Warhammer: Angron Training Manual

Chapter 285 The truth
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After dinner.

Angron's room.

When Qin Xia walked into the room to see what Angron had planned, he saw Angron sitting under the towering French windows.

The Primarch was wearing a bathrobe, with his back to the French windows and the blizzard and mountains outside.

There were no lights on in the room, and nothing glowed except Angron's eyeball and the datapad before him.

When Angron noticed Qin Xia coming, he immediately pressed the button on the table, making the whole room instantly bright.

"When the person I spend every day with is by my side, I don't feel uncomfortable even in the dark." Qin Xia walked forward and sat opposite Angron.

Angron fiddled with a data-slate.

After a moment, the Primarch spoke up: "I want to expand the 12th Legion to about 200,000 men."

Qin Xia just nodded after hearing this, not surprised.

Expanding the army to 200,000 men means that the XII Legion will have to add nearly 40,000 Space Marines.

For some Primarchs who want to expand their army to so many people, they have to first ask whether they have the ability to do so.

Some legions have extremely small numbers of people, such as the Thousand Sons.

Some legions cannot have too many people due to genetic diseases, such as the Emperor's Children.

The gene seeds produced by each Primarch are subject to mutation, and the quality and mutation of the gene seeds will affect the number of legion members.

A large legion must first have good gene seeds.

For example, the Fourth Legion. The characteristic of Perturabo's gene seed is that the user will become stout and strong, with strong endurance, and the gene seed is extremely stable, which is the basis for the large number of people in the Fourth Legion.

Another example is the Thirteenth Legion. The gene seed of the Ultramarines is also very stable. Although there are gene mutations, the mutations will make the Ultramarines more resilient after being injured. This is a positive mutation and will not lead to a small number of legions.

The gene-seed of the XII Legion World Eaters was also in good condition.

The mutation of the gene seed of the Twelve Legions will make the user impulsive, bloodthirsty, emotional and extreme, but the stability of the gene seed is amazing.

So the 12th Legion is a large assault legion.

It can be said that as the Primarch who produces gene-seeds, Angron is very productive, and the gene-seeds are extremely adaptable, so the legion must have a large number of people.

As far as Qin Xia knew, if Angron was deprived of his talent by the Butcher's Nails, and turned into a bloodthirsty madman who liked to kill people at will in the legion, and immediately caused most of the commanding personnel of the 12th Legion to be torn apart after his return, the number of people in the World Eaters Legion would still be over 100,000.

Even if Angron does nothing now, the number of legionaries will increase to 200,000 sooner or later.

Qin Xia thought about it and felt that expanding the legion to 200,000 soldiers was feasible in any case and there were no restrictions.

It is still the middle to late stages of the Great Crusade, and the Imperial Senate has not yet replaced the Imperial War Council. There are not many restrictions on many affairs of the Space Marines. In every aspect, they just do what they are told to do.

Seeing his adoptive father remained silent, Angron thought that he thought this was a bad idea and looked at him inquiringly.

Feeling the gaze, Qin Xia spoke: "I think there is no problem with this. In the last battle in the Onus star zone, the First Legion was going to fight the Randan Empire. If the war doesn't go well, the Emperor may let the Twelfth Legion support the First Legion. We can also increase the number of people to deal with the war."

Hearing that his adoptive father did not think that expanding the army was a bad idea, Angron nodded, but then suddenly said, "I am considering the possibility that the 12th Legion will go to support other legions in battle, but there is a bigger reason why I want to expand the army and make a series of changes."

Qin Xia nodded and listened.

Angron stood up and walked to the French window, looking out at the mountainous area where he had lived.

"When the Emperor didn't know I could sense his mind, he was defenseless against me. I could sense some of his thoughts."

"He is very anxious. He does not want to continue to be involved in the Great Crusade as it is now. He wants to do something else."

"And I think that the reason why all of us Primarchs can unite together is because the Emperor is still at the front of the Great Crusade. Once he leaves, most of the Primarchs will not obey each other. We may not be able to cooperate like we do now, and conflicts may even break out and we may end up fighting."

"There is a possibility of civil war in the current human empire..."

"..."

Angron said nothing more, but his meaning was clear enough.

Now these words are what he really thinks, the truth. Angron has never told anyone except Qin Xia because he thinks that other people may think that this matter is groundless worry.

The Primarchs united behind the Emperor and followed the Emperor of Mankind to conquer the stars. Humanity was recovering lost territory and regaining the rationality, prosperity, and civilization it once had. How could internal strife occur?

But only the Primarchs themselves knew that they were not good brothers holding hands. At least the relationship between most of the Primarchs was not good brothers, and they were too lazy to even maintain the superficial brotherhood.

"It's true that some primarchs hate their brothers, but not all of them are like that. There are always a few who want to maintain brotherhood, and some who are honest and simple-minded." Qin Xia said, "There is indeed a possibility of civil war in the current human empire. First of all, the Emperor has extensive management of most of the planets under the rule of the empire, and the imperial bureaucrats squeeze everything."

"But the contradiction can still be suppressed because the empire is now on the rise."

As he spoke, Qin Xia suddenly felt that the reason why Angron was so worried was that he had spent too little time with normal Primarchs.

Angron still didn't recognize all the Primarchs, and there were even more than a dozen he had never seen before.

