Chapter 423: Why is He Still Alive?
Warp, The Silent Vow
"You people really live up to being raised by that weirdo Old Man Gold. When you should be ruthless, you can't be; when you should be sane, you go crazy one by one."
A certain person's criticism, pointing directly at the core of the problem, echoed through the halls. Walking in the corridor paved with white marble, Lord Cypher walked alongside Kay, who had just left the meeting.
The content of determining tactical objectives was relatively brief. Basically, Arthur drew the line, and Galahad, who had taken over the Pyrewing, was responsible for deployment. After making the Dark Angels under their command realize what they should do, it was just routine commendations and talks.
The Dark Angels added many management departments, not secret police forces, but more similar to Commissars in mortal units. Since the new era, through the deployment of the Round Table Council, they focused on implementing the spirit of the Dawnbreakers' Thirteen Regulations, normalized the study and education of Legion history and Imperial history, and constantly paid attention to the ideological health of Legion members.
"But the command structure seems to continue from the past?"
Accompanied by Kay, recalling the content of the meeting just now, suppressing the Emperor's voice urging him to silence the Lion forever, Lord Cypher asked.
"His Highness said that the structure of the First Legion on the military end is already perfect. Instead of disrupting the Legion structure again, it is better to continue the past mechanism and optimize it according to the actual situation of the galaxy today."
Kay replied proudly, twirling his banner between his hands, showing off in front of Lord Cypher.
"Indeed."
Lord Cypher nodded in agreement, moving his gaze away from the eye-catching banner.
He wondered if Typhus had really entered Caliban back then and delivered Horus's message, would these people really rebel?
The First Legion, this title meant they were the first, the greatest, and the purest Legion.
When other Astartes Legions were first founded based on the template of the First Legion, and then gradually became distinctive Legions according to different divisions of labor, some of them might have gradually become proficient in certain specific tactics compared to the First Legion in future campaigns, but even so, these specialties were rooted in the talents of the First Legion.
Just as the White Scars were not the pioneers of high-speed warfare, offensive naval warfare was not just the strength of the Imperial Fists, large-scale surface raids did not originate from the World Eaters, and even the Lunar Wolves were never the founders of concentrated decapitation tactics.
The tactics that made these Legions famous all originated from the secret wars experienced by the First Legion. So if the Dark Angels really focused on war, it was basically hard to lose except in cases of disparity in strength.
So after understanding the details in this regard, Arthur did not intervene too much in the construction of the Dark Angels themselves on the military end. He did not think his assumptions could dictate to the Dark Angels, who had nearly three hundred years of actual combat experience counting the Unification Wars, but instead began to learn.
Because in his spare time from the military end, apart from promoting the development of various war technologies within the Legion, the Lord of Knights had always focused on ideological construction and re-established a series of reward and punishment mechanisms according to various Inner Circles.
For example, the Lord of Knights would not intervene in activities within the Orders, but for public activities, he would dispatch Knights of the Round Table or attend personally according to the actual situation. While maintaining his control over various Inner Circles, he also ensured his respect for the cultural differences within the Legion, and the rewards distributed also gave these knights a considerable sense of honor.
As for punishment, apart from one-on-one ideological education, it was labor reform. Ordinary physical labor had no deterrent effect on Astartes, so the most deterrent thing for them was actually administrative labor reform.
Assisting in the planning of a planet, away from the battlefield, fighting invisible enemies with pen and paper.
Whether due to Khorne's influence or not, even with the administrative efficiency of the Dawnbreakers, the vast majority of high-level combat units, including Custodians, were repulsive to administrative processing.
As for dealing with those who were passive in reform, Arthur also had a way.
If the Dark Angels were ice that froze everything, appearing incredibly sharp on the battlefield, as if their appearance heralded victory, and causing disastrous consequences whenever this trait was transferred outside the battlefield, then the Ultramarines were water.
A complete hexagonal system allowed them to infiltrate any structure, filling gaps seamlessly.
If you can't manage yourselves, to maintain the unity of the Dawnbreakers, I can only let the Ultramarines manage you.
Most people in the Dark Angels didn't think that much.
Although with the rise of political awareness and someone's seemingly endless jokes, 'ambition' was now more like a tease.
But if it really happened that the Ultramarines intervened in the internal management of the Dark Angels because they couldn't manage themselves well—
No, anything but that!
"From this point of view, there is indeed a big difference between the two Highnesses."
Lord Cypher nodded.
Although with the power of a Primarch, they greatly increased the Legion's strength relying solely on their own talents and great power without relying on extra technology or genetic modification, in the final analysis, their more important identity was as an anchor to stabilize the Legion itself.
Compared to the Lion intending to lead by example, relying on his own authority to forcibly suppress dissatisfaction within the Legion, eventually leading to the complete outbreak of hidden dangers within the Legion due to his disappearance, and various Orders excommunicating each other, causing the Dark Angels to become the only loyalist Legion with large-scale attrition due to internal reasons during the Heresy, Arthur knew he couldn't treat the Dark Angels like Primarchs.
The Lion was too noble, noble beyond ordinary people, so he didn't understand human hearts.
And Arthur was a true human. Although Drach'nyen was spreading rumors all over the warp now, when the four Primarchs stood there, no one would not be shocked by the brilliance of humanity on them.
This was also the reason why Arthur was completely accepted by the Dark Angels in just thirty years.
Thirty years, the Lord of Knights only focused on and nurtured the Dark Angels.
"Let me tell you a joke. One day the Primarchs were in a meeting, and Old Man Gold asked them, it's a new era now, how to make a cat eat chili peppers."
Ramesses led Eldar, Necron representatives, Custodians, and Grey Knights wandering around the hall below, showing off technological advantages while bragging, as if strolling in his own back garden.
"The Lion said that's easy, have someone grab the cat, stuff the chili pepper into the cat's mouth, and poke it down with a finger."
"Guilliman came up with a good idea, saying first starve the cat for three days, then wrap the chili pepper in a piece of meat, and the cat will swallow it whole."
"But Master Art was different. He planned to rub the chili pepper on the cat's butt. When the cat feels its butt burning, it will lick off the chili pepper itself, and be excited to do so."
That voice dissipated with the departure of the mighty troops, looping in Lord Cypher's skull, deafening.
Some Dark Angels gripped their weapons, hands loosening and tightening, tightening and loosening.
"..."
Lord Cypher turned his head, looking at Kay again, asking with his eyes.
'Although I consider myself not an extremist, why is he still alive?'
Kay spread his hands.
"Used to it."
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