Chapter 580: I Think This Is Confidence
Thanks to the favorable position they had established earlier, the Imperium finally had the spare capacity to launch an internal purge and reform its bloated, inefficient bureaucracy.
Though the Imperium had inherited humanity's legacy from the Dark Age of Technology, its technological level was nowhere near that of the 25th millennium. Still, it was more than enough in the major areas—as long as resources were allocated properly. And figuring out how to allocate them was the biggest problem.
On Holy Terra, all the Primarchs had gathered to discuss the Imperium's path forward. Outside the Imperial Palace, countless high-ranking Imperial officials waited anxiously for the final judgment to come.
Two and a half years had passed since the Blood Ravens were rebuilt. During that time, Alicia had officially become the Blood Ravens' homeworld. Together with Blackwatch, they managed the entire sector.
To be precise, the Blood Ravens were learning from Blackwatch how to govern their homeworld. They studied Blackwatch's management-oriented planned democracy, refined over ten thousand years, and gave it a distinctly local twist.
Unlike the Imperium's benevolent rule, Blackwatch's system put planned management first, despite having the word "democracy" in its name. As long as you followed orders, you'd enjoy better living conditions than those elsewhere, along with a safety net that could only be called a blessing.
Of course, it all came at a price. Blackwatch pooled the wealth of the world and spent most of it on improving people's lives. If you wanted to become a hulking Ork Boy under Hogg, you could have your own ideas, but you couldn't make a single mistake.
Small problems could be tolerated. But if corruption or rebellion was involved, Blackwatch would crush it without mercy. Death wasn't even the end: your body would be