Ten years is a long time for mortals, but for Space Marines, their service has only just begun.

Ten years ago, the Expeditionary Force, under the leadership of Loken, selected the first recruits and trained them as Reserve Forged Space Marines. Ten years later, these inductees have been fully integrated into the ranks of the Expeditionary Force's Space Marines.

As soldiers who have already undergone extensive training, these new recruits do not need to go through the same 100-year recruitment period as youth drafters. After ten years of acclimatization and knowledge learning, the new original Star Marines began to be incorporated into the various Star Marines companies. In August 2010, the original cast Space Marines were officially incorporated into the expeditionary force system.

After the new fighters were recruited, Horus summoned the company commanders to find out the reaction of the original cast Space Marines and ordinary Space Marines.

"Company commanders Horus, I want to know the Legionnaires, what they think of their new brothers, these original cast space marines that I don't like to Cage for, after all, they are the first batch of original cast fighters to put into the combat sequence, have the old soldiers rejected the new fighters?"

"This is not the case, Lord Horus, the veterans of the Legion are very welcoming to the new warriors, these primordial Space Marines are significantly stronger than the legion veterans in terms of physical strength, but they are inferior in combat skills." "We are so few in numbers that we will have to replenish more warriors to return to our world to hunt down the traitors." ”

When it comes to hunting down traitors, Shabran's face is particularly hideous, and the War Dog Company's hatred for its own Primordial and Legion traitors is one of the highest among the loyalists.

"You'll have to be patient, Shabran, we don't have the strength to fight the tens of thousands of Chaos Space Marines and their fleets. Even if I could banish Angron, I wouldn't be able to defeat a large Chaos legion. Horus said that the Ashen Expeditionary Force would not return to the Imperial World in the short term, and that it would be asking for trouble to return when the strength was still weak, and that ten years of development time would be far from enough.

Of course, the expeditionary force has not done nothing in the past ten years, in the fifth year of the decade, after the coalition government recruited auxiliary forces, the warships of the expeditionary force were deployed in the orbit of Mars, and these new auxiliary forces have not yet adapted to fighting with the space marines, so Horus decided to go to Mars to find trouble with the BETA, and most of the space marines and new auxiliary forces of the expeditionary force fought a low-intensity and high-intensity war with the BETA on Mars. This war greatly increased the combat effectiveness of the entire expeditionary force of the Marine Corps, and although there were still some losses, they were very small on the whole.

Ten years of recuperation allowed the coalition government to make great progress. And one of the symbols of progress is that the shipyard in orbit converted from the original space station can start construction of the ancient sword-class frigates.

The Sword-class frigates are a common frigate in the Imperial Navy, she is ancient and very reliable, and these space frigates about 1,600 meters long can be maintained and operated even by personnel with only basic training. Thicker armor than other Imperial frigates and an array of laser turrets capable of firing in multiple directions made them excellent escorts for Imperial battleships.

And these "little guys" in the navy will be the first step in the construction of naval power by the Ash Expeditionary Force, and Horus has already ordered the creation of at least one squadron in the next ten years, that is, six sword-class frigates.

Of course, these sword-class frigates did not completely follow the design of the Empire, and the technological heresy of the Clecisis Sage improved its design after absorbing some of the technology of the MUV world, and the introduction of a large number of automated equipment significantly reduced the need for crew members on sword-class frigates. The frigate, which originally required twenty-six thousand men to pilot, was improved to be commissioned with only fifteen thousand men.

After decades of war against BETA, most of Eurasia was almost a blank slate, but with the help of the "generosity" of the United States, a large amount of industrial equipment was invested in the reconstruction work, and within ten years, the cities belonging to humanity were once again standing on the Eurasian continent. Thanks to a series of technologies such as new materials from the Mechanic Order, plasma reactors, anti-gravity, etc., the newly built cities are far more advanced than the previous ones.

In the near future, the planet will become an industrial world, providing more resources and logistics for the expeditionary force.

At the same time, ten years ago, Horus had already positioned the next world, which was the cyberpunk world.

This world is very special, and Horus was surprised that the humans in this world still exist after experiencing nuclear war and AI rebellion. Some of the technologies in the cyberpunk world are quite advanced, especially when it comes to prosthetics.

However, due to the existence of a large number of rebel artificial intelligence, Horus is particularly cautious in the deployment of this world. Although the AI here is not worth mentioning to the stone men in the Imperial world, it should be guarded against at all.

This is also the reason why Horus only sends a small number of professionals to carry out early infiltration. Once the rebel AI learns of the existence of the Expeditionary Force, they will inevitably attack, and there is even the possibility of another nuclear war, but Horus wants to be able to take the planet intact.

Horus talks to the Sage of Clecisis and the Mechanic, and the Cyberpunk World will become a casting world of the Mechanic Order. The foundation of this world is quite good, and in the style of the oil guy, they will not give up on this planet. The prosthetic technology of this world is quite a good reference for the Mechanic Order, especially the popular prosthetic modification is almost in line with the Mechanic Order's claims.

So Horus has already sent an elite squad to invade the cyberpunk world and set up outposts to scout the situation of those AIs. At the same time, they can also backstab any resistance force in the Expeditionary Force if needed.

With the MUV world already on track, it's time to further expand the strength and sphere of influence of the Expeditionary Force.

As for the original plot development of the cyberpunk world, Horus doesn't care, whether it's a company or a rebellious AI, whoever blocks the advance of the expeditionary force will be crushed by the huge battleships and space marines.

"Let's get started, guys, let's see what the Elite Squad has to do." After speaking, a golden passage opened in front of Horus, and opposite the passage was the space-time anchor set by Horus, and when Horus and the company commanders walked through the passage to the other end, the chaotic and prosperous Night City appeared in front of him.