Its manufactories supply over half the worlds of this sector. "It is one of the most productive Hive Worlds in the Imperium.
"Bountiful and terrible." Sternberg replied. "It must be a very bountiful world." Ragnar said. The Ecclesiarchy have never been able to get more than a small percentage of them on the census rolls." He had obviously overheard Ragnar's question. "It is said that a million, million people lived on Aerius." Inquisitor Sternberg said. But it was one thing to know something was possible it was quite another to see it for yourself. Intellectually Ragnar had known the Imperium was capable of building on this scale. They seemed, rather, the products of the imagination of insane gods. There were thousands of them, in all shapes and sizes, mountainous structures so large that they could surely not be the work of man. They were passing over buildings the size of islands back on Fenris. As they came lower, individual details became visible, and the scale of what he was witnessing became almost too much to comprehend. He guessed, from the knowledge placed in his brain by the tutelary engines, that these were the waste products of the titanic factories for which Aerius was famous. Here and there he could see monstrous burning pits that looked like lakes of molten lava. Chimneys as large as mountains spewed chemical pollutants into the sky. The black clouds that obscured the sky below them were not natural, but the products of enormous factories. The whole surface was one huge industrial city. The entire surface of the continent at which they were aimed was sheathed in metal. As the shuttle drove downwards into the atmosphere he realised exactly why. Yes, you draw your powers from "the world soul of fenris"Īerius was a smaller world than Fenris, that much was obvious, and the surface of its landmasses glittered darkly in the sun's light. Not that Njal didn't kick some serious arse, although it was nice to see a bad guy pointing out the utter bullshit the Space Wolves indulge in with regards their psykers not being warp users, and therefore pure and not corrupted by sorcery. I'd like to see the third book, as it promises to be more focused on the pack of characters from the first book, which I feel was stronger. The former was just a missing editing note perhaps.
The latter could be rationalised, the Sororitas commander was extremely loyal to the Cardinal, and there was a lot of secret conspiracy bullshit going down as well. "nucleonic torpedoes" suddenly morphed into "life eater" torpedoes, the Ecclesiarchy had apparent direct control over Stormtroopers and other non-Sororitas military assets. That said, I think Stormcaller had a few issues. Its always useful to actually have it pointed out in black and white though! I suppose it isn't really a shock, basic math from the information we had, more or stated this years ago. I guess we've upgraded over the years from implied quadrillions, to actual "teeming quadrillions". Funnily enough, most humans in the galaxy live in Hives.
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