In The World Of Sword And Magic As Space Marine - Chapter 151: His name is…

Question: What’s the Emperor ever done for me?

Answer: What have you ever done for the Emperor?

By Training questions from Administratum Cant and Dogma

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“… Regina? What and how are you here? Didn’t Lord William tell us thathe will not bring anymore troops?” Lord Commissar Cain said with tons of questions as his old friend and former commander of the 597th Valhallan Regiment suddenly showed up to babysit his daughter.

“Well, Lord William didn’t summon me. He summoned the ships and I happened to be part of the fleet that was summoned.” General Regina Kasteen answers Cain by opening the window and pointing towards the sky.

Cain, who is still holding his baby daughter, approaches the window and looks upon the sky while Jurgen steps out from the room to fetch the Tanna tea and a pair of cups. Up in the sky, Lord Commissar Cain saw something very familiar and a very representation of the Imperium itself.

Orbiting up in the high sky close to the vacuum of space, a dozen ships of unknown Battle Fleet and few Battle Barges can be seen. Because the ships are so massive and close to each other in formation, the ships can be seen as small figures but Cain knew exactly what they were.

“By the Emperor’s light. Lord William finally did it. He recalls everyone because he finally made the decision to leave the New World.” Cain said and realised that he is no longer retired anymore. Himself, Jurgen and everyone will return to Imperium as they should, except for one person.

His daughter, his blood and flesh will not follow him as he already made a decision and made an arrangement. Even Lord William himself gave a helping hand by connecting Cain with Crown Prince Benton to be godfather to Cain’s daughter until she reached adulthood. Most likely, Cain has a few days to spend with his daughter before leaving her forever.

“Regina, I’m sorry but I wouldn’t need a babysitter for my daughter, but I like to have company until I’m summoned by Lord William.”

“Of course, my friend. Let us catch up like old times.” General Regina Kasteen gave her answer to Cain as Jurgen entered the room with a set of Tanna tea for the Commissar and his guest.

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Three Hours Ago,

After the recall signal was sent, William brought out his summon items from his inventory. In a matter of a few minutes, the Command Center where William was in received massive multiple signals and communication officers went into panic mode.

Receiving vox signals from the near orbit, William’s forces are no longer alone as they made contact with other major forces of the Imperium. Moments later, William and others can hear a voice coming from the vox communicator.

“This is Admiral Thane Von Sharpe. Commanding Battle Fleet Obsidian Star hailing from Sector Crucis. I’m receiving an Imperium signal, please respond.”

There was a silence as no one dared to answer back or talk to each other as everyone turned their heads towards William. Without a doubt, this was the moment everyone was waiting for and it is finally here. It makes sense that William should be the one who answers the call from the Imperial Navy who have no idea what’s going on. After a moment of hesitation, William spoke.

“Signal officer, please connect me with Admiral Sharpe.” William spoke while pointing at a random vox officer.

“Yes, my lord.” The signal officer who is fortunate or unfortunate enough to be selected by William quickly answers and presses a few buttons, connecting the communication to the new forces above the sky.

“You are now connected, my lord.”

After a few seconds of salient moment, William spoke with full authority as his right given by the Emperor of Mankind and as Chapter Master of the Blacksouls.

“This is Chapter Master William Nullinanis of the Legions of Blacksouls and Imperator Fratrum (Commander of the Brother).”

“I do not recognize your name and authority of the unknown ‘Legion’. Send me your authorization code or be prepared to be marked as a renegade faction.” The voice of the vox box said, which made the entire command center in silence and room temperature down to cold chill.

‘What in the world? They usually follow the order without any question. Could it be that another authority in command of major forces can challenge my authority?’ William thought to himself but decided to follow the request as he pulled out an old scroll with full power given by the right hand of the Emperor himself.

“Give the authority code according to what’s written in the scroll.” William placed the scroll of the Creation and Recognition of the Blacksouls Legion on the table in which one of the vox senior officers approached and read the code as he broadcast the signal to the ship orbiting above.

After the code was given the vox box remained silent until someone new spoke through the vox and this time it wasn’t Admiral Sharpe.

