The Mid Hive conscripts suddenly realized they had no reason to panic. Their current military strength was more than enough to deal with the Underhive riots.
As commissars everywhere began assembling troops and rallying routed soldiers, as a Librarian clad in Cataphractii Terminator armor took command, as everyone realized these mighty, towering killing machines were the Astartes they had not seen in centuries...
The morale of every army soared to its peak.
The Planetary Governor had fled, but he was merely wicked, not stupid or incompetent.
An incompetent fool could never have held the position of Planetary Governor so securely. The army he had built was well equipped. Thanks to resources produced by xenos and the natural advantage of neighboring Knight Houses, the Planetary Defense Force's weapons were scarcely inferior to those of some impoverished Astra Militarum forces.
These troops could never defeat a Space Marine Chapter, but they were more than sufficient to suppress the xenos rebellion below.
The xenos workers armed with weapons fresh from the factories and the well-trained defense forces carrying those same xenos weapons began assembling. The enormous machinery of war rumbled into motion.
"No wonder this planet made the Model Worker Rankings. It really is rich," Evan remarked as he walked through the shattered Mid Hive, watching armored vehicles roll past.
This was not an armored regiment. These were armored vehicles attached to infantry regiments.
Even we have never been this extravagant.
Evan made a comparison in his head, wondering whether, given equal troop strength, their Kruger Beasts could stand up to these armored vehicles and light tanks.
"Librarian Li Anjun, how is our earlier plan to establish combined divisions progressing?"
"We've established several experimental units, but they've barely encountered any enemies. It's hard to judge their combat effectiveness."
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