Warhammer: In the Name of the Emperor - #709 - Chapter 690 The Final Autumn: Macarius Expedition

“Have you heard of the Macarius Crusade, or the Sun Crusade? It’s quite famous, and is known as the expedition of the Astra Militarum.” Vito said while sitting on the armrest. He didn’t know when he had already spoken. He sat down and obviously started talking, as did everyone else present.

“This is as if we Astartes were not involved. As far as I know, at least eight Space Marine Chapters participated in Macharius’s expedition.”

“I’m glad you know that, Ragnar.” “Ha, after all, our regiment also participated. I remember it was the Ninth Dalian Company “Death Wolf” Dalian. Their deeds were compiled into a saga epic, and it sounded special to sing. Feeling.”

“Ho ho ho! The giant wolf roars, the chain saw roars, the steel autumn carries the wolves down from the sky, listen, ho ho, the death wolf is roaring.” Ragnar started singing to himself, don’t say, sing Not bad, Olaf smiled and nodded, motioning to Vito, who shrugged.

“Your saga is still so stylish and barbaric? But I like it. Anyway, I am telling the story now and you will sing it later.” Vito said, his hands on the armrest behind him and his legs crossed. Lai sat cross-legged on the armrest like the old immortal, and started to talk like the old immortal.

“It was the 6000th day of the Empire’s sun rotation. Bad news came from the distant new star Terra Starfield. Legend has it that in the local darkness, evil forces are rising from it. Those who have not been wiped out, okay, I Let’s keep telling stories, I really can’t learn from your saga.”

“It’s okay, just tell me, I will make up a song later, it will be an absolute classic forever!” Ragna patted his chest proudly, “Don’t believe it, back then in our group, I was also a talented person from all over the country. “Scholar?” “His consciousness is that every time he quarrels while drinking, his curse words are the most creative, Bell.”

Vito explained, then cleared his throat and lowered his legs. He sat on the armrest and pointed at the star map behind them, “The Nova Terra War ended with the death of their capital and the Second Emperor, but In fact, the war is far from moral.”

“Those remnants of the rebels who were not eliminated, as well as those who chose to fight to the end, fled to the north of the Taiping Star Territory, to those vast unexplored unmanned systems, where they formed the First Order and chose to fight the Empire to the end. Coupled with the classic indignity of the Government Affairs Department, rebellions are spreading throughout the Taiping Star Territory.”

“Why am I not surprised at all?” Lancelot said with a joking smile. He pressed his sword and leaned there. Loken also shrugged, showing some helplessness, “It’s the same as what I’ve heard. To be honest, I know the limits of the mortal government created by Malcador are here, but their incompetence is still beyond imagination.”

“Just get used to it, Gavir, welcome to the empire.” Vito shrugged and said, “Due to a series of classic empire-style problems, the entire Pacific Star Territory, which had originally calmed down, was once again full of chaos, and many galaxies killed The imperial administrators even surrounded and annihilated the incompetent local Ministry of Justice and garrison troops, and directly declared independence again. “

“And Macarius was one of the candidates who was sent to the Taiping Star Territory to perform counter-insurgency tasks. He was just a lieutenant colonel in the navy at the time?” “Lieutenant Colonel.” “Oh yes, thank you Cole. “

Cole is actually the one who knows the deeds of Macarius best in the field. He has a real and thorough understanding, even from the time when Macarius was born. He is far more knowledgeable than Vito, an acquaintance of Macarius. It’s not surprising to know him, maybe even better than himself, because after all, that’s where Cole came from, the former Victoria Star, now the Macarius Star.

All the children there know the Sun Lord and regard him as an idol. Cole is one of them, so he knows the Sun Lord’s short but glorious life better than anyone else, but he is not good at giving speeches. That kind of thing, so let’s leave this embarrassing thing to Vito. After all, he has always been a social person, or how to say that? Social terrorist?

“In short, Macarius, who was still a lieutenant colonel and trainee captain of the navy at the time, was stuffed into a transport ship with many troops of the navy and sent to the Pacific Star Territory to carry out the unfinished war. , and saved the then supreme lord of the empire on that broken planet.”

