The Astartes Family's Notebook

What's the point of fighting this war? The other Necromancers are sleeping soundly in space, why should we bother them?

Motorists can provide high-quality power armor parts based on their contribution points.

Aliens vanquished!

As Space Marines, eliminating evil is our duty as Astartes monks. Who needs so many reasons to fight those alien races?!

That's why it's said that only Kaz can make the decisions for the Blood Duck War Gang; Kaz has already thoroughly grasped the economics of Astartes.

Give me equipment, give me better equipment. Finely crafted items are fine, artifacts are even better. If it's a unique item, I'll be willing to beg for it sooner or later. By the grace of the Machine Spirit, please turn around, my darling.

With the high-quality components of power armor as points rewards, the Astartes are highly motivated, and many rewarding missions even require some networking in the Octagon to secure.

However, war is never a one-sided sitcom, and General Dai Guan is not some worthless nobody with an undeserved reputation.

He soon discovered that, despite fighting on home soil, the undead army's disadvantage stemmed from two other planets in the galaxy providing manpower and material support to the local human forces.

Therefore, General Dai Guan's decision to voluntarily reduce his forces was not due to a lack of manpower, but rather because he needed to shift his limited number of tomb engineers from waking up ground combat units to maintaining the tomb fleet.

Access control system for trenches!

As the final resting place of the dynasty's emperor, the tomb world naturally contains various tomb warships of all sizes built by the undead during their conquest of the galaxy.

However, the same problem persists: with the passage of time, even with the Space Necromancers' unparalleled materials science among galactic races, a large number of Necromancer warships still broke down due to improper maintenance.

Are there any that work?

Yes, advanced warships have self-sustaining systems that allow them to function normally even after 60 million years.

Then why not use it?

Because the crowned general doesn't have the authority.

Those ships that are still usable normally belong to His Majesty the Emperor, other crowned generals in charge of void warfare, or phase technician lords and dimensional engineers, and they all have access locks set up.

The crowned general who was actually doing the work found, after inspecting the hangar, to his despair that even under the most optimistic circumstances, it would take him one and a half planetary years to complete the most basic physical structural repairs on the three relatively intact graveyard warships.

This is so frustrating! Am I still protecting my own dynasty's tomb world?

Is all of this really reasonable?

I don't know!

Both sides had their own ulterior motives, each hoping to deceive their opponent and expose their weaknesses, so the battle remained stalemate but not intense.

However, in the end, General Dai Guan couldn't resist taking the initiative and made his move.

After carefully studying the mental memories of the human prisoners, General Dai Guan discovered that the so-called planetary governor and the Astartes who were on good terms with him were not "of the same faction".

Since that's the case, then let's use a little divisive tactic...

So, the Necromancers of the Space deployed a Doomsday Ark, which secretly infiltrated the neighboring planet and captured the planet's governor.

Why not just use the invincible dimensional technology of the space necromancers?

Sigh, sigh, sigh, if you keep nagging me, I'm going on strike and quitting!

Permissions? I've already told you I don't have the necessary permissions!

It can only be said that General Dai Guan still has a biased view of the human empire.

The disappearance of the planetary governor is indeed a huge deal.

However, if the planetary governor is captured by enemy agents, then this becomes a trivial matter.

"Trois, you come to the front fortress to relieve me. I have to go back."

"what?!"

"The governor has fourteen sons, and thirteen of them have tried to contact me, offering all sorts of benefits in hopes that I will support their succession. I need to deal with this matter."

"Oh."

Guarding the logistics base was originally a job that Astartes didn't like, but with contribution points that could be exchanged for high-quality power armor parts, even the most undesirable job can become a hot commodity if the rewards are good.

Trois, an old man, arrived at the front-line fortress an hour later and took over Kaz's battlefield command.

But that brand-new power armor...

Tsk tsk, he must have embezzled and taken bribes quite a bit.

We must never compromise with the aliens. Trying to negotiate with them before we've exhausted all options is tantamount to aiding the enemy!

The governor's successors set a tone that even Katz, a seasoned feudal theocratic fighter, felt was a bit too extreme.

