Initiating the Royal Court Acolyte Armor Research and Development

"Lord of the Forge," Nimrod said, turning to Rosicky Czech first.

"I spoke with Vulkan at the War Council; he's going to Saturn to develop new armor."

"You will select ten ' Savant to travel to Saturn and join the research and development efforts."

"Yes, my lord."

After Rosicky accepted the order, Nimrod pushed a glittering Data Crystal in front of him.

"This Data Crystal contains a replica of the Standard Template Construct for the Hunt-Master Suit."

"Using the technology you learned from Vulkan, based on Power Armor and combined with the adaptive technology of the Hunt-Master Suit, develop a version suitable for Royal Court Acolyte."

[While the Hunters of Necromunda are generally not as powerful as those of Astartes, their Hunt-Master Suit have merit and are suitable for those of Beyonder.]

One advantage of the Hunt-Master Suit compared to other armors is that it evolves itself based on the user's daily usage habits, optimizing its combat performance.

The Beyonder who climb the ladder of Sequence gain new abilities with each advancement in their Sequence.

Compared to other Imperium armors that are relatively fixed after manufacture and can only be slightly modified, the Hunter's "experience point system" is most suitable for Beyonder.

However, the current Hunter has two major disadvantages, making it unusable directly.

One issue is that the current suit technology is only suitable for ordinary people and needs to be improved to adapt to Astartes, who possess superhuman physical abilities.

Another issue is that the Hunter's Armor is expensive to manufacture and is best made to order, making it impossible to popularize it across the entire legion in the short term.

Nimrod's plan was that, once the version adapted to the Shadow of Order was successfully developed, it would be distributed from top to bottom according to the ranks of nobility in the Royal Court.

After the Lord of the Forge left, Nimrod began to ponder which Chapter to mobilize for the "First Rangdan War".

He first used the example of Ulian Bendregg's "First Rangdan War" as a template.

Bendregg led a fleet of one hundred capital ships, including three Gloriana-class Battleships.

He mobilized 50,000 soldiers from the First Legion and 100,000 Imperial Auxilia to participate in the battle.

The battle losses were 10,000 Astartes, 50 capital ships, and one Gloriana-class.

After Nimrod Lu asked:

"Is the Ramillies-class Star Fortress, which was overseen by Rian Ramirez, completed?"

"My lord, the Star Fortress is complete. Following your orders, the Great Sage has incorporated technologies such as the Punishment-class Reactor into the Star Fortress template, developing a new Standard Template Construct."

"According to the Great Sage's calculations, its overall performance is 33% higher than the prototype."

Nimrod breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

In the void war of the "First Rangdan War," the greatest threat to Rangdan was the Artificial War Satellites. Fortunately, I had the enhanced Ramillies-class Star Fortress, which almost offset the threat.

Therefore, there's no need to sacrifice the Gloriana-class Battleships to collide with the War Satellite.

Excluding artificial satellites, Bendregg's Imperial Fleet has naval superiority; I have more warships.

Rangdan has a massive number of drones, but my warship also has Auto-recharging Void Shield to deal with them.

"Since he personally led the construction of the first Star Fortress, it will be named after him, the Ramillies."

"Immediately order the troops to garrison Star Fortress and familiarize themselves with the situation."

Rangdan's War Satellites, built at the expense of millions of humans, would require millions of personnel to operate.

The Ramillies-class Star Fortress also requires millions of personnel to operate.

"The Emperor has entrusted me with the responsibility for the newly emerging threat posed by Spin- Morse."

"The Xenos' Homeworld is Rangdan; from now on, all records concerning them will be categorized accordingly."

"Rangdan possesses a complete technological system comparable to that of the Imperium, only its scale is smaller than that of the entire Imperium."

Nimrod, recalling what he knew about Rangdan's techniques, continued:

"The Legion's Tech Sergeants should collect Rangdan artifacts and study them carefully, including the following: War Satellite manufacturing, Voidship camouflage reading technology..."

"The Master of Ordnance will be in charge of this matter."

"The war between Rangdan and I will last for decades. I have decided to form the Order of the Broken Claw."

Nimrod directly used the name of the future "Dark Angels," indicating that the main force against Rangdan would be "Shadow of Order."

"Chief Apothecary Mikel is in charge of leading the Apothecary in the autopsy."

"The other Shadow of Orders require members to kill four Overlords to join their order."

Nimrod recalled Rangdan's tactics and characteristics, and continued.

"Rangdan is actually a massive alliance of Xenos races, including Brain-Eaters and Bone-Eaters."

"Elite Warriors from each race are selected and called Overlords. They possess the same combat power as the Astartes, but with better weapons and personal energy shields."

