Warhammer: Angron Training Manual

Chapter 642: The Future of Mars
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The storm on Mars is finally over.

In the second solar month after Kelborhal's death, Quadrant took part in a ceremony at the Forge of Olympus and officially became Forge-General.

Everything is arranged.

Ceremonies, inaugural speeches, even offices.

The Forge City of Olympus belongs to the quadrant.

The new Forge General's office in Olympus Forge City was not re-established, but inherited the original office of Kel Bohar.

When Quadrant entered the office surrounded by thousands of Martian senior executives, he found that the furnishings and layout here were even exactly the same as when Kalbohar was in office.

No, there is a slight change.

Quadrant raised his head and looked at the front of the desk. He saw that the Imperial Sky Eagle emblem had been hung above the Mechanicus emblem at some point.

Originally there was only the Mechanicus symbol.

“Congratulations, Casting Director.”

A sage stepped forward and performed the gear salute. He did not call Quadrant the Casting General, but the Casting Director.

Quadrant was puzzled at first, then thought: Director of Casting is a title with more Martian color, while Casting General is the opposite, this title has more imperial color.

Quadrant thought about it again in the way Qin Xia taught him.

Obviously, the first sage to congratulate himself was obviously a Martian.

Then Quadrant realized that this wise man was expressing his position to his newly minted general in an obscure way, with every word.

The so-called Imperial faction are those on Mars who are loyal to the Empire and the Emperor. They tend to favor Terra's stance in handling most matters.

In contrast, there are the Martians, who will first make judgments and decisions from the perspective of Mars when dealing with affairs.

"Deputy Supervisor Kane doesn't have time to come for the moment. There are many things on Mars that need his attention."

Cairne's apprentice named Sargeras stepped forward and performed the gear salute.

This person is obviously an Imperial, just like Kane.

Quadrant said nothing.

Then thousands of high-ranking officials from all over Mars took turns to salute the Quadrant and offer a lukewarm greeting.

After completing this process, the people in the room gradually dispersed, leaving about two hundred people.

These hundred or so people also paid tribute and congratulated Quadrant, but their attitudes were obviously much more sincere.

The quadrant identifies these people as those who benefit from their free technology transfer.

This group of people includes both the Imperialists and the Martians.

Then some of the two hundred people left, and finally only three people were left.

"We are members of the Divine Grace Congregation." The leader bowed to the quadrant, "May you be forever bathed in the grace and glory of the God of All Things."

"Thank you." Quadrant glanced at the three people.

The New Forging General's attitude towards these three people was much better, because the ideas of the Divine Grace Order and the New Forging General largely overlapped.

Quadrant knew very well that these three people were his own people.

When Quadrant was preparing to discuss the scriptures with the three people, another person entered the office.

Before the man came in, the smell of his perfume wafted into the office.

It's Zeth.

"Congratulations, Quadrant." Zeth walked in with a document and gently touched Quadrant's shoulder. "I can't believe that the exile I quietly sent off at the starport is now standing at the top of Olympus City as a forge general."

Quadrant really wants to reminisce with Zes.

But Zess opened the file and handed it to Quadrant.

"In a while, Terra will send a delegation to welcome you to the Terra Palace for the title coronation ceremony."

Zeth said.

"Also, Kane hopes you can transfer some technologies to him."

"The new middle-level managers of Olympus City will arrive tonight. They will assist you in managing Olympus City and even the entire Mars."

Quadrant listened carefully to what Zeth said, then closed the file.

Looking at his best friend, Quadrant asked, "Did the new production target plan I proposed to Deputy Supervisor Kane before the ceremony pass the discussion?"

"Approved." Zeth shook his head. "But Kane modified your plan slightly, changing the original plan that would reduce the military production this year by 15% compared to last year to a plan that would increase the military production this year by 15% compared to last year."

Hearing this, Quadrant remained calm and gently closed the file.

A reduction in total production means a reduction in the working hours of Martian workers. Conversely, an increase in total production means that Mars under the rule of the new Casting General will exploit workers more cruelly.

"The deputy director should submit another plan in person," the Divine Grace member said to Zeth, "otherwise the new production target plan will be issued and executed in the name of the foundry director."

Szeth looked at the speaker but did not respond.

After a few seconds, Zeth looked back at the quadrant: "If you agree, please approve it."

"Ms. Zeth, don't forget that when Kelborhar was in power, he wanted to sacrifice you and kill you in the Dawn Star Conflict. It was the Forge General who pleaded for you at that time." Another person from the Order of Divine Grace spoke up.

Hearing someone else mention this, Zeth lowered his head: "I'm sorry Quadrant... but... I'm sorry... you are the Forge General..."

"It's okay." Quadrant walked to the desk and prepared to stamp his approval.

When he picked up the thing he used to stamp it, he saw that it even had Kyle Bohar’s name printed on it.

Quadrant stamped the document and handed it back to Zeth.

Zeth looked at the quadrant in silence for a moment, then backed away.

Quadrant walked to the window under the gaze of the three members of the Divine Grace Order and looked down at the city of Olympus.

Kheir Bohar has fallen.

But the turmoil on Mars did not disappear, and what followed was an infighting between the Imperial Faction and the Martian Faction.

