Warhammer: Empire Reboot

The mortality rate is high and the efficiency is low, so many mineral veins are simply marked as unminable and abandoned.

If the technology for modifying orc servants matures, these planets can be put back into production.

Looking at the green-skinned men carrying ore and staggering out of the mine, Lawson agreed to continue the modifications.

Swarm intelligence recorded his instructions.

"The Orc Servant Modification Project continues to advance, optimizing the design of the neural inhibitor and attempting to suppress WAAAGH field resonance at the level of fungal spore networks, raising the single-team limit from thirty to fifty. Secondly, we are developing modification templates adapted to different environments, including high-radiation, high-temperature, highly corrosive, and deep-pressure types."

After issuing the instruction, Lawson looked at it for a while longer.

A squad of 28 orc servants emerged from Mine No. 3, each carrying a piece of promethium ore larger than their own head.

They formed a crooked line and walked towards the processing station along the thick white line drawn on the ground.

The last orc in the queue moved slower than the ones in front because it was carrying a particularly large amount of ore.

The news of the Lion King's return caused a shockwave in the dark side of the Empire that extended far beyond the First Legion.

A progenitor has returned.

The Dark Side of the Empire now possesses two things that others could only dream of: the military and administrative system of the Sealholder Lawson, and a living, conscious, and combat-ready Primarch.

When Dante, the regent of the dark side of the empire, heard the news, he was standing on the top of a tower in a newly reclaimed hive world, with the golden battle banner of the Holy Blood Angels behind him.

Then he issued two orders.

Contact Lawson and request a meeting. The political landscape of the Empire's dark side is about to undergo significant changes. The Lion King's return means the power structure of the dark side needs to be reassessed, and this matter must be discussed with Lawson in person.

Notify all Blood Angel Heirs Chapters to assemble at Vigilant Star after completing their current combat missions.

The reason for the second order is very practical.

The effect of Lawson's last use of Mental Entropy Reversal to purify Black Fury with Imperial Golden Flame lasted for three years.

Take advantage of this gathering to have Lawson perform another collective purification.

Dante's orders were simultaneously transmitted through Lawson's communication network.

Blood Angels is the chapter that has been most thoroughly integrated into the Lawson system.

Each battle group and each company has Lawson's cornerstones serving as navigators and communicators.

Dante's orders reached almost instantly every Blood Angel unit scattered throughout the galaxy.

In the following weeks, the military barracks on Vigilant Star became busier than ever before.

The first to arrive was the Third Company of the Holy Blood Angels regiment.

They had just wiped out a remnant of the orcs in a fringe world, and the company commander's power armor still had traces of greenskin blood on it.

As they stepped out of the stasis field, the company commander took off his helmet and took a deep breath of the air from the Vigilant Star.

"Finally, I can catch my breath."

The second batch is the Blood Drinker Warband.

The warband commander led two full-strength companies out of the force field and saw that the golden banner of the Holy Blood Angels had already been hung in the barracks.

Who arrived first?

"The Third Company of this Regiment."

"Oh, then the food must be pretty good."

The relationship between the Blood Drinkers and our group has always been neither too close nor too distant.

However, after the logistics system of Lawson was integrated, the standard for the distribution of supplies was unified, and the previous unspoken rule of "the main regiment eats the best food while the sub-regiments eat dry rations" was completely broken.

This greatly reduced the Blood Drinkers' resistance to gathering.

The third group consisted of Red-winged Angels, who withdrew from a route frequently shrouded in chaos.

More battle groups arrived one after another.

Crimson blades, blood of martyrs, angelic guardians, holy blood knights...

Each unit bears the marks of battle and weariness from its respective war zone.

But once you step out of the stasis field and see the flags of your brother chapters in the barracks, the well-stocked supply depots, and the clean medical tents, your tense nerves will relax a bit.

The Flesh-Tearers were the last to arrive.

They are always the last, because the shredders are always fighting the hardest battles, and leaving the battlefield requires a longer handover period.

When Seth, the leader of the Fleshbreakers, emerged from the stasis field, his power armor was almost unrecognizable.

Seth glanced at the barracks.

"There are quite a few people."

The Flesh-Tearers warriors filed out behind him.

The Blood Drinker's Chapter Leader saw Seth in the distance and walked over.

"Seth, you've worn your armor like this again."

Seth glanced at him: "You've ruined your nails again."

The Blooddrinker Chapter Leader's power armor was indeed very clean, the dark red paint gleaming softly under the light.

The two people stretched out their hands at the same time, and their forearms collided.

The sound of metal clashing echoed through the barracks.