“Why does this name sound so familiar?” Loken raised his eyebrows and asked. Vito shrugged his shoulders and made a helpless gesture, “It’s actually Warmaster, but after the Horus Heresy, the word was changed. I thought it had an ominous meaning. I heard that they originally wanted to use the name Supreme Marshal, but they thought it was disrespectful and would lead to retribution, so they changed it to Supreme Lord, so it sounds a bit strange.”

“After Macarius was elected, the word was changed to Sun Lord, because he had already become the commander-in-chief of the Sun Fleet at that time, so it was changed according to his title. To be honest, it sounds much better, then It was after he rescued the former supreme lord. I was not familiar with him, but I heard that he passed away not long after. It seemed that he had relapsed from his old injuries while fighting the rebellion.”

“He admires Macarius very much and has a good vision. Although the young man is very young, he is indeed a rare all-round talent in the empire for thousands of years. Hexagonal warriors, navy, army, and even Astartes command Everyone knows that people give him the nickname, Little Supreme Marshal.”

“Are you bragging?” “Yes? I’m really awesome, okay?” Vito raised his head and said proudly. Cole raised his forehead and waved his hand speechlessly, “Keep talking, this is talking about “Sun Lord, it’s not your business.” “It’s boring. My deeds are obviously dozens of times more wonderful.” “That’s because we’ve heard you brag about it dozens of times, so damn it, tell me something we don’t know.” ?”

Vito shrugged helplessly, scratched his nose and continued, “After Macarius became the Sun Lord, he quickly discovered the problems in the Taiping Star Territory. The reason why he suppressed the rebellion every time was that It will immediately relapse in other places, or even rekindle in the same place, because the remnants of the First Order in the unknown area still control many secret facilities and factories there, and can provide continuous support to the rebels. “

“Finally, in order to completely solve the ten-year problem, Macharius decided to launch a fatal strike into the unknown region. He regrouped the originally scattered fleet and Astra Militarum expeditionary force, abandoning many recurring rebellions. planet.”

“Planet that gave up the rebellion?” “Don’t worry Bell, those places will not belong to the rebels. As soon as Macarius left, his dear and reliable Tribunal issued an extermination order for those places. I promise not to leave a grain of rice behind for the rebels. “Oh, well, that’s quite expected.”

“Having said that, after Macarius gathered enough troops, he began to launch fixed-point attacks into unknown areas. It was outside the navy’s route map and was a completely unfamiliar territory. At first, his plan encountered many obstacles. There was even opposition from people, and I even heard that there were people planning to assassinate him in order to organize what they considered a suicide plan.”

“Then they failed?” Loken asked with his arms folded. He actually knew that he didn’t need to ask this question, but he decided to ask it anyway to liven up the atmosphere and allow Vito to interact a bit and make his talk more interesting. Some.

“Isn’t that right? What kind of assassination am I playing? All the conspirators were warmed up by the assassin before they even had a chance to figure out their horoscopes. Later, the arrival of the Space Marine Chapter gave Macarius’s expedition official status. With the affirmation, the joining of interstellar warriors silenced all the overt and covert opponents, especially the Dead Wolf Captain of your Wild Wolf Chapter, who was really alarmed at the time.”

“The Captain of the Dead Wolf Captain patted his belly and shut up all the stupid people.” Ragnar sang, “Actually, he cut an old general in half with an axe, but he really started from the belly, so there was no wrong.”

“The expedition of Macarius started soon after, so not long after the Nova Terra War ended, a larger expedition began, which was later called the expedition of Macarius. Or the Sun Crusade.”

“Macarius divided his men into six parts, each leading the navy, the Astra Militarum and the Astartes Chapter to launch the offensive. I was in charge of the command of the Second Army at the time, working with the Captain of the Death Wolf Grand Company , Our cooperation was quite pleasant. In the first year, we recovered more than 200 planets, accounting for more than one-third of the total recovery. It’s a pity that no one knew that it was me. “

To this day, in the war history of the Astra Militarum, it is still clearly recorded that the commander of the Second Army was named Vito Constantine, but no one knew at that time until now that it was the man with this name. You know, the Empire There were too many military nobles with this name, hoping for a good omen, so the real owner was drowned out.

