Perseverance, the Space Marine's personal room.

Right now.

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In the dark room, the glowing red light flickered, and on the clock on the side of the door, the time jumped to "3:48".

Hades lay on the bed, but he didn't fall asleep, still thinking about the image in his head.

The giant scythe brought by the Praetorian Army and the Silent Sisters......

What Hades was certain of was that the scythe had something to do with the Untouchable.

His own black domain flowed into the giant scythe so easily......

Presumably a weapon made specifically for the untouchable?

The huge and heavy scythe, even Hades, who is considered a big man among the Space Marines, is a little difficult to slash with it.

Not to mention the Sisters of Silence, who were also warriors, but the giant scythe was clearly not something that could be used by ordinary humans.

As for the encounter with Sister Silence...... Hades was also a little confused, and it didn't seem that his black domain was the "silent field" they had created.

But if it is not an untouchable person, how can Hades's physique be explained......

However, the emperor had already given Hades a scythe that was obviously aimed at his physique, apparently knowing Hades' physique.

So I guess it's an untouchable mutant!

That's right! That's it!

Hades, who couldn't think of a reasonable explanation at all, was in the process of abandoning himself-

I can't figure it out...... Just think about it again......

And the giant scythe given by the emperor actually gave Hades a layer of insurance in his heart, letting Hades know that he was not in danger and was not troubled by chaos.

He can use his own black domain without worrying about the conspiracy of Chaos.

As for the scythe, Hades thought that although his black domain could not break through his body surface at the moment, with the help of this scythe, he could extend his black domain, and it could also achieve the effect of suppressing psionics, or subspace.

In fact, when he just realized that his black domain could not break through the surface of his body, Hades had a strange scene in his mind of expanding the black domain to the surface of his body, and then hand-to-hand fighting to hold the psionic person on the opposite side to suppress the psionic energy.

It's so weird......

Hades felt goosebumps rise.

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It was four o'clock, the lights in the room naturally turned on, Hades put down what he had just thought, got up and put on his daily combat uniform, and prepared to start the first day of training.

Although he didn't sleep all night, his transformed body was not sleepy at all, but full of energy.

Hades went out and a man in MK2 power armor was standing in his doorway.

The white-green power armor and the ceramic vermicelli strips in the back are interlaced on the armor, and although they have been integrated into the armor, they occasionally shimmer with actions that are different from the overall luster of the armor.

The veteran standing in front of Hades was noticeably taller than the other people who passed by them in the hallway, but still slightly shorter than Hades.

"Follow me, I'll take you to the armor."

The veteran's angry voice came out of the helmet, and Hades was stunned to find that it was the translator in the helmet that converted the other party's language into Barbarus.

With that, the veteran took Hades and began to follow the flow of people.

Alas...... Haven't you told me what your name is?

Hades followed the veteran's footsteps, and he looked around and found that the floor he was on was full of power armor similar to that of the veteran.

In other words, Hades is a recruit on this floor?!

What the hell is going on?

Hades thought silently.

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Perseverance, among the Star Marine armor.

Right now.

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The once bright armor room was now as dim as night, illuminated only by the starry candles lit by the servants.

The servants busily walked around the room, using candles around a low circular table in the center of the room.

In a few moments, the recruit will come over to give the armor.

In the darkest part of the room, Garo, the commander of the seventh company, was wearing power armor and was motionless.

Hopefully, the recruits he picks will not disappoint him.

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The Twilight Raiders who have not yet recovered the original form will be deliberately reduced in the middle and late stages of the Great Expedition until the original body returns.

When Motarian took over the Twilight Raiders, there were still more than 70,000 Twilight Raiders in total.

The transformation of Barbaros recruits is also in full swing, relying on the genetic seeds saved before, a total of 30,000 Barbaros have been successfully transformed.

If you look at the number of people alone, then each company is about two veterans with one recruit.

But this is not the case, leaving aside the special fighters such as dreadnoughts, technical sergeants, think tanks, pharmacists, etc., who cannot bring new recruits, the number of recruits that each company is willing to accept is also very different.

After the reorganization of Motarian, the Death Guard now has seven brigades, each consisting of several brigades of 700 men each, and one brigade is divided into seven squadrons.

