Chapter 587 Meeting Fat Sheep Cole's Whereabouts

Blackstone Fortress.

Central Energy Zone.

Calvin is presiding over the meeting.

The Governor of the Gothic Sector, the Captain of the Imperial Fists, the Commander of the local fleet of the Imperial Navy, the Commander of the Astra Militarum (Defense Force), the representatives of the Inquisition and the Astropaths, the Captains of the Charter of Arms of the Channel, the Chairman of the Local Noble Council, and several representatives of the direct troops of the Primarch of the Advance Fleet.

A group of people sat on both sides of a long table from Calvin's left and right in the order of power and right to speak.

While the meeting was discussing the subsequent fundraising plan for the fleet and the Gothic Sector to recover the lost territory, two Grey Knights officers privately discussed the status of their own troops.

"So we still have to hurry?" Sutherland complained to the Gorgon beside him with psychic power.

The Astropath and Navigator representatives next to him clearly felt the weak but clear psychic fluctuations.

However, due to the fact that the two were foreign troops coming to help and were directly under the Primarch, they had to turn a blind eye to it, and even took the initiative to give a friendly smile when Sutherland looked at them.

Although Sutherland had no feelings for them, he responded out of courtesy.

However, this stiff smile was full of threats in the eyes of these local upper-class nobles, in addition to the meaning of the smile itself.

Because they were just like the Rogue Merchants who were fortunate enough to be present at the hearing.

In peacetime, they were arrogant and domineering, harboring filth, and even among the Rogue Merchants, they dared to call their succession system a "dynasty", which was the main source of contraband smuggling besides the sunshine of the Empire's rule.

In wartime, in a sense, they were all part of the Imperial Inquisition, and when encountering a major crisis or urgently establishing a war zone, they were the first fat sheep to be slaughtered in order to collect resources.

The logic of this point is no different from what Calvin saw in his previous life:

That is, the Inquisition is not unable to clean them up, but whether it is for the purpose of "fatten them up and then kill them", or the fact that there will inevitably be supplements in a fixed ecological niche, they have adopted the principle of "control but not care, and wait for the opportunity to slaughter" for these local nobles.

And now, it is obviously a good time to "slaughter sheep and pigs" so that everyone can have a good year.

"Ahem..." Gorgon cleared his throat and signaled Sutherland to be more restrained and not scare people.

He served much longer than the latter, so he naturally understood the subtlety of the current atmosphere.

In the early days of the establishment of the war zone, the troops and weapons mobilized, and even the resources consumed were astronomical figures;

And the selection of the chief officer of the war zone at this time, and the list of members of the emergency command system initially established under his command, in a sense, represent the situation of the empire and local forces.

In a word, fat sheep are not to be killed all in one day, otherwise life will not go on. Those who can appear in this meeting are naturally no longer on the list of "slaughter" this time.

If Sutherland's unintentional behavior makes the fat sheep restless day and night, and they don't grow well, further affecting the meat quality and nutritional content, then Calvin may have to settle accounts with little Calvin after the meeting.

Seeing the smiles of several noble representatives opposite, becoming more humble because of Sir Sutherland, Gorgon had to stand up and finish it for him.

He tightened his cheeks, raised the corners of his mouth 11 degrees accurately, and then showed the other party his eight well-maintained teeth...

Well, regardless of the noble representative who was about to cry on the opposite side of the seat, Gorgon still retracted his gaze and concentrated on discussing the previous topic with Sutherland.

And this was the only conversation between officers in the battle group in a few months since they left Terra.

Grey Knights are also human beings, or in other words, although Astartes are far superior to humans, they are still mortal soldiers after all.

Even with their tolerance, they were tortured by this task of rushing all the way from Terra without much rest, not to mention the Tindalos Legion.

No matter how good the environment on the warship is, it cannot be compared with the military camp on the ground, and no matter how sufficient the supplies are in the state of combat readiness, it cannot replace the mental relaxation during the rest period.

"It should be. The Primarch means that we must hurry to get closer to the Brigia system. There are high-value targets there, and it is very likely that it is also the target that the enemy has been looking for." Gorgon scratched his head and replied.

He didn't feel much about this kind of life. After all, in the entire chapter era, most of the Grey Knights were acting as the fire brigade of the Inquisition.

On the Titan mother planet, except for the pharmacist and the Brotherhood of the Prophet, the maintenance hall in the fortress monastery is not popular all year round.

Several Grand Masters are either operating in the war zone or rushing to a new war zone. That is, Aidan will stay on the Titan mother planet for a few days from time to time because of the problem of recruits.

In addition, the third, fifth, and sixth companies occasionally stay on the Titan mother planet temporarily because of the rotation mission of the Throne Court, and then receive calls from the Inquisition or the Grand Masters to rush to other battlefields after resting.

But long-term overload operation obviously has many disadvantages, and the Grey Knights' high casualty rate is one of the consequences.

After entering the Legion Era, all procedures are on track, and long-distance raids across star regions like this have become less and less common.

But less does not mean no, and not doing it does not mean that it cannot be done.

Just like this time, after Calvin encountered two Chaos Legions outside the Gothic Star Region, he mobilized two of the Grey Knights' only three battle groups with one order.

In addition to the new recruits being cultivated on the Titan home planet, the only remaining battle group itself is in the Gothic sector.

"Are you having difficulty there?" Gorgon didn't know much about the status of the grassroots soldiers, but with little Calvin's character, he would definitely not complain for personal reasons.

But after all, he came from a different background, and his grasp of the mentality of these brothers in the new army was not as accurate as the other's.

"No! I'm worried about Tindaros."

Little Calvin is accustomed to speaking harshly, but this is indeed the case.

The Gray Knights were, after all, Astartes. Although the living conditions on the ship were not as good as those on the ground, they did not have much impact on this group of supermen.

But it's like a long sword that has been carefully maintained and suddenly found tiny scratches when it was being wiped one day.

As the chief officer of the battle group, little Calvin naturally discovered subtle changes in the mental and physical functions of the Gray Knights due to long-term combat preparations during the half-year-long mission.

This is a typical big or small problem. At best, this kind of change is so small that no one except the Chapter Chief will notice it;

In other Chapters, whether it is the Astartes who were essentially treated as consumables during the Great Crusade era, or the Astartes who were no longer able to be picky due to the influence of the empire's national power and the "Holy Codex" in the Chapter era. Stat, there is no condition to care about such a thing.

But if we look at it more broadly, then as a new legion, as a rich legion with the original body personally in charge and without the shackles of the "Holy Code". Every soldier in their early stages of establishment and expansion is a valuable seed of experience!

Others may not care, but little Calvin must care!

As for the status of the Tindaros Army, it is not just his casual treatment.

With the supply standards of the Gray Knights and the living environment on the battleship, problems of this kind will arise; not to mention the auxiliary troops who live in the middle of the battleship and only have one bed per person as a private space!

But they had no choice, because the Primarch knew these things, and since he could do that, he must have his reasons.

At this time, Calvin was still communicating with the Imperial Fists and the natives of the Gothic Sector. After all, the apparent purpose of his trip was to solve the problem of the Gothic Sector losing contact with the Empire.

After the aliens withdrew and gave up the invasion of the mainland of the sector, the threat in the Gothic sector had been temporarily lifted. He had no other reason to leave except to sit in the territory of Goth and command the recovery campaign.

But just before the meeting, he learned the clues he had been looking for from the Imperial Fist.

So how to rush to Brigia and bring back the person he has been looking for intact;

While establishing the Gothic War Zone so that subsequent imperial reinforcements can be smoothly integrated, and then regaining lost ground under the dual threats of aliens and chaos, it has become his most important task at the moment.

"Call..."

Calvin didn't know how many times he had murmured this name in his mind, but he swore that once he saw this mechanical priest who was particularly capable of running away, he would definitely let him experience his "passion".

renew!