The one who got arrested is your own father!

So what if he's my biological father? He can have life-extending surgery, but we can't afford that kind of expensive procedure.

Is there ever a crown prince who lasts for two hundred years?

Necromancer, you're a great man!

Katz didn't want to reveal too much about how the closed-door meeting was conducted, but thirteen heirs went in standing and nine came out standing.

Without any military turmoil, after Kaz, representing the expeditionary force, observed the coronation ceremony, the old governor's fourth son inherited the throne and became the new planetary governor.

The first order issued by the new governor was to build a fortress.

It's obvious that they're scared.

Chapter 465 The Eve of the Storm

The most sincere respect is not about accepting everything about the other person, but about acknowledging that there will always be a part of them that they will never reveal to you.

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Food, or rather the instinct to eat, is the fundamental logic of carbon-based life forms.

Although planting and animal husbandry are no longer the only ways to produce food after humans have mastered the C programming language, industrially produced usable compounds can never replace the traditional primary industry.

Therefore, the development plan for the second habitable planet outside the star system and the mining world is quite rudimentary.

They had a little bit of everything, but ultimately they still had to serve the noble gentlemen of the governor's mansion.

This won't do. The reason this galaxy was able to evade tithes behind the star sector government's back and develop into a population of billions under the guise of a primitive world is essentially because it achieved self-sufficiency.

The main planet has the typical imperial style, after all, although Zhao.Akada's forging world has heretical suspicions, it is still a direct descendant of Mars and comes from a legitimate scientific expedition team.

However, Kaz couldn't stand the vibrant, thriving colonial atmosphere on the planet Peixing's side, and finally decided to strike hard.

This is ridiculous. A world that provides approximately 23% of the raw materials and 37% of the food to various factories on the main planet is practically naked and defenseless. It's like begging the Necromancers of space to come and play with us.

This battle marked Kaz's first practical experience in dealing with the Necromancer race, and the Commander was remarkably humble and meticulous.

There's a big difference between never having fought one and never having fought one.

Katz showed neither admiration for the advanced necromancy technology nor fear of the power of the necromancy dynasty.

When soldiers come, we'll meet them head-on; when water comes, we'll dam it. We'll do our own job well, and leave the rest to the Emperor. That's all.

Therefore, Kaz would not allow such a blatant flaw to appear within the Imperial system.

Just as the old governor was kidnapped, the new governor desperately needed the support of the Astartes Expeditionary Force, and Kaz finally seized the opportunity to make a dirty move against the mortal government system.

"Boss, why go through all this trouble? Just send two brothers out for a quick look, and everything will be taken care of."

"Trois, I don't know whether to criticize you for having Legion habits or Warband culture."

Yes, that's right. Violence is indeed the ultimate solution to all puzzles, but while violence can solve problems, it cannot solve puzzles.

Every action has a cost. Three companies of Astartes seem like a lot, but the problem is that using violence to oppress the bureaucratic class will only lead to them paying lip service while secretly resisting. The Blood Duck War Gang will have to invest extra human resources and unit costs to increase their surveillance efforts.

Then it becomes a vicious cycle: the more you monitor me, the more I indulge myself, and the resistance increases and the stick gets thicker.

This is not how you fight a war, nor is this how you demoralize people.

Troys was a little confused. Back in Caliban, the First Legion hadn't taught him any of this...

He just didn't understand that from the very beginning, Katz had never trusted the bunch of monsters and freaks under his command.

If the three companies of the Wastewing Chapter had intervened in this battle, Kaz's tactics would not have been the way they are now.

What kind of ideology and individual combat skills do the brothers of the Desolate Wings have?

The Holy Blood Duck Warband is just another bunch of Astartes. What are they comparing them to? What makes them think they can compare? They can't compare at all.

Questioning, understanding, and transcending the Astartes—Katz, though not yet at the level of Robert Guilliman, has already felt the difficulty of unifying people's hearts.

After all, the Blood Duck Battle Gang has a very complex composition.

After much thought, we still have to bring out the old traditions of the fraternity.

