The Primaris Space Marines are key to the second step of the Crusade.
Guilliman needs these warriors to help him quickly defeat the Ork warlords and the Undead Dynasty, rebuild the Empire, and enhance humanity's combat power.
Guilliman's Heart benefits from the integration of dark matter bio-engine technology.
The danger of upgrading from old-style Space Marines to Primaris Space Marines is not as terrible as in the original plot line, and the risk has been greatly reduced.
In the original plot line, if the old-style Space Marines upgraded to Primaris Space Marines, problems would easily occur, resulting in casualties, or getting lost.
Now, there is no such problem.
The new organ, the Heart of Guilliman, possesses powerful nano-level repair capabilities and tightly controls the entire upgrade process to ensure that no inhuman mutations occur.
With the help of this special organ, the process of upgrading Primaris Space Marines has been greatly simplified.
The success rate has been greatly improved and the upgrade time has been compressed several times.
It takes half a year for the Space Marines in the original plot line to be upgraded to Primaris Space Marines.
Nowadays, the upgrade can be completed in just half a month.
It is much easier to become a Primaris Space Marine from a recruit. The original plot line takes at least six months to go from a mortal to a Primaris Space Marine.
Now it only takes one and a half months.
The speed has increased by four times.
What’s more important is that the time is shortened and the stability is not only not a problem but even better.
The only reason that prevented Guilliman from recruiting soldiers on a large scale was the need to mentally examine and train the new recruits to avoid the risk of corruption.
In order to reduce the possibility of corruption, Cawl has attempted to strip the Primarchs of their traits.
Increases the Primaris Marines' resistance to Chaos.
They are also preparing to launch a new type of armor that will be used to suppress the emotions of soldiers when necessary, making them more indifferent, cruel, and efficient.
Under multiple measures, the possibility of being tempted to betray humanity will be infinitely close to zero.
Also, with Guilliman's authorization, Cawl has prepared a secret research team.
Prepare to use pure human genes to shape the Primaris Space Marines.
Humans have been using genetic technology for tens of thousands of years.
Before the Emperor unified Terra, powerful genetically modified beings were everywhere.
In order to ensure their own strength, each warlord frantically used genetic drugs to strengthen themselves, and smashing a tank with one punch was a common operation.
However, these modified bodies are unstable and cannot be produced in large quantities. If you are not careful, they will cause flesh and blood mutations.
The Emperor created the Primarchs and mass-produced Space Marines for the Great Crusade.
The existence of the Primarch is like an anchor, keeping the mutations of the Space Marines within a certain range so that they do not get out of control.
Of course, the role of this anchor is also limited.
The blood thirst of the Blood Angels and the flesh and blood mutations of the Thousand Sons Legion are both manifestations of the uncontrollable genetic modification.
With the emergence of entirely new technologies, genetic modification has another, more powerful anchor.
That is the Heart of Guilliman.
Through the combination of dark matter and flesh and blood cells, human genetic sequences can be edited like a program.
As long as all the original data is input into Guilliman's Heart, the genetic modification is controlled and stabilized at the genetic level of the cells, it will not get out of control.
With this anchor, it became possible for the Imperium to abandon its Primarchs and use the pure genes of humans to create the Primaris Space Marines.
Of course, only Guilliman and Cawl knew about this and it was not made public.
It's not the right time yet.
If it were to be made public, some people would think that Guilliman was attempting a rebellion.
Each chapter has a strong sense of identity with its origin and culture, and the rash introduction of a purely human version of the Primaris Space Marines would inevitably arouse resentment.
This matter must be done slowly.
Slowly introduce purely human chapters to replace the old ones and reduce the influence of those primarchs.
“Everything has to be done slowly.”
Thinking of this, Guilliman wanted to complain.
But there is no way, overly radical actions will cause the empire to collapse.
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The war in Ultramar is over.
The Five Hundred Worlds have regained stability and are steadily implementing Guilliman's reforms.
The state religion, the Inquisition, politics, the economy, and culture all took on a completely new look.
New armies were shaped and molded, with ideological stamps imprinted on them demanding absolute hatred of Chaos and loyalty to humanity.
A large number of chapters and armies that went to Macragge also underwent comprehensive upgrades with the help of the Mechanical Magus Cawl.
More war engines and powerful warriors were created.
The huge expedition fleet waited in the Konor system for a month.
Guilliman took advantage of his free time to review the reforms of Ultramar and future plans.
He also found a group of scholars, gave them extremely high authority, and formed a team for historical research to write a complete history for the empire.
During this period, forces from all over the Empire continued to cross the Warp storm and join Guilliman's team.
These include the Titan Order, radical members of the Mechanicus, the Sisters of Silence, the Sisters of Battle, the Knights, and many more.
Guilliman would take time out every day to meet with representatives of these people, encouraging them to join his cause and not to resist reform too much.
This busyness continued until the fleet departed from Macragge and brought the Primaris Space Marines, related Primaris knowledge and technical priests he needed.
After gaining the results of Cawl's work for a year, Guilliman once again turned his attention to the war.
Prepare to march to the Charadon star zone to wipe out the orcs and the undead.
After a year of organization and application, Mechanical Sage Kaul has completed the integration of relevant technologies.
Each Grand Regiment can upgrade Primaris Space Marines on its own.
After injecting the new organ, the Heart of Guilliman, there is basically no possibility of failure in the upgrade.
The upgrade only takes half a month, which is just the time of a few voyages.
Guilliman ordered the major battle regiments to upgrade on their own in an effort to build up combat power before the expedition to the Charadon sector.
He then convened a full military meeting aboard Macragge's Glory.
All Chapter Masters, War Lords, and senior fleet commanders must attend this meeting.
Guilliman chose the venue for the meeting in the Hall of Triumph aboard Macragge's Glory.
The Triumphal Hall was the place used to receive other legions during the Great Crusade. It was spacious enough to accommodate thousands of people.
The generals of the Astra Militarum and the Imperial Navy gathered together and communicated in low voices.
The battle nuns were praying silently, waiting for the meeting to begin.
The mechanical priests and sages of the Mechanicus did not pay any attention to the people from other departments.
They have basically undergone extensive modifications, with machinery and complex gears wrapping around the remaining flesh and blood.
The Mechanic Priests and Magos discussed the technology of the Regent and Cawl using binary code.
Those who were approved by Guilliman and allowed to board Macragge's Glory were all radical members of the Mechanicum.
They don't care whether there is STC behind the technology.
As long as they have the Primarch's endorsement, it is not heretical technology.
The Sister of Silence stood a little further away.
As soulless beings, they exude an unsettling aura all the time, making those closest to them feel trembling with fear.
The people of the State Church surrounded Celestine, whispering to each other, discussing how the miracle of the Saint and the Primarch appearing at the same time was a sign given by the Emperor.
The Titan Order and the Knights stood side by side, discussing the latest tactics and the battles that had recently broken out in the various systems of Ultramar.
Every department under Guilliman was represented, including those responsible for supply, instruction, and support.
Some of the departments were real people, and some were holographic projections from servo skulls that gathered in groups above the people.
There were so many people participating in the meeting, and the entire hall was filled with people.
Very noisy.
Until Guilliman arrived.
All the talents turned their respectful eyes to him, waiting for the Primarch to speak.