Chapter 341 Motion
"This is really unexpected."
The nominal captain of the Relentless Crusade, the current admiral of the escort fleet, and the high-ranking Grey Knight Tibers said.
In the dome palace at the rear of the bridge, Calvin chose a smaller meeting room to share the news with his team members.
The decoration in the cabin is as simple as ever.
In the room composed of gray steel walls and floors, there is nothing else except the flags and emblems representing various forces;
In the huge cabin, only a long table carved from black basalt occupies most of the space.
Twelve tall armchairs are placed around. In addition to Calvin who is sitting at the top, representatives from the Grey Knights, the Inquisition, the Imperial Guards, the Omen Order, the Krieg-related war group, and the admirals of the Tindalos Legion have occupied nine of the seats, leaving only the last two vacant.
Eight seats, excluding the Imperial Guards and the Abusers War Group who failed to attend, the remaining eight seats are Calvin's entire assets now, and are also the results of his decades of management since he came to this world.
The eight seats represent the billions of people of nine planetary worlds, six large industrial production planets, and the industrial production capacity of three joint forge worlds;
It is a powerful fleet composed of dozens of large and small warships, Titan Arks, and Mechanical Arks, from military suppression to interstellar development, from cross-galaxy strikes to weapons and ammunition self-sustaining;
It is also a huge armed group composed of several psychic Titans, a dozen knight families (from the forge world Demos), thousands of Grey Knights, thousands of Astartes warriors, and millions of Tindalos Legion warriors with the comprehensive intelligence support of the Inquisition.
Calvin looked at the people in front of him without saying a word, and the representatives present were also participating in such a meeting for the first time.
They all participated in the internal meeting from the perspective of a complete force for the first time, and it was not until this time that they broke away from their own position perspective and saw the power that the Primarch now possessed.
Calvin sighed that so many people had followed him unknowingly, and the sense of mission and responsibility made him feel a complex emotion, a kind of heavy feeling called trust and happiness.
The representatives were sighing that the power of the Primarch was so strong, and this was when his legion had not yet taken shape. They were all celebrating his appearance and grateful for the Emperor's generous gift.
The mood in the conference room was so subtle that everyone in this small space felt a rare sense of belonging to a shared honor and disgrace.
"Ahem... Let's get started. You all know the specific situation, talk about your ideas.
I will set the tone first. This artifact is extremely important! Its existence is likely to change the entire empire's attitude towards the warp!"
He looked around at all the people attending the meeting and said solemnly:
"Even if there is only a slight possibility, we are worth the price!
So at this meeting, we will not discuss whether to get it, but how to get it!"
Calvin was the first to recover from his brief sigh. While opening this meeting, he set the most basic direction for this discussion.
"Is it confirmed that the current location of this artifact is Ophelia 7? If confirmed, then we must get it! I suggest that the fleet set sail immediately and move closer to Ophelia 7!"
The representative of the Inquisition spoke first, but was immediately denied by the Imperial Guards.
"But we don't have time!
The trip back to Terra has been delayed again and again, and the Council of State has prepared the relevant ceremony. And..."
Nicholas, the captain of the shield guard company who was attending the meeting, looked at Tibers beside him. As a representative of the Grey Knights, he immediately raised a question:
"And this is likely to be a trap! And we are really not suitable to endure another war at this point in time."
He bowed slightly in the direction of Calvin and described the difficulties he knew in detail:
"The recruits are in hibernation, and there are very few people in our unit who can actually fight.
The reorganization and training of the first large group has just been put on the agenda. If the newly established teaching unit is disbanded, it will seriously delay the construction progress of the legion.
Although there is ammunition replenishment from Titan II, it will take time to repair the equipment of the troops.
Considering the risks involved, I don't think we can bear the war that may be encountered now."
"Are there any other difficulties?"
Calvin looked at the people present. Several representatives of the Krieg-related regiments had not yet spoken, and their status was actually incomplete.
"We have no problem, and we are waiting for your order!"
The representative of the Fire Eagles was the first to express his position, and the Lamenters and the Fiery Eagles also expressed their positions one after another.
The Minotaur did not speak, but Calvin had learned about the transfer order they received from the High Lord before the meeting, and he also expressed sufficient understanding of their difficulties in being unable to split up.
The statements of several representatives of the regiments made Calvin quite relieved. These simple soldiers did not disappoint him.
When the war comes, they never mention difficulties, but only ask where the enemy is. This is the soldier he is familiar with, and this is the Astartes in his heart.
But it is precisely because of this that he should cherish the loyalty of the Astartes even more.
The soldiers need to rest after the fierce battle, and the damaged warships also need to be repaired urgently.
He should not, and cannot, let these loyal warriors continue to fight with injuries.
Just as he was caught in his inner entanglement, the representative of the Omen Order responsible for war machinery and logistics support also spoke:
"There is no problem with ammunition and supporting materials. The reserves of Titan II are sufficient to support the combat needs of the fleet.
But according to your estimate, the power armor of the Legion Headquarters may take some time to adjust.
We have enough spare parts, but the production capacity of the transformation center is limited. It is impossible to complete the spare parts adjustment of thousands of power armors in a short time."
The discussion was almost unsustainable here. Everything seemed to tell Calvin that this was not a good time.
"I have a question."
Just when the meeting was deadlocked, the Admiral of the Tindalos Legion, who had remained silent, broke the silence in the conference room.
"Speak." Calvin answered concisely.
"If we do have difficulties internally, can we turn our attention to the outside?"
"Continue." Calvin was very interested in the old general's words, and everyone present also looked at this veteran.
Feeling the gazes of the crowd, Admiral Hyjal from Tindalos did not panic.
After he habitually adjusted his collar, he spoke to everyone:
"If the communication channel can be kept confidential, can the battle sisters stationed in Ophelia be trusted?"
"Battle sisters?" Calvin instinctively wanted to deny this suggestion, but after thinking about it, he could not find a reason to deny it.
The tactical qualities of these "Emperor's Daughters" are indeed not ideal, but if the content of the mission is limited to guarding and escorting, then their abilities are still trustworthy.
"It's feasible!" Calvin and the representative of the Inquisition exchanged glances. As a senior member of the Anti-Rebellion Order, the latter immediately gave a positive answer to the Primarch's question.
"Then the question comes." Calvin skipped his attention from the execution of the mission and raised questions about other forces that may affect the direction of the mission:
"If they encounter difficulties, can they ask for help from the stationed Astartes?
Or to put it more clearly, what attitude do the two founding war groups have towards us?"
First update.