"No matter how you arrange it, I won't fight alongside these Astartes Space Marines." Nack voiced his own opinion as well.
"Me too."
"I won't fight alongside these bastards either."
The captains of the Star Space Marines also spoke up in support of Dorak's proposal.
The Star Space Marines held these genetically modified humans in little regard and had no desire to fight alongside the Astartes Space Marines. That confidence came from the Lord of the Stars.
Most of the Star Space Marines present had families. After becoming Star Space Marines, they could still father children and remain whole men.
There were female soldiers among the Star Space Marines as well. They were merely people at the forefront of evolution and had not crossed the boundaries of humanity.
They utterly despised the Astartes Space Marines as castrated men—nothing more than powerful biological weapons created through genetic modification. Though they possessed formidable physical strength, they were not complete humans.
Gray watched the Star Space Marine captains state their positions, but he did not speak up to stop them.
Though Gray admired Tyberos and the others, there was still a considerable difference between the two kinds of Space Marines. Before the Second Expedition began, Gray's wife had borne him another son, and that was the source of his attitude.
Looking at the Star Space Marines, Anrida understood everyone's thoughts perfectly.
"Since you don't want the Astartes to join your battle formations, there's only one way." Anrida rolled the cigar in his hand as he presented his idea to the group.
Everyone turned to Anrida. "What way?"
"Phew!" Anrida took a deep drag from the thick cigar in his hand and slowly exhaled a dense cloud of smoke. "Give the Astartes a certain degree of autonomy, but they must accept our command."
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