When the coalition government finally completed the unification and began to resume production and construction, one of the long-standing issues on the table of the expeditionary force could finally begin, that is, conscription.

Of course, it is not the conscription of auxiliary forces, the coalition government is still in the recovery period, and the recruitment of a large number of auxiliary armies will only affect production and construction, and the expeditionary force will recruit interstellar marines.

Although the Expeditionary Force has five companies of Space Marines on the surface, their establishment is not even half full, and even the largest number of Shadow Moon Blue Wolves only maintain the establishment of a Holy Canon Company, let alone Dalian during the Great Expedition. So in order to improve the combat effectiveness of the expeditionary force, Horus will select more than a hundred warriors on Earth.

Surrounded by the company commanders, Horus made his way to the vault in the depths of the Angel's Tears, where thousands of genetic seeds of different lineages were kept, and they were kept in the best condition under the careful care of the apothecary.

Horus solemnly took out 275 genetic seeds, 20 of which belonged to the Shadow Moon Wolf, 60 to the Iron Champion, 75 to the War Dog, 50 to the Twilight Raider, and 70 to the Emperor's Son. The seeds will be transferred to the Goliath Forge ship, and those recruits who pass the selection and test will undergo transformation operations under the joint care of the Sage of Clecisis and the Master Apothecary.

After all, the genetic seeds of the Ember Expeditionary Force are limited, and with the exception of the Shadowmoon Blue Wolf, the genetic seeds of other lineages can only be obtained through slow growth, so the chances of success of the operation must be guaranteed.

When the order reached the coalition government, the delegates were taken aback, and they thought they would have to struggle with hundreds of thousands of people. When they learned that only a few hundred people were selected, they settled down.

After learning that the elite was going to be selected to become Space Marines, the minds of the top men in each unit were lively, many of them had seen Star Marines, and the powerful blaster and sturdy power armor were enough to make many people excited.

In particular, many of these elites have become alone because of the BETA, and all they have in their hearts is hatred for the aliens who have mutilated humanity. Becoming a Space Marine and fighting for humanity is also very attractive to them.

Somewhere in the Himalayas, the elite of various countries gathered, the British SAS, the Soviet Alpha, the French dragoons, and the sword of a certain eastern power, and so on. The strongest soldiers of all mankind are gathered here, and what awaits them will be the death selection with a high rate of elimination.

Company Commander Gavel Lorcan of the Shadow Moon Wolf came here to preside over the selection in person. Normally, Lorcan, as Horus's lieutenant, would not be involved in this kind of work, but in order to highlight the importance that Horus attaches to recruitment, he specially sent Lorcan to preside over it on his behalf.

Wearing silver-gray armor, Lorcan walked up to the neatly lined pre-electors standing in front of the 2.4-meter giant, standing in front of the elites of 1.81.9 meters, Lorcan said to the pre-electors in front of him:

"I'm in charge of the recruit selection and I'm Gavel Loken, and I'm very happy to have so many good people participating in the selection, but it's unimaginable to be us, we only need 300 new recruits, but there are more than a thousand people present, and there are thousands of other candidates in other camps on this planet. It is only through such a selection that we can select the fighters we want. ”

Lorcan looked around at these soldiers who were still standing still under the biting cold wind, and nodded slightly, they were indeed the elite of the coalition government.

"Very good, now the first item of the selection is to survive in the snowfield." Then the selection officially begins, which will last for a year, and 90 percent of the people will be eliminated, and only the remaining 10 percent will be able to receive genetic testing to implant suitable genetic seeds.

On the Angel's Tears, Horus is watching the pre-choosings through surveillance from all over the place. Karen Val stood behind him, and seeing that some people had been eliminated, he suddenly asked:

"What are you going to do with these eliminated, repatriate, or serve as warband servants?"

"I plan to integrate them into the auxiliary army and cooperate with the various companies for training." Horus got up and said:

"It's different now, I don't plan to establish a pure space warrior unit, each company will be expanded into a war group in the future, and the war group will be integrated into tens of thousands of mortal auxiliary forces in addition to the star soldiers."

In Horus's opinion, the Empire's canonical warband formation is very effective in preventing large-scale rebellions, but this comes at the cost of greatly weakening the warband's combat effectiveness. Perhaps the canonical organization is suitable for the Empire, but it is by no means suitable for the Ashes Expeditionary Force.

In the future, Horus will establish a Space Marines wargroup with 5,000 Space Marines as the core and tens of thousands of mortal auxiliaries, so that such a wargroup can better cope with diverse battles.

Combining mortals and space marines would also allow them to better integrate into mortals, which was also in line with Horus's wishes.

Just as Horus pondered the future of the warband, the arrival of the Sage of Clecisis interrupted Horus's thoughts. The mechanical sage came to report on the results of his recent research.

"Lord Horus, our Mechanic Order's research on the G element has achieved considerable results, through which we have been able to create gravity weapons, and the use of G elements to strengthen the reactor will greatly improve the efficiency of energy supply. There are also anti-gravity vehicles......"

Before the Sage of Cleixis could finish speaking, Horus motioned for him to pause.

"Alright, my great sage, please give me a table of the technologies we can use at the moment, we have limited resources and can only put them into production on a part of the project."

"There's another thing," Horus said solemnly to the mechanical sage, who had been transformed by more than ninety percent of his body.

"I have opened the door to a new world, and according to my intelligence, this world is very suitable for your Mechists, and I want you to establish an outpost for the expeditionary force as a vanguard."

"Perfect fit?" The mechanical sage had some doubts.

"The popularity of mechanical implants in this world is very high, and the level of technology is also good, which is very distinctive, but the situation there is special, and the direct entry of the expeditionary force will cause adverse consequences, so I want you to infiltrate this world as an undercover agent, establish a foundation and provide intelligence and help to the expeditionary force. More specific information can be found here. ”

Clecisis took the data board and couldn't help but be interested when he saw the keywords such as nuclear war, network, abomination intelligence, chips, implants, etc.

"It's funny to hate intelligence." Lord Horus, I am willing to go. ”

"Remember, try not to let them find out." Horus admonished.

"Of course, I'll be careful." With that, Clecis's walked out of the office in high spirits, ready to infiltrate the work.