Chapter 287: Foundations Laid, Establishing the Vostonia Sub-sector

After reviewing the conditions for Huangquan Ba Hao, Wojciech Belik decided to report the briefing in order from standard to special.

"Like other Forge Worlds, Huangquan Ba Hao proposes to provide supplies for the Legion and will follow your will when allocating the production capacity of the Belik Battle Tank."

"Huangquan Ba Hao is located in the Vulcanis Binary System and can provide supplies for the Legion in the Segmentum Pacificus."

Ninglu's current focus of development is in the Obscurus Sector; in the Segmentum Pacificus in the west of the galaxy, he only controls the Tanith System.

But the Legion's influence will eventually expand to the Segmentum Pacificus in the future.

Wojciech continued: "The Fabricator General is willing to let the 'Dark Fire' fight under your command, with a quantity exceeding one hundred units."

"Because Mars is worried about the power of the 'Legio Ignis', Lord Horus intervened."

"The 'Legio Ignis' was split into two Titan Legions; the 'Destroyer King' fights under Lord Horus, and the 'Dark Fire' remains stationed at Huangquan Ba Hao."

Ninglu knew that the Adeptus Mechanicus's division could not be considered a success.

Because the "Legio Ignis" had been established during the Age of Strife, the gene-smiths of Huangquan Ba Hao performed cloning projects on every Princeps.

The clones from the same batch allowed the two Titan Legions to still maintain close ties.

After the "Destroyer King" rebelled, the "Dark Fire" also defected to Horus due to their shared lineage.

While Ninglu was deep in thought, Wojciech continued:

"After the split, the 'Dark Fire' possesses one hundred and fifty Titans, a number still among the forefront of all Legions; only the Titan Legions of Mars can rival them."

"The Forge Director believes that fifty Titans need to be reserved to deal with potential threats."

"Huangquan Ba Hao is also willing to provide Knight Mechs to Vix Trix to help them improve their strength."

"..."

After Wojciech stated more than a dozen standard conditions in a row, he turned to report the special conditions proposed by the Huangquan Ba Hao side to the Primarch.

"Huangquan Ba Hao proposes that in order to obtain the manufacturing authorization and technology for the Belik Battle Tank, they are willing to share the technology for manufacturing gun barrels, recoil dampers, and thrusters."

Wojciech Belik explained further:

"They have unique expertise in the manufacturing of these three products, and among many Forge Worlds, the quality of their products is the best."

Ninglu knew that, just as Wojciech said, for the next ten thousand years, Huangquan Ba Hao would always lead all Forge Worlds in manufacturing technology in these three aspects; it indeed had its unique merits.

Recoil dampers are mainly applied to trains, mechanical arms, and some firearms, absorbing impact energy and suppressing violent vibrations in mechanical structures.

Propellants are the core energy for power devices such as spacecraft, rockets, and missiles; the better the quality, the higher the combustion efficiency and the stronger the power provided.

The comprehensive quote from Huangquan Ba Hao exceeded Ninglu's expectations; after all, what he was paying was partial authorization for a sacred template.

But as a "Lawyer", Ninglu captured a potential opportunity from the conditions offered by Huangquan Ba Hao.

【Perhaps it is because I recovered the STC that the oil-heads believe I am favored by the Omnissiah.

Or perhaps it is because Huangquan Ba Hao is in urgent need of the Belik Battle Tank as a flagship product.】

Thinking of this, he proposed new conditions: "In addition to this, I also want the technology for the Invisibility Shroud and the Anti-Auspex System."

Ninglu knew that in the future, during the Great Birthday, Huangquan Ba Hao would be rescued by the Eldar, giving rise to a radical school of thought that advocated for the excavation of Xenos technology.

In order to obtain Xenos technology, the Skitarii of Huangquan Ba Hao would use the Invisibility Shroud and the Anti-Auspex System to confuse enemies, thereby concealing their existence and the missions they were conducting.

But now, the Huangquan Ba Hao side would not value the Invisibility Shroud and Anti-Auspex technology as much as they would in the future.

The "Lawyer" believed there was an opportunity to obtain both technologies.

"My Lord, I will convey your request to the Forge Director." Wojciech noted down the Primarch's order.

With no large-scale wars for the time being, while handling various affairs, Ninglu began to organize the Potion Materials obtained from providing supplies for the expedition.

The Potion Materials obtained could generally be divided into two major categories.

One category was items sent by various expedition fleets to express their gratitude for the supplies provided.

The other category was items traded when the various fleets were stationed at Vostonia.

Ninglu's subordinates, following his orders, intentionally conducted trades to collect special items.

After examining all the items, Ninglu discovered that the most abundant Potion Material was the Star Crystal, the main material for the "Fool" pathway Sequence 9 "Diviner".

He toyed with the crystal in his hand; its interior had natural patterns as dense as a spider web, emitting a starlit glow.

When Ninglu moved the Star Crystals back to the "Kingdom of Disorder", the counted quantity was five hundred and twenty-nine.

Among them, the least numerous and highest-sequence items were the gold, yellow, and red clown masks, totaling two hundred and ninety-four, which were the main Potion materials for the "Diviner" subsequent Sequence 8 "Clown".

