In the huge council hall, there were only Guilliman and Cawl; everyone else had left.
As a sage of the Mechanicus, Cawl, who has a mechanical body, is in no way inferior to the Primarch Guilliman in terms of height.
During these ten thousand years, Kohl has undergone multiple rounds of technological transformation, and there is not much flesh and blood left in his body.
On the back is a huge metal shell-like metal structure with a force field generator standing on it. It also has several moving metal mechanical arms and several suspended metal skulls connected by neural cables extending from it.
In addition to those, numerous high-energy weapons collected from all over the galaxy were also embedded on it, connecting his brain and spine.
The lower body was also shaped completely mechanically, and every step made a mechanical humming sound and the sound of pistons moving back and forth.
There was a glow coming from Kohl's chest. It was obvious that this madman had stuffed a nuclear fusion energy source into his chest to power his many weapons.
Even though this was not the first time for someone to come into close contact with the Mechanicus, Guilliman was still amazed by its appearance.
It really puts into practice the saying that flesh and blood are short, but machines are soaring.
The Mechanicus is really hateful. Women have been completely abandoned by them.
"Call, come before me," said Guilliman, his tone very mixed.
Kohl is the key to his resurrection and one of his most trustworthy people at the moment.
At least for now, Kaul will not betray him.
One promise would take tens of thousands of years to complete, wandering across the galaxies for his own resurrection.
Searching for technology lost in the long river of history and buried in ancient monuments.
Such people are not trustworthy, so what loyalty can we talk about in this world
Of course, in this fucked up universe, everything changes with the passage of time, and Guilliman must be prepared for the possibility that everyone will betray him.
"Regent, what may I do for you?" Kaul stood up, his heavy metal body leaving marks on the marble floor. His eyes revealed a mechanical light, and if you stare into his eyes, you can faintly see the mechanical gears turning.
The eyes of the Mechanical Sage are no longer simply flesh and blood, but electronic eyes that are a mixture of mechanical and flesh and blood, with multiple surveying functions.
Guilliman was silent for a moment, then took out a data storage device and said, "The contents of this storage device are all the knowledge I secretly collected ten thousand years ago. This knowledge can help us have a brand new army. This brand new team will help us regain the initiative in the galaxy."
The contents of the data storage device are naturally not knowledge from ten thousand years ago.
Instead, it was compiled by Guilliman from the database.
They claimed that it was knowledge from ten thousand years ago, simply to find a legitimate reason to avoid the obstacles that the Mechanicus might encounter in the future.
If you don’t believe it, the Mechanicus can go back ten thousand years to verify it.
What can't you verify? !
That’s none of my business. This is technology from 10,000 years ago.
Bypassing the Mechanicus and building a brand new army is also one of the most important reasons why Guilliman wants to stay in Ultramar 500.
As an important ally of the Empire and the main provider of mechanical equipment, the Mechanicus has become increasingly closed and conservative over the past ten thousand years. It takes hundreds of years to test a new product and build an assembly line.
Guilliman does not have so much time to wait for the Mechanicus to verify the technology he provides.
By the time they finished verifying it, the empire would have been destroyed, and I would probably have become a plaything of those evil gods.
He might as well stay in Ultramar, which is his base camp and the influence of the Mechanicus is not that serious.
With the support of Calga, Celestine and others, he has more room to maneuver and can use the power of 500 worlds to quickly build a powerful new army.
This powerful army will be the force that pulls the empire back from the abyss.
Given the current complex situation in the Empire, this is Guilliman's best option.
The empire is too vast, and the forces are complex and interdependent.
The Supreme Lords of Terra, the planetary governors of various places, the aristocracy of various worlds, the Astra Militarum, the Imperial Navy, the Custodes, the Inquisition, other interstellar chapters, etc., the internal struggles among these forces are quite fierce.
On the other hand, the Mechanicus considers itself an ally of the Empire, and seems to be willing to obey orders rather than declarations.
The famous Beast War was a disaster several times, and almost led to the empire being conquered by the green-skinned orcs.
In addition to this, there is also the big pit of the state religion. The struggle for power is also very serious. It has also launched several so-called crusades of atonement, each time throwing more than a dozen warbands into the Eye of Terror, which is purely a big gift package for Chaos.
Those warbands that entered the Eye of Terror were basically loyal, but because of the suspicion of the state religion, they were forced to die and became the minions of the evil god.
In order to maintain the rule of the empire, successive rulers continued to patch it up.
Now the entire empire is covered with patches, which is ugly and bloated.
The empire is already terminally ill and cannot be saved by patching it up. Only thorough reforms and drastic changes of blood can bring new vitality to the empire.
The prerequisite for doing all this is that he must have an absolutely powerful army.
Cawl looked at the data storage device given by Guilliman with a confused look on his face. He didn't think that Guilliman had any extraordinary technology.
Out of respect for the Primarch, Cawl took the memory and inserted it into the data port at the back of his head.
The data from the memory instantly flooded into his processor, and his originally confused face showed an ecstatic look.
This was knowledge he had never been exposed to before.
It contains the blueprints for building a genetically modified, new warship.
After seeing the construction drawings of the Death Star, Cawl's face flushed with excitement.
This is!!
This is a world-destroying weapon!!
This battleship called the Death Star is definitely not a technology mastered by the Mechanicus.
Today's Mechanicus has lost a lot of knowledge, and what's worse is that this knowledge is irreproducible.
Once lost, it would mean that the empire would completely lose this technology.
Most of the Mechanicus' technology is not obtained through research and development, but rather through mining STC templates.
In other words, the so-called technology depends entirely on archaeology, and there are innovations, but those innovations are all based on the STC template technology. The minor changes will not change the fundamentals. If there are too many modifications, it is easy for the Mechanicus to suspect that they are blaspheming the God of Machines and thus be executed.
“Don’t these technologies have STC templates?” After reading the information, Mechanical Sage Cawl looked up at Guilliman.
"No, these are all acquired through ten thousand years of study." Guilliman said frankly without hiding anything.
If a technology does not have an STC template source, the Mechanicus will never allow it to be used.
Otherwise, they would wage war against industrial planets that use this technology in the name of blasphemy against the God of All Machines, obliterate the other side and prevent it from applying this technology.
Guilliman looked at the Mechanical Magus Cawl. If he remembered correctly, Cawl was a radical, a so-called reformist.
Nowadays, another voice has emerged in the Mechanicus, which is no longer blindly following the ancient dogma, but to carry out reformative innovations in various technologies in order to enhance the strength of the empire.
The conservatives stubbornly believed that the radicals were traitors and blasphemed the glory of the God of All Things, and the two sides fought fiercely.
"So what do you need me to do, Regent?"
Hearing this, Guilliman smiled. As he knew, Cawl was not one of the conservatives in the Solar System.
As for technology, he doesn't care whether it comes from the STC template.
"I need a brand new army. From warships to individual equipment, we need to upgrade them to ensure that we can crush the Chaos traitors and aliens with strength. I will give you a mandate to mobilize all the industrial planets in the 500 worlds and let them cooperate with you. Cawl, give me a confident answer and tell me that you can handle all this easily. After I finish clearing the remaining Chaos forces in the 500 worlds of Ultramar, I will be able to get an army to open the way to Terra for me."
"I will complete your request, Regent, and replace the equipment for your army as much as possible." Kohl bowed slightly, and his mechanical body made a unique metallic clicking sound as he moved.
"Very good, remember, this thought stamp technology needs to be developed as a priority and kept strictly confidential. No relevant information is allowed to be disclosed." Guilliman whispered.
"Understood, Regent."