Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 895

Chapter 888, Primaris Space Marines

. Primaris Space Marine technology?

Gu Hang studied it with a frown, and was immediately impressed.

It was indeed a good thing.

Simply put, the so-called “Primaris” is a technology that evolves and modifies the most common Space Marine gene-seed.

This modified gene-seed transforms into “Primaris Seed.”

This isn’t an enhancement, but a transformation.

Recruits implanted with the Primaris gene-seed not only become taller, stronger, and more agile, but also develop three new, superhuman organs within their bodies.

These organs are the Steel Wire Tendons, the Anthem Pituitary, and the Caul’s Forge.

The first two directly enhance the Space Marine’s physical strength. The Steel Wire Tendons, as their name suggests, are like steel, greatly enhancing the Space Marine’s physical strength. The Anthem Pituitary secretes special hormones that not only grant the Space Marine greater and more sensitive control of his body, but also protect him from psychic energy and the invasion of the Warp.

The last, the Caul’s Forge, is a life-saving artifact. Located in the Space Marine’s chest, near the heart, it normally lies dormant. Only when a Space Marine suffers a serious injury does it activate, pulsating rapidly to replace the heart’s function and rapidly secreting a large amount of hormones.

These hormones have at least two functions:

First, they instantly restore a critically injured and dying Space Marine to peak condition, like a shot of cardiac stimulant or resuscitation, allowing them to continue fighting for a while.

Second, they provide immediate, life-saving repair to the body and internal organs. Even after the effects of the boost of energy wear off, life is at least saved.

This means that with the Caul’s Forge, unless a Space Marine suffers a fatal injury like a decapitation or shattering of the body, all other normal injuries are rendered non-lethal by the Caul’s Forge, significantly enhancing the Space Marine’s sustained combat effectiveness and survivability.

With these three superhuman organs, the Primaris Marines possess an absolute advantage over their original counterparts. This might be a bit exaggerated. After all, even Primaris Marines aren’t guaranteed to crush their original counterparts, especially against their superiors.

However, under the same conditions, a 20/80 chance of winning is probably not a problem.

From a utilitarian perspective, there’s no reason for Gu Hang not to promote the universal Primarisization of Space Marines.

The added cost is minimal, and the success rate of implanting the Primaris gene-seed is similar to that of the older versions. The only significant complication is the required transformation surgery to convert a fully-fledged Space Marine into a Primaris Marine.

This surgery carries significant risks, requiring the removal of the Marine’s gene-seed, the swift Primaris transformation, and the subsequent replacement.

This process is inherently prone to error. The gene-seed is the core and most vital element of a Space Marine, and its removal is fraught with danger—even in an operating room.

However, this risk is manageable.

Even more unpredictable is that after the modified gene-seed is re-implanted, the Primaris will begin to undergo extensive body modifications based on the genetic information contained within it, helping the older Space Marines grow new, superhuman organs and comprehensively strengthening their bodies and minds.

This process is far more dangerous than surgery.

The gene-seed transforms the body of a mature Space Marine, and many would likely not be able to withstand such a transformation and would die in the process.

According to the technical data Gu Hang had extracted, the mortality rate could be over 50%.

This was a figure Gu Hang found difficult to accept.

To force all the current Space Marines of the Alliance to undergo surgery, and then to endure over half of them being killed or injured, all for the sake of evolution?

If Gu Hang made such a decision, it would be too much.

Unless it’s a rare individual undergoing this procedure, assessed by medical personnel to have a high probability of success, and even if Gu Hang has the time to provide immediate care, widespread modification surgery is definitely not feasible.

Even if all new gene-seed were modified to the Primaris version, which is theoretically feasible, Gu Hang still has concerns.

While there wouldn’t be concerns about success rate or additional casualties, the very existence of the Primaris Space Marines would be enough to cause a stir.

How did the Space Marines come about?

Whatever the truth, millennia of propaganda has portrayed them as super-soldiers forged from the Emperor’s descendants, known as his Angels of Death.

This matter carries strong political and religious overtones.

Who is Gu Hang? No matter how authoritative he may be, would he suddenly claim to have a new technology that could alter the genetics of angels? Would the Space Marines, or even the Ecclesiarchy, approve of this?

The first question is whether this technology is somehow corrupted by Chaos.

Furthermore, suspicion might well be leveled against Gu Hang, the very person who came up with this technology.

This was something that would shake his rule.

Could Gu Hang’s authority alone force the Primaris Space Marines into existence?

Gu Hang wasn’t sure.

However, he was known for his boldness.

Simply releasing the Primaris Space Marines was a bit difficult. However, there were some Chapter quotas that could be used to create entirely new Chapters, ones that he could completely control from head to toe. Perhaps he could give it a try.

When using them, they would need to be kept somewhat secret, maintaining a high level of confidentiality.

It could even be handled similarly to the Grey Knights: a top-secret operation, without any cooperation with allies. If necessary, even silence them.

After reclaiming a series of new regions, including Guangjin, Yadan, Tianwang, and Qianjin, Gu Hang’s total Chapter quotas had surpassed one hundred.

Taking three or five newly created Chapters and secretly creating them as Primaris was also feasible.

He planned to do just that.

Meanwhile, Gu Hang noticed something: one of the three new organs of the Primaris Space Marines was named “Cawl’s Furnace” in the technical documentation.

Who was this Cawl?

He only knew one person, Kaur.

The Great Sage of Mars, who claimed to have lived for ten thousand years and had once made a pact with Robert, the Son of God.

Was this Primaris technology actually derived from Kaur?

Great Sage, oh Great Sage, I didn’t expect you to reveal it in this way, did you?

If we want to make Primaris publicly available, this Great Sage is probably an unavoidable presence.

Thinking of this, Gu Hang couldn’t help but pay attention to the current situation on the Super Star.

(End of this chapter)