>>5684904"You would really do that?"
"I will of course come down and visit myself eventually, but your legion first. You have a long trip to terra with the Emperor once he arrives, so I am sure you will need it during the rotation." Horus explains. Then you realize.
Horus while doing this as part of an act of kindness, is also using this region for a pivot point. Strategically speaking he can pivot further and capture a lot more and give his legion time to resupply and refocus while you and the Eleventh as an honor guard go to Terra with the most wanted war criminal in the entire history of humanity is to be put on trial. Smart.
"I know, you know what my intentions are here. You are clever Arnoul, that not a man doubts. Jaded? Yes. Hardened yes. Warrior? Absolutely. But you will never hear a single man doubt your capacity for cleverness and strategy." Once again, buttering you up and you just give him the same look and he sighs.
"Take the win."
"Please respect whatever my Primarchs wishes are." You say calmly.
"Of course that is even the desire of the Emperor himself when it comes to this planet." Horus say and you can hear a pang of honesty that must be something. You grab your helmet and look up at Horus, and walk out the door only for Abbadon to be outside the door.
"Abbadon." You say looking at him and he smirks.
"Arnoul." He says back. You both chuckle.
"Don't trash my flagship" you say looking back at him and he grins in an almost sneer
"We all know this ship belongs to Captain Codi after all your crazy manuevers." He says with a little chuckle.
"Well the next big ship is going to be mine." You say off handedly.
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"Are they all like him?" Abbadon asks you.
"They are one of the stranger legions. I don't think I have ever seen that man impressed." You say.
"It would be hard after they air assaulted onto a titan. That legion reminds me every time I see them why I am happy to be in the Luna Wolves."
"Why because of my leadership?" You ask in an intentionally overly smug tone to tease Abbadon.
"More like a reminder that it isn't his. I'd be one of the dead from Cythrix Noir. I don't think anything can break that legion, but that campaign was horrible." Abbadon tells you and you grimace. While you were on the otherside of the galaxy, the eleventh with a small element of the twelfth legion and part of the thirteenth had the most horrible sub sector to conquer that left the eleventh probably the most experienced legion next only to the first or second - with half their legion gone. They were able to claim the system, and it's valuable resources that were needed, at a hefty cost.
