The Astartes Family's Notebook

"The Oathkeepers Chapter has read but not replied."

We are loyal subjects of the empire! So what if our hands aren't very clean? Even the Emperor hasn't said anything! You servants are deceiving the Emperor!

Disgusted by the planetary information control center's response, Kaz, in a fit of rage, led his team to storm the orbital elevator tower.

Hey, you should have said earlier that you had half a company's worth of soldiers. This is really embarrassing.

After all, the Astartes were stationed on the Frankish III for most of the year, and the staff in the control tower never expected that half a company of Astartes would suddenly appear on a destroyer.

Kaz was filled with trepidation as he approached home, and this last-minute stunt only added to his disgust.

But there were also benefits. After flexing its muscles a little, the Black Knight and the Desolate Wings quickly responded.

Arranged to meet at the orbital platform, Katz finally met the gang brothers he had been longing to see.

Chapter 480 Identity Verification

The key to the "beauty trap" lies in beauty, not in the person or the scheme.

“He’s different; she understands me.”

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In M41.681, Katz returns to his biological home, Frankish III, and faces the historic challenge of proving his identity.

Don't get me wrong, the Wasteland Wings have Kaz's DNA data, and Frankis III can also perform nucleic acid testing.

However, since he bypassed Deathwatch's water crossing scheme, Katz is now an unregistered individual, so he cannot afford to make any mistakes in terms of procedural justice.

"I want to see Instructor Bro."

"I want to see the battle group commander."

Katz's official identity is the eighth company commander of the "Blood Ravens" chapter. His status is not equal to that of Astartes, who is in charge of training new recruits at Frankish III. Katz can only report to higher levels.

The most absurd part of this is...

“I want to see the great sage who oversaw the construction.”

"I apologize, the Great Sage who oversaw the construction has gone to attend an academic conference."

Um......

Ok?

hmm~~~

snort!

I understand now. Today I'm burdened by my reputation for having dirty hands. Ah, what goes around comes around.

All along, he'd been using Blood Duck's skin to scam Blood Crow, and now he's getting his comeuppance. Kars didn't even know how to explain it.

There's nothing we can do but wait for the relevant people in the know to arrive and then have a meeting to discuss it.

After all, once word got out that he was impersonating a neighboring organization, although the nature of the act wasn't as serious as committing suicide, social consequences were inevitable.

Don't spout nonsense like Kars never admitted to being Blood Raven. Astartes emphasizes "I don't care what you think, I care what I think."

Your house is painted all red, is it from the Blood Ravens or the Holy Blood Angels?

The loyalist Astartes are reasonably reasonable when loyalty is not involved, but Katz's current situation is complicated.

loyalty!

"I have a batch of goods, which are of very high quality."

"I truly do not mean to be perfunctory with Your Excellency. You will indeed not be able to see the Great Sage who is in charge of the construction for some time. Would it be possible to see the Commander Sage instead?"

Great, it tastes just like before.

The name of the Kaz, or rather the Blood Ravens, is a double-edged sword. Letting you go down to the surface of the planet is impossible, but when it comes to business, it's easy to talk, everything is easy to talk.

The rest is simple.

Cyber ​​Old Ghost gave Kaz a set of mysterious secret codes. After meeting with the Sage of Domination, Kaz didn't waste any words and directly took out a data cable.

Seeing this, the wise ruler understood perfectly well: a big deal indeed.

Then, the wise rulers understood even better.

"When will the Great Sage who oversaw the construction return?"

"tomorrow."

"Then I will await your arrival."

"Is there a problem with the goods?"

"No problem."

In fact, just three hours later, the great sage who had gone out to attend an "academic seminar" returned to his loyal Frankish III.

The fully armed Guardians of the Faith isolated the orbital starport, and the Great Sage solemnly took away the box numbered 17.

“Your Excellency Samar, interpreting this optical storage device requires specialized equipment. Please wait a few days while I determine the specific data content.”

"Sure, the price was agreed upon beforehand, so I'm not worried about you breaking your promise."

"Rest assured, your reward is not much compared to the sacred knowledge. You are also aware of the situation of the Francis III. We would not ruin our reputation for such a small amount of money."

Small change, haha, more than the reward for a cruiser but less than that for a battleship, damn small change, damn oil enthusiast!

It wasn't just Kaz who thought this way; the veterans from the War Gang who came to support him also thought so.

Do you know what kind of gang conflicts can erupt in the Eye of Fear over a single frigate?

Fun fact: because the rebels were defeated but not completely routed when they entered the Eye of Terror, the main warships from the Great Expedition have an astonishing retention rate inside the Eye of Terror.

Due to poor maintenance, most of them are in a non-combat-ready state.

