Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes

Chapter 418 Black and Red, a Plan in the Shadows ([-]) Never Forget

Turning his attention to James Morrow, the latter is much more complicated in Calvin's eyes.

During this week, he read a large amount of internal materials from the Tribunal and the Government Affairs Council.

And the key figures on both sides, their resumes, and behavioral styles gradually became clear in Calvin's eyes.

The empire's data collection on Fenris has obvious faults, and the relatively detailed data basically ends before the Great Rebellion.And even with these relatively detailed materials, most of the records in them focus on the whereabouts of soldiers from Terra.

As for the detailed information of the entire legion and even the expeditionary fleet, most of them were burned in the famous "Battle of the Siege of Terra".

And the records of this kind of information became even rarer after 32 thousand years, especially when the "Holy Code" was promulgated as the dividing line. After that, the information belonging to Fenris only included changes and registrations of important figures such as the chapter leader.

In a word, the future Space Wolves are almost an independent warlord, they will neither ask for any supplies from the Empire, nor will they bear the tax obligation of gene seeds from Terra. (ps: The gene-seed of the space wolf has its particularity, and the key metamorphosis procedure—the wolf wine, that is, the toxicity of the spiral of the wolf, can only be exempted by the local native residents of Fenris. Terra once kept the corresponding solution , but this technology was also permanently lost during the Heresy.)
There are many reasons for this "stocking" state, but there are only two main reasons:
First, their style of conduct is too violent, and they never consider the overall perspective of the war.

And after the last Primarch left, looking at the entire empire, no one could make the wolves of Fenris bow their heads, restrain their wildness and minions to be used by the empire.

Second, the conscription system in Fenris is too weak. Without the help of the Primarch, their conscription scope can only be limited to the local area of ​​Fenris.

And one only needs to look at the harsh natural environment of Fenris to know that any fierce battle with a loss of more than 30% of its personnel may permanently weaken the already unusable strength of the Space Wolves.

"Can this thing be called an army? This can only be a wolf cub who grinned and bluffed at home after the wolf ran away from home?

He has a big temper, he barks his teeth at every turn, and he doesn't resist beatings, and he really dares to die if he gets a beating.

hiss!These things are really..."

The moment Calvin saw this, he had the illusion that his molars were aching.

He almost spanned thousands of years to see the expressions on the faces of the Terra lords who were bitten by these wolf cubs but could not be punished, which were more uncomfortable than constipation.

"Okay...the empire is not short of this strength, so let's keep it, even if it's for Russ?"

So in the following readings, it is not surprising that the primarch adopted a gentle strategy towards this group of "endangered animals" when he saw Terra.

Taking into account the problems faced by the Space Wolves, Terra no longer pursues the right to deploy and command them.

In contrast, Terra gave them the right to fight autonomously, joining or withdrawing from either side of the Imperial battlefield at will.

Similar covert help is also reflected in Mars' Mechanic Order. Although the wolves showed no respect for Terra, Mars still never refused the request of the Iron Priests to come to study.

Even in order to maintain their dignity, these steel priests were given great authority during the training, they could even learn to forge a full set of equipment knowledge of regular Astartes, and also have the ability to forge their own equipment including Land Raider, shadow A variety of heavy vehicles including sword super heavy tanks.

Among the Astartes battle groups in the entire empire, only a few of them have this privilege.

Unlike the Space Wolves, however, these chapters had a distinct technological heritage from the Legion era.Mars' technical authorization to them (STC template authorization) is not so much a help as a legal recognition.

This is the end of the information about the space wolves, and most of the remaining documents are about the achievements of these space wolves on various battlefields of the empire.

From these documents, the Primarch saw the fury they displayed in battle, and from the accusations of the imperial soldiers who fought side by side with them, the heresy they displayed in various details is equally shocking .

However, his understanding of the Space Wolves has not become clear. On the contrary, compared with the information about the Space Wolves' battle group mechanism and culture, these children of Russ have become more blurred in his eyes.

Calvin put down the materials in his hand, sat behind the desk and pondered steadily.

