Warhammer: In the Name of Nirvana

Chapter 739 Secret Report from the Ministry of Internal Affairs – Badab

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Greetings to you, great Lord of the Legion.

If you are reading this text, it proves that all of us: the Far East Frontier Internal Intelligence Department, all members of the Avalon Internal Affairs Investigation Bureau, have completed the preliminary intelligence collection and analysis of the sudden incident that occurred recently in the Great Vortex area according to your previous orders.

According to the treaty, I will summarize the causes and consequences of this Black Swan incident as briefly and specifically as possible: All members of the General Investigation Bureau are waiting for your satisfaction with our intelligence work and the latest instructions for the next step of work.

Salute you again, the common mother of the Dawnbreaker Legion and Great Avalon.

May prosperity last forever in the Queen's land.

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I apologize to you, my lord. Although we have tried our best to eliminate any unnecessary information, according to the collective discussion of the Great Vortex Working Group: If we want to understand the ins and outs of all the contradictions between the Five Hundred Worlds with the Ultramarines Legion as the core and the High Lords Council of Holy Terra around the Great Vortex and its surrounding areas, we must start from the initial contradiction between the two.

That is, the powder keg that detonated this crisis: the Imperial Industrial World, Badab Prime, located in the Great Vortex area, Badab Star Zone.

According to the Great Crusade time list displayed by the Warp Timer, Badab Prime announced its joining the glorious territory of the Imperium of Mankind in 862.M30, the sixty-fourth year after the Emperor launched the Great Crusade. Badab's surrender was a bloodless and glorious action, and the Imperial military force that specifically carried out this action and accepted Badab's surrender on behalf of the Emperor of Mankind was the 13th Ultramarines Legion led by the Primarch Guilliman.

At that time, twenty-five years had passed since His Excellency Guilliman formally swore allegiance to the Emperor of Mankind over Macragge. The Ultramarines Legion had completed their comprehensive reorganization during this period, and His Excellency Guilliman had also tried for the first time seven years ago to incorporate the Imperial worlds recovered by his legion into the administrative system of the 500 Worlds of Ultramar.

It was in this era that Badab Prime became a part of the 500 Worlds by chance: Guilliman was leading his legion on an expedition at that time, trying to destroy the Osiris alien civilization that had brought humiliation and failure to the Ultramarines Legion.

Although this expedition failed due to the failure to find any traces of alien civilization, on the way back to the 500 Worlds, the main force of the Ultramarines Legion happened to rescue Badab Prime, which was being besieged by a group of greenskins, and protected their people and property.

Grateful for the righteousness of the Thirteenth Legion and admiring the powerful military force of the Empire, Badab announced its joining the Human Empire and raised the sacred double-headed eagle flag: Lord Guilliman took the opportunity to incorporate Badab Prime into the administrative system of the Ultramar 500 Worlds, indicating that the system was under the military protection of the Thirteenth Legion.

Here, please note that although Badab now has an important position and a broad reputation in the system of the 500 Worlds, according to the provisions of the Imperial law, Badab is not actually an official member of the Ultramar 500 Worlds, and Badab Prime does not belong to the territory directly governed by the Ultramarines.

In the agreement we have collected, the relationship between the two countries signed that year was that of the suzerain and its protected state between the Five Hundred Worlds and Badab: the Ultramarines were obliged to provide military protection for Badab in exchange for Badab's regular tribute and to respond to the call of the Thirteenth Legion when necessary, but other than that, the Ultramarines had no right to interfere in Badab's administrative and diplomatic sovereignty, and Badab could not legally enjoy the preferential treatment of other worlds directly controlled by the Ultramarines.

In short, Badab was only the sphere of influence of the Five Hundred Worlds. Although it had more autonomy, it did not actually enjoy the various preferential treatments of the Legion's territory: this default rule was ignored on weekdays, but if the laws of the empire were really studied, those who were interested could do a lot.

