Amidst the sound of neat and majestic footsteps, soldiers advancing in columns poured into the reception hall. They were all dressed in bright golden armor. Their shoulder armor and helmets were both sky blue. The shoulder armor was also inlaid with a golden lion logo, and they held explosives.
Shotguns, and in front of the team are the flag bearers and command levels, including several terminators.
At a glance, there were about six to seven hundred people in the entire phalanx.
The Celestial Lions Chapter, the Fists of the Empire, was established in the M38 period. It is almost the youngest Fists of the Empire. Its home planet is Paradise No. 9 of the Curtain of Irala, and is closely related to the Spear Chapter of the Emperor and Star Poison.
The Scorpion Chapter formed the organization of the Guardians of the Veil of Ilara - but the Star Scorpions were destroyed due to a genetic seed defect that prevented the warriors from producing a second gene seed.
The Tianshi Chapter has no particularly outstanding achievements. The most famous thing is their conflict with the Inquisition for nearly a hundred years.
It turned out that in an incident known as the "Hatar Riot", five companies of Tianshi responded to the call of Judge Apollyon and went to crush the ongoing riot in Hatar.
At that time, the priests of Hatar had fallen and were leading the planet's leaders into the embrace of the evil god Slaanesh. However, with the arrival of the Celestial Lion Chapter, the local rebellious Imperial Guard and Planetary Defense Force were quickly defeated.
The rebellion was crushed within three months, and the planet's civilian population welcomed the Space Marines' arrival and helped eliminate the rebels, claiming they had been deceived.
Tianshi thought the battle was over and boarded the battle barge to leave.
As the Celestial Chapter's battle barges left orbit, the Imperial Navy, under the orders of Inquisitor Apollyon, carried out the Extermination Order, wiping out everyone on the planet.
This move shocked the Celestial Lions, and when they saw their honor destroyed when these cities burned, they became angry. They believed that there was no need to destroy the planet, and the inhabitants of the planet were not corrupted, so they issued a complaint against the Inquisition.
A series of very loud and public denunciations were made, and a delegation of Captains and Chaplains traveled to Terra to petition the High Lords of Terra to recall and rebuke the Inquisitors who had gone too far.
However, the spacecraft never arrived. It somehow flew into the greenskin territory and crashed on the planet's surface.
The wreckage of the spacecraft was finally discovered two years later. No one survived on it. The Tianshi believed that this was by no means an accident. They had been demanding an investigation into the destruction of Hatar. Therefore, the relationship with the Inquisition was very tense because of the Inquisition.
The Tribunal believes that they are only responsible to themselves and the Emperor and will not tolerate any outside pressure or criticism.
Lysander once expressed his concern about Tianshi's behavior that has always been in trouble with the Inquisition. It's not that the Imperial Fists don't want to help this "little brother", but they in Terra are actually being closely watched by the Inquisition.
Not being able to get involved in the imperial political whirlpool, Pew could only secretly warn the Inquisition not to take drastic actions.
Suddenly, with the sound of neat footsteps, the formation of the Tianshi regiment stopped neatly, and then the leading warrior wearing ancient armor and a golden helmet said loudly:
"Tiens Chapter, salute to the supreme commander of the expeditionary force, Chapter Commander Soshyan Alexei!"
In an instant, hundreds of soldiers paid tribute to Soshyan at the same time, and the scene was very spectacular.
Lysander and Soshyan said before that the Tianshi Chapter has not fought any serious battles in the past hundred years. In addition, the home planet has a large population and a relatively abundant gene seed bank, so the number of people has been full for a long time, so Soshyan is mentally prepared.
Yang was not surprised that so many Tianshi warriors appeared at once. (The Tianshi crippling event occurred during the Third War of Armageddon. At the beginning of the war, Tianshi dispatched 953 Space Marines, which was more than the other regiments combined.
many)
Soshyan nodded with a smile, then strode forward, came to the man and stretched out his hand.
"On behalf of all the officers and soldiers of the expeditionary force, I would like to welcome the glorious descendants of Dorne and the guardians of the Veil of Elala. I would also like to pay tribute to the Tianshi Chapter in my own name and thank you for your strong support for the expedition!"
The soldier took off his helmet, revealing a strong but not stubborn face. Paired with that warm smile, he even looked a little sunny. There were two scars from the corner of his left eye extending to behind his ears. His short white hair made him
Seems very capable.
He handed the helmet to the soldier behind him, and then held Soshyan's outstretched hand tightly.
"It is a great honor to join this expedition. I am Raif Mensah, the Chapter Master of the Tianshi Chapter."
"Brother Raif, it's me who feels honored."
In fact, this is not the first meeting between the two. In the last Blade Feast, Soshiyang had already met each other once.
Raif Mensah looked at Soshyan carefully, and then said with great regret:
"After thirty years of separation, Brother Soshyan, you have become even more heroic and extraordinary. You even seem to be taller than before. You feel just like those original sculptures."
The last sentence made Lysander and Arash raise their eyebrows at the same time, while Soshyan quickly smiled and shook his head:
"Brother Raif, you have disgraced me. How can I compare with the original body?"
"Haha, it's a joke, it's just a joke."
As he spoke, Raif Mensah turned sideways, swept his hands across the few soldiers around him, and introduced:
"These are the war leaders Saul, Wakambe, Dakambi, Dakenleth, Vergara, Galwan, and Daly. This is the Death Whisperer Zukara, and this is the Soul Walker Azada.
, as well as Lifebinder Kaitak, Cardoso, Sumalu... Ah, and this proud leader Eken Dubaku, who participated in the Feast of Blades before, I don't know if you still
Do you remember?"
Soshyan looked at the sergeant, nodded slightly and smiled:
"of course I remember."
In fact, those titles would sound confusing to outsiders, but Soshyan already knew the special job titles of Tianshi from Lysander. Their company commander is called war leader, the sergeant is called proud leader, and the priest is called death.
The Whisperer and Thinker are called Soul Walkers, and the Apothecary is the Lifebinder.
Because they are deeply influenced by the relatively mild culture of their home planet, the brotherhood and fraternity of the Tiens Chapter are particularly remarkable. In the Tiens culture, "collective", "glory" and "courage" are regarded as the highest and pure virtues.
Because of this, the hierarchical order within the war group can be said to be in vain. Regardless of their position, all Tianshi will talk like brothers and sisters, so they do not have positions such as chief hermit master and chief think tank and chief pharmacist. In addition, Raif·
Mensa was actually a war leader, but he was the most virtuous and respected war leader.
But on the other hand, they will show extremely high respect for their commander on the battlefield, even if the other person is a mortal, and the Tianshi also particularly respects the other "Sons of Dorn" battle group, and has great respect for the Imperial Fists and other battle groups.
The regiment has a very friendly attitude, which is why they responded very positively to the expedition.
Realizing that there were seven company commanders accompanying him, Suoshiyang thought to himself, Tianshi was equivalent to sending seven companies!
So he smiled and shook hands with the Tianshi commanders one by one, and those soldiers also showed him the highest respect. The atmosphere between the two parties was not as tense and strange as when they first met, as if they were familiar old friends.