Chapter 336 Gap, the first large group of seeds
Calvin finally chose to change his ship after he decided to bring these one thousand new Gray Knights with him.
The Gray Knights who were still in dormancy and had not yet awakened were all moved by servitors under the supervision of the Apothecary to the new flagship, the Gray Knights' backup battleship - the Relentless Jihad.
This is a behemoth with an effective space of only eight kilometers long. Its body covered with adamantine armor is nearly 3 kilometers at its widest point and 1.4 kilometers at its narrowest point.
The two Mars-type nova cannons on the bow of the ship are enough to evaporate the entire fleet's lethal weapons in an instant when fired at full power; after the entire ship completely abandons the macro cannon, the total of sixteen Emperor's Blade-type light spear arrays can evaporate every The nightmare of an enemy caught in its auspicious gaze.
This type of battleship has been discontinued, and its sister ships are rarely seen in the Imperial Navy today. Mars's supply of warships of this type was limited to the first two millennia after the Heresy.
Because the core technology for manufacturing them was lost in that catastrophe, the related supporting factories and technical personnel were also shattered and displaced by the war that spread across the galaxy, and can never be recovered.
After completing the only few warships of the same type in the dock, Mars immediately announced that the dock where it was built would be permanently sealed due to the loss of technology.
Oh, by the way, it has an ancient and allegorical name - Apocalypse Level.
This battleship, which had been sleeping for thousands of years, has now fully awakened. According to the orders of the Grand Master Council, it arrived in the Federman IV system a year ago, only waiting for Calvin's arrival.
It was another gift given to Calvin by the Grand Master Council when it delivered the new Gray Knights.
In fact, as early as the end of the affairs in the Orps sector, the home planet Titan had already received news from the Hassan sector battle report that the battle cruiser - the Redeemer of the Souls was seriously injured.
News of the original body's switch to the high-speed cruiser "Angel of Punishment" also followed. At the time, this seemed to be a contingency move without any problems.
But the Grand Instructors immediately thought of the changes in the original body's ship, which would cause a series of problems for subsequent recruit training.
The space and equipment of the Angel of Punishment are too small and backward. It was built only to meet the combat needs of the squad to the company level.
The original body's subsequent battle group and battle group level training seriously exceeded its upper limit of capabilities.
And considering that Calvin's identity has gradually changed from darkness to light, his position in the Inquisition no longer allows him to hide behind the scenes.
Therefore, it seems very inappropriate to choose a cruiser as a base ship.
After comprehensive consideration, the requirements of the Grand Masters for the original ship have already appeared on the paper:
A battleship capable of keeping the Primarch safe;
A warship that can cooperate with his training work;
A warship worthy of his status as a high lord;
A battleship with enough combat effectiveness and self-sustainability to demonstrate its authority with devastating firepower.
Queen of Glory? no!
Fleet Commander Mardak made it clear to everyone present that without more than three large battle groups, there is no way to drive a war beast of this level.
That leaves only standard battleships.
So the Grand Master Council confirmed the scope and handed over the specific work to Watson Mardak, the Chapter's fleet commander and Grand Master of the Order of the Victory Blade.
This is not difficult, because the Gray Knights Chapter does not lack equipment, they only lack people.
In terms of battleships, the Gray Knights benefited from the legacy of the Emperor and Markbearer Malcador, and had a fixed agreement with Mars directly signed by the Emperor himself:
That is to say, in the future Mars Iron Ring Shipyard, fixed warship construction projects will be carried out at a fixed time to provide Titan with stable warships and frigates.
Because of its extremely high authority, this agreement has been implemented with the highest priority by Mars over the past eight thousand years.
As a result, regardless of whether Titan expressed a need for battleships, the shipyards on the Mars Iron Ring were under construction according to a fixed plan.
When the Imperial Navy and the Astartes Chapters were all looking forward to new battleships, they were trying their best to reach a deal with Mars to obtain precious quotas for the production of the next batch of battleships.
In some corners of the Mars shipyard, there are always several shipyards flashing with sparks of welding and outfitting day and night, silently working on this sacred agreement for almost eternity.
8,000 years have passed in a flash, and the number of fleets behind Titan has been increasing.
The Gray Knights occasionally unsealed some battleships to make up for their losses in the war. But apart from regular maintenance, most battleships can only float quietly in this silent space.
No one except the Gray Knights knows the number of battleships here, or even the existence of such a huge fleet here.
Even among the senior members of the Adeptus Mechanicus, only a few were vaguely aware that warships were being delivered here because of the industrial direction they were in charge of.
This is only for battleships, and the inventory of equipment is even more exaggerated.
Unlike the "original sin" carried by other chapters, the Gray Knights have received the full trust of the Throne Court since their creation.
At the beginning of their formation, they had a complete exclusive forging world - Deimos, under the personal supervision of the Imperial Prime Minister Malcador.
This forge world, born in the early days of the Great Crusade, has a high degree of independence and confidentiality. Even the technical priests of Mars cannot touch it, and it is completely controlled by Titan's technical personnel.
Regarding its existence, the technology priests on Mars can only vaguely know it from the relevant technical protocols.
They know that this forge world that once belonged to them and was a manufacturing center directly under Mars, while being ordered to launch equipment support for the expedition fleet, it also quietly enjoyed the technological dividends of that era.
It's complete, and more complete than many of the larger forge worlds out there today.
Based on the existing production records alone, the priests of Mars can infer that it almost possesses more than 80% of the equipment blueprints and related technical authorizations at the peak of the empire.
As for the special equipment and hidden experimental projects that are not recorded in the documents, it is even more difficult to count.
Today, when the empire is declining, at least one-third of the equipment list produced by Demos is considered by other chapters to be called relics.
The expansion of the Gray Knights has enjoyed the benefits of this accumulation: thousands of new recruits have received all the corresponding weapons before arriving in the Federman System. Even in order to ensure their subsequent training, Titan specially allocated a full 200 Holy Shield Terminators for their daily tactical training.
Now, after Calvin and Urdas discussed these new recruits, the command fell into Calvin's hands.
Correspondingly, the legion building that Calvin had been thinking about finally began its initial practice after the personnel met the basic requirements.
...There is no eunuch, but there is something going on at home, which delayed the update.