Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes

Imperial Millennium Calendar, 186. (439, night.

The subspace channel corresponds to the Imperial Tempest Sector, and the Hollison V sector leads to the Terran sector.

The Grand Inquisitor of the Supreme Lord of the Senate of the Human Empire, the Chief of the Supreme Council of the Tribunal of the Human Empire, and the Grand Master of the Silver Blade Brotherhood of the Holy Hammer Order, Calvin, and his fleets directly under his command, finally arrived at the border between the Storm Star Territory and the Sun Star Territory. The Hollison No. 5 star sector completed the rendezvous.

It has been 15 days since the departure of Ophelia 7. According to the millennium timing method used by the Imperial Navy, a lot of time has passed since the two fleets initiated contact from most of the star field apart to completed the rendezvous across the vast star sea. 27 millennia. (8.76 hours per millennium in Standard Terran Time)

This is also the result of the Imperial Navy's hasty response to power and the recruitment of ships from nearby star areas.

If it is true that the documents sent from the Grand Fleet's home port are to recruit ships from the direction of Baka, then Calvin will probably have to consider how to stay on the Angel of Punishment for another full year.

Fortunately, both parties in the entire incident are known for their pragmatism, and it happens that neither party's rank and influence require sufficient respect for the "Imperial Naval Law."

Therefore, out of the honor of the navy and Calvin's desire for efficiency, the issue of illegal recruitment of local ships in the Baka direction was kept strangely silent throughout the whole process with both parties knowing about it.

This kind of recruitment involves several large ships and nearly one million crew members. Of course, the departments involved are not limited to the naval fleet itself.

In fact, behind this seemingly simple incident, there are also the tentacles of the Imperial Senate in the Storm Star Territory, such as the influence of the Ministry of Interior and its subordinate Ministry of Justice, Military Command and other affiliated units.

The attempts of these forces and more specific employees under their jurisdiction to use this incident to undermine the trust between the Grand Fleet and the Inquisition ultimately failed without exception.

There is no other reason. When the controller of the largest force in this star field is awake enough and has enough respect for the highest representative of the second force group, then all the efforts of other monsters and monsters will not be afraid.

This struggle hidden between documents and slips is extremely obscure, and the Navy tried its best to conceal it out of honor considerations. (If the Inquisition is intentional about the large-scale crew corruption incident, it will be a powerful weapon to attack the top management of the entire star fleet. Judging from the arrogant and luxurious life style of naval officials in the post-imperial era, as long as you want to investigate, there is no problem that cannot be found. people.)

If not for Calvin's high position, he had a sufficient intelligence network, and had a strong enough ability to summarize and proofread all kinds of information.

The overt and covert fighting on these hidden fronts may have really deceived him.

In short, the various documents that were exchanged throughout the star field during the fleet rendezvous allowed Calvin to truly experience the deep-rooted and omnipresent bureaucratic faction headed by the Imperial Ministry of the Interior, even though he had not personally experienced it.

This is undoubtedly a cancer. It was also a trouble that Calvin determined after thinking about it for several late nights, and that he must eradicate if given the chance.

But they were too huge, and their entrenched roots throughout the empire were too dense;

Today, when the empire is experiencing constant internal and external troubles, even a person with Calvin's status and status can only suppress these thoughts deep in his heart and passively deal with the emergencies that continue to appear in front of him.

"Wait a minute...wait a minute..." Calvin muttered to himself in the quiet office, then put down the documents from the Ministry of Internal Affairs in his hand and turned his energy to other matters.

After the two fleets completed their rendezvous at the edge of the sector and merged into one place, Calvin inevitably experienced another courtesy meeting with the escort fleet legion.

After meeting and appeasing these fleet officers who represented the will of the sector navy, under Calvin's order, the large fleet immediately adjusted its course and began to head towards the Gray Knights' base camp in the Storm Star Domain - the Federman System in this sector/ The Titan II defense fortress group advances.

By Calvin's standards, the existence of the escort fleet itself is of a ceremonial nature, and its true combat power itself is questionable. Not to mention, the obedience of the battleships when encountering emergencies is also an unknown that cannot be trusted. number.

Especially in the context that Krieg's six grand cruisers have not left, these warships temporarily transferred from the direction of Baka are not so much maintaining Calvin's honor as the high lord of Terra. After a large-scale corruption incident occurred in the previous fleet, it was necessary to maintain the face of the Storm Star Navy.

It is precisely because of this obscure position that the admiral of this fleet showed extraordinary enthusiasm and hospitality when he met with Calvin.

Calvin was not impressed by this lack of rigor, but for the same reasons that he could not express, he still reluctantly expressed appropriate praise in order to appease the quite excited mentality of the commodore.

But talk, talk, do. With the Krieg fleet in hand as the core force, Calvin could no longer put his own safety within the responsibilities of the navy.

The array displayed by the large fleet during its march can clearly reflect the will of the fleet master:

After the core formation headed by the Angel of Punishment, three large cruisers from the Krieg system, the Spear of Order, the Shield of Order, and the Sword of Order, guarded the flagship in a glyph formation;

Further back, the middle section of the fleet and the flanks are the formation sequence of the Imperial Navy.

The fragile rear of the fleet is also controlled by the Krieg-type Grand Patrol:

The three tail ships of the Grand Cruiser Order series that were produced later than the factory date - the Shield of Order, the second batch of Grand Cruiser Daybreak, and the Dawn Fire - quietly occupied the ranks of the marching queue after the fleet merged. these locations.

There are some things between soldiers that do not require verbal communication. The ordering of fleets in the Navy when they merge happens to be one of these things.

The navy that came later had the intention of making amends. After joining forces with Calvin, they saw the position reserved by the other party and were originally prepared to fight for it.

But the admiral of the navy looked through the fleet list sent by the other party before the merger, and could not find any mortal warships except the Tribunal.

Stealing battle positions with the ships of the Chapter Astartes? The admiral of the navy is not so hard-headed.

In desperation, the middle-aged and energetic commodore looked around but could not find a better option.

He could only pinch his nose and bear this silent and long "parade of humiliation" unilaterally on behalf of all his colleagues in the Storm Star Territory.

This mentality of atonement kept him in a high degree of depression until the Grand Fleet encountered an unexpected accident in the subspace...

The first update, the second update may be later. The firecrackers were too noisy and my mind was very confused...