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Chapter 279: The Administrative Platform and the Technology Forum
🕑 Added 2025-09-06 13:40:41 +0000 UTCChapter 279: The Administrative Platform and the Technology Forum
This central server was built using the servo-systems from the Stellar Pioneer and the Gorgon transports. It was different from the existing Cogitators of the Imperium, being much closer to what Lucan recognized as a computer. A large number of Marks of Purity had been affixed to the machine to prevent it from being corrupted.
Lucan himself had no cybernetic implants. However, someone with a neural interface could connect directly to the servo-system. This also allowed the Tech-priests under his command to better monitor the entire network. But Lucan had a more direct method: through the Daemon-steel nerve clusters woven into its structure, he could perceive everything within it.
As the machine booted up, Lucan could feel an immensely powerful Machine Spirit awakening within. What was once an incomprehensible stream of binary data began to transform into understandable information, flowing directly into his mind. The servo-system began to load.
Lucan logged in with his own supreme administrator privileges. He could now clearly and instantly access all the various data of his Dynasty. Rebecca and her officials had spent a great deal of time uploading all of the Dynasty's internal documents, edicts, production figures, and other data into the system. Pavian and Cawl had also built a preliminary administrative platform for it, allowing Rebecca and other officials to coordinate resources and handle government affairs with much greater efficiency.
The massive data calculations were handled and coordinated by the low-level artificial intelligence loaded into the system. Karax had also made his own contribution: a portion of the memory data from fallen Protoss Purifiers had been uploaded into the system. These Purifiers, who were already data-based lifeforms, now acted as special guardians, protecting the sea of data and monitoring it on Lucan's behalf.
This administrative system was the gift Lucan intended to provide to Guilliman. It would help him to gradually abandon the inefficient, archaic administrative processes of the past and deal with the problems facing the Administratum after its restructuring.
As this system was rolled out across the entire Imperium, as envisioned, it would enable not only real-time troop deployment and resource allocation, but also the monitoring of the internal situation and political affairs of every single planet. As mentioned before, the vast territory of the Imperium did not actually lack resources; it was just that most of them were wasted due to information lag. The excessive tithes from some planets could drive a world's population to starvation, and could even force loyal worlds into rebellion. Lucan hoped to put a stop to this. If he succeeded, the stability of the entire human Imperium would reach a new level.
Furthermore, the old model, where the Imperium would not interfere with a Planetary Governor's rule as long as the tithe was paid, would slowly become a thing of the past. This system would allow for the tithes levied on planets to be more reasonable, adjusting the amount in real-time according to their needs.
But Lucan could foresee that the implementation of this system would not be entirely smooth. Some worlds might beg the Imperium to roll it out, but some of the governors who wished to continue their tyrannical rule would certainly not be so welcoming. The bloody, high-pressure rule of a local governor was also a factor that pushed the people of a planet towards the worship of Chaos and rebellion.
The 500 Worlds of Ultramar, managed by the Ultramarines, were proof that the strength of the Imperium did not have to be built on the suffering of the lower classes, who often lived worse than livestock. A reasonable and stable social system, where everyone could live a stable life, could provide the Imperium with a more stable output of both resources and soldiers.
Guilliman wanted to promote the management model and system of the 500 Worlds to the rest of the Imperium, but it had been impossible before due to the problems of distance and information timeliness. But with Lucan's system, Guilliman now saw a path to feasibility.
This model would also infringe on the interests of some governors. They could no longer act as the absolute kings of their worlds, nor could they rule their planets with impunity. War would be inevitable. Some governors might even actively seek the power of Chaos to resist. The Imperium would have to endure the pain of excising these tumors, but in the long run, it would be worth it.
The Indomitus Crusade to save the dark side of the Imperium had faded, but a new crusade, one to change the Imperium from within, was now brewing in Guilliman's plans. Fleet after fleet was assembling under his command.
Lucan curiously browsed through the system. After seeing the information within, he finally had a clear picture of just how massive his Mongorte Dynasty had become. He felt a little embarrassed; the master of the Dynasty had had such a vague understanding of his own data before. He had become a bit too used to the life of a hands-off leader.
The population under the Dynasty's direct management had already reached over 200 billion. To think that when he had first arrived, the Mongorte Dynasty had only a billion or two people left.
He didn't know much about the administrative interface, so he couldn't judge it too much. Future improvements would be based on feedback from Rebecca or Guilliman. What he was more interested in were the other functions he had asked Pavian and Cawl to design.
At Pavian's guidance, a completely different platform appeared before Lucan. It was an internal communication forum exclusively for the Cult of the Holy Machine. Within his Cult, Lucan was determined to prevent the academic factionalism and knowledge-hoarding that plagued the traditional Mechanicus. If the Cult had been confined to the Mongorte Dynasty's home system, this forum would have been redundant. But as the Cult of the Holy Machine spread throughout the Koronus Expanse, and even to many worlds within the Imperium, this platform became essential.
Members of the Cult could earn corresponding contribution points for the work they did for the Dynasty. These points could then be used to learn the technical knowledge made public within the Cult. If they encountered a problem, they could also seek help from others on the forum, even offering contribution points for paid academic exchanges. The Cult of the Holy Machine encouraged its Tech-priests to publish their innovative ideas. You could also submit your research findings to the Dynasty through the platform. If they were proven to be important, you would not only receive a large number of contribution points, but your talents would also be discovered by the Dynasty, and you would be promoted to a higher, more suitable position.
The punishment for the vicious act of plagiarizing or stealing the research of others was extremely severe. In some of the original forge worlds of the Imperium, if you created something more practical and effective that infringed on the interests of a more powerful Magos or forge world, your new creation could be held up in "review" for hundreds of years. The review period could even be long enough to outlive the inventor. And before the review was passed, these creations were not allowed to be put into large-scale production. Forcing production would only get them labeled as heretical and forbidden.
Compared to Pavian, Cawl was even more interested in this platform. He had even registered an account for himself and would sometimes answer the questions of junior Tech-priests. The open exchange on the platform seemed to have opened a new world for the Tech-priests. Cawl had even dedicated a portion of his processing power to monitoring the forum long-term. In the time he had been using it, the innovative ideas sometimes expressed by low-level Tech-priests had even given him new insights. The thoughts and ideas of one person are limited. Different people looking at the same thing from different angles can see different things. It proved that once the conservative shackles that bound the Tech-priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus were broken, their innovative ability was not low at all.
"Lord Lucan," Cawl couldn't help but say with emotion, "if I had to pick my favorite part of this creation, it would be this forum."
"I'm glad you like it," Lucan replied. "But the more important this forum becomes, the more stringent the screening of its personnel must be. Expressing opinions is fine, but Pavian, if you discover any valuable technology, immediately add it to the Imperial tech-base."
Lucan's purpose in doing this was to use Enigmatic Engineering to minimize the possibility of leaks.
"I have already arranged for the core members of the Cult to monitor the forum 24 hours a day," Pavian said. "While freedom of speech is good, sometimes some of the Tech-priests get a little too carried away and say some inappropriate, heretical things. We will issue warnings to these Tech-priests!"