The only person I spent a long time with was Perturabo, but Perturabo was not a normal person.

When Angron sees his normal brothers and spends more time with them, he will find that there are still some Primarchs who want to work hard to maintain the brotherhood.

The Primarchs will not go into civil war just because no one is willing to submit to the other or because their relations are bad. This will not be the reason for the civil war.

In short, this is Qin Xia’s opinion - it’s caused by spending too much time with Perturabo.

“Perhaps I am worrying unnecessarily.” Angron returned to the table and sat down, resting his head on it. He looked a little tired. “But I have seen those brothers before, and the people in the worlds ruled by the empires along the way… I feel that many, many conflicts are suppressed. Others don’t feel it strongly now, only because it can be suppressed for the time being.”

"Of course." Qin Xia nodded. "After all, you can sense other people's emotions, and later it became close to mind reading. You can sense many hidden things, so of course you will have a kind of worry that 'the big one is coming, don't sleep too deeply tonight', but it takes a long time for some contradictions to accumulate to the moment of explosion."

Angron thought for a moment, then continued, "But I need to expand my army. The number of the Twelve Legions is not enough in my opinion."

"Of course, if the 12th Legion wants to become omnipotent and good at everything, it will need to form troops with various functions, so the number of people must be sufficient." Qin Xia agreed very much.

“I am also planning to replace the most important mortal bureaucrats with Space Marines.” Angron opened the datapad and swiped back and forth. “Hopefully, we can have this done before we leave Nuceria.”

Qin Xia nodded.

It was Angron's plan long ago to put the Space Marines in power.

Because Angron felt that Space Marines had greater longevity, tougher character, greater martial prowess, quicker thinking, and far greater stamina than mortals.

Moreover, most Space Marines have one characteristic, which is that they obey the Primarch only and will never go west if the Primarch tells them to go east.

This is the advantage of Space Marines. Otherwise, if they were not stronger than ordinary people after they were invented, then there would be no meaning and value in their existence.

"But try not to publicize the use of Space Marines as rulers. Keep it smooth and as quiet as possible." Qin Xia had to remind him, "The Emperor hates this. Although he is far away and we don't need to follow his likes and dislikes, if this matter causes a big stir, when the Imperial Parliament takes the stage in the future, we may be used to establish our authority."

Hearing Qin Xia talking about the Imperial Parliament, Angron recalled that he had heard his adoptive father analyze in detail that the Imperial Parliament would inevitably replace the War Committee, so he also took this matter into consideration.

Now that the Imperial Parliament is mentioned, and Angron will inevitably establish a Greater Nuceria, Qin Xia must also repeat the old tune and tell some truths that he will not discuss with others.

"I have analyzed that the Imperial Parliament will inevitably replace the War Council."

"You also know the nature of these two institutions."

Qin Xia said.

Angron was certainly aware of both institutions.

The Imperial War Council. The real power body during the Great Crusade. Each Legion had representatives on the War Council, and the head of the War Council was the Emperor of Mankind himself. Although the Emperor did not directly deal with the affairs of the war, he fought on the front lines of the Great Crusade.

Qin Xia once told Angron that once the Emperor left, the Imperial War Council would be equivalent to non-existence.

The War Council was replaced by Parliament.

The Imperial Senate is governed by Malcador the Sigillite, and all members of the Senate are mortals, without even a single Space Marine participating.

The Space Marines will no longer have as much say in the Imperium as they did when the War Council existed, and wars such as the Great Crusade will no longer be the top priority for the Imperium to devote all its resources to at all costs.

"It doesn't matter what happens on the Imperial War Council." Qin Xia said, "I estimate that the Emperor will withdraw from the Great Crusade after the destruction of the Randan Empire. At that time, only you Primarchs will be left to fight everywhere. So according to my previous inference, the Parliament will replace the War Council."

"The other legions should now try to gain a voice in the war council just like they did every year. We, the 12th Legion, should simply give up everything in the war council, including the voice, and try to find a way to win over someone in the council."

“It’s about preparing for the future.”

"..."

Angron listened carefully.

Qin Xia thinks he is not qualified to be a foster father.

Because he felt that he had only protected Angron when he was still weak, and did teach him some things, but not much, so when he heard Angron call him father, he was particularly surprised and felt unprepared.

Angron has the right ideas entirely through his understanding and empathy for others, and does not need to be taught how to be a human being, respect others or love others... This is different from the other Primarchs.

But in this area of ​​the current discussion, Qin Xia could teach Angron a lot, and had already taught him a lot.

"As I said before, since you want to build a Greater Nuceria, a place that can bring real prosperity and civilization to the Empire, you have to deal with these Imperial institutions. You can't just think about having a say in the War Council and getting more tanks and battleships like most other Primarchs do."

"We have a lot to do. It's not just about expanding the military as you said. We also have to expand our sphere of influence and bring more worlds under our rule."

"We have so much to do. If it were me, I would just slowly work my way through it. But you're different. You're the Primarch. You have unlimited energy and motivation."

Qin Xia said.

Angron smiled and nodded, thinking for a moment, "Fortunately, these things can be done at the same time."

"Then let's get started."

I didn't pass the second part of the test, so I practiced for most of the day. I can't take a leave, so I'll update two chapters.

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