Chapter 234 Reasons and Expectations Behind the Transaction
Yes, facing the endless wave of attacks from the orcs in the Hassan sector, Calvin not only recruited four allies under his command, but also launched a call to the Storm Star Region further away.
As for the Orcs, Calvin was deeply impressed by them after an encounter with the Orc Pirates in the asteroid belt.
Afterwards, Calvin also had some targeted understanding of the various data of this race in the internal reference materials of the Inquisition.
From his point of view, the evolutionary curve of this race does not conform to the normal instinct of continuation and development;
Whether it is the speed of their expansion and reproduction, or the short-term leap in technological level after stress, Calvin is extremely vigilant.
After the encounter on the asteroid, Calvin also wrote this summary of the battle:
This is a biological population that is born for war, and their internal mechanisms are more difficult to control than tumors;
As long as they are given a little space or time, they can complete the expansion of the population at an astonishing speed, and can also ensure the general integrity of the basic ecology (food, assembly, lower servants, and technological productivity).
A small group of orc pirates could leave such a deep impression on Calvin, let alone the orc fleet he is facing now?
You should know that the occupied area faced by the southern front of Orpheus is the entire Hassan sector!
Although it cannot be compared with Orpheus in terms of scale, it can be known from the records of the Imperial Ministry of the Interior that it is also a complete sector consisting of a main administrative district plus two secondary sectors, and more than 40 worlds of different sizes!
It is small only for Orpheus!
If it were the space environment of the Misty Star Region, which is mostly unsuitable for human habitation, the value of this sector would definitely be at a higher strategic level!
And in the context of the overall fall of the Hassan sector for decades, what scale have the orcs developed in it?
Calvin could not imagine the resources of dozens of planets, and how many orcs would be hiding in the occupied areas behind the front line at the expansion speed that violates common sense of this race.
The total number of Astartes warriors, close to 4,000, is already an epic military force;
Counting the assistance of several other warbands fighting in the sector, Calvin can even claim that he has half a legion of Emperor Angels fighting under his command.
But the power of the orcs is so huge that the number of enemies killed reported by the fleet relying on the galaxy defense system alone in each year is far more than a hundred times that of the former!
Calvin can't wait any longer.
Whether it is the time left for him to go out in the direction of Terra or the time for the orcs to take root and develop here.
It makes him unable to use the conventional combat plan, with the sector fleet as the main force to cooperate with the Astartes strike group to steadily and slowly wipe out the orcs.
That will be a long battle of ten years, and there may be other variables in it.
Calvin can't accept this happening, so after much thinking, he decided to concentrate all his strength to completely and suppressively wipe out the orcs in the Hassan sector at once.
He didn't want to pursue immediate achievements and leave a legacy of poison to the citizens of the Empire for a hundred years, and he didn't want to do it.
His original intention was to completely disintegrate the power of the orcs with a thunderbolt, and then clean them up one by one!
This war should either not be fought, or it must be fought for a hundred years of peace!
Calvin said so in the internal pre-war meeting.
The call for the world of Riza was finally issued after careful consideration of the strategic intention of this war.
The lesson of the Beast War is still vivid in his mind. Calvin will not be surprised at what kind of behemoth these orcs can build in the rear.
For the sake of insurance, the Titan Legion in the Empire's armed sequence, the Dawn Legion of the world of Riza, which is nominally second only to Mars, was firmly locked in the necessary list by Calvin.
Yes, Calvin's personal note reads: nominally second only to Mars.
Regarding the true strength of this forge world, Calvin has a question mark in the information he collected from all parties.
Just like no one knows how they conquered an entire star zone with their own strength before the arrival of the Great Crusade Fleet;
In the three thousand years from the Great Crusade to the Great Rebellion, no one has ever really known how many machine Titans their Titan Corps has. (Machine is a unit here, dedicated to Titans.)
The foundation of this forge world is too profound, even Mars is wary of them;
They are one of the few forge worlds that have completed regional self-protection before the Great Crusade and are still expanding outward;
They are also one of the few forge worlds that have no requirements for the expedition fleet and immediately provide support to the Grand Fleet!
In the heyday of the entire empire, the Riza forge world alone has provided the empire with more than 200 machine Titan Corps to increase the strength of the expedition fleet.
And it is precisely because of this huge strength that they have been regarded as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh by the forge director on Mars since their return to the empire, and thus directly fell into thousands of years of keeping a low profile.
Yes, this group of mechanical priests are not only good at manufacturing in the industrial field, but also very familiar with political struggles;
They not only have the leading plasma technology system in the empire, but are also lucky to have more than a dozen generations of wise leaders.
This world, under the deliberate guidance of their Forge-General, had almost perfectly escaped the long-arm jurisdiction of Mars;
While they actively participated in the battlefields of the Great Expedition, they also quietly and covertly expanded their technological support systems to other secondary forging worlds.
Even more hidden than these are the countless miniature forge worlds built by the direct technical priests they sent along the route of the Great Crusade.
There was an unidentified information that was captured by Calvin in the corner of the Inquisition's database:
Under the reconnaissance of an Inquisition spy who was known to be lost in the subspace, it was discovered that there are Titan hangars in more than one of Ryza's miniature forging worlds!
139 forging worlds are the number of lower-level worlds that Reza has publicly registered with the empire;
Not counting those hidden worlds, even if there is only one Titan in each of these worlds, it is still an integrated Titan army!
"It's true that biting dogs don't bark. Martian's fear of them is definitely not unreasonable!"
Calvin put down the materials in his hands and let out a long breath.
He raised his eyes from the data pad and looked in the direction of distant Terra;
It can be said that he spared no effort in wooing Reza Foundry World this time;
Even for the previous seizures of the Chaos Fleet in Lyak, he took out all of them and shared them with Mars regardless of the opinions of Mars.
The new concept of planet killer is more than just a weapon for the Empire.
As a large battleship that has reached the experimental stage, it is itself a huge treasure trove of knowledge.
It supports hundreds of large-scale technologies and uncountable detailed technical difficulties. In Calvin's eyes, perhaps he can only glimpse the tactical development of chaos and possible attack methods.
But in the eyes of these Mechanicus personnel who specialize in industrial manufacturing, this huge battleship itself is a display of technical systems and industrial standards.
Maybe there must be contamination from Chaos, maybe there must be sacrifices in the process of studying these technologies;
But Calvin has enough confidence in the Gray Knights under his command. He firmly believes that with the Gray Knights and the Inquisition accompanying them throughout the journey, the knowledge on this ship will be used safely and effectively.
If you fall behind, you will be beaten. This principle is equally applicable no matter where you are!
In Calvin's eyes, this was more than an insight into chaos;
It is also an extremely rare warning to the internal strata of the empire whose technological development has almost stagnated.