Endurance, Space Marine's personal room.
Now.
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In the dark room, a glowing red light flickered, and on the clock on the other side of the door, the time jumped to "3:48".
Hades lay on the bed, but did not fall asleep, still thinking about the scene just now.
The scythe brought by the Custodians and the Sisters of Silence
What Hades was certain of was that the sickle was definitely related to the Untouchables.
His own black domain flowed into the giant sickle so easily.
This is probably a weapon made specifically for the untouchables
The scythe was so huge and heavy that even Hades, who was considered a big guy among the Space Marines, had a hard time using it to chop.
Not to mention the Sisters of Silence. Although they are also top fighters, this giant sickle is obviously not something that an ordinary person can use.
As for the encounter with the Sisters of Silence just now, Hades was also a little confused. His own black domain did not seem to be the "field of silence" created by them.
But if it is not the Untouchable, how to explain Hades' physique
However, the Emperor has given Hades a scythe that is clearly tailored for his physique, and he obviously understands Hades' physique.
So I guess I'm an untouchable mutant!
That’s right! That’s it!
Hades, who couldn't come up with a reasonable explanation, was in the process of self-destruction.
If you can't figure something out, stop thinking about it.
The giant sickle bestowed by the Emperor actually gave Hades a layer of insurance, letting him know that he was not dangerous and would not be harmed by Chaos.
He can use his own Black Domain without worrying about Chaos' conspiracy.
As for the sickle, Hades thought that although his black domain could not break through his body surface at present, with the help of this sickle, he could extend his black domain and achieve the effect of suppressing psychics or the subspace.
In fact, when Hades just realized that his black domain could not break through the surface of his body, a strange scene popped up in his mind of expanding the black domain to the surface of his body, and then hugging the opposite psychic in hand-to-hand combat to suppress his psychic energy.
So weird
Hades felt goosebumps rising.
It was four o'clock and the lights in the house came on naturally. Hades put aside his thoughts, got up, put on his daily combat clothes, and prepared to start the first day of training.
Although I didn’t sleep all night, my transformed body didn’t feel sleepy at all. Instead, I was full of energy.
Hades went out and saw a man in MK2 power armor standing at his door.
The white and green power armor had strips of added ceramic powder crisscrossing the armor. Although it had been integrated into the armor, it would occasionally flash a luster different from the overall armor as it moved.
The veteran standing in front of Hades was obviously a head taller than the other people passing by them in the corridor, but still slightly shorter than Hades.
"Follow me, I will take you to receive the armor."
The old soldier's muffled voice came out from the helmet. Hades was startled and found that it was the translator built into the helmet that converted the other party's language into Barbaryus language.
After saying that, the veteran took Hades and began to follow the crowd.
Alas. You haven’t told me your name yet
Hades followed the veteran's steps. He looked around and found that the floor he was in was full of power armor similar to that of the veteran.
In other words, Hades is the only new recruit on this level? !
what is going on
Hades thought silently.
Endurance, Space Marine armor room.
Now.
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The originally bright armor room was now as dim as night, with only the twinkling candles lit by the robot servants to illuminate the dim room.
The robot servants were busy moving around the room, surrounding a low round platform in the center of the room with candles.
In a little while, the new recruit will come over to receive his armor.
In the darkest corner of the room, Captain Garo of the Seventh Company, wearing power armor, lay motionless.
Hopefully the recruits he selected won't disappoint him.
The Dusk Raiders, whose Primarch had not yet been found, would be deliberately reduced in strength in the middle and late stages of the Great Crusade until the Primarch's return.
When Mortarion took over the Dusk Raiders, there were more than 70,000 Dusk Raiders in total.
The transformation of the new Barbarus recruits was also in full swing. Relying on the gene seeds accumulated previously, a total of 30,000 Barbarus were successfully transformed.
If we only look at the number of people, each company has about two veterans and one new recruit.
But this is not the case. Apart from special soldiers such as Dreadnoughts, Technical Sergeants, Think Tanks, and Pharmacists who cannot bring in new recruits, the number of new recruits each company is willing to accept varies greatly.
After Mortarion's reorganization, the Death Guard currently has seven Grand Companies, each of which is composed of several battalions, each battalion has 700 people, and a battalion is divided into seven squadrons.
The number of people in each Dalian also varies greatly, and it is not simply a matter of dividing the 70,000 people equally among these companies.
The first company led by Barasin had a large number of people, reaching more than 20,000.
