Captain Kristen left, taking the nearly 200 soldiers of the Goliath Chapter with him on the cruiser they came with and left with satisfaction.
The new cruiser has already headed here from the Sun Sector under the deployment of the Tribunal, and the reception process is expected to be completed within half a year.
The Goliath Chapter, whose siege on their home star has been solved, is quite calm about this accident.
After they fully understood the anger of the inside story, they gradually accepted the reality with the persuasion of the Gray Knights.
After all, all the planning behind this stops before implementation.
Thanks to the Emperor's blessing, the brief bombardment above the orbit of Federman 4 did not cause any real harm to the Astartes of the Goliath Chapter.
The calmed down chapter leader asked Christensen about the final outcome of the incident via remote communication, while Calvin, who was standing aside, also formally met the chapter's top decision-maker under the latter's introduction. p>
Through his selective narration, the senior leaders of the Goliath Chapter understood the causes and consequences of the events that occurred in the Federman System, as well as the Tribunal's final attitude towards this matter.
With the generous sincerity of the Tribunal, they finally calmed down their anger.
Although a brand new strike cruiser is still nominally owned by the Inquisition, its unlimited lease period makes its ownership only symbolic.
The leaders of the war group have a pragmatic style that makes them not care about this trivial issue at all.
If you have already received everything, but you still haven’t returned it, it’s not up to you to decide when to return it.
What's more, the other party has not indicated the return period, and the additional specified service requirements and years, in their view, is a completely worthwhile deal.
After a brief internal discussion, the strike cruiser that had not yet arrived was assigned internally to the company led by Kristen.
The idea of the senior leaders of the war group is very simple:
Since he and his soldiers bought this cruiser with their lives, there is no doubt about the ownership of this item.
This is good, Kristen has long wanted to end the days of co-mingling with other companies.
An accident, an ordeal. Fortunately, there was no real damage. What could be better than getting a cruiser as the company's new home?
Therefore, for this upcoming ship, Captain Christen, after obtaining the consent of the battle group, affectionately named it: "Holy Tribulation" to commemorate the difficulty of this trip.
The initial process of this transaction has finally ended. Both parties are satisfied with their respective gains and have seen each other's sincerity.
With the verbal apology from the Inquisition and the double sincerity of the cruiser that arrived later, the Goliath Chapter graciously expressed their wish to forget the past;
The Inquisition was also satisfied with the response agreement solemnly written on paper by the Goliath Chapter.
The fact that a complete company of the opponent was in position immediately made Grand Inquisitor Uther's previous unilateral contribution even more echoed and respected.
Everything is developing in a good direction, only the issue of the troops on the ground gives Calvin a hard time.
Even though the morale of the soldiers on the ground has returned to stability, the memory cleaning time involving millions of people was still beyond his expectation.
"5 years? Are you kidding me?"
On the bridge of the Revenant Redeemer, Calvin couldn't help but raise his voice after being told by Yule.
"This is already the fastest process." Yule consoled him kindly.
"It would take at least half a year for our manpower to arrive from the home planet and other places.
Not to mention that before performing memory cleaning, the first thing to do is to screen them. Eliminating the contaminated ones hidden among them is the beginning of the real trouble.
We will encounter misunderstandings, hostility and even premeditated instigation of unrest. And since we have decided to save them, you must make up your mind to carry this process through to the end."
"..." Calvin was silent on this fact. The workload had far exceeded his highest expectations.
"Saving is always more meaningful than destruction, but it is also always more difficult than destruction. Isn't it?" Yule said slowly.
He understood what Calvin was thinking. This young man was unwilling to stay here for such a seemingly uncontributable job. He hoped to fight for the empire as much as possible, thereby exerting his own value.
But in Yuler's eyes, the value of the work here is no less than that of his comrades fighting elsewhere. They are all contributing their strength to the regiment in their own way.
That’s why Yule chose this angle to explain the significance of this work.
"You don't need to worry about the complexity and inefficiency of the task. The Tribunal will not ignore our efforts. There will be professional screening personnel responsible for early guidance and training. All you have to do is to prepare for our troops' actions after they arrive.
Provide final guarantee and endorsement. If necessary, there will also be some clearance work."
"I understand, so I have to stay here for five years, right?" Calvin was still a little emotional.
"Someone has to do these things, not you, but someone else. Moreover, you can be more relaxed about this time. After all, five years is just our initial estimate."
Yule smiled and comforted Calvin, but he also hid some other content.
For example, as the Gray Knights Chapter's first exclusive recruitment world, the subsequent construction here obviously needs to be taken care of by someone worthy of the Chapter's trust.
And the value of the Federman Galaxy is much more than meets the eye.
The location of this pocket-shaped galaxy is very delicate. Under non-subspace navigation, it has only one exit to the outside world. The easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack terrain makes it naturally suitable as a fortress node to undertake defense tasks.
It also has special geographical value: the distance from here to the main channel from the Tempest Sector to Terra is only one galaxy away.
That is to say, when necessary, the Gray Knights only need a small number of mobile troops to stay here to effectively contain the enemies coming from the direction of the Storm Star Territory.
In a sense, this is the Warhammer World version of a street pavilion:
It is easy to defend and difficult to attack but it is located in a confidential location. As long as this place is managed well, it will be a strong guarantee for the defense posture of the entire star field.
Such comprehensive conditions make the Gray Knights have a very high evaluation of the Federman Galaxy.
They decided to go through lengthy construction here and finally build a majestic galaxy-level fortress complex.
Correspondingly, the resources they are about to invest here will also be a massive number.
If possible, this place will be built into a fortress, fortress and monastery that will shock the entire star field by guarding the interstellar shipping lanes.
It will become a necessary place on the road to Terra, and will also be tasked with becoming the home port of the Gray Knights' patrol fleet.
The maintenance of large and medium-sized ships and the self-sufficiency of weapons for the ground armed forces will be included in the construction blueprint here.
This is a long and difficult mission, and it is here that Calvin will receive more troops and Chapter servitors over time.
He needs to allow them to communicate and work as effectively as possible while commanding these troops.
Diplomatic work with the local forge world is also part of the topic.
After all, water far away cannot quench the thirst of the near. When the priests of Mars cannot be counted on, the local forging world is still worth contacting.
Whether it is the overall project experience or the production capacity of giant equipment, the natural advantages of the oil guys for large-scale projects are unparalleled in the entire empire.
During this process, Calvin was not only responsible for internal command and peripheral defense, but also external diplomacy and communication were one of his responsibilities.
This is a course arranged by the Grand Master Council for his transformation from a mid-level officer to a commander, and there is no possibility of skipping the course.
Yule may help him at the beginning, but as time goes by, he will eventually leave and let him strategize and direct the overall situation.
In short, in one sentence. Great teachers will not ask the reasons, they will only look at the results.
They hope to see Calvin, as a commander, slowly and firmly nail the Fedman Galaxy, the Gray Knight's nail, in the eyes of all forces.
As for this brand new nail, after the review of the Grand Master Council and Calvin's suggestion, they named it: "Titan II."