Archmagos Cawl's design simplified the production process, allowing more Forge Worlds to participate in production.
However, the lost technology of the 30K era was an entirely different matter.
These items, which could make one exclaim at the terrifying power of humanity's Dark Age of Technology, were one after another incredibly difficult to produce.
The core components of certain energy weapons required forging under special gravity environments, while the neural interfaces of Power Armor demanded nanometer-level assembly precision.
Some of the most dangerous items, 32 even had to produce herself.
For instance, the containment field generator for a plasma incinerator cannon; a slight error could trigger a chain reaction, leveling the entire workshop.
After all, she was the only Tech-Priest with the title of Forge Master on the entire Rostov III. Most of the others were Low-ranking Priests, and while there were a few High-ranking Priests, those capable of assisting 32 were still few and far between, failing to satisfy her.
These Priests could only produce some Primaris series equipment; as for more complex 30K equipment, 32 could only rely on herself.
Therefore, whenever something extremely difficult to produce was needed, 32 usually took over herself.
And it was precisely because of this that when Alex said there were already three thousand Astartes, her face truly turned green, because it meant a massive amount of Astartes equipment had to be forged.
Just thinking about personally assembling the neural interfaces for thousands of Power Armor sets made her servo-arms tremble uncontrollably.
After all, the Ash Knights' over-strength scale was truly outrageous; if they were to publicly appear, it would be almost impossible not to attract official Imperial investigations and inquiries.
One must know that a standard Astartes Chapter has only one thousand men, and they were already the size of three full-strength Chapters—a full three thousand Space Marines, which completely violated the codex astartes.
And this also meant that Alex and his team had to be extra cautious and were completely unsuitable for purchasing Astartes equipment in bulk from other Forge Worlds.
Such large-scale arms procurement would inevitably attract the attention and suspicion of the Adeptus Mechanicus, and even more so, the scrutiny of the Inquisition and the High Lords of Terra.
Not to mention, for Alex, who possessed more advanced technology, the products produced by those traditional Forge Worlds were somewhat outdated and obsolete.
Those standard template equipment revered by the Adeptus Mechanicus were merely barely usable transitional products in his eyes—while reliable, their performance could no longer keep up with the demands of the era.
After all, Archmagos Cawl had single-handedly updated the entire Astartes military equipment system. With superior Primaris series equipment available, who would still use those old Power Armor and traditional Bolters?
Unless they were Chapter relics with special historical significance, for a Chapter that had fully embraced Primaris technology, it would certainly be more appropriate to prioritize equipping the new Primaris series weapons and armor.
"So, it all comes back to expanding production capacity!" Alex and 32 exchanged glances, then both smiled wryly.
This conclusion was as obvious as the Emperor's Golden Throne, yet as helpless as a Warp Storm.
On the holographic display in front of them, red warning signs flickered on every project with insufficient capacity.
Everyone knew the answer, but achieving it was not simple.
Expanding Forging factories required a large number of trained Tech-Priest, increasing output meant re-planning the entire planet's energy distribution, and training qualified technical personnel was a long process measured in decades.
"Later, I will make a trip to the Mariupol Forge World. On one hand, Archmagos Cawl left a Forge there, and although it's now in my possession, we still need to send people to maintain it," Alex explained, pulling up the interstellar route map and marking the destination.
That Forge was where Archmagos Cawl had conducted his early experiments with Primaris technology. It not only housed tens of thousands of dormant Astartes, but the equipment within the Forge itself was also capable of producing Primaris series gear.
Alex intended to put it to use.
"On the other hand, we can also send some low-profit, high-cost orders to the Mariupol Forge World, and try to see if we can get more help," he continued, his finger tracing a long list of secondary equipment.
The Mariupol Forge World is the closest Forge World to the Rostov Sub-Sector. Although it is not very large, it is at least a standard Forge World and has the necessary production capacity.
The only problem was how Alex would persuade the Forging Supervisor to provide the necessary assistance to the Rostov Sub-Sector.
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