When Captain Thor walked into the conference room of the base, Horus and the other four captains were already waiting in their seats.

"You were the last one to arrive, Thor."

"No, Dar, the sage from the Adeptus Mechanicus hasn't come yet, has he?"

Thor found a large chair and sat down. Although he was not wearing power armor, the chair still creaked under the weight of the Astartes. Next to him was Colonel Cole of the Marine Corps on the Angel's Tear.

After Sage Clesis walked into the conference room at the right time, the first meeting of the expeditionary force in the new world began.

The first person to speak was Thor, who was responsible for the docking and reconnaissance mission. He stood up and walked to the map of Earth.

"From the current point of view, the planet's resistance defense lines are showing a trend of retreat, especially in Japan. Their suzerain country's withdrawal without warning caused the entire defense line to be broken through by aliens in an instant. It was not until we deployed Titan that it stabilized. Their

The capital was moved to Sendai after this battle. Overall, we must intervene quickly in the war against the aliens, otherwise they won't last a few years."

Horus nodded and motioned Thor to return to his seat, then he pointed to the Japanese Islands and said.

"After the battle to stabilize the defense line was over, I ordered Loken to lead a Terminator team to conduct a decapitation operation against the beta nests in this area. The melta bomb destroyed the core of the nest, and the brain level as the command node was also killed.

If they die, the aliens in the area will be in a weak state in the short term. So I hope to repeat this decapitation operation and destroy as many nests on the mainland as possible to weaken beta."

Horus turned to look at Ignaz, the chief think tank standing aside.

"Chief, I hope you can provide intelligence support for the beheading operation."

Ignaz nodded happily. This Thousand Sons think tank from the Black Crow School has a lot of experience in prophecies.

"Of course, sir, the supreme sky in this world is very stable, its energy is inert, like a pool of stagnant water, and the accuracy of prediction is quite high."

"Very well, next, Sage Chrysis, tell us about the discovery of the Mechanicus." Horus said to the last Sage Mechanicus to arrive.

Sage Chrysis twisted his mechanical appendage and walked to the speaking position.

"Under my leadership, we have conducted research on aliens called beta. The regular genetic coding proves that they are a biological tool. New genetic and biological weapons are being manufactured and will be put into use soon."

"At the same time, the tactical aircraft samples that Captain Saul obtained for me have been disassembled. As long as they are modified, the heat-resistant ceramic steel is mounted on the outside of the body, and Vulcan blasters and inferno cannons are added, we will soon have a batch of them.

The temporary Warhound Titan can be used, of course we can also install the ion blast cannon and then..."

Seeing that the sage was about to start a tirade on his profession, Horus quickly interrupted him.

"Okay, we will discuss the transformation later. Sage, please return to your seats." Horus then looked at the company commanders seriously.

"Next we have to discuss a major issue, how should the expeditionary force deal with the local human government?"

Then the company commanders began a heated discussion. Some advocated directly dismissing the local government and reorganizing a new global unified regime, while others suggested directly bringing the local government under the rule like during the Great Crusade.

After several hours of debate, the discussion came to nothing. The severance group believed that the current Earth government was a piece of junk. How could a group of nobles who only know how to fight among themselves be able to fight against the aliens? The acceptance group emphasized the direct dismissal of the government.

The chaos caused is detrimental to the stability of the current defense line.

In the end, Horus decided on the strategy of the expeditionary force, supporting government members who were capable and willing to resist alienation to form the planetary ruling government, with the Astartes serving as the governor.

In fact, Horus had already decided on the model for unifying the planet, but he still wanted to see the plans of the company commanders. After all, in the future, the expeditionary force would go to more worlds, and the company commanders would also assume more responsibilities.

The Emperor firmly opposed the Astartes' involvement in politics, but Horus was on the contrary. The Astartes were indispensable for the founding of the Empire, and completely separating them from the rule of the Empire would be a waste of time. So Horus

Advocate for the Astartes to assume more responsibility in the governance of the Empire.

This conflict of ideas and the ensuing conflict between the Great Crusade Military and the Imperial Bureaucracy was also one of the factors that led to the outbreak of the Horus Heresy.

Back to the topic, Horus hopes to intervene more among mortals in the Astartes, making the Astartes monks more human instead of divine. Human beings do not need gods.

After the meeting, Horus left the Captain Astartes alone to talk.

"About recruiting new recruits, Captains, before I left the Imperial world I obtained new technology to create more powerful Astartes, the Primaris Astartes, the work of my brother Robert Guilliman, now

, tell me, are you willing to use this new technology to recruit new brothers?"

Horus was very cautious when he asked this question. The strength of the Primaris Astartes was much greater than that of the old model Astartes. The use of Primaris technology by new recruits was one of the best ways to improve their combat effectiveness, but Horus believed that using this

This new technology must be based on a voluntary principle. Not all companies are his heirs, and Horus respects their wishes. After all, he does not want to follow in the footsteps of the Emperor.

The company commanders looked at each other, and the scene fell into silence. Finally, Captain Shabrandar of War Dog broke the silence.

"Sir, is this technology reliable? What is the success rate of the operation?"

"Belisarius Caul, the great sage of Mars, developed this technology at Robert's request. After ten thousand years of research and development experiments, the technology is quite reliable, and the surgery has a higher chance of success and a faster combat effectiveness."

"Then I will use this technology. The number of our company is too small to support the battle situation. We must replenish our troops as soon as possible." Captain Sol said.

"I need to discuss this with the other soldiers in the company," Kelenval hesitated.

"Despite the discussion, Kellen, the use of Primaris technology is completely voluntary, and I will not ask you in this matter. The Astartes are the backbone of the expeditionary force, and you are right to be cautious." Horus said gently.

.

"Go back and think about it, and give me an answer tomorrow. In addition, Captain Saul, ask Lieutenant Solomon to bring the three girls to see me again after you give me an answer tomorrow."

"Okay, sir, goodbye." Sol saluted and walked out of the conference room with the other company commanders.

Horus stood alone in the conference room and felt it quietly.

"It feels great to not have a stubborn dad against me."


Chapter completed!