Chapter 234 Reasons and expectations behind the transaction
Yes, facing the endless wave of attacks from the Orcs in the Hassan Sector, Calvin not only recruited his four allies, but also launched a recruitment campaign to the Storm Sector further away.
Regarding the Orc race, Calvin was deeply impressed by them after an encounter with the Orc pirates in the asteroid belt.
Afterwards, Calvin also had some targeted understanding of the various data of this race in the trial court's internal reference materials.
From his point of view, the evolutionary curve of this race does not conform to the normal instinct of focusing on continuation and development;
Whether it is their expansion, reproduction speed, or their technological level that leaps forward in a short period of time after stress, Calvin is extremely vigilant.
After the asteroid encounter, Calvin also wrote this summary of the battle:
This is a biological population specifically 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 expansion of the population at an astonishing speed, and can also ensure that the basic ecology (food, equipment, subordinate servants, technological productivity) is generally intact.
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 faced by the southern front of Orps is the entire Hassan sector!
Although it cannot be compared with Orpheus in terms of scale, we can know from the records of the Imperial Ministry of Interior that it is also composed of a main administrative region plus two secondary star regions, and is composed of more than forty worlds. Complete star sector!
It's small, just for Orpheus!
If it were a space environment like the Hazy Star Region, which is mostly unsuitable for human habitation, the value of this star region would definitely be at a higher strategic level!
And in the context of the Hassan sector as a whole falling for decades, what scale have the orcs developed in it?
Calvin could not imagine how many orcs there would be hiding in the occupied areas behind the battle lines with the resources of dozens of planets and the race's expansion speed that defied common sense.
The total number of Astartes warriors is close to 4,000, which is already a military force of epic proportions;
Counting the assistance of several other war groups currently fighting in the sector, Calvin can even claim to have half a legion of Emperor's Angels fighting under his command.
But the power of the orcs is so huge that every year, the number of enemy kills reported by the fleet relying on the galaxy defense system is far more than a hundred times that of the former!
Calvin could wait no longer.
Whether it was 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 battle plan, with the sector fleet as the main force and the Astartes strike group to fight steadily and slowly wipe out the orcs.
That will be a long campaign lasting ten years, and there may be other variables.
Calvin couldn't accept this happening, so after much thought, he decided to concentrate all his power to completely and repressively wipe out the orcs in the Hassan sector at once.
He does not want to pursue immediate achievements and leave poison to the citizens of the empire for hundreds of years, and he is not willing to do it.
His original intention was to completely disintegrate the power of the orcs in one strike of thunder, and then clean them up one by one!
Either we don’t fight this battle, or we must fight to create a century of stability!
Calvin said this in an internal pre-war meeting.
The recruitment to Reza World was finally sent out after careful consideration of the strategic intentions of this battle.
The lessons learned from the Beast Wars were still fresh in his mind. Calvin would not be surprised by what behemoth this group of orcs could create in the rear.
To be on the safe side, the Legion of Dawn in Reza World, the Titan Legion nominally second only to Mars in the empire's armed order, was firmly locked on the must-have list by Calvin.
Yes, that’s what Calvin’s personal note said: Nominally second only to Mars.
Regarding the true strength of this forging world, there is a serious question mark in the information collected by Calvin from all parties.
Just like no one knows how they managed to conquer an entire sector of territory on their own before the arrival of the Great Expedition Fleet;
During the entire three thousand years from the Great Crusade to the Great Rebellion, no one really knew how many Machine Titans there were in their Titan Legion. (Machines here are units, exclusive to Titans.)
The foundation of this forge world is so deep that even Mars is afraid of them;
They were one of the few forge worlds that had completed regional self-preservation before the Great Crusade and were still expanding outwards;
It is one of the few forging 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 itself has provided more than 200 Titan Legions to serve the empire to increase the strength of the expedition fleet.
And it is precisely because of this huge strength that they were regarded as a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh by the foundry director on Mars from the moment they returned to the empire, and thus fell directly into keeping a low profile for thousands of years.
Yes, this group of mechanical priests are not only good at manufacturing in the industrial field, but are also extremely familiar with political disputes;
Not only do they possess the leading plasma technology system in the empire, but they are also fortunate to have wise leaders for more than ten generations.
This world, under the deliberate guidance of their Forge-General, had almost perfectly escaped the long-arm jurisdiction of Mars;
While they actively participated in the battlefields of the Great Expedition, they also quietly and covertly expanded their technological support systems to other secondary forging worlds.
Even more hidden than these are the countless miniature forge worlds built by the direct technical priests they sent along the route of the Great Crusade.
There was an unidentified information that was captured by Calvin in the corner of the Inquisition's database:
Under the reconnaissance of an Inquisition spy who was known to be lost in the warp, it was discovered that there are Titan hangars in more than one of Ryza's miniature forging worlds!
139 forging worlds are the number of lower-level worlds that Reza has publicly registered with the empire;
Not counting those hidden worlds, even if there is only one Titan in each of these worlds, it is still an integrated Titan army!
"It's true that biting dogs don't bark. Martian's fear of them is definitely not unreasonable!"
Calvin put down the materials in his hands and let out a long breath.
He raised his gaze from the data pad and looked in the direction of distant Terra;
It can be said that he spared no effort in wooing Reza Foundry World this time;
Even for the previous seizures of the Chaos Fleet in Lyak, he took out and shared them all, regardless of the opinions of the Martian side.
The new concept of planet killer is more than just a weapon for the Empire.
As a large battleship that has reached the experimental stage, it is itself a huge treasure trove of knowledge.
It supports hundreds of large-scale technologies and uncountable detailed technical difficulties. In Calvin's eyes, perhaps he can only glimpse the tactical development of chaos and possible attack methods.
But in the eyes of these Mechanicus personnel who specialize in industrial manufacturing, this huge battleship itself is a display of technical systems and industrial standards.
Maybe there must be contamination from Chaos, maybe there must be sacrifices in the process of studying these technologies;
But Calvin has enough confidence in the Gray Knights under his command. He firmly believes that with the Gray Knights and the Inquisition accompanying them throughout the journey, the knowledge on this ship will be used safely and effectively.
If you fall behind, you will be beaten. This principle is equally applicable no matter where you are!
In Calvin's eyes, this was more than an insight into chaos;
It is also an extremely rare warning to the inner strata of the empire whose technological development has almost stagnated.