The Emperor’s Angel of Death

"It seems I really found a treasure this time."

Walking alongside Sojayan within the ancient palace model, Talos seemed to still be savoring what he had seen not long ago. Sojayan had shown his close friend all the core facilities of Gellan without reservation. Even Talos, with his vast experience, was deeply shocked by the creations from humanity's most prosperous era of science. He even had a brief exchange with Qingzhao.

Although Talos was a man of the Great Crusade era, he had no aversion to artificial intelligence. He even scoffed at the so-called Crimson Protocol ban. In his view, the Emperor's reason for safety was just burying one's head in the sand. The Imperium had too many 'AI-like' things. Whether the ban was on the name or the use was probably only known to the Emperor himself.

"Even if its total production capacity is not comparable to a Forge World, its production flexibility and timeliness are far superior. Its factories and shipyards have no specific production restrictions, unlike Forge Worlds with so many rules and regulations. Those who build guns must build guns, and those who build cannons must build cannons. This kind of general-purpose production capacity has actually leveled the gap in scale. In my personal assessment, its actual production capacity should be slightly higher than the average of a Forge World."

Walking on the bluestone floor with his hands behind his back, Sojayan sighed softly and nodded.

"It's all good, but it can't be seen in the light."

"Mars would be the first to disagree, unless you are willing to hand it over to them. Now, just do as much as you can with your abilities. There's no need to worry about the entire Imperium. Even the Primarchs don't worry, so what are you worrying about?"

"That's what they say."

"What are your plans next?"

The two came to a pavilion in the middle of the lake. As they sat down, a breeze blew, bringing a hint of coolness. The originally clear palace scenery turned into a hazy, misty painting.

"Plans?"

Sojayan fell silent. Talos looked at him and suddenly chuckled.

"You are unwilling to be manipulated, but you don't want to break the status quo."

"Alas, only you understand me so well. Gellan is a reassurance. With it in Orpheus, I don't have to worry about the situation here for the time being, and I can concentrate on dealing with other things. Speaking of which, Occam seems to have discovered some clues on Sanctuary, but he said he needs to go to another place to confirm it. I don't know how long it will take. Also, Talos, you should know about the Pharos, right?"

Hearing the word Pharos, Talos's expression became a little serious, and he nodded.

"Of course, I know. It is an alien facility located in Sotha, and also the place where the Eighth Legion disintegrated from the literal to the actual sense. We discovered that the Thirteenth Legion used it as a beacon to guide the so-called Second Imperium, so we tried to occupy it, but... Ha, never mind, the Eighth Legion has had enough defeats, and doesn't need another one."

"There is a Star God imprisoned there, probably a fragment."

"Oh?"

Talos showed a surprised expression, but immediately guessed the source of the information.

"Amonnark?"

"Yes, he mentioned it to me again not long ago, that Star God named the Dominion, maybe... maybe it can provide me with some very important information."

"It is pushing you to become a god, you should be able to see that."

Sojayan nodded.

"I know, but I don't have that idea myself."

"So you want to go to Sotha? If I remember correctly, it is now the homeworld of a group of Guilliman's sons."

"Emperor's Scythes."

Hearing this name, Talos's face showed an amused expression.

"Emperor's Scythes, this is really interesting. Are they reminiscing about the story of Scoria's slaughter on Sotha, or do they want to reminisce about the story of them defeating these bastards?"

"But Sotha is very far away, it's not easy to go there."

"Anyway, you can use the Webway, it's not a problem."

"But for now, we need to stabilize Orpheus and 'understand' this place thoroughly. After a while, I plan to transfer Gellan to Amara, which is more convenient for transportation and production, and can also be protected. In addition, the Menak Dynasty needs further observation, at least to establish enough outposts to provide early warning."

"Just follow your ideas."

"How is the recruitment situation for the Eleventh Company?"

"I don't plan to expand too much for now, I just recruited a small number of people, maintaining a scale of about 200 people is enough."

"The repair progress of the Night is almost half done, at least it can sail. I want to transfer it to Gellan to repair it as soon as possible, and free up the shipyard in Zhao-Akad. Now the Grand Diocese also needs warships, and it all depends on Zhao-Akad's production capacity. What do you think?"

Talos thought for two seconds and replied:

"Whatever you decide."

Suddenly, Sojayan thought of something and patted his friend on the shoulder with a smile.

"By the way, I have something to show you, come with me."

Then Sojayan led Talos to a hemispherical building. The area here was quite large, almost the size of a cruiser, and the interior was divided into several cabins, each with a different environment. You could see deserts, swamps, snow, and even lava.

Sojayan led Talos to a desert cabin. Their boots scraped against the rough gravel, making a clicking sound.

"Qingzhao."

Sojayan just called out, and a huge metal container rose up twenty meters in front of the two, then the side facing the two opened, revealing what was inside.

It was a steel behemoth over seven meters tall, all silver-gray in color. The proportions of the torso and limbs were close to the human limit enhanced form. The width of the shoulder armor was almost twice that of the torso, forming a very oppressive inverted triangle outline, like a fortress. The edges were outlined in dark gold, and the exposed mechanical structure of the joints retained the unpainted cold-forged steel original color. The waist was surrounded by metal balls of unknown function.

The torso part was a layered composite armor, with a blood-winged bat relief in the center. The scarlet wings extended to the collarbone position, and the edges were inlaid with green fluorite to simulate the texture of decayed bronze. The abdominal armor plate was carved into a muscle-like outline. The shoulder armor was a three-layer nested armor, and the edges were serrated to cover the servo pipelines below. The helmet was similar to the helmet of the Kentka Terminator, with a faint light emanating from the scarlet eye mask, and roaring exhaust grilles extending from the jaw. The arms looked full of power, hanging straight at the sides, and the surface of the thigh armor was lightning-shaped protrusions, and the knee armor was made into a roaring skull shape.

"This is..."

Talos looked at this thing in surprise, and couldn't figure it out for a while. Sojayan explained:

"I previously asked Ulan Huda to research a single-soldier mecha for Space Marines, positioned similar to a Knight, but more convenient than a Knight, and can even be air-dropped. But after so many years, Ulan Huda has never been able to come up with a satisfactory solution. Either it's too big, meaningless, it's better to use a Knight directly, or the performance is greatly compromised, the defense can't keep up with the requirements, and it's just a target when it goes down to the ground, or the mobility is very poor, then why don't I just use a tank? The main thing is to provide fire support in some complex terrains, and even large-scale boarding battles, but the sages can't meet my requirements, so I simply let Qingzhao design one."

Thanks to Ji Yao sama for the reward! Thanks to APG9393 for the alliance leader! Lao Mo posted a bit late