before the nineteen gene surgeries begin.

The specific process is very complicated; to put it simply, it's a set of subconscious brainwashing techniques.

Once the Dark Angel's true identity is confirmed and that secret incantation is recited, it's like Lelouch's Geass—whatever you say goes.

Sigh, how many young people these days still watch Code Geass? Your description is wrong. To be more down-to-earth, it's like a hypnosis app on your phone.

Well... okay, it means the same thing.

Why is it so difficult for AlphaRice to penetrate the First Legion?

Because the Dark Angels know all the methods of the Twentieth Legion, and they are even more skilled at using them than the Arfas.

The First Legion has had its share of traitors. Some followed the War General during the Great Rebellion, and many others defected to Chaos after the rebellion ended.

Due to its strict internal management system, the Dark Angels are ruthless and highly efficient in dealing with traitors, often completing the retrieval of gene seeds before the Empire even has accurate information.

So it seems that the First Legion has not had a single traitor in all these years.

Your image is too important to you; your backpack... it's making me walk so slowly...

So, it was actually the most comfortable period of time for the Fallen Angels and Dark Angels undercover agents in recent years that Kars was on the Ishimura.

The Blood Duck Warband, in a state of chaos, is neither loyal nor treacherous, a gathering of all sorts of demons and monsters, ostensibly exploring but actually on a long expedition, where the glorious past reappears.

This kind of communal living is too attractive to Astartes. I really want to form a lifelong battle guild with Brother Samar and carry on the expedition to the very end.

The spies sent by the other gangs were also confused. The signal had been sent out, so why hadn't the leaders made a move yet?

Katz has come to terms with this confusion.

Elder Ka has figured it out: he hasn't worked hard enough, and he hasn't made a big enough fuss, so the Empire doesn't take him seriously.

As long as I continue to make a big fuss, the empire's offer of amnesty will come knocking on my door.

But things weren't quite right with Chaos Astartes.

If this snowball keeps rolling, the Blood Duck Gang will turn into monsters, and then they'll be left with nothing but fruit.

All I can say is that the human empire is still too hastily organized.

Apart from the Solar Star Region's control over the border areas of the star region being somewhat passable, the administrative border areas of the other four star regions are notorious for being no-man's-land.

What are the three no-man's-land?

No problem, no problem.

They don't care when problems arise.

Aside from the collection of tithes, they don't care about anything else.

In fact, the wise men on the Ishimura had somewhat misunderstood the local bullies of the Extreme Starfield.

Just before the "Samar Expedition" was launched, Katz had already received a message from the Empire's official channels.

M41.659, Logan Grinham has officially become the Chapter Master of the Space Wolves Chapter.

It was this information that allowed Katz to roughly determine what time period he was in.

At this point, some Astartes who had turned against their cause would ask, "Wait a minute, wait a minute, our Astartes are highly autonomous militarized religious societies, and the information about the chapter commanders is highly confidential. How could it have spread throughout the entire galaxy?"

Yes, under normal circumstances, if two Astartes meeting for the first time can recognize each other's coat of arms, they can chat and tell each other who the chapter commander is, or who is the company commander.

In this way, an initial trust relationship can be established.

So when I learned from the Empire's official channels that the Chapter Master of the Space Wolves had changed, something just didn't make sense.

But after thinking about it seriously, Kaz realized that this was absolutely right.

After all, the person in question is the Space Wolves, and specifically, that damned Logan Grinham from the Space Wolves.

Although the Moon of Shame incident was dealt with leniently by the collective pressure from the Empire's high command, its aftereffects continue to ferment, expand, and profoundly impact the entire Empire.

Is this the Imperial bureaucracy congratulating the Space Wolves on their leadership reshuffle?

This is the court and the imperial bureaucracy reminding their colleagues that the troublemaker has risen to power!

This is like applying eye drops!

Therefore, having an elder in the family is like having a treasure. Without Kaz's Astartes interpretation and explanation, who knew the cause and effect, Trois and the others would never have been able to figure out that there were so many twists and turns hidden behind a short star message.

The human empire has diverted half of its energy to internal strife...

No, one-third is enough. Just allocate one-third to military development, and Abaddon can use that money to fight his Black Expedition.

The other, or more precisely, a series of wide-area star messages received from the extreme star field, revealed another truth.

The orcs of Karadoon have caused a huge disturbance.

Throughout the galaxy, including but not limited to the Empire's territory, the green-skinned orcs have established several empires.

The Karadon Orc Empire, located in the Extreme Starfield, is the most troublesome.

Because this place is too close to the Great Ottara 500 World.

Although Holy Terra had already considered building a new army for Astartes after the War of the Successors.

However, the establishment of the Astartes army was too sensitive a matter, and the specific operation was extremely complicated and cumbersome. It was normal for the establishment of an army to take three to five hundred years from planning to implementation.

The High Lords would not have voluntarily increased the number of Astartes unless the number of loyal Astartes had dropped to a point where even the Holy Terra felt it was insufficient.

This is the best illustration of "your position determines your perspective".

The Corinth Expedition against the Karadon orcs marked Kargar's first appearance as a Chapter Master on the grand stage of the Infernal Galaxy.

Maneus Calgar comes from a respectable family and rose through the ranks from an ordinary Ultramariner to the position of Chapter Master.

From recruit to veteran, from veteran to company commander, and then step by step elected by everyone to become a battle group commander, every step of Karga's progress has been exceptionally solid.

The only problem is that the Ultramarines are not ordinary Astartes, or even ordinary founding groups.

As the spiritual leader of his descendants, Calgar carried far more than what an ordinary Astartes chapter commander should have.

