Chapter 407: Echoes of Courage and Loyalty (VI) Doubts, the Lost Company

"Do you need support?" Tibers asked with a frown.

In the view of the warship's porthole in front of him, several warships belonging to the Son of Guilliman were already under the control of the Ultramarines.

At the same time, the Grey Knights were also making similar tactical moves, and in the video signals sent back after the Terminator team boarded and landed, no traces of subspace pollution were found on these warships.

This phenomenon certainly attracted the attention of the Ultramarines, because it was obviously inconsistent with the information provided by the Inquisition, and the Grey Knights who arrived later also confirmed this situation.

After inspecting the two cruisers, the leader of the Purifier Turabo shook his head solemnly at Tibers on the other side of the video.

"There is a problem here." Severns, the Archon from Ultramar and the current commander of the Third Company of the Ultramarines, said.

Adjutant Sura looked at the Purifier beside him curiously. He didn't know about these mysterious Grey Knights. If he hadn't followed Severn to the expedition to Plesdia this time, with the education he received during his apprenticeship and his own outstanding knowledge, he would never believe that there really was an Astartes hidden in the dark side of the Empire.

Who are they? Which legion are they from? Which of the many descendants of the Emperor is the bloodline of?

Are they the original warband? Or which warband's sub-warband? Why are their power armors so different? What do those meaningless holy seals and classics represent?

The young champion swordsman's eyes are so straightforward, and his strong desire for knowledge is as full of vitality and energy as his age. It is like a young lion seeing a tiger coming out of the mountains for the first time, and his dark green eyes are full of simple curiosity and inquiry.

"Ahem..." Severn really couldn't bear to see his adjutant's virtue. When the video conference fell into a silent stalemate, he couldn't help but use a light cough to remind his adjutant to pay attention to his manners.

Chief Purifier Turabo and the Grey Knights behind him were not surprised, but they did not react much to Sura's appearance.

"Where are the sons of Guilliman?" Tibers was silent for a long time on the other side of the video, and then asked in the direction of Severn.

"All are in custody." The Archon of Ultramar responded to Tibers, and gave a specific description of some details.

"The two companies they have in orbit are all recruits! The oldest officer has not served for more than 100 years."

Severn looked at the focused reaction of the crowd, thought for a while, and then said the following:

"They refused to admit the fact of corruption and betrayal, and insisted that they had received direct orders from the top of the chapter. Even before we joined the battlefield, they once thought they were fighting for Ultramar..."

"Whose order? And their organization? Who is in charge of the current command sequence of Presdia?"

After hearing Severn's story, Tibers followed this logic and asked three questions directly.

However, whether it was the Ultramarines who directly accepted the surrender of the Son of Guilliman, or the Purifier Turab who participated in the detention and preliminary interrogation, after looking at each other, they gave an answer that was unexpected to Tibers:

"They don't know."

"Ridiculous!" Tibers scolded.

Don't know? How is it possible?

An elite soldier at the top of the pyramid in the Imperial War Sequence actually said that he didn't know who he got the authorization from and who he got the order from?

Then what kind of training did they receive? How does their company organization operate?

How can they use a sentence of not knowing to prevaricate themselves?

What about the servo records of the battleship? What about the information terminal data backup of the power armor?

People can not speak, so are the records on these equipment and devices all disappeared?

"Let me tell you..." Turab said.

"They have never been on the ground since the recruit training! All recruits are like this. They are conscious and receive remote commands from the ground of Plesdia on the battleship.

As for the combat and command sequence..." Turaber thought for a while, then looked at Severns, who also spoke up to make additional explanations:

"Since the 700th year of the last millennium, this regiment has been successively transferred to participate in the siege of Salinas, the Lecalmon rebellion war, and the attack and defense of the Roda galaxy in the Ghoul Starfield...

Because the main force of the large army is always in an expedition state, and their casualties have always been serious, they have always been in a special tax-free state of "blood tax". The regular inspection of all sub-groups by the Ultramarines was left unfinished.

So as their manager, the Ultramar direction has never been able to detect their abnormalities in time for this reason. This is our dereliction of duty..."

"Okay..." Tabers stared at the Ultramarines' supervisor for a long time across the screen. After confirming the latter's sincerity, he could no longer hold him accountable for this matter.

"What about their Chapter Master? And their company organization? No one is taking responsibility?" Tiberus asked.

"That's exactly what I want to say!" Severus followed up.

Recalling the interrogation of the Sons of Guilliman, his eyes were full of confusion.

"Their Chapter Master is a monk named Sly Barr, and this name has not changed in our records for 800 years."

A veteran with 800 years of military service?

After hearing what Severns said, several Astartes officers looked at each other and then shook their heads in tacit understanding.

Impossible...

It's not that there can't be veterans of this service age, but it's not that any regiment can have the soil for such veterans.

Astartes do not have a theoretical lifespan limit, but will Astartes never die?

On the contrary, the death rate of Astartes has never been low since the Legion era. Especially in the regiment era, the commander of the actual company has never left the front-line battlefield.

Although they have the title of high-ranking officers, their casualties are no different from those of ordinary soldiers.

What does it mean that a regiment does not change its commander for 800 years?

Let alone an unknown sub-regiment of the Ultramarines, which of the famous founding regiments has done it? (ps: This is the M39 period. Please note that Dante is not born yet. Bjorn of the Wolf Regiment has a similar record, but if he is to be counted, his dormant time must also be counted...)

"And their company..." Severns continued.

"They announced to the inside that most of the Chapter Captain's companies were on missions outside, but as far as we know, there are only four of their companies on the border of the Empire that can match the number, plus the third, fifth, and ninth companies here, there are only seven companies."

"Which three are missing?" Tibers asked, and Chasov, a member of the Inquisition behind him, also raised his head.

"The first, second, and fourth companies." Severns said, and then seemed to remember that his comrades in front of him did not need to abide by the constraints of the "Holy Code", and added an explanation:

"That is, all the veteran companies in the Chapter except the Think Tank!"

Update. It depends on the situation in the second half of the night. If you can catch up, there will be more. Don't wait, go to bed early.