Unfortunately: the High Lords' Council of Terra was well aware of these laws.

And Badab's various actions also made Holy Terra decide to raise its whip.

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Here, please allow me to talk a little and introduce you to the specific situation of Badab.

Badab Prime is located in the south-central part of the Maelstrom region. There are traces of human civilization on it, which can be traced back to the Dark Age of Technology. This civilized world has extremely favorable natural conditions, a complete industrial system and a large number of literate people. The Badab Council, composed of large landowners and industrial giants, holds the actual power on the planet.

Because it is located in the chaotic Maelstrom, the society of Badab Prime has a strong military tradition and expansionist thinking. In history, it has conquered neighboring countries several times and established a pocket empire across the galaxy: deep-rooted hegemonism is still rooted in the soil of Badab.

After receiving military support from the Ultramarines, the Badab Council quickly resumed their expansion declaration: Due to the chaos and complexity of the Great Whirlpool, the Empire's expeditionary fleet has always been in a semi-stagnant state in its attack on the heart of the galaxy, and a large number of independent regimes in the region have not yet been brought under the banner of the double-headed eagle.

Taking this opportunity, Badab held high the banner of the Empire and the Five Hundred Worlds, and expanded and colonized the various human civilizations around that had not yet sworn allegiance to the Emperor, exploiting their cheap labor and raw materials, and then luring them into the Badab Federation, turning these worlds into their own dumping markets, until they are deeply bound to Badab Prime and are included in its hegemony.

According to the intelligence collected, Badab Prime's expansion in the Great Whirlpool was very brutal and rapid. Eighty-eight years after they joined the Human Empire, that is, today, the so-called Badab hegemony system can already affect nearly half of the land in the entire Great Whirlpool, including hundreds of star systems.

More than 300 Imperial worlds with hives or civilized cities have sworn allegiance to the Badab Council directly or indirectly. Thousands of mining star systems and colonial industrial power second only to the forge world Ryza have also made Badab Prime rapidly develop towards administrative and high-tech industrialization: the hollowing out of the industry of this world itself is already quite serious, and the corruption of its bureaucracy is also growing.

But this did not affect Badab's suppression of the colonies under its rule: it not only relied on the military protection of the Ultramarines. By exploiting hundreds of worlds under its command, the rulers of Badab have nurtured a military force including hundreds of main battleships and six million genetically modified warriors wearing mortal power armor, which is enough to ensure its rule and continue to expand.

In addition, the rulers of Badab still adhere to the utmost to please the Ultramarines Legion: they declare each of their colonies to be the sphere of influence of the Five Hundred Worlds, and will spare no effort to meet any needs of Lord Guilliman, even if it will cause serious humanitarian disasters to the people under their rule.

It is worth pointing out that Badab provides a large number of Astartes candidates to the Ultramarines almost every year, and the parliament is particularly concerned about this matter: to date, there are about thousands of warriors from the Great Whirlpool area in the Thirteenth Legion, and they have a lot of say in the Ultramarines.

The representative of this is the military garrison officer of the Ultramarines in the Great Whirlpool area. He himself is a Badab, and most of his companies are descendants of Badab: these warriors strictly abide by the agreement signed by Mr. Guilliman with Badab Prime. Except for military assistance during the necessary period, they turn a blind eye to any behavior of Badab.

Considering the prevailing atmosphere in the Ultramarines Legion, we have to reasonably suspect here: these warriors are very likely to have a sense of recognition and support for Badab's actions of attacking cities and strongholds in the Great Whirlpool area in the name of the Five Hundred Worlds and Guilliman.

These are the reasons why Badab's hegemony is so prominent today.

In fact, in addition to the Emperor's Children Legion on the Forge Worlds of Reza and Chemos, the Badab Federation is now the third-ranked political force in the Maelstrom region: its influence even exceeds that of the Thousand Sons, White Scars and Salamanders Legions, which are also in the Maelstrom, and its military tentacles have even exceeded the scope of the Maelstrom.

