As time slowly passed.
Outside Medusa's Iron Ring Starport, vast metal warships that had completed their refits and inspections now crowded the void.
In truth, judging by the number of ships Rorschach now possessed,
it was already comparable to an Imperial joint fleet that an entire Imperial sector could barely assemble.
And if the exact number of Astartes was included,
then in terms of combat power alone, Rorschach could now be called the most powerful warlord in the entire Imperium of Man.
Even Regent Guilliman's Indomitus Crusade fleet could not compare to Rorschach's forces.
For even a Primarch could not guarantee with absolute certainty that every force under his command would heed a single voice.
But Rorschach could accomplish that with ease.
This was not merely because everything within the Scourge Legion had been built up by his own hands, whether warships or Astartes Companies.
It was also because he treated everyone within the Legion with a fairness and justice entirely unlike that of the Imperium of Man.
Perhaps some of his methods still retained the bureaucratic habits and ruthless style of the Imperium of Man.
But that was also an essential foundation for Rorschach's continued survival in this cold galaxy.
Before long, after retaining part of the planetary defense fleet and garrison forces, nearly all the Astartes from the Iron Hands Company joined the Scourge Legion.
They became another Astartes Company to join the Scourge Legion after the Great White Fleet, Raven Guard Fleet, Blood Ravens Company, Weepers Company, Alpha Legion, and Silver Skull Fleet.
As for chapters with relatively few members, such as the Black Templars and White Scars, they were also steadily growing toward Company-level numbers.
Perhaps in the future, they could become one of the Scourge Legion's main Companies.
Furthermore, under Rorschach's secret authorization,
the garrison