"The fact that Warrior could kill four such Overlords proves that he didn't rely on luck and that he was qualified to join the order."

The Shadow of Order is not an independent organization; a Warrior can be a member of both the Order of Ork Hunters and the Aeldari Hunter Order, or a member of the newly formed Order of the Broken Claw.

Members of the order are Warriors with extensive experience in this field, capable of becoming trusted members of their respective teams in the event of a battle.

However, this newly established organization currently knows nothing about Rangdan. Nimrod needs to inform the participating Warrior of the intelligence he has gathered, which will reduce the losses during any probing encounters.

After all, in his memory, Bendregg had sacrificed hundreds of the best First Legion Warriors in order to test Rangdan's tactic of attrition using a large army of slaves.

"Rangdan employs tactics different from the Imperium; they will have elite Warrior Overlords leading massive armies of slaves to wear down the enemy until they are exhausted."

"Afterwards, Rangdan's Warmaster will lead the main force to launch an offensive at the appropriate time and place."

"..."

"Rangdan's Bone-Eater so formidable that even ordinary Titans cannot contend with them, but we should not encounter them this time..."

During the Second Rangdan War, at least the Old Man in Yellow had to use his trump card— the Order of the Omen fight the Bone-Eater.

Well, the Old Man in Yellow will probably realize by then that Rangdan is not something any legion can contend with.

Nimrod recalled that during the "Second Rangdan War," the Imperium deployed 300,000 Astartes and three Primarch, including the Lion, yet the situation remained precarious.

Dozens of Titan Legions were utterly destroyed in the war and could not be rebuilt.

The Old Man in Yellow finally destroyed the Labyrinth of Eternal Night, releasing the largest of the hundred Void Dragon fragments— the Dragon of Mars —and thus won the victory.

"Distribute these materials to the lords of each Chapter, and then to the participating troops before the war begins."

Nimrod, considering the overall losses of the Incaladion Chapter and the current situation of other Chapter, issued an order.

"Dispatch the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, and Eleventh Chapter to assemble at Lucius, the Forge World."

The First Chapter suffered the greatest losses, and he only dispatched the Second Company, which commanded the Judgment, and the First Company, which had not participated in this battle.

"The First and Second Companies of the First Chapter have joined the battle Sequence, and the Gloriana-class Judgment has joined the Expeditionary Fleet."

Although Bendregg's First Legion Expeditionary Force numbered only 50,000, Nimrod decided to play it safe and deploy more troops, mobilizing more than half of his Chapter, even though this would slow down the conquest on other fronts.

"Inform Lucius that I need the Void Walker Titan Legions to join the expedition."

Nimrod took another gamble, considering the difference in combat strength between himself and Bendregg, and with the addition of the Titan Legions, the force deployed for this expedition was nearly three times that of the First Legion in the "First Rangdan War".

In the void warfare, the Ramillies-class Star Fortress is the core, with three Gloriana-class Battleships as the spearhead and nearly two hundred capital ships as support, ensuring a greater advantage over the First Legion in naval battles.

To significantly reduce losses, an overwhelming force must be deployed.

"The remaining companies of the First Chapter will return to Osiris for rest and reorganization after the Battle of Incaladion."

"The 7th Legion will remain in Incaladion to assist Neto in maintaining control of the Incaladion."

"Tell the Reaper Lord, together with the 'Tiger Eye' Titan Legions and the Mordred Knight Houses, to annihilate the Reaver tribes and pirate warbands in neighboring star systems, and to clear away the Tarellians war beasts and the viscous carnivorous Carnivorous Sludge-men of the Abyssal Reef."

The war beast horde is clearly affected by the power of mutation, and the Chaos influence must be Purification.

"The barbaric tribes of the Humala world, their culture, and the rituals that have permeated Incaladion must be completely transformed."

"Neto's reforms will inevitably face resistance from the various factions of Incaladion, Reaper Lord will provide him with support."

The Primarch's Attendants realized the gravity of the situation when he thought of the rebel leader, the fallen Sage Barnes, who had transformed himself into a half-machine, half-flesh monster.

"I will relay your orders to the Reaper Lord."

Nimrod, thinking of intercepting Thalassa from the Five Hundred Worlds of Ultramar, asked:

Where is the Ninth Chapter now?

"After the Battle of the Wheel of Fire, Szczesny led the reorganized Chapter in a campaign of conquest centered on Vostonia."

"After the discovery of the Cydonia System, the Ninth Chapter's conquest focus became fixed on the region between Vostonia and Terra."

After a moment's thought, Nimrod issued the order:

"Send the Ninth Chapter to the Sol System; I will meet him there."

Taking into account the voyage and the time it would take for the Dice of Prophecy to recharge, Nimrod determined the rendezvous point.