Under Li Qinwu's guidance, Genpei's scheming mind kicked into gear. He fired off a loyal biological bolt round, leaving an heir for the Minamoto House and loyal genes for the God-Emperor.
With that, matters aboard the Explorer were settled. The Astartes enhancement surgery would not be completed for another two years, and once it was complete, their Gene-seed would take another five years to mature and become ready for collection.
In other words, after all ten Astartes had finished their enhancements, it would take seven years before the next batch of Astartes could be expanded.
Fortunately, there was Green Needle. When the next wave of Astartes expansion came, it would no longer be this small-scale affair.
Li Qinwu planned to use Green Needle's ability to refresh organs out of thin air to farm Gene-seed on a massive scale and bring the Broken-Winged Angel Chapter directly up to its limit: one thousand men!
But whenever he thought of the food, clothing, armor, bolt rounds, armored vehicles, and other expenses for so many Astartes, he felt immense pressure—painful, yet joyful.
To give the Astartes real combat strength, they would also need more heavy equipment, such as Astartes fighters, Astartes tanks, and armored personnel carriers.
From gathering recruits, to the armor-bestowal ceremony, to receiving Power Armor and being recognized as combat-capable, it would take at least forty or fifty years for an Astartes.
Li Qinwu was rather impatient. Once the Astartes Chapter had been built, he was not going to wait forty or fifty years for them.
To make up for the recruits' lack of foundation, he had to find a breakthrough in equipment.
For example, he could have the Astartes drive tanks, fly fighters, and pilot mechs, letting superhuman soldiers bring out the performance of heavy mechs that ordinary humans could hardly