Warhammer 40 Spring: Loyalty of the Multiverse

Chapter 85 Exchange of Interests
Upon hearing this request, Governor Morofis's slightly furrowed brows instantly relaxed.

It's important to understand that although he held a high position and controlled the development of several star sectors, the task of uniting the Cult of Mechanics and the Forgeworld to rebuild a nearly destroyed warband was incredibly stressful for their entire sector.

He had to balance maintaining the stability of the domestic economic structure while extracting a large amount of supplies, and also deal with the subsequent transfer of these supplies. This was giving him a real headache!
But frankly speaking, it's mainly about considering the interests of those nobles.

Logically speaking, a planetary governor would only encounter a chapter commander once in a lifetime. However, due to his special position, he has met quite a few chapter commanders. Although they are all beings he cannot afford to offend, the one like this is truly a headache for him!

Moreover, he really couldn't understand how a newly promoted battle group leader could be as shrewd as a businessman!
They made a whole bunch of supply requests, but didn't mention any of the benefits they could get!
Fortunately, the proposal to select new recruits slightly eased his inner turmoil. It also served as a way of giving an explanation to the nobles within his ranks!
"How many new recruits do you intend to select, sir?" Governor Morofis asked cautiously, hoping for a large number. That way, his humiliated and bloodied nobles wouldn't be screaming and howling.

After all, if one's own offspring were to become a noble Astartes, even if they were to sacrifice themselves on the front lines against the aliens and chaos, their family would still be recorded in the Empire's history, and their status would be elevated to an even higher level.

After all, this family has produced Astartes and has been loyal to the Empire, so their loyalty goes without saying.

So this benefit can be considered a way of appeasing the nobles. But if the number of people selected is too small, the nobles might use it as an excuse to cause trouble.

Hopefully, the newly promoted battle group leader opposite him will select more new recruits.

While it is an immense honor for one's offspring to become an Astartes, it carries a tremendous risk that could lead to the instant annihilation of the entire family… namely, whether the chapter might betray them. After all, if the chapter betrays, then your descendant who becomes an Astartes will almost certainly betray as well. Moreover, there is a high probability that they will have some connection to the family, so they will almost certainly betray the Empire as well. Therefore, in the Inquisition's view, it is better to kill 1000 innocent people than let one guilty person go free!
They directly adopted the "extermination of nine generations" approach. So, if the Astartes' chapter were to betray them... tsk tsk tsk!

Korrafis didn't answer immediately, but fell into deep thought. The chapter's gene pool contained about 2000 gene seeds, all from different legions. But once they came to their Seraphim chapter, they became members of the Seraphim.

The Regent subsequently provided them with the complete equipment of three standard Astartes Chapters: power armor, weapons and ammunition, dreadnoughts, mortal support troops, one Overlord-class battlecruiser, two combat barges, three Luna-class strike cruisers, six Sword-class frigates, and seven Cobra-class destroyers.

A total of 19 warships, plus one, the Seraphim, a strike cruiser that is still under repair in the dock.

A total of 20 warships will be built, and 1000 Astartes will be deployed over the next ten years. The number of Dreadnoughts has also been determined, totaling over 30. Nearly half are Cast Iron, four are Iron Hand, and the rest are Defiant and Redeemer.

This configuration is undeniably luxurious!

It’s just a wave of fatness!

But this also meant that their chapter was now completely branded with the mark of Regent Guilliman. From then on, they would only be able to take orders from Guilliman, but frankly, this didn't matter to their chapter.

Regent Guilliman's influence will likely extend into the Ghoul Starfield through their warband.

Their warband was originally a chaotic mess of gene seeds. They had no backing, and even less resources. Now, having a Primarch as their protector was something they desperately wanted!

Thinking of this, he looked up at the governor in front of him and said in a deep voice, "3000!"

Governor Morofis was somewhat surprised. It was simply unbelievable that a declining warband could produce so many gene seeds at once!

He even subconsciously wondered if this chapter had ever paid the genetic tax in its history. But none of that mattered—3000 recruit slots! And they were basically backed by Lord Guilliman. It was safe to say that this chapter was now completely labeled as Ultramarines in the eyes of everyone in the Empire.

Therefore, this honor level has been raised one level once again.

Governor Morofis breathed a sigh of relief upon realizing this. This would allow him to give a satisfactory explanation to the nobles who had suffered such hardship.

He could even use this opportunity to pressure those nobles into handing over more blood and flesh, thus making some profit from it.

However, things didn't go as planned for Corrafis. Of the 3000 recruits selected, it would be considered good if the final surgery resulted in 1000 reaching market weight. After all, there were only a little over 2000 gene seeds available.

Most importantly, Regent Guilliman himself stated in his orders that a number of Original Forged Space Marines would be added to the Chapter.

Combined with the massive replenishment of supplies and the equipment of three standard Astartes Chapters, Korrafis's eyes slowly narrowed.

At this point, he couldn't help but sigh, "It's so good to have a powerful backer; I can even ignore the sacred texts."

But for a moment he also felt a little sentimental. How wonderful it would be if the former commander Afus and those brothers were still here.

Good days have come, but they fell in the darkness before dawn!
"Alas! By Your Majesty, may they come to your throne!"

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Iron Glory was speechless. Several warbands had dumped all their management and construction matters on him. The reason was simple: they claimed he was the Emperor's chosen one, capable of communicating with the Emperor, and the resources he brought from the world granted by the Emperor proved this.

Furthermore, they all requested that they be given some Ultramarines' gene seeds, so they could safely set up their various bases in the rear.

Look, is this what a human being would say?
Tie Hui really wanted to curse as he looked at this information. If he had the ability to obtain the Ultramarines' gene seeds, he wouldn't be wandering around this godforsaken place.

Quilstein walked in at that moment. Tie Hui put down the report in his hand, looked at him, and asked, "Have all the gene seeds been preserved?"

Due to a shortage of manpower, Quelstein can only temporarily act as the apothecary in order to preserve the only remaining gene seed within the chapter.

"They're all preserved, Commander! There are only 87 gene seeds left that can be transplanted intact." Quilstein looked at the ground with some uncertainty and said weakly.

Keep in mind that this number is utterly shameful for a warband. Even the Shark Warband, so poor they don't even have a belt to tighten their belts, can still manage a thousand or two.

And now they only have 87! He suddenly didn't want to be the battalion commander anymore. What a load of rubbish! At least other transmigrators get a protagonist's overpowered storyline! He, on the other hand, has to start from scratch!
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(End of this chapter)