Out of a desire to please the Primarch, the various fleets and Auxilia, as well as the Astartes Legion for the sake of Legion honor, provided even rarer materials.

After examining them, Ninglu discovered that the most abundant Potion Material was the One-eyed Night Owl Pupil, the main material for the "Hanged Man" pathway Sequence 9 "Secret Supplicant".

There were four hundred and three Night Owl Pupils in total.

The least numerous and highest-sequence items were the main Potion materials for the "Secret Supplicant" subsequent Sequence 8 "Listener", the Big-eared Bat, totaling one hundred and fifteen.

After organizing all the materials, Ninglu summoned Arsena Dunn to discuss the division and management of the territory centered on Vostonia.

"My Lord, within the Legion's territory, there are no three planets in the Ape-man System conquered alongside the 'Luna Wolves' that occupy an entire system."

The Orcs in the Flame Wheel System were purged by three Legions and then taken over by the Imperium for direct management.

"Except for Nova Polia, which has little development value, the six systems in the Solar Segmentum, Catachan in the Ultima Segmentum, Tanith in the Segmentum Pacificus, and Modian, Sepra Mundi, Triken, and the Vigilance System in the Obscurus Sector will all have portals constructed."

"The territory controlled by the Legion, besides the fifteen systems mentioned above, is all connected, centered on Vostonia."

Inside the palace, the Primarch Attendant operated the Control Staff, presenting a brilliant Star Map before Ninglu.

The Vostonia System was located at the center of the spherical region.

"The entire region has a diameter of approximately sixty-one point eight light-years; according to the Imperium's management standards, it should be divided into a Sub-sector."

The Vostonia Sector that Ninglu finalized with Malcador had a diameter of three hundred and thirty light-years, and the level below a Sector is a Sub-sector.

Ninglu looked at the entire illuminated region; besides the center point, there were sixty-two illuminated green areas scattered in various directions.

They were either near or far from the central region, with unlit gray areas in between.

Places further from Vostonia, such as the Crystal Illusion, had only one habitable planet in the entire system, but it was the largest crystal resource world in the territory.

It supplied Blue Crystals for civilian use, Psionic Crystals mainly for military use with a small amount for civilian use, and Data Crystals mainly for military use with a small amount for administrative use.

Adjacent to Vostonia is the newly conquered Cydonia System, where the three habitable planets are a mining world, an Industrial World, and an Agricultural World, respectively.

"Within this entire region, habitable planets have been discovered in a total of sixty-three star systems, with one hundred and eighteen planets colonized in total."

Ninglu gazed at the Star Map; these sixty-three star systems, along with twelve other systems of strategic value, were the foundation he had laid during the first phase.

【I can also claim to have established a preliminary foundation; the scale of my territory already exceeds the "Medusa Defense Perimeter" established by the future "Iron Hands".】

Furthermore, the Iron Hands carry out the philosophy of Ferrus Manus, and the "Medusa Defense Perimeter" is actually a series of loose territories composed of numerous protectorates.

My territories are all under the direct administration of the Legion, developing according to my will.】

After silently evaluating his territory in his heart, Ninglu weighed it from various perspectives.

【In terms of overall quality, worlds like Sepra Mundi also exceed the "Medusa Defense Perimeter".】

The production capacity of Necromunda alone, the largest Hive City world in the Imperium, would require several of the future Imperium's most developed Hive City worlds combined to rival it.

Even measuring solely from the technological perspective of the "Iron Hands", the future Necromunda is not much different from Medusa, whether measured by quantity or quality.】

Ninglu knew that the Terra colony ship named Vansar had departed thousands of years ago, but due to the uncertainty of Warp travel, it would not arrive at Necromunda until the thirty-fifth millennium.

The Vansar carried numerous STC devices.

The STC on the Vansar, combined with the many technologies of the Spider Alliance, is no less valuable than the relics on Medusa.

【If measured by the quality of soldiers, the quality of Catachan soldiers is superior to that of Fenrisian, and the Modian are not much different.】

While deep in thought, a smile appeared on Ninglu's face, satisfied with the achievements made thus far.

He was in a pleasant mood and said with a smile: "Name the Sub-sector Vostonia."

"The eleven light-years centered on Necromunda shall be designated as the Necromunda Sub-sector."

The standard for an Imperium Sub-sector is a diameter of ten to sixty light-years, so the scope of Sub-sectors varies greatly.

Vostonia slightly exceeds the upper limit, while Necromunda just barely exceeds the standard, and what the Legion actually controls is only the six star systems of the Spider Alliance.

This also aligns with the situation of the Imperium; the human home world Terra is located in the Solar Segmentum, and the population of each colony world averages higher than in the other four Segmentums.

The scope of Sub-sectors in the Solar Segmentum is relatively small, mostly not exceeding twenty light-years, while the Sub-sectors in the other four Segmentums are larger.

"My Lord, I will compile the data of the sixty-three star systems and submit a copy to Lord Malcador."

Two months later, Ninglu received a reply from Malcador, approving the establishment of the Vostonia and Necromunda Sub-sectors.

Ninglu immediately dispatched the Fourth, Sixth, and Ninth Chapters to the Necromunda Sub-sector to conduct exploration and conquest.

Another month later, the representative from the Forge World Huangquan Ba Hao arrived.

(End of this chapter)