Put yourself in their shoes. If the Wastewings wanted to recruit the orcs of Karadon, it would take three years to gather the men and five years to wait. Within ten years, the outcome would be decided, and life and death would be determined.

But Calgar can't be so hasty; he's the chapter leader of the Ultramarines, and he can only win, not lose.

So after noticing that the green-skinned orcs of Karadoon were showing signs of Waaaagh, Karga began planning the Corinth Expedition.

The battle began in M41.698 and ended in M41.705. Several Astartes Chapters, including the Ultramarines, participated in the battle, along with hundreds of Astral Army Type A regiments. They smashed the head of the Orc Emperor of Karadon with a single punch, leaving Karadon in a state of decline for thirty years.

It was during this lull that the various factions in the Extreme Starfield managed to complete the twenty-sixth Astartes Army Reorganization.

Therefore, knowing this background, it is not difficult to understand why the five warp giants insisted that Kaz confront the vanguard of the Tyranids head-on.

Because at this time, there is no one else in the Extreme Starfield and the Hazy Starfield who can replace Calga.

Only our Taiping Star Region's weightlifting runner-up, Ka~~~~~~~~Z. Samar, can shoulder this heavy responsibility!

The only unkind thing about the destructive powers is that none of them told Kaz about it.

Oops, I forgot (?????).

Ysera's advanced mathematics lessons kept going wrong. Even though the planet she wanted to explore was nearby, no matter how she calculated it, it was wrong. She couldn't get there even after four or five warp voyages, which made Atansar's warlock start to doubt his life.

However, Kaz didn't think much of it, because every time Ysera gave him a coordinate, he was able to lead the expeditionary force to reclaim the New World.

Morale is soaring!

Not only that, the Deep Space Expedition is becoming increasingly powerful, with more and more Chaos Warriors bowing down to it, and Kaz's Astartes already has three full-strength companies.

So Elder Ka couldn't understand. Wasn't it said that the Empire's Astartes were already severely insufficient? Where did these wild warbands come from?

MD Iron Warriors are here...

What, you're treating me, Kars, like a substitute for Plankton? You guys miss the taste of the 11-day lottery?

That's what Kaz was thinking, but he couldn't say it out loud.

All guests are welcome. Please take a seat of honor.

Do they really think the Empire's generals are all fools who can't see that something's wrong with Astartes?

I can tell.

But so what if you can see it? In what way does Kars' actions not conform to the definition of an Imperial loyalist?

Right? There's no way to find fault with it.

We just get by, that's all.

Finally, after the entire expedition fleet had been filled with all sorts of filth and corruption, and had managed to assemble eighty ships and a million-strong army, Ysera finally calculated the ultimate answer to the universe.

"Forty-two, the measurement parameter is forty-two!"

"???"

Kaz leaned back tactically, looking at Ysera with the kind of look one might give a fool.

Girl, could you please not barge into my private space while I'm lifting weights? At least knock before you do!

"This time it's definitely right, these coordinates must be correct!"

Then don't talk to me about that, psionic coordinates, I, Kashanpao, don't understand it.

After politely dismissing the excited woman, Kaz took a shower, put his power armor back on, and then convened a meeting with the Astartes.

Everyone knows that Blood Raven is skilled in divination.

Blood Duck is good at divination, something that people didn't believe in before, but now they have no choice but to believe it.

Although Atansar's warrior didn't do well on his math exam, the ancestral craftsmanship of the Aidaling tribe was truly reliable.

Without giving it much thought, everyone immediately began preparations for the next warp jump, following Elder Ka's instructions.

"Poor kindness..."

"Ok?"

Left Vice Minister, you need to be more careful. If you can't win people's hearts, the Minister of Works can only be a machine oil enthusiast or a steel warrior.

"Go ahead and get busy."

"Oh."

I'm starting to dislike this unfortunate kid more and more.

The training at Astartes is professional and systematic.

Despite Kaz's various private taunts about the low quality of the wild warriors' recruits, the training equipment on the Ishimura was actually not very good either.

Those thirty-three new recruits were lucky to have encountered seasoned veterans like Troys and Taliman, who were experts in the ancient methods of training Caliban soldiers. Otherwise, Katz wouldn't have known how to handle the psychological foundations without specialized equipment.

After all, Trois had participated in the Caliban's recruit training back then, and Taliman was a professional apothecary; the First Legion's skills were still trustworthy.

At least from the moment Trois told Katz the recruits' personal code, Katz no longer doubted the old popsicle's personal loyalty.

With just these thirty-three secret phrases, Trois could easily break away from Kaz and lead the new recruits to form a war gang.

Okay, you've passed the background check.

The bleak autumn wind blows again today, but the empire has changed...

After the expeditionary force leaped out of Mandeville, Ysera eagerly compared the various data transmitted back by the oracles.

That's right, this time it's really right, it's this galaxy, it's this planet.

It is true that the world of the old women of the Aedarin is trapped within the Eye of Fear and the Warp.

However, to travel to these worlds, it is not necessary to go through the interior of the warp.

Because the internet is a good thing.

So the question is, where should the armory be directly connected to?

Of course, it's the front line.

During the Imperial Age, the Eldarin race relentlessly suppressed the Necromancers of space.

On that planet, there happened to be a network portal that directly connected to the world of the old woman whose armory still existed.

Once Ysera finds that gate, she can travel to the world of the Old Woman.

Once it's confirmed that the armory is indeed undamaged, the warriors of Atansar can contact their fellow Ark soldiers to come and collect the goods.

Ysera, as a Warlock, was incredibly grateful that she had diligently studied the relatively niche field of Network Architecture after passing the Network Architecture Architect certification exam.

Atansar's Ark was gradually worn down and destroyed by the endless tide of demonic energy; it did not simply wait to die.