The Quadrant realized that there was no way for him to even stay out of it.

The leader of the Imperial faction, Deputy Director of Foundry Kane, used him as a human stamp.

The Mars faction will also try to fight for the human stamp in the internal struggle.

Internal strife, exploitation...but these are not without benefits for the quadrant.

"Can the guides of the Twelve Primarchs help you?" The people from the Divine Grace Order came to the window and asked.

Quadrant did not respond directly: "He said something to me after my fight with Kyle Bohar."

The three looked at the quadrant curiously.

"He said he felt I would be the most powerful Forge General Mars has ever seen," Quadrant continued.

"Where is the power? Isn't this just a consolation, a congratulation?"

"Power is not laid out before me, but the forces of change that will bring it about are already born on Mars, waiting for me to use them."

The quadrant overlooks the city of Olympus.

It's acid raining outside.

……

The news about Quadrant's pilgrimage and sermons was known to everyone, but suddenly it disappeared without a trace.

The new news now known to everyone on Mars is that Kelborhar's apprentice has become the current Forge General of Mars.

Then new production targets are issued.

The file was transmitted to all parts of Mars in binary encrypted information, and the Martian management learned the new production targets set by the new forging general of the Quadrant and implemented them.

After a period of time, the lowest-level workers on Mars finally felt the changes brought about by the new general - the production tasks became more arduous and the living environment became more cruel.

The quadrants are no longer capable of pilgrimages and sermons.

The gifts he had given to the laborers during his pilgrimages disappeared along with his sermons.

The advanced prosthetics and implants that the laborers had received were confiscated, and inferior, simple creations were once again installed on them.

"Apprentice Kelbor" replaced "Quadrant" and became the name people privately called the Forge General.

but.

In the factory, workers still sometimes tell stories quietly, to the new child workers who have just entered the factory, or to those who have never seen the Quadrant and don't know what the Quadrant does.

The lucky ones whispered the sermons they heard from the Quadrant, pointing to the modified parts on their bodies and describing how good the parts were that had been installed on them.

Adults' views on limitations are gradually changing.

The child laborers knew what the Quadrant had done and what it was thinking. The cruel living environment made them desire change rather than the "original" teachings of the Mechanicus that had remained unchanged for ages.

Some of these child workers would stay in the factories until they died of exhaustion, or become machine servants.

Others become apprentices or join the Crusaders because of their talents.

Until many years later.

When the Adeptus Mechanicus revised the historical biography of the Quadrant, some scholars would argue that the coming of the New Age was inevitable before the Quadrant's succession.

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Two years later:
The growing Charismatic Order was disbanded.

Ten years later:
Through a series of means, some glamorous, some dirty, some about ideals, some about interests, General Casting reached an agreement with most members of the Iskra Party.

Thirty years later:

The position of deputy director of the Imperial faction leader Kane was replaced by a member of the Martian faction. After receiving amnesty from the Forge General, Kane went to the lava city of Zeth and then to Terra, but there has been no news of him since then.

Seventy years later:

A dispute over the Mechanicus' doctrines broke out, and the Deputy Director of Mars and the Forge General actually broke up. When the dispute was about to turn into a civil war, the commander of the Crusader Army, who was considered to be the backbone of the Martian faction, suddenly changed sides. The conflict subsided, and a large number of high- and middle-level personnel on Mars were replaced, exiled, and executed.

Seventy-one years later:

The Forge General is no longer just the spokesperson for the many forces on Mars; the meaning of this title has become the sum of all the power on Mars.

Seventy-two years later:
The Mechanicus's transformation begins.

One hundred years later:
The Adeptus Mechanicus began to build the City of Machines on the Webway.

Kelbohar, the mentor of the Forging General and the former Forging General, was suddenly remembered by people, and his image changed from a cruel madman to a patient person who quietly paved the way for his apprentices.

Even though the Casting General repeatedly claimed that this was groundless imagination.

One hundred and twenty years later:
Under pressure from the Empire, the Mechanicum's Forge Worlds began to integrate.

Quadrant was assassinated while visiting the forge world "Riza". The assassin used a soul-trauma weapon, causing severe damage to Quadrant's soul.

The most legendary forging general in the history of Mars stayed in the deepest part of the city of Olympus, and since then, except for some important decisions, he has never appeared in public.

Two hundred years later:

The Quadrant Apprentice succeeded the Casting General.

The integration of the Mechanicus' Forge World is gradually being completed.

Nine hundred years later:

When the soul trauma made it impossible for Quadrant to continue his life, he lay dying on the altar of the Temple of All Machines and told his apprentice that he still had one regret, the biggest regret.

That is, he has never met his best friend again since they parted nine hundred years ago.

Yet when asked where to find that friend, Quadrant answered: The Warp.

The apprentice had no choice.

As Quadrant lay dying, he ordered everyone to leave the Temple of All Machines.

As his life gradually slipped away, his best friend appeared in the temple.

Brown, Qin Xia, and Oulina's younger sister, the three of them looked at the quadrant together.

Quadrant thought it was an illusion until Qin Xia sat down at the altar, took his hand, and offered him two choices.

rest in peace.

Or embark on a new journey.

Quadrant chooses the former.

(End of this chapter)