Yep, they're the Space Wolves.

But are wolves really only violent and savage?
If Ruth's blood is really only wild, how did they survive from the time of the Great Crusade to today?
If the sons of Russ know nothing but the tyranny that pours out of their hearts, what is the explanation for their rise from Bloodclaw to Greyhunter to Longtusk?
And if they are not as rough and incommunicable as they appear on the outside, then the "characteristics" of the Space Wolves, as a "legion gendarme" in the hands of the emperor in the era of the Great Crusade, would be It should be their unique survival wisdom.

Yes, in Calvin's eyes, in the context of the Legion era, the core positioning of the Space Wolves is the "legion gendarme".

And if the various characteristics of the "white helmets" that Calvin saw in his previous service life were overlapped with the space wolves in front of him, then the various behaviors of these space wolves would be reasonable. explanation of.

They fear power, they obey power, they are loyal to power, and they enforce power.

They are the emperor's most loyal hounds, as long as the emperor gives an order, they dare to bite any enemy with their fangs;
They are the emperor's most ruthless executioners. As long as the emperor's will is clear, even the comrades who fought side by side in the past will fall under their blades.

This is the culture of wolves, and it is also the natural class attribute of wolves.They are loyal to their leaders, and they obey proven might.

But there is a prerequisite for this, that is, you must first prove your own strength before gaining their loyalty.

And once you prove yourself, they will put aside the traditional justice and evil, and faithfully fulfill any of your will.

The survival wisdom of the wild wolves is displayed in it. They never care about the opinions of the brothers, and they are only responsible for implementing the will of the leader wolf.

But in order not to be besieged by brother troops, they also used to hide their rationality with barbarism and their thinking with tyranny.

They are like their own genetic fathers, always howling like the beasts of Fenris before they can speak, and they are also like a Cyclops' evaluation of Russ, hiding shrewdness in the brutality.

"Very good, very good..." After reaching a satisfactory conclusion, Calvin finally closed his eyes and took a short rest.

As long as these wild wolves don't really understand human speech, then everything will be fine.

what do they want
power?Or punch?He can give it all.

As long as the situation permits, the Primarch doesn't mind using his fists to teach this group of wild wolves in a physical way, what is meant by "a strong fist is the truth".

Thoughts on how to deal with the Space Wolves came to an end here at the Primarch, but Calvin couldn't help frowning on the Inquisition, his theoretical territory.

The materials of the Inquisition Chamber were played back in the Primarch's mind, and the personnel arrangements in the Jamoro Sector within a hundred years were quickly retrieved and screened by the Primarch like running water.

Although he didn't find any abnormality of the Tribunal in the Jamoro star area for a while, when he re-examined the process of the confrontation between the two sides, a set of familiar administrative operations made him faintly smell the conspiracy.

Regarding the resume of Liseta Truvisi, the current high-ranking judge in the star area, Calvin did not find any problems.

But it is precisely this seamless job resume that makes Calvin, who has worked in the grassroots all his life, feel abnormal!
It's so clean, it's as clean as a civil servant who has never participated in grassroots business and doesn't know what is complicated and what is meant by temporary flexibility.

And aside from the strange attitude of the Grand Inquisitor towards Liseta before he set off, every time he tried to inquire about the Inquisitor along the way, all the members of the Tribunal also showed overt or covert resistance.

There is another point that also aroused Calvin's vigilance, and that is the time when Liseta arrived at Giamolo.

In 50, 50 years, this woman who airborne here alone from a distant hazy star field has integrated all the branches of the Tribunal here.

For 50 years, she was granted the power to call up Astartes at the full Chapter level while wielding the power of the entire Jan Morogh Inquisition!
Calvin had reason to suspect that this judge was by no means alone, she definitely came with the support of a certain group and with some special mission.

So what is her goal?Space Wolves...

Based on Calvin's understanding of the battles in the Jamoro sector, the battle situation there does not require the participation of a third-party battle group. Even if the strength of the Gray Knights and Exorcist battle groups is insufficient, the Inquisition only needs to recruit other soldiers nearby. Teams can join the battle.

So why wait until the Space Wolves join in?

Moreover, the Inquisition has a complete set of confidentiality procedures for dealing with the residues of Chaos pollution, so why is it so urgent to deal with the fleets of the Jamoro sector before the Space Wolves leave? ?

Isn't it okay to transfer him to another star area in the name of changing defense?
Lisetta, as a high-ranking judge who grew up step by step from the grassroots, and the person in charge of a star area, must her methods be so clumsy that even this group of Fenris can see clearly?

Plus the Gray Knights who arrived at Jamolo at just the right time, and the exorcist battle group that appeared just right.

This is too much like a well-planned bureau, and as the Inquisition, which has the most comprehensive information of the empire, it is indeed capable of digging such a hole for the space wolves.

So why?
You don’t need to think about Calvin to know the reason. It’s nothing more than a group of people who think that the space wolves have displayed too many heresies in recent centuries, and there are too many high-ranking members of the trial court to suppress the opinions of grassroots members. The entire trial court must be accounted for!
What thirteen Dalian werewolves?And those biochemical giant wolves that directly bit the corpses of friendly soldiers on the battlefield?And the group of steel priests they sent to Mars almost had the belief of "worship of evil gods" written on their faces?

In a word, the Space Wolves at this time neither have the Primarch to endorse them, nor are they as unshakable as the Black Templar and the First Legion.

They are not even as good as the latter two legions, and they have a minimum of respect for the laws of the empire to cover up!

Yes!Even if it's a cover-up?

It's not that the empire is ignorant of the suspicious number of Black Templars. The local judges who report to Terra every year have already figured out the number of their troops that appeared on multiple battlefields at the same time!

The same goes for Dark Angels!
The little secret they keep is indeed unclear to the empire, but doesn't the empire know something from their weird appearance?

One or two years may be able to cover up, but after thousands of years of big data, ghosts know that they are chasing some people.

But has the empire asked?Does the empire care?
No, the Empire doesn't ask, and the Empire doesn't care.

As long as you are still fighting for the Empire and proving your loyalty with the blood of your enemies.

Even as long as you have a minimum cover-up out of respect for the "Holy Code", the empire will not be too entangled in these details.

No, the Space Wolves don't respect the Empire, they just leave a mess on the battlefield and walk away with ease.Find the next battlefield and continue the self-moving war.

And the trial court responsible for wiping the buttocks can only persuasion to the grassroots judges and political commissars again and again in vain, even at the expense of killing these people in order to keep this secret...

They have had enough!They don't want to wipe the ass of the Space Wolves anymore!
They decided to punish this arrogant wolf even if they paid a painful price!

Because it is there to swagger, if it is not dealt with clearly, what will the Black Dragon Warband of the Sons of Vulcan do?

What about the warbands on the verge of rebellion near the Eye of Terror if its blood is not used to show the bottom line of the Empire's mortals?

This is not just the will of a purist!

This should be the collective will of the entire Inquisition, hoping to use the blood of the Space Wolves to put an end to the increasingly arrogant actions of the entire empire and all Astartes battle groups over the years!
Purist?What a nice knife...

Calvin squinted his eyes, covering his expression with the fingers of his hands crossed.In the quiet office, the servo skull hummed softly, while the burly figure of the Primarch, illuminated by the holy candle on its head, disappeared into the darkness under the lights...

The idea is good, but the method... is too violent.

This slash may indeed shock all the Astartes warbands.

But what about the chain reaction that would be obtained after cutting through the knife, is it really what they want?
Haven't they considered that once this conflict becomes unmanageable, the already fragile mutual trust between the mortals of the empire and the Astartes will suffer another immeasurable loss?
When did the Tribunal's strategic vision become so short-sighted?

Or is it really what they thought, their true thoughts, that drove this consciousness to be unified within the Tribunal?
Calvin smelled the smell of conspiracy, and he was familiar with this smell, it was the smell of his old opponent...

　Supplementary update, yesterday's...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)