Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes.

Chapter 321 their respective positions

Imperial Calendar Millennium Timing, 186.(49).757.M39, Night.

The warp space channel corresponds to the Imperial Tempest star field, and the Hollison [-] star area leads to the flight section of Terra.

The Supreme Lord Inquisitor of the Senate of the Human Empire, the Chief of the Supreme Council of the Trial Chamber of the Human Empire, Calvin, the Great Mentor of the Silver Blade Brotherhood of the Holy Hammer Order, and his direct fleet finally arrived at the border between the Storm Star Territory and the Solar Star Territory. The Hollison [-] star sector here has completed the reunion.

Fifteen days have passed since the departure of Ophelia 7. According to the thousand-year timing method used by the Imperial Navy, it has been a long time since the two fleets communicated from half a star field apart, and then crossed the vast sea of ​​stars to complete their meeting. 15 millennia. (27 standard Tera hours per thousandth year)

This is also the result of the imperial navy's haste to recruit ships from nearby star areas.

If it is true that according to the document sent by the home port of the Grand Fleet, the ships are recruited from the direction of Baka, then I am afraid that Calvin will need to consider how to spend another full year on the Angel of Retribution.

Fortunately, both parties in the whole incident are known for their pragmatism, and it just so happens that the status and influence of both parties do not require sufficient respect for the "Imperial Navy Law".

Therefore, out of the honor of the navy and Calvin's desire for efficiency, Baka's direction illegally recruited local ships, and kept a strange silence throughout the whole process when both parties were aware of the situation.

Similar to this kind of recruitment involving several large ships and nearly one million crew members, the departments involved are of course not limited to the navy fleet itself.

Especially under the background that the six large cruisers from Krieger have not left, these warships temporarily transferred from the direction of Bakka are not so much to maintain the glory of Calvin as the seat of the high lord of Terra, it is better to say that After the large-scale corruption of the previous fleet, it is maintaining the face of the Storm Star Field Navy.

Calvin was not impressed by this lack of rigor, but for the same reason that he could not say, he still reluctantly expressed appropriate approval to appease the commodore's rather agitated state of mind.

According to Calvin's standards, the existence of the escort fleet itself is an existence of ceremonial nature, and its real combat power itself is questionable. Not to mention, the obedience of the warships in the event of emergencies is also an unknown unknown that people cannot trust. number.

The middle section and flanks of the fleet further behind are the formation sequence of the Imperial Navy.

The array displayed by the large fleet during the march can clearly reflect the will of the fleet master:

It is precisely because of this obscure position that the admiral of this fleet showed unreasonable enthusiasm and hospitality when he met with Calvin.

This is undoubtedly a cancer.It was also a problem in Calvin's mind that he had identified after several late nights of no one's thinking, and that he would definitely eradicate if he had the chance.

"Wait a little longer...wait a little longer..." Calvin muttered to himself in the quiet office, then put down the documents from the Ministry of the Interior in his hand, and turned his attention to other matters.

The navy that came later had the intention of making amends. After joining forces with Calvin, they saw the position reserved by the other party and planned to fight for it.

This hidden struggle between documents and copies is extremely obscure, and the Navy tried its best to cover it up out of honor considerations. (The large-scale crew corruption incident, if the Tribunal intends, it will be a powerful weapon to attack the high-level of the entire Star Field Fleet. Judging from the extravagant and lustful life style of naval officials in the post-imperial era, as long as you want to investigate, there is no problem that cannot be found people.)
If it weren't for Calvin being in a high position with a sufficient intelligence network, and having a strong enough ability to summarize and proofread various information.

After the two fleets joined forces with the edge of the star sector and merged into one place, Calvin inevitably experienced another courtesy meeting with the escort fleet corps.

The open and secret struggles on these hidden fronts may have really blinded him.

After receiving and comforting the fleet officers who represented the will of the sector’s navy, under the command of Calvin, the large fleet immediately adjusted its course and began to head towards the Gray Knight’s stronghold in the Storm Star Field—the Feldman Galaxy/ Titan II defense fortress group advances.

Today, when the empire's internal and external troubles are endless, even a person with an identity and status as strong as Calvin can only suppress these thoughts deep in his heart, and passively deal with the emergencies that continue to appear in front of him.

After the core queue headed by the Angel of Retribution, the three large cruisers from the Krieger galaxy, the Spear of Order, the Shield of Order, and the Sword of Order, stood guard around the flagship in a zigzag shape;

The three tail ships of the order series that were produced later in the production period—the shield of order, the second batch of large cruisers Daybreak Light, and the Fire of Dawn quietly occupied the ranks of the marching queue after the fleet merged. these locations.

But what is said is what is said, what is done is what is done.With the Krieger Fleet in his hands as the core force, Calvin could no longer put his own safety within the navy's responsibilities.

The fragile tail of the fleet is also in the hands of the Krieger Grand Cruiser:

But they are too large, and their roots that are entangled in various parts of the empire are too dense;

However, the admiral of the navy searched through the list of fleets sent by the other party before the confluence, and could not find any warships belonging to mortals other than the Tribunal.

There is no other reason. If the controller of the largest force in this star field is sober enough and has enough respect for the highest representative of the second force group, then all the efforts of other ghosts and monsters will not be feared.

In fact, behind this seemingly simple incident, there are also hidden tentacles of the Imperial Senate in the Storm Star Field, such as the influence of the Ministry of the Interior and its subordinate Ministry of Justice, Military Command and other affiliated units.

Competing battle positions with the ships of the Astartes Chapter?The admiral's head is not so strong yet.

Attempts by these forces and more specific employees under their jurisdiction to use this incident to break the trust between the Grand Fleet and the Inquisition ultimately failed without exception.

All in all, the various documents that went to and from the entire star field during the fleet rendezvous allowed Calvin to experience the deep-rooted and ubiquitous bureaucratic factions headed by the Ministry of the Interior of the Empire, although he did not personally experience them.

There are some things between soldiers that do not require verbal communication, and the sequence of naval fleets when they merge is just one of these things.

In desperation, the middle-aged and energetic commodore looked around but couldn't find a better option.

He could only pinch his nose to replace all his colleagues in the Storm Starfield, and unilaterally endure this silent and long "humiliation parade".

This mentality of atonement kept him in a high degree of depression, until the Grand Fleet encountered an unexpected accident in the subspace...

　The first watch, the second watch may be later.The firecrackers are too noisy, and my mind is so messed up...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)