Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!.

Chapter 539 06.0538: "Basol's Embarrassment"

Some time later, Imperial Navy warships were stationed in orbit around the planet.

"This is Basor. It looks peaceful."

"Everyone, you know what your responsibilities are. Let's act."

As the landing craft gradually approached the ground, people soon discovered that the planet was not as peaceful as it seemed from orbit - there were continuous gunshots and explosions coming from a distance, but the noise was not big enough to be seen from outer space.

Under the guidance of ground forces, the landing craft landed in a relatively safe place.

As the gangplank was lowered in a cloud of steam and landed heavily on the ground, Horatio walked out quickly with the armed troops.

Astartes Brothers were standing guard around the landing site with bolters in hand. Horatio was surprised to find that they were wearing armor with two different paint schemes. In addition to the Doomsday Eagle Regiment that was responsible for taking down the planet, there was also a group of Space Marines in white armor.

Horatio took a few glances and thought their color combination was very familiar.

[Ultramarines Successor Chapter, White Archons Chapter?]
"Welcome, Lieutenant Colonel. It's a pity that we can't provide you with a decent welcome ceremony at the moment." Captain Zhao walked over and saluted Horatio.

The uniform he wore was completely different from the neat one he wore when he set sail. The fabric was now covered in dust and stains, but the young man's spirit and energy remained undiminished.

The commandos around him were also covered in dust, looking like veterans.

"It's nice to see you again, Captain Zhao. How is the situation on the planet now?"

"Open rebellions against the Empire arose one after another."

“Is it because of the strong measures taken?”

"No, Lieutenant Colonel. Our occupation forces have been very gentle here by the standards of the Empire."

The captain corrected: "After occupying this planet, according to the provisions of the Holy Scripture, we must eliminate the blue-blooded aliens entrenched on this planet.

But as for how to deal with the humans on this planet, Macragge only gave us a vague principle of action - 'Those who obey the empire will live, and those who go against the empire will die.'

We chose a conciliatory policy and did not arrest or search anyone who was not openly against the empire."

"And I suppose you had a conflict with the local humans over the arrest of the Tau?"

"Yes, our broadcasts continuously repeated Macragge's orders, loudly announcing to the civilians that we only arrested aliens, and as long as the local human residents did not have any clear hostile behavior against the occupation forces, we would not disturb the lives of the locals, but the difficulty of controlling this planet still exceeded our and the Space Marines' expectations.

Many hostile elements secretly incited the masses, claiming that if we arrest aliens today, we will arrest human civilians tomorrow.

Under these propaganda and espionage sabotage, many people tried to prevent us from arresting the aliens. When we acted according to the rules against the rebels, guerrillas emerged from everywhere like newly grown leeks, making us run around in a hurry. "

"So, what are your plans for next?"

Boom!Boom!
As heavy footsteps were heard, an Astartes in white power armor came towards them. He took off his helmet, revealing a neatly shaved head. His face was resolute and serious, with a horrifying scar on his right eye, and his eyeball was already white.

"This is the Captain of the White Archons, Messinius. He has been assigned here as the head of planetary control."

"Nice to meet you, Lieutenant Commander. What brings you to the surface?"

"To protect the armed preaching of the Holy Rose Sisters, sir. Therefore, I need to understand the current situation of the planet and discuss solutions with you."

"The colony ships from the Five Hundred Worlds will arrive soon to 're-imperialize' this place.

Before that, we have to ensure the stability of this planet as much as possible. Due to its special geographical location, Macragge is considering giving these humans a chance - if they convert to the faith of the Lord of Mankind, we can put aside the past grudges, treat them as part of the human empire, and protect their citizenship. As for the aliens, they must die, this is the bottom line.

The problem now is that at first, we remained restrained and did not take action against the local human residents. We even turned a blind eye to minor acts of disobedience, hoping that the situation would soon improve; but the smooth-talking and cunning aliens and the spies who worked for them did not want us to safely retake the planet.

They have concocted a large amount of false information that will cause panic, inciting the indigenous humans, the so-called "Guvisa", to encourage them to join the remaining aliens in resisting our "invasion"! "

At the mention of the word 'aggression', Messinius squeezed his large white hand in displeasure.

"We don't have enough stabilization power. Only two regiments, two Space Marine companies, and my 2-man navy are not enough to control the entire planet.

Time is running out, and as far as the current situation is concerned, our fastest way is to clear all intelligent life on this planet and then re-colonize it." Horatio coldly said the most terrible and rational solution.

"If it is necessary," Captain Messinius said, "we will kill everyone on this planet. You are right, Lieutenant Colonel. According to our calculations, recolonizing after killing the entire population is indeed the fastest and most effective way to 're-imperialize'."

"It is also the method that will incur the most bloodshed and may cost the most.

It would be better if we could leave some of the native humans behind, as they would have a deeper understanding of how to repurpose the technology on this planet, which could directly help us exploit the planet's war potential."

Captain Zhao has his own views on this final plan. Although the colonists from other planets in the empire are firm and fanatical believers, there is a big question mark as to how they will efficiently utilize the value of this planet.

Not all people in the world are like the people of Zhendan, and the population of Zhendan is not large enough to colonize abroad on a large scale.

"This is exactly why the Holy Rose Sisters' Preaching Group came here, and why we are here. They will finally recognize the reality that they are human beings, not blue-blooded aliens, under the glory of the Lord of Mankind." Horatio said, "It's better to be this way. Don't be shameless."

"How long do we have before the final purge?" Horatio asked.

"It won't take long, and it will be adjusted according to the situation on the front line." Messinius opened the brown paper scroll from Macragge: "Basor is strategically important and can send resources to Margaret, Ometula and other war zones as quickly as possible.

As long as we can stabilize Basor as a war zone logistics base and activate the planet's production capacity, our army can further gain an advantage on the battlefield and even curb the blue-blooded aliens' invasion momentum of the 500 worlds of Ultramar once and for all.

But this is impossible with all the harassment from these guerrillas.”

boom! boom! !

Just as he finished speaking, a violent explosion occurred in a factory in the distance. The flames that shot up into the sky were like a volcanic eruption. The steel structure and promethium storage tanks were blown away by the shock wave and flew hundreds of meters into the sky. Reminded by the belated sound of the explosion, the people who looked in the direction of the sound only saw burning and smoking ruins, which were estimated to be 30 kilometers away.

Even from such a distance, Horatio could feel the heat when the slightly hot air blew on his face.

Everyone covered their eyes with their hands; the fierce wind ruffled their uniforms.

"That is... the fuel depot we occupied..." Captain Zhao's face was full of fatigue and resentment.

"These damn heretics who can't tell what they are!" Messinius gritted his teeth and put his helmet on his head. Without looking back, he strode to lead a White Archon tactical team and boarded the Thunderhawk gunboat on the shuttle apron to the scene of the accident.

Captain Zhao immediately called the commandos and the Imperial Navy's Valkyrie transport plane in orbit for support. Before leaving, he hurriedly said to Horatio, "Colonel, leave the task of maintaining stability on this planet to us. An Inquisitor asked me to tell you that if you still have energy left after protecting the armed mission, she has already investigated the resistance and spy contact network on this planet."

"Inquisitor? Is that a young-looking woman, or something else?"

"There was indeed a young-looking woman among them, but the one who told me this was a middle-aged male inquisitor, and he seemed to be able to read my mind."

As soon as these words came out, Horatio immediately knew that Clarence Ravenore had also come to this place.

It doesn't look peaceful here on the surface, and there are undercurrents behind the scenes.

(End of this chapter)