Guilliman, Your Cub Little Cato, Will Be In The Future

My offspring

Nimrod, seemingly casual but actually with a deeper meaning, asked the newly returned Primarch, Robert Guilliman, in a concerned Primarch:

"Guilliman, have you decided on the direction of the 13th Legion's first expedition, and whether assistance is needed?"

The Imperium Expeditionary Fleet, Rogue Trader, follows the same principle when expanding: in each round of expansion, it selects a certain main direction of advance.

This is also the most efficient way to expand, constantly changing direction and pursuing circular expansion. However, this is difficult to achieve due to the unpredictability of Warp and is also extremely inefficient.

The difference is that smaller merchant families typically have only one main direction for expansion.

Larger Rogue Trader Dynasties and Imperium had branch Expeditionary Fleets in addition to their main fleets.

Guilliman had already thought it through, and he began to speak:

"My legion will head towards Terra to open Terra transportation routes and facilitate resupply."

Upon hearing this, Nimrod immediately began to analyze Guilliman's behavior in his mind.

He knew that the Old Man in Yellow, dressed in golden armor, had appeared to Kanto in a dream, asking him to raise Guilliman.

The adoptive father that the Old Man in Yellow found for Guilliman exceeded his expectations, raising Guilliman into a shrewd politician whose every move was carefully considered.

Guilliman's primary challenge now is to recover from the devastating defeat of Osiris's suppression of the rebellion before the Sons of War.

If I hadn't appeared, his best course of action would have been to deal with the Osiris Mind-Seed himself.

Yes, in 899, the "War Hounds" legion encountered the Osiris Mind-Seed while fighting against the Ork belonging to the Glotian Empire in the final district of Eurydice.

Upon receiving the Astropath's communication, Robert Guilliman immediately went to reinforce the War Hounds and successfully annihilated the Xenos race in the battle, allowing the New Life formed "Ultramarines" to completely rid themselves of the shame of past defeats.

Thanks to Nimrod's intervention, Legion Commander Glenn Worsotto was not killed in action, and the Legion's flagship in the suppression fleet survived, so the heavy losses were not as severe as he remembered.

Guilliman's rebuilding of the Legion went more smoothly. In this situation, having lost Osiris Mind-Seed as his target for revenge, his goal naturally became closer to the center of the Imperium of Man, Holy Terra.

Therefore, he chose the western side of the Galaxy star map to establish a stable route to Terra.

After understanding Guilliman's intentions, Nimrod began to consider how to utilize the information Guilliman had obtained.

One of the four worlds he selected from the future Five Hundred Worlds of Ultramar, Thalassa is located in the direction of Guilliman's first round of expansion.

Since the invention of the Warp Engine, human expansion has departed from the gradual, incremental pace of the past.

Warp travel is impossible to predict precisely. Without a star map, a Warp jump could occur in a nearby galaxy a few light-years away, or it could jump to another sub-sector or even another sector tens or hundreds of years away.

The Cydonia System, near Vostonia, was discovered by the Rogue Trader Lewis von Valancieus after several rounds of expansion.

Although Nimrod knew that Guilliman might not find Thalassa in the first round of expansion, he decided to play it safe.

This time, he will use the Dice of Prophecy to Thalassa.

Let's do a divination for Calth next time.

Overall, worlds closer to Macragge are still much more likely to be discovered earlier than Firestorm Star and Aventinium.

Which will shine brightest in my territory: the jewel of the Eastern Galaxy or Triken, the jewel of the Northern Galaxy?

After making his decision on the order of the next two divinations, Nimrod suddenly realized that Thalassa would not only be the Homeworld of the Void Tridents Chapter, but also the homeland of Cato Sicarius.

[Hmm... So, the future Master of the Watch, the Knight Champion of Macragge, the Grand Duke of Thalassa, the Tau Destroyer and the one toyed with by Tau... Won't Sicarius become the Shadow of Order?]

"It's really a bit... I'm sorry, Guilliman, your son Cato will be my heir in the future."

After some thought, he sincerely said, "It's a wise decision. If you need my help, please don't hesitate to ask."

[If we could track Guilliman's expedition progress, it would be easier to conduct the divination later, since he has other targets he wants to intercept.]

"Thank you for your kindness," Guilliman said confidently after expressing his gratitude. "Although my legion numbers less than thirty thousand, I am confident that I can complete the expedition."

"Father, entrust the 13th Legion to me. I will not let him down."

All members of the War Council sensed the confidence and ambition in Guilliman's tone.

Horus Lupercal and Ferrus Manus beside him exchanged a thoughtful glance.

"Nimrod, before you offer help to others, how's your mission going?" Leman Russ's gruff voice rang out, and he said provocatively:

"If your wizard boys aren't up to the task, my pack of wolves can offer you assistance."

