After speaking with the Ultramarines, the Astra Militarum returned to their own ships with barely a moment's hesitation, then obediently withdrew to one side.
Iax then held a remote conversation with Guilliman.
No one knew what agreement the two had reached.
Soon, however, a ship approached the enormous wreckage, towing the remains of the aft half of a Dark Angels Cruiser that had been blasted in two. Search and rescue had already been completed aboard it, and even the bodies of every Astartes had been removed. All that remained were the damaged power systems and the aft engine compartment.
And that enormous propulsion system was precisely what Iax needed.
An engineering miracle unfolded before everyone's eyes.
The irregular wreckage was cut apart, some shattered compartments were reworked, and vast numbers of compartment bulkheads in the original hull's center were removed.
To ensure a supply of power to all the machinery, Iax also activated the super Quantum Energy Core he had found earlier.
Capable of transmitting power remotely, the core generated an enormous Energy Field covering ten square kilometers. Its immense output fully recharged every Sentinel in just a few dozen minutes.
Wielding particle blades, the Sentinels gathered the chopped-up material together. The Enforcer Tank's Nano-Swarm then broke it down and reassembled it into sections of armor.
Eight-Claw waved its Mechanical Claws, beginning to join these oversized armor sections together.
In zero gravity, the Sentinels' efficiency increased dramatically.
Within twenty Terran hours, the wreckage that had once resembled a Drop Pod was encased in a new layer of metal armor.
All the rock inside was ejected, the Aeldari wraithbone was reprocessed, and most of the remnants of various human ships were broken down and reconstructed.
Iax watched the Nano-Swarms working at full capacity with some regret. If he had more of