Warhammer: Start with a dog

Obviously, in an edge star sector like Calixis - after all, if it extends further outward, it will be the place currently marked as "Kronos Expansion" on the empire's map - this place is not in the empire. Famous, but it was known to many people on Holy Terra in another way - digression, in the Calixis sector, if your planet has no special rare minerals, mineral reserves are mediocre, and The surface does not support large-scale agricultural production, and the minerals exported are extremely common. The food gap even needs to be imported from satellites with fewer people——

Well, this planetary governor may seem to be a bit uninteresting in his role.

Mr. Carosini, the rogue trader, with his keen eyesight that was outstanding in some aspects of evaluation, noticed that Governor Alexei's cuffs were somewhat frayed - but they were cleverly concealed under the new gold thread trimming, while all the clothes on his body The clothes and outfits are full of a feeling of "I just took this outfit out of the wardrobe where the insect repellent pills were kept, ironed it and put it on for a serious meeting."

Don’t ask why, the clothes a person often wears and the clothes he rarely wears will be slightly different in every aspect, and all the small and inconspicuous details can be gathered into one in the eyes of a keen observer. Something is terribly wrong.

Carrick is just a death world in the countryside. It is inhabited by more than 10 million humans and sub-humans. Judging from everything Lamizane knows about the planetary governor of the empire, a planetary governor can become a simple planetary governor. This is quite unexpected.

His sensors also reported to him the scan of the mansion they were in. It was a building with a very old basic structure. The stones and other building materials used were undoubtedly local materials. The old window stained glass and furnishings The artistic level and time of the firing or painting are also worthy of the governor's embarrassing attire.

But here's the problem: most of the things scanned are fine, except for the weapons in the hands of the guards. Those weapons are not only standard, but also have a very high level of technology hidden under the casing of ordinary laser guns.

[They have such extremely high-tech guns, but they can only sit here and fight mushroom goblins, and they don’t even have to pay for the Astral Legion? 】

[Hmph... In that case, maybe this is the second Nuceria? 】

[…Don’t say such terrible things, my goosebumps… Huh? The original body also gets goosebumps? 】

【……enough! You stupid mortal! Don't do weird things with my body! ! ! ! 】

In other words, these honorary guards who look like decorations may not really be decorations. Sensor data shows that the power of these guns is almost the same as that of melt weapons. This kind of fictitious approach shows that the Governor is not interested in rogue traders. People were completely unprepared - even with the endorsement of a chapter with no bad reputation like the "Silver Skulls" Chapter.

So do you want to believe that in the galaxy of the 42nd millennium, there is a frontier hereditary planetary governor who is simple, frugal and willing to live in poverty, leading the people to resist the orcs and asteroid natural disasters without exploiting them and purchasing new weapons for them; or do you want to believe that? Angron, who is well-educated and conquered the home planet, is still my god-grandson and Perturabo is my pet dog.

You don’t have to think about it at all, right?

Therefore, Lamizane decisively sent a signal to the other people who had already lurked at the first line of defense outside the governor's residence and were watching eagerly, "pause operations, lurk in place, and wait for new orders."

The Space Marines accepted it without hesitation - anyway, they were using a disguised stance this time, and there was nothing particularly embarrassing. It was just that some of them were murmuring to appease their manic missile launch nests - a small problem.

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【What are you doing? ! Do you know that issuing such an order several times before a battle can easily increase the Astartes' combat fanaticism threshold and decrease their combat intuition and sensitivity? ! 】

【……? I don't know, is that going to happen? In addition, I just think that we should probably have a few more words with Governor Alexei before the war begins. The whole of Carrick looks so normal that every place that seems to be fine at first glance makes me feel counterintuitive when I examine it carefully. ...]

【Something? Do not think too much! And of course, just like if you need to hunt with a pack of hounds, you need to keep them highly excited during the hunting season, including keeping them half-starved and never satisfied and throwing some of the excess parts of fresh prey to The dogs tore to pieces. 】

[I didn’t think too much about it. I only obtained the detailed information about this place from Ms. Lotara when I arrived. I was just expressing my opinion based on the actual situation I saw. But something is really wrong. ——And what you said is strange, why every sentence sounds so like some local traditions of ancient Terra...]

[Ha, after all, according to "common sense", it is not surprising that humans throughout the galaxy are proud of pursuing the fashion of Holy Terra. 】

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This mysterious foreign visitor, whose etiquette habits were obviously very different from those of Calixis, apologized for being born in Holy Terra and having just returned from an external journey, and for his second greeting to the Governor: "Eat Are you done?" After that, the atmosphere at the meeting continued to be tense and awkward.

All this was obviously relieved after the Rogue Trader decisively took out his gifts and presented them to Governor Alexei: most of these gifts that were not extravagantly packaged but of various types were very valuable to the residents of Carrick. attractive.

They include packaged synthetic milk powder, single homogeneous sugar, colorful concentrated vitamin juice gels, frozen vegetable packages and various canned meat products, and of course some others such as common promethium starch - - The Governor condescended to dip his fingers into it and tasted it and thought it was a very high-quality starch - and expressed an extremely strong interest in the wines, especially spirits, displayed next, even the guards were no exception. Sensors showed that most of the guards' heartbeats increased by more than 25 percent when the spirit sample was opened.

In addition, there are of course some holographic samples of industrial products, mainly stasis products, power products, defense arrays, etc. For example, one of them is made into a jewelry pocket watch, the extremely exquisite Lost Stasis Stand. Although it can only be used once, it is small enough to be hung on the body as a decoration. The Governor is extremely interested in this, but there is regret in his eyes. The look suggested that his means might not be sufficient to pay the price of this treasure for his own personal interest.

Finally, after reading the long and exciting catalog of the promethium industrial textiles they could provide, Governor Alexei let out a long sigh. The man who looked a little old took the opportunity to stand up and rubbed his face, so that his stern and weathered expression muscles could be moved into positions he was not used to.

"I must admit, Dear Lord Carosini, your wealth and production capacity completely exceed my imagination. I hope you will not be troubled by our previous indifferent reception."

The Governor said sincerely, "If the catalog shows me all the goods that you can trade as scheduled, I will indeed be happy to see you."

While they were talking, the governor's cronies quietly began to retreat one after another with their eyes flashing.

The Rogue Trader turned a blind eye and just smiled with eight white teeth at the Governor again.

The sweet bait had been thrown out, and he waited patiently for the whispers in the surrounding cells to tell him how much prey he would get.