Chapter 519: The Legion Returns
Including the reconquest of Holy T'au-ra and the establishment of a foothold in this world, Hogg and the others had been here for eleven years.
With the Lemon Fists and the Ultramarines joining forces, the lands around Ultramar had become entirely part of Imperium Secundus, which had now existed right under the Imperium's nose for a full eight years.
At first, Hogg had feared the Imperium would send its forces to crush their not-so-powerful faction in its infancy. But after the fourth year passed, he stopped worrying and took things as they came.
It was his own assumptions that had led him astray. Back home, they had the Khala Network, which let them communicate without a hitch. But here, messages had to be carried by people. For one to reach the Imperium, be accepted by the council, then reviewed, approved, and put into effect would take at least forty or fifty years.
And that was in the best-case scenario. Some worlds had waited over a hundred years for Imperial aid after rebelling. The medieval bureaucracy of the Imperium of Man was no joke.
But jokes aside, if you didn't pay the Imperial Tithe, a ship full of Astra Militarum grunts might come to collect it by force two years later.
To fulfill his lifelong wish list before his reputation went completely down the drain, Hogg hurriedly founded Imperium Secundus. He appointed Guilliman Regent, the Angel Blacklight Pontiff, and Dorn Warmaster of the Imperium, while he himself became the great Emperor of Imperium Secundus.
As for Miss Omegon, she could only serve as Hogg's chief secretary and, conveniently, as the crucial bridge between Imperium Secundus and the Imperium's forces, helping them trade in high-quality, low-priced goods.
Life after the rebellion had been hard. As one of