During the period from M31 to M32, which was called the "Age of Reforge" by the historians of the Empire, the technological decline of the 40K era has not yet arrived, and the traitors are hiding in the eye of fear and dare not come out, and the aliens only appear in the border areas. People began to repair the damage caused by the "Horus Rebellion", and the human empire ushered in a brief period of prosperity.

During this period, due to the long-term lack of external threats, the Imperial Navy sent almost the vast majority of its main fleet to the border areas, resulting in an extremely empty defense in the core area of the Empire, including the solar star region where Holy Terra is located.

The Adamanontua star region is only a six-week subspace voyage from the solar system, so it can be said that the distance is very close. Therefore, when the alien invasion broke out here, it still attracted the extra attention of some people in the High Lord's Council.

Adamanotua Zone, King Kong.

The battle between the Imperial Fist and the Chromium continues.

The crews of the warband fleet are also busy.

In a small cabin on the lower deck, a warband servant is quietly writing a ciphered language that will be passed on by the Star Whisperer to Terra through normal or abnormal channels.

The warband commander Mohan and the second company commander Kurander didn't know that all their communications on the surface were silently monitored by people with intentions, and the message that the warband servants wanted to convey at this moment was their previous conversation about reinforcements.

This information will be passed through subspace.

Eventually arrive at the place where it was received.

……

Holy Terra, Antarctica, Inquisition Headquarters.

Venand, one of the High Lord's Supreme Twelve, the representative of the Inquisition, sat alone in his office, silently reading the translated top-secret information from the spies planted in the Imperial Fist Warband.

"The Fist of the Empire needs reinforcements."

Venander pressed his chin and thought silently.

The Adamanoa Star Region is very close to the Sun Star Region, this matter is not sloppy, Venander wants to immediately send a force to reinforce the Space Marines, but unfortunately she is a representative of the Inquisition, not the Admiral of the Supreme Lord of the Imperial Navy nor the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard, she only has agents in her hands and no soldiers, and she can only ask for help if she wants to transfer troops.

Venander immediately thought of the Imperial Navy.

"Lansong? No, that guy is doing everything he can to expand his political power. If he wants to send a fleet, I don't know how much it will cost to satisfy his appetite. ”

Venand vetoed the idea.

Then she thought of Wangorich.

Drakan Wangorić, Grand Mentor of the Assassin Court, was also one of the Twelve High Lords.

He wasn't an ally of Venand, but at least he was one of the few people in the entire Imperial Council who could be wooed. Both of them represent two of the Empire's darkest oversights: the Inquisition and the Assassin's Court, both of which happened to be the two divisions created by Makado the Seal. And both of them are equally dissatisfied with the status quo of the empire.

Wangolić also had only agents and no soldiers, but according to what Vinandh had learned, the Assassin Mentor and Hess, the current commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard, were personal friends, and through Wangolić he might be able to persuade the Imperial Guard to send troops to support. As long as the source of the information is confirmed, the Grand Mentor of the Assassin Court should not refuse to be on the same side as her.

But the question arises again, even if through the mediation of Vangelich, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard, Hess, agrees to send troops to support, without a naval fleet, how can the Imperial Guard transport troops to the Adamantua? You can't let the guards walk by, can you? Speaking of which, it is still impossible to bypass the Imperial Navy, and it is impossible to bypass the fat pig of the Supreme Lord Admiral Lansong.

Venander couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

After frowning and thinking quietly for a moment.

The representative of the Inquisition opened his mouth and commanded:

"Help me contact Wangorich."

……

Terra Palace, Monastery of the Palm Prints.

The Royal Palace of Terra is actually a very large complex of buildings, divided into an outer city and an inner city. Only the inner city area was guarded by the Praetorian Army, while the outer city served as the office of many imperial bureaucrats. For example, the Ministry of the Interior, which has the largest number of civil servants in the Human Empire, is located in the outer city of the Imperial Palace.

Terra Palace is just too big.

During the Great Expedition, it brought together the best of countless architectural schools and aesthetic styles of the Human Empire, with various auditoriums, gardens and monuments. During the Great Rebellion, it was converted into a fortress by the Seventh Legion to defend against the attacks of the traitors. As a result, the Terra Palace ended up being very complex, with both a sky garden cloister patio and a shield wall secret passage blast bunker.

There are many areas of the palace that have been completely deserted and untouched, and there are many secret passages and secret doors that have accumulated over thousands of years that have collapsed or disappeared or are unknown, and no one can draw an accurate map of the entire Terra Palace.

The Monastery of the Palm Prints is a building that has been largely deserted. The Inquisition's representative, Venand, and the Assassin Tribunal's Grand Mentor, Wangorich, quietly arrived at the agreed meeting place through their respective secret passages.

"Straight to the point, long story short, Venander."

Wangorich said with a cold face:

"I've already told you in a secret letter that Hess, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard, can provide fifty legions to support the Adamanoa Star Zone, what else do you want me to do?"

