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Chapter 406, Renegade Space Marine

On the planet Raging Owl, inside the Chapter Monastery.

Martins sat upright and quietly read the battle report.

During this period, the Star Language call was never hung up. Gu Hang on the other side was also waiting patiently - or doing other things while maintaining communication.

Martins came over in surprise and said, "I'm sorry, Governor, for keeping you waiting."

"It doesn't matter. What are you going to do next?"

"I will take the team and set off immediately to solve this problem personally. Thank you for your trouble." Martins was still very polite to Gu Hang.

"Okay, leave it to you. I will let the navy cooperate with you, whether it is the Alliance fleet or the Pegasus fleet."

"Thanks you."

After the communication ended, Martins turned back. He took out a heavy notebook from a password cabinet behind him and placed it on the table.

But at this time, they encountered eight warriors during an operation in other distant star regions.

But despite this, there are still about 200 million people living here.

He turned over the pages of the book, and there were names recorded on them one after another.

Jue Saturn, a desert world located in the Kenma star region, is connected to the Red Arrow star on the star map.

The figures in my memory kept reappearing in front of my eyes, and they kept becoming real.

In the end, when they ran out of ammunition and food, the Phoenixes could no longer hold on. Unable to wait for reinforcements, they had no choice but to break out. They broke through the minefields, withstood bullets and artillery fire, and withstood aviation attacks, and finally broke out of the encirclement.

That is the list of all the members of the Phoenix Chapter from its establishment to the present.

However, Martins did not regret it, and the group did not punish him.

Most people chase water plants. There is very little precipitation on Saturn, and it shows obvious seasonal and regional characteristics. The people on Saturn also mastered the ability to chase the rainy season and developed nomadic herds all over the planet.

The neighbors next door are having a better life, and the aviation trade has developed, which is really enviable. The key point is that there are many civilian merchant ships without protection, wandering around.

Among the personnel lost, some died in the battle to defend the bunker, and some disappeared during the breakout and never came back. His good friend, Sidney Blevins, was among the latter.

He could still remember that Blevins entered the Phoenix in the same batch as him. They trained together, encouraged each other, completed the implant surgery together, and fought side by side.

That incompetent and stupid commander directly killed more than twenty of their brothers in an ordinary counter-insurgency war. This is unforgivable.

In the seventy-ninth year of the Phoenix's Atonement Crusade, the Phoenix deployed fifty soldiers in a counterinsurgency mission. At the beginning, the war went smoothly, but in the later stage, the battle line suddenly collapsed, and the friendly planetary defense forces collapsed. He and his comrades were trapped in a siege and were forced to defend a bunker.

But there was no reward, only pain and rebuke from the empire.

Even, as time went by, the pirate group simply recruited people on the spot in Juetu Saturn.

It is a bit like a super-enlarged version of the Western Desert on the Raging Star. The entire planet is covered by desert, the ocean area is relatively small, and the environment is very harsh.

Only recently has this strategy changed.

He angrily shot the Planetary Defense Force commander who ordered the retreat without notifying the Phoenix in advance. He decisively took over the command and finally won the war.

Especially among the people who were killed were his friends.

There is no reward because they themselves are on a redemption expedition and there is no honor at all. The rebuke was because as a sinner, he actually shot the commander on the battlefield and took over the command.

But in the process, they also suffered from many crises and the team was broken up. When they rejoined at the rear, there were only about twenty people left in the entire team.

Fifty phoenixes fought fiercely against countless enemy troops with heavy firepower. They destroyed a large number of enemies and killed the rebels until they were so scared that they did not dare to attack again and could only bypass their defenses.

Jue Saturn provides some supplies to the pirate group and even provides some goods for them to sell on the pirate black market. The price obtained in this way is higher than the price of normal imperial tax and normal trade. The materials obtained are purchased for some goods that are difficult to sell on the black market, and then exchanged for other materials in the normal imperial trading system.