On the contrary, destroyers and frigates are quite scarce inside the Eye of Fear.

After all, even the Chaos faction, with its Eye of Terror, has to abide by the basic laws. If you can do the work of destroyers and frigates, but you insist on using cruisers, you deserve to be poor.

In terms of equipment maintenance and system upgrades, the Empire is far superior to the Chaos Traitors.

After Kaz and the local tech enthusiast pulled this stunt, Desolate Wings and Black Knight actually lowered their guard a little.

Oh, Blood Raven has come to sell stolen goods.

During the previous meeting with Kars, the Astartes from both chapters arrived together and refused to speak separately, adopting an attitude that they had nothing to hide from others, which directly frustrated Kars.

The result was that, apart from conveying the request to meet with the leader of the gang, nothing of real importance was accomplished.

So what do we do next? We just wait.

Without proper consultation and communication with the high-ranking members of the battle group who can truly make decisions, the truth cannot be concealed.

So after the Great Sage's second visit, Blood Duck's miserable days finally came to an end.

“I have already inspected the goods; you are a trustworthy person.”

He handed over a data panel, its dazzling list of Astartes-specific equipment dazzling Katz's eyes.

This is our Taiping Star Region! Can other star regions do this?

The main reason for not choosing to change ships was that even if the mechanics of the Frankish III had the ship in hand, the custom modification of the Astartes for attack cruisers would take twenty or thirty years, which Katz could not wait for.

Therefore, exchanging for more portable hard currency is a rational choice.

"I also have a batch of similar optical storage devices. Would you be interested in acquiring them?"

"...Okay, but we need to inspect the goods first."

"I will supervise the entire unpacking process."

"this......"

"Just the two of us, me and the technical sergeant."

"alright."

Finally, Kars reached the planet's surface and infiltrated the Forging Temple.

He knows this place very well.

See those hydroponic containers? I spent many years soaking them in them back then.

Katz didn't care at all what kind of forbidden knowledge was hidden inside those optical storage devices.

He was there to try and make contact with that unlucky rookie apothecary from the Wasteland Wings.

All rights and interests in Frankish Empire belong to the three warbands. Although the Moguls have the dominant control over the planet's development, the Astartes hold a significantly higher position here than the Moguls.

This is evident from the fact that recruit training takes place directly in the Forging Temple.

More than a century has passed since then, and the foolish boy who didn't know the importance of things back then has now become a mature Astartes. Kars found his chapter brothers without much effort.

After all, this batch of new recruits belonged to the Oathkeepers Chapter, and the Wastewings were not the main training instructors.

"..."

Kaz's face darkened as he watched the pharmacist nervously examine the various equipment in the room and casually take the explosive gun from his waist and stuff it into the combination lock cabinet.

That's going too far, buddy, you've really gone too far.

"May I ask what brings you here, Company Commander?"

"I've come to discuss a business deal with the sages of the Mechanicus, and also to urge you, as I have something truly important to discuss with your Chapter Master Saladin."

The fact that the apothecary could call out the chapter leader's name meant that Kars did indeed have something important to discuss, but...

"Has Company Commander Motor Sich returned?"

"Not yet, the expedition is not over."

"Where is Company Commander Mengsk?"

"not sure."

"Where is Company Commander Nuvas?"

"I'm not quite sure either."

"How is Lord Anubis?"

"Lord Anubis is well."

After a few brief pleasantries, the pharmacist visibly lowered his guard.

The fact that the person in front of you can name these people means that they have at least fought alongside your own faction.

Then Katz suddenly had a wicked idea.

"Kaz, I heard he became a company commander."

"I'm sorry, the Wings of Desolation currently does not have a combat brother named Kaz serving as a company commander."

Okay, young man, I'll remember you.

"Please urge them on. Although it's not an extremely urgent situation, time is not particularly abundant."

"Ok."

Sometimes, getting things done is that simple: a few words to clear up any wariness or misunderstandings, and the matter is settled.

After more than four months of maintenance on the track, Mengsk, the great Second Company Commander of the Desolate Wings, arrived.

Your Majesty!

It's Emperor Mengsk!

Pshaw, you big D.

Katz has no grudge against the Mengsk brothers, but a second company commander who doesn't want to be a battle group leader isn't a good company champion. As the most loyal henchman of the Motor Sich boss, Katz's relationship with Big D can only be described as neither good nor bad.

Of course, all of this happened before Warp Lost.

Now that we meet again, the surging emotions in my heart are hard to suppress.

"What business do you wish to discuss with us, the Wings of the Wasteland, in person?"

"Shall we talk in private?"

Neither Katz nor Mengsk moved, but the other Astartes wisely left.