When Company Commander Thor walked into the conference room at the base, Horus and the other four company commanders were already waiting in their seats.

"You're the last one to arrive, Thor"

"No, Dahl, the sage from the Mechanics hasn't come yet, has he?"

Thor found a large chair to sit on, and although he was not wearing power armor, the chair still creaked under the weight of Astarte, and next to him was Colonel Cole of the Marine Corps of the Angel Tears Marine Corps.

After the Sage of Clecisis walked into the conference room, the first meeting of the expeditionary force to the New World began.

The first to speak was Thor, who was in charge of the docking reconnaissance mission. He stood up and walked over to the map of the Earth.

"From the current point of view, the resistance defense line of the planet is in a trend of retreat, especially in the Japanese region, their overlord's unforeseen withdrawal caused the entire defense line to be broken through by the alien in an instant, and it was not until we deployed the Titan that it stabilized. Their capital was moved to Sendai after this campaign. In general, we have to intervene quickly in the fight against the aliens, otherwise they won't last a few years. ”

Horus nodded and motioned for Thor to return to his seat, then pointed to the Japanese archipelago.

"After the battle to stabilize the defensive line, I ordered Lorcan to lead a team of Terminators to decapitate the beta lair in this area, the hot melt bomb destroyed the core of the lair, and the mind level as the command node was also killed, and the aliens in the area will be in a weakened state in the short term. So I'd like to be able to replicate this decapitation and destroy as many nests on the continent as possible to weaken the BETA. ”

Horus turned his head to look at Ignaz, the chief think tank, who was standing aside.

"Chief, I would like you to provide intelligence support for the decapitation operation."

Ignaz nodded happily, this Qianzi think tank from the Crow School has a lot of experience with prophecy.

"Of course, my lord, the supreme heaven of this world is very stable, its energy is inert, like a pool of stagnant water, and the accuracy of the prophecy is quite high."

"Very well, next, Sage Clecis, tell us about the discoveries of the Mechon." Horus said to the last to arrive.

The Sage of Clecisis twisted his mechanical appendage to the speaking position.

"Under my leadership, we conducted research on the aliens called BETA, and the regular genetic code proved that they are a biological tool, and new genetic bioweapons are being created and will soon be put into use."

"At the same time, the samples of tactical aircraft that Commander Thor obtained for me before have been disassembled, as long as they are modified, the body is equipped with heat-resistant ceramic steel, and the Vulcan blaster and purgatory cannon are installed, and soon we can have a batch of temporary war dog-level titans to use, of course, we can also install ion blast cannons and ......"

Seeing that the sage was about to start a tirade in his profession, Horus hurriedly interrupted him.

"Alright, we'll discuss the transformation later, sage, please return to your place." Then Horus looked at the company commanders solemnly.

"Next we have to discuss a big issue, how should the expeditionary force deal with the local human government?"

Heated discussions ensued, with some advocating the immediate dismissal of the local government and the formation of a new global unified regime, while others suggested that the local government should be directly incorporated into the rule, as during the Great Expedition.

After a few hours of debate, the discussion was inadequate, and the dismissal faction believed that the current government of the earth was all crumbs in the crumbs, and how could a group of nobles who could only fight infighting fight against the aliens; The Receptionists, on the other hand, stressed that the chaos caused by the direct dismissal of the government was detrimental to the stability of the current line of defense.

In the end, Horus set the strategy of the expeditionary force, supporting the members of the government who are capable of resisting the aliens to form the planetary government, and the governor is Astarte.

In fact, Horus had already set a model for unifying the planet, but he still wanted to see the plans of the company commanders, after all, in the future, the expeditionary force would go to more worlds, and the company commanders would also take on more responsibilities.

The emperor was adamantly opposed to Astarte's involvement in politics, while Horus, on the contrary, was instrumental in the founding of the Empire, and completely separating them from the Empire's rule was a bit of a donkey. So Horus advocated that Astarte take more responsibility in the governance of the empire.

The clash of ideas between this, and the consequent conflict between the Great Expeditionary Force and the Imperial Bureaucracy, was also one of the triggers for the outbreak of the Great Horus Rebellion.

Back to the point, Horus wants Astarte to intervene more among mortals, so that the Astarte monks are more human than divine, and humans don't need gods.

After the meeting, Horus left the company commander alone to talk.

"Regarding the recruitment of new soldiers, company commanders, I got a new technology to create a more powerful Astarte before I left the Imperial World, the original Astarte was the result of my brother Robert Kiliman, and now, tell me, are you willing to use this new technology to recruit new comrades?"

Horus was quite cautious when he asked this question, the strength of the original cast Astarte was much better than the old model Astarte, and the use of the original casting technology by recruits was one of the best ways to improve combat effectiveness, but Horus believed that the use of this new technology must follow the principle of voluntariness, and not all companies were his heirs, and Horus also respected their wishes, after all, he did not want to follow in the footsteps of the emperor.

The company commanders looked at each other, and the scene fell into silence. Finally, the Commander of the War Dogs, Company Commander Shablandal, broke the silence.

"My lord, is this technique reliable, and what is the success rate of the operation?"

"The great sage of Mars, Belisarius, developed this technology at the request of Robert, and after 10,000 years of research and development experiments, the technology is quite reliable, and the probability of success of the operation is also higher, and the combat effectiveness is formed faster."

"Then I will use this technology, our company is too small to support the battle, and we must replenish it as soon as possible." Company Commander Thor said.

"I need to discuss this with the rest of the company," Karen Val hesitated.

"Discuss it, Karen, and the use of the original casting technique is completely voluntary, and I will not ask you for this. Astarte is the backbone of the expeditionary force, and you are quite right to be cautious. Horus said gently.

"Let's all go back and think about it, and I'll get back to me tomorrow. Also, Company Commander Thor, let Lieutenant Solomon and those three girls come back to me tomorrow after you give me an answer. ”

"Okay, my lord, goodbye." Thor saluted and walked out of the conference room with the other company commanders.

Horus stood alone in the conference room, feeling quietly.

"It's awesome to not have a stubborn dad against yourself."