Warhammer: Start with a dog.

Chapter 337 A Small Interlude
Port Wanderer, one of the two notorious or famous ports at either end of the largest and most reliable passage from the Calixis Sector to the Chronos Expanse.

Initially, it was built as a standard Crocos-Mark IV naval military space station. The Imperial Navy commissioned the builders of the Mechanicum to spend a total of eighteen years to build this naval assembly point in the Rubicon II system using prefabricated components towed by freighters to investigate the increasing number of missing ships in the Drusus border area.

However, as the merchants and wanderers returning from the outer regions brought back more and more wealth and opportunities, coupled with the lack of stable and continuous supply and maintenance in the star zone, as well as the struggles within the Navy and the Ministry of the Interior, the core of Wandering Port's later expansion and maintenance services eventually centered more around Rogue Merchants and other dynamic transportation organizations or individuals traveling between the Chronos Expanse and the Empire.

Now, after a series of power struggles and conflicts that lasted for centuries, this site with a huge Gothic spire decorated with the Imperial Skyhawk, a port extending in all directions and various ships spliced ​​on it, like some kind of floating hive city, is home to about five million people. It is currently nominally controlled by the Imperial Navy, but in fact it is a place where the Imperial Navy, the Ministry of Justice, the Inquisition, the State Religion (more than a hundred branches), the Mechanicus, the Rogue Merchant Dynasty, the Navigator Family, the Astropath Sect, the Merchant Guild and the Ministry of the Interior are jointly involved.

There are two main ports in the east and west directions, and a dedicated port for shuttles. The shipyard's dock can accommodate ships as small as intra-galactic ships and as large as freighters and exploration ships. However, it is still not big enough to handle the super-large warships of the Imperial Navy.

"After all, this is one of the farthest places that the Empire can govern. Once you leave the Great Mouth, the 'outside' has its own set of rules. So in Wandering Port, as long as you have Throne Coins, you can buy everything, including weapons, ammunition, aircraft fuel, promethium, food, water, various potions, servants, etc."

It is impossible for a Glorious Queen-class battleship like the Desert Ark to sail in here in a swagger. After all, as a former and current naval facility, Wandering Port really has an Imperial Navy control deck and central fortress. There is also a huge military sensor array on the fortress, which is responsible for scanning every void ship that enters the range of Wandering Port and recording their relevant information and coming and going times.

The Iron Blood is temporarily unable to leave Pearl Moon. It is now anchored over the polar region, performing endless calculations and analysis on certain mapping and exploration data. So in fact most of the manpower is left there to guard the Iron Blood and its main biochemical computer. These key figures have come to Port Wandering, intending to have a hearty relaxation... an operation that, in the words of Malcador, "is in line with the style of Port Wandering, abides by the rules of the game, is full of the atmosphere of the Imperial Special Forces, and is a beautiful quick-decision operation where quality is more important than quantity."

Although in fact their debate and discussion on this matter continued until they decided to let Angron Petra wait on the Desert Ark, while Kadur Malcador, Perturabo BC and Magna Dorn went to contact the agent who was responsible for running the business for them in Wandering Port and find out what was going on.

Angron Petra was particularly disturbed when he learned that he was the one left behind to take charge of reception and communications.

"As you said, this is a place where we can get a lot of supplies as quickly as possible, and, uh, relatively speaking, no one cares where the goods and throne coins we use for trading come from," he said. "But Malcador, are you sure you brought... I mean, Magna is fine, but Perturabo...? Are you sure he won't be the last one to tear down half of that place with oversaturation firepower?"

"No problem." The old man who was asked answered calmly, "Because he is going to use illusion camouflage to disguise himself as my smart Ogryn bodyguard, and Magna is going to use illusion camouflage to disguise himself as a Kroot mercenary with a guarantee certification."

“A what?” Angron’s voice suddenly rose an octave. “Are you sure this is a good idea?! I don’t think so! Just let me go!”

"Are you sure it's wise to let your brother or part of the Iron Blood's intelligent system drive a weapon that's powerful enough to blow us and this void port into the sky while you and I are acting together in a void adventurer's paradise? Don't forget that either of them has the ability to invade your ship's control system." When the current Imperial Regent said this, Ms. Lothalazarin, who had been silent all this time, made a strange sound from her system panel. It sounded like she wanted to sneer and taunt but held back. This lady who devoted herself wholeheartedly to the Lord of Ironheart and the regiment had suffered severe mental and soul damage in the last ceremony of acting as a beacon to "rescue" Angron and others back to the Iron Blood. It was only recently that she was able to appear in the system from time to time.

"...Okay, indeed. It seems that I am the most suitable person to stay here as the backup. Ah, then I have one last question."

"What?" Bian Mu asked with a snort. "My illusion camouflage generator is foolproof! I have already loaded all the map data and other data of Wandering Port. Based on them, more than ninety action plans and backup action plans have been generated. Let's make a quick decision."

"Your body." The 12th Primarch pointed to the body of the Fourth Primarch, who was lying on his side in a stasis position on a super-reliable anti-gravity single-person floating mobile device. He was wearing full armor and no one would think he was an ordinary person or an ordinary Astartes. "How do you plan to carry him up there?"

"..."

"Although you can tie him to your Dreadnought or backpack on the Iron Blood and Desert Ark, and everyone is used to it, I think you are used to it too... But, based on what you just said about Wandering Port, there should be many places where you can't carry him through or move quickly like this, right? Even the Void Shield can't defend against attackers approaching from the ground."

"..."

Eventually, the small "Chaos Squad" was whittled down to two men: Cadwell Malcador and Magnar Dorn were sent to Port Wander to meet with the agents and resolve a series of recent problems at their Royal Charter store.

So at this moment no one noticed a small episode:

Unfortunately, upon returning here, Mr. Ramizane Kalosini entered the range of the stasis field that enveloped the body of the Fourth Primarch.

(End of this chapter)