The number of people in each Dalian is also very different, and it is not simply a simple division of 70,000 people into these companies.

The first company led by Barasin was very numerous and amounted to more than 20,000 people.

The second company was smaller, with only more than 7,000 people.

And the next few companies also vary in number.

However, the 7th Combat Company, led by Garo, was the smallest company.

There are only two brigades, more than 1,400 people.

When it came time to assign training companies for recruits, Motarian gave all power to Barasin.

Trained recruits do not serve directly in the company after the term, and after the recruit period, they have the right to re-select the company they belong to.

Although there is a high probability, the recruit will stay in the training company.

And Motarian's move is to see the attitude of each company.

The company commanders also knew this.

The commander of the first company, Barasin, first recruited 15,000 recruits, and the second company only needed 500.

After that,

The third company was four thousand five hundred.

The fourth company was four thousand five hundred.

The fifth company was two thousand five hundred.

The sixth company of three thousand.

By the time the conscription list was transferred to Garo, the recruits had already been divided.

Of course, Garo knew the kindness of his comrades.

The Seventh Company was originally the most special of the Twilight Raiders, and only the veterans who had been through a hundred battles and crawled out of the pile of dead countless times would be approved by the original company to enter the Seventh Company.

As a result, some of the veterans in the Seventh Company reacted more violently to the return of the original body, and Garo had already received more than one death mission request.

Such a company, in the eyes of other company commanders, is impossible to accept recruits, so they divided the recruits in advance as if they were robbing, and then smiled apologetically at Garo.

But Garo is not what they imagined, and is disgusted by the return of the original.

He is the Emperor's sword, and if the Primordial can maximize his power, then Garo will offer his loyalty to the Primordial.

They are all fighting for the emperor, and they should not have any other distractions.

For the emperor.

Once again, Garo subconsciously meditated.

For the sake of the emperor, he needs to lead the Seventh Company to exert his greatest effect after the return of the original body.

If you take the liberty of bringing in new recruits who are not strong in combat and do not respect veterans, the 7th Company will be dissatisfied, but if there are no new recruits to enter, it will be difficult to recruit soldiers in the future, and rootless trees are not a long-term solution.

During the Recruit Modification Operation, Garo kept track of each of the good-stat recruits on Barbarus.

"Seventh Company, two."

Garo spoke.

The rest of the company commanders looked at Garo in surprise.

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When Barasin reported the number of recruits in each company to Motarian, Motarian, who was reconstructing and analyzing the war records, seemed rather careless.

The number of recruits in each company was about the same as he thought.

Until—

"Seventh Company, two."

Motarian raised an eyebrow.

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Quick Facts:

The strength of the Death Guard in the early stage of the Horus Rebellion should be around 9.5w, which is considered a small legion. (This also has something to do with the fact that they always fight a war of attrition)

Then, in the later stages of the Great Expedition, legions that have not yet found the original will cut their troops appropriately while keeping the genetic seeds.

So I estimated that at present, the veterans are about 7w, and then the recruits explode into a soldier, adding about 3w, and an average of two veterans with a new recruit.

But there are dreadnoughts, company commanders, technical sergeants, pharmacists, think tanks and other fighters who cannot bring new recruits, in fact, one recruit is not divided into two veterans.

And I privately set up that each company was assigned a different number of Barbarusians, in fact, it was also like this in the original book. (It's okay, you can reconnect it later)

Before the Great Rebellion, the Death Guard had the most Barbaros in the first company and the least Barbaros in the second, fifth, and seventh companies.

Among them, the seventh company basically has no Barbarus descendants, and the combat company is full of the fiercest Terra ruthless people, and it is also a relatively exclusive group.

And the structural framework of the Death Guard, is

Corps - Company - Brigade - Squadron - Squad.

(I really couldn't find the structure of the Death Guard before the Horus Rebellion, so I pushed back the Plague Company frame after the Death Guard surrendered n.) ）

The other regiments are all corps-station-regiment-battalion-company-platoon-squad.

Motarian directly cut the upper two levels, and set the number of full strength in each company at 70,000, but this number was never reached.