Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes.

Chapter 45 The Simple Closing and the Complexity Behind
The meeting with the Sons of Dorne was far from pleasant, but it was productive and left no misunderstandings.

Vladimir Puig, the flag officer of the Imperial Fists on the Mountain Array, who is equal to Calvin, had a battle with Calvin in a style that fits the character of the Imperial Fists. Efficient communication within 5 minutes without any politeness and greetings:
After explaining the cause and effect and confirming that Calvin was clearly aware of this incident, no one in the Imperial Fists knew about the illegal operation of the Psychic Academy.And the whole incident was the result of the private behavior of the former first-class knight of the empire.

Vladimir, the flag officer of the Imperial Fist, straightforwardly gave compensation from the Imperial Fist: In the next 100 years, the battle group represented by Calvin will have the absolute priority to select candidates for the think tank of the Imperial Fist.

After finishing speaking, Vladimir just looked directly at Calvin, waiting for the other party's acceptance, without any willingness to bargain at all.

And Calvin happily accepted such an unexpected substantive compensation.

So, after being confirmed by Calvin, the son of Dorne put the token in his hand on Calvin's table, turned and left.The sound that echoed in the corridor was as precise and inflexible as his footsteps when he came.

Calvin was content with that, and it was thanks to Gavins' urgent psychic communication with Calvin after initially hearing the other's footsteps.

He felt that Calvin had to be vaccinated, and let him understand that the other party's behavior style was by no means arrogance, but a natural one.To prevent Calvin from mistaking the possible arrogance of the other party.

With the stone-like character of these Astartes who are in line with their Primarch Rogal Dorn, even if the cause of this incident is all caused by the Imperial Fists, you still can't expect to hear any soft words from them. talk.

This is also the fact that Calvin witnessed with his own eyes after Gavins told Calvin about the other party's behavior style in advance.

Even if it pays the actual blood price of the Imperial Fist's priority supply right to the think tank's personnel candidates in the next 100 years, the principle of "Dorne's cubs" is "no apology, no apology."

This group of men made of brass used practical actions to establish Calvin's first and most important impression of the Imperial Fist:
"We are Dorne's cubs, blood can flow, tears, not a drop."

The turmoil that started out of Matthews' selfishness and ended up burying him and his entire family ended seemingly simply.

And the premise of all this is that there is no word for the uncharacteristically efficient and clear attitude of the High Lords Council in this incident.

In this non-scheduled and unconventional high lord council, the forces from all sides did not pay enough attention to this incident.

After all, in the eyes of these big men who are too rich to describe, the essence of this matter is just an illegal operation of private rights.

If it were not for the affairs of the two Astartes Chapters involved, the paper bag of such an event could not even be sent to the seat of the lords.

In this vast empire with trillions of people, just counting the daily business volume of things like this is enough to support a huge department.

The lords had their own important affairs in mind, and with the help of the servo skull or higher-level assistants for this document sent to the table, they simply knew the general outline of the relevant events.

To be able to squeeze out another precious representative to attend the meeting from the hands of people who are not enough to use it already, in their view, is already a manifestation of the utmost attention.

But when these civil servants who were occasionally sent to participate in the nominally highest-level meeting of the empire because of their official duties, they had just walked into the conference room under the leadership of the confidential personnel before they were out of the honor and excitement.

Seeing the lord of the Inquisition Tribunal, Stad Northumberland, who had no chance to see him because he had just taken up his duties, sat in his seat early uncharacteristically, these shrewd senior bureaucrats were keenly aware of this incident There are other reasons behind it.

In the eyes of aristocratic families engaged in politics in these times, this level of political game is far beyond their small arms and legs. In this level of confrontation, the so-called court nobles like them who have no real rights and violence , not even cannon fodder.

On the opposite side of Lord Stad Northumberland, the high lord of the trial court, the representatives of the Astartes battle group and the imperial army who had also arrived early made them confirm this point again.

So in such a weird and high-pressure atmosphere, the representatives who were lucky to be present at the meeting could only tiptoe quietly to the proxy seat a little behind the tall and luxurious seat of their own high lord.

Praying to be able to get out of this storm alive is probably their greatest wish to the Emperor at this moment.

