Global Crossing: Empire of Stars

That was right. This was one of the original human Imperium's Forge Planets that had appeared after the Fusion of Two Realms. It had once been directly governed by the Adeptus Mechanicus, but now it answered directly to the Ministry of Industry.

After tens of thousands of years of development, this Forge World had reached its peak. The entire Planetary Surface was covered with all kinds of Space Factories. Even the surface itself was paved with thick Alloy Floor, and its natural terrain had completely vanished. Mountains had been leveled, deep valleys filled in, and the entire planet had been covered with artificial structures.

Judging by the weathered machinery and pipes in the factories on the surface, this Forge World had run without pause for countless years, producing a steady stream of mechanical creations for the Imperium of Man. The machinery had operated at full speed, wearing down continuously, and every so often the hideous-looking slave laborers had to replace it.

Over tens of thousands of years, every component in these towering metal factories had been replaced dozens, even hundreds, of times. The entire iron planet had maintained a kind of dynamic balance.

But now, the machinery of this ceaseless heavy-industry plant had fallen silent. The world that had once supplied equipment to hundreds and thousands of human colonies, the Imperial Navy, the Starry Sky Army, and even the Astartes had lost its former value. To Dragon Soul, its scale was impressive, but its technology and production efficiency were nothing to write home about.

Refitting a Forge Planet whose design had already been set was bound to be a massive, lengthy undertaking. For the Empire's Ministry of Industry, it would be better to spend that effort building an entirely new Forge Ideal Nation.

That was right. Although most Forge Worlds