Grey Wind sat sideways on Russell's lap, holding a steaming teacup in his palm and sipping it in small sips.

Russell gathered his thoughts and said, "Of all the 20 Astarte Legions, the First Legion is the most special one. ”

"Many people have heard of the famous name of the Space Wolf Executioner Legion, but almost no one knows about it, in fact, the Dark Angel, the First Legion, and the heir of the Lion King...... is the 'executioner' in the true sense of the word, and this legion has been doing all kinds of shady things for the emperor since its birth. ”

Russell said, casually picked up the technical exchange agreement of the Mechanical Order on the table, rubbed it lightly with his fingertips, and continued: "Gray Wind, what is your impression of the Mechanical Order?" ”

Gray Wind opened his mouth and spit out a mouthful of hot air, thought for a while, and said, "If you want to say anything, it should be a group of self-cherished conservative technology warlords, who monopolize almost all the military and manufacturing industries within the Human Empire in the name of the servants of the machine god, and even the massive industries of the private sector and a large number of mineral planets are under the full control of the oil guys. ”

"A very accurate summary." Russell nodded in satisfaction, and changed his words: "The Mechanic Order is so important and so powerful, and the influence of the Technocrats is deeply bound to all aspects of the Human Empire, so have you ever thought that if the Mechanic Order will rebel one day...... What will happen to the Empire of Mankind? ”

"It will destroy the country." Grey Wind replied without hesitation: "Mars is as important to the Human Empire as Terra, and no matter which head the Two-Headed Eagle loses, it will only be the fate of death. ”

"Exactly." Russell nodded in approval of Gray Wind's answer, took a sip of tea to moisten his lips, and continued: "And the existence of the Dark Angel is a strong insurance for the Mechanical Order. ”

"This insurance is called the Icarus Agreement."

"The Great Expedition of the Human Emperor, also known as the 'Reconquest Movement' by some people, saw 20 Astarte legions and massive imperial fleets set out for the stars and across the galaxy under the leadership of the Emperor. Hunt for lost human colonies, slaughter all the aliens you see, crusade against feudal warlords on one side, and ...... Discover those lost Golden Age technologies, mainly STC. ”

"According to the 'Treaty of Olympus' signed between the Emperor and Mars, Mars will provide armaments for the Empire's Great Expedition, and all STCs and ancient technological relics found by the Emperor's army during the Great Expedition should in principle be handed over to the Mechanics...... At that time, it was called the Cult of the Mechanicus. That's the basis of their collaboration. ”

"But there's a legion that is outside the Treaty of Olympus, as you've guessed." Russell touched Greywind's head: "That's the First Legion, the Dark Angels." ”

"There is a top-secret 'Icarus Agreement' between the Dark Angels and the Emperor, and the Icarus Protocol gives the Dark Angel Legion the power not to hand over the STC they recovered during the Great Expedition to the Cult of the Mechanicus, and can keep it for themselves to strengthen their military."

"At the same time, the emperor also secretly gave the Dark Angel Legion a large number of black technology weapons from the Golden Age, as well as some extremely forbidden horror creations."

For example, the Orb of Truth on the Omeniedes...... The Emperor dared to give anything to the First Legion.

"The Icarus Protocol bestows upon the Dark Angel Legion a powerful autonomous power and a powerful force that outshines all the Legions of its brethren before the Battle of Chandan, and it is well deserved, First Legion."

"And the Dark Angels with such great power, their mission is to activate the purification protocol in the Icarus Protocol when the Cult of the Mechanicus shows signs of rebellion, and completely wipe out all the destabilizing factors—completely erasure."

"The Icarus Protocol has been activated a total of 8 times since its signing, and at least 8 of the forged worlds that have given birth to disobedience have been forcefully suppressed and erased by the First Legion, leaving not even a trace of their existence. To date, almost no one is aware of the existence of the Icarus Protocol, let alone that it was initiated. ”

"And this is the 'unsightly thing' done by the dark sky."

Russell said, put his hand into the gray wind clothes and touched her belly, it was hot: "The tea should be blown cold and then drunk, it is hot." ”

"Oh......" Grey Wind lowered his head and pursed his mouth into the teacup.

Russell then continued: "The status of the Mechanicus Cult is equal to that of the Empire, and it controls almost all of the advanced technology and productive forces of the Empire, and if such an organization goes into chaos, the consequences will be unimaginable.

However, the emperor himself could not suppress the Cult of the Mechanics openly, and even if the organic oil guy rebelled, he could not take action to quell the rebellion and do nothing, because this would inevitably cause the originally loyal casting world to feel cold lips and teeth, and then give birth to two hearts. ”

"—The Icarus Agreement is designed to deal with this."

"To secretly erase all risks of rebellion by the Cult of the Mechanicus with bloody slaughter, and to keep it a strict secret so that no one other than the Emperor knows what he has done, this is the Dark Angels, the First Legion, the Emperor's executioner."

Gray Wind pricked up his ears to listen to Russell's words, his mouth kept pouting, without breathing, he blew the tea to the temperature of standard human body temperature in one breath, and then brought the teacup to his lips: "Marshal drink tea~"

"Thank you." Russell took a sip of tea and continued: "Then according to the legion positioning of the First Legion, I believe you can also think of it - the Dark Angels are the only truly independent Astarte warband that does not rely on the equipment supply of the mechanical order to forge the world.

The Dark Angels have sworn to protect thousands of worlds, have dozens of complete military industrial chains, and are self-sufficient in meeting all equipment supplies, completely free from any constraints from the Mechanic Order, which is the basis for them to launch the Icarus Protocol. ”

"At the same time, it's also the reason why I chose to cooperate with the Dark Angel and snub the Mechanical Order." Russell said with a sigh.

Gray Wind nodded and stood up from Russell's lap, picked up the teapot from the table and poured tea into the empty cup, as he said, "I probably understand your consideration, Marshal. ”

The power of the Mechanic Order within the Human Empire is very large, or too large, and the power has increased after obtaining the fragments of the technology tree she brought from her home universe, and most importantly, to build a galaxy-level L-stargate network, it can only rely on the Mechanic Order.

This will lead to a further deepening of the oil guy's grip on the human empire.

If Russell does not exercise restraint in this regard, and blindly exchanges technology with the Mechanic Order for convenience, the strength of the Mechanic Order's strength will eventually swell to a very terrifying level, although it will not threaten the Human Federation, but it will be enough to disintegrate the Human Empire.

Therefore, even if Russell wants to milk the human empire, he must balance the amount of milk. He wanted to build the Human Empire into an injury-resistant meat shield between the Human Federation and the Cow Ghost and Snake God, but what happened when a mouthful of milk exploded the meat shield milk.

"We can't let the Mechanics become dominant, we must support a powerful armed force within the empire to counterbalance Mars." Russell concluded, "When it comes to counterbalancing the Order of Mechanics, there is no better option than the Dark Angels. ”

After all, the Dark Angel has been an executioner for 10,000 years.

(End of chapter)