The Emperor’s Angel of Death

"Inside are the construction data and blueprints for the Marauder-class battleships. Fenris IV also participated in the construction of this type of warship. The first ship of the Marauder class, the 'Ruthless Death,' was born from their shipyards. After the Ghal-Garoth rebellion, this type was completely sealed and became a taboo. I exchanged some captured technical scraps from them for this 'junk' at the end of the Great Warp Expedition. Although I don't know much about warship construction, from a commander's perspective, the Marauder class is undoubtedly a good warship, and it has great potential to be tapped. Take it, and don't rush to build it. First, study how to improve it. I believe the Rognvaldr class is not the ultimate form of aircraft carriers."

Bangula took the storage chip with his mechanical tentacles and plugged it into a row of slots in his ribs.

"I won't let you down, Warmaster."

"Well, Director Bangula, in the next five years, I hope to add 40 Nova-class frigates and 3 Dictator-class cruisers. I also hope to build an Apocalypse-class battleship in the shipyard, with a time limit of thirty years. Is this construction plan difficult?"

The performance of the Solar Fleet's Apocalypse-class battleships in the Great Warp Expedition left a deep impression on Trazyn. While exploring aircraft carrier tactics, it is equally important to seize the heavy artillery battleships that can launch decisive fatal blows. Uranhuda, as an ancient forge world, still retains all the technology and blueprints for building the Apocalypse-class battleship, a powerful warship. However, the resources and labor costs required to build such a warship are by no means ordinary. Therefore, Trazyn asked the other party as politely as possible.

Bangula was silent for a while, perhaps performing complex productivity calculations. After about ten seconds, he said:

"There shouldn't be any problems, but building the Apocalypse class may take longer because the forge world hasn't built such a large ship for many years. Although there are technical records, practical operation still requires exploration."

"I understand. Just ask if you need anything. I know that the forge world also needs to develop its own fleet. We are mutually beneficial partners, not oppressors who enslave each other."

"You really make me feel grateful."

"Ha, Director Bangula is joking. I'm afraid you don't have tear glands anymore."

After a brief look around, the shuttle returned to a transport ship, and then Trazyn arrived on the ground of Uranhuda, taking a quick look at the various new weapon production lines and the Titan manufacturing plants that had resumed work.

"Since resuming work 15 years ago, the Titan factory has successfully built 2 Reaver-class, 1 Warlord-class Nemesis Titans, 4 Warbringer Nemesis Titans, and another 9 Warlord-class Nemesis Titans, 10 Warbringer Nemesis Titans, and 1 Warmaster-class Imperator Titan are under construction in an orderly manner."

When Trazyn last inspected the Uranhuda Titan Legion, the legion had 85 Titans, including 36 Warhound-class, 23 Reaver-class, 15 Warlord-class Nemesis Titans, 10 Warbringer Nemesis Titans, and 1 Imperator-class. If you add the 7 that have already been built, then the number reaches 92, approaching the scale of 100, and 100 Titan units is the threshold for a secondary Titan Legion.

"The main problem with the Phantom Legion is that there are too many small and medium-sized units, and the number of large main Titans is small, less than 35% of the total number of units in the legion. This means that the Phantom Legion is far from reaching the scale of a true secondary Titan Legion. Taking the standard second-level legion Defenders Legion before the Horus Heresy as an example, the legion claimed to have 136 god engines, and nearly two-thirds of the units in the legion were Warlord-class battle Titans. Most of the rest were Reaver and Warbringer Titans, with only twenty or so small Titans and 2 Imperator-class Titans. This is the future goal of the Phantom Legion. However, because the Titan factory has been shut down for too long, although there are technical reserves, skilled technicians and priests are very lacking, so the construction speed is still relatively slow."

"Very slow?"

Standing on the huge lifting platform, watching the piston in the distance, like a divine giant hammer, slam heavily on the anvil, making a roar enough to shatter the heart, feeling the逼人的heat wave, Trazyn looked at Bangula next to him in surprise.

"Being able to build 7 Titans in 15 years is beyond my imagination. I thought that each Titan of the Adeptus Mechanicus would take at least decades or hundreds of years of work hours."

Bangula shook his head.

"Even if the Adeptus Mechanicus was troubled by various cumbersome rituals in the past, the efficiency was not so low. Now, in the current era, in various forge worlds, so many sages, so many directors, unless it is a matter of life and death, who is not seeking personal gain? How can they put their minds on improving efficiency? The Titan factory in Uranhuda has always been well preserved and has not been damaged. It only needs time to wake up, and I have also added spare production lines. Mather uses its computing power to adjust and optimize the process of each link. The construction speed will become faster and faster in the next ten years, even reaching twice the existing efficiency."

Trazyn nodded. The platform moved to the core area of the Titan factory. Here, a huge metal skeleton has been built. It is like a terrifying ancient giant, stripped of flesh and blood, fixed under the huge gantry crane.

Imperator-class Titan, a true machine of god, just being able to witness its manufacturing process is already a great fortune.

"The greatness of mankind is devoted to metal."

Witnessing this miraculous creation, Trazyn couldn't help but sigh.

"But I remember that none of the current Titan Legions seem to have more than two Imperator-class Titans. Why is this?"

"Warmaster, the Imperator class is a very expensive machine of god. Although it is a bit disrespectful to say so, its versatility is not good, and it is extremely difficult to deploy. Generally, deploying one at a time is enough to conduct a large-scale battle, and the cost of maintaining it is too high. Therefore, secondary legions usually only maintain a war readiness level of 2-3 Imperator classes in peacetime, one for maintenance and repair, one for local war readiness, and one for expeditions. This is the most cost-effective plan."

"I see."

After that, the group came to the Knight factory adjacent to the Titan factory, but Uranhuda did not have a Knight House in the past. The Knight factory in Uranhuda was established at the end of the Great Crusade. It was originally intended to supply the armaments and units of the two Knight Houses in the star area, but everything was disrupted with the outbreak of the Great Rebellion. Uranhuda stopped receiving orders for Knight armor out of self-preservation and a wait-and-see attitude. The factory has been shut down since the last batch of formed Knights were delivered.

Fortunately, the maintenance is relatively good. When the Titan factory was not shut down, a technical maintenance team and a huge team of servitors would be stationed here for a long time until the Titan factory was also shut down.

And now, it has woken up like the Titan factory.