“Okay, okay, now we know, you can shut up.” Cole said with his arms crossed. To be honest, he was not surprised at all. After knowing Vito’s true identity, he thought of that name, but Vito was still exposed. With a proud smile, he put his hands on his waist and held his head high, “It’s good to know, that’s how awesome I am.”

“Back to the topic.” “Okay, okay, you Macarius controller.” Vito laughed jokingly, Cole’s expression twitched, and Ragnar on the other side pulled Loken and laughed. got up.

“Ahem, let’s get back to the topic. As I said, the expedition went very smoothly. The entire unknown area of ​​the Pacific Star Territory was swept away. After the remnants of the First Order put up fierce but useless resistance, Destroyed by a large expeditionary force supported by the Astartes, victory already belonged to the Imperium in the sixth year of the war.”

“But Macarius was far from satisfied with this. Although he still achieved an unprecedented victory, and it is true that no one has ever succeeded in the future, he was still not satisfied. He was only twenty-nine years old at the time, and of course he was not at the peak of his passion. He will stop here and return to Terra to become a bureaucrat weighing several hundred pounds.”

“The child is a conqueror, and all conquerors will only die on the road, so at the celebration banquet, Macarius decided to continue to advance with the entire army and invade the truly unknown area. Those who were even the remnants of the First Order were on the verge of In times of desperation, no one dares to step into the bright starlight.”

“Good boy.” Ragnar sighed with emotion. He put one hand on his ax and stood in front of him. “That child is either a warrior, a madman, or both.”

“Yes, everyone felt the same way at the time, but those guys in your Dead Wolf Dalian Company who are not afraid of death were particularly enthusiastic about this. If you slap it on the head, it’s a yes. They supported Macarius’ decision and used the same tricks of physics to convince him. Everyone, finally, an expedition to the outer galaxy begins.”

“But it didn’t last long.” Cole added, here he finally couldn’t help but join in. That is the part that impresses him so far, the rise of the conquerors and the final moment. “The first forward Not long after the fleet entered the outer system, contact was completely lost. There was also a full pack of Space Wolves among them. This frightened everyone else. After that, all the fleets did not dare to take a step forward. Disobedient and unwilling to step out of the light of the Star Torch.”

Humanity’s fear finally overwhelmed the desire for unknown exploration, and this was also the end of Macarius’s expedition.

“Yes, at the subsequent meeting, the commanders of all six legions objected to continuing the action, and so did I. The extragalactic galaxy is not yet an area that humans can set foot on. In the end, there was a quarrel. In fact, it was Macarius vs. After all of us got angry, he eventually calmed down, agreed to the withdrawal, and then announced the end of the expedition.”

“Many people are ecstatic about this. The soldiers who have been away from home for decades are eagerly looking forward to their return home. A warm welcome message has also been sent to Terra, announcing that a grand ceremony will be held in Terra. Celebrations and parades commemorate the great victory of Macarius, whose name will be remembered to the ends of the galaxy.”

“It’s a pity that the host of that feast never returned to Terra.” Cole lamented, “In 19999 of Imperial Calendar 40K, Marshal Macarius died of illness in the tropical jungle of Monsolo. History records that it was the remaining plague left by the demon Nurgle that killed him.”

“It’s such a pity that his saga should have had a perfect ending.” Ragnar said with arms like a regretful poet, “The conqueror who dared to challenge even the outer galaxy finally died in an indescribable battle. Although he has the same disease as many conquerors in history, it is also sad,” Bell added with a sigh.

“Yes, he died of illness at the wrong time.” Vito whispered, clasping his hands and looking at the Milky Way outside the window. Loken looked at the dim look across the stars in his eyes. He knew that this story was not As simple as it sounds, he looked over and said with a smile, “How about it? Captain Loken, isn’t this tutorial on Imperial history good enough?”

“It’s okay, the ups and downs are meaningful, but why are we talking about this here?” Loken asked in surprise, but before he finished speaking, he was enveloped by a huge shadow. He slowly raised his head and stared. My eyes caught sight of the huge thing flying past the bridge window above my head.

Outside the window of the Infinite Frontier, a giant Eldar ark appeared in the void with a flashing light. It, the light of the sun, shrouded the head of the Infinite Frontier.

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