However, that possibility was clearly nonexistent.
Titans of this caliber were not something they could simply touch; if it were an ordinary knight house, the Adeptus Mechanicus might have been able to use threats and promises.
Or rather, temptation, but they happened to encounter House Yaeger.
This family, which had been passed down since the Golden Age, was like a stubborn stone in a latrine—they had no means whatsoever to tempt them.
Their holy relic maintainers had their own training system.
They didn't need to come to the Adeptus Mechanicus on Mars for study; their knight titans could be produced independently, and they also had a large reserve.
Don't think the Adeptus Mechanicus didn't know that these guys actually had Titan Legions.
And their Titan Legions were stationed on Mars, specifically watching over the Adeptus Mechanicus.
The most important thing was that they were there at the invitation of the Custodes.
To prevent any threat from the Adeptus Mechanicus to Terra, the Yaeger knight house deployed two Titan Legions on Mars.
This was to prevent a repeat of incidents like the Great Pilgrimage.
Whenever the Custodes had a request, or if the Adeptus Mechanicus posed any threat to the Imperium, those two Titan Legions would spring into action.
Those two Titan Legions were equipped with 20 emperor-class titans.
The most outrageous thing was that they didn't even necessarily need the assistance of the Imperial Navy during combat; the Yaeger knight house possessed its own knight merchant fleet.
Moreover, their combat effectiveness was quite good; their knight merchant fleet even included battleships.
The information the Adeptus Mechanicus had gathered indicated that, superficially, this knight house possessed a full eight Opal-class battleships, four Avenger-class battleships, and two Hellfire-class battleships.
Besides these battleships, they had even more.
In addition to the aforementioned conventional battleships, this knight house's fleet actually had four emperor-class battleships!
Of course, the knight house called these "Emperor-class armed cargo ships."
Furthermore, they also had a cargo ship flagship called the glorious queen-class armed cargo ship.
This warship was the flagship of the merchant fleet, so it was not in the Cadia Sector.
After all, a merchant fleet travels around doing business; how could it always stay in its hometown?
This was merely the power this knight house displayed on the surface.
And whenever a warship was lost, as long as the merchant fleet returned to the family's star system, new warships would be replenished.
Their fleet numbers remained consistently at that figure, unmoving.
One could say they weren't even bothering to hide it anymore.
This family had existed even longer than the Imperium itself; no one knew what kind of heritage they truly possessed.
Such houses, remnants from the Golden Age, were truly unbelievably powerful.
Just from the surface, the large fleet and powerful ground forces of the knight house allowed the Yaeger knight house to hold a permanent seat on the Terra High Lords Council.
No one on the High Lords Council dared to show any disrespect to this family; they even had an ancient ally.
That ally was called the Custodes.
The agreement between House Yaeger and the Imperium was personally established by the Emperor.
Precisely because of this, it was enough to illustrate just how powerful and prosperous this family was.
However, in other words, how prosperous this family was not very meaningful to the Adeptus Mechanicus.
The greatest significance was that this family did not need to rely on the Adeptus Mechanicus to produce the things they needed.
Just as mentioned before, they had their own talent training system.
This meant that the knight house was completely self-sufficient, which in turn led to the Archmagos of the Adeptus Mechanicus having to maintain sufficient respect for the family head of this knight house.
To have an equal conversation with this family, the Fabricator-General of Mars had to come personally; otherwise, don't even think about it.
But how could the Fabricator General possibly come to the knight house now to converse with the high king of this knight house?
That was impossible, and what would the Fabricator General's presence have to do with them anyway?
Precisely because of this, even though these Archmagos of the Adeptus Mechanicus clearly knew they were not qualified to converse as equals with the high king of the knight house.
They knew the other party would never agree to let them even touch that gigantic titan, but they still stood respectfully at the entrance.
Their idea was simple: they would exert all their strength, exhaust all their collections, to gain the qualification to study the star-whisper class giant battlesuit.
Even if they couldn't study it, at least let them touch it.
A titan of this caliber—this was the Omnissiah's miracle in the mortal world!
Because of this, after the war ended, these Archmagos of the Adeptus Mechanicus had been following Grisha and his wife.
