The morning star is just beginning to shine, twinkling in the deep universe. Huge and beautiful war machines are standing quietly in the display warehouse of Graeae, showing their power to the visitors.
That is the Morning Star Titan Legion belonging to the Forge World of Graeae.
The Lord of Death looked at these dark green machines with satisfaction. When the cooperation between the Death Guard and the Graeae was perfectly achieved, these huge Titans would serve as a heavy strike force of the Death Guard and pour their fury on the alien kingdom.
(Those who know about Titans are welcome to provide scientific knowledge and corrections. The author can only find 40k information here)
Originally, the Empire would allocate their own Titan Legion to each legion, but the allocation of these Titan Legions would change according to the location of the legion in the star field and the size of the war it experienced. When a war broke out in other star fields, these Titans might also be temporarily transferred.
Except on the battlefield, the legion commander does not have much power to interfere with the Titan Legion.
But if the Legion reaches an agreement with the Forge World on its own, then it will be much easier for the Legion Master to call upon these Titans.
The Mechanical Magos' introduction to their Titan Legion sounded smoothly in the corridor, and Mortarion listened quietly, gazing at these beautiful giants.
Silent wails rang out in the frantic office. Abandoned agreements and contracts were piled all over the floor. The robot tried to clean up, but it was overwhelmed by the papers and could only helplessly try to call for help.
No one cares about it.
Except for the necessary maintenance personnel left in the Legion fleet, almost all the Death Guard's foundry technicians were dispatched. These people, who were supposed to be repairing machinery amidst the hail of bullets on the battlefield, were now engaged in verbal battles with the Graeae's sages, negotiating point by point.
After Mortarion and the sages of Graeae had chosen the general direction of their collaboration, it was time for them to finalize the technical details.
Even though there was a strong interest in Hades within Graeae, there were also many rational people among the high-ranking officials who held real power. Under the appeal of the rational people, at least those fanatical believers did not directly make concessions on their interests.
Beliefs and interests do not need to be linked.
Just like the Forger 21 whom Hades first met, even though he was so willing to believe that Hades was the "chosen one", he actually used this to benefit himself.
In front of these wise men who are good at calculations, every number is murderous. Even if the big shots above appear to be friendly, there are hidden waves beneath the curtain.
This is another battlefield.
Hades put on a professional fake smile and looked at the sages in front of him "sincerely".
They have different shapes and expressions, but the only thing in common is the roaring logic engine in their bodies. The consultation council composed of thirteen sages is "examining" Hades.
Compared to the "warm welcome" he had just received, when Hades entered the room specifically responsible for technical docking, he found that the atmosphere here was much colder and religion was not prominent here.
There were still normal people, and for some reason, Hades felt relieved.
The Great Sage Chairman stared at Hades in silence, not knowing what he was thinking about. Hades couldn't help but secretly become more alert, hoping that the other party would not make it too difficult on the details of the contract.
However, what Hades didn't know was that in the internal communication channel of the sages -
[Haha, I won, I'll get the money later.]
[How could that be! You must have peeked at the video that was uploaded earlier]
[No, I bet this guy is a normal person. I am the only one who bet on this. What do you know? ]
The sages were discussing the bet they had just made. They were betting on what Hades, the so-called "Agent of God," looked like.
Well, I didn't expect it to be so ordinary.
Leave a good impression on the other side.
Even if they cooperate with the Death Guard, it will not have much impact on the research of these sages, so compared to cooperation, the sages are more curious about Hades.
Unfortunately, they cannot study it directly, so the sages can only record Hades' biological behavior patterns.
But what the sages didn't know was that in the next communication, Hades would win the title of the partner they most hoped to meet, and the title of the most intelligent and rational technical sergeant they had ever seen.
After finally finishing the conversation, Hades felt like he was about to vomit his soul before he finally reached an agreement with the sages on the opposite side.
It was so challenging to debate with thirteen thinking and logic engines.
In addition to the initial treaty signed between Mortarion and the representative great sages, many additional details were added to the subsequent clauses.
Graeae will provide the Death Guard with military supplies (which the Death Guard can specify), as well as partial command of the Morning Star Titan Legion. The Death Guard can also order other supplies from Graeae. As for the planets ruled by the Death Guard, Graeae Forge World will also provide technical and instrument support for their construction.
The two sides communicate with each other through the main star's subspace channels, provide the highest level of passage protocols, establish a subspace call network, and provide the highest priority for information.
In order to show support for the Graeae, the Death Guard needs to send a small team to be stationed on the Graeae world for a long time, indicating that the Death Guard will safeguard the interests of the Graeae even if it means resorting to force.
The Graia have the highest level of exploration rights for the various planets conquered by the Death Guard. The STCs discovered by the Death Guard belong to the Graia as long as they do not violate the contract between the Empire and the Mechanicus.
Mining planets and agricultural planets affiliated with the Death Guard will give top priority to providing resources to the Graeae Forge World (the Graeae can specify the type and variety of resources).
In order to facilitate Graeae's subsequent cooperation with the Death Guard, Graeae will unilaterally build a forge satellite for the Death Guard's main star, Barbarus, and send a knight family to protect it.
In the lounge specially prepared by Graeae, Mortarion was staring at the contract that Hades took out and thinking.
Mortarion glanced at Hades. Was it his illusion? Did Hades look more haggard after talking with the sage
Forget it, let’s not worry about that for now.
"This is not just what it seems, right?"
Mortarion blinked and pointed to the ordinance for forging satellites.
The Forge Satellite will provide stronger support for the Death Guard, but on the other hand, a Forge Satellite revolving around the Death Guard home planet is both a protection and a silent threat.
Mortarion leaned on his arm, thinking carefully about the Graeae he had seen in the intelligence before, and the Imperial regulations regarding these.
As the commander of the legion, the Primarch does not need to get involved in the ocean of details, but the assessment of the overall risks and the remedial plans are things that Mortarion needs to think about.
Mortarion pondered for a moment, and the Primarch carefully read the contract again.
"I think it's feasible, what do you think?"
Hades nodded.
There is another one, wait for me to code it
(End of this chapter)