It was important to understand that mechanical warships differed from those of other civilizations. Those might need certain modifications to adapt them to human needs or other requirements, but mechanical warships had no such drawbacks. Lord Heaven's Wrath only needed to spend a little time modifying their underlying logic, and they could easily be converted into units under his command.
"It seems these oilers still have their uses. From now on, keep an eye out for the Adeptus Mechanicus forces that appear across the Milky Way Galaxy. Gather their tech-priests and logic-engineers, and send them to the Gluttony Fleet to boost its combat power." Lin Zhichen's avatar spoke.
The order was quickly passed down to the Imperial Military. The military and the three major intelligence agencies, already in action, promptly changed their plans.
Under the original policy, the Imperium's intelligence agencies and military had been secretly infiltrating the Dark Galaxy. The NPC Bases that appeared there, along with stubborn Rebel Army holdouts and Orks, Dark Eldar, and the like, were gradually eliminated. Relatively useful forces, such as bases belonging to Loyalist Legions, were left intact and secretly brought under control to serve as recruiting grounds.
In the past, Adeptus Mechanicus strongholds had also been on the list for elimination. But because the Emperor was the Omnissiah incarnate, the god worshipped by the Adeptus Mechanicus, such purges had been carried out only in secret. The Imperium had little use for those oilers, after all, and considered them a "waste of resources."
After this order was issued, however, the covert crackdowns were called off. The NPC Adeptus Mechanicus Bases appearing in the Dark Galaxy became a source of reinforcements for the Gluttony Fleet. Large numbers of Mechanical Evolvers were accepted and sent to the fleet.
After receiving hundreds of millions of tech-priests,