According to the latest intelligence, the Badab Hegemony has not only changed its military deployment and expanded the farthest cruising range of its patrol fleet to the Betangamon System: the nearby universe of the undoubted gateway world of the Solar Segmentum, but has also set off an unprecedented expansion frenzy in the imperial worlds of the Maelstrom region.

It is reported that because the rumor that Holy Terra is about to impose heavy taxes on the imperial worlds under its rule has been rampant in recent years, many imperial worlds in the Maelstrom are looking for their own ways to evade heavy taxes.

Badab seized this opportunity to publicize that as long as you join its hegemony, it is equivalent to joining the banner of the Ultramarines and can enjoy the same tax exemption treatment as the Five Hundred Worlds.

Although from the perspective of Imperial law, this is pure nonsense: because even Badab Prime itself does not belong to the Five Hundred Worlds in the strict sense, and cannot enjoy the special tax exemption promised by the Emperor of Mankind.

However, as I said in the previous paragraph, because of Badab's own strong national strength, its close ties with the Five Hundred Worlds of Ultramar, and its loyalty to the Ultramarines Legion by regularly providing new soldiers every year: these will weave illusions, allowing ignorant bystanders to be blinded by these appearances and ignore Badab's true legal status.

This is also the case: whether it is the vast majority of soldiers in the 13th Legion, most of the member states of the Five Hundred Worlds, or even Lord Guilliman himself, they have stated in public several times that Badab is part of the Five Hundred Worlds. Although this has no legal significance, it is enough to induce others to make mistakes.

At least, the worlds and governors in the Maelstrom region will make such mistakes.

Over the past decade, hundreds of civilizations, both large and small, have been trying to get closer to Badab's hegemony, some of which are even located in the Solar Segment: we can be sure that it is these changes in the lands that are considered forbidden by Holy Terra that have made the High Lords Council determined to punish Badab's expansion.

Yes, my lord.

Based on the intelligence collected and organized, we can draw an accurate conclusion.

That is: the taxation incident of Badab was not a pure accident. Terra purposefully levied taxes on Badab, and one of their most fundamental purposes was to fundamentally strike down the expansion of Badab Prime by levying unimaginably heavy taxes.

But this is not the worst.

After further discussion within the group, we believe that the High Lords Council has an unparalleled firm will for this punitive taxation action. They will not retreat and will not give up until they achieve their goal: even the military dispatch of the Five Hundred Worlds will not scare them away.

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The reason is simple: no matter how Lord Guilliman himself views his vassal relationship with Badab Prime, in the eyes of outsiders, especially in the eyes of Terra, Badab is part of the Five Hundred Worlds. The colonies and sphere of influence of the Badab hegemony are actually the colonies and sphere of influence of Macragge.

And as I said before: on the eve of the Nikaea Conference, Badab's patrol fleet could already reach Betangamon, the gateway world of the Solar Sector. A rapid response fleet departing from here would take a few weeks or less to reach Terra.

In other words: in the eyes of most people in the galaxy, including the High Lords, as long as Lord Guilliman is willing, the Ultramarines fleet will only take at most one month, at least two to three weeks, to reach Terra's low-Earth orbit from the border of the [Five Hundred Worlds].

Believe me, my lord, no High Lord can sleep well after confirming this news: for Terra, there is no difference between Guilliman's fleet patrolling Betangamon and docking in Terra's low-Earth orbit.

They don't want to, and dare not, distinguish between Badab and Macragge.

In the eyes of Holy Terra, the truth is this: with Badab as the fulcrum, the Five Hundred Worlds have already infiltrated most of the Great Vortex area with its tentacles, and will soon hold the entire Heart of the Galaxy in their hands, completely occupying the eastern gateway of the Solar Segmentum, and their army can threaten Betangamon at any time.

