Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 646

Chapter 644: Strict, Severe, and Quick
. After assigning tasks to the intelligence department, Gu Hang immediately plunged into military and political matters.
Gu Hang’s claim that the Alliance lacked the resources to enter the Princess Sector and needed to stabilize the occupied zone wasn’t just an excuse; it was a genuine commitment.
It wasn’t an easy task; the workload was immense.
The military alone was immense.
This was a large-scale operation in the Nepeta Sector, which didn’t require Gu Hang’s oversight, otherwise he would have been even busier.
His direct defeat of the main fleet led by Varluk himself would naturally cause a massive repercussion throughout the Alfonzo Sector.
By then, who in the sector didn’t know that the Alfonzo Cult was a thing of the past?
Varluk himself had been captured and sent to Holy Terra by Gu Hang for trial. What was there to hesitate about?
Of course, this only affected the remaining members of the Mechanicus. Those already infected couldn’t afford such a response.
They had become slaves to the Void Swarm, their remaining individual will a mere illusion before being devoured and transformed. They could no longer be expected to surrender.
The question now was how serious the situation was across the Alfonzo Sector.
It proved quite serious.
During this period, the Alliance’s diplomatic corps and the Aramita Cult, led by Moreau, spared no effort in contacting every planet within the Alfonzo Sector. They were not only trying to disarm and cease resistance, but also to convince them of Varuk’s grave crimes and the abyss he had dragged the entire Cult into. Those who accepted transformation and corruption were not merely betraying the Imperium and the God of All Machines, but also losing their self-awareness and becoming enslaved by the Zerg, a fate worse than death.
Whether it was the remaining sane, uncorrupted members of the Adeptus Mechanicus on those planets, or the planetary governors, government agencies, and ruling classes not directly ruled by the Adeptus Mechanicus, they all understood and accepted this argument and were willing to side with the Alliance.
Whether they truly believed it, or were forced into it by the Alliance’s overwhelming victory and Alfonzo’s lack of interstellar resistance, as long as they could accept it, it was fine.
The problem was that the scale and widespread of the infected was beyond imagination.
It was primarily beyond Moro’s imagination, as the Alliance had anticipated this.
Over four hundred worlds erupted in civil unrest. When the loyalists decided to rectify the situation, the infected dropped their pretense.
Widespread rebellions broke out on every planet.
Initially, Moro’s report attributed this to overly aggressive internal purges on certain planets.
But his whitewashing was quickly disproven.
On the contrary, those planets that had carried out purges, while experiencing rebellions, were manageable.
Those that were slow to act, saw their rebellions grow so severe that they could no longer be resolved solely through the planet’s own strength.
Gu Hang summoned Moro and, without even bothering to offer a friendly welcome to the forging general who had come to his side, gave him a stern reprimand.
What was there to appease about the infected? If we don’t cleanse them, will they be grateful?
Impossible.
We must be strict, severe, and swift!
In addition, the Alliance’s fleet also attacked everywhere. The main force did not move, but often a cruiser or even a destroyer, with some frigates and patrol ships, ran to the orbits of various planets to provide some orbital support, or assist local forces to retake the orbital system occupied by the infected.
The two regiments, Fury Flame and New World Torch, were also split into strike teams one after another to follow the fleet.
The method used by Salilius on the Western Front was carried forward in the Jingjie Star Field, and then Gu Hang began to use it on a large scale in the entire Alfonzo Star Field.
Send special envoys to establish a “pest control office” to coordinate the local forces of the planet and the troops sent by the alliance to solve the pest problem.
These are all verified and relatively mature solutions.
For relatively minor problems, a few Alliance ships can simply patrol the area, deploying a few thousand or tens of thousands of personnel to make their presence felt. Serious issues can be addressed through the deployment of armies, permanent fleets, and targeted strikes by Space Marines.
There are ways to deal with these situations.
The most significant problem is that over fifty worlds have simply ignored communications with the Alliance and the Cult of Aramita.
According to assessments, these worlds can be considered completely lost.
It’s not that there aren’t even a single living loyalist left; they’ve all been corrupted and infected, but at least the ruling class has been lost.
On other worlds, the highest levels of management have been corrupted and turned traitor, sometimes on a widespread scale. At least, a ruling class, a powerful interest group, or even a single hero can emerge on a planet to lead the loyalists, rally them against the infected and traitors, liaise with the Alliance and the Cult of Aramita, and receive support on behalf of the planet.
Worlds completely disconnected from communication can’t even offer this.
This means that either the entire world is deeply corrupted, leaving loyalists scattered and shadowy, unable to form a reliable force; or, while representative loyalist forces exist, the planet is under tight lockdown, making them completely cut off from the Alliance and the Cult of Aramita.
Furthermore, they all share a common trait: they are very close to Alfonzo’s other two Forge Worlds, perhaps even forming part of the core worlds surrounding them.
Their deep corruption is unsurprising.
In this situation, the “Insect Control Office”‘s proven plan is useless. To address these planets, the Alliance would have to bravely attack them one by one, in unfamiliar territory and without intelligence support.
Even with this approach, even with the Alliance’s current strength, it wouldn’t be able to sustain a large-scale war across fifty worlds simultaneously.
Neither the naval power nor the ability to project force is sufficient.
The resources are insufficient, and the Alliance can’t afford the expense.
But can they just leave it alone?
Maybe there are Zerg swarms on these planets. When the digestion tanks are opened and the meat blankets are spread, the infected are sent in one by one. Then, with the meat blankets and incubation tanks, a huge Zerg army can be raised, or even biological ships…
That would be a lot of fun.
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