Wherever the two high king and his wife went, they followed, essentially acting as hangers-on.
As for Lissa... no one would have believed that Lissa could pilot a star-whisper class giant battlesuit.
Almost everyone believed that the one piloting that giant titan must be the son of the high king and his wife, the next heir of the knight house, Zeke.
They had tried to find Zeke, but they couldn't, so they had no choice but to give up.
They could only continue to follow these two high king and his wife of the knight house.
And facing their constant, step-by-step following, Zeke's father, Grisha, was utterly helpless.
It was impossible to agree to the Adeptus Mechanicus studying the star-whisper class giant battlesuit, because this titan was not only a gift from his son but also had a super intelligent AI.
For others, they could use the machine spirit to fool them, but for these guys from the Adeptus Mechanicus, the machine spirit clearly couldn't fool them; they could directly recognize it as an AI.
If it were truly recognized by them, even House Yaeger would be in great trouble.
Not all the high lord on the High Lords Council held the same trust and respect for the knight house; they had their own political enemies.
Although it wouldn't affect the overall situation, Grisha really didn't want to argue with that bunch of insects; it was meaningless.
Because of this, Grisha and his wife simply didn't want to bother with these Archmagos of the Adeptus Mechanicus.
But they couldn't stand these guys shamelessly sticking around.
Although there was a difference in status between the two sides, he couldn't very well order all these Archmagos of the Adeptus Mechanicus to be thrown out.
The high king and his wife were, to say the least, greatly annoyed.
Especially Anne.
Anne was practically fuming; she had originally intended to go see her son.
Now, being pestered by these Archmagos of the Adeptus Mechanicus, it was inconvenient for her to go see her son.
Such days slowly passed, and after more than a month, when the Warp energy fluctuations completely ceased and the Imperium judged that the Warp invasion should have thoroughly ended.
Grisha and Anne immediately boarded the merchant fleet dispatched by the family, leading the entire knight house army in a full withdrawal.
They truly couldn't stand this wretched place for another minute.
As for the reconstruction of planet Cadia, other departments of the Imperium would naturally be responsible; the knight house did not need to handle the affairs of this region.
The Yaeger knight house had ceased to serve as the Sector Governor of the Segmentum Obscurus 6,000 years ago.
As the people of the Yaeger knight house departed, the Archmagos of the Adeptus Mechanicus could only watch the gigantic titan titan leave, feeling troubled.
They truly wanted to thoroughly study this titan, but clearly, they didn't have the qualification; they could only wait for the Fabricator-General of Mars to approach House Yaeger.
Alas—
The people of the Yaeger knight house could leave.
But the Adeptus Mechanicus could not; they still had to stay and contribute to the reconstruction of Cadia, as this was the Imperium's frontline against chaos.
When the family departed, Zeke also directly chose to enter the cabin of the Dominion Fleet.
He had now chosen his goals and path.
So, Zeke now needed to expand his colonies to accumulate some strength for his Dominion.
At least before the Dominion arrived, he had to accumulate some strength for himself.
Two months later, the armies of the Imperium of Man, or rather the Terran Dominion, also completely withdrew from planet Cadia, this Eye of Terror.
No one believed that the Warp would invade again, as the previous campaign had been too terrifying and too immense.
These people naturally included Zeke, as he had, after all, teamed up with the Emperor to fight the Six Gods of the Warp.
But facts would prove them wrong.
The commander of the 13th Black Crusade was Abaddon.
Although this battle, as it progressed, turned into a conflict between gods within the Warp and an engagement between the Terran Dominion and chaos.
However, no matter how large or intense this battle became, one point was overlooked by everyone.
That was:
Abaddon and his Black Legion remained almost intact throughout this battle.
In this battle, apart from Abaddon's forces appearing at the very beginning, subsequent engagements were between chaos's own forces and Zeke's Dominion forces.
The Black Legion's forces watched from afar as this main decisive battle between the Terran Dominion and chaos unfolded.
Although they were like rats, hiding to the side, only daring to observe, not daring to approach.
But...
This meant that the main forces of Abaddon's army still existed; his 13th Black Crusade had not yet ended—
When the armies of chaos and the Terran Dominion both withdrew, the 13th Black Crusade truly began.