In this case, Holy Terra will never give up until Guilliman's forces are completely expelled from the Great Vortex: this is the case with the tax collection action on Badab. It is reported that the tax collectors of Terra have issued a figure that is unacceptable to the Badab Council in any case.

Sorry, we have not yet obtained the specific details of this tax list: but according to the Badab Council, if they pay this tax in full, the entire Badab Prime will passively reduce its population by at least 15% in the next ten years due to famine and humanitarian crisis.

It is worth noting that Holy Terra's attitude this time was extremely firm: they deliberately revisited the old legal account of the year and rejected Badab Prime's action to collect taxes from the colonies, repeatedly emphasizing that these taxes were only for the world of Badab, and any action to transfer taxes from any other world would be in violation of the laws promulgated by the Emperor.

It is certain that during the entire Nikaia Conference, both sides were arguing over the issue of taxes: Holy Terra refused to give in even a word, and the Badab Council summoned the nearest Ultramarines Company on the grounds that their world and people were robbed and threatened.

But unfortunately, as I said before, although this company, which was mainly of Badab origin, wanted to calm the situation, Terra's stubborn refusal to give in instead quickly heated up the tension between the two sides: further armed conflict broke out a few hours later.

The Ultramarines and Badab claimed that it was a warship in the Terra fleet that attempted to advance in a forced posture, forcing the Ultramarines' strike cruiser to leave low-Earth orbit, and they then had to take countermeasures.

But Terra claimed that it was the Ultramarines' strike cruisers that fired blanks first, hoping to create a psychological deterrent for them.

But no matter what the cause was, both sides in the sky above Badab remained restrained. Terra's fleet temporarily left, but they claimed that they would never stop their tax collection operations: even if it meant that they needed to ask for help from all nearby loyal forces of the Empire.

After they left, the Ultramarines' captain directly ordered the destruction of the deserted temporary tax collection space station, and announced that they would be stationed on Badab Prime for a long time: Badab's parliament was summoning their military forces, even including allies in the Five Hundred Worlds.

Up to now, we still have no way of knowing what attitude Holy Terra and Macragge have towards this conflict, but colleagues lurking in Ultramar said that Lord Guilliman did not stop those worlds in the Five Hundred Worlds that have a covenant with Badab from spontaneously organizing their armies to support their allies: the captain of the Ultramarines at the center of the vortex is using his power as the garrison commander of the Great Vortex to concentrate the forces of the Thirteenth Legion deployed in the Great Vortex area near Badab.

On the other hand, our secret sentries lurking in the Solar Space Region also sent back information: Although it is not certain whether they have received orders from Terra, with Betangamon as the center, there are at least more than 20 patrol fleets belonging to Terra, which are gradually gathering in the direction of Badab. It is said that some people have even witnessed the figure of the Imperial Fists on some of the ships.

To sum up, this is the general trend and information about the Badab incident so far. For more detailed information, please review the attached documents: The General Investigation Bureau will faithfully perform our duties and present more latest intelligence to you.

May prosperity last forever in the Queen's land.

Sincerely.

For the Primarch Mother and Avalon.

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Please forgive me, my lord, but this is the latest supplementary information. We cannot guarantee the authenticity of this information, but it is very likely to help us better understand why such an incident broke out in Badab.

According to our informant: The action against Badab was carried out by the seal holder Malcador from the beginning. He hardly shared his plan with anyone except the commissioner of the Great Vortex he personally selected.

Unfortunately, this commissioner who was originally responsible for the Great Vortex and Badab died in the Nikaea incident: We are not sure whether Malcador realized the consequences of this incident in time. Now it seems that he has been too busy to take care of himself and completely forgot about the idle chess piece on the Great Vortex side.

We think this may explain why Terra's tax collection team was so tough over Badab: because they themselves were also confused by the authorities, and their toughness was a manifestation of Terra's plan being out of control.

As for Terra's original idea...

Whatever it was.

Now, things will not develop as those bigwigs wish.

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