“This is Captain Maxaf Issonus of the Luna Wolves and commander of the 15th patrol fleet. The code verifies but I don’t recognize your name. I humbly request a face to face to resolve this misunderstanding.” The entire room went into shock as a man who identified himself as a member of the Archtraitor legion and commanded the Astartes Battle Barge.

“Strange, a mix of the Imperial Fleet from our time and a few Battle Barges belonging to the Primarch Horus. What is going on?” The one who spoke wasn’t William but a Lord Creed who was watching this entire event in silence until now.

“Yes, that is strange but let us accept the request and see for ourselves. Lord Creed, please contact all captains to meet our new guests. Fully armed.” William gave instruction and left the command center with his honour guards following him.

In a matter of half an hour two ships entered the fortress air field and landed next to each other. The first ship belongs to the Imperial Fleet, an officer’s shuttle armed with las cannons and few missiles. The second ship belongs to the Luna Wolves and they came with thunderhawk.

Meanwhile, William was standing in front of the air field with two dozen honour guards and every captain behind him with their own two Space Marines from each company.

“This will either go bad or worse.” Said one of the Astartes captains.

“How bad can it go? It’s not like Horus himself would step out from that ship and declare himself a new master of mankind?” Another Astartes Captain spoke but before anyone could reply the first captain silenced everyone as he wanted everyone to remain focused instead of giving a side whisper.

The doors of the two ships opened and two groups exist with each of them coming out with elite soldiers of their own protection.

The Imperial Fleet side escorted with ten Tempestus Scions and small group of officers while Luna Wolves side came out with only three Astartes with one in the middle fully armoured with honours of services to the Imperium. When two groups reached a few feets away, they both stopped, facing William and his men. The Astartes from the Luna Wolves spoke first.

“I’m Captain Maxaf Issonus of the Luna Wolves, the 16th legion and loyal sons of the Imperium.” After Captain Maxaf said, the man from Imperium Fleet spoke next.

“I’m Admiral Thane Von Sharpe of the Battle Fleet Obsidian Star. In the name of the Emperor and his Imperium we hope you know where we are.”

The last statement from Admiral Sharpe puzzles William as his mind went into quick calculation on the current situation. William then shows the hand sign of Aquila as he welcomes two leaders into his home.

“I welcome you both. My name is William Nullinanis, Chapter Master of the Legion of Blacksoul. Let us properly talk inside of my fortress and share information.”

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The conversation lasted for two hours in which William learned the details of the two different factions and their stories.

It turned out that Admiral Thane Von Sharpe and his Battle Fleet Obsidian Star got lost in the warp storm during their travel in which they exited the world where Imperium was about to enter the 9 years of civil war called Horus Heresy. During the process of trying to contact the Imperium, the Battle Fleet end up meeting a small fleet of Astartes belonging to Captain Maxaf Issonus of the Luna Wolves.

At first Admiral Sharpe fully intended to fight the sons of the Archtraitor but thanks to Captain Maxaf’s diplomacy both parties decided to figure things out on how to return the Battle Fleet Obsidian Star. It was at this moment when another warp storm came out of nowhere and engulfed both fleets into warp, resulting in them lost in the Immaterium for five months.

“So that is how both of you met. I’m surprised that none of you decided to annihilate each other at first glance. Still, Captain Maxaf, you now know what has happened to your gene father and his hersey. Are you still loyal to Imperium?” William questioned the captain of the Luna Wolves as he himself made it clear he was loyal to the Emperor.

“Me and my brothers are loyal no matter what my legion has done. We were on our way to Isstvan III where our gene-father declared a major campaign against traitors. I never expected that traitor to be my own until Admiral Sharpe told me during our warp travel.” Captain Maxaf said as an expression of disappointment and sadness but within a rage.

William still isn’t certain if these Luna Wolves are truly loyal to the Imperium but he knew that Horus himself recalled all the Astartes who are still loyal to the Emperor so that he can virus-bomb the whole planet to cleanse the loyalist within his ranks. Still, few of the traitors could be within Captain Maxaf’s rank and William has to make sure they are rooted out before it grows into a bigger problem.

