The Mountain Formation, the largest known space fortress in the human empire, is also the home of the Imperial Fist.
It floated in Terra's orbit, like a silent and determined sentinel, with towering spires piercing the stars, reflecting the light of the sun, and the huge dock and flight deck extending from all directions of it. The countless fortresses and warships that Soshiyan had seen in the past were not worth mentioning in front of it, and even Mars and Jupiter did not have such a magnificent creation. The moon, which was in the same orbit, seemed to be slightly smaller than that.
The origin of this huge space fortress is basically well known. When Dorn and the Emperor first met, Dorn, the original body of the Empire Fist, presented the mountain formation to the Emperor, but the Emperor returned it to Dorn. Since then, it has been proudly serving the Empire and the Empire Fist Legion. This huge interstellar fortress can move independently and can travel through sub-space. The soldiers of the Seventh Legion often rode it through the entire galaxy during the Great Expedition.
In the descriptions of countless archives and classics, the Shanzhen is not only a strong fortress, but also an invincible war machine. Its firepower is enough to match an entire expeditionary fleet and can sweep the entire galaxy with its own strength.
At the climax of the Horus rebellion, when the rebels attacked Terra and the Imperial Palace, the Mountain Formation had been severely damaged and had to leave Terra orbit to go to the outer periphery of the solar system, which also allowed it to escape the fate of destruction.
However, when I look at it now, the mountain formation is a little dim. Many of its areas are shrouded in complete darkness. Even the dock is mostly closed. Less than half of the turrets are active and alert around them. A considerable number of turrets are crazily placed on the cannon position like dead plants.
Ten thousand years have passed, and the continuous alert actions and war have caused some inevitable damage to the mountain formation. Although the Empire Fist is constantly working hard to maintain the mountain formation, it is too difficult and forced to maintain the former legion weapons by a single battle group. As time goes by, there are always more powerful fortress systems that fail, and the skills required to repair them have long disappeared from the database of technical sergeants.
Once upon a time, the square formation flashed like a giant in the stars, but now its peak has long passed, like an old knight, stubbornly guarding the dilapidated castle - just like this empire.
However, today's mountain formation is even more bleaker than in the past.
Because it lost another knight, a knight who watched over humans and Dornese descendants in this dark 41 thousand years of political vortex in Terra, and was covered in scars.
Kakka—
Accompanied by the screams of the metal gate, the servants in black robes on both sides of the passage bent down, and then two servo skulls with incense burners floated out from it, followed by heavy footsteps.
Soshiyang, wearing power armor and black burqa, appeared solemnly in the light, then the company commanders in the battle group, and then the soldiers. Each of his armor was covered with burqa woven in black gauze, which also represented the purpose of their trip.
Condolences.
Now they are located in the waiting area behind the airport of the mountain formation. From the outside, they may not be able to intuitively experience its size and grandeur. When they walk in, everyone in the Astral Knights was amazed at the scale of this ancient fortress.
This waiting area alone may have been on the same scale as their monastery fortress at Nesson IV, and even from the barely visible rafters on the deck, the Fist of the Empire hangs from the Legion era to the present retired aircraft, which were preserved and displayed in honor of past victories, and those who fought and sacrificed on these aircraft.
Between the airport and the corridor leading to the fore deck, huge flags are hung, each of which is four meters wide and eight meters high, representing the Imperial Fist, each of which has its own uniquely decorated with heraldic emblems and prayers.
Above the battle company's flag is a larger battle banner, with a golden background inlaid with black and blood-red, and it is engraved with "7" - remember the origin of the Emperor's Seventh Legion in the Great Expedition.
Passing through the fore deck, you enter the memorial hall, which is only a hundred meters high, the dome is decorated with victory of the legion and the battle group, the dome is topped by a 30-meter-wide diamond, beautiful reliefs on the walls, the marble floor is also decorated with inlay patterns of the Empire Fist, the walls are decorated with ancient monuments, and huge murals depicting the famous battles in the Chronicle of the Empire Fist, some ancient weapons and armors date back to the Great Expedition and the Horus Rebellion, and they are permanently preserved, and are devoted to the possibility of use by the years, and each weapon and armor is marked in detail.
On the other end of the memorial hall is a huge staircase, which houses all kinds of trophy, from the heads of huge alien beasts to the weapons and armor of the enemy, all to show the glory of the Seventh Legion and the Imperial Fist.
