Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes

"grown ups……"

"Father……"

Calvin left the dark underground cloister complex of the King's Hall and met Alan and Nicholas who were walking side by side not long after he stepped onto the surface and saw the sunlight.

The three of them were familiar enough with each other to avoid meaningless pleasantries.

"How is the situation in the fleet? Is the corruption in the navy serious?" Calvin asked Allen during the march. Allen had previously been sitting there disguised as him. At this time, he wanted to know what was going on there. Naturally, Allen was asked to inquire about the situation.

He felt guilty about treating the fleet, especially the navy's escort fleet.

When the Grand Fleet followed him into Ofelia, he knew nothing about the situation here, but from the moment he met Saratan, he had already noticed the threat of infiltration and corruption from Chaos.

But at that time, the large fleet had already begun to contact the native forces of Ophelia without any precautions. He had no other choice but to sit back and watch the infiltration and corruption occur.

He is not worried about the direct members of the fleet, because the Angel of Punishment and its attached ships have a large number of members of the Tribunal stationed there, and even in peacetime, they have an alert level that exceeds the specifications.

There are also clear and strict regulations on the circulation of personnel and materials between these directly-affiliated ships and local star ports. Even if Chaos wants to infiltrate, there is no way to do so.

However, the escort fleet belonging to the navy does not have such a mechanism, and as a temporary partner, Calvin has no position to forcefully interfere with its internal operations through a system, which would create a very bad impression on his colleagues in the Imperial Senate.

This was Calvin's concern at the time. He did not want to make enemies out of thin air before returning to Terra, but now that he thought about it, this kind of Machiavellian concession was also irresponsible for the lives of these naval officers.

This was a lesson, and Calvin knew it.

Even if no one dared to blame him for this, he himself knew that it was his negligence and excessive scruples that caused these naval officers to fall into the pollution of chaos.

"Thinking too much is sometimes not necessarily a good thing..." The shame about this matter flashed across Calvin's eyes.

If he gained anything from this game with the devil, it was probably that after his soul was refining, his thoughts became purer.

If there is no problem with the members directly under the fleet, the problem will only appear in the escort fleet.

Calvin had expected this, but what he didn't expect was that none of the six main battleships in the entire fleet would be spared.

"It's terrible. As you expected, the star port in the Ophelia system is the target of Chaos infiltration. None of the six main ships of the naval escort fleet were spared, and they all joined the ranks of the rebellion..."

Alan Janus's answer made Calvin stop suddenly. He turned back to look at the two of them, and then turned his head forward again with a self-blaming expression.

"My fault, my sin..." said Calvin.

The two core members of the team also knew the meaning of Calvin's words, and no one could ignore his inaction. Allen and Nicholas tried to excuse him several times, but in the end they only exchanged glances at each other before following Calvin's footsteps again.

"How to deal with it?" The voice from the front came again, and Allen also braced himself to sort out the order of his words.

"The Krieg sector fleet entered on time, and our counterattack and subsequent gang-hopping battle went very smoothly. All six battleships were captured, and the rebels on the fleet were also purged one by one. The large fleet is currently in the nearest area of ​​the sector. The star port is under quarantine and awaiting your further orders.”

"Send a notice to Baka and inform them of the situation of the fleet. Deploy personnel from the nearby Tribunal and send the fleet to Reza Forge World to re-purify the machine soul. As for the survivors on the fleet..."

Calvin hesitated for a moment when he said this, but in the end his sense of responsibility for the overall situation took over. "All executed! Those with immediate family members serving in the military within three generations will be stripped of their rights and sent to concentration camps for custody."

"Your will!" In response to Calvin's order, Allen transcribed these languages ​​​​into text, and after signing the Gray Knight's key, sent it to the Angel of Punishment in orbit.

The Tribunal's staff on the spaceship will compile a formal version of the order based on these words, and then issue it to Calvin himself on the spaceship and he will confirm and sign his identity code before it is officially released to the outside world.

"How's the situation here?"

After talking about matters in the direction of the Grand Fleet, Calvin turned his attention to the work on the ground in Ophelia.

The situation here is obviously more complicated. After many considerations, Calvin decided to use the imperial guards at hand as envoys to coordinate forces from all aspects.

If the cooperation with the Battle Sisters can barely be regarded as the internal operation of the Inquisition, then the cooperation with the two founding Astartes Chapters is completely a joint operation across the system.

In Calvin's eyes, the Imperial Guards, as detached entities on the political map of the empire, were naturally suitable for the position of communication in this kind of cooperation.

"It's going well so far. The Battle Sisters have taken over the anti-aircraft weapons positions on the planet's ground, and the local defense forces have also announced their surrender. The two Chapter Companies have completed the occupation of large ports in orbit and on the poles of the planet, except for encountering small-scale resistance. In addition, all defense nodes within the galaxy have been recovered and are under our control. "

"Where is the navy?" Calvin asked. His large fleet had been infiltrated and corrupted to this extent. He did not believe that the navy here would be an exception.

"It has been confirmed that all three frigates are controlled by the rebels. Strike cruisers from two of our battle groups launched a surprise attack on them. Two of them were sunk and one was captured. The three frigates were in maintenance status and did not participate in the battle. The remaining All three were sunk."

Nicholas took out the data pad and read out the battle results marked on it to Calvin one by one.

"Are you sure what the problem is?" Calvin asked.

"Yes, Starports 4, 5, 7 and 9 have been confirmed as the source of the infiltration and contamination of these warships, and the Imperial Fists have completed the occupation of these locations.

The personnel and materials on the starport are currently quarantined, and the members of the Inquisition, accompanied by the Tindaros Legion, have settled in and are waiting for your disposal. "

"Execution, no one will be spared. All supplies will be incinerated." Calvin suddenly stopped while speaking, apparently remembering some details.

He added his order to Nicholas again: "Find the structural diagram of the star port, and ask the Tindaros Legion to look carefully at it, and give me a good look through it from the inside out."

"Your will." Nicholas responded in a low voice, marking the scarlet mark of death on the words describing these star ports.

The three of them kept moving forward. At the end of the avenue ahead, Saratan's palace and the chapel where he sacrificed his life were already vaguely visible.

The internal order of the church has begun to be restored after Clarence came to power, and the Brotherhood of Holy Light, as the first batch of rehabilitated internal militants, was also released from prison.

This is the place where they once stationed guards. Although its owner is no longer alive, their silent and vigilant figures have appeared again in the corridors and under the arches.

In the previous battle plan, Calvin had made an agreement with the senior commanders of each unit. If everything went well, this would be the place where they had planned to regroup.

They will continue to discuss the next step here to cooperate with the Inquisition's follow-up treatment of the Chaos contamination incident on Ophelia 7.

And the most important thing is that they can give this old man who is willing to die for atonement one last journey before the meeting begins.

First update, try your best to ensure second update. No sun, but a cold. I'm such a waste...