Warhammer 30k and the Great Tomb of Nazarick

Chapter 6 The Governor's Mobilization

M30.890. June 6, 1

Empire's Obscure Star Region, Agaro Sector
This is an extremely remote place on the border of the empire. Because it is so poor, even traveling merchants are unwilling to come to this broken place.

The star region has a sun in its prime and a habitable planet, of course the so-called habitable is only relative to the dead world. The distance between the sun and the planet of Agaro is too far, resulting in the planet's normal average temperature of minus 80 degrees Celsius. Life can only squeeze into the craters on this planet and rely on geothermal heat to survive.

Fortunately, there are many volcanoes in Agaro, and they are very large.

The largest of them, the Agaro volcano, is 26 kilometers high, and the diameter of the crater alone is kilometers. The largest settlement in Agaro is built in the volcano, which is also the location of the planetary governor's office.

Now the current planetary governor of Agaro is looking carefully at the request for help in front of him.

The Emperor's Space Marines, the White Scars Legionnaires, have discovered a unique world that contains many interesting things. However, they cannot conquer the world relying solely on their expedition team and need the help of the surrounding Imperial forces.

At the same time, the information also mentioned that the humans in this world were being persecuted by an evil witchcraft alien, which made the Governor very sympathetic.

Agaro's current governor, Jim Johnson, was originally just a technical slave. It was only after the Emperor's troops liberated Agaro twenty years ago that he regained his status as a free man. Relying on his achievements in the Agaro Liberation War, he became an official and then sat on the position of planetary governor step by step.

The real rulers of Agaro before were not humans. In the Golden Age or the Dark Age of Technology, the ancestors of humans discovered this place and used genetic means to transform a local lizard-like creature and give it intelligence.

But mankind’s kindness was not rewarded. These dirty lizardmen once served their creator respectfully, but chose to betray without hesitation when mankind declined.

They killed a large number of humans, deliberately destroyed human history and culture, and turned all remaining humans into slaves.

The Lizardmen also imposed strict population control on the remaining humans. Except for relatively important professions such as technical slaves, ordinary slaves would be eaten when they reached the age of thirty-five, and every ten households were required to provide one slave for food every year.

The reason why technological slaves still exist is simply because their inherent physiological structure does not allow them to operate some human creations that are very important to them.

This kind of cruel rule must arouse resistance, and since the day the Lizardmen established their rule, human resistance has never stopped. However, although human resistance lasted for a long time, it never succeeded until the glory of the Imperial Sky Eagle came.

Jim Johnson still remembers that it was the White Scars Space Marines who first discovered this world. They entered this world in small groups, leading the rebels and the Lizardmen in guerrilla warfare while constantly contacting the Empire's main force.

Finally, after six months of persistence, the imperial army arrived, the lizard people were all wiped out, and humans gained the freedom they deserved.

Because of this experience, Governor Jim empathizes with the innocent humans oppressed by the aliens, and is even more fond of the White Scars Legion.

Now that he had seen the White Scars' request for help, he was anxious to help. It was a pity that Agaro had just been rescued by the Empire less than 20 years ago, and everything was still in ruins. Moreover, the technological level of this place was not high to begin with, and it became even worse after the war.

As a planet with many volcanoes, it does not have any rare minerals. It cannot be a mining world, and due to environmental issues it cannot be a hive city. It can only be barely classified as an agricultural world, and produces some local sour fruits, which can be used to make wine, which tastes good, but the yield is very low.

As for the local garrison in Agaro, they were really just militiamen, without even laser guns, and could only use outdated gunpowder automatic guns. The heavy equipment they had was only four heavy sentinel mechas, two Centaur assault vehicles that had been used for many years, and an obsolete Chimaera infantry vehicle.

Although the Planetary Defense Force, also known as PDF, was also called the Imperial Militia at that time and its general combat effectiveness was just so-so, the defense force led by Jim was indeed in a miserable state. After all, he was the governor of a poor and broken planet, with no money and not many connections.

However, no matter what, our human comrades are being invaded by aliens, and the Space Marines of the White Scars Legion are fighting. It is reasonable and logical that as the closest Imperial force, they should go to support them.

Finally, Jim decided to go for support. He gathered a force of a thousand people, brought all the heavy weapons, and even several agricultural locomotives, and boarded the only spaceship on the planet that could travel at faster than the speed of light, a second-hand Eliminator-class destroyer.

This broken ship named Longquan was a product of waste recycling. Its quality was so poor that the navy didn't want it. Fortunately, it was sold to Agaro at a low price and was later renamed Agaro. Finally, these guys holding automatic guns and carrying supplies squeezed onto the broken ship under the leadership of Jim. It took less than half a day from receiving the news to preparing to set off. After all, there are not many places to live in Agaro, and the troops that can show off their skills basically live near the Agaro volcano.

In fact, Agaro's defense forces also have to go to work and tighten screws on weekdays. After all, this place is very poor and cannot afford so many full-time soldiers. Moreover, after the Empire cleared all the aliens in Agaro, there is no place where military force is needed here.

In the captain's cabin of the spaceship, Jim sat on a small stool, drinking substitute tea while continuing to read the intelligence provided by the White Scars.

Jim was a sturdy middle-aged man with a square face and a short gray beard. This time he was supporting the Space Marines, so he deliberately wore the uniform of his planetary governor. However, compared with ordinary planetary governors, his uniform did not have any decorations other than the Imperial Skyhawk, and it was washed white, after all, he had no money.

"I really want to drink Tanner tea."

"Dad, there should be more, then I'll go get some."

Next to Jim was his daughter, Emilia, who was maintaining her father's laser pistol while chatting.

Emilia is twenty years old this year. She is of average looks, tall, and has a hot temper. The militia workers like to call her the big sister.

"Forget it, forget it. They are too expensive. I'll save these things for when I meet the adults of the Space Marines. Ah... bah bah bah."

Jim spat out the leaves in his mouth, then looked in the mirror and found that his tongue had turned a tender green.

"I shouldn't have believed that damned old Jack. He said it tasted about 70% like real tea, but it was just broken leaves painted green."

"By the way, Dad, are we really going to support the Space Marines this time? You know our situation better than I do. We don't have much combat power. At most, we can just go to the battlefield to help them."

"We have accepted the help of the Empire. Now when we encounter other humans in need, we should of course provide assistance. Of course, even though I say this, I also have some selfish motives."

"Dad, what is it?"

"We are too poor. We can't help the Empire much and can even be said to be a burden. But the world we discovered this time has great potential and a very good environment. It will definitely have great development in the future. We should build a good relationship with them first, and then we will get a lot of benefits. We can also let the White Scars Space Marines do us a favor. Besides, we are going to help. The Space Marines know our combat effectiveness better and will definitely not let us go to the front line."

"Dad, you think too much."

"It's not that I think too much, it's that you are too stubborn. Use your brain more often."

The two of them chatted casually.

The Warp voyage went smoothly, and the force arrived at its destination on June 30.890, M6.

At the same time, the White Scars' interstellar communications are gradually spreading.

On a patrol cruiser of the Imperial Auxiliary Forces, the captain colonel read the communication and ordered the navigation to be adjusted.

At the same time, a team of 100 Dark Angels in another place also received the relevant news. Having just completed the mission, they immediately changed their destination.

(End of this chapter)