[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-warhammer-starting-as-a-planetary-governor":3,"chapter-warhammer-starting-as-a-planetary-governor-warhammer-starting-as-a-planetary-governor-chapter-163":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Warhammer: Starting as a Planetary Governor",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1680933,2147,"Chapter 163 - 164: Eden’s Bet: Guilliman Will Faint in the Bathroom","warhammer-starting-as-a-planetary-governor-chapter-163",163,"\u003Cp>Eden had a simple answer to the question of creating warriors:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's unnecessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This decision was based on the realities of Urth's population and the unique properties of the Sacred Sun, which didn't support excessively brutal selection methods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Eden believed many of the Imperium's recruitment processes for Space Marines were fundamentally flawed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their methods could be summarized as:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Torture candidates to near death through a series of needlessly dangerous trials, then modify the survivors.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here's a glimpse into the brutal selection practices of various Chapters:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dark Angels\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recruits are chosen from thousands of primitive worlds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They undergo trials testing strength, agility, and endurance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Failures, deemed weak in body or mind, are euthanized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Successful candidates undergo surgery on a mountaintop, without anesthesia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood Angels\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thousands of candidates are chosen from Baal and its moons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They compete in violent survival games, where only fifty are selected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These winners are sent to a monastery for further trials and spend a year in sarcophagi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Space Wolves\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wolf Priests recruit candidates from warring tribal societies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recruits drink the Canis Helix potion, endure excruciating pain, and are left in subzero wilderness hundreds of miles away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only those who return on foot, avoiding attacks from wolf-mutants, are considered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These methods epitomized cruelty, often leading to mass fatalities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the Ultramarines followed a relatively humane approach:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They selected candidates from nine planets within Ultramar, subjecting them to military training and various survival challenges.Though still rigorous, these trials were not outright lethal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This partly explained why the Ultramarines boasted the largest numbers among Chapters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eden reflected on how the God-Emperor, during the Great Crusade, built his massive armies of Thunder Warriors, Custodians, and Space Marine Legions with extraordinary efficiency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with just the populations of Terra and Luna, the Emperor had raised:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twenty Legions of Astartes\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twenty Thunder Warrior Legions\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A full Custodian Guard complement\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such numbers defied belief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eden speculated that the Emperor's efficiency stemmed from both his unmatched technological prowess and his pragmatic approach to recruitment:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This one looks strong and determined—let's see if he survives the enhancement process.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No unnecessary theatrics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eden's philosophy was clear: You don't need cruelty to build an army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, differences in unmodified humans were marginal. With proper training and augmentation, any gap could be bridged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, the students at the Gene-Warrior Academy, who were:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well-fed\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trained in combat from an early age\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And familiar with weaponry and battle tactics\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would surely outperform malnourished teenagers from desolate wastelands like Baal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if there were still differences post-modification, sheer numbers could compensate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two can beat one. If not, try three or four.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quantity has a quality of its own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eden planned for the Gene-Warrior Academy's 200,000 students to undergo rigorous trials, with the top 5% qualifying as Space Marines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rest would bolster the Storm Troopers, ensuring no resource was wasted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the scarcity of Space Marines across the galaxy wasn't just due to harsh selection processes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The real culprits were the Codex Astartes and the restrictions imposed by Guilliman, the Ultramarines' Primarch and Imperium's greatest administrator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Horus Heresy, Guilliman drafted the Codex Astartes, a set of guidelines for:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Military organization, Strategy,Tactics, And, most importantly, the dissolution of Space Marine Legions into smaller Chapters of 1,000 warriors each.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was meant to prevent another Horus Heresy by decentralizing power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this limitation left the Imperium unable to field enough Space Marines to combat the myriad threats it faced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eden imagined Guilliman waking from his millennia-long coma, asking:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, which revision of the Codex are we on now?\"\"What? You're still using my first draft?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing the Codex hadn't been updated in 10,000 years, Guilliman would likely faint in frustration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eden had no intention of adhering to the Codex's limits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Chapters would grow as large as needed—hundreds, thousands, even tens of thousands if possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mass recruitment, endless armies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other major bottleneck for Space Marine creation was the gene-seed shortage, caused by:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Imperium's \"Tithe of Eleven\", which demanded high gene-seed taxes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>High combat casualties preventing the recovery of gene-seeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faulty procedures wasting gene-seeds during implantation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Genetic degradation and mutations from Chaos corruption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gene-seeds were increasingly rare and precious. Many Chapters resorted to:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Borrowing from the Imperium's gene-seed reserves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trading on the black market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raiding Chaos warbands for stolen gene-seeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Eden inherited a small batch of gene-seeds from the Grant family's legacy, giving him a foundation for his plans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After inspecting the Gene-Warrior Academy, Eden made his next stop:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bioengineering Research Institute, led by Moss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Time to check on my precious gene-seeds,\" he muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Check Out My Patreon For +20 Extra Chapters On All My Fanfics!! 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