The second company had fewer people, only about 7,000.
The number of people in the next few companies also varies.
But the 7th Combat Company led by Garo was the company with the smallest number of people.
There were only two battalions with more than 1,400 people.
When it came time to assign training companies to new recruits, Mortarion gave full authority to Baratheon.
Although there is a high probability that the recruits will stay in the training company.
And Mortarion's move was to see the attitudes of each company.
The company commanders were well aware of this.
The captain of the first company, Barasin, first accepted 15,000 recruits, while the second company only accepted 500.
After this,
The third company has 4,500 members.
The fourth company has 4,500 members.
The fifth company has 2,500 members.
The Sixth Company has three thousand men.
When the conscription list was handed over to Gala, the new recruits had already been assigned.
Of course, Jialuo knew the good intentions of his comrades.
The Seventh Company was originally the most special one among the Dusk Raiders. Only veterans who had been through hundreds of battles, crawled out of the pile of the dead countless times, and were the most loyal to the Emperor would be approved by their original company to join the Seventh Company.
Therefore, some veterans in the Seventh Company reacted more violently to the return of their original leader, and Garo had received death mission applications more than once.
In the eyes of other company commanders, it was impossible for such a company to recruit new soldiers, so they divided up the quota of new soldiers in advance as if they were snatching them, and then smiled apologetically to Gala.
But Garro is not what they thought, and is disgusted by the return of the Primarch.
He is the Emperor's sword, and if the Primarch can maximize his power, then Garro will offer his loyalty to the Primarch.
They are all fighting for the Emperor, and they should have no other distractions.
For the Emperor.
Jialuo recited subconsciously again.
For the Emperor's sake, he needed to lead the Seventh Company to its greatest effectiveness even after the Primarch's return.
If we rashly introduce new recruits who are weak in combat effectiveness and who do not respect the veterans, the Seventh Company will surely be dissatisfied. However, if no new recruits are brought in, subsequent recruitment will be difficult. A tree without roots is not a long-term solution.
During the recruit transformation operation, Garo had been tracking the performance of each recruit with good stats on Barbarus.
"Seventh Company, two."
Garo spoke.
The other company commanders looked at Garo in surprise.
When Barazin reported the number of new recruits in each company to Mortarion, Mortarion, who was rebuilding and analyzing the war records, seemed to be quite inattentive.
The number of recruits in each company was about what he expected.
until-
"Seventh Company, two."
Mortarion raised an eyebrow.
Quick Facts:
The Death Guard had about 95,000 troops in the early days of the Horus Heresy, which was considered a relatively small legion. (This was also related to their frequent wars of attrition.)
Then in the later stages of the Great Crusade, the legions that had not yet found their primarch would be appropriately reduced in strength while retaining their gene-seeds.
So I made an estimate. At present, there are about 70,000 veterans, and then there are about 30,000 new recruits. On average, there are two veterans for one new recruit.
However, there are soldiers such as fearless soldiers, company commanders, technical sergeants, pharmacists, and think tanks who cannot bring new recruits. In fact, one new recruit cannot be divided into two veterans.
And I set it up that each company gets a different number of Barbaros, and in fact, it is the same in the original book. (It’s okay, we can re-divide the companies later)
Among the Death Guard before the Heresy, the 1st Company had the most Barbarus, while the 2nd, 5th, and 7th Companies had the least Barbarus.
Among them, there are basically no Barbarus people in the Seventh Company. The combat company is full of the most powerful Terran warriors, and they are also a relatively xenophobic group.
The structural framework of the Death Guard is
Regiment-Company-Brigade-Squadron-Squadron.
(I couldn't find the Death Guard's structure before the Horus Heresy, so I used the Death Guard's Plague Company structure after the Death Guard voted N to push back one.)
Other legions are organized as corps-station regiment-battalion-company-platoon-squad.
Mortarion simply cut off the top two levels, setting the full strength of each company at 70,000 men, but this number was never reached.
Sorry, I'm going to start taking liberties with the exact numbers of Death Guard companies.
I'm not good at math, so just have fun watching it.
The number of Death Guard has always been small. In comparison, the Ultramarines and Word Bearers of the same period had more than 200,000, while the Death Guard had only 95,000.
(No way, we always have to fight a war of attrition, and the conscription planet is not very effective.)
Then I'm going to start adding original Legion characters, I'm very sorry.
Happy reading (_)
(End of this chapter)