Seeing this, the surrounding soldiers greeted their brothers from other battle groups.

Some people I haven't seen for years, and some I haven't seen for over a decade.

The sound of armor clashing could be heard everywhere in the barracks.

The captains of the Crimson Angels and the Crimson Blades were competing to see who could kill more enemies on this expedition.

A veteran, steeped in the blood of martyrs, recounts details of a battle from decades ago to new recruits of the Angel Guardians.

Repair technicians from several different warbands gathered together to discuss whose power armor modification plan was more reasonable.

The relationships between the Blood Angels Heirs Chapter are completely different from those between the Dark Angels.

Dark angels maintain unity through secrets and inner circles, while Holy Blood angels maintain identity through bloodlines and a shared curse.

The highest point of the Royal Courtyard is the observation deck.

Lawson and Dante stood side by side by the window, looking at the lively scene in the square below.

Lawson frowned.

"There are far too few of you Holy Blood Angels."

He estimated the number of people in the square.

The flags of more than twenty battle groups, the total number of people...

Less than 50,000 people?

Dante nodded in confirmation: "Pretty much. Some warbands still have troops left behind that haven't arrived, but even if you add them all, it won't exceed fifty thousand."

Lawson shook his head regretfully: "More than twenty battle groups, totaling less than 50,000, averaging less than 2,000 people per battle group, and most of them are not even at full strength."

Dante looked at the square and sighed deeply.

"Our population has not increased over the years."

"Before the Battle of Baal, the total number of Blood Angels chapters was about this size. At that time, the Tyranid Leviathan fleet was heading straight for Baal. I recalled all the Heirs chapters I could contact back to our home planet. The total number of Space Marines gathered in Baal was about this."

"In that battle, the casualty rate exceeded 70%."

"Many sub-bands were wiped out in a single day, and the legacy of the bands, accumulated over hundreds or even thousands of years, was lost in the insect swarm."

"Later, Guilliman arrived with reinforcements. He brought a large number of Prototype Space Marines to supplement the formations of the various chapters."

He looked at Lawson with some emotion: "Speaking of the original Space Marines, there's a story you might find interesting."

"The Great Sage Belisarius Caul, the Mechanicus genius who developed the Primal Space Marines for Guilliman, claimed during the training of these new recruits that he had completely repaired the defects in the Blood Angels' genes through technological means."

"In other words, Kaul claims that these Protocast Space Marines will never fall into Red Thirst and Black Fury."

Lawson raised an eyebrow: "If it's true, then that's a good thing."

Dante smiled and shook his head: "Yes, but the veterans don't think so."

"Seth pointed at those original recruits in front of Guilliman and Caul and roared that if they didn't have Red Thirst and Black Fury, they wouldn't be able to understand the pain and curse we've endured for the past ten thousand years. They were just Ultramarines puppets in red armor that Guilliman had given us."

Lawson glanced in the direction of Seth in the square.

The battle-worn Flesh-Tearer captain was arm-to-arm with his brothers.

Dante continued, "Seth's words, though crude, represent the thoughts of many veterans. For the Blood Angels, sharing the curse of Saint Gilles is the core of bloodline identity."

"But in the actual combat that followed, those original Space Marines that Caul claimed were perfect and immune to genetic defects still turned red in the eyes, grew fangs in their mouths, roared the name of Horus, and fell into a black rage."

Dante looked out the window, somewhat weary.

"The perfect genetic design that Kaul spent hundreds of years researching and iterating through tens of thousands of samples failed on the battlefield."

"The veterans, on the contrary, accepted these new recruits. The curse reappeared, proving that they were Saint Gilles's own sons and our true brothers."

Dante turned to face Lawson.

“You did what Kaul couldn’t do. It’s been three years, and none of the brothers you’ve purified have relapsed.”

"You are the savior of us Holy Blood Angels."

Chapter 243 The First Legion and the Holy Blood Angel Legion pledge allegiance to the Seal Bearer!

Lawson gleaned a detail from Dante's earlier narration.

"Karl is on the right track, trying to eliminate Red Thirst and Black Fury at the genetic seed level."

Lawson said, "My previous purification method involved intervening at the soul level in adult warriors who had already had the gene seed implanted. The effect did last for three years, but that was only a temporary solution. Purifying once every three years was time-consuming and laborious."

"What if we could start with the genetic seed itself?"

"Before the gene seed is implanted into the recruit's body, the seed is purified and optimized, stripping the mark of despair from the soul level of the seed, retaining all the functions of gene enhancement, and removing the root of the curse."

Dante's breathing became heavier: "You mean, eliminate the red thirst and black rage at their source?"