Chapter 131 The End and the Long Ending
Captain Kristen left, taking the nearly 200 soldiers of the Goliath Chapter with him on the cruiser they came with and left with satisfaction.
The new cruiser has already arrived here from the Sun Sector under the deployment of the Tribunal, and the reception process is expected to be completed within half a year.
The Goliath battle group, which had been freed from the siege of their home star, was quite calm about this accident.
After they fully understood the anger of the inside story, they gradually accepted the reality under the persuasion of the Gray Knights.
After all, all the planning behind this stops before implementation.
Thanks to the Emperor's blessing, the brief bombardment above the orbit of Federman 4 did not cause any real harm to the Astartes of the Goliath Chapter.
The calmed down chapter leader asked Christensen about the final outcome of the incident through remote communication, and Calvin, who was standing aside, also formally met the chapter's top decision-maker under the latter's introduction.
Through his selective narration, the senior leaders of the Goliath Chapter understood the causes and consequences of the events that occurred in the Federman System, as well as the Tribunal's final attitude towards this matter.
They finally calmed down their anger due to the generous sincerity of the Inquisition.
A brand new strike cruiser, although it is still nominally owned by the Inquisition, the unlimited lease period makes its ownership only have a symbolic meaning.
The leaders of the war group have a pragmatic style that makes them not care about this trivial issue at all.
Even if you have already received everything and still don’t want to return it, it’s not up to you to decide when to return it.
What's more, the other party has not indicated the return period, and the additional specified service requirements and years, in their view, is a completely worthwhile deal.
After a brief internal discussion, the strike cruiser that had not yet arrived was assigned internally to the company led by Kristen.
The idea of the senior leaders of the war group is very simple:
Since he and his soldiers had exchanged their lives for this cruiser, there was no doubt about the ownership of this item.
This is good, Kristen has long wanted to end the days of mixing with other companies.
An accident, an ordeal. Fortunately there was no real damage. What could be better than getting a cruiser as a new home for the company?
Therefore, for the ship that was about to arrive, Captain Christen, after obtaining the consent of the battle group, affectionately named it: "Holy Tribulation" to commemorate the difficulty of this trip.
The initial process of this transaction has finally come to an end. Both parties are satisfied with their gains and have seen each other's sincerity.
The Goliath Chapter graciously offered to let bygones be bygones due to the dual sincerity of the Inquisition's verbal apology and the subsequent arrival of the cruiser;
The Inquisition was also satisfied with the response agreement solemnly written on paper by the Goliath Chapter.
The fact that a complete company of the opponent was in position immediately made Grand Inquisitor Uther's previous unilateral efforts even more echoed and respected.
Everything was developing in a good direction, only the troops on the ground gave Calvin a hard time.
Even though the morale of the soldiers on the ground had returned to stability, the memory cleaning process involving millions of people still took longer than he expected.
"5 years? Are you kidding me?"
On the bridge of the Revenant Redeemer, Calvin couldn't help but raise his voice when Yule told him.
"This is already the fastest process." Yule comforted him kindly.
“It would take at least half a year for our manpower to arrive from the home planet and other places.
Not to mention that before performing memory cleansing, the first thing to do is to screen them. Eliminating the contaminated ones hidden among them is where the real trouble begins.
We will encounter misunderstanding, hostility and even premeditated incitement of unrest. And since we have decided to save them, you must make up your mind to carry out this procedure to the end. "
"..." Calvin was silent on this fact. The workload had far exceeded his highest expectations.
"Saving is always more meaningful than destruction, but it is also always more difficult than destruction. Isn't it?" Yule said slowly.
He understood what Calvin was thinking. This young man was unwilling to stay here for such seemingly uncontributive work. He hopes to fight for the Empire as much as possible to show his worth.
But in Yuler's eyes, the value of the work here is no worse than that of his comrades fighting elsewhere. They all contribute their efforts to the Chapter in their own way.
That's why Yule chose this angle to explain the significance of this work.
"You don't need to worry about the complexity and inefficiency of the task. The Tribunal will not ignore our efforts. There will be professional screening personnel responsible for early guidance and training. What you have to do is to prepare for our troops' actions after they arrive. There will also be some clearance work if necessary.”
"I understand, so I have to stay here for five years, right?" Calvin was still a little emotional.
"Someone has to do these things, not you, but someone else. Moreover, you can be more relaxed about this time. After all, five years is just our initial estimate."
Yule smiled and comforted Calvin, but he also hid some other content.
For example, as the Gray Knights Chapter's first exclusive recruitment world, the subsequent construction here obviously needs someone worthy of the Chapter's trust to be responsible for it.
And there's more to the Federman Galaxy than meets the eye.
The location of this pocket-shaped galaxy is very delicate. Under non-subspace navigation, it has only one exit to the outside world. The easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack terrain makes it naturally suitable as a fortress node to undertake defense tasks.
It also has special geographical value: the distance from here to the main channel from the Storm Sector to Terra is only one star system away.
That is to say, when necessary, the Gray Knights only need a small number of mobile troops to stay here to effectively contain the enemies coming from the direction of the Storm Star Territory.
In a sense, this is the Warhammer World version of Street Pavilion:
It is easy to defend and difficult to attack but it is located in a confidential location. As long as this place is managed well, it will be a strong guarantee for the defense posture of the entire star field.
Such comprehensive conditions make the Gray Knights have a very high evaluation of the Federman Galaxy.
They decided to go through lengthy construction here and finally build a majestic galaxy-level fortress complex.
Correspondingly, the resources they are about to invest here will also be a massive number.
If possible, this place would be built into a fortress and monastery that would shock the entire star field by guarding the interstellar shipping lanes.
It will become a necessary place on the road to Terra, and will also be tasked with becoming the home port of the Gray Knights' patrol fleet.
The maintenance of large and medium-sized ships and the self-sufficiency of weapons for the ground armed forces will be included in the construction blueprint here.
It is a long and difficult mission, where Galvin will receive more troops and Chapter servitors over time.
He needs to command these troops while allowing them to communicate and work as effectively as possible.
Diplomacy with local forge worlds is also part of the story.
After all, water far away cannot quench the thirst of nearby people. When the priests of Mars cannot be counted on, the local forging world is still worth contacting.
Whether it is the overall project experience or the production capacity of giant equipment, the natural advantages of the oil guys for large-scale projects are unparalleled in the entire empire.
During this process, Calvin was not only responsible for internal command and peripheral defense, but also external diplomacy and communication was one of his responsibilities.
This was a course arranged by the Grand Master Council for his transformation from a mid-level officer to a commander, and there was no possibility of skipping the course.
Yule may help him at the beginning, but as time goes by, he will eventually leave and let him strategize and direct the overall situation.
In short, one sentence. Great teachers will not ask the reasons, they will only look at the results.
They hope to see Calvin, as a commander, slowly and firmly nail the Fedman Galaxy, the nail of the Gray Knights, in the eyes of all forces.
As for this brand new nail, after the review of the Grand Master Council and Calvin's suggestion, they named it: "Titan II."
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