According to subsequent statistics, the raid by the renegade Soul Drinkers resulted in the deaths of at least three million people. Except for the precious "graduates" and most of the junior students who were hidden in secret underground bunkers at Soames Noble Academy, almost all teachers and
The guards were all killed during the resistance,
The best parts of the entire academy have been almost wiped out, and it will be difficult to return to its original prosperity within twenty or thirty years.
As for the loss of the orbital station, it cannot be measured in numbers. The future fleet that Soshyan worked so hard to build can almost be said to have been completely wasted, and the complete repair of the entire orbital station is far away.
This also further affected the maintenance progress of other warships.
Due to the severe damage to the orbital station, the planet's trade has also been severely disrupted. A large number of cargo ships cannot unload or load cargo. The entire planetary trade system will be stagnant for at least 3-5 years. For Neisen 4, which relies more on foreign trade,
, this economic blow can be said to be devastating.
After this incident, it will be difficult for this planet to provide strong support to the Astral Knights in a short period of time. It is even possible that they will need feedback from the Astral Knights to survive this difficult period of reconstruction.
Soshyan also had in-depth communication with the Planet Governor for this purpose. Finally, he promised the other party that the Astral Knights would not ask for anything for at least twenty years. If the planet residents encounter any difficulties or serious problems, he will also
Do your best to help solve it.
After basically dealing with the planetary matters, Soshyan began another painful task.
Statistical loss.
This expedition can be said to be a complete victory, at least within the Eye of Hell alone, they eliminated at least 800 Chaos Space Marines and a large number of cultists and monsters.
But no victory comes without a price.
Despite various strategies, despite plans being executed as perfectly as possible, many warriors died in the war against the heretics.
According to the final statistics, there were 63 warriors killed, most of whom died in the final decisive battle, accounting for one-fifth of the total number of Astral Knights.
Then there are 113 people seriously injured, 42 of whom need to be replaced with mechanical prostheses. If it were not for the tenacious blood of the undead army, half of these seriously injured people would join the dead or be buried in the iron coffin of the Dreadnought.
In addition to the casualties, there were also heavy losses to the fleet and equipment.
In this attack, the fleet of the Astral Knights can be said to be in full force. The main ships include the flagship 'Unbound Soul', the battle barge 'Soulbringer', the strike cruiser 'Starfire', 'Alien Killer' and 'The Sword of Destruction'.
3 large and medium-sized warships, and 6 frigates, for a total of 11 warships.
However, in the fierce battle with the Red Pirates, the 'Alien Killer' and the 'Sword of Destruction' were sunk successively, and three frigates were also destroyed. The 'Starfire' was severely damaged, and half of the Astral Knights' fleet was lost.
Not only the battleship was destroyed, but most of the crew and sailors on the ship also sank with the ship. There were about 300,000 people on board, including many technical personnel with considerable experience and extensive training.
The loss of these people also made Soshyan heartbroken.
As for equipment, the armory only lost some light and heavy weapons and power armor, focusing on combat robots.
During the fierce battle, 162 combat robots were damaged, of which 92 were permanently damaged and could no longer be repaired. Parts could only be disassembled to repair other damaged combat robots.
This loss left Loken in a state of extreme depression from the end of the battle to his return to his home planet. Soshyan even heard that the Mechanicus cultist got himself drunk with alcohol and almost did something weird to Dietrian.
Fortunately, Valier stopped it in the end.
For such a result, Soshyan could only silently accept it.
He then also asked about the losses of the other three participating battle groups.
Among them, the Ranger warriors suffered considerable losses in terms of personnel. Their number was not large, with only 120 warriors left. As a result, 34 people were killed in the war, accounting for a quarter of the total number, and the casualty ratio was even more than
Astral Knight.
If they hadn't recaptured the gene seeds, this battle would have almost brought the Ranger warriors to the brink of destruction.
The Ascetic Chapter also suffered heavy losses. They fought with the Red Pirates' fleet in the void, and a fierce gang-hopping war broke out between them.
In the end, the Ascetic Chapter lost one cruiser, one frigate, and 35 warriors, but annihilated two Red Corsair capital ships, three frigates and destroyers, and wiped out more than 60 Chaos Space Marines.
Among the four chapters, the Weeper Chapter had the smallest loss of personnel, because they were the last to enter the battle, and their losses were mainly concentrated on their fighter formations.
By the end of the battle, the three aviation wings of the Mother of Tears had only 10 combat aircraft left. All the rest were lost in battle, and most of the pilots were sacrificed.
Soshyan also asked Malakin why the weepers were "late".
The answer the other party told Soshyan surprised him.
It turned out that the Wailers had successfully boarded the Eye of Hell as planned, but when they rushed to the battlefield, they were blocked by a group of mysterious people.
According to Malakin, the group was small in number, about thirty or so, but they were very difficult to deal with and used various means to delay their progress.
In Malakin's description, the group of people were all wearing light gray cloaks, but it could be seen that the power armor was black, and he also noticed that the shoulder emblem of one of them was related to the First Legion-the Dark Angel War.
The group's logo is very similar.
Among them was a mysterious man armed with two guns and a huge sword, who caused them a lot of trouble. If they hadn't had no murderous intentions, the Wailers would probably have gotten a lot of blood.
Due to the Dark Angel's reputation and style of being secretive and ruthless, Malakin did not publicize the matter and only told Soshyan in private.
After hearing this unexpected answer, Soshyan couldn't tell what the situation was at that time, so he could only suppress the matter and wait until later to investigate carefully.
After finishing the loss statistics, Soshyan's third task was to count the loot.
In the past this was the most exciting step and the Chapter suffered heavy losses and needed to be replenished.
However, due to the haze of the sneak attack on the home planet, Soshyan's mood was not as active as usual, but he still presided over the work and invited three other chapter leaders to witness it.
Then again, although Hell's Eye Fortress was captured, Soshyan has never really gone deep into it. Even the soldiers are only guarding key departments. Many areas of the fortress are still unmanaged, and there are even
There may be some danger lurking.
Therefore, during this "spoils of war" counting operation, everyone was fully armed.
Their first target was the No. 2 and No. 3 Seed Vaults of the Hell Eye. For the Adeptus Astartes, there was no wealth comparable to gene seeds.
As for Seed Vault No. 1, which is where the Ranger Warrior gene seeds are stored, it has been swept away.
As soon as they entered the fortress, everyone could still see the equipment and cabins that were still in operation.
But as we go deeper, more and more signs of abandonment replace the destroyed ruins or working cabins. The traces of biological activities gradually decrease, and even the servitors are hard to see anymore.