The main output of this planet is food, meat products, furs and leather products. The tax amount of 20 million per year can be collected casually if you scrape it together. Occasionally, the harvest is not good in some years, or there is some unrest on the planet, then some personal taxes are used to make up for it.

In addition, they can also provide identity cover for the pirate group. In this way, whenever some official naval forces clean up the pirate group, they can hide in Juetu and pretend to be Juetu people.

Their main ship was captured, but instead of killing them, the eight warriors joined them and undoubtedly gained dominion. The leader of the Red-Eyed Pirates became a tall man named 'Nides'.

He stared at the blurry, fleeting photo for a long time.

After a group of interstellar pirates visited Saturn and carried out a robbery, Azimuba, the governor of Saturn, came up with an idea.

The governor of the planet is also a tailor, and his life is not very good.

He turned to one of the pages and his own name was on it. And just two lines above his name was written 'Sidney Blevins'.

Not only did he not report the robbery to the empire, he even provided more food supplies to the pirate group and reached a long-term cooperation agreement with the pirate group named "Red Eyes".

They regard Jue Saturn as a secret base, retreat, supply depot, and import point for goods. The real place for plundering activities will be placed far away.

Anyone who has heard the legend of the Space Marines will undoubtedly be able to identify them from their stature and their power armor.

Since you are having a hard time, you have to find other ways.

At this moment, Martins recalled the scenes from that year and recalled the time with Sidney Blevins.

In addition, a small number of river valleys and oases rely on underground water sources to form stable residential areas and even cities, supporting another part of the population.

...

However, before that, Governor Azimuba and the people of the Red-Eye Pirate Group at least understood that a rabbit would not eat the grass next to its nest. In addition, in the area near Saturn, the interstellar trade in the Kenma Star District is not developed. The interstellar trade in the Pegasus Star District next door is much better, but there is a Pegasus fleet stationed there for a long time.

Because of this, the Red-Eye Pirate Group has never been active in these two star areas.

The main force of the Pegasus fleet also left because of the Iron Teeth War. Isn't this a good time to make a fortune?

Of course, if it was just that, they would still hesitate.

If you look at their attitude and the signs painted out on their armor, there will be even more things that can be guessed.

However, no one dares to say.

Anyway, having a new boss is not a bad thing. After all, the new boss is really fierce.

Then, under the command of the new boss, they abandoned their past strategies and began to attack the Tianma Star District.

At first, they succeeded a few times, and they did make a fortune, which made the pirate community feel excited.

But then things got difficult and losses occurred. This is normal. As a pirate, how can you make a fortune without getting beaten?

However, as of now, that's about it.

Azimuba thought so too.

There are already many Juetuans in the pirate group, and many of them are his cronies. How could Gu Hang in the Tianma Star District be so easy to mess with? The more information Azimuba heard about this person from official channels, the more frightened he became.

So far, closing is the best.

Everyone has made a fortune and some of their brothers have died. Now they have stopped and gone back to sell the robbed ships, people, and materials. Everyone who is still alive will get a large sum of money. Saturn can also feel a lot more comfortable, as he won't have to pay the personal tax for the next imperial tax.

In recent months, he had raised this point with Nieders several times.

But, each time, I was rejected.

When he tried to contact Nieders again, he found that he couldn't contact him.

The Astrotaph Tower on Saturn is not high-end, and the psyker who manages the Astrotaph Tower is also a local self-taught person who accidentally awakened, and his abilities are not great. But just contacting the galaxy next door shouldn't be difficult.

After many attempts to contact him without any results, Azimuba felt that something was wrong.

But he still had some luck in his heart.

Maybe the Red-Eye Pirates just ran away?

Even if it was really wiped out by the so-called alliance, it might mean that everyone on the ship died. The alliance may not be able to know the relationship between Jue Saturn and this group of pirates now.

He could only think so.

Otherwise, what else can be done?

The Alliance is right next door, and you can reach him by just traveling through the star realm from the Red Arrow Star. Compared with Governor Gu, whether in terms of force or political influence, he and his planet were as small as a small village and had no resistance.

