While Forge World Telos V wasn't a big Forge, they did have dockyards and repair facilities, so it was easy enough to include Lady Sun Lee in my deals with the Fabricator.
As for Navigators, I did have a stock of them in my labyrinth, and even a few not outwardly corrupted.
But my aid wasn't free or cheap.
"You ask too much, Lord Lancefire. If you need House Ma' Kao votes, then yes. or my heirs will support your House for a High Lord seat, in perpetuity. Even a single Navigator would be worth it. Another one held in stasis as backup is a phenonal luxury."
Lady Sun Lee explained over the table.
"I propose a test then. Lend your Lieutenant Maya, the auspex officer. My son Tiberius needs a wife, for five years." I said in a calm voice.
The Rogue Trader asured with caution. "Why for five years, what happens afterward?"
I shrugged and sipped the wine, which was quite good. "After that, Tiberius has to join the Lanters, beco a Space Marine. His new body will not allow marital relations."
"And the children?" she asked brutally.
"Blank boys will be sent to , at the age of ten. Your House can keep the girls." I declared in a level voice.
She nodded thoughtfully, considering various scenarios in her mind. "Blank girls would be valuable, perhaps more than boys. An entire dynasty could be born, immune to Chaos."
I smiled genially. "Most of my daughters are ship Captains now. Being Blank almost guarantees the promotion, in my House."
Sun Lee sighed and gulped her wine. "You must have a thousand concubines then."
"My fleet will remain here to resupply for a week, before we depart on anti-piracy raids and then head for is forming already, and I don't want my family as their target."
"I see. That would be a problem...especially the Ecclesiarchy." he mused wisely.
"The Tyranids and the Necrons are still the bigger problems, Astartes. I need sothing powerful to stop them, relics from our ancestors. For starters, a Glorianna Battleship for my Chapter." I explained in a gentle voice.
And then a big gun for that ship, sothing that could shatter worlds, just like Abaddon had.
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