When the Lion gave that affirmative answer, none of the primarchs were surprised.
Of course. Given Lion El'Jonson's nature, how could he possibly choose to retreat merely because he had heard that the enemy was unimaginably powerful?
Lion enlarged the holographic star map aboard the Sky Eagle, highlighting the locations of Beta-Garmon II and Beta-Garmon III in red.
These were the core capital worlds of the entire cluster. Controlling these two locations was tantamount to controlling the whole situation.
The Lion believed Horus would certainly regard this place as a vital objective that had to be taken, and that the final decisive battle between the Imperial fleet and the rebels would be fought here.
"I plan to divide this war into two dimensions. First: the void naval warfare dimension. According to the intelligence from Jaghatai and Russ, the rebel forces under Horus's command include, but are not limited to, the Vengeful Spirit and other traitor Gloriana-class Battleships."
"Conservatively speaking, Mortarion's Endurance, Perturabo's Iron Blood, Magnus's Glorious Light, and Fulgrim's Pride of the Emperor may all appear on the battlefield. There is also Lorgar's Furious Abyss-class warship, the Trisagion, which must not be underestimated. It is a formidable opponent."
"They also possess a terrifying void fortress of unknown origin. I saw a special material resembling Blackstone. We must be wary of its psychic main cannon. It is an enemy capable of threatening Thundercloud-class planetary warships."
Jaghatai Khan added this. He had been deeply impressed by the weapon of war the traitors had produced at the end. If the enemy had not mishandled it and fired wide, the Hera Finkel might well have been held back by their pursuers.
By that calculation, the rebels might deploy six Gloriana-class Battleships, along with a celestial-scale Blackstone fortress at their command.
"On our side, we