The Primarch all frowned, most of them showing disgust at Russ's barbaric words.

Hannibal, in particular, was extremely displeased with Russ's destructive behavior of wasting food.

As the expedition progressed, the Space Wolves, War Hounds, and Ghouls left behind only ruins in their wake.

Even Vulkan, who didn't want a conflict between his brothers, was disgusted by Russ's actions.

Horus did not show his contempt for the barbaric behavior, but Russ's intentions. He had noticed from their first meeting that the Wolf King habitually presented himself as a savage and abhorred innate cunning.

Compared to his other brothers, Guilliman was not as annoyed with Russ. He had examined the war reports that the Wolf King had submitted to the War Council and compared them with the war reports from when the Sixth Legion was still called the "The Rippers".

He noted that the Sixth Legion had changed compared to its past madness and barbarity on the planet Delswain, the massacres in Delsa, and even the senseless and indiscriminate slaughter of civilians during the Morlorian Rebellion.

With Russ's return, the new "Space Wolves" has been bound by the shackles of reason.

The Space Wolves no longer carried out senseless slaughter as it had in the past, but he knew that few people would be as discerning as he was in distinguishing the subtle differences in savage behavior.

"No need for you to worry about that," Nimrod glanced at Russ and asked, "I want to ask you a question. Since you Evil Spirit power so much, how did you end up here today? Did you run here?"

"The Astropath are different," Russ roared. "They underwent a soul-binding ritual with the Allfather, unlike your wizard brats."

"Oh," the Lawyer astutely seized upon the loophole in Russ's words that violated Imperial Truth, "Do I need to remind you?"

"The Emperor said he was not a god!"

"Your reciting the myth of Fenris, the words of the King of Gods descending from the heavens, in the War Council is a blatant mockery of the Imperial Truth."

"I think Russ is just too influenced by Fenris's culture," Horus said, trying to ease the tension and maintain harmony between the brothers.

"Russ," Horus said solemnly, "I warned you when we first met that all Gods are false, there is no heaven, and there is no Allfather."

Another staunch believer in the Imperial Truth, Guilliman, nodded in agreement. "There are no gods, Russ, you must understand that."

"Russ will understand," Malcador said, defusing the situation by shifting the topic to the new members who would soon be joining the War Council.

"The Fabricator-General is coming in."

Having attended several War Councils, Nimrod knew that the Mars Fabricator-General, representing the other end of the Imperial Aquila, would always step into the Golden Palace at the very last minute before the meeting began.

Each of his times also represents the 12th second, a sacred number God of All Machines.

The Mars Fabricator-General, dressed in a red robe, stepped into the Golden Palace amidst the gazes of the crowd.

He sat at the end of the parliamentary table, opposite the Emperor's throne.

Then, two golden figures suddenly appeared.

The Emperor sat on the central throne, while the Grand Marshal of the Adeptus Custodes Constantin Valdor, sat to Nimrod's right, opposite Malcador.

Valdor's seat in the council did not come from his conquest achievements. As the Emperor's bodyguard, protecting the Bucephalus and traveling with the Emperor to retrieve the Primarch, his achievements were surpassed by one Primarch after another.

But he was the Emperor's chief of men, the Emperor's shield, the first chief Adeptus Custodes, the Shield Guard Marshal of the ancient royal guard legion, and the elite personal guard of the Master of Mankind...

The Emperor and Mars Fabricator-General, the Sigillite of the Master of Mankind Malcador, and the Captain-General Valdor, are also the only four permanent seats in the War Council.

"My lord," Malcador and Nimrod said.

"The Emperor." This is how the Mars Fabricator-General addressed him.

"Father!" Horus and the others called out in unison.

"Fabricator-General, Malcador, my sons," The Emperor began.

He sat on the Throne, his face stern.

"At this meeting, we will discuss how to address a newly emerging major threat."

"The 105th Vanguard Company of the 5th Legion, after close reconnaissance and careful assessment, believes that it poses a serious threat to the Imperium borders."

"The Xenos have taken control of the local human colonies, using the local people and resources to create massive numbers of slave soldiers."

Unlike many legions, the "Star Hunters" do not operate collectively in one or several directions.

As pathfinders and discoverers for the Imperium, they were divided into companies to explore the outskirts of the Imperium.

Nimrod saw that Malcador was manipulating the star map, and a region of the northern Galaxy was highlighted.

A section of the star chart is projected separately, and the picture of a galaxy slowly unfolds.

Nimrod noticed that the star system name column read "Addex-Mors," which contained six planets marked in deep red, with a threat assessment of "extremely high."

His pupils narrowed, and he thought to himself.

[Helix- Morse]

Rangdan.

As he pondered, the Old Man in Yellow asked:

"The topic of this meeting is which legion should be responsible for addressing this newly emerging major threat."