Finally, the team arrived at the Heart of Sigismund, which was also the center of the mountain formation. It was once the strategic room for the Imperial Fist Legion to carry out the war plan. It was only more than one kilometer wide. It was surrounded by various murals and flags, and a huge statue of the gene primordial was erected.
In the era of the War Chapter, this is also a place for the Imperial Fist to hold major events.
At this time, all the soldiers of the Imperial Fist company gathered here, with helmets on their arms and gathered around the statue of the Primarch. Under the statue of the Primarch was a coffin made of marble.
When the Knight of the Astrology arrived, all the soldiers of the Empire Fist focused their attention on him.
Soshiyang walked forward solemnly, holding a cluster of flowers picked from the burqa in his hand, which he specially prepared on Jupiter, consisting of yellow and white.
Then he walked to the coffin. In the misty mist, a warrior with scarred face lay quietly in the coffin. He was wearing a simple white robe and holding a sharp sword in his hands.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Soshiyang lowered his head and closed his eyes. He did not expect that the first and last sides of the Blade Feast with this senior who helped him many times would be the last. When he met again, he would have been separated forever. He originally wanted to take advantage of this trip to Terra to talk to the other party.
With sorrow, he walked forward and placed the flower in his hand on the other party's sword.
"Pew Commander, your responsibilities are fulfilled, go well."
Then, the soldiers of the Empire Fist hit the breastplate with their fists, and three full strokes.
Immediately afterwards, the servants carried the coffin away. It would stay in the temporary parking area of ​​the mountain formation for a short time, and then be sent to the tomb chamber underground of the Terabab Fortress and be buried with many martyrs of the Empire Fist.
At this time, Soshiyang finally knew who the new commander of the Empire Fist was, but it was not the Laysander he guessed, but the former second company commander Vaughan Hagen!
It is hard to inquire about what happened in the middle, but he guessed that it might be that Laisander himself gave up his position as the commander of the battle. During the years of the Great Vortex Expedition, Soisander discovered that Laisander seemed to have an unusual hatred for the Iron Warriors, which is much stronger than other Empire's Fist Warriors-
Perhaps, Laisander has regarded revenge as a lifelong mission, which has prevented him from taking on the responsibility of leading the battle group.
Of course, this was all Soshiyang's own guess.
"Captain Soshyan, the commander of Pew, used to praise your ability and personal charm. He believed that you were the best child of Dorn in a thousand years. To be honest, this evaluation made me a little jealous."
When Vaughan Hagen shook hands with Soshyan and said this, Soshyan couldn't help but smile. Although the new leader of the battle seemed serious, he was not a stereotype.
Soshiyang replied softly:
"Everything is as the Emperor wishes."
Vaughan Hagen has the standard face of the Empire Fist, with clear lines like a knife and an axe, and his eyes are always very quiet. He has been the second company commander of the Empire Fist for more than 300 years, and his influence is only inferior to that of Leshande. (In fact, Lao Mo has been looking for a long time but cannot find out how many company commanders Vaughan was before, so he can only infer that he was the second company commander, because To Galaton was suddenly transferred from the third company to the second company as the company commander at a certain period. This is the only personnel change that can be explained)
He then introduced other leaderships of the Empire Fist to Soshyan, namely the new second company commander To Galaton, the third company commander Isara, the fourth company commander Arals Lidolo, the fifth company commander Delavats Fani, the sixth company commander Antalus, the seventh company commander Regor Decian, the eighth company commander Quet Kalam, the ninth company commander Kachelen, the tenth company commander Lucian, and the Yin Xiu, the think tank director.
Afterwards, Soshyan held a separate three-person meeting with Lesander and Vaughan Hagen, mainly explaining the current situation of Terra, especially the High Lord.
It can be said that Pew died unfortunately. Originally, as a member of the High Lord's Council, he could exert influence on Soshyan in such occasions, but with his death, the current leader Vaughan Hagen, has just taken over and has almost no influence in the Terra political game. After all, Pew's political influence has not been inherited.
It means that the Imperial Fist can now give Soshiyan very little political help.
Soshiyan was not surprised in this situation, but his keen sense of political smell smelled a strange smell, and he thought of the sudden recurrence of the incident of the High Lord about the Mantis Warriors. He soon realized that this was by no means an isolated incident. There were nine fixed seats in the High Lord, and only three fixed seats. After Pew died, the extraordinary seat he had would obviously be taken away. This kind of action is often accompanied by political attacks. The incident of the Mantis Warriors is just a signal.
There are probably more things to do later.
Chapter completed!