Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 477 "Shadow of Order", the Legion with the Largest Number of Members
Eleventh month of Terra, 861, Vostoria, Primarch Office of Shadow Keep.

Ninglu convened a meeting to understand the current situation of the legion.

Chief Pharmacist Mikel was the first to speak and report.

“My lord, I have tested the five hundred gene seeds you gave me before, and I have found no difference.”

"I used them to perform modification surgeries on candidates from five warbands. The fastest one has already completed three modification surgeries, and his physical condition and the success rate of the modifications are all within the normal range."

“Ms. Malena Scarla and her ‘doctors’ were also involved in the process, and there were no abnormalities.”

Malena noticed the Black Emperor's gaze directed at her and spoke up as well.

"My lord, I tracked down one hundred candidates. Eighty-nine of them underwent the modification surgery, six rejected the second heart implantation, and five did not complete the second and third modification surgeries."

"The entire transformation process was without any abnormalities, and the candidates who failed in the transformation all survived and were trained as auxiliary troops."

Thanks to Mikel's research and the medicines he taught the "pharmacists" to create, the rejection reaction of the candidates was extremely low, and the success rate of the modification was even higher than that of legions such as the "Ultraman".

Those who fail during surgery will survive with the help of "doctors" and join the auxiliary army.

Because they undergo varying degrees of modification, they are generally stronger than other auxiliary soldiers.

Compared to other legions, most of the losers die on the spot, and the survivors are mostly transformed into machine servants, with the best outcome being that they become servants. They are much luckier.

Ning Lu nodded slightly, indicating that they could try implementing the "corrosion" gene seed project.

The impending "Second Randan War" was an opportunity. He remembered that in addition to the "Dark Angels," "Space Wolves," and an unknown legion as the main forces, nine other legions had also sent special forces to participate in the war.

The final battle of the Tarks involved as many as 300,000 Astartes.

There will inevitably be opportunities for "corrosion".

"How is the research on cloning brocade technology progressing?"

Mikel looked ashamed.

"My lord, progress is slow."

"The technology used by the Emperor is completely different from that of the Space Dwarves, and there are many aspects of it that are incomprehensible."

"The only progress we've made so far is to make the recruits physically tougher and improve their adaptability to extreme environments."

After a moment of contemplation, Ning Lu spoke.

"This is not your problem. The technology used by the Emperor to create Astartes used technology related to the subspace."

"The cloning weaving technology of the space dwarves consciously avoided the dangers of the warp, except for the Sage Grimnir, who was designed to be a psionicist."

“You continue your exploration, and I will take action to uncover the secrets of how Astartes was created.”

Nimrod's plan proceeded from both the human and material aspects. The human aspect was Dorakour, who inherited the memories of Ezekiel Seidan, the head of the biotechnology department, and possessed the secrets of the Emperor's creation of Astartes.

The object is the original prototype that records all the genetic secrets of the legions.

Nimrod looked at his furnace master, "How are Arkham Rand's discoveries being applied?"

Arkham, now an "archaeologist," completed his expedition to explore the Martian Library in just over two years.

Just as Ning Lu remembered, he not only found the blueprints for the RAND Raider main battle tank, the RAND Creeper multi-purpose heavy engineering vehicle, and the Mars Universal RAND engine, as well as the rare anti-gravity plate technology data for the RAND speedboat, but also discovered a ruin.

"The RAND Raider main battle tank has already begun mass production with the establishment of a production line on Firestorm Star."

"The RAND Crawler multi-purpose heavy engineering vehicle and the Mars universal RAND engine will be put into production on Hurricane Star, which has just been completed."

"With the help provided by the Mechanic Church, Gan Yun completed the construction and was responsible for manufacturing the Rand speedboat."

After a moment's thought, Nimrod decided to allow Akahan to publicly reveal the four discoveries in his memory that bore his name, as these widely applicable pieces of equipment would be difficult to keep secret once they appeared on the battlefield.