"I know you and Hess are political allies, but we need a naval fleet to transport them. You've been out of the war for too long, Grand Teacher, do you think that Hess's fifty regiments can go to the battlefield on their own? ”

Venander asked rhetorically with a smile.

"Did you call me here specifically to mock me, Inquisitor Venand?"

Wangorich narrowed his eyes and looked unkind.

"Of course not, I'm looking for a solution."

Venander put away his smile and said:

"We have to go through the Imperial Navy to complete this transfer. But you must also know what Lan Song has been doing in the council recently, almost all the fleets of the Imperial Navy are now fighting in the border areas, unless you also want to reach some kind of exchange of interests with Lan Song, otherwise, the only way we can put pressure on him together with the other high lords can force Lan Song to agree to send a fleet back. ”

Venand and Wangorich have one thing in common: they both consider themselves to be the special beings in charge of overseeing the Empire's officials. It is impossible for them to pull down their faces and engage in some kind of political collusion and compromise with the Supreme Lord Admiral like other heads of departments, this is their pride and pride. The only way they could think of to deploy the naval fleet was to pressure Lansong to agree.

There is also a deeper reason: both Venand and Wangorich are dissatisfied with Lanson's frequent co-optation of other high lords in the High Lords' Council during this time, forming some kind of de facto factional alliance - you, an admiral in charge of the Imperial Navy, still want to become the "Imperial Regent"?

Wangorich hung his head in thought for a moment.

"I can unite one more person, Ambassador Giberland, the navigator, who carries a lot of weight, especially for the Navy. The four of us went together to put pressure on Lansong. ”

The Grand Mentor of the Assassin Court looked up and spoke.

"Okay, let's do it."

Vinand nodded in agreement.

……

A few days later.

Terra Palace, Imperial Senate.

The Council of High Lords held its regular meetings as normal.

During the meeting, the big-bellied Admiral of the High Lord was there again to talk about his plans to expand his territory. At this moment, Venander, the representative of the Inquisition, and Wangorich, the Grand Mentor of the Assassin Tribunal, suddenly joined forces, asking Lansong to send a naval fleet back to the Sun Domain.

Lan Song seemed a little stunned.

But in the end, the proposal was agreed.

However, the Admiral of the High Lord seems to be well versed in the philosophy of political struggle, and he does not want to be led by the nose by the other two High Lords, and even if he is forced to agree, he has to show his toughness in front of the Imperial Diet. So Lansong came up with an additional condition that seemed to make little sense:

"Since the Imperial Fists are in dire need of support, and are so desperate that I need to send back the admirals who are fighting bravely from thousands of miles away, why don't you send Terra and the hundred Space Marines on the mountain formation as well?"

Lan Song spread his hands in question.

In honor of the Seventh Legion's sacrifice during the Siege of Terra, the Imperial Fists sent 10 men from each of the 10 companies, 50 to guard the Terra Palace Sunlight Wall and 50 to guard the Battlestar Hill. These 100 Space Marines don't usually participate in the day-to-day operations of the warband, and they form a de facto independent company.

The unofficial name is "Wall Guard Company".

And Lan Song means:

The "Wall Guard Company" must also be involved in support.

This request is somewhat unreasonable. The front line of the battlefield is not short of these hundred Space Marines, the Imperial Fist needs numerical support, and what they need is the fifty corps of the Imperial Guard. It seems that Lanson has put forward such an additional condition simply to demonstrate the power of his words.

But what's even stranger is that:

Imperial Commander Udo, Minister of the Interior Ekas, Pope Meslin, Merchant Fleet Spokesperson Justina, and the four High Lords, including Udo, the President of the Imperial Senate, all agreed with Lanson's proposal.

This made Wangorich feel a little strange.

But the immediate priority was to immediately send the naval fleet back to Terra and transport the Imperial Guard to support, leaving little time for arguing. The Grand Mentor of the Assassin Court and Venander looked at each other, but finally chose to compromise and agree to Lanson's innocuous additional conditions.

At this point, the Fist of the Empire has completed the assembly of all its members.

This has not happened since the end of the rebellion.

……

Venand and Wangolić's ploy succeeded.

Succeeded in forcing Lansong to send a fleet back for reinforcements.

However, some people rejoice, and some people are sad.

On the border of the Sun Domain, an expeditionary fleet led by the Generalissimo of the Black Templar (Warlord) Berhemond was fighting the orcs here, but the Imperial Navy fleet that was fighting together suddenly received an order from Lan Song to forcibly withdraw, and the Black Templar was outnumbered and could only choose to retreat temporarily.

Berhemond was very angry but helpless.

Eventually, he decided to move closer to the brothers.

The home planet of the Fist of the Exemplar, Adorica.

Just a few weeks away from them.

The Black Sanctuary plans to resupply there.

What happened next.

To the surprise of everyone in the Black Sanctuary.

…………