“You and your men will be subject to thural investigation and evaluation. Afterward, it will be up to you and your brothers to decide what to do next. You are more than welcome to join my ranks if you wish but time is limited as we are planning to leave this world and return to Imperium.” William gives his declaration to Luna Wolves Captain and turns to Admiral Sharpe.

“Admiral, as of now you and your fleet are part of my legion and under my command. By the right given to me by the Emperor of Mankind, your fleet will assist on our return to the Imperium space. Is that understood?”

Hearing the order from the Chapter Master, Admiral Sharpe got up from his chair and gave the sign of Aquila and bowed his head, accepting the command of the Chapter Master.

“Under the order of the highest within Holy Terra, I, Admiral Thane Von Sharpe of the Battle Fleet Obsidian Star of Sector Crucis will obey the Chapter Master.”

Afterward, the discussion of loading the entire land force into space fleet and restructure of the command began. In total, it would take one whole month to load heavy machines such as manufacturing and other essential heavy units such as heavy vehicles, knights, and titans. That process itself will take three weeks and after, two weeks to load entire military and other logistical staff members into the ship. This is after all, a process of departing an entire legion worth of men and women capable of occupying the star system.

With all the discussion and planning, William also allowed Admiral Sharpe to lower the ships one by one to resupply air and other essential things such as water and food. It came to clear that Imperium ships use recycled processing for water and air which ends up becoming deluded into foul things.

As for the food… William had Catachans lead the hunts around during the loading period to resupply fresh supply of food from the wild. This includes monsters that can be edible and fruits and vegetables that can be harvested. After all, William is certain that his people, including the crew of the ship wouldn’t mind eating a monster meat instead of processed canned food such as corpse starch.

As for the Luna Wolves, they will go through a one on one process of investigation and ‘interview’ conducted by a large group of Null Marines. Turns out that even though William is certain that he didn’t summon them, a company worth of Null Marines turned out to be former Dark Angels.

These former Dark Angels assure William that they will make sure no traitor will escape their interview process and make sure loyal ones safely integrate into Blacksouls. With that said number of Luna Wolves from the Battle Barge turned out to be a total of 400 Astartes and 230 Legion Serfs.

The ones who are proven to be loyal to the Imperium will be undertaking the process of turning into Null Marines while loyal Legion Serfs will be placed in new Astartes training, giving them a second chance to becoming the Angel of Death.

As for the potential traitors, they will be executed and harvested for any potential gene seeds that can be useful for the future Astartes. Of course, harvested gene seed will be carefully converted to be suited for the Null Marines thanks to the STC processor. Long logistical short, William and his forces will be busy making a departure in a short period of time.

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Four Weeks Later,

William remains silent in the waiting room while the scream of a woman can be heard in the other room. He wasn’t alone as Lord Commissar Cain, Lord Creed, and honour guard Captain were waiting as well.

For the first time in William’s life (Since he came to this world) he felt powerless as his only option was to wait and see the result of the battle his wife is fighting.

Rana Bassilo Beckett who is in bed with a few of the Sisters from the Medical team and Archmagos Valadus Callias helping her with the process of giving birth to William’s child. The bloodline of the Chapter Master William continue to next generation as newborn baby also possess the same blood that previously flew when Emperor himself walked the Holy Terra itself before Great Crusade.

When the baby was born, the baby’s cry out loud made Archmagos reset his audio receiver as the baby was supernaturally unusual. William and others rush to the room after hearing the sound of the baby. William rejoiced with a bright smile on his face while Rana hugged the baby gently as she carefully calmed the baby. After thural medical checks, Archmagos gave a full report to the new parents with surprising news.

[The baby is in fine health. He is a boy and most likely possesses both traits of the parents but I can’t confirm that theory until he grows up to a certain age. By the way, what will you name your son?]

Rana and William looked at each other for a second. Before William could say anything Rana spoke first and clearly so that the name of the baby was given to the Archmagos for the medical record.

“His name is Henry Bassilo Nullinanis, Son of William Nullinanis and Rana Bassilo Beckett. Emperor’s chosen grandson and future hero of the Imperium.”