Knowing that the other party was asking for a guarantee from him, Soshiyang thought for a moment and gave an answer.
"Riza has given such strong support to the expedition, so the expeditionary force is naturally responsible for Riza's safety. After arriving in the Sagan system, I will form a quick reaction force of at least 300 space warriors as a reserve force. Once Riza is attacked
During the invasion, I will send them to support Reza. At the same time, I will also send a fleet to patrol between Reza and the Sagan system to protect the transportation lines... In addition, the Astral Knights will cooperate with Reza.
Reza signed a defense contract. Even after the expedition is over, if Reza is invaded, the Astral Knights will send troops to support him no matter what happens."
Ultramok nodded slightly.
"So, very good."
Afterwards, Soshyan came to the welcome banquet prepared for him by Reza and enjoyed the highest courtesy in the forging world.
At the banquet, Soshyan publicly announced to the sages that as a supporter of the expeditionary force, Reza, the resource world recovered by the expeditionary force in the future, would have priority in development rights, and Reza's fleet could enter and exit the maelstrom area without any hindrance.
——Whether there is one or not, the cake is drawn first.
After the banquet, Ultramok and several sages had a secret conversation with Soshyan. During the secret conversation, Soshyan learned something that surprised him even more.
It turns out that the 158 Titans of the Militants are just superficial numbers. In order to avoid Martian's attention, Reza has been quietly making a fortune. Many Titans were built secretly and were not recorded in the establishment. The actual strength of the Militants is 231!
This is Reza's true strength.
Ultramok also expressed their expectations for this expedition. In fact, during the many years of being suppressed by Mars, Reza has been eager to "break the situation". The most important point is the supply of rare materials and trade lines, which are far away from Reza.
The nearest maelstrom area is obviously rich in resources and has many routes, but Riza has not been able to reap any benefits due to the supervision of Mars and the rampage of red pirates. They have long wanted to change all this.
The appearance of the expeditionary force was the opportunity for Reza to break the situation this time, but after all, they were not familiar enough with Soshyan, so Ultramok had to test it out.
In the end, Ultramok finally "sees the light" and reveals Ryza's true request, that is, during the course of the expedition, Ryza will build a "steel chain" from the Forge World to the Viani system in the Maelstrom.
"Corridor", simply put, is to build a number of militarized fortresses on a series of planets and asteroids to form a stable route, and to spread their unique Omnissian Flame-Blood Sect in the maelstrom area!
The sages admitted that this matter was very taboo on Mars. Although they would do it secretly in the early stage, over time it would be impossible to get rid of the fire. Once discovered by Mars, the first person to bear the pressure would definitely be Soshiyang, the expeditionary force commander.
commander.
Although the Omnissian Flame-Blooded Sect is not a heresy, it is a non-mainstream sect after all. Soshiyan opening the door to preaching for Reza is equivalent to endorsing this sect. This is almost a direct provocation to Mars as the interpreter of the Adeptus Mechanicus' doctrine.
authority.
As expected, there is no free lunch in the world. Soshiyan knew that getting Reza's full support would cost him, but he didn't expect the price to be so high.
Being at odds with Mars is no joke. Although the Astral Knights are far away from Mars, Terra is very close to Mars.
But now Soshyan doesn't have so many choices, because Mars's help in this expedition is almost zero. If he wants to win, he can only rely on Reza, so he can only take one step at a time.
After receiving the guarantee, Ultramok seemed very happy. With a stroke of his pen, thousands of plasma weapons became the first material aid to the expeditionary force.
Not only that, Ultramok later took Soshyan to review a special skitarii army recently "developed" by Reza.
In fact, just looking at the appearance, the skitarii are not much different from the ordinary ones. The vanguards and chasseurs are also similar, but the weapons they use are very special.
"This is......"
Soshyan carefully looked at the strange weapon in his hand. At first glance, it looked like Reza's common plasma carbine, but the gun body was longer and thicker, and the sides were covered with slightly curved silver metal strips.
He then handed the weapon to the Alpha Pioneer soldier on the side, who immediately began to operate it. He picked up the gun and fired five times at the distant target. The hot plasma accurately hit the target three hundred meters away.
Suddenly, more than a dozen targets appeared in the shooting range, and then Soshyan saw the metal bars on both sides of the plasma weapon in the vanguard's hand pop out, instantly turning the gun into the shape of a crossbow.
Immediately afterwards, the weapon in the hands of the vanguard began to spray plasma at an extremely fast speed, and hundreds of projectiles instantly covered the dozen targets, breaking them all into burning pieces.
"sharp."
Soshyan took over the deformed plasma weapon and discovered that the two metal plates that resembled crossbow arms were actually heat dissipation devices. There were fine stripes on the inside, which turned dark red due to the high temperature.
"This is a model we improved and produced based on the STC template you gave us. Although the weight has increased a lot, it can fire 400 rounds of bullets in fully automatic mode, and its firepower is twice as high as the Rainstorm type. It is currently named Yannu."
"Ryza is indeed one of the most innovative worlds in the Adeptus Mechanicus."
"Because being conservative means a single method, it means that the enemy will gradually get used to your combat method, which means that existing resources must be used to fight a war of attrition with the enemy. This is not the style of the Reza people. We firmly believe that the only way to improve the current situation is to
Only by using certain weapons and inventing new weapons of war can we create an unequal advantage over the enemy."
Soshiyang nodded and looked at the vanguards and chasseurs lined up. Basically every one of them was equipped with such a flame crossbow - Reza's terrifying productivity was evident.
Some Skitarii are equipped with a unique model similar to the Rainstorm plasma pistol but smaller in size.
Ryza's infiltrator possesses a unique plasma incandescent rod. This weapon stores extremely shocking and terrifying energy in the capacitor at the base. Once a solid impact, that is, a melee impact, occurs, this kind of weapon will be destroyed.
The energy is released forward in a fan shape as scorching plasma heat. Although it is difficult to use it a second time in a short period of time, the power is very impressive.
At the same time, these infiltrators are also equipped with a type of impact gun. This rapid-fire firearm that fires high-speed solid ammunition may not be considered small in size, but it relies on black technologies such as acceleration, large charges, and impact warheads to make the small-caliber fire it fires dense.
The ammunition has a greater stopping effect than the large-caliber heavy machine guns on the Astra Militarum tanks. Once a group of infiltrators fire collectively, it will be difficult for even the greenskins to rush up at medium distances.
As for Ryza's Rust Seekers, they don't seem to be very special. Their main weapon is still the sonic blade, but they have Ryza's best small plasma core inside, which makes their reaction speed and movement speed far beyond that of other worlds.