Turning his attention to the Warhammer Universe, Sekhmet's report indicated that his foundation remained stable.
"With Sekhmet in charge back home, it truly saves me a lot of worry," he assessed.
The three thousand protectors, who were extremely modified, well-equipped, and absolutely obedient, formed a solid barrier for the Death World outpost and its surrounding areas, ensuring unwavering control and security of the region.
Initial functional modifications to the ruins housing the original dimensional teleporter had transformed it from a mere archaeological site into a forward operating base and laboratory with basic operational capabilities, providing the necessary physical support for deeper research or actions.
At the same time, a crucial step related to his future development—the plan to be promoted to Sage—had also been initiated strictly according to the preset procedures.
For him, the core value of this promotion lay in the increased authority it represented, serving as a necessary qualification to access higher-level resources and autonomy of action, rather than mere prestige.
"The Magos identity… is just a beginning, a necessary credential," Osiris' thoughts were clearly directed towards after the promotion.
Regarding his plans after the promotion, his ideas were coherent and practical.
The promotion itself was not the goal; its true significance lay in the qualification it brought—the ability to apply for and own a forge ship entirely under his personal command.
His objective was pragmatic and clear: not the colossal forge ships, which were bottomless pits of resource consumption and would inevitably attract excessive attention, but a cruiser-class forge ship specifically modified from a mature Imperial Navy vessel type—such as a lunar class cruiser or similar models.
Such ships struck a good balance between size, function, and cost, possessing enough internal space to accommodate his core laboratory, a small refining facility, basic manufacturing workshops, a Paladin Corps garrison, and the necessary Tech-Priest team. At the same time, they offered reliable self-sufficiency, versatile adaptability, and relatively manageable daily operation and maintenance costs.
"A ship of our own… a true mobile stronghold," his synthesized voice carried the prudence of planning.
In his strategic vision, this customized forge ship would play an irreplaceable core role—it would become his true mobile base and research hub.
By then, he would be able to integrate Sekhmet, that elite Cult Guard unit, all critical research equipment, accumulated technical databases, and unique samples from different worlds onto this unified platform.
This would grant him unprecedented strategic mobility.
"Just imagine," Osiris' mechanical tentacles unconsciously tapped the edge of the control panel, as if outlining the blueprint of a future ship, "whether it's operating within Imperial territory under the guise of 'compliant exploration,' or using our unique channel," he was referring to the dimensional teleporter, "to travel to that neon-lit Cyberpunk World, or other unknown domains that might be connected in the future… it will all become as convenient as routine operations."
This ship, in essence, would become his strategic fulcrum for connecting different universes and freely traversing the star sea, a truly personal mobile interstellar base capable of supporting his continuous exploration and long-term plans.
All thoughts converged, and Osiris' gaze refocused on the constantly updating data stream before him.
The path had to be walked step by step, and the current priority was to thoroughly digest all the gains from this experiment, laying a solid foundation for the next leap.
At the same time, Osiris did not overlook the unique value and strategic positioning of the current Cyberpunk World.
He clearly recognized that although the overall technological level of this world was lower than that of the Warhammer Universe, it exhibited characteristics worthy of in-depth study in several specific areas, such as highly developed neural interface technology, experience in miniaturization and large-scale application of bionic prosthetics, unique local network architectures, and the anomalous rogue AI entity he had captured.
More critically, this dimension was physically independent of the Warhammer Universe, neither subject to the unpredictable influences of the Warp nor the direct oversight and restrictions of the Adeptus Mechanicus' intricate dogmas.
This provided him with an extremely valuable, relatively "clean" and "private" experimental ground, highly suitable for research projects that might be considered taboo, overly radical, or require high secrecy due to political factors in the Warhammer Universe.
For example, undisturbed deep analysis and functional testing of the rogue AI, validating new materials or energy weapon design prototypes not yet officially recognized by Imperial technical standards, or conducting small-scale, inconspicuous secondary verifications of cross-dimensional technology using local resources.
Based on the above assessment, Osiris clearly realized that the key to achieving complementary advantages and efficient resource integration between the two worlds lay in establishing a stable, efficient, and fully controlled cross-dimensional material and information exchange channel.
The current reliance on a teleportation method with high energy consumption, mandatory cooling cycles, and significant physiological burdens on living units was clearly insufficient for long-term, large-scale resource allocation and strategic cooperation.
Therefore, concentrating resources to further enhance the overall performance of dimensional teleportation technology—including its operational stability, energy utilization efficiency, transmission security, and compatibility with various types of transported items—became the core prerequisite and the highest priority technical challenge for advancing all subsequent plans.
His gaze shifted to another set of data displayed on the main console—feedback from the workshop's internal monitoring system and sensors implanted in Maine's crew members.
The data showed that most squad members entered a deep rest state after returning to the outpost, and their physiological indicators were gradually returning to normal.
Their bodies would fully adapt to the effects of this cross-dimensional journey within the next few days.
Osiris silently updated his task list: within the next seventy-two hours, complete comprehensive physiological data collection for Maine's crew members, focusing on analyzing the potential long-term effects of dimensional teleportation on their modified prosthetics and nervous systems; assess their subsequent mission execution capabilities based on their recovery; and simultaneously continue to collect high-performance prosthetic and technological artifact samples from the Cyberpunk World through them and channels like Gloria, further enriching the local research database.
Regarding any potential questions or psychological fluctuations within Maine's crew, Osiris deemed active intervention unnecessary.
As long as they could recover their combat effectiveness and clearly understood that the power enhancements and potential benefits gained by following him far outweighed the risks, their loyalty and obedience would naturally remain at a usable level.
Efficiency and tangible power growth were the most effective ties binding this team.
Osiris' mechanical fingers input a series of commands on the control panel, bringing up the dimensional teleporter's detailed operation log and energy flow analysis charts.
His full attention was once again immersed in analyzing and simulating the vast experimental data.
Every teleportation experiment, regardless of the outcome, was a valuable source of data.
He needed to extract patterns from it, optimize the energy injection curve parameters, improve the material formula and structural design of the resonant cavity, and calculate feasible solutions for achieving more stable teleportation under existing resource conditions.
Inside the workshop, only the low hum of equipment, the subtle hiss of energy flowing through conduits, and the almost imperceptible electronic whispers of Osiris' tirelessly processing core mind remained.
The external world's disturbances, Maine's crew's confusion, and even the grand backdrops of the two vast universes were all transformed into cold parameters and probability calculations within his logical core.
His goal was clear and firm: perfect teleportation technology, acquire a forge ship, integrate the resources of the two worlds, and move towards broader research fields.
Each step required precise calculation, absolute patience, and a continuous pursuit of efficiency.
And all of this had just begun.