Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes.

Chapter 208 Terra's "meeting" and "meeting"
"No one spoke? This is not the official content of the meeting, and there is no meeting minutes staff here now."

Melos looked at the silent crowd, lowered his head and put down the eyepiece, then picked up the document at hand and said to all the participants:
"Ten days, from the records of the Star Language Court, the Star Language Court has already obtained their track 10 days ago.

Why didn't you report it?Star Torch Court needs an explanation! (Star Language Court is a subordinate unit of Star Torch Court.)
What about the navy?Where are your defense mechanisms?

Such a large fleet is operating across star regions, and it is still on the public waterway!
Did you not respond? "

"Seven cruisers, I have no records here. Their access comes from the trial court."

After the suffocating silence, the Admiral of the Navy was the first to answer, focusing the audience's attention on the representatives of the Inquisition Court who came to the meeting.

"Sorry, I don't know about this."

Senior Inquisitor Sworthy Kyle spread his hands, expressing his ignorance.

It is a well-known fact that the Inquisition's seat in the Lord's Council has always been a show.

It is different from other departments, and there is no tradition that the head must be concurrently held.

Most of the time, as a judge who was sent to Terra for a "public holiday", he only performed the function of the mouthpiece of the final will after the coordination of the three major religious orders.

It is also because of the above reasons that his information lag is neither the first time nor the last time.

"Okay, so next question. Where did they come from."

Seeing that no information could be dug out from the trial court, Mello brought the topic to the next link.

"It's in the storm star field, but they are not the subspace channel that they entered at the turning point, so there is no specific location."

The answer given by the representative of Star Torch Court is still not satisfactory to everyone, but it also shows the seriousness of this problem:
"They" are completely out of control!

The nature of the incident, after all, went in the direction they least wanted to see.

A force of Imperial forces against which they were all guarded, alone outside their control, forging some sort of alliance;

And as the rulers of the empire, the high lords who echoed the will of the emperor, they didn't know anything.

Is this a rebellion?
Not really, but close enough.

After identifying the nature of the incident, the next step is how to solve it.

However, they discovered another embarrassing fact:

They have no means of communicating with these Chapters, not one.

It is definitely not possible to communicate directly in the name of the High Lords Council, which means that once the other party refuses to accept orders, the incident will go to extremes, and there is no room for error.

What about indirect communication channels?It's the same.

As expensive but necessary one-offs, these Chapters were never recognized by the Startups;
After centuries of watching with cold eyes, even if the group was on the verge of destruction, there was never a single aid.

The relationship between these battle groups and the start-up groups can be imagined.

If those start-up groups who claim to be the source of blood go to communicate, I am afraid that it will add fuel to the fire and think that the matter is not too big?
The Mechanicum might be a good idea, but it doesn't work right now.

For these Chapters destined to be "unsustainably consumed", the Empire's control over their supplies has always been extremely strict.

A world without conscription is still a trivial matter, and material supplies that only happen once in a few centuries are considered normal.

Therefore, using equipment as a condition has always been an effective way for the empire to manage them.

But now this one doesn't work either.

These warbands are not what they used to be, the shotgun has changed.

The 7 cruisers came out without a sound, and everyone knew with their butts, how could these battle groups be led by the slight temptation given by the Mechanic Church?

impossible.

It's not that you can't afford a higher price, but if you add more, the gain will outweigh the loss.

Huairou has a cost, and every extra point invested here will cost an extra ten points in the low-key "processing" later.

The high lords were all aware of the barriers involved, and they all fell silent during the discussion without exception.

All peaceful solutions have been ruled out so far, and the only thing left is encirclement and suppression by force.

This order is not easy to issue, because once it is issued, it means that the empire will be qualified for the biggest rebellion in the past thousand years.

This is not only a denial of the life achievements of these high-ranking people in the evaluation of later generations, but also a wake-up call to the Astartes group that is now spread throughout the entire empire.

In the seats of the twelve high lords, everyone had different thoughts and expressions.

The representative of the imperial army is absent every day, and only one imperial army stands behind the seat. There is nothing else on the bare table except a helmet that symbolizes himself.

The cardinal representative of the state religion closed his eyes and meditated, saying that the matter here has nothing to do with him;
After the troops of fighting nuns that had been painstakingly cultivated were robbed by ingenuity and became free wage earners for the concubine, the gods of the state religion completely had no desires and desires, and became Buddhists.

The representatives of the Assassin court did not speak either. Since the "High Lord" incident, they are no longer trusted by the high lords.

Being able to appear in this meeting is due to the guarantee of the trial court; but as a price, their will must be consistent with the trial court.

Except for the absent representative of the Mountain Array and the representative of the Inquisition Court who is used as a mascot on a daily basis, the rest are the real stakeholders in this meeting.

The Ministry of Military Affairs, the Ministry of the Interior, the Admiral of the Navy, the Astronomical Torch Court, the Star Language Court, the Mechanical Church, and finally the Prime Minister.

The seven people exchanged views with each other, hoping to entrust others to act in this shameful scene that will surely be recorded in the history of the empire.

"cough!"

A deliberate reminder sound came from the mouth of the representative of the trial court, making the seven people who were struggling to turn their gazes to the source of the sound.

Although I don't expect this person to have the right to take the blame for them, but since he wants to speak, it's okay to listen to it.

"Excuse me, everyone."

The representative of the trial court took out a modified communication data board from under his robe as if nothing had happened, and then held it up to indicate that the latest news had entered.

This behavior of ignoring the tacit understanding and bringing communication and recording equipment into the venue privately would naturally cause great indignation if someone else did.

But since it is a trial court, it can only be treated as nothing happened.

After waiting for a few seconds, under the watchful eyes of all the high lords, he began to read the above content in rhythmic rhythm:

"Emergency communications from the Imperial Inquisition:

Classification: Black (With permission, it can be notified to the Parliament.)
Initiator: The Tribunal is stationed in the Supreme Tribunal of Terra Star.

Participants: Representatives of the Holy Hammer Order in Taila, representatives of the Inner Order, and representatives of the Foreign Order in Terra;

Content: Proposed by the Order of the Holy Hammer, it was decided after discussion:

[-]. Officially appoint Calvin, a member of the Order of the Hammer, as the high-ranking lord judge.And grant its tribunal the seat of the Tribunal of Terra, effective immediately.

[-]. After the Tribunal initiated the Response Plan No. *** in response to an emergency, the Terra Tribunal re-elected the representatives of the Tribunal Council.

The results of the election were as follows: Calvin was elected in absentia as the new Inquisition Council representative.

The election is passed with immediate effect.

Another: Since this member is currently still in the Orpheus Theater, authorized by the Tribunal, it was decided to pass its authority to temporarily recruit multiple Astartes battle groups.

The call list is as follows:

Blazing Eagles (Cursed Army--Ship Base)

Firehawks (Cursed Army-Ship Base)

Wailers Chapter (Cursed Founding Army - Ship Base)

From the date of notification, the recruitment will take effect immediately! "

As he finished reading the last line of text on the data slate, the Inquisition representative who had been watching coldly stood up with a smile.

He carefully put the data pad back into the pocket of his robe, and then picked up the hat on the table case and waved his hands to the people present:
"I have resigned from office, you can figure it out!"

Then he walked out of the conference room door without looking back.

　One more, ticket.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)