Hey, I thought Samar was going to come up with some new tricks, but this is just Horus's old trick.

It was not the Council of Four Kings, nor the Five Shadows Conference.

Eighteen. Kaz gave one seat to each of the eighteen factions within the War Gang and selected eighteen leaders to form the unified War Gang council.

The previous binary system of gang leader and gang members was broken down into a three-tiered command structure: company commander, sergeant, and ordinary combat comrades.

Um, this...

Stop arguing. Just because the Imperial factions are like this doesn't mean the Astartes Warband can be like this. If the war hadn't been so intense, Kaz wouldn't have even been able to reform.

It is read as "sergeant" and written as "corner," meaning someone who is in charge.

Sigh, we finally broke free from the shackles of the empire and became a free-spirited, chaotic mob. How come we've suddenly switched back to the imperial ways?

If my power armor wasn't not fully upgraded yet, I would have run away in a heartbeat and shown you, Samar!

Hmph, it's just a temporary pretense.

Katz was naturally aware of the discontent within Astartes, but the Grand Master didn't seem to care.

Who the hell wants to be in a war guild with you guys for life? I'm waiting for the empire to grant me amnesty.

While directing the battle, Kars also took the time to carry out institutional reforms. He was determined to use the size advantage of humanity to have a good showdown with the space undead.

Therefore, we should refrain from saying anything that is detrimental to unity, and do as little as possible that is detrimental to unity.

Days passed by, and the traveling merchants who had participated in the expedition brought bad news.

Then a fight broke out.

Look at what you're saying! Where in the Empire's territory is there a sub-sector that isn't at war?

That's not what I meant, Lord Samar. The conflict is quite large.

Kaz swept through the region, establishing his presence in several star systems in the Extreme Starfield alone. Whether it was collecting resources or converting goods into cash, he needed the help of the traveling merchants.

Naturally, these traveling merchants who chose to join the expeditionary force were also eating heartily, and naturally they were gathering intelligence for Katz.

However, the journey of bulk cargo is never smooth sailing, and there are often conflicting and contradictory pieces of information obtained through various formal and informal means.

The only certainty is that in the extreme star field, extending in the opposite direction from where Kaz and his group are traveling, in what is known as the "rear," the Imperial forces are engaged in a large-scale battle with something.

No, I've fought like this, and I'm still not handsome enough? Is this great cause of pacification really going to fail?

Kaz was almost laughing in exasperation at the empire left behind by his grandfather.

Forget it, let's play the game, let's play the game.

At least after identifying the leaders of the factions within the gang, Kaz's control over the Blood Duck Gang reached a new level.

Putting everything else aside, those guys who came from the Iron Warriors family are really good at fighting dust.

While Alpha Ruis members seize every opportunity to develop their downlines, the top-tier Alphas are all top-notch instructors who are truly skilled at education and training.

Taking advantage of this characteristic of Afa, Katz did not ostensibly interfere with the daily operations of the governor's office, but he had effectively become the local de facto ruler.

With the support of the preaching team of the Word Bearers, the Blood Duck Fighting Gang has also gained the support of the local people on the level of faith.

It's a pity that he doesn't have any top-tier military equipment from the Ultra Warrior lineage, otherwise General Kaspersky could have completely extricated himself from his heavy administrative work and devoted all his energy to military affairs.

To be fair, while the First Legion has similar stats to the Ultra Warriors, the Dark Angels' tendency to suffer from internal strife and self-doubt is a fatal flaw when applied to the administrative system.

Aim high and you'll get the middle; aim for the middle and you'll get the bottom. Slogans and tone can be lofty, but in practice, just getting by is acceptable.

The First Army Corps takes ten units of time to achieve 80 points, while the Thirteenth Army Corps takes five units of time to achieve 70 points. How should this be calculated?

To take it to an extreme, the real skill lies in the fact that extreme warriors can achieve fifty points in one unit of time.

You need to calculate the cost-effectiveness ratio.

There's not much to say on the main battlefield; in the urbanization battle at Quanshuigou, whoever can't hold their pee first is doomed to lose.