(Bonus update in thanks for the donation from .The God-Emperor's Chosen of Khorne.)
Though the Broken-Winged Angel Chapter had only eleven members, every one of them had a role to play. Between them, they had essentially established the framework an Astartes Chapter needed.
If everyone leveled their characters to the maximum, the lineup would look something like this:
Genpei: melee assault, command.
Little Andrew: Techmarine, computers.
Yamashita Maru: anti-armor, fire support, grenadier.
Hunter: infiltration, assassination, intelligence.
Aman: dedicated Terminator.
Doctor: Apothecary.
Kuqi: Librarian, Psyker.
Kaan: Chapter Chaplain.
Yulian: Astartes ship captain.
Kaka: combat machine pilot.
Give each of them a hundred men, and they could expand into a specialist company.
Not to mention Saint Raiser, the Broken-Winged Angel Chapter's Dreadnought Veteran, who served as their spiritual pillar and helped these somewhat green Astartes become warriors in the truest sense!
Now they had the personnel, the equipment, and a direction. All they needed was experience in actual combat, and the Broken-Winged Angel Chapter could rise again!
And an opportunity for actual combat soon arrived!
One day, while Li Qinwu was practicing swordsmanship with Genpei, he received a message from the Explorer's captain:
"Sir, perhaps you should come to the bridge. Our warship has reached its destination.
"If that colony ship from the Dark Age of Technology really exists, then theoretically, our sensors should already be able to pick it up."
Li Qinwu's eyes lit up. Had they finally arrived?
He knocked Genpei flat with a slash, tossed his sword aside, and hurried off toward the bridge.
The bridge's automatic doors opened. He rushed inside, went to the Control Console, and stood beside the captain, asking anxiously:
"Are we there? Are you sure we've reached the right position?"
The captain nodded.
"Yes, our ship has reached the location, in the vicinity of