Warhammer 40k: Collector of Terra

Chapter 85 The Fallen State Religion

Every piece of technology can allow engine oil guys to take a step closer to meeting the [God of All Machines].

In order to obtain a piece of [STC Template], believers of [Ohm Messiah] can sell everything including mentors, friends, and even freedom.

On one side is the miraculous [Battle Celestial Object] and the [Palace Proving Ground] with a favorable research environment; on the other side is the [Mechanicus] filled with indifference and exclusion.

Facing the invitation from [Great Sage] Kaul, the radical oil guys couldn't find any reason to refuse.

The addition of nearly a thousand mechanical priests has greatly increased the research speed of the great sage Caul.

If this pace continues, in another two centuries at most... the first [Combat Celestial Object] will be able to officially enter the imperial battle order.

And when the [Combat Celestial Object] truly achieves modular mass production, the aliens and chaos in the entire galaxy will tremble under the iron heel of the empire.

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Since the [Battle of Macragge] came to an end, the betrayers hidden in the [Eye of Terror] have fallen into a long silence.

It is undeniable that the threats of aliens and chaos still exist!But compared to the dark [Eternal War]... this is a rare period of peace.

The former [Supreme Lords Council] has long existed in name only, and the complex government affairs of the empire are all personally handled by the [Imperial Regent] and the [Lord of Ultramar].

The dictators who tried to start a rebellion were quietly killed by the [Assassin's Court]; the corrupt nobles and planetary governors were sent to the gallows by the [Ministry of Justice]! ! !

The bloated administrative machinery was gently dismantled; trillions of [Astral Militarum] and [Navy Crew] set foot on the icy Milky Way in the grace of the Emperor...

Under the leadership of the two emperor's sons, everything in the empire is moving in a better direction.

That future filled with peace, reason and beauty seems to be coming to this crazy galaxy.

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In the ninth year after the [Battle of Macragge], the [Living Saint], who was ordered to eliminate the hidden dangers of the [State Religion], led a huge fleet back to Terra.

In the [Audience Hall] outside the Royal Palace of Terra, the Imperial Regent summoned the returning Celestine and [Gray Knight Grand Master] Owen Geist.

The depravity and corruption spreading within the [State Religion] is far more serious than the Imperial Regent imagined.

During the long period of nearly ten Terran years, Celestine and the [Gray Knight] fleet visited more than three-digit [Religious Worlds].

Among the more than a hundred [Cardinals] responsible for managing the [Religious World], more than nine were corrupted by the [Lord of Change] and the [Prince of Joy], and became puppets of Chaos buried within the state religion. .

[Ravenweith] The Cardinal above the world was bewitched by the alien's [Greater Good] and led the entire planet to embrace the heretical beliefs of the [Tau Empire].

The cardinal who rules the world of [Kalavina] was infected by the [Gene Stealer] and spread the blasphemous belief of the [Four-Armed God Emperor] on the planet!

Even the cardinals who have not been corrupted and bewitched, most of them are obsessed with the pleasure brought by money, power and desire all day long...

There are only a few cardinals who adhere to the teachings of the God-Emperor.The people of the [Religious World], which should be full of devout beliefs, are living in dire straits. Apart from rotting corpses and stinking sewage... there is nothing else on the huge planet.

I have to say, this is really a great irony!

The experiences recounted by Celestine and the Grand Master put a layer of frost on the face of the Imperial Regent.

The Imperial Regent only knew about the corruption of the [State Religion], but never imagined that this sect that believed in the God Emperor had fallen to such an extent.

The corrupted [Cardinal] has received divine punishment from Celestine, and the two imperial worlds that have turned away from the glory of the throne... have also been completely transformed by the roar of [Cyclone Torpedo] and [Atmospheric Incendiary Bomb]. ash.

The corrupt [State Religion] should have been completely banned, but in this crazy galaxy, the empire still needs "faith" to stabilize the people's hearts and resist the erosion of the Chaos Gods.

Killing alone cannot solve the problem!
The only solution that can bring [State Religion] back on track is a top-down purge!
The prerequisite for the implementation of "purge" is a [state religion pope] with firm faith and loyalty.

The Imperial Regent does not intend for mortals susceptible to erosion and corruption to occupy this lofty position.

Looking at the entire empire, the most suitable candidate to take over as the [Pope of the State Religion] is undoubtedly the [Living Saint] Celestine in front of him.

As a living saint who has received divine inspiration from the Emperor, Celestine has absolute loyalty to the Empire and the God-Emperor!And she will not be corrupted by Chaos because of her indulgence in pleasure like her predecessor, Pope Decius.

As the spokesperson of the "State Religion", Celestine possesses both the "mercy" to sympathize with the world and the "indifference" to slaughter heretics!
There is no doubt that Celestine will eventually become the most perfect pope in the history of the empire!The fallen state religion will re-embrace the devout faith of the God-Emperor under the guidance of the Living Saint.

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The coronation ceremony of the Living Saint is finally scheduled for this year’s [Emperor’s Ascension Festival]!At that time, Guilliman will personally crown Celestine.

Unfortunately, the Imperial Regent was unable to witness Celestine's coronation.

Long before the Imperial Regent's fleet returned to Terra, Gawain had obtained the coordinates of the Dark City of Commorragh from Trazyn the Endless.

In the past ten years of Terra, the Imperial Regent has been secretly preparing various matters to conquer the [Dark Eldar]!

An elite fleet composed of hundreds of warships, [Thousand-Human Regiment]-level Imperial Army, thousands of [Callidus Assassins] who are proficient in stealth and stealth, and five thousand Astartes from [Death Watch] , plus countless [Intelligent Control Corps] and [Star Militarum]...

The [Webway Node] controlled by Commorragh...the Imperial Regent is determined to win it!And the Dark Eldar, who live by devouring the souls of the people of the Empire, will also be reduced to ashes in the Emperor's magnificent wrath.

[Lord of Ultramar] has temporarily taken on the task of handling imperial government affairs!

The [Imperial Regent] carried the blessings of the people of the empire and led a huge fleet into the subspace filled with chaos and madness.

The goal of the imperial fleet is the agricultural world [Ogate] located in the south of [Pacific Star Territory]!
In the past few thousand years, Ogate, far away from the political center, was often harassed by a [Dark Eldar] fleet.

Facing the well-equipped and well-trained [Dark Eldar Warriors], Ogate's planetary defense forces had almost no resistance at all!

(End of this chapter)