Chapter 35: The Expedition Begins
A few days later, Laurent finally arrived in the Sean system with the members of the Fire Barrier and the Bonebreaker Hammer. Sivir contacted the two Warband Leaders on the planet Puran.
Sivir tells Laurent and Spencer-Plain that the casting world is now stable, and that Admiral Fair, the lord of Helion's fleet and Puran's casting director, has been persuaded by himself to agree to put down the rebellion in Haylyon under his own leadership. Let them hurry to Puran and discuss the details of recovering the Hylyon Star Sector.
With the arrival of the two warbands, Wilmot and Fell had already guessed that they might have to organize a meeting to discuss the situation, and they began to stop the work of transferring their hands and wait for Sivel's call.
Phil took time off from the restoration of the factory and the repair of the two Lunate-class cruisers, and temporarily handed over the work to his mechanical sages.
Wilmot gave his lieutenant the task of receiving and replying to the calls for help from the planets in the zone, and listening to the reports from his ships. With the current situation of his fleet and the information of each planet that he had compiled these days, he landed in a transport boat from the battleship that was parked in the orbit of the planet Puran.
When the Fire Fortress and the Bonebreaker Hammer warband arrived in the skies above Puran, both Wilmot and Fell were shocked by the number of ships. Six battle barges, a dozen strike cruisers, dozens of frigates. This force is almost as strong as half of the Haylyon fleet.
If this is four or five warbands, it is normal to have this number of ships assembled. But if Sivir hadn't lied to them, there would have been only two warbands in Puran. With so many ships, it is estimated that they have emptied their families, and they have left so much room for it. Wilmot and Fell were surprised.
I didn't expect Sivir's appeal to the Astarte warriors to be so strong. And in previous conversations, Sivir had revealed that several Astarte warbands had responded to his call and started beating traitors in Helion. This powerful appeal added another point to Wilmot and Fair's awe of Siwell.
In Wilmot's opinion, with the help of these Astartes, the recovery of Hyrion is already nine out of ten. However, in the course of these days, he has also received news that several warships from the surrounding star sectors have come to support, and they claim to have been called up in the name of several Astarte warbands.
However, Wilmot felt that there must have been instructions from Sivir behind this. Originally, the strength of the Haylyon fleet and multiple warbands was enough to recover the Hylyon Star Zone, but Sivir gathered so many ships, and Wilmot felt Siwell's determination and importance to quickly recover the Hylyon Star Zone.
It seems that what Lord Sivir asked Fell to build must be of great significance and importance to the Empire. I must help Lord Sivir stabilize order and gather resources as soon as possible. Wilmot secretly swore in his heart that this was a good opportunity for him to make amends, and he must show his worth in front of Siwell.
If this time fails, Wilmot doesn't think he has a chance to receive a second mercy from the emperor. But if you do well this time, you may not be guilty of your previous mistakes, or you may be appreciated, you may be able to get a better job, or you may be better placed in retirement.
With a hard work in mind, Wilmot arrived in a conference room. Fell and Sivir were already waiting here. Soon after, led by the servants, Laurent, Spencer, and Zach arrived in the conference room.
When Sivir saw that everyone had arrived, he called the meeting to order.
First of all, Wilmot reported on the current situation in Helion, and everyone discussed which planets should be saved first, and which planets could be relieved a little.
As Wilmot began to introduce Helion, everyone had a clearer understanding of the current situation in Helion.
At present, nearly two-thirds of the systems in the Hylyon sector have rebelled, but very few of them have been completely conquered by Chaos, and most of them are in a state of resistance. Some knight worlds even have the spare power to help the surrounding planets.
Those planets that are in a very critical situation have been sent by Wilmot to send fleets to support, although the number is not very sufficient, but these days there are many fleets from the surrounding star regions to support, these fleets have also been sent by Wilmot to support those planets in crisis, and barely every world has sent warships.
Although the fleet is sufficient in numbers, the number of astral troops is not enough. These ships sent to support can only ensure that part of the space port is not captured, and bomb those enemies who come to attack the port, but if you want to recover the entire planet, you can't do it by bombing alone, those cultists don't take their lives seriously at all, and if you want to really recover the planet, you also need a large number of astral troops to conduct ground operations.
It is worth mentioning that although most planets have rebelled due to the influence of Chaos, there are a few planets that have not been invaded by Chaos, but have declared themselves free from the rule of the Empire.
Some of the planetary governors of these planets are dissatisfied with the rule of the high lords, some feel that the empire's tithes are too harsh, and some feel that they can do it and want to establish themselves as kings and start working alone.
In Wilmot's opinion, this part of the demented planetary governors can be left alone, and the focus should be on the planets with cultists, and chaos is the main threat at the moment. 、
After all, although these planetary governors rebelled against the Empire, they would not kill people on sight like cultists, nor would they summon evil demons to come to the real universe. What's more, these planetary governors are not lost in the evil beliefs of chaos, which means that they are ultimately afraid of death. It doesn't matter if you're not afraid of death, when the Empire's cruisers stop over their governor's palace, these governors will fully realize their stupidity and pay dearly for their actions.
After learning about the current situation in the Hyrion Star Zone, Sivir began to arrange the tasks of each person.
The first is Wilmot, who is responsible for arranging the dispatch of various fleets, arranging for the surplus fleets to liberate those mining worlds first, transporting resources for Puran, so that Puran can restore production capacity as soon as possible, and provide ammunition supplies and weapons and equipment to the soldiers. and arrange ships to transport the Astral Force to those planets where the battle is fierce.
Laurent and Spencer led the Holy Advent Crusade to the planets in crisis to begin rescue, eliminate the evil forces above, and aid the Astral Army above.
Phil continued to repair ships, restore production capacity, and manufacture weapons in Puran, and the knight families who obeyed the orders of the Mechanics were transferred to the battlefield by Phil and Wilmot.
Sivir himself took the cathars on the Voyage to contact the Astarte warriors who had arrived to help, fight with them, and pursue the traitorous naval ships.
After Sivir completed the assignment, everyone immediately began to split up. Efficient and orderly. Wilmot felt a little subtle in his heart at this time, if the High Lords could also lead the empire like this, would the empire still be the way it is now?
These forbidden armies are so capable, why didn't they stand up and lead the empire sooner. Alas, the empire under the rule of the High Lord is ruthless, bloated and rotten, and it is no wonder that so many planetary governors have rebelled, and if someone like Lord Sivir were to lead the empire, it must have given the empire a new look.
After returning to the battleship, Wilmot stopped his unrealistic thoughts, he was just a screw in the giant machine of the Empire, how could he decide who would pilot it. Let's do the task assigned to you by Lord Sivir with your heart.
In this dark age, the forbidden army is capable but indifferent, the primordials are dead, missing, and mutinous one by one, and the emperor sits on the golden throne. Who will lead this declining empire back to prosperity?