Primarch Rorschach's sudden return brought long-lost pressure back to Macragge's Upper Echelons.
The many Mortal Departments that had been preparing for the Disaster Crusade accelerated into motion once again.
Astronomical quantities of War Materiel were transported to Macragge almost every minute and second.
At the same time, as Regent of the Dark, Rorschach obtained plenty of important Intelligence Reports concerning the decades since his departure from Chapter Master Calgar and the others who had come to meet him.
By now, the vast majority of Imperial Worlds across Ultramar's major sectors had been successfully reclaimed.
Only a handful of planets, either too remote or perpetually surrounded by Warp Storms, were waiting for a better opportunity to be reclaimed.
In other words, the Disaster Stars occupied by Nurgle Corruption were now the only thing left before them, like a miserable scar.
Furthermore, since dozens of Ultramarines Sub-Chapters that had met Regent of the Dark Rorschach had essentially received Secret Missions from him in the past,
the Expansion Plans within these Astartes Chapters were also progressing steadily. In many companies, the new generation of Firstborn Astartes was gradually replacing the veterans and becoming the backbone of each Chapter.
For instance, in order to raise the success rate of Primaris Surgery and thoroughly test the Combat Augmentation of Firstborn Astartes,
even quite a few Company Captains within the 22nd Legion had risked their lives to undergo Primaris Transformation, using several panaceas as safeguards.
Aside from Blood Ravens Company Captain Gabriel, who had been exceptionally unlucky,
whose first Primaris Transformation had temporarily failed, leaving him to wait for another chance,
Great White Fleet Company Captain Tyberus, Raven Guard Shadow Company Commander Sulari, Silver Skull Librarian Shivaro, and the others successfully became Firstborn Astartes.
Tyberus, whose build had already been enormous and powerful, grew noticeably taller