In this way, the meeting was announced in a strange atmosphere where most of the high lords were routinely absent, but some few or rare high lords were present.

Uncharacteristically, the trial court did not blur its position in this incident, so as to observe the changes.

At the beginning of the meeting, High Lord Stadt Northumberland of the Inquisition Tribunal blatantly and accurately pointed the spearhead at the Court of the Astronomical Torch and the Ministry of the Interior, and these two departments are also precisely where the Sutherland family is intricately intertwined, hundreds of The foundation of the year's business.

The representative of the Astartes wargroup did not make a clear statement, and the incident itself involved a dispute over the interests of two Astartes wargroups, which made his neutrality seem natural.

The two temporary representatives from the Ministry of the Interior and the high lords of the Astronomical Torch Court have not yet figured out whether it is necessary because of the interests of a family that can only barely rank in the second echelon in the ranking of the Senate. When regretting with the high lord of the trial court himself, followed by the even rarer representative of the Imperial Guard from the throne court, who also made a speech with an extremely clear attitude.

In a sense, this speech also became the final guiding speech that dominated the outcome of this high lord council meeting.

You must know that as the emperor's direct guard, the imperial army is born to exist beyond the many political forces of the empire.

In most of the empire's daily meetings, and even most of the major meetings that can determine the empire's national policy, the seat of the imperial court representing the imperial court is vacant.

At most, only after the meeting had a clearly oriented result, would a representative of the Forbidden Army walk out of the palace and add a golden seal to the meeting minutes, representing the King's Seat knowing and approving the result of the meeting.

Their concern for Terra and the entire empire was limited to the palace.This is the traditional impression formed by the high lords on the thousands of years of operation of the imperial army in the parliament.

And when a meeting of the high lord council representing the power center of the empire, the tribunal, which is already in a dominant position, and another branch that in a certain sense is actually exercising a vacant but not non-existent royal power, And it really has the right and ability to blatantly deny the final resolution of the high lord council's final resolution when necessary, and to reach an agreement on something without warning.

Representatives of cardinals from the State Church, representatives of the Supreme Council and Executive Counselor of the Ministry of the Interior, representatives of the adjutants of the High Lord Marshal of the Astral Navy, and representatives of the high-ranking wizard lords of the Star Torch Court.

These huge forces that really determine the fate of the empire, and the people who really have the power of the executive meeting of the parliament, are all aware of the instinctive trembling before a certain crisis:
Starting today, some things will never be the same as before; and a certain balance that was once maintained by the consensus of all forces is also at risk in the meaning behind it expressed by this meeting.

High-ranking civil servants, military officers, bishops, and wizards all hurried to the special plane they took for this trip after the meeting.

But different from the excitement and enjoyment when they came, their most urgent need is to return to their headquarters as soon as possible and report the actual situation of this meeting to the supreme lord of their own forces.

A power that they were completely unaware of political forces or key figures may have enveloped the sky over Terra in silence, and they, the court nobles who have served the Terra government for generations, knew nothing about it.

They actually had to wait until this force or character began to reach out to them before they were surprised to discover the existence of the other party. What a dereliction of duty for them!

They could already imagine what an angry reprimand they would face from the high lord himself when they returned to the headquarters.

And that unknown force or person must get their attention.The interests represented and implied by the empire are fixed in the eyes of these high lords who truly export the constitution.

In their eyes, those who have been able to use such two crucial seats in the High Lords Council have already missed the best time to kill them.

So they can only accept the fact that in the future, there will probably be one more person who will sit with them on this supreme seat of power and share their interests.

So how to make a compromise that satisfies both parties in the existing distribution of interests; or if it involves their own core interests, they cannot compromise.

Then knowing the opponent's foundation as soon as possible and preparing to fight with it is the core focus of all parties.

Although they can't find a way to communicate with each other, as long as they have the heart, the high lords can always perceive the existence and interests of each other.

And given the size and interests of the other party, he or they would not be allowed to lurk for a long time.

Waiting patiently or preparing is the most common way for the nobles in the imperial capital Terra to deal with an unknown threat that they have to face.

The exact target is still unknown, but just now, its occasional claws and claws from the clouds, and the shadows reflected on the ground under the sunlight, have already made them feel huge pressure, or fear .

(End of this chapter)