What's more, there is no doubt that he violated imperial laws in this matter. Supporting plunder, raising pirates, colluding with traitorous Space Marines... any one of these crimes was enough to get him killed several times, and he had to bring an entire household registration book with him.

The key is, he is not a pirate, and the planet will not move. The pirate could run, but he couldn't.

After being on tenterhooks for a while, what is supposed to come will eventually come.

The person in charge of the star observation station told him that a spacecraft with the Alliance logo had arrived in the orbit of Saturn.

He thought it was a neighbor who came to ask for help. He quickly called his boss, the head of the Kenma Sector, and hid some information to explain the situation. On the other hand, he was also prepared to receive it. .

But who knew that the people who came down were not from the Alliance, but Nides.

However, the entire pirate fleet that went to the Pegasus sector with Needs, as well as many Jedi, failed to come back.

"Chief Nides...where are my people?" When Azimuba asked, his words were trembling.

"I can't even come back."

"Then what did you bring back?"

"We only brought back our own lives."

Azimuba was choked.

After murmuring for a moment, he asked again: "What about the Alliance? Does the Alliance know..."

Nides interrupted him: "I don't know what the Alliance has mastered, but I don't plan to stay here any longer. Prepare fuel, food supplies, and some slave labor, we will leave soon ."

Azimuba was anxious: "You are gone, what should we do?"

"What does it have to do with me?"

"No! You must stay and fight with us..." Azimuba wanted to say 'fight side by side', but he couldn't.

Why fight side by side?

Are you going against the alliance?

What use are there to be eight more traitors?

In small-scale battles, these eight traitors are simply invincible; but in large-scale battles, under the wrath of the Alliance, not to mention eight, eighty are useless.

It is said that the Alliance has also received help from a Space Marine Chapter, which is a serious war group!

But Azimuba still could not let these traitors go.

They haven't left yet. He can still find a way to hand these guys over. As for what to say after handing him over, whether he is obsessed or forced, or he can think of a way to atone for his sins. No matter how small the chance is, he has to find it. Walk along the way. If a few of them run away, then you are really finished.

At this point, I don't know how many Jue Saturn people have fallen into the hands of the Alliance. No matter how lucky they are, I know that they will definitely not be able to hide them.

However, he couldn't tell Nides so directly.

Gotta think of something.

Azimuba said: "I understand, I will try my best to meet your request."

"Don't play tricks, I only give you three hours."

"I will satisfy all your needs within three hours."

After being brought to Nides, Azimuba left the planet capital on the pretext of preparing supplies and slave labor in secret.

Don't leave for fear of being torn apart.

This is one of the few places on Saturn that can barely be considered a city. It is located in a river valley with lush water and grass.

Riding in a vehicle and driving into the desert, Azimuba commanded his men via remote control. While pretending to prepare something, he still hesitated.

After three hours, of course things were not ready.

Azimuba called people to apologize, saying that he had tried his best to prepare, but because he had to act in secret and it was difficult to expose, and because he wanted a lot of things, it was difficult to prepare at the moment... In short, various excuses took turns. When he went into battle, he said he would be fine soon.

To put it bluntly, I just want to delay time.

Moreover, at this moment, he was just praying that the Alliance would come quickly.

However, Nides decisively did not give him any more opportunities. He didn't believe any nonsense, and as soon as the three hours were up, he started killing people.

Azimuba's cronies were killed, and then the personal guards guarding these traitors were quickly defeated. The Planetary Defense Force guarding the capital city did not know why, but they also acted according to Azimba's orders.

The order they received was that pirates were attacking. The warriors of the Planetary Defense Force must destroy the landing ships of the pirates when they come down from the sky, put the entire city under martial law, and block the actions of all suspicious people.

Even if there were only eight traitors, and even if the Planetary Defense Force stationed in the capital numbered at least 50,000, Azimuba had no confidence at all.

He rode a vehicle aimlessly in the desert, and he himself used the vehicle to maintain contact with the city, remotely control the troops loyal to him, and block Nides' actions.

(End of this chapter)