Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes.

Chapter 234 The reason, and the expectation behind the transaction

Yes, facing the endless wave of attacks from the orcs in the Hassan sector, Calvin not only recruited the four allies under his command, but also launched a conscript to the Storm Starfield farther away.

For the Ork orc race, Calvin left a deep impression on them after an encounter with orc pirates in the asteroid belt.

Afterwards, Calvin also had some targeted understanding of the various data of this race in the internal reference materials of the trial court.

From his point of view, the evolutionary curve of this race does not conform to the normal instinct of continuation and development;

Regardless of their expansion, reproduction speed, or short-term leap-forward technological level after stress, Calvin was extremely vigilant.

After the asteroid encounter, Calvin summed up the battle in the following way:

This is a biological population designed for war, and their internal mechanisms are more difficult to control than tumors;
As long as they are given a little space or time, they can complete the population expansion at an astonishing speed, and can also ensure the general integrity of the basic ecology (food, assembly, lower-level servants, technological productivity).

A small group of orc pirates could leave such a deep impression on Calvin back then, let alone the orc fleet he was facing now?
You must know that the occupied area facing the southern front of Orpheus is the entire Hassan sector!

Although it cannot be compared with Orpheus in terms of scale, it can only be known from the filings of the Ministry of the Interior of the Empire that it is also composed of a main administrative region plus two secondary star regions, and is composed of more than forty worlds. Complete sector!
It's small, just for Orpheus!

If it were the space environment of the Obscure Star Field, which is mostly unsuitable for human habitation, the value of this star field would definitely be at a higher strategic level!
And in the context of decades of total occupation of the Hassan star sector, what scale has the orcs developed in it?
Calvin couldn't imagine the resources of dozens of planets, how many orcs would hide in the occupied area behind the battle line at the expansion speed of this race that defies common sense.

The total number of Astartes warriors is close to 4000, which is already an epic military force;

Counting the assistance of several other battle groups that are fighting in the star area, Calvin can even claim to have half a legion of Emperor's Angels the size of Dalian, fighting under his command.

But the strength of the orcs is so great that the number of killed enemies reported by the fleet relying on the galaxy defense system in each year is far more than a hundred times that of the former!
Calvin couldn't wait any longer.

Whether it is the time left for him to go out in the direction of Terra, or the time for the orcs to take root and develop here.

This made him no longer able to use the conventional combat plan, using the star fleet as the main force to cooperate with the Astartes strike group to fight steadily and slowly wipe out the orcs.

That will be a long campaign in units of ten years, and there may be other variables in it.

Calvin couldn't accept this kind of thing happening, so after much thought, he decided to concentrate all his strength to completely and repressively wipe out the orcs in the Hassan sector at once.

He doesn't want to do, and he doesn't want to do, the pursuit of immediate achievements and the legacy of a hundred years to the citizens of the empire.

It was his original intention to completely disintegrate the power of the orcs with a single blow, and then clean them up one by one!

This battle is either not fought, or if it is fought, it must be fought for a hundred years of stability!
Calvin said so in the internal pre-war meeting.

The call to the world of Reza was finally sent out after careful consideration of the strategic intention of this battle.

The lessons learned from the war of beasts are still vivid. Calvin would not be surprised that this group of orcs could create any giants in the rear.

To be on the safe side, Calvin firmly locked the Titan Legion second only to Mars in the empire's armed sequence—the Dawn Legion of Reza World.

Yes, that's what Calvin's personal notes read: Nominally second only to Mars.

Regarding the real strength of this forging world, in the information Calvin collected from various parties, there was a serious question mark.

It's like no one knows how they used their own power to conquer the territory of an entire star sector before the arrival of the Great Expedition Fleet;
During the three thousand years from the Great Expedition to the Great Rebellion, no one really knew how many Titans there were in their Titan Legion. (Machines are units here, dedicated to Titans.)
The background of this foundry world is too deep, even Mars is afraid of them;

They are one of the few foundry worlds that have completed regional self-defense before the Great Crusade and are still expanding outward;
It is even one of the few forge worlds that has no requirements for the expedition fleet at all, and in turn immediately provides support to the large fleet!
Counting the peak era of the entire empire, Reza Forge World alone has provided the empire with more than 200 Titan Legions to serve in order to increase the strength of the expedition fleet.

And it is precisely because of such huge strength that since the beginning of their return to the empire, they have been regarded as thorns in the eyes and thorns in the flesh by the foundry director on Mars, and thus directly fell into the thousands of years of keeping a low profile.

Yes, this group of mechanical priests is not only good at manufacturing in the industrial field, but also very good at political disputes;
Not only do they have the leading plasma technology system in the empire, but they are also fortunate to have more than ten generations of wise leaders.

This world, under the deliberate guidance of their foundry general, has almost perfectly avoided the long arm of Mars;
While actively participating in the battlefield of the Great Crusade, they also quietly and covertly expanded their technology support system to other secondary forging worlds.

What is more hidden than these are the countless miniature casting worlds built by the direct technical priests they sent along the route of the Great Crusade.

There was an unconfirmed message captured by Calvin in a corner of the Inquisition's database:
Reconnaissance by an Inquisitorial spy who has been noted lost in the Warp has revealed the presence of Titan hangars on more than one of Reza's miniature forge worlds!

The 139 foundry worlds are the number of lower-level worlds that Reza filed with the Empire;

Not counting those hidden worlds, just in these worlds, even if there is only one Titan in each world, it is still an entire Titan Legion!

"Sure enough, dogs that bite people don't bark. Huo Huo's fear of them is definitely not unreasonable!"

Calvin put down the materials in his hand, and let out a long breath of foul air.

He raised his gaze from the data pad and looked towards the distant direction of Terra;

This time, he spared no effort to win over Ruiza Forge World;
Even what he had seized from the Chaos Fleet in Leyak before, regardless of Martian's opinion, he took out all of them to share with them.

The brand-new concept of planetary killer is not just a simple weapon for the empire.

As a large warship that has reached the experimental stage, it is itself a huge treasure trove of knowledge.

In the eyes of Calvin, the hundreds of large-scale technologies and technical difficulties that cannot be counted can only be glimpsed into the tactical development of chaos and the possible attack methods.

But in the eyes of these Mechanicists who specialize in industrial manufacturing, this huge battleship itself is a display of technical systems and industrial standards.

Maybe there must be pollution from chaos, maybe there must be sacrifices in the way of researching these technologies;

But Calvin has enough confidence in the Gray Knights under his command. He firmly believes that with the full escort of the Gray Knights and the Inquisition, the knowledge on this ship will be used safely and effectively.

If you fall behind, you will be beaten. This principle is equally useful no matter where you are!
In Calvin's eyes, this was not just an in-depth understanding of chaos;
It is an extremely rare warning to the internal strata of the empire whose technological development has nearly stagnated.

(End of this chapter)