The endless quarrels in Terra's conference hall have been going on for several days.
Guilliman sat helplessly on the main seat of the huge conference table, watching the surrounding Imperium members of the parliament and representatives of various organizations constantly expressing their own ideas.
But those High Lords pretended to have serious expressions on their faces and sat in high seats silently.
Astartes Conclave and Captain-General of the Adeptus Custodes were arguing with each other.
Officio Assassinorum Representative looked at everyone with dangerous eyes.
For most High Lords, this agreement is dangerous.
Except for Adeptus Mechanicus Fabricator-General Raski, the other High Lords showed no support or maintained a neutral attitude.
Among them, representatives Ecclesiarch and Inquisition have the most objections. President Adeptus Arbites and other representatives are all on the fence.
Guilliman It is clear why this is the case.
Men of Iron involves too many interests.
Adeptus Mechanicus supports it because they are greedy for Men of Iron's technology.
Many Space Marine Chapter have a very good relationship with Adeptus Mechanicus. If they agree to this agreement, Adeptus Mechanicus will definitely get the opportunity to study Men of Iron's equipment, and may even ask Men of Iron to send their "steel technicians" to accompany the Imperium troops in their operations for a long time.
After long-term contact, no one knows what taboo knowledge these Tech-Priest will learn from these Machine Intelligence Servitors.
Ecclesiarch's pure gold scepter suddenly shattered the crystal cup in front of him, hitting the ground with one end of the inlaid saint's finger bone.
"How dare you let Emperor's angel serve the soulless machine?"
After all, Astartes is still called the angel of Emperor. What does Men of Iron mean? Is it the grace of Emperor?
The two Sisters of Battle who were guarding the Pope made the Aquila gesture with their hands on their chests and prayed silently.
"When people see Space Marine patrolling with Men of Iron, Binary Prayer should appear in the hymn!"
The angry Ecclesiarch rebuked loudly while glancing at Guilliman who was sitting on the high seat and Fabricator-General of Mars who was standing beside him like a building.
That is the danger Machine Intelligence that Emperor once ordered banned from development.
What's more, these Men of Iron are not dangerous products of Imperium's development and research.
Chief Adeptus Arbites and Administratum Grand Master, who were sitting around, were noncommittal about this.
Men of Iron will assist in recycling Imperium Tithe, will also clean up Hive City, and help maintain Imperium laws. They are one of the vested interests.
Inquisition's Inquisitor Lord raised his head slightly, his eyes looking through the ancient hood, as if he could see through all conspiracies and dangers.
"Inquisition's duty is to protect Imperium and resist all potential threats."
His voice was low and cold, like the cold wind coming from the abyss.
"Men of Iron, we don't fully understand their motives and purposes. Letting Astartes Psyker join them is like planting a time bomb in the heart of Imperium. Who can guarantee that these Psyker will not be used by Men of Iron as a weapon to attack us?"
"The danger of Psyker is more serious than other threats."
His words were like a sharp sword, piercing the core of the agreement, sending a chill into the hearts of everyone present.
Imperium There are always sane people out there.
Even if the Black Ship fleet that Men of Iron is escorting is under the command of Inquisition, this still cannot make Inquisition completely trust Men of Iron.
Adeptus Arbites and Department of the Interior would never think of confronting Inquisition.
After all, even if it is High Lord, who can have no problems at all?
Looking at Inquisitor Lord's dangerous eyes, the two High Lord remained silent.
As for Astronomican Court, Grand Master looks at Captain-General of the Adeptus Custodes from time to time.
At this time, Commander-in-Chief Astra Militarum Ashariel and Marshal Imperial Navy were talking quietly aside, turning a deaf ear to this heated debate.
"This matter is too complicated, we'd better not get involved."
Astra Militarum Commander-in-Chief shook his head, helplessness revealed in his words.
"Men of Iron's army and fleet always go their own way, and they don't care about our opinions."
Imperial Navy Marshal sighed.
"Yes, I don't know what consequences this agreement will have. We'd better do our job well."
The words of the two High Lord were filled with a sense of powerlessness.
"Boom!"
As the huge door of the conference hall was pushed open.
Guilliman had a headache and left the meeting room first, leaving those Imperium bugs to continue arguing.
He really wanted to threaten those High Lords again, but his arbitrary actions last time had already put Terras at risk.
No matter what, he wanted to be more cautious this time.
Moreover, this agreement of Men of Iron involves all Space Marine troops, and the number of members involved is indeed astonishing.
Outside the gate, Vulkan watched Guilliman leave the conference room, stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, then turned sideways.
From behind the tall figure emerged the figure of Jaghatai.
I was a little surprised when I saw Jaghatai and Guilliman appearing.
However, as soon as Jaghatai opened his mouth, Guilliman fell into a daze.
"Brother Guilliman, why are your Progeny numbers so huge?"
"What did you say?"
"Why are there so many people in Ultramarines? Did you really dismantle the legion according to Codex that you promulgated?"
Faced with Jaghatai's problem, Guilliman just wanted to yell loudly.
I was stagnated in Stasis Field for ten thousand years!
And now you come to ask me!
You are simply looking for a "dead end"!
Guilliman had a bitter relationship with his brother for the first time.
Before being injured and falling asleep, he did split his Progeny according to the "toilet paper" he promulgated.
And in the long period of time that followed, even he himself didn't know why his Progeny number expanded like this.
Codex did it to prevent threats, not to let Ultramarines break through the restrictions.
After all, the number of Ultramarines in Milky Way is now almost double that of the legion period.
Guilliman knows very well that Adeptus Custodes and Inquisition often have strange attitudes towards themselves precisely because of these huge numbers of Progeny.
But the sea quantum group all over Milky Way has experienced countless battles for thousands of years. They were destroyed, or reorganized, and merged for Imperium.
The cultures of Chapter are different, their inheritances are different, and the original records are not even clear at all.
I have also tried to sort out this information, but its complexity is no less than running Imperium at the same time.
In the end, due to limited energy, I had to give up pursuing these things.
In terms of doubts, Guilliman, who is Primarch, is the most confused.
He couldn't even imagine how such weird and barbaric troops as Penitent Chapter could appear in his Progeny.
I didn't expect to meet my brother asking this question today.
As Primarch, Vulkan and Jaghatai can naturally feel the confusion of Guilliman and the authenticity of his words.
Compared with some Primarch, they did not have too many doubts about Guilliman.
After all, the power he currently holds is enough to subvert Imperium.
The loyalty of this brother really goes without saying.