"We are currently located at the edge of the Dalinite Nebula."
"According to reports from our Mechanicum allies, this system itself holds little strategic value for occupation."
The Dalinite Nebula was teeming with xenos life.
They were dangerous and diverse, spread throughout the entire system.
Even in Imperial records and local on-site surveys, no clues related to human interstellar colonization had ever been found.
"Logically, the fleet should have bypassed this area," Horus paused slightly.
"But we discovered this—the Dalinite Gate."
The tactical hololith in the center of the conference table suddenly zoomed in, focusing on a magnificent ring-like structure above a planet.
These rings were arranged in parallel, stretching for several thousand kilometers in space.
And there were several hundred such gate structures throughout the entire Dalinite Nebula.
"The Tech-Priests we dispatched have already begun investigating the composition and materials of the gates," a Magos of the Mechanicum next to him chimed in, his voice a slightly reverberating electronic tone from the glowing sound-array device in his throat.
"The materials cannot be analyzed by our existing machinery. These gates are very likely from some ancient xenos civilization, but they are still functional."
"Their effectiveness is even more precise than any current Imperial Navigator."
"Praise the Omnissiah! If we can master the construction of these gates and put them into production, our future voyages will be safer and more convenient."
His tone became excited.
Warp Gates.
Memories of such devices gradually surfaced in Kasjia's mind.
This was an auxiliary device for Warp travel, allowing fleets to travel back and forth between gate nodes more safely and conveniently, and also to better explore other unknown regions of the galaxy through the gates.
They could even complete teleportation and troop deployment in the face of raging Warp storms.
They held extremely high strategic value.
And Horus would naturally not let such a good thing go.
As the commander of the 63rd Expeditionary Fleet and the Sixteenth Legion, he quickly ordered all units to launch an extermination campaign against the xenos enemies still existing in the Dalinite Nebula.
Kasjia was naturally rubbing his hands in glee.
Such a great opportunity to display his command talents, he would definitely not miss it.
"As for the Emperor's Children Legion..." Horus said, scratching his smooth bald head a little awkwardly after assigning combat objectives to the various units.
"The Emperor's Children will be responsible for staying in the rear, protecting the communication station and Navigator array we have set up on the Silent Star. To prevent any xenos enemies from using the gate to launch a surprise attack on our rear."
"...Yes, sir."
Kasjia nodded.
The mission of the Third Legion was actually very important.
Their guard duty would, on the one hand, protect the scientific research of the Mechanicum priests; on the other hand, it would secure the rear defense line, allowing the other members of the expeditionary fleet to fight with fewer worries!
For the entire Dalinite Nebula campaign, it played a... uh,
...better than nothing role?
The gates had been standing in the Dalinite Nebula for so long. As a lost technology from ancient times, not many xenos knew how to use them.
Since arriving in the Dalinite Nebula, Kasjia had not seen any of these gates show any signs of activity.
In other words, unless some unlucky xenos happened to pass through these ancient gates during the few weeks of the extermination campaign, and happened to choose the rearmost one of the several hundred gates!
Otherwise, the Emperor's Children were just here to be gatekeepers!
From this, Horus's arrangement was also very clear.
He was just having them act as security guards for the gate!
Security guard, security guard, here to secure the stargate.
I'm really being looked down on!
The looked-down-on Kasjia was a little unhappy.
From Horus's perspective, this arrangement was actually reasonable.
After all, anyone could see that Kasjia had gotten his position through connections.
If he were really thrown into the fierce and dangerous front lines, and something were to happen to him, how would Horus explain it to Fulgrim?
The looked-down-on Kasjia unhappily boarded the cruiser heading to his post.
The manpower Horus had left him was not too small.
Five hundred fully armed Third Legion Space Marines, several thousand mortal auxiliary troops.
And a Lunar-class cruiser and several escort ships.
And some scattered Skitarii from the Mechanicum.
But unfortunately.
If there were just an enemy army, it would be perfect.
"What? Lord Regent, do you have any other arrangements? Or are you just going to let us take a holiday and do as we please?"
Seeing this, Lucius also came forward to tease him.
Any discerning person could see that their Third Legion had been assigned to the deep rear.
Although there was not much danger, the glory and military achievements of battle had nothing to do with them.
"No, Lucius."
"Our campaign has only just begun."
Kasjia, who had been pretending to be aggrieved for a long time, changed his expression and, with a smile, opened the all-hands communication channel.
"All soldiers of the Third Legion, hear my command."
"Full alert, construct defensive fortifications."
"Prepare to engage the enemy."
The Vengeful Spirit.
The war council was over, and the various factions had also gone to make their deployment plans according to the operational requirements.
Everything was arranged in an orderly manner.
Now, it was time for an informal discussion of the Mournival of the Luna Wolves.
As the first-found son who had spent thirty years with the Emperor, Horus's military command ability was naturally beyond question.
Including that new recruit commander of the Emperor's Children, Kasjia Sherlock.
Horus actually didn't like this kind of guy who got to a high position by pulling strings.
It reminded him of those mortal bureaucrats whom the Emperor valued more than him.
Horus did not like these guys.
They had no military achievements and did not understand the cruelty of war.
But they could boss him and his Space Marines around from behind the scenes, which annoyed him.
"I really don't know if that Kasjia got to be a commander by pulling strings, or by having his strings pulled."
Seeing that all other personnel had left and only the members of the Mournival of the Luna Wolves remained, Second Company Captain Tarik Torgaddon said with a smile.
This outspoken Second Company Captain seemed to be saying something he shouldn't again.
Under normal circumstances, even Horus himself would often be amused by his jokes and laugh out loud.
But this time was different.
"Second Captain, watch your words."
He frowned and gestured for him to shut up.
In any case, Kasjia was his brother-in-law.
When Fulgrim had requested that Kasjia join the 63rd Expeditionary Fleet, he had understood what she meant.
To put it bluntly, he was being placed here to build up his resume.
But as the good brother of the Primarchs, he could not refuse her request.
The Great Crusade was not just about fighting and killing.
It was also about human relationships.
As for Fulgrim's insistence that Kasjia was actually a genius of tactical command, he wouldn't take it seriously.
He had seen too many armchair generals. Their endings were usually not very good.
"In short, I can't control what the other legions do. But I hope that in our Luna Wolves, there won't be such a guy whose reputation exceeds his ability," Horus said to the captains of his Mournival.
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