Other Astartes legions, and even the Imperial Guard, also have a need for it, and trying to monopolize it will inevitably face considerable pressure.

At the same time, Arkhan's status within the Cult of Mechanics should be elevated; Nimrod believed this would bring greater benefits. "Arsena, Arkhan is not good at negotiating. You should organize a team of Royal Court members, including 'lawyers' and 'reasoning students,' to provide him with support."

Arkham, who originally regarded the Emperor as the Messiah, would unconditionally give his discoveries to the Empire.

Now that he has been "corrupted," he naturally has to follow Nimrod's will.

Ninglu naturally wouldn't give it away to the guy for nothing; he would exchange it for enough resources.

Thinking of the impending great battle, he asked the master of the forge.

"Any new developments in other weapons and equipment?"

"The Hunter Set has made progress after the previous experiments in Gardinal, and Malevolus and I are working on a targeted design for the Viscount and Baron."

The Forge Master felt that too many things were being pursued simultaneously lately, and that Malevolus, after becoming a "mechanical expert," had completely surpassed him in armor manufacturing, so he spoke up.

"Malevoles is now primarily in charge of this work."

"He once made armor for Lord Horus Lupecal, assisted Lord Fernus Manus in completing armor, and was a key member of the research and development team for the Iron Cavalry Terminator armor. I believe he should lead the armor manufacturing work."

“Alright,” Ninglu granted the furnace master’s request, thinking to himself.

It's time for a more specialized division of labor.
He thought for a few seconds before speaking.

"As the head of the armaments, Gabriel is mainly responsible for equipment such as armored vehicles, while Wojciech Belik serves as the chief supply officer, assisting Alsena in coordinating the production capacity of various territories to meet the needs of the legion."

"Liam Ramirez will serve as the Void Lord, in charge of the development of artificial war satellites, the improvement of star fortresses and the construction of Voidships. Malevolus will serve as the Armor Master. Akahan will not be in charge of affairs for the time being, and will be responsible for exploration and excavation on Mars."

"You will be in charge of all affairs, primarily responsible for the research and development of classified projects."

After noting down the Black Emperor's orders and division of labor, the Master of the Forge continued his report:

"In terms of weaponry, the biggest progress is thanks to your information; we have mastered the Empire's lost shock technology."

"Regarding the Void Claw, I combined the structural diagram with Akahan's data records to develop an experimental device, but its effective range is only twenty-five kilometers."

“Very good. The Void Claw will cause a galactic-scale catastrophe and is not suitable as a conventional weapon.”

Void Claws were only a last resort in his arsenal to deal with threats like Ran Dan; he didn't want to turn his territory into ruins.

"Manufacture five experimental pieces of equipment and record data after they are put into use."

Ninglu decided to use it on the battlefield later.

"Follow your will."

After Rosicky finished his report, Nimrod turned his gaze to Arsena Dunn, the silver-haired Primarch servant, and immediately spoke.

"In accordance with Your command, fifteen Ramirez-class star fortresses have been assembled, including five in the Caligum Gate, and five each in the Cypra-Mundy and Vostonia systems."

Considering that Randan would deploy more than twelve artificial war satellites during the "Second Randan War," and that he had numerous strategic nodes to deploy but would not face Randan alone, he prepared fifteen Ramirez-class star fortresses in advance to deal with the threat.

"As of October, the Legion had a total of 285,100 men."

"Among them, the eleventh battle group had the largest number of people, with 33,000 men."

"..."

"The smallest number of people was the 12th Regiment, with 17,200 men."

Ning Lu listened to this and thought to himself.

[Yes, my "Shadow of Order" is the largest legion.]

The exact date I know of is 899, when the Ultramarines numbered 166,000, making them the largest legion at the time.

The "Dark Angels" numbered over 100,000 at that time. Having not yet experienced the three "Randan Wars," and deducting the population growth over the next 37 years, their current number should be between 200,000 and 250,000.
After the meeting ended and the four left, Ninglu leaned back on his throne, contemplating which world to divine using the prophecy dice.

(End of this chapter)