Protoss in Warhammer

Chapter 549 537. A war about honor and hope

Extreme Star Territory, Macragge.

This home of the Ultramarines has stood on the eastern frontier of the entire empire for tens of thousands of years, guarding the eastern frontier of the human empire.

Over the past hundreds of years, this region has been invaded by a variety of enemies, from the cruel Tyranids to the blasphemous Word Bearers rebellion or the attacks of the Night Lords warband. Chaos and wars that have not existed in the past thousands of years.

However, the flames of war did not let the most shining pearl of the human empire fade into obscurity. On the contrary, after every war that could almost destroy other worlds dozens of times, Macragge was still able to shine brightly again.

The reason for achieving such results is not only the business activities of the Ultramarines in the past thousands of years, but also the outstanding behavioral abilities of the current Ultramarines Chapter Leader Calgar.

It is precisely because of Chapter Master Calgar's outstanding political abilities and diplomatic methods that this last principality of the Ultramarines has maintained its original independence and prosperity, just as the Primarch still walked among them 1 years ago.

But now, Chapter Master Calgar has to face a very serious problem, or rather an honor given to him by the Elder Council, which is to let the Ultramarines lead an Imperial expeditionary force that has begun to be formed to support The Jericho expedition further consolidated and expanded the results of this expedition.

Although the words of the High Lords Council were very nice, all the middle and high-level officials in the empire understood that the current Jericho expedition was a bad debt that cannot be explained.

Since the beginning of the 700th year, the expedition has been ongoing until now, and that expedition has not brought any benefits to the empire at all. Instead, it has continued to bleed.But the empire has no way to give up there, because if it gives up, it means that the dozen or so important planets obtained through a lot of blood there will be completely lost. At the same time, it will be difficult for the Death Watch Fortress stationed there to monitor the movements of the Tyranids. , so this is a wound that must be left open for the empire.

But Calgar didn't understand that now, the empire should retain those important planets in the Jericho area, and the Death Watch's monitoring function was already at its limit, so why should it continue to move forward?Besides, we still need our own Ultramarines to move forward together.

After thinking about it and reviewing a large amount of information on the bookshelf and the information available on the data pad in his room, Calgar Chapter Leader finally came up with several reasons.
The first reason is as expressed by the High Lords. They want to consolidate the results of the past expedition there and redevelop Jericho. Then your abundant resources and precious strategic location have indeed made many empires, nobles and officials They are understandably salivating to send a Space Marine Chapter to defend the nobles there and the interests of the Empire.

But this situation is very small, and it is very unnecessary. If the results have been consolidated, just relying on the Death Watch Fortress there and recruiting part of the mortal troops can continue to consolidate. There is no need to let Asta If the war group comes here specially, because for the imperial nobles, it is like adding another diner on top of the big cake that has been prepared in Jericho.

The second possibility is that although the empire has achieved some success there, it has not been completely consolidated, and there is still the risk of being pushed back. In order to be able to defend the interests that they have finally obtained, the officials there have no way to request cooperation with Asta. Special operations group.

The third method is a very intriguing method, which is the consistent method of the High Lords Council to weaken the old Astartes Chapter through war, and even destroy some Astartes Chapter that are difficult to control, and then support them. The creation of new Chapters safely obeys the orders of the High Lords Council.For example, battle groups like the Red Hunters and Minotaur.

This kind of thing has happened all over the place. A large number of old Astartes Chapters were destroyed or fell into ruin. For example, Astartes Chapters such as the Tianshi Chapter disobeyed the request of the Inquisition. He was punished and slandered, and was on the verge of destruction.Or maybe it's like the Astral Knights, who spontaneously fought to the death with powerful enemies. In the end, although they succeeded, they ended up being wiped out. The gene seed tax originally paid was not used by the High Lords Council to rebuild the war group. Instead, it was Used to build warbands that are more attuned to the orders of the High Lords Council.

Or, like the former Raven Guards, they were tricked into attacking powerful enemies. In the end, even their own chapter leader died in battle, and the mother group suffered a fatal blow.

There were so many such examples that Calgar had to think about whether there was such a factor.

But this was an order and request issued by the high lord, but he had to refuse it.And soon after Calgar received this news, he received a request from the Ministry of Interior of the Extreme Star Territory, hoping that the chapter leader could immediately go to guide the expeditionary force, because the front line was now extremely urgent.

Calgar didn't have many choices, but it wasn't impossible to defend the territory and glory of the Ultramarines.

Although Calgar had no way to refuse this request, he was able to get enough allies to make this expedition more "safe."

Thinking of this, Calga got up and left his bedroom. With the help of his servants, he put on his own set of Terminator power armor, and then came to the prayer room of the Chapter monastery.Here, the scattered servants of the Chapter are sorting out the precious knowledge of the past. Since it is not the time for daily prayer, most of the soldiers are still training outside. There are only Chapter Chaplains and Think Tank Leaders here.

Calgar looked at the brothers in front of him, and the priest and think tank leader also paid tribute to their chapter leader.Calga looked at the priest and think tank director in front of him and said
"My brothers, I need you to contact our friends."

Think tank curator Digris asked after hearing

"Did something happen? Chapter leader."

Calgar nodded after hearing this, and told the High Collarists that they were going to participate in the Jericho expedition.The director of the think tank sighed slightly after hearing this and said
"This is not surprising. No matter what the reason is, the place has indeed been corrupted to a certain extent. But just as you think, chapter leader, we must have extra back-ups."

Calgar raised his head and glanced at the hundreds of square meters of colored mosaic glass in front of him, on which were written the great achievements of their genetic father, and he stared at the figure of Robert Guilliman.Then, looking at his two brothers, he said
"Then prepare our friends for a magnificent expedition! I hope the High Lords Council and the enemies of the Empire will not be surprised by this."

(End of this chapter)