Chapter 196 184 The Noble Who Dug His Own Grave

Chapter 196 184. The nobles who dug their own graves

In 905 M41, the expeditionary army had spent a whole year in the Badab area. During this year, they actually did not observe how large the war in the Great Whirlpool area was.

In fact, the reason is very simple, because the Ranger Knights had a good relationship with the Star Claws before, and this time they were pulled up by the Fire Eagles purely because they were too close, so they were forced to come to help. When the two gangs met, they basically roamed without fighting, and went back to their homes after a few hours of confrontation.

The Fire Eagles had been dealt with very well by the Executioner. This group of lunatics who didn't know what was wrong with their brains were directly welcomed by the Executioner's Big Dipper. Through two short and fierce wars, the Fire Eagles directly doubted their lives.

The current situation is that both sides are not willing to continue fighting, because the Empire does not want to really make a fuss to that extent, and the Great Whirlpool Guardians, including the Star Claws, do not really want to leave the Empire, but just hope to bargain with the other side. Except for the Fire Eagles, who felt embarrassed because they were slapped twice, no one else wanted to continue.

Moreover, there was a very important piece of information. The delegation of the Terra High Lords Council had arrived and would soon evaluate the incident. Both sides basically entered a state of silence, patiently waiting for the High Lords Council to make a judgment.

On the other side, for a star system on the edge of the Great Vortex, the United Fleet had already taken deep roots here. On the second satellite of the fourth planet, the United Army quickly used the advanced planetary transformation system to give this satellite an atmosphere and a preliminary biosphere system, which was at least enough for life forms to survive and breathe inside.

The infrastructure such as factories, living areas and webway entrances had been built, and the base was developing towards a long-term goal.

At the same time, in order to facilitate the management of this base, 2/3 of the original tens of thousands of human refugees had been sent to the control area of ​​the Karai Protoss, and they were replaced by elite technicians and Odessa auxiliary troops to protect the safety of this temporary base.

At the same time, the headquarters of the joint fleet had also received the news that the High Lords Council was coming. After receiving it, Zeratul and Alarak discussed the next response plan for this problem. It is estimated that they don't need to take action to observe those people, just send some troops.

The joint forces will probably send more than 300 people to carry out this task. As for the command of the troops, a young man was given the opportunity. The young man is a student of Tassadar, named Artanis.

This young man will definitely shine in the future, but now he is just a young executive. Strictly speaking, this is Artanis's first real combat activity.

Although Artanis has followed his teacher in many battles in order to fight against the human empire before, in so many battles, he is just a supporting role, just serving as a staff officer for his teacher, and has never commanded a unit to fight alone.

So this is why Tassadar arranged his students here, because Artanis is too young. Although he is very talented, he still can't control a real army. It's time for him to hone his skills.

This time, Artanis's troops are half Tal'darim and half Templar, and they also have heavy weapons such as dragon knights and scarab launchers for cover.

The purpose of this team is to find out the specific process of the High Lords Council coming here, so as to facilitate further research on the imperial political system in the future. If conditions permit, some confidential information of the Empire and the Mechanicus can also be stolen to prepare for future intelligence work.

In short, this operation is an operation with reconnaissance intelligence as its main goal. For the Protoss, if there is no sufficient intelligence and various support, they will not easily start a war. Even if there is no war, they will try their best to collect more intelligence.

Artanis received support from the Expeditionary Council with two aircraft carriers. These two aircraft carriers come from two different factions, the Tal'darim and the Khalai Protoss, but this is not only a challenge for Artanis, but also an opportunity.

Now in the eyes of the young man Artanis, the Tal'darim are still enemies, but in his impression, they have changed from former pirates to a group of warlike berserkers.

So taking this opportunity to understand the enemy's main weapons and equipment and morale is very beneficial for intelligence gathering. It is obvious that Tassadar did not teach him in this regard in time.

Or, Tassadar deliberately wanted his students to understand this truth slowly in their daily interactions.

The fleet set off quickly, and their goal was not inside the Maelstrom, but in the nearby Cartago sector. If you don't know what impact this administrative division has on this incident, then it is these guys who found the Fire Eagles, which led to the complete outbreak of the situation.

Therefore, the Inquisition and the Ministry of the Interior officials directly from the fleet of Terra began their own investigation here.

The officials on those planets could never have imagined that their attempt to use the relationship between space marines to solve their own problems would actually cause such a big trouble.

In fact, these officials have had three chances to prevent these things from escalating. The first thing is to find the White Scars Chapter next door, instead of the Fire Eagles Chapter that has an old grudge with the Maelstrom Alliance. I know that the Mantis Warriors in the Maelstrom Alliance are the sub-groups of the White Scars. If they come forward, whether the Astral Claws and Xiulun are willing to listen or not, they must listen and accept the opinions, and then they may face the anger of a start-up group and the division of the internal alliance.

The second is that after the war breaks out, seeing that the situation is about to get too big, they will quickly seek help from the local Inquisition. Although the Mad Dogs of the Inquisition are very unpopular with the Space Marines, as long as they are willing to take action, they can still find a way to postpone the conflict of this war until the Terra government comes to continue to find a solution. Although their interests may be greatly damaged in this process, it will not cause the special mission as it is now.

The third point is to seek help from the Imperial Church when multiple Space Marine Chapters come. In such an important star region, there is a world of the Imperial State Religion. Even if the Imperial State Religion cannot persuade them, they can still treat this matter as a religious conflict and fight in the name of holy war. At least they can make the righteousness belong to themselves and shamelessly define the Great Whirlpool Alliance as traitors while they can get away with it.

However, this group of narrow-minded and short-sighted fools chose the most fatal and intolerable thing. When they found out that the expedition team from Terra had passed, they actually sought help from the cult and hoped that they could kill the representatives of Terra.

Various behaviors have already pressed the death knell for them. Although the representatives of the Inquisition have not discovered this problem yet, they will soon find clues.

Some things are only four taels, but once they are put on the scale, they weigh a thousand pounds. This sentence is very suitable for the Cartago region.

Originally, the nobles of this star region could rely on the trade benefits brought by the proximity to the Great Whirlpool and the protection of the Astartes regiment to live their lives well, but because of their stupidity and greed, a large-scale civil war broke out.

You have to know that these nobles have very dirty hands to begin with. Any random investigation will reveal some problems. They are already dirty themselves, but they still spread the news everywhere. Now